Semele (Steinhardt) Langermann (1791 - 1875)

Born 1 May 1791 in Floss, Oberpfalz, Bavaria

Ancestors

Wife of Liebmann Aron Hoenigsberger — married 20 Jan 1811 in Floss

Wife of Loeb Joel (Joel) Langermann — married 13 Feb 1817 in Floss, Oberpfalz, Bavaria

Descendants

Died 11 Dec 1875 at age 84 in Floss, Oberpfalz, Bavaria

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Biography

Semele (Steinhardt) Langermann has Jewish Roots.

She has long been famed in family lore for having said "Raise dogs not children, dogs are more grateful"

Sources

• Höpfinger, Renate.. "Die Judengemeinde von Floss, 1684-1942 : die Geschichte einer judischen Landgemeinde in Bayern". Kallmunz Opf. : M. Lassleben, 1993.

Series title: Regensburger historische Forschungen ; Bd. 14. UCB Main DS135.G4 F544 1993

• English title: The Jewish community of Floss, 1684-1942: the history of a rural Jewish community in Bavaria (not available in English) from the genealogy section Page: L22

Notes

A different version of the family story is that she was mean. She is reputed to have said "Better to keep dogs and drown children."

A copy of this exact same portrait also belongs to another branch of the family along with her husband's, presumably they were given to all the children,

see also http://kittymunson.com/index.php?page=steinhardt-family-2

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Kitty Munson for creating WikiTree profile Steinhardt-52 through the import of kitty10by2gen.ged on Jun 28, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Kitty and others.