The Lehman family (also Lehmann, Liehmann or Liehman) is a prominent family of
Jewish
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German-Americans who founded the
financial firm
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Lehman Brothers
Lehman Brothers Inc. ( ) was an American global financial services firm founded in 1850. Before filing for bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the fourth-largest investment bank in the United States (behind Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Merril ...
. Some were also involved in American politics. Members have married into the prominent
Morgenthau,
Loeb
Loeb or Löb may refer to:
People
* Loeb (surname), including a list of people surnamed Loeb or Löb
* Löb Nevakhovich (between 1776 and 1778–1831), Russian writer
* Löb Strauß, birth name of Levi Strauss (1829–1902), German-born Americ ...
, 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
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, who changed his
Yiddish
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(
German-Jewish
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) surname
Löw (Loeb) to the German
Lehman.
Family tree
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
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** 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 an American banker. He was the younger brother of Henry Lehman and the older brother of Mayer Lehman, and he was a co-founder of Lehman Brothers.
Biography
Emanue ...
(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 an American businessman, banker, slave owner, and philanthropist. He was one of the three founding brothers of the investment bank Lehman Brothers.
Early life
Mayer Lehman was born in 1830 t ...
***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 dire ...
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 fou ...
*****
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 ...
, 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 Un ...
(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 and fictional characters
* Henry (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters
* Henry (surname)
* Henry, a stage name of François-Louis Henry (1786–1855), French baritone
Arts and entertainment ...
(1868–1940) of
Heidelbach, Ickelheimer & Co., 2 children
*****
Jean Ickelheimer Stralem, married to
Donald Stralem, 2 children
[New York Times: "Jean Stralem, 86, Philanthropist Known for Work With the Blind" by WOLFGANG SAXON]
December 22, 1994
******Sandra Jean Stralem, married Robert A. Russell, 2 children
*******Donna Russell Cronin
******* Robin Becker Maki
****** Sharon Lynn Stralem
married Ralph Albee Phraner Jr.
*****
Philip Henry Isles (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 (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
Ruth Baird Leavitt Owen Rohde (née Bryan; October 2, 1885 – July 26, 1954), also known as Ruth Bryan Owen, was an American politician and diplomat who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1929 to 1933 and served as ...
, and granddaughter of
United States Secretary of State
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The secretary of state serves as the principal advisor to the ...
,
William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American lawyer, orator, and politician. He was a dominant force in the History of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, running three times as the party' ...
; 1 child
[Biographical Dictionary of U.S. Business Leaders By John N. Ingham]
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****** Robert "Robin" Owen Lehman Jr. (born 1936), married to Aki Lehman, 2 children, before marrying music theorist Marie Rolf, 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 ...
[
*******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 an American businessman, banker, slave owner, and philanthropist. He was one of the three founding brothers of the investment bank Lehman Brothers.
Early life
Mayer Lehman was born in 1830 t ...
(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 children[Jewish Women's Archive: "Elinor Morgenthau 1891 – 1949"]
by Edna S. Friedberg] retrieved October 3, 2015
****Margaret Fatman married to composer Werner Josten, 2 children[New York Times: "Obituary: Eileen Lowe"]
December 17, 2016
*****Peter Josten
***** Eileen Josten Lowe, married Dr. Charles U. Lowe in 1955, 4 children
**** Elinor Fatman Morgenthau, married 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 the major role in designing and financing the New Deal. After 1937, whil ...
, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 3 children[Morgenthau Family Tree]
retrieved October 3, 2015
***** Robert M. Morgenthau, 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 (1966), cinematographer, married Tracy Fleischman in 2011[New 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 children[New 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'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...
'', 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 children[Gainesville 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 an American banker. He was the younger brother of Henry Lehman and the older brother of Mayer Lehman, and he was a co-founder of Lehman Brothers.
Biography
Emanue ...
**** Allan S. Lehman married Evelyn Schiffer[New York Times: "Orin Lehman, 88, Parks Steward, Dies" by Dennis Hevesi]
February 23, 2008
*****Ellen Lehman Long
*****Orin Lehman
Orin Allan Lehman (January 24, 1920 – February 22, 2008) was an American public servant who served as New York State’s longest-serving commissioner of New York State Office of Parks and Recreation.
Early life
Lehman was born to a Jewish ...
**** Harold M. Lehman, married Cecile R. Seligman, 2 daughters
*****Betty Lehman Asiel[new York Times: "Susan L. Cullman, 79, Decoder and an Editor"]
January 4, 1994 married to E. Nelson Asiel, 3 children
******Harold N. Asiel
******Terri L. Grammas
****** John H. Asiel
*****Susan Lehman, married Joseph Cullman (1912–2004) in 1935, one daughter.
******Dorothy Cullman Treisman
*** Harriet Lehman (1860–1948), married to Philip Goodhart
****Arthur Lehman Goodhart
Arthur Lehman Goodhart (1 March 1891 – 10 November 1978) was an American-born academic jurist and lawyer; he was Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford, 1931–51, when he was also a Fellow of University College, Oxford. He ...
(1891–1978), British academic; married Cecily Carter, 3 children
*****Philip Goodhart
Sir Philip Carter Goodhart (3 November 1925 – 5 July 2015) was a British Conservative politician, the son of Arthur Lehman Goodhart.
Biography
Goodhart attended the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut. He contested Consett in 1950 ...
(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, a ...
; 7 children[Daily Telegraph: "Valerie Forbes Winant died peacefully on April 1st aged 88"]
retrieved 30 September 2015
******Arthur Goodhart
******Sarah Goodhart
******David Goodhart
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Early life and education
Goodhart is one of seven children born to Valerie Forbes Winant ( ...
, (1956–) journalist; married to journalist Lucy Kellaway; 4 children
******Rachel Goodhart
******Harriet Goodhart
******Rebecca Goodhart
******Daniel Goodhart
***** William Goodhart (1933–2017)
***** Charles Goodhart (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 ...
(1887–1981), banker
*****Margaret Lang, married to journalist Daniel Lang, 3 children[New York Times: "Paid Notice: Deaths LANG, MARGARET ALTSCHUL"]
January 10, 2002
******Frances Lang Labaree
******Helen Lang
****** Cecily Lang Kooyman
***** Edith Altschul Graham (died 2003), married Robert Claverhouse Graham, 3 children[New York Times: "Deaths GRAHAM, EDITH ALTSCHUL"]
May 14, 2003
******Robert C. Graham Jr. married Christine Denny, daughter of Charles R. Denny, 2 children,
New York Times: "Elizabeth Graham, Graduate Student, Is Married to Adam Marc Lindemann"
October 16, 1989 divorced. Married Julie Moran, 1 Child.
*******Elizabeth Ashley Graham, married Adam Marc Lindemann, son of 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"Flo ...
******* 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 alg ...
(1957–), mathematician and researcher; married to Caroline Kershaw James
********James Altschul
******** William Altschul (1998–)
******* Charles Altschul
******married Siri von Reis
Siri Sylvia Patricia von Reis (February 10, 1931 – August 3, 2021) was an American botanist, author, and poet of half- Finnish and half- Swedish ancestry. She was an authority on traditional medicine. She was also an investigator at the New Yo ...
(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 to Siri von Reis, an author and botanist, and Arthur Altschul, a m ...
(1970–), broadcast journalist and MTV host
***Arthur Lehman
Arthur W. Lehman (September 24, 1917 – June 19, 2009) was a widely recorded American euphonium virtuoso and soloist. He was noted for having radically changed the way the instrument was technically performed, and was a major influence on euphoni ...
(1873–1936), married to Adele Lewisohn Lehman
Adele Lewisohn Lehman (May 17, 1882 – August 11, 1965) was an American philanthropist and member of the Lehman family.
Biography
Adele Lewisohn Lehman was born to a Jewish family on May 17, 1882, in New York City, the daughter of Emma (née C ...
,[Jewish Women's Archive: "Adele Lewisohn Lehman 1882–1965" by Laurie Sokol]
retrieved October 30, 2015 daughter 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 Colu ...
(1849–1938), mining magnate, 3 children
**** Dorothy Lehman Bernhard (1903 – 1969), married to investment banker Richard Jaques Bernhard in 1923, 2 children[Jewish Women's Archive: "Dorothy Lehman Bernhard 1903–1969" by Jennifer Rosenberg]
retrieved October 30, 2015
***** Robert Arthur Bernhard (1928–2019)
*****William Lehman Bernhard (born 1931), married Catherine Cahill, daughter of attorney John T. Cahill in 1974 and Grace Pickens, a member of the Pickens Sisters
**** Helen Lehman (1905–1989), lawyer, married to Benjamin Buttenwieser
Benjamin Joseph Buttenwieser (October 22, 1900 – December 31, 1991) was an American banker, philanthropist and civic leader in New York.
Background
Buttenwieser was born to a Jewish family. His father was Joseph L. Buttenwieser. He had an ol ...
(1900–1991), banker at Kuhn, Loeb & Co., son of Joseph L. Buttenwieser
Joseph Leon Buttenwieser (1865–1938) was an American lawyer, philanthropist, and civic leader in New York.
Biography
Buttenwieser was born to a American Jews, Jewish family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of immigrants from Germany. Bu ...
*****Lawrence B. Buttenwieser, lawyer at Katten Muchin Rosenman, married to Ann Lubin, daughter of 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 Administrat ...
******Jill Ann Buttenwieser Schloss, married to Richard Perry Schloss[New 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, philanthropist, married to Elizabeth Werthan
*****Paul A. Buttenwieser, psychiatrist
**** Frances Lehman Loeb (1906–1996), married to John Langeloth Loeb Sr. (son of Carl M. Loeb), 5 children[New York Times: "Frances Loeb, 89, Lifesaver to Foreign Diplomats" By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER]
May 19, 1996
***** John Langeloth Loeb Jr. (1930–), businessman
******married to Nina Sundby from 1960, 1 child
*******Alexandra Loeb Driscoll, married to Joseph Edward Driscoll, 2 children[Loeb website: Family]
retrieved July 16, 2013
********Aidan Edward Driscoll
********Allegra Frances Driscoll
******married to Meta Martindell Harrsen, 1 child
******* Nicholas M. Loeb (1976–)
******married to Sharon J. Handler in 2011
*****Judith Loeb Chiara married to Richard N. Beaty, married and divorced from Marco Chiara, the son of the Italian novelist Piero Chiara
Piero Chiara (23 March 1913 – 31 December 1986) was an Italian writer.
He was born in Luino, Italy. His father Eugenio was from Resuttano, Sicily, and his mother Virginia Maffei was from Comnago, a Piedmontese village in the municipality of ...
*****Arthur Lehman Loeb
*****Deborah Loeb Brice
***** Ann Loeb Bronfman (1932–2011), married to Edgar Bronfman Sr.
Edgar Miles Bronfman (June 20, 1929 – December 21, 2013) was a Canadian-American businessman. He worked for his family's distilled beverage firm, Seagram, eventually becoming president, treasurer and CEO. As president of the World Jewish Congr ...
(1929–2013)
******Samuel Bronfman (1954), married to Melanie Mann.
******Edgar Bronfman Jr.
Edgar Miles Bronfman Jr. (born May 16, 1955) is an American businessman, filmmaker, theater producer, and media executive who is a managing partner at Accretive LLC. He previously was CEO of Warner Music Group from 2004 to 2011, and was its chair ...
(1955)
*******married to Sherry Brewer from 1979 to 1991, 3 children
******** Benjamin Bronfman (1982); one child with Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (1975)
*********Ikhyd Edgar Arular Bronfman (2009)
********Vanessa Bronfman
******** Hannah Bronfman (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 ch ...
(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
Samuel Belzberg, (June 26, 1928 – March 30, 2018) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist.
Biography
Samuel Belzberg was born to a Jewish family in Calgary, Alberta[Hinduism
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and has taken the name Bhavani Lev.
****** Adam Bronfman, married Cynthia Marie Gage, 4 children
***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 businessman and philanthropist who co-owned two of New York City's largest department stores, R. H. Macy & Company and Abraham & Straus. He was the namesake for the Isra ...
, no children
*** Herbert H. Lehman (1878–1963), 45th Governor of New York; married Edith Louise Altschul in 1910 (sister of banker 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 children[Jewish 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 Mary Lou or Marylou may refer to:
People
* Mary Lou (name), including list of persons with this given name
* Mary Lou (actress), American actress Mary Lou Kolbenschlag (born 1992)
Films and television
* ''Mary Lou'' (1928 film), a German silent ...
, 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, 2 children; he was killed while serving during World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
.[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 (1942–2016)
****John Robert Lehman (1920–1994)
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
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 to Siri von Reis, an author and botanist, and Arthur Altschul, a m ...
References
Further reading
*
*
*
* The Lehman Trilogy, a play which chronicles the family from the 1840s to 2008.
External links
The Jewish Daily Forward: "The Lehmans? They’ve Moved On. Sad? A Little"
September 26, 2008
Full text of "John L. Loeb Collection"
retrieved October 28, 2015
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