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Sophia David (Gassenheimer)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bibra, nr Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany
Death: August 21, 1869 (37)
Washington, District of Columbia, United States (Childbirth)
Place of Burial: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Joseph Gassenheimer and Betti Gassenheimer
Wife of Abram/Abraham David
Mother of Bertha David; Carrie David; Jennie David; Emma Salomonsohn; Hannah David and 1 other
Sister of Seligmann Gassenheimer and Leopold (Löb) Gassenheimer
Half sister of Jacob Gassenheimer; Samuel Gassenheimer; Bernhardt Gassenheimer; Solomon Gassenheimer; Amalia Gassenheimer and 2 others

Managed by: Sharon Meen
Last Updated:

About Sophia David

  • For background on the Gassenheimer family of Bibra, see S. Meen, http://judeninthemar.net/the-gassenheimers/
  • Birth date/place identified in JewishGen, comp. JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry, (Ancestry.com)
  • Identified as daughter of Joseph Gassenheimer in JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry,
  • Identified as daughter of Joseph and Betti Gassenheimer in Jüdische Gemeinde Bibra (Kr. Eckartsberga), Matrikel, 1838-1937 (courtesy N. Akman)
  • Identified as wife of Abram David, whom she married on 10 Feb 1858 in Washington DC, in ”District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950″, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNR1-2V4
  • Identified as mother of Bertha David in 1860 US Federal Census; identified as mother of Emma David in Pennsylvania, Death Certificates,1906-1963 [database on-line]; assumed to be mother of Carrie, Jennie, Hannah, and Sophia David, all born in 1860s, all identified as children of Abraham David in 1870 US Federal Census which was taken after Sophia's death.
  • Death date/place in JewishGen, comp. JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR); also http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=136097225...
  • Sophia died in childbirth. [Source: U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
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Sophia David's Timeline

1832
February 26, 1832
Bibra, nr Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany
1859
August 17, 1859
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States
August 1859
Washington, D.C
1863
1863
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States
1864
January 1864
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States
1865
1865
District of Columbia, USA
1869
August 21, 1869
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States
August 21, 1869
Age 37
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Washington Hebrew Congregation Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, United States