Our earliest known Thannhauser ancestor was Samson Isaac who moved to Moenchsdeggengin from Thannhausen in the early 1700s. The family name was adopted in 1813 (see the article on the origin of the name).
After several generations our ancestor Abraham Thannhauser, our Opa Siegfried's grandfather, moved to Munich. As did his sister Mina who married a Thannhauser from Hürben. Her son Heinrich was a famous art collector and her grandson Justin, our Opa's close 2nd cousin and friend, gave his collection to the Guggenheim museum.
Descendants of Samson Isaac of Thannhausen
Samson (Isaac) (d: 1752 in Moenchsdeggingen, Swabia) first appears in 1713 Moenchsdeggingen tax rolls, so must have emigrated from Thannhausen around then. Had a son: Jakob Loew (d: August 06, 1801 in Moenchsdeggingen, Swabia) married Lea (m August 19, 1744) (and may later have married Besle ) he had a son: Samson Jakob Loew (b: in Moenchsdeggingen, Swabia d: April 28, 1795 in Moenchsdeggingen, Swabia) married Veile (Feil) daughter of Elchanan (b 1748 d. March 20, 1837 Moenchsdeggingen) and had at least one son: Baruch Loeb Thanhauser (b: October 27, 1782 in Moenchsdeggingen, Swabia d: November 07, 1862 in Moenchsdeggingen, Swabia) married Sorla Kutz (m: October 27, 1808 d: Abt. 1818) , they had no children and he got married again after Sorla’s death to her sister Hanna Kutz (m: September 01, 1818 d: December 07, 1862 in Moenchsdeggingen) (n.b. we are in touch with a number of other Kutz descendants) with whom he had 11 children: