Berle Ottenheimer

Berle is the earliest ancestor, recorded in the Hirsch family geneology site:

http://www.ahirsh.com/pdfs/OTTENHEIMER_TREE.pdf

From Lars Menk's Dictionary:

Ottenheimer 1) Etymology: T: possibly => Odenheimer; also cf. the town Gau-Odernheim, AZ, in old documents also called “Odenheim”, where Jews were living since the Middle Ages; unlikely from the village Ottenheim, OG, where no Jews were living in the 16th and 17th century; in Bechhofen derived from --> Ottensoser; a former Southwest German surname (17th cent. in Pleidelsheim, LB). <G: 6x>. {cf. Gummersheimer (Bonfeld)}...