Napa Valley Exhibit Hall

David L. Haas: Early Jewish Pioneer of Napa, California

David L. Haas Values Codes  I – E – L   David Leopold Haas was born in Germany in 1842. In 1859, David and his brothers, Martin and Solomon Haas, came to America via the Isthmus of Panama route. Napa In 1859, at age 17, David Haas clerked for his

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Joseph Schwartz: Owner of the City of Paris in Napa California

Joseph Schwartz Values Codes  I – E – L   Joseph Schwartz was born in Bohemia, Austria, around 1852.   Napa In 1874, Joseph Schwartz and his brother, Henry Schwartz, opened J&H Schwartz on the ground floor of the Napa Opera House. Henry Schwartz would eventually leave

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Emanuel Manasse: Pioneer Jewish Tanner of Napa, California

  Emanuel Manasse Values Codes  I – E – L   Emanuel Manasse was born in Germany in 1842. The son of a tanner, Manasse immigrated to America in 1864. He married Amelia Hellwig, the daughter of a German tanner, in New Jersey. The young couple traveled to San

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Abraham & Cecilia Goodman: Jewish Merchants of St. Helena, California

Abraham and Cecilia Goodman Values Codes  I – E – L   Abraham Goodman was born in Hungary in 1851. He arrived in Cincinnati, Ohio, at age 25 in 1876. There, Goodman met and married Cecilia Rosenthal.   St. Helena The Goodmans moved to St. Helena, California,

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Friederich “Fritz” Rosenbaum: Jewish Creator of the Johannaberg Wine Cellars of St. Helena, California

  Friederich “Fritz” Rosenbaum Values Codes I – E – L   Friederich “Fritz” Rosenbaum was born in Westfalen, Germany, in 1833.   Along the way Fritz Rosenbaum was primarily a resident of San Francisco, where he worked as a glass importer.   St. Helena In 1878,

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Simon and Rebecca Galewsky Family: Early Jewish Pioneers of St. Helena, California

Simon and Rebecca Galewsky Family Values Codes  I – E – L   Prussian-born Simon Galewsky (Galewski) and Rebecca Isaacs Galewsky established a general store on Main Street in St. Helena, California, in 1858. Simon Galewsky died of tuberculosis in 1868 at the age of 37. The 1880

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