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Toby Rosenthal: Famous Jewish Artist of Early San Francisco

Toby Edward Rosenthal Values Codes I – H – E – L   Toby Rosenthal was born in 1848 in the Prussian-Polish city of Strassburg. He was brought to America in 1853. (Other biographies state he was born in Connecticut.)   San Francisco In 1858, the Rosenthal

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John & Adelaide Steinman: Hotel Owners of Early San Francisco & First Known Jewish Photograph Taken in S.F.

John and Adelaide Steinman Values Codes I – E – L   John Steinman was born in 1827 in the Duchy of Westphalia, later part of Germany. In 1849, he left Hamburg for America. On the ship, he met Adelaide Heller, who was with her parents, the

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Adolphus Hollub: Early Jewish Pioneer Merchant & Mason

Adolphus Hollub Values Codes I – E – L – P   Adolphus Hollub was born in 1820 in Holitz, Czechoslovakia.   Along the way . . . Hollub ar­rived in America during the mid-1840’s and became an American citizen in Wisconsin – on his way West.

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Abraham Watters: Early Pioneer Synagogue Founder of San Francisco

Abraham Watters Values Codes I – E – L – P   Born in the Prussian-occupied Polish town of either Popowja or Rogasen in 1809, Abraham Watters settled in England in the 1830’s. By 1837, he was in America. In the 1840’s, he lived in Georgia and

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Henry J. Labatt: Influential Early Pioneer Jewish Attorney of San Francisco

Henry J. Labatt Values Codes I – H – E – L   The Labatt family was a prominent Sephardic Jewish presence in pioneer San Francisco. Abraham Cohen Labatt, who had been born in Charleston, South Carolina, became the first president of Congregation Emanu-El when it was

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Emanuel M. Berg: Maker of a Historical Mistake on San Francisco Synagogues’ Beginnings – 1853

  Emanuel Marum Berg Values Codes I – E – L  P   Emanuel Marum Berg was born in Bamberg, Germany, in 1817. Berg married Karoline Uhlfelder in 1849. Shortly afterwards, they left for America, landing in 1850.   San Francisco  That same year, they arrived in San Francisco

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