Jewish Residents of Washington, D.C.
Description
Jewish residents of Washington, D.C. during the Civil War
Note: Washington has changed its street-numbering system, so the addresses listed are not the same as today’s. Addresses listed are the first time someone is found in the City Directory.
| Name | Age | Occupation | Place of Birth | Home Location | Business Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham, Abraham | 16 | Clerk | Poland | ||
| Abraham, Elizabeth | 18 | Poland | |||
| Abraham, Isaac | 12 | England | |||
| Abraham, Jacob | 8 | New York | |||
| Abraham, Levi | 49 | Merchant | Poland | ||
| Abraham, Loman | 4 | New York | |||
| Abraham, Mark | 3 | New York | |||
| Abraham, Samuel | 14 | Poland | |||
| Adler, Adolph | Merchant | Germany | Adler & Bro. Fancy Goods, 439 7th Street west (1860) | ||
| Adler, Henry | 23 | Merchant | Germany | Adler & Bro. Fancy Goods, 439 7th Street west (1860) | |
| Adler, Morris | 62 | Clerk | Germany | Ordnance Bureau (1862) | |
| Adler, Morris J. | 25 | Merchant | |||
| Adler, Stella | 18 | Milliner | Germany | ||
| Alexander, Isaac | 46 | Jeweler | Bavaria [Germany] | 240 Pennsylvania Avenue (1862) | |
| Barr, Berman | 74 | Retired | Germany | ||
| Barr, Isaac | 26 | Merchant | Germany | 478 I Street south (1860) | |
| Barr, Levi | 26 | Merchant | Germany | 478 I Street south (1860) | |
| Baum, Henry | |||||
| Baum, Leonard | Doctor | 407 11th Street west (1860) | |||
| Baumgarten, Julius | 40 | Engraver | Hanover [Germany] | 499 7th Street west (1860) | |
| Behrend, Adajah | 19 | Hospital Steward | Rodenberg [Germany] | ||
| Behrend, Amnon | 26 | Merchant | Rodenberg [Germany] | Behrend Brothers, 443 7th Street west (1860) | |
| Behrend, Bendiza | 33 | Merchant | Rodenberg [Germany] | Gotthelf and Behrend Fancy Goods, 414 7th Street west (1860) | |
| Behrend, Bernhard | 67 | Rodenberg [Germany] | |||
| Behrend, Elon | 31 | Merchant | Rodenberg [Germany] | Behrend Brothers, 443 7th Street west (1860) | |
| Behrend, Emma Pribram | Milliner | 420 7th Street west (1862) | |||
| Behrend, Henrietta | |||||
| Behrend, Mathilda | 18 | ||||
| Behrend, Sarah | |||||
| Benjamin, Judah P. | 49 | Senator | St. Croix | 1 Madison Place (1860) | |
| Berliner, Israel | 16 | Clerk | Maryland | 414 Pennsylvania Avenue (1862) | |
| Berliner, Jonas | 16 | Clerk | Germany | ||
| Biggardt, Isaac | Boarding House Owner | 374 D Street north (1865) | |||
| Binswanger, Augustus | Clothier | M. Rosenbach & Company, 344 Pennsylvania Ave. (1862) | |||
| Blout, Henry | 27 | Merchant | Germany | Millinery, 401 7th Street west (1860) | |
| Boyer, John | 30 | Pawnbroker | Poland | 500 10th Street west (1862) | |
| Cohen, Amelia | 2 | District of Columbia | H Street north, between 18th Street & 19th Street west (1862) | ||
| Cohen, Fannie | 5 | District of Columbia | H Street north, between 18th Street & 19th Street west (1862) | ||
| Cohen, J.H. | Shoes | Pennsylvania Avenue (1860) | |||
| Cohen, Lena | 33 | Germany | H Street north, between 18th Street & 19th Street west (1862) | ||
| Cohen, Levi | 38 | Shoemaker | Poland | Boots and Shoes, 117 Pennsylvania Avenue (1860) | |
| Cohen, Mark | 489 L Street north (1862) | ||||
| Cohen, Mathilda | 8 | District of Columbia | H Street north, between 18th Street & 19th Street west (1862) | ||
| Cohen, Morris | 27 | Clerk, Clothier | Prussia [Germany] | 224 G Street north (1862) | |
| Cohen, Rachael | 10 | Maryland | H Street north, between 18th Street & 19th Street west (1862) | ||
| Cohenheim, Max | Editor | Baden [Germany] | The Columbia, 7th Street & Louisiana Avenue (1865) | ||
| Colman, Henry | 33 | Merchant | Austria | ||
| Colman, Moses | 24 | Merchant | Austria | ||
| David, Abraham | 27 | Merchant | Germany | Clothing, 263 7th Street west (1860) | |
| DeLeon, David C. | 42 | Surgeon | United States | ||
| DeLeon, Edwin | 38 | Lawyer | United States | ||
| DeLeon, Thomas C. | 23 | Civil Engineer | United States | Clerk, Topographical Bureau (1860) | |
| Fisher, Abraham | 15 | Clerk | Maryland | ||
| Fisher, Morris | 35 | Shoemaker | Germany | Boots and Shoes, 287 Pennsylvania Avenue (1860) | |
| Fishman, Hester | 18 | Milliner | Maryland | ||
| Fishman, Solomon | 42 | Merchant | Germany | Dry Goods, 391 7th Street west (1860) | |
| Freirich, Charles | 24 | Tobacconist | Baden [Germany] | 7th Street & Maryland Avenue, SW (1860) | |
| Gants, Samuel | 44 | Merchant | Germany | ||
| Gasdorf, Bernard | Fancy Goods, 561 H Street north (1865) | ||||
| Gassenheimer, Leopold | 29 | Merchant | Germany | Hats, Caps, & Gents’ Furnishing Store, 385 7th Street west (1862) | |
| Glick, Jonas | Clothier | 422 & 276 Pennsylvania Avenue (1860) | |||
| Goldsmith, Simon | 32 | Merchant | Germany | 355 7th Street west | |
| Goldstein, Levi | 3 | New York | 493 Massachusetts Avenue (1865) | ||
| Goldstein, Rebecca | 45 | Russia | 493 Massachusetts Avenue (1865) | ||
| Goldstein, Samuel/Selig | 46 | Pawnbroker | Russia | 493 Massachusetts Avenue (1865) | |
| Goldstein, Sarah | 6 | New York | 493 Massachusetts Avenue (1865) | ||
| Gotthelf, Julia | Hanover [Germany] | 414 7th Street west (1860) | |||
| Gotthelf, Nathan | 29 | Merchant | Hanover [Germany] | Gotthelf & Behrend Fancy Goods, 414 7th Street west (1860) | |
| Grossmayer, Nathan | Merchant | 274 Pennsylvania Avenue (1862) | |||
| Gutman, Manuel | 32 | Merchant | Germany | ||
| Hamlein/Hamlin, Joseph | Merchant | 554 New Jersey Avenue (1860) | |||
| Hammerschlag, C. | Baker & Confectioner | 432 7th Street west & 409 Center Market (1862) | |||
| Hammerschlag, Herman | 32 | Paper Box Maker | Hanover [Germany] | 404 7th Street west (1860) | |
| Hammerschlag, Nathan | Baker & Confectioner | 432 7th Street west & 409 Center Market (1862) | |||
| Hammerschlag, Siegfred | Baker & Confectioner | 432 7th Street west & 409 Center Market (1862) | |||
| Hart, Abraham | 29 | Attorney | Osthoven [Germany] | Wolf & Hart, 344 Pennsylvania Avenue at 7th Street west (1865) | |
| Hart, Swope Bertha | 565 12th Street west (1865) | ||||
| Hartogensis, S. Edward | 22 | Clothier | Netherlands | 683 7th Street west (1865) | |
| Hartogensis, Fanny | 21 | Housekeeper | Baden [Germany] | 683 7th Street west (1865) | |
| Heller, Simon | 29 | Merchant | Germany | Millinery, 34 Market Space (1860) | |
| Herman, Abraham | Clothier | 415 7th Street west (1865) | |||
| Herman, Jacob | |||||
| Herzberg, Isaac | Pawnbroker | 429 Pennsylvania Avenue (1860) | |||
| Hochherz, William | Hotel Operator | Clinton Hotel, 429 Pennsylvania Avenue (1862) | |||
| Horwitz, Phineas J. | 38 | Surgeon, U.S. Navy | Maryland | 444 12th Street west (1860) | |
| Joseph, Barbara | 49 | Housekeeper | Bavaria [Germany] | 556 9th Street east (1860) | |
| Joseph, Barbara | 14 | Baden [Germany] | 556 9th Street east (1860) | ||
| Joseph, Joseph | 40 | Merchant | Baden [Germany] | Boots and Shoes, 619 8th Street east (1860) | |
| Joseph, Miner | 7 | Baden [Germany] | 556 9th Street east (1860) | ||
| Joseph, Simon | 12 | Baden [Germany] | 556 9th Street east (1860) | ||
| Joseph, Solomon | 10 | Baden [Germany] | 556 9th Street east (1860) | ||
| Kaufman, Aaron | 26 | Merchant | Germany | Aaron & J Boots and Shoes, 510 7th Street west (1860) | |
| Kaufman, Benjamin | Clothier | 394 D Street north (1860) | |||
| Kaufman, Emanuel | 25 | Merchant | Germany | ||
| Kaufman, Isaac | 60 | Merchant | Germany | Dry Goods, 219 H Street north | |
| Kaufman, Jonas | Clothier | 410 & 478 Pennsylvania Avenue (1865) | |||
| Kaufman, Wolf | 19 | Clerk | Germany | ||
| King, Henry | 24 | Merchant | Germany | Millinery and Fancy Goods, 294 Pennsylvania Avenue (1860) | |
| King, Samuel | 21 | Merchant | Germany | Millinery and Fancy Goods, 289 Pennsylvania Avenue (1860) | |
| Kohn, Alois | Boarding House Owner | 251 Pennsylvania Avenue (1865) | |||
| Lansburgh, Gustav | 21 | Merchant | Hamburg [Germany] | Lansburgh M & Bro. Fancy Goods Agency, 322 C Street north (1860) | |
| Lansburgh, Max | 11 | Merchant | Lansburgh M & Bro. Fancy Goods Agency, 322 C Street north (1860) | ||
| Lansburgh, Solomon | Clergyman | Prussia [Germany] | Synagogue, 369 4th Street West (1860) | ||
| Lesser, G.H. | Home: 548 Pennsylvania Avenue. (1865) | ||||
| Levy, Harry | Moneylender | 414 Pennsylvania Avenue (1862) | |||
| Levy, Lawrence | 35 | Teacher | Pennsylvania | ||
| Levy, Serf | |||||
| Liebermann, Charles | 48 | Doctor | Russia | ||
| Loewenthal, Julius | Attorney | 207 Pennsylvania Avenue opposite Williard’s (1865) | |||
| Lulley, Cecelia | 389 7th Street west (1860) | ||||
| Lulley, Emmanuel | Clothier | Hungary | 389 7th Street west (1860) | ||
| Lyon, Jacob | 29 | Treasury Dept. Laborer | Bremen [Germany] | 12 Ohio Avenue (1867) | |
| Lyons, Ellis | Clothier | 540 Pennsylvania Avenue (1865) | |||
| May, Myer | Boarding House Owner | Boots & Shoes, 344 7th Street west (1865) | |||
| Meyenberg, Solomon | 32 | Merchant | Hanover [Germany] | Furs, 48 Market Space (1862) | |
| Meyenberg, Wolf | Merchant | Hanover [Germany] | Furs, 48 Market Space (1862) | ||
| Moses, Henry | |||||
| Mundheim, Hannah | 55 | Housekeeper | Hanover [Germany] | 349 Pennsylvania Avenue (1865) | |
| Mundheim, Sara | Hanover [Germany] | 349 Pennsylvania Avenue (1865) | |||
| Mundheim, Simon | 59 | Shochet (ritual butcher) | Hanover [Germany] | 349 Pennsylvania Avenue (1865) | |
| Mundheim, Theresa | 25 | Hanover [Germany] | 349 Pennsylvania Avenue (1865) | ||
| Nathan, Joseph | Merchant | Nathan & Windholz, Columbia Garden, 559 12th Street (1865) | |||
| Nordlinger, Bernard | 29 | Merchant | France | Nordlinger & Brother, 114 Bridge Street, Georgetown (1866) | |
| Nordlinger, Wolf | Merchant | France | Nordlinger & Brother, 114 Bridge Street, Georgetown (1866) | ||
| Oppenheimer, Caroline | 2 | District of Columbia | 300 Pennsylvania Avenue (1860) | ||
| Oppenheimer, Emma | 32 | Housekeeper | Baden [Germany] | 300 Pennsylvania Avenue (1860) | |
| Oppenheimer, Gustav | 2 | District of Columbia | |||
| Oppenheimer, Hannah | 33 | Baden [Germany] | |||
| Oppenheimer, Henry | 7 | District of Columbia | 300 Pennsylvania Avenue (1860) | ||
| Oppenheimer, Isaac | 3 | District of Columbia | 300 Pennsylvania Avenue (1860) | ||
| Oppenheimer, Leopold | 33 | Merchant | Germany | Clothing, 300 Pennsylvania Avenue (1860) | |
| Oppenheimer, Manassas | 40 | Secondhand Clothier | Bavaria [Germany] | ||
| Oppenheimer, Morris | 27 | Merchant | Germany | Clothing, 74 Louisiana Avenue (1860) | |
| Oppenheimer, Sam | 9 | District of Columbia | 300 Pennsylvania Avenue (1860) | ||
| Oppenheimer, Sampson | 5 | District of Columbia | 300 Pennsylvania Avenue (1860) | ||
| Oppenheimer, Simon | 4 | District of Columbia | |||
| Peyser, Eli | 2 | Virginia | 311 7th Street west (1865) | ||
| Peyser, Henriette | 28 | Domestic | Baden [Germany] | 311 7th Street west (1865) | |
| Peyser, Henry | 4 | Virginia | 311 7th Street west (1865) | ||
| Peyser, Jacob | 29 | Clothier | Prussia [Germany] | ||
| Phillips, Eugenia Levy | 41 | South Carolina | 462 16th Street west (1860) | ||
| Phillips, Philip | 53 | Lawyer | South Carolina | 462 16th Street west (1860) | |
| Pinkus, Michael | 35 | Laborer | Germany | ||
| Poppers, Leon | Merchant | Netherlands | 15 13½ Street west (1866) | ||
| Rice, Abraham | 45 | Merchant | Germany | 498 10th Street west (1860) | |
| Rice, Louis | 18 | Clerk | Germany | Boots and Shoes, 8th & I Streets, SE (1860) | |
| Rosenthal, Emanuel | 29 | Merchant | Germany | ||
| Rosenthal, Emil | 33 | Merchant | Germany | Shoes, Pennsylvania Avenue (1860) | |
| Rothschild, William | Restauranteur | 295 Pennsylvania Avenue (1862) | |||
| Samstag, M. | 29 | Merchant | Germany | Samstag and Hess Ales, Wines, &c., 10th Street west & Pennsylvania Avenue (1865) | |
| Samstag, Samuel | Milliner | 512 7th Street west (1860) | |||
| Sanger, Raphael | 25 | Clothier | Bavaria [Germany] | 297 7th Street west (1865) | |
| Schlosberg, Bernard | 18 | Peddler | Lithuania | ||
| Schloss, Jacob | 20 | Merchant | Maryland | ||
| Schwartz, Joseph | 44 | Clerk | Germany | 222 22nd Street west (1860) | |
| Seldner, Eva | Clothier | Lewis Seldner & Co., 296, 346, 400 Pennsylvania Avenue (1862) | |||
| Seldner, Lewis | Clothier | Lewis Seldner & Co., 296, 346, 400 Pennsylvania Avenue (1862) | |||
| Sickle, Max | 29 | Merchant | Germany | Millinery and Fancy Goods, Pennsylvania Avenue & 8th Street west (1860) | |
| Sickle, Rose | 20 | Milliner | Germany | ||
| Sickle, Sophie | 23 | Milliner | Germany | ||
| Siegel, Moses | Milliner | Millinery & Fancygoods, 102 4 ½ Street west (1862) | |||
| Silverberg, Bernard | Merchant | Fancy Dry Goods Store, 427 7th Street west (1865) | |||
| Solomon, Benjamin | 28 | Cigar Manufacturer | England | 368 F Street north (1860) | |
| Solomons, Adolphus | 34 | Books/Stationery | New York | Philp & Solomons, 332 Pennsylvania Avenue (1860) | |
| Solomons, Rachel Seixas Phillips | |||||
| Strasburger, Henry | 20 | Pawnbroker | Germany | ||
| Strasburger, Jacob C. | 26 | Watch Repairman | Germany | ||
| Strasburger, Zody | 17 | Pawnbroker | |||
| Straus, Abraham | 27 | Merchant | Germany | Clothing, 320 D Street north (1860) | |
| Straus, Leopold | 18 | Clerk | Germany | ||
| Strauss, S.J. | |||||
| Strauss, Solomon | Clothier | 219 & 567 7th Street west (1865) | |||
| Waldheimer, Marcus J. | MJ Waldheimer & Company, 15th Street west & Pennsylvania Avenue (1865) | ||||
| Weil, Rev. S. | 23 | Clergyman | Germany | ||
| Weinberger, Levi | 16 | Clerk | Maryland | Clothing, 237 7th Street west (1865) | |
| Weyl, Max | 23 | Watchmaker | Württemberg [Germany] | 3rd Street & Pennsylvania Avenue (1861) | |
| Weyl, Miriam Raff | |||||
| Wolf, Simon | 24 | Lawyer | Wolf & Hart, 344 Pennsylvania Avenue at 7th Street west (1865) | ||
| Wolf, William | Clerk | 520 Pennsylvania Avenue (1865) | |||
| Wolfsheimer, Sam | 23 | Merchant | Germany | Clothing, 614 8th Street east, and Millinery, 605 8th Street east (1860) | |
| Yulee, David Levy | 50 | Senator | St. Thomas | 262 I Street north (1860) | |
| Zacharie, Isachar | 33 | Doctor | England |