STRAUSS
Jonas STRAUSS had at least two sons, Maier and Menke, in Geroda,
Bavaria. One of them had a son, Gerson (1817).
- Gerson STRAUSS (1817), a butcher, immigrated to America in
1839 and
settled in Cleveland, Ohio. He married Fratel "Fanny" ROSKOPF from
Gersfeld,
daughter of Moses and Schenla, in Cleveland in 1841 and
had children: Sarah (1844), Abraham (1846), Julius (1848), and Amelia
(1849). Fanny and Gerson both died in 1897.
- Amelia
STRAUSS married Levi HEXTER about 1872 and had
four children
including Stella L. (1879) and Leroy N. (1881). She died in Cleveland
in 1921.
Nathan STRAUSS married MANNHEIMER and had children: Jakob
(1812).
- Jakob
STRAUSS married Mascha SCHONBERG, daughter of Moses and Rachel nee
HIRSCH, in Gersfeld
in 1838 and had children: Klara (1839), Rosalie
(1841), Nathan (1843), Fanni (1845), Abraham (1847)