Nineteenth-Century Jewish Civil Records In Southern Germany

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• Welcome to Hornung Family Funeral Home
• More Types of Funeral Supplies & Services in Liberal
• Normie Lee Taylor
• Kelly J. Hornung
• Charles B. Taylor
• Nineteenth-Century Jewish Civil Records In Southern Germany
• Death Notices

Many of the second copies kept by pastors still exist. Frequently, the clergy possessed superior penmanship, at least during the first half of the century. Sometimes a pastor would alter a Jewish-sounding given name to a more German form in his copy. A further level of complexity results from the variable spelling of Jewish surnames in the first half of the 19th century.

That truth was grounded in the love of family and friends, and she was as devoted to her best friend and life partner, Rob, as he was to her, for more than 37 years. They were blessed with a son, Robby, truly the light in his mother’s eye and of whom she was extremely proud. Moore’s unique ability to welcome people and bring them together, along with her expertise as a working funeral director, made her an asset to the mission.

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In 2016, Kelly and Mike moved to her mother’s hometown, Liberal, Kansas where she spent many summers as a kid. Mike worked for the Brenneman’s at the funeral home and Kelly returned to her love of teaching working at the Colvin Adult Learning Center where she taught the adult GED program. In 2017, Kelly and Mike purchased the funeral home and she went to work full time helping Mike and her Dad run the family business.

Birth, marriage, and death registers generally followed the same style within a given community or region. Typically, registers were maintained by the rabbi in those communities that could afford one. In the absence of a resident rabbi, a Jewish parochial school teacher or a community leader was responsible for keeping the register. Kelly was a lifelong Colorado Avalanche and Denver Broncos fan.

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He is survived by wife Patsy, twin sons Brent and Bert, sons Greg and Brian, daughter Alicia, eight grandchildren, two sisters and a brother. Stuhr graduated from Gupton Jones College of Mortuary Science and joined his family’s business in 1980, representing the fifth generation of the firm. Over the course of 40-plus years, he provided leadership in many capacities in the family business. Stuhr was loved by co-workers for his professional knowledge, spirit, true heart, humility and humor.

Finally, Kelly loved to travel with her family sharing experiences and moments that became fond memories and the basis of stories told and retold again. He is survived by wife Leyeuna and children Nicholas and Margo, all of whom are licensed funeral directors. Bubela was a member of the Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree and a retired justice of the peace.

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These laws applied initially not only to Austria proper but also to Bavaria, Bohemia, Galicia, Moravia, and other parts of the Hapsburg Empire. The laws and regulations prescribed a tabular form for the civil records. As we know today, the health and economic achievements of families depend to a great extent on the literacy of the mothers.

She brought love and joy to the whole family, with an overflowing heart and endless generosity. Stuhr was a certified funeral service practitioner, a member of NFDA, member and past president of the South Carolina Funeral Directors Association, and member and former board member of Selected Independent Funeral Homes. He was a member of Etiwan Masonic Lodge, Exchange Club of Charleston, Executive Association of Greater Charleston, German Friendly Society and the Hibernian Society. He belonged to the Masons of Paramuthia Lodge 25 F&AM (a 70-year member who held the position of Worshipful Master in 1960). He was a 65-year member of Athens York Rite Bodies, 60-year member of Kiwanis Club of Athens, Athens Chapter 175 Order of the Eastern Star , Aladdin Temple Shrine, Athens Co.

At different times, the same person may have been recorded either as Levi or as Levy. The same is true of Cohn, Cohen, and Kahn; Schnaddicher and Schnaittacher, and Buttenwieser and Buddewiser are used interchangeably. In the second half of the 19th century, the desire for assimilation led some German Jews to change their given names from biblical or other, typically Jewish names to names they regarded as more elegant alternatives. Sometimes the old and new names alliterated, but often they did not. While in high school and college, she taught an afterschool program at a daycare where her love of children and teaching was first realized. After becoming a nurse, Kelly worked for several years as an RN, first in La Junta, Colorado, and then in the Denver Metro area.

She had a special love for all things Disney – from the parks to her amazing collection of Disney dresses. From an early age, Kelly was a spectacular cook and baker, always trying new recipes for her family. Recently she had built a ceramics studio in her new home and had proudly returned to a hobby she avidly pursued as a teenager.

Although most original Jewish civil rec­ords from the 19th century appear lost, microfilmed copies of many of them survived in the Leipzig and Gatermann films. Baden-Wuerttemberg and some Bavarian records are accessible online. Most can be found in the respective state and district archives.

Perhaps Emperor Joseph II should be thanked for some of the growth of the Jewish population, and the economic and academic success of 19th-century European Jewry. In contrast to records in journal style, many jurisdictions preferred or prescribed that civil records be kept in ledger style. Figure 3, shown on the next page, is an example of a ledger record. Retired funeral director, brother of Jerry Jagers and uncle of Tim Jagers, all of Jagers & Sons Funeral Home, Athens, Ohio, died September 1, 2022, at age 92. Jagers attended Ohio University and Cincinnati College of Embalming, and he served at Jagers and Sons for more than 75 years.