Sigmund Seligmann Oppenheimer
Ancestor
b. 01.06.1801, Michelfeld — d. 31.05.1872, Michelfeld
Husband of Henriette · 1 child
The Oppenheimer woollen cloth factory at Michelfeld, drawn on the engraved family Stammbaum and captioned 'Fabrik Michelfeld.' Works buildings around a tall brick chimney. Founded by Zacharias Oppenheimer — weaving cloth for his father Hayum's business from 1803, trading by 1808 as the Wollentuchfabrique Zacharias Oppenheimer und Herz Michel with 25–30 workers, and grown to 60–70 by the 1810s. It won a silver medal at the 1861 Karlsruhe industrial exhibition and continued as the Gebr. Oppenheimer Wolltuchfabrik. Its uniform cloth supplied the Prussian and Baden military, and it is the business Louis Oppenheimer carried to Bruchsal in 1860.
ReligionJewish
AddressMichelfeld, Germany
Family
Notes
Otto's grandfather. Different person from Sigmund Oppenheimer of Gemmingen (Joseph Marum's son).
Second-youngest son of Zacharias Oppenheimer, per Otto's 1939 correspondence.
Geni: https://www.geni.com/people/Sigmund-Seligmann-Oppenheimer/6000000002765966293
Birth on 1 June 1801 and death on 31 May 1872 are confirmed to the day by the engraved Stammbaum (AR 11074).
LBI's finding aid for AR 7044 names his wife as Henriette Lewis and his son as Louis.
Sources
- Geni.com World Family Tree — Collaborative genealogy profiles managed by Randy Schoenberg. Profiles for Joseph Marum Oppenheimer and Mina Oppenheimer (née Kirchhausen).
- LBI AR 11074 / MF 1351 — Stammbaum der Familie Oppenheimer, Michelfeld — Engraved family tree of the Michelfeld Oppenheimers, dedicated to the family by Dr. med. Eduard Oppenheimer (Strassburg), Jakob Oppenheimer (Bruchsal) and Dr. jur. Eugen Oppenheimer (Heilbronn); drawn by K. Nagel, Karlsruhe. Centres on a portrait of Zacharias Oppenheimer (1773–1827) and his wife Fratel, with shields for his parents Hajum and Brendel and his grandparents Loeb and Kehle, and several hundred descendant shields. Includes views of the Geburtshaus and the Michelfeld factory. A copy is also held in AR 7044, folder 1/13.
- LBI AR 7044 / MF 739 — Bär-Oppenheimer Family Collection — Papers of the Bär and Oppenheimer families of Bruchsal, 1841–1981, covering the Oppenheimer woolens factory and the Bär leather firm (Firma Raphael Bär, later Anol AG). Digitised in full. Includes Eugen Oppenheimer's 1929 correspondence on the family tree (1/8), family trees (1/13), the firm history 'Geschichte eines Uniformtuchhauses' (1/14), Louis Oppenheimer's 1929 family history (1/19), Otto Oppenheimer's First World War letters (1/20), Annie Bär's 1941 diary of the crossing to America (1/25), naturalisation certificates for Otto and Emma (1/29), and drawings of the Bruchsal synagogue destroyed in 1938 (OS92). Related memoirs: Otto Oppenheimer ME 1215, Julius Bär ME 1216, Harry Ettlinger ME 1333.
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