Isaac Friedenheit (1860 - 1940)

Born 16 Apr 1860 in Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Esther Florence (Goldsmith) Friedenheit — married 17 Nov 1897 in Manhattan, New York, United States

Died 8 Jul 1940 at age 80 in New York City, New York, United States

Biography

Isaac Friedenheit has Jewish Roots.

Isaac Friedenheit has German Roots.

Isaac was a son of Gerson Friedenheit and Fannie (Winklein) Friedenheit, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1860.

In 1860, Gerson, Fanny, their newborn son Isaac, and Gerson's fifty-seven-year-old mother Fanny were residing in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri. Gerson owned a clothing store and had real estate valued at $700 and personal property valued at $2,000.^[1]

His family moved to Manhattan, New York, when he was a child, in about 1865 or 1866. The 1870 U.S. Census recorded his father as George Fridenburg, age 36. He was a native of Bavaria and a U.S. citizen, working in the retail clothing business. His wife Fanny Fridenburg was recorded as 29 years old and born in Pennsylvania. Their children were recorded as Isaac, 10, Hattie, 8, and Sophie, 7, all born in Missouri; and Rachel, 5, and Simon, 2, both born in New York. Gerson Friedenheit seems to have fairly prosperous at this time. He reported $5000 in real estate and the household included a domestic servant.^[2]

As a young man, Isaac went into the ribbon business. The 1880 U.S. Census recorded Isaac Friedenheit, age 20, in his parents household on East 55th St. in Manhattan, New York. His occupation was given as manufacturer of ribbons.^[3] The Trow's New York City Directory published in 1889 lists Isaac Friedenheit, ribbons, living at 352 E. 116th, with his business at 111 Grand. Gerson Friedenheit, insurance, is listed at the same home address, with his business at 109 Grand.^[4]

Isaac Friedenheit married Esther Goldsmith in Manhattan, New York City, on 17 November 1897. According to the marriage record, he was 37 years old, a son of Gerson Friedenheit and Fannie Winkler, and was born in St. Joseph, Missouri. Esther was 20, a daughter of Mayer Goldsmith and Therese Weil, and was born in New York.^[5]

The 1900 U.S. Census recorded Isaac Friedenheit, 40, a merchant, and wife Ester G. Friedenheit, 23, on East 80th St. in Manhattan, New York City, with one-year-old son Myron G. Friedenheit (born September 1888). Isaac was said to be born in April 1860 in New York to a father born in Germany and a mother born in New York (this birthplace information is wrong). He and Ester had been married 2 years and Ester had had one child, who was living.^[6]

In March 1934, seventy-four-year-old Isaac and Esther sailed first class from San Francisco, California, to the Territory of Hawaii on the S. S. President Hoover.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHCB-TXQ : 11 November 2020), Isaic Fredinlule in entry for Geo Fredinlule, 1860.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-68KS-2TD?cc=1438024&wc=KPYK-RM9%3A518819101%2C518819102%2C519258801 : 13 June 2019), New York > New York > New York City, ward 22 > image 1125 of 3562; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZXM-LH4 : accessed 03 Feb 2014), Isaac Friedenheit in household of Gerson Friedenheit, New York, New York, New York, United States; citing sheet 454C, family 2, NARA microfilm publication T9-0893.
4. ↑ Trow's New York City Directory, Vol. CIII, for the Year Ending May 1, 1890, page 670. New York Public Library Digital Collections.
5. ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24CR-657 : 10 February 2018), Isaac Friedenheit and Esther Goldsmith, 17 Nov 1897; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,503,720.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-679Z-JD?cc=1325221&wc=9BW9-SP2%3A1030551901%2C1035804001%2C1036170801 : 5 August 2014), New York > New York County > ED 789 Borough of Manhattan, Election District 18 New York City Ward 29 > image 33 of 40; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). His surname is transcribed as Friedenhut, but it can also be read as Friedenheit.
7. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Honolulu, Hawaii, compiled 02/13/1900 - 12/30/1953; National Archives Microfilm Publication: A4156; Roll: 220; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: RG 85. List or Manifest of United States Citizens, S. S. President Hoover, arrival 28 March 1934, page 62 [stamped]. "Isaac Friedenheit."

• "Marriages - Friedenheit-Goldsmith." The New York Herald, 18 November 1897.

• "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/24VN-MTC : accessed 03 Feb 2014), Isaac Friedenheit, 1935.

• "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M86Q-4GT : accessed 03 Feb 2014), Isaac Fridenburg in household of George Fridenburg, New York, United States; citing p. , family 222, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000552512.

• "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MSK2-S7L : accessed 03 Feb 2014), Isaac Friedenhut, Borough of Manhattan, Election District 18 New York City Ward 29, New York County, New York, United States; citing sheet , family 288, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241116.

• "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M599-23H : accessed 03 Feb 2014), Isaac Friedenheit, Manhattan Ward 19, New York, New York, United States; citing sheet , family 104, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1375056.

• "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MJBP-JD3 : accessed 03 Feb 2014), Isaac Friedenheist, Manhattan Assembly District 15, New York, New York, United States; citing sheet , family 136, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821213.

• "New York, State Census, 1925," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KSQN-Q2V : accessed 03 Feb 2014), Isaac Friedenheit, 1925.

• "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K7CW-Z91 : accessed 03 Feb 2014), Isaac Friedenheit, White Sulphur Springs, White Sulphur Magisterial District, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 13-29, sheet 85A, family , NARA digital publication of T627, roll 4404.

• "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99X7-C99B-5?cc=2185145&wc=3XZD-3TP%3A1056306501%2C1056645601 : 30 January 2015), (M1490) Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925 > Roll 261, 1915 Aug, certificate no 5101-5500 > image 209 of 658; citing NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)

• Annie Jacobs' research dated November 6, 1998.