The origins of our Gugenheimers are still being
researched. There was a famous munitions dealer Joseph Guggenheimer of Augsburg
mentioned in 1704 who could be our ancestor. Spelling prior to the late 1800s
was phonetic, so the number of "G"s is not meaningful. We always thought the
Gugenheimers were from Regensburg, but a recent visit to that city's archives
turned up a
family record
showing that they had come from Swabia, where the name is more commonly
seen (usually as Guggenheimer). Gugenheimer may mean "from Gougenheim" a town in the french region,
Lorraine, but that is just conjecture.
Photo of the copy of
Jacob Guggenheimer's Portrait
Photo of his mother's portrait
Judit Lipschütz 1748-1842 (94)
Photo of the copy of his wife
Regina Gundelfinger's Portrait
The Regensburg records indicate that he was indeed a prominent merchant and
burger in Regensburg. The family home was on an important central square.
The Kleinerdlingen records indicate that In 1802 Jacob was allowed to settle
in Kleinerdlingen, being mentioned as
"from Hürben". Maybe he was born in Kleinerdlingen and had lived in
Hürben for a while. His mother's surname was Lipschütz, this may have been
from a second marriage. There is a record of an Abraham Marx Lipschütz who
died 14 Aug 1826 at the age
89 at house Nr 4 in Kleinerdlingen. His grave might be nr 816 at the
jewish cemetery in Wallerstein (the burial place for the Kleinerdlingen
jews). Abraham Marx is mentioned around 1770 in the Kleinerdlingen taxlists.
Maybe his widow moved to Regensburg after her husbands's death? [Source Rolf
Hoffmann]
an unknown Gugenheimer married Judit Lipschütz (b: October 14, 1748 Huerben (Hürben), Schwabia m: ? d: June 1842 Regensburg, Bavaria) and had at least one child:
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Jacob Gugenheimer
(b: December 17, 1777 d: July 01, 1850
Regensburg, Bavaria)
married
Regina Gundelfinger
(b: February 20, 1784 d: December 25, 1858 London, England)
. Stasi has a commemorative china cup/mug made by Jacob's chief clerk on the occasion of their 25th wedding anniversary
with all the children's names listed on a gold leaf tree. Jacob and Regina had
ten children
, some of whom emigrated to the USA and whose descendants are unknown to us.
Click here to view page with their children