Jewish
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
German-Americans who founded the financial firm
Lehman Brothers
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ( ) was an American global financial services firm founded in 1847. Before filing for bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the fourth-largest investment bank in the United States (behind Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, a ...
. Some were also involved in American politics. Members have married into the prominent Morgenthau, Loeb, and Bronfman families.
The family traces back to Abraham Lehmann, a cattle merchant in
Rimpar
Rimpar is a market town in the district of Würzburg in the German state of Bavaria. It is located about 10 km (6 mi) north of the City of Würzburg. The municipality includes the villages of Gramschatz and Maidbronn, incorporated in 19 ...
,
Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
, who changed his
Yiddish
Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ve ...
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German-Jewish
The history of the Jews in Germany goes back at least to the year 321, and continued through the Early Middle Ages (5th to 10th centuries CE) and High Middle Ages (''circa'' 1000–1299 CE) when Jewish immigrants founded the Ashkenazi Jewish ...
Some of the family members include:Full text of "John L. Loeb Collection" retrieved October 28, 2015
*Abraham Lehmann, born Abraham Löw, cattle merchant in
Rimpar
Rimpar is a market town in the district of Würzburg in the German state of Bavaria. It is located about 10 km (6 mi) north of the City of Würzburg. The municipality includes the villages of Gramschatz and Maidbronn, incorporated in 19 ...
,
Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
** Zeira Lehmann Schloss (1810–1902), remained in Germany
** Berta Low Lehmann Schwab (born 1812), remained in Germany
** Seligmann Lehmann (1814–1890), remained in Germany
** Fratel Lehmann (1817–1817), died as a newborn
** Anna Lehmann Roman (born 1820), remained in Germany
**
Henry Lehman
Henry Lehman (born Hayum Lehmann; September 29, 1822 – November 17, 1855) was a German-born American businessman and the founder of Lehman Brothers, which grew from a cotton and fabrics shop during his life to become a large finance firm under ...
(1822–1855), born Hayum Lehmann, founder of H. Lehman, which became Lehman Brothers, married to Rosa Wolf, 4 children
***Bertha Lehman Rosenheim
***Harriet Lehman Weil, married Moses Weil, 5 children
****Leon Weil
****Blanche Weil
****Hannah Weil
****Harry L. Weil
****Elsie Rose Weil, married Leon Weil, 2 children
*****Helen Weil Benjamin (1905-1996)
***** George Leon Weil (1907–1995), nuclear physicist
***David Lehman
***Meyer H. Lehman
**
Emanuel Lehman
Emanuel Lehman (born Mendel Lehmann; February 15, 1827 – January 10, 1907) was a German-born American banker. The younger brother of Henry Lehman, he was a co-founder of Lehman Brothers.
Biography
Emanuel Lehman was born in Rimpar, Bavaria o ...
(1827–1907), born Mendel Lehmann, co-founder of Lehman Brothers, married to Pauline Sondheim (1843–1871), 4 children
***Milton Lehman
***Harriet Philip Lehman, married her cousin Sigmund M. Lehman, son of her uncle
Mayer Lehman
Mayer Lehman (January 9, 1830 – June 21, 1897) was a German-born American businessman, banker, and philanthropist. He was one of the three founding brothers of the investment bank Lehman Brothers.
Early life
Mayer Lehman was born in 1830 to ...
***Evelyn Philip Lehman, married Jules Ehrich, 4 children:
****May Ehrich (born 1889)
****Pauline Ehrich (1893), married Monroe Gutman
****Dorothy Ehrich (born 1895), married John C. Mayer, 3 children
*****Jane Mayer (born 1919), married Harold Field
*****John Mayer (born 1921), married Dale Shoup, daughter of economist
Carl Shoup
Carl Sumner Shoup (October 26, 1902 – March 23, 2000) was an American economist and public finance expert. He is best known for leading the Shoup Mission of 1949-1950, tasked with revising the fiscal system of post-World War II Japan. He direct ...
David Cay Johnston
David Cay Boyle Johnston (born December 24, 1948) is an American investigative journalist and author, a specialist in economics and tax issues, and winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting.
From July 2011 until September 2012 he was a ...
March 31, 2000 and granddaughter of businessman
Paul Shoup
Paul Shoup (January 8, 1874 – July 30, 1946) was an American businessman, president and later vice-chairman of the Southern Pacific Railroad in the 1920s and 1930s, a founding board member of the Stanford University School of Business, and foun ...
***** William Mayer (1925–2017), composer, married Meredith Nevins, daughter of historian and journalist
Allan Nevins
Joseph Allan Nevins (May 20, 1890 – March 5, 1971) was an American historian and journalist, known for his extensive work on the history of the Civil War and his biographies of such figures as Grover Cleveland, Hamilton Fish, Henry Ford, and J ...
, 3 children
******Steven Mayer (born 1952)
******
Jane Mayer
Jane Meredith Mayer (born 1955) is an American investigative journalist who has been a staff writer for ''The New Yorker'' since 1995. She has written for the publication about money in politics; government prosecution of whistleblowers; the Uni ...
(born 1955), journalist, married to William B. Hamilton
******Cynthia Mayer (born 1958)
**** Ruth Ehrich (born 1900), married Ralph Friedman, 2 children
***
Philip Lehman
Philip Lehman (November 9, 1861 – March 21, 1947) was an American investment banker.
Biography
Philip Lehman was born in New York City to Emanuel Lehman (1827–1907) and Pauline Sondheim (1843–1871). Emanuel was a co-founder of the now- ...
(1861–1947), married to Carrie Lauer (–1937)
****Pauline Lehman, married to
Henry Ickelheimer
Henry may refer to:
People
* Henry (given name)
* Henry (surname)
* Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry
Royalty
* Portuguese royalty
** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal
** Henry, Count of Portuga ...
Donald Stralem
Donald Sigmund Stralem (1903-1976) was an American investment banker and philanthropist. Stralem worked as a partner in Hallgarten & Company and then served as chairman of Stralem and Company, an international investment bank that he founded in ...
Philip Henry Isles
Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...
(1912–1960), changed surname from Ickelheimer, married to model Lillian Fox, 3 children, divorced, she remarried Stephane Groueff
******Jill Isles Blanchard, married to Guillermo B. Aguilera, divorced and remarried to Richard F. Blanchard.New York Times: "WEDDINGS; Pauline Aguilera, Nicholas Longano" May 10, 1998
*******Pauline Aguilera Longano (born 1967), married to Nicholas Longano in 1998
****** Tina Isles Barney (born 1945), photographer, married to John Joseph Barney in 1966
******Philip Henry Isles II, married to
Alexandra Moltke
Alexandra Isles ( Alexandra Cornelia Moltke; born February 11, 1946) is a documentary filmmaker and former actress. She is best-known for her role as the original Victoria Winters from 1966 to 1968 on the gothic TV serial ''Dark Shadows''.
Back ...
(1947–)
*******Adam Isles (1969–), married to Hannah Harrison Bond
****
Robert Lehman
Robert Owen Lehman, Sr. (September 29, 1891 – August 9, 1969) was an American banker, longtime head of the Lehman Brothers investment bank, and a racehorse owner, art collector, and philanthropist.
Life and career
Lehman was born to a Jewish ...
(1891–1969), married three times
*****married Ruth S. (née Lamar) Rumsey (born 1902) in 1929, divorced 1931, no children
*****married Ruth "Kitty" (Leavitt) Meeker (1904–1984), daughter of William Homer Leavitt and Ruth Bryan Owen, and granddaughter of
United States Secretary of State
The United States secretary of state is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The office holder is one of the highest ranking members of the president's Ca ...
,
William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American lawyer, orator and politician. Beginning in 1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party, running three times as the party's nominee for President ...
Philip Lehman
Philip Lehman (November 9, 1861 – March 21, 1947) was an American investment banker.
Biography
Philip Lehman was born in New York City to Emanuel Lehman (1827–1907) and Pauline Sondheim (1843–1871). Emanuel was a co-founder of the now- ...
*******Kate Lehman
*******Rolf Lehman
******* Morgan Lehman
*****married Lee "Elena" (Anz) Lynn (1919-2006) in 1952; no children
** Aaron Lehman (1829-1924)
**
Mayer Lehman
Mayer Lehman (January 9, 1830 – June 21, 1897) was a German-born American businessman, banker, and philanthropist. He was one of the three founding brothers of the investment bank Lehman Brothers.
Early life
Mayer Lehman was born in 1830 to ...
(1830–1897), co-founder of Lehman Brothers, married to Babette Newgass, sister-in-law of Isaias W. Hellman
*** Lisette Lehman Fatman, married to Morris Fatman, clothing manufacturer, 2 childrenJewish Women's Archive: "Elinor Morgenthau 1891 – 1949" by Edna S. Friedberg] retrieved October 3, 2015
****Margaret Fatman married to composer
Werner Josten
Werner Erich Josten (June 12, 1885 in Elberfeld, Germany – February 6, 1963 in New York City) was a German-born composer of contemporary classical music. He studied in Munich with Rudolf Siegel and in Geneva with Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, and ...
Henry Morgenthau Jr.
Henry Morgenthau Jr. (; May 11, 1891February 6, 1967) was the United States Secretary of the Treasury during most of the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He played a major role in designing and financing the New Deal. After 1937, while ...
, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 3 childrenMorgenthau Family Tree retrieved October 3, 2015
*****
Robert M. Morgenthau
Robert Morris Morgenthau ( ; July 31, 1919July 21, 2019) was an American lawyer. From 1975 until his retirement in 2009, he was the District Attorney for New York County (the borough of Manhattan), having previously served as United States Atto ...
, District Attorney for New York County
***** Henry Morgenthau III, author and television producer, married Ruth Schachter Morgenthau (1931-2006), advisor to President Jimmy Carter, 3 children
******Henry (Ben) Morgenthau (1964)
******
Kramer Morgenthau
Kramer Morgenthau, A.S.C. (born 1966), is an American cinematographer known for his expertise as a visual storyteller in both television and film. The six-time Emmy nominee is best known for his work in films such as ''Respect'', ''The Many Saint ...
(1966), cinematographer, married Tracy Fleischman in 2011New York Times: "Tracy Fleischman and Kramer Morgenthau" December 23, 2011
******Sarah Elinor Morgenthau Wessel (1963), married to Carlton Wessel in 1993
*****Joan Morgenthau Hirschhorn (1922-2012) married Fred Hirschhorn Jr. in 1957, 3 childrenNew York Times: "Joan Morgenthau Hirschhorn" October 7, 2012
******Elizabeth Hirschhorn Wilson, married Bruce Wilson
******Joan Hirschhorn Bright, married David Bright
******Elinor H. Hirschhorn, married Michael J. Carroll in 1996
*** Clara Lehman Limburg August 27, 2007
****Mabel Limburg Rossbach married to Max J. H. Rossbach March 29, 1987
***** June Bingham Birge (1919-2007), married U.S. Congressman Jonathan Brewster Bingham (1914-1986), four children;"June Bingham Birge, Who Wrote Books and Plays, Dies at 88" ''
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...
'', August 29, 2007. Accessed May 4, 2008. "June Bingham Birge, the author of books and plays, died August 21 at her home in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. She was 88." remarried to Robert B. Birge in 1987, no children
******Sherrell Bingham Downes
******Timothy Woodbridge Bingham
******Claudia Bingham Meyers
******June Mitchell Esselstyn (1942-1999) married Erik C. Esselstyn, 2 childrenGainesville Sun: "Local reverend dies of cancer" By GARY KIRKLAND October 28, 1999 October 28, 1999
*******June Eriksson (Jody) Esselstyn
*******Blakeman Bingham Esselstyn
*** Sigmund M. Lehman married his cousin Harriet Philip Lehman, daughter of his uncle
Emanuel Lehman
Emanuel Lehman (born Mendel Lehmann; February 15, 1827 – January 10, 1907) was a German-born American banker. The younger brother of Henry Lehman, he was a co-founder of Lehman Brothers.
Biography
Emanuel Lehman was born in Rimpar, Bavaria o ...
Joseph Cullman
Joseph Frederick Cullman III (April 9, 1912 – April 30, 2004) was an American businessman, CEO of Philip Morris Company from 1957 to 1978 and tennis aficionado.
Biography
Cullman was born to a Jewish family on April 9, 1912 in New York City, ...
(1912–2004) in 1935, one daughter.
******Dorothy Cullman Treisman
*** Harriet Lehman (1860–1948), married to Philip Goodhart
**** Arthur Lehman Goodhart (1891-1978), British academic; married Cecily Carter, 3 children
***** Philip Goodhart (1925-2015), British politician; married Valerie Forbes Winant, niece of
John Gilbert Winant
John Gilbert Winant (February 23, 1889 – November 3, 1947) was an American diplomat and politician with the Republican party after a brief career as a teacher in Concord, New Hampshire. John Winant held positions in New Hampshire, national, an ...
David Goodhart
David Goodhart (born 12 September 1956) is a British journalist, commentator and author. He is the founder and a former editor of ''Prospect'' magazine.
Early life and education
Goodhart is one of seven children born to Valerie Forbes Winant (t ...
, (1956-) journalist; married to journalist Lucy Kellaway; 4 children
******Rachel Goodhart
******Harriet Goodhart
******Rebecca Goodhart
******Daniel Goodhart
***** William Goodhart (1933-2017)
*****
Charles Goodhart
Charles Albert Eric Goodhart, (born 23 October 1936) is a British economist. His career can be divided into two sections: his term with the Bank of England and its associated public policy; and his academic work with the London School of Econom ...
(1936-)
****Howard Goodhart
**** Helen Goodhart (1887–1985), married to
Frank Altschul
Frank Altschul (April 21, 1887 – May 29, 1981) was an American financier at General American Investors Company,Krebs, Albin (May 30, 1981)New York Times: "Frank Altschul, A Banker and Noted Philanthropist."''New York Times''. and founder of the ...
George Lindemann
George Lyle Lindemann (March 26, 1936 – June 21, 2018) was an American billionaire businessman known for being the chairman and chief executive officer of Southern Union, a fossil fuel infrastructure and pipeline company.Robert Trigaux"F ...
******* Kathryn Graham
*******James Wesley Hawkes Graham
******Michael C. Graham
****** Kathryn G. Graham
***** Arthur Goodhart Altschul Sr. (1920–2002), investment banker
******married Stephanie Rosemary Wagner in 1956, she later died in a plane crash, 2 children
*******
Stephen Altschul
Stephen Frank Altschul (born February 28, 1957) is an American mathematician who has designed algorithms that are used in the field of bioinformatics (the Karlin-Altschul algorithm and its successors). Altschul is the co-author of the BLAST algori ...
(1957-), mathematician and researcher; married to Caroline Kershaw James
********James Altschul
******** William Altschul (1998-)
******* Charles Altschul
******married Siri von Reis (divorced 1972), 3 children
*******Arthur Goodhart Altschul Jr. (1964–), married 2013 Rula Jebreal Divorced 2016
*******Emily Helen Altschul (1966–), married John Miller in 2002
*******
Serena Altschul
Serena Altschul (born October 13, 1970) is an American broadcast journalist, known for her work at MTV News and CBS.
Early life and education
Altschul was born in New York City, a daughter of author and botanist Siri von Reis and Arthur Altsc ...
Adolph Lewisohn
Adolph Lewisohn (May 27, 1849 – August 17, 1938) was a German Jewish immigrant born in Hamburg who became a New York City investment banker, mining magnate, and philanthropist. He is the namesake of Lewisohn Hall (which formerly housed the Scho ...
Pickens Sisters
Jane Pickens Hoving (10 August 1907 – 21 February 1992)DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 216-217. was an American singer on B ...
Isador Lubin
Isador Lubin (9 June 1896 – 6 July 1978) was the head of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics from 1933 to 1946, and president of the American Statistical Association in 1946.
Career
During the First World War, at the U.S. Food Administratio ...
******Jill Ann Buttenwieser Schloss, married to Richard Perry SchlossNew York Times: "Jill Ann Buttenwieser Weds" March 20, 1989
******Carol Buttenwieser Sharp
****** Peter Lubin Buttenwieser (1965), married to Susan Helen Upton in 1995
*****
Peter L. Buttenwieser
Peter Lehman Buttenwieser (December 9, 1935 – February 4, 2018) was an American educator, philanthropist, and Democratic Party fundraiser. He was a member of the Lehman family.
Biography
Buttenwieser was born in New York City to investment ba ...
Hannah Bronfman
Hannah Marcina Bronfman (born October 26, 1987) is an American DJ, social media influencer, and entrepreneur from Manhattan. She was a co-founder of Beautified, a now defunct mobile app for finding last-minute beauty services.
Early life and edu ...
(1987-), married Brendan Fallis (2017)
*******married Clarisa Alcock San Román in 1993, 4 children
********Aaron Bronfman
********Bettina Bronfman
********Erik Bronfman
********Clarissa Bronfman
******
Matthew Bronfman
Matthew Bronfman (born July 16, 1959) is an American businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist. A member of the Bronfman family, he is the son of prominent businessman and philanthropist Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Biography
Bronfman is one of seven ...
(1959)
*******married Fiona Woods, divorced 1997, 3 children
********Gabriela Talia Bronfman
********Eli Miles Bronfman
******** Jeremy Samuel Bronfman
*******married Lisa Belzberg, daughter of Canadian businessman Samuel Belzberg, 3 children, divorced
********Sasha Bronfman
********Tess Bronfman
******** Ezekiel Bronfman
*******married Stacey Kaye in 2005, 1 child, divorced in 2016New York Daily News: "Divorced Seagram heir steps out with new girlfriend" By Emily Smith May 23, 2016
********Coby Benjamin Bronfman
******* married Melanie Lavie in 2017, 1 child
******Holly Bronfman Lev, married to Yoav Lev. She is a convert to
Hinduism
Hinduism () is an Indian religion or '' dharma'', a religious and universal order or way of life by which followers abide. As a religion, it is the world's third-largest, with over 1.2–1.35 billion followers, or 15–16% of the global p ...
and has taken the name Bhavani Lev.
****** Adam Bronfman
***
Irving Lehman
Irving Lehman (January 28, 1876 – September 22, 1945) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1940 until his death in 1945.
Biography
He was born on January 28, 1876, in New ...
(1876–1945), U.S. lawyer and politician, married to Sissie Straus, daughter of
Nathan Straus
Nathan Straus (January 31, 1848 – January 11, 1931) was an American merchant and philanthropist who co-owned two of New York City's biggest department stores, R. H. Macy & Company and Abraham & Straus. He is a founding father and namesake f ...
Frank Altschul
Frank Altschul (April 21, 1887 – May 29, 1981) was an American financier at General American Investors Company,Krebs, Albin (May 30, 1981)New York Times: "Frank Altschul, A Banker and Noted Philanthropist."''New York Times''. and founder of the ...
), 3 childrenJewish Women's Archives: "EDITH ALTSCHUL LEHMAN 1889 – 1974" by Norma Spungen retrieved December 26, 2015
****Hilda Jane Lehman de Vadetzky Paul Wise (1921–1974), married three times, Her first marriage to Boris de Vadetzky in 1940 ended in divorce in 1944, no children; her second marriage to Eugene L. Paul in 1945 resulted in divorce, no children; her third marriage also resulted in divorce, 3 children
***** Peter Lehman Wise
******married Sharon Anne McAuliffe in 1977, divorced, 1 child
******* Catherine Jane Wise, married to David Giffen
******married Marylou Hanover, 1 child
******* Matthew Lehman Wise
***** Stephanie Wise
***** Deborah Jane Wise, married Peter N. Sheridan in 1971
****** Eli Wise
****Peter Gerald Lehman (1917-1944); in 1938, he married Peggy Lashanska Rosenbaum, daughter of soprano
Hulda Lashanska
Hulda Lashanska (March 15, 1893 – January 17, 1974) was an American soprano.
Biography
Hulda Lashanska was the youngest of three daughters born to Henry and Barbette Lashanska (her siblings were Rosie and Lillian) in Manhattan, New York.
She ...
, 2 children; he was killed while serving during
World War II
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.Columbia University Digital Archive: "1st Lieutenant Peter Gerald Lehman" February 15, 1953
*****Penelope "Penny" Lehman Karp (born 1940) married to Stanley Mortimor Karp in 1964
*****Wendy Lehman (1942)
****John Robert Lehman
File:Elias Altschul.png, Elias Altschul
File:Rudolf Altschul (1927-1945).jpg, Rudolf Altschul
File:Stolperstein Oberweg 56 Karl Altschul.jpg, Karl Altschul
File:Miloš Altschul 1961 Oberhausen.jpg, Milos Altschul
File:Portrait of Patricia Altschul.jpg, Patricia Altschul
File:Serena Altschul 2011.jpg, Serena Altschul