Jsaias Joseph Gernsbacher (1824 - 1919)

Born 6 Jan 1824 in Bühl, Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Ancestors

Husband of Beulah Philippina (Kahn) Gernsbacher — married about 1854 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

Husband of Rosalia Gernsbacher — married 23 Oct 1867 in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Nov 1919 at age 95 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Joseph Gernsbacher has Jewish Roots.

Joseph Gernsbacher has German Roots.

GIVEN NAME: "Isajas (gewöhnlich Joseph Gernsbacher genannt)"^[1]

MARRIAGE COMPLICATIONS: Joseph Gernsbacher, born in Bühl (Baden), Germany, was married twice with his first wife Breine Kahn.

First in the year 1854 in New Orleans he married Breine (Bienche) resp. Philippina Kahn who was born in Bodenheim, Rheinpfalz (Palatine), Germany. They had a traditional Hebrew marriage in a synagoge, a civil record probably didn't exist. In New Orleans in the year 1855 the couple got a son named Aron. Later the young family went to Bühl (Baden) and got a daughter Sophie in 1862.

The problem in Bühl was that the New Orleans marriage certificate in Hebrew - even translated - legally wasn't guilty in Baden. Here since 1806 a civil marriage was the standard. Although people mainly had a ceremony in church or in synagoge, a written copy of the marriage record in church or synagoge was sent to the Bezirksämter (regional offices) of the Großherzogtum Baden (so called Standesbuch, -bücher). So there are a) Kirchenbücher (church books) and b) Standesbücher (civil record books) in Baden - a practise that lasted from January 1810 to January 1870. Civil offices (Standesamt, -ämter) in Baden were installed in 1870, and since 1873 in all countries of the German Empire (Deutsches Kaiserreich). -

Due to these legal rules in Großherzogtum Baden Joseph as a citizen of Bühl (Bürger in Bühl) and his wife Breine/Bienchen from Bubenheim after nearly ten years of matrimony had to marry again, otherwise their children would officially have been considered as illegitim or not born in matrimony. By the way: In the opinion of the Baden officials the couple didn't live in matrimony for nearly ten years!

So their second marriage took place on 21th October 1863 in Bühl:

"(...) Nachmittags wurde dahier getraut: Jsajas / Josef / Gernsbacher, ehel. Sohn des hiesigen verst. Handelsmannes Aron Hirsch Gernsbacher u der verst. Rosina Aa dahier, geb. den 6. Jenner 1824, hiesiger Bürger u Handelsmann, und Bräune / Bienchen / Kahn geb. zu Bubenheim in Rheinbaiern am 24. Dezember 1829, ehel. Tochter des dortigen Maklers Jakob Kahn und der verstorbenen Johannetta Marx. Zeugen sind: Emanuel Traub, hiesiger Vorsänger und Moses Schott, Handelsmann dahier. Unmittelbar nach der Trauung erklären die Eheleute vor dem unterzeichneten Rabbiner und den oben genannten Zeugen, daß sie bekanntlich und laut ihres beglaubigten hebräischen Ehescheines schon vor bald zehn Jahren in Neuorleans getraut worden sind, und sich der heutigen Trauung nur unterziehen, um den diesseitigen landesherrlichen Vorschriften zu genügen u um ihren Sohn Aron, welcher am 10. Mai 1855 in Neuorleans geboren worden ist, ferner ihre Tochter Sophie, welche am 21. August 1862 vormittag acht Uhr dahier geboren u im hiesigen Geburtsbuche pag 124 sub No 7 eingetragen worden ist, hiermit als ehelich zu erkennen und zu erklären. Bühl 21. October 1863.

Originalunterschriften (original signatures): Jsaias / Joseph / Gernsbacher / Breine Bienche Kahn / Emanuel Traub / Moses Schott / T. Schott Bezi. Rabbiner"^[2]

Joseph was born in Bühl, Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 6 Jan 1824. He is the son of Aron Gernsbacher and Rosalie Ach. Immigrated to USA in 1849.^[3]

Joseph lived in New York.

• 1867: Marriage of Joseph Gernsbacher and Rosalie Gernsbacher, 23 Oct 1867; Manhattan, New York, New York, United States.^[4]
• 1870: Joseph Gernsbacher, New York City, New York County, New York, United States^[5]

Joseph lived in Louisiana.

• 1880-1910: Jos Gernsbacher, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States^[6][3][7]

Death of Joseph, 6 Nov 1919, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

• Joseph Gernsbacher (6 Jan 1824–6 Nov 1919), Hebrew Rest Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe, Bestand 390, Nr. 853, Standesbuch der evangelischen und israelitischen Gemeinde Bühl, Geburtenbuch 1857-1870, Bild 363 und 366, URL (http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/plink/?f=4-1119766-363)
2. ↑ Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe, Bestand 390, Nr. 854, Standesbuch der evangelischen und israelitischen Gemeinde Bühl, Heiratsbuch 1810-1869, Bild 422 und 423, URL (http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/plink/?f=4-1119775-422)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} United States Census, 1900
4. ↑ New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940
5. ↑ United States Census, 1870
6. ↑ United States Census, 1880
7. ↑ United States Census, 1910
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #135826629