The Meyer Brothers: Max, Julius, Adolph & Meyer Values Codes I – E – P The Meyer Brothers were born in Bromberg, Prussia. They arrived in the United States in the 1860’s. Omaha, Nebraska Max Meyer first worked in New York City, then Pennsylvania oil country, and Omaha,
Read more →Edward & Andrew Rosewater Values Codes I – E – L – P Edward Rosewater Edward (Rosenwasser) Rosewater was born in Bukovan, Bohemia in 1841 His parents, Herman and Rosalia Rosenwasser, and their 11 children immigrated to the United States, settling in Cleveland, Ohio in 1853. Along the
Read more →Meyer Hellman & Aaron Cahn Values Codes I – E – P Meyer Hellman and Aaron Cahn were brothers-in law. They arrived in Omaha in 1856, becoming the first permanent Jewish residents. Meyer Hellman was born in Mulhausen, Germany, in 1834 He came to the
Read more →Leopold May Values Codes I – E – P Omaha, Nebraska Leopold May was probably the first Jew to settle in Omaha, in 1855, when the town’s population approached 300. He had come from Philadelphia. There, May opened a retail clothing store called May & Weil Co.
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