Ephraim Moses Fischel

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About Ephraim Moses Fischel

Ephraim Fischel, accompanied by his wife and seven children, arrived in New Orleans, Louisiana, 17 May 1849, on the ship "Johann Schmidt" out of Bremen. They later settled in St. Louis where Babette died in 1876 and Ephraim, in 1884.

In 1849 the Jewish leaders of St. Louis Missouri started the B'nai B'rith Congregation. These men included Ephraim Fischel, Isidor Bush, M.A. Taussig, Daniel Block, Ludwig Schwarzkopf and many other businessmen.

From "Zion in the Valley", by Walter Ehrlich, a history of the early development of the Jewish population in St. Louis up to 1900: "In 1849 Ludwig Schwarzkopf, along with Daniel Block, Solomon Steindler, John Fleishman, Moses Epstein, Hyman Epstein, M. Sternbach, Herman Block, Jacob Wachtel, Adolph Wachtel, Joseph Katz, Nathan Aschner, Adolph Aschner, Adolph Klauber, Julius Augstein, Joseph Levi, Moses Brumi, Ephraim Fischel, M.A. Taussig, Daniel Winkler, Benard Singer and Isidor Bush started the B'nai B'rith Congregation in St. Louis."

[For more on the early Jewish congregation in St. Louis, see Jewishlight Newsletter, February 20, 2014, http://www.stljewishlight.com/blogs/cohn/article_0cc93cae-998e-11e3...]

In the 1850, 1860, and 1870 censuses of St. Louis, Ephraim Fischel is seen as "FISCHER". Of note, the 1870 census calls him "Abe Fischer", age 66. However, in the 1880 census, he is once again referred to as "Ephraim Fischel", and his gravestone indicates the same.

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Ephraim Moses Fischel's Timeline

1803
July 8, 1803
Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
1828
March 4, 1828
Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
1829
July 17, 1829
Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
1831
February 23, 1831
Prague, Prague, Hlavní město Praha, Czech Republic
1832
November 6, 1832
Prague, Hlavní město Praha, Hlavní město Praha, Czech Republic
1834
June 6, 1834
Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
1836
June 28, 1836
Prague, Hlavní město Praha, Hlavní město Praha, Czech Republic
1838
January 3, 1838
Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
1839
September 24, 1839
Prague, Hlavní město Praha, Hlavní město Praha, Czech Republic