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Solomon Loeb (June 29, 1828 – December 12, 1903) was a German-born American banker and businessman. He was a merchant in textiles and later a
** Guta Loeb (1865–1956), married Isaac Newton Seligman (1855–1917), banker
*** Margaret Valentine Seligman, married to
Solomon Loeb's beginnings in Cincinnati
* ttp://www.loebtree.com/oloeb.html#jolo Loeb Family Tree {{DEFAULTSORT:Loeb, Solomon 1828 births 1903 deaths American bankers American Reform Jews American people of German-Jewish descent American real estate businesspeople Businesspeople from New York City Businesspeople from Ohio German bankers German emigrants to the United States German philanthropists German Reform Jews Jewish American philanthropists Jews and Judaism in Cincinnati Loeb family People from Rhenish Hesse People from Worms, Germany Warburg family Philanthropists from New York (state) 19th-century American philanthropists 19th-century American businesspeople
banker
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Becaus ...
with Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
Biography
His father, a devoutJew
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, had been a small corn- and wine-dealer in Worms, which belonged to the Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine
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. Solomon Loeb immigrated to the United States in 1849. He settled in Cincinnati
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with the textiles merchant Kuhn, Netter & Co. He moved to New York City
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in 1865 and with his partner, Abraham Kuhn, started the banking house of Kuhn, Loeb and Co. His second born son, James Loeb, joined the bank in 1888 (and left in 1901). Solomon Loeb gradually retired from running the business but left Kuhn, Loeb & Co. only in 1899. He then started to move into the real estate business. In addition, he was also a generous philanthropist.
Among his donations was the Hebrew Charities Building that formerly stood at Second Avenue and 21st Street in New York City.
Family
* Solomon Loeb, married Fanny Kuhn, sister of Abraham Kuhn, and later Betty Gallenberg. ** Therese Loeb (1854–1933), marriedJacob Schiff
Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Ja ...
(1847–1920), banker
*** Frieda Schiff (1876–1958), married Felix M. Warburg (1871–1937), banker.
**** ''See Warburg family.''
** Morris Loeb (1863–1912), chemist, married Edna Kuhn (1866–1951), the daughter of Samuel and Regina Wise Kuhn. Samuel Kuhn was a brother of Abraham Kuhn.
** Guta Loeb (1865–1956), married Isaac Newton Seligman (1855–1917), banker
*** Margaret Valentine Seligman, married to Sam A. Lewisohn
Samuel Adolph Lewisohn (March 21, 1884 – March 13, 1951) was an American lawyer, financier, philanthropist, art collector, and non-fiction author.James Karman, ''The Collected Letters of Robinson Jeffers, with Selected Letters of Una Jeffers: ...
(1884–1951), banker, son of 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 ...
(1849–1938)
** James Loeb (1867–1933), banker
** Nina Loeb (1870–1945), married Paul Warburg
Paul Moritz Warburg (August 10, 1868 – January 24, 1932) was a German-born American investment banker who served as the 2nd Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve from 1916 to 1918. Prior to his term as vice chairman, Warburg appointed as a member o ...
(1868–1932), banker.
*** James Warburg (1896–1969), banker
**** ''See Warburg family.''
References
Further reading
*External links
Solomon Loeb's beginnings in Cincinnati
* ttp://www.loebtree.com/oloeb.html#jolo Loeb Family Tree {{DEFAULTSORT:Loeb, Solomon 1828 births 1903 deaths American bankers American Reform Jews American people of German-Jewish descent American real estate businesspeople Businesspeople from New York City Businesspeople from Ohio German bankers German emigrants to the United States German philanthropists German Reform Jews Jewish American philanthropists Jews and Judaism in Cincinnati Loeb family People from Rhenish Hesse People from Worms, Germany Warburg family Philanthropists from New York (state) 19th-century American philanthropists 19th-century American businesspeople