Gabriel Wolff

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Dec 13 2019, 3:22:47 UTC

The family Wolff was quite large in the town of Unruhstadt in the 1830 era as recorded by the Grand Duchy of Posen. In Luft, The Naturalized Jews of the Grand Duchy of Posen in 1834 and 1835, Revised Edition, Edward David Luft, 2004, published and available from Avotaynu. Paperback.

Persons listed in Luft in Unruhstadt are Bendix Wolff, a Kaufmann, Ephraim Wolff, a Seifensider, Gabriel, a Kaufmann, Isaak Wolff, a Schneider, Jüdel Wolff, a Handelsmann and Salomon Löbel Wolff, a Handelsmann.

These translations of these professions are taken from Luft and are not necessarily correct for 2020 professions. Kaufmann=Businessman, trader, merchant. Seifensider=Soap Boiler. Schneider=Tailor. Handelsmann=Tradesman.

They all paid their fees and were naturalized on August 18, 1834. The requirements for naturalization included having a business, keep records in German, speak and write German, have sufficient cash to pay the fees, and consent to be shall we say Germanized....