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Category: Translation - German
Approval Date: 9/9/2026 4:48 PM
Family Surname: Kaufmann
Country: Germany
Town: Berlichingen

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Image found at a link from Matricula. It is a page from a Family Register book (book 76) for Jewish families in the town. The page is for a particular Kaufmann family group, with parents, grandparents, and 9 children. I'm interested in extracting ALL information on this family included on this page, including names, birth/marriage/death dates, and especially any notes or comments. I have some of this deciphered, but also need a different set of eyes in case I have missed things, or misinterpreted things.

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9/9/2026 5:53 PM

Hello,
Parts of this are rather difficult to read, so I’ll do my best. I would recommend verifying the names and dates with the actual vital records if they survive.

Husband: Jandof Kaufman, born on 22nd September 1799 to Löw Kaufman and Lea née Josua[?], died on 28 November 1872

Wife I: Gödel[?] née Strauß, born on 7 August 1800 in Som[m]erhausen[?] in Bavaria to Wolf Strauß and [] née Schoset…[?], died on 22 October 1843

Wife II: Clara Adler [no further information]

Marriage of Jandof and Gödel[?]: 1st February 1825

Children:

(1) Jakob Kaufman, born on 23 October 1826
(2) Mayer Kaufman, born on 12th February 1829, died on 29th March[?] 1829
(3) Lea Kaufman, born on 13 March 1830
(4) Schonette, born on 20 February 1832, died on 6 June 1837
(5) Wolf, born on 18[?] January 1834, died on 9 June 1837
(6) Josua, born on 14 February 1836, died on 13 November 1836
(7) Bas-Zion, born on 18 October 1837
(8) Natan, born on 19 April 1840, to Eschenau in 1864 [either referring to a move or to a marriage]
(9) Kehle[?], born on 10 August 1850

9/10/2026 8:45 AM

I have some additional information from other sources: as to Jandof Kaufmann, I have the additional first name Josef; his mother Lea was the daughter of Josua Kohn from Warsaw; his (Josef's) brother Jakob Loew Kaufmann Berlinger (1783-1853 in Laupheim) was a documented Rabbi in the region.
I would not be sure who was born in Sommerhausen, BY - Gidel Straus or Clara Adler?
I have a son Loew (1827-1828), not listed here;
child #9 Kehle (later civil name usually Karoline, if she grew up) must be the daugher of Clara Adler;

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