Levy (Schönberg) Schoenberg (1823 - 1920)

Born 1823 in Dornum, Auricher Landkreis, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany

Husband of Fanny Sophie (Salomons) Schoenberg — married about 1846 in Germany

Descendants

Died 13 Feb 1920 at about age 97 in Manhattan, New York, NY

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Biography

Father: Gossel Lazarus Funk 1749 Germany - 1826; Mother: Schontjie Weiler, 1789 – 1888.^[1] Does not explain the different last names.^{[citation needed]} There are no sources to support this claim, nor the claim for several of the supposed children.Paul-5413 07:10, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Father as named on death record: Abraham Schönberg.

Marriage: information from 1900 census states 1846, biography info from findagrave states 1851.

Immigration: 1877, aboard the Rhein, with daughter Hänne.^[2]

Immigration: 1879, aboard the Rhein, with wife Sophie, and children Minna, Adolph, and Heinemann.^[3]

Naturalization: 24 Oct 1887 - signed name as Levy Schönberg, stated arrived in 1878.^[4]

Burial: Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Research Notes

I am finding no supporting sources at all that Levy ever used any other name. Certainly there is nothing I have found that says he ever called himself "Lafe", or even "Louis". When he signed his own name on his naturalization documents, he signed as "Levy Schönberg"; he appears on the residential directories as "Levy". The closest thing is the 1880 census where the enumerator lists him as "Louis Schoemberg"; and the 1910 census where he is enumerated as his son's father-in-law, "Louis Shonberg". All other documents found list him as Levy, or Levi, with one as "Lewi". The only so far found mention of him as "Lafe" is when his daughter Minnie died - and he certainly did not name himself in that mention. Paul-5413 08:11, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ http://trees.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/43989877/person/13707375448
2. ↑ Immigration 1 — Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897. Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls. NAI: 6256867. Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Year: 1877; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Line: 17; List Number: 718. Name: Hannchen Schönberg; Gender: Female; Ethnicity/ Nationality: German; Age: 16; Birth Date: abt 1861; Place of Origin: Germany; Departure Port: Bremen, Germany; Destination: USA; Arrival Date: 4 Aug 1877; Arrival Port: New York, New York, USA; Ship Name: Rhein; Name Levi Schönberg; Gender Male; Ethnicity/ Nationality German; Age 54; Birth Date 1823; Place of Origin Germany; Departure Port Bremen, Germany; Destination USA; Arrival Date 4 Aug 1877; Arrival Port New York, New York, USA; Ship Name Rhein
3. ↑ Immigration 2 — Source Citation Year: 1879; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Line: 37; List Number: 880 Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
4. ↑ Naturalization — National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, DC; NAI Title: Index to Petitions for Naturalizations Filed in Federal, State, and Local Courts in New York City, 1792-1906; NAI Number: 5700802; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: RG 21

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