Jewish German-American family
Lehman family Current region New York , U.S.Place of origin Bavaria , Germany Founder Abraham Lehman Connected families
The Lehman family (also Lehmann, Liehmann or Liehman) is a prominent family of Jewish German-Americans who founded the financial firm Lehman Brothers . Some were also involved in American politics.[ 1] Morgenthau , Loeb , and Bronfman families.
The family traces back to Abraham Lehmann, a cattle merchant in Rimpar , Bavaria , who changed his Yiddish (German-Jewish ) surname Löw (Loeb) to the German Lehman .
Some of the family members include :[ 2]
Abraham Lehmann, born Abraham Löw, cattle merchant in Rimpar , Bavaria [ 3] 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 (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
David Lehman
Meyer H. Lehman Emanuel Lehman (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 [ 4] [ 5]
Evelyn Philip Lehman, married Jules Ehrich, 4 children:[ 2] May Ehrich (born 1889)
Pauline Ehrich (born 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 (1902–2000)[ 6] Paul Shoup (1874–1946) William Mayer (1925–2017), composer, married Meredith Nevins, daughter of historian and journalist Allan Nevins (1890–1971), 3 children
Steven Mayer (born 1952)
Jane Mayer (born 1955), journalist, married to William B. HamiltonCynthia Mayer (born 1958) Ruth Ehrich (born 1900), married Ralph Friedman, 2 children Philip Lehman (1861–1947), married to Carrie Lauer (born 1937)
Pauline Lehman, married to Henry Ickelheimer (1868–1940) of Heidelbach, Ickelheimer & Co. ,[ 7] Jean Ickelheimer Stralem , married to Donald Stralem (1903–1976), 2 children[ 8] Sandra Jean Stralem, married Robert A. Russell,[ 9] [ 10] Donna Russell Cronin[ 10]
Robin Becker Maki[ 10]
Sharon Lynn Stralem[ 8] [ 11] [ 12] Philip Henry Isles (1912–1960), changed surname from Ickelheimer, married to model Lillian Fox, 3 children, divorced,[ 13] [ 14] Stephane Groueff (1922–2006)
Jill Isles Blanchard, married to Guillermo B. Aguilera, divorced[ 15] [ 16]
Tina Isles Barney (born 1945), photographer, married to John Joseph Barney in 1966[ 17] Philip Henry Isles II, married to Alexandra Moltke (born 1945)
Adam Isles (born 1969), married to Hannah Harrison Bond[ 18]
Robert Lehman (1891–1969), married three times
Aaron Lehman (1829–1924)
Mayer Lehman (1830–1897), co-founder of Lehman Brothers, married to Babette Newgass, sister-in-law of Isaias W. Hellman (1842–1920)
Lisette Lehman Fatman, married to Morris Fatman, clothing manufacturer, 2 children[ 25] Margaret Fatman[ 25] Werner Josten (1885–1963), 2 children[ 26] Peter Josten[ 26]
Eileen Josten Lowe, married Dr. Charles U. Lowe in 1955, 4 children[ 26]
Elinor Fatman Morgenthau (1892–1949), married Henry Morgenthau Jr. (1891–1967),[ 25] [ 27] Robert M. Morgenthau (1919–2019),[ 27] Henry Morgenthau III (1917–2018),[ 27] Ruth Schachter Morgenthau (1931–2006), advisor to President Jimmy Carter, 3 children[ 28] Henry (Ben) Morgenthau (born 1964)[ 28]
Kramer Morgenthau (born 1966),[ 28] [ 29] Sarah Elinor Morgenthau Wessel (born 1963),[ 28] [ 30] Joan Morgenthau Hirschhorn (1922–2012)[ 27] [ 31] [ 32] Elizabeth Hirschhorn Wilson, married Bruce Wilson[ 31]
Joan Hirschhorn Bright, married David Bright[ 31]
Elinor H. Hirschhorn,[ 31] [ 33]
Clara Lehman Limburg[ 34] Mabel Limburg Rossbach[ 34] [ 35]
Sigmund M. Lehman married his cousin Harriet Philip Lehman, daughter of his uncle Emanuel Lehman [ 4] [ 5] Harriet Lehman (1860–1948), married to Philip Goodhart
Arthur Lehman Goodhart (1891–1978), British academic; married Cecily Carter, 3 children
Howard Goodhart
Helen Goodhart (1887–1985), married to Frank Altschul (1887–1981), banker[ 47] Margaret Lang, married to journalist Daniel Lang (1913–1981), 3 children[ 48] [ 49] Frances Lang Labaree[ 49]
Helen Lang[ 49]
Cecily Lang Kooyman[ 49]
Edith Altschul Graham (died 2003), married Robert Claverhouse Graham, 3 children[ 50] Robert C. Graham Jr.[ 50] Charles R. Denny (1912–2000), 2 children,[ 51] Elizabeth Ashley Graham, married Adam Marc Lindemann,[ 51] George Lindemann (1936–2018)
Kathryn Graham
James Wesley Hawkes Graham
Michael C. Graham[ 50]
Kathryn G. Graham[ 50] Arthur Goodhart Altschul Sr. (1920–2002), investment banker
married Stephanie Rosemary Wagner in 1956, she later died in a plane crash, 2 children[ 52] Stephen Altschul (born 1957), mathematician and researcher; married to Caroline Kershaw James
James Altschul
William Altschul (born 1998) Charles Altschul
married Siri von Reis (1931–2021) (divorced 1972), 3 children
Arthur Goodhart Altschul Jr. (born 1964), married 2013 Rula Jebreal (born 1973) divorced 2016
Emily Helen Altschul (born 1966), married John Miller (born 1958) in 2002[ 53]
Serena Altschul (born 1970), broadcast journalist and MTV host
Arthur Lehman (1873–1936), married to Adele Lewisohn Lehman (1882–1965),[ 54] Adolph Lewisohn (1849–1938), mining magnate, 3 children
Dorothy Lehman Bernhard (1903–1969), married to investment banker Richard Jaques Bernhard in 1923, 2 children[ 55] Helen Lehman (1905–1989),[ 58] Benjamin Buttenwieser (1900–1991), banker at Kuhn, Loeb & Co. , son of Joseph L. Buttenwieser (1865–1938)[ 59] Lawrence B. Buttenwieser, lawyer at Katten Muchin Rosenman , married to Ann Lubin,[ 60] Isador Lubin (1896–1978)
Jill Ann Buttenwieser Schloss, married to Richard Perry Schloss[ 61]
Carol Buttenwieser Sharp[ 61]
Peter Lubin Buttenwieser (born 1965), married to Susan Helen Upton in 1995[ 62]
Peter L. Buttenwieser (1935–2018), philanthropist, married to Elizabeth Werthan[ 63] [ 64] Paul A. Buttenwieser, psychiatrist[ 65] Frances Lehman Loeb (1906–1996), married to John Langeloth Loeb Sr. (1902–1996) (son of Carl M. Loeb (1875–1955)), 5 children[ 66] [ 67] John Langeloth Loeb Jr. (born 1930), businessman
married to Nina Sundby from 1960, 1 child
Alexandra Loeb Driscoll, married to Joseph Edward Driscoll, 2 children[ 68] Aidan Edward Driscoll[ 68]
Allegra Frances Driscoll[ 68]
married to Meta Martindell Harrsen, 1 child
married to Sharon J. Handler in 2011 Judith Loeb Chiara[ 66] Piero Chiara (1913–1986)[ 69]
Arthur Lehman Loeb[ 66]
Deborah Loeb Brice[ 66]
Ann Loeb Bronfman (1932–2011), married to Edgar Bronfman Sr. (1929–2013)
Samuel Bronfman (born 1954), married to Melanie Mann.[ 70]
Edgar Bronfman Jr. (born 1955)
married to Sherry Brewer from 1979 to 1991, 3 children
married Clarisa Alcock San Román in 1993, 4 children
Aaron Bronfman
Bettina Bronfman
Erik Bronfman
Clarissa Bronfman Matthew Bronfman (born 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 (1928–2018), 3 children, divorced
Sasha Eliana Bronfman
Tess Emanuella Bronfman
Ezekiel "Zeke" Belzberg Bronfman
married Stacey Kaye in 2005, 1 child,[ 72] [citation needed
married Melanie Lavie in 2017, 2 children[ 73] [ 74] James Raphael Bronfman
Stella Ann Bronfman Holly Bronfman Lev, married to Yoav Lev. She is a convert to Hinduism and has taken the name Bhavani Lev.[ 75]
Adam Bronfman (born 1963), married Cynthia Marie Gage, 4 childrenIrving Lehman (1876–1945), U.S. lawyer and politician, married to Sissie Straus, daughter of Nathan Straus (1848–1931), no childrenHerbert H. Lehman (1878–1963), 45th Governor of New York; married Edith Louise Altschul in 1910 (sister of banker Frank Altschul (1887–1981)), 3 children[ 76] Hilda Jane Lehman de Vadetzky Paul Wise (1921–1974), married three times,[ 77] [ 78] [ 79] [ 79] [ 77] Peter Lehman Wise
married Sharon Anne McAuliffe in 1977,[ 80] Catherine Jane Wise, married to David Giffen
married Marylou Hanover , 1 child
Stephanie Wise
Deborah Jane Wise, married Peter N. Sheridan in 1971[ 81]
Peter Gerald Lehman (1917–1944); in 1938, he married Peggy Lashanska Rosenbaum, daughter of soprano Hulda Lashanska (1893–1974), 2 children; he was killed while serving during World War II .[ 82] [ 83] Penelope "Penny" Lehman Karp (born 1940)[ 82] [ 84]
Wendy Lehman (1942–2016)[ 82]
John Robert Lehman (1920–1994)
Elias Altschul
Rudolf Altschul
Karl Altschul
Milos Altschul
^ Shapiro, Gary (February 6, 2007). "Lehmans To Celebrate Rich Family History" . New York Sun . The Lehman family tree includes a governor, a chief justice of the New York State court of appeals, a secretary of the treasury, two ambassadors, members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons, and a New York State parks commissioner. So, when descendants of one of America's most prominent German Jewish dynasties gather later this month, it will be no ordinary reunion. ^ a b Full text of "John L. Loeb Collection" retrieved October 28, 2015^ Flade, Roland (1996). Die Lehmanns und die Rimparer Juden: zur Dauerausstellung im Rathaus Rimpar (in German). Königshausen & Neumann. p. 13. ISBN 3826012739 ^ a b "Chicago For Wedding presents; A Young Couple With $80,000 to Begin Life" . The New York Times . Retrieved March 23, 2018 . The Wedding of Miss Harriet Lehman, eldest daughter of Mr. Emanuel Lehman, and Mr. Sigmund M. Lehman, took place at the residence of the bride's father, No. 16 East Fortysixth-street, last evening ^ a b Ingham, John N. (January 1, 1983). Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders ISBN 978-0313239083 ^ Johnston, David Cay (March 31, 2000). "Carl S. Shoup, 97; Shaped Japan's Tax Code" . The New York Times ^ H. R. Ickelheimer Weds ^ a b New York Times: "Jean Stralem, 86, Philanthropist Known for Work With the Blind" by WOLFGANG SAXON December 22, 1994^ Randolph, Nancy (December 12, 1955). "Dec. 27 A Big Day For Socialites" . New York Daily News ^ a b c Rush, George; Molloy, Joanna (May 24, 1995). "Inherit the Windfall? Snubbed Kin Claims an Heir in Judgment" . New York Daily News ^ Desert Sun: "Stralem Daughter Betrothed" June 11, 1958^ Desert Sun: "Village Girl Bride in New York" 23 August 1958^ New York Times: "Philip H. Isles Becomes Fiance Of Miss Moltke" ^ New York Sun: "Stephane Groueff, 83, Bulgarian Journalist and Author in Exile" By STEPHEN MILLER May 22, 2006^ New York Times: "Jill Pauline Isles Betrothed To Guillermo B. Aguilera" ^ a b New York Times: "WEDDINGS; Pauline Aguilera, Nicholas Longano" May 10, 1998^ Stony Brook University: "Exteriors, Interiors, and Positionality: The Photography of Tina Barney - A Dissertation Presented by Susan A. Van Scoy May 2010 - p.44^ "WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Hannah Bond, Adam Isles" . The New York Times . September 14, 2003.^ New York Times: "Mrs. Ruth Rumsey Weds Robert Lehman; Quietly Married to New York Banker in Montreal--Couple Sail on the Olympic" May 1929^ Schenectady Gazette: Daughter of Ruth Bryan Owen marries Lehman cousin" June 26, 1934^ a b c Biographical Dictionary of U.S. Business Leaders By John N. Ingham ^ "Notes on People" . The New York Times . 1978-04-15. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-03-27 .^ a b c Kozinn, Allan (December 20, 1994). "MUSIC NOTES; Song Fest Co-Founder To Direct Arts Center At the 92d Street Y" . New York Times ^ a b c "Obituary: Reverend Robert Frederick Rolf" . The Plain Dealer . March 21, 2012.^ a b c Jewish Women's Archive: "Elinor Morgenthau 1892 – 1949" by Edna S. Friedberg] retrieved October 3, 2015^ a b c New York Times: "Obituary: Eileen Lowe" December 17, 2016^ a b c d Morgenthau Family Tree Archived 2015-12-20 at the Wayback Machine retrieved October 3, 2015^ a b c d Hevesi, Dennis (2006-11-12). "Ruth S. Morgenthau, 75, an Adviser to Carter, Is Dead" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2015-07-13 . ^ New York Times: "Tracy Fleischman and Kramer Morgenthau" December 23, 2011^ New York Times: "Weddings – Carlton Wessel, Sarah Morgenthau" September 6, 1993^ a b c d New York Times: "Joan Morgenthau Hirschhorn" October 7, 2012^ New York Times: "Deaths – Hirschhorn, Fred Jr." May 13, 2012^ New York Times: "Weddings – Elinor Hirschhorn, Michael J. Carroll" June 30, 1996^ a b c Lehman College: "June Bingham Birge, 1919 - 2007" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine August 27, 2007^ New York Times: "June Bingham Marries Robert B. Birge" March 29, 1987^ a b c d e f "June Bingham Birge, Who Wrote Books and Plays, Dies at 88" , The New York Times ^ a b c d Gainesville Sun: "Local reverend dies of cancer" By GARY KIRKLAND October 28, 1999^ a b c New York Times: "Paid Notice: Deaths ESSELSTYN, THE REV. JUNE MITCHELL (MICKI) BINGHAM October 28, 1999^ a b c New York Times: "Orin Lehman, 88, Parks Steward, Dies" by Dennis Hevesi February 23, 2008^ new York Times: "Susan L. Cullman, 79, Decoder and an Editor" January 4, 1994^ Arnold, Laurence (August 7, 2013). "E. Nelson Asiel, Brokerage's Third-Generation Leader, Dies at 96" . Bloomberg . ^ a b c d e "Deaths Asiel, Betty L." New York Times . Retrieved March 22, 2018 .^ Ingham, John N. (September 27, 1983). Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders, Volume 1 228– 230. ISBN 9780313239076 ^ "Sir Philip Goodhart, politician - obituary" . Telegraph.co.uk . 6 July 2015.^ a b c d e f g h Daily Telegraph: "Valerie Forbes Winant died peacefully on April 1st aged 88" retrieved 30 September 2015^ "Lucy Kellaway" . Financial Times . Retrieved 7 September 2010 .^ Reich, Cary (2003). "André Meyer" . In Ellis, Charles D. (ed.). Wall Street People: True Stories of the Great Barons of Finance . New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 25 . ISBN 0471274283 ^ New York Times: "Daniel Lang, 66, Correspondent and author for New Yorker, dies" November 19, 1981^ a b c d New York Times: "Paid Notice: Deaths LANG, MARGARET ALTSCHUL" January 10, 2002^ a b c d New York Times: "Deaths GRAHAM, EDITH ALTSCHUL" May 14, 2003^ a b . New York Times: "Elizabeth Graham, Graduate Student, Is Married to Adam Marc Lindemann" October 16, 1989
^ New York Times: Principals in Wedding Ceremony Here; Stephanie R. Wagner Is Bride Of Arthur Goodhart Altschul April 30, 1956,^ New York Times: "Weddings/Celebrations – Emily Altschul, John Miller" November 24, 2002^ Jewish Women's Archive: "Adele Lewisohn Lehman 1882–1965" by Laurie Sokol retrieved October 30, 2015^ a b c Jewish Women's Archive: "Dorothy Lehman Bernhard 1903–1969" by Jennifer Rosenberg retrieved October 30, 2015^ "Catherine Cahill Becomes Bride" . New York Times ^ Gaver, Jack (April 29, 1953). "For Jane Pickens On Radio" . Lubbock Evening Journal. Retrieved March 21, 2018 . Grace is married to John T. Cahill of New York, a former U. S. District Attorney, and they have four children ^ Anderson, Susan Heller (November 23, 1989). "Helen Buttenwieser, 84, Lawyer and Civic Leader" . New York Times ^ Pace, Eric (January 1, 1992). "Benjamin J. Buttenwieser, Investment Banker, 91" . New York Times . ^ "Ann Lubin Buttenwieser '57 - Swarthmore College Bulletin" .^ a b New York Times: "Jill Ann Buttenwieser Weds" March 20, 1989^ New York Times: "Weddings; Susan Upton, P. L. Buttenwieser" June 25, 1995^ "Political Donor Shuns A System He Funds" . October 1, 2000. Archived from the original on April 27, 2014.^ "Peter Lehman Buttenwieser To Wed Elizabeth Werthan" (PDF) . North Westchester Times New Castle Tribune . September 8, 1960.^ "Family' man Arts patron also champions a tradition of social justice and philanthropy" . July 29, 1999. Archived from the original on September 6, 2008.^ a b c d New York Times: "Frances Loeb, 89, Lifesaver to Foreign Diplomats" By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER May 19, 1996^ New York Times: "John L. Loeb Sr. Dies at 94; Investor and Philanthropist" By ERIC PACE December 9, 1996^ a b c Loeb website: Family retrieved July 16, 2013^ New York Times: "JUDITH CHIARA Obituary" November 17, 2010^ New York Times: "Notes on People; Abducted Bronfman Son to Wed" ^ "Hannah Bronfman Gets Married In Morocco" . People . Retrieved 21 December 2017 .^ Nathaniel Popper (April 15, 2005). "Another Bronfman Makes His Mark" . The Jewish Daily Forward . Retrieved August 15, 2013 . ^ Press Reader: "Bronfman Wedding" April 12, 2017^ Tsur, Shlomit (February 25, 2018). "Advertising tycoon Eyal Chomsky is leasing an apartment in the 17 Rothschild project to Bronfman who recently married Israeli Melanie Lavie" . Globes ^ Economic Times of India: "Fabindia acquires a 40% stake in Organic India" by Rasul Bailay & Chaitali Chakravarty March 6, 2013^ Jewish Women's Archives: "EDITH ALTSCHUL LEHMAN 1889 – 1974" by Norma Spungen retrieved December 26, 2015^ a b "Mrs. Hilda Wise, Daughter Of Governor Lehman, Dies" . The New York Times Her three marriages ended in divorce. Surviving besides her mother are two daughters, Mrs. Deborah Sheridan and Stephanie Wise; a son, Peter L. Wise, and a brother, John R, Lehman. ^ "LEHMAN SON-IN-LAW FORMER WPA ACTOR; Boris de Vadetzky Also Was a Research Worker Here" . The New York Times Boris de Vadetzky, who married Hilda Jane Lehman, 19-year-old daughter of Governor and Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman, at Elkton, Md., on Dec. 1, was a WPA actor and research worker from Nov. 6, 1938, to Nov. 24. 1939, the records of the Work Projects Administration in this city disclosed yesterday. ^ a b "Miss Hilda Lehman Married to Major - Mrs. Hilda Jane daughter of Herbert H. Lehman, director general of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, and Mrs. Lehman, was married yesterday to Eugene L. Paul, AUS, in the home of her parents at 820 Park Avenue" . Berkshire Eagle Her first marriage to Boris de Vadetzky ended in divorce last August. ^ "Chittenango is the Setting - Wedding Vows were Exchanged Saturday by Mrs. Sharon Anne McAuliffe and Peter Lehman Wise at St. Patrick's Church Chittenango" . Syracuse Herald American . November 27, 1977. Father of the bridegroom, Eugene Paul, was the best man ^ "Miss Deborah Jane Wise Is Bride" . The New York Times ^ a b c Columbia University Digital Archive: "1st Lieutenant Peter Gerald Lehman" February 15, 1953^ "Peggy Rosenbaum Married Here To Peter Lehman, Governor's Son; Many State and City Officials at Ceremony Held in Floral Setting--Bridegroom's Father Serves as Best Man Ceremony in Floral Bower Gowned in Ice Blue" . New York Times ^ "Miss Penelope Lehman Married to Stanley Karp; A Granddaughter of Late Senator Wed to Benrus Officer" . The New York Times
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