Martin Anton Heckscher, Jr.

Born Marcus Abraham; took the Christian name Martin Anton after converting from Judaism in November 1815.

Was a partner in the Heckscher & Co. bank in Hamburg with Salomon HEINE, Levin HERTZ, and Jacob Amsel OPPENHEIMER -- until he retired from the bank in 1812.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomon_Heine

http://records.ancestry.com/Martin_Anton_Heckscher_records.ashx?pid...

http://thesaurus.cerl.org/record/cnp01207830

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~marshall/esm8.htm

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Jacob Amsel OPPENHEIMER (1778-1845) was a partner in the Hamburg bank of Salomon HEINE, Levin HERTZ, and Martin Anton HECKSCHER. After Martin Anton HECKSCHER retired from the bank in 1812, the three other partners continued the bank until it was dissolved in 1818, then each remaining partner founded his own bank in his own name. Jacob Amsel OPPENHEIMER was married to Esther HECKSCHER, daughter of Abraham Marcus HECKSCHER, and siblings were 1. Marton Anton HECKSCHER of the bank, and 2. Betty HECKSCHER who married Levin HERTZ (of the same bank) and had a numerous family. Contact Anna Marie DAHLQUIST, a HERTZ descendant.

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~marshall/esmd6.htm

Heckscher Family

Generation One

1. Martin Anton1 Heckscher was born 1762 at Hamburg, Germany; he married Eva Schlesinger, daughter of Jacob Moses Schlesinger, 2 Apr 1794; he died 1823; he was buried at Pere la Chaise Cemetery, Paris, France.

He and Eva Schlesinger resided at Hamburg, Germany. He was a banker in the largest banking house in Hamburg, Germany. He resided at Altona District, Germany. He resided at Paris, France.

Eva Schlesinger was born in 1768. She died in 1851. She was buried at Pere la Chaise Cemetery, Paris, France.

Known children of Martin Anton1 Heckscher and Eva Schlesinger were as follows:

     i.   Pauline Desiree2 Heckscher married ___ Borda; she was buried at Pere la Chaise Cemetery, Paris, France.

ii. Leopold Heckscher was born 1792.
2 iii. Carl Martin Adolph Heckscher, born 1796; married Johanna Eva Barbara Steiger.
3 iv. Johan Gustav Wilhelm Moritz Heckscher, born 27 Dec 1797 at Hamburg, Germany; married Marie Antoinette Brautigan.
4 v. Charles August Heckscher, born 1806 at Paris France; married Georgiana Louisa Coster.
vi. Edward Heckscher was born 1808; he died 1888.