Schönbrunn Surname Study (Families with Jewish Ancestry)

This project seeks to identify and document all families with the surname Schönbrunn and variants.

Please add the earliest known Schönbrunn ancestor from the family you are researching to this project and indicate whether they are Cohanim. A common surname does not indicate a common ancestry, but documenting the known families will help us to combine our research to determine which families relate to one another. Because of gaps in early records (especially before 1848 and between 1895 and the Holocaust), Y-DNA tests will help to confirm and discover relationships between families. Please consider having a male in your family take a Y-37 or Y-67 DNA test and add provide permission to add the results to his profile.

Most Schönbrunn families come from the former Austria-Hungary and Serbia. Pre-Trianon Hungary included what is now Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, part of current Austria (Burgenland), and Slovenia. This project places families within the current historical boundaries, listing the birthplace where known.

EUROPE

AUSTRIA

Vienna

• Emerich Schönbrunn (1836, Homonna)

CZECH REPUBLIC/CZECHIA (Formerly Bohemia and Moravia)

Koloděje nad Lužnicí (Kaladey an der Lainsitz)

• Raphael Schönbrun (c. 1726)

Moravian Silesia

• Eugenie Schönbrunn (before 1884)
• Markus Schönbrunn (before circa 1828)

Jablunkov?

GERMANY

Bedburg

• Salomon Schönbrunn (1754-1853), son of Leyser Andreas (Salomon)

Fürth

• Rabbi Isaac Schoenbrun (Schönbrunner) (1797, Fürth-1883, Cincinatti, Ohio)

HUNGARY

Budapest

• Borbala Schlesinger (Schönbrun) (before 1843); lived in Kosice and then Budapest

Debrecen

Diosgyor (See Miskolc)

• Móric Schönbrunn (c. 1842 Ungvar - )

Jászapáti

Kiskőrös

Miskolc

• Adolf Schönbrun (b. Miskolc)
• Betti Schaffer (Schönbrunn), wife of Moritz
• David Márkusz Schönbrunn (c. 1852 Ungvar)
• Emanuel Schönbrunn (1823, Humenne-1875 Miscolc)
• Johanna (Chaje) Schönbrun, wife of Markusz (1861 Miscolc 1911, buried Miscolc)
• Márton Schönbrunn (1900 - Holocaust?)
• Móric Schönbrunn (c. 1842 Ungvar - )
• Mari Weiss (Schönbrun), wife of Samuel

Nyíregyháza

Ricse

Sátoraljaújhely

• Schönbrun, Salamon (1834, Galszecs) Census Family 383/V

Siklós

POLAND

Łętownia

Warsaw

ROMANIA Crișana (Körösvidék)

Negrești

Oradea

• Hermann Schönbrunn (c. 1835 Homonna); family lived in Kolozsvár then Nagyvarad

Satu Mare (Szatmárnémeti)

Târgu Mureș (Marosvásárhely)

Timișoara (Temesvár)

SLOVAKIA (formerly part of Hungary)

Bátovce

Bratislava

Cejkov

• David Schoenbrun (1857, Cejkov - )

Dlhé nad Cirochou (Cziróka-Hosszúmező)

• Perla Schönbrun (1816, Homonna) wife of Liba Jakubovits]; 1869 Census Family 52

Dlhé Klčovo (Kolcs-Hosszúmező)

• Aaron Schoenbrun (Schönbrun) (1822, Kolcs-Hosszúmező - 1887 Brooklyn, New York); Y: R1 - R-M173 Kohen (Kohen hands on his grave)
• Àbrahám B Schönbrun (1825, Dlhé Klčovo) 1869 Census Hungary Királyhelmec 208/II Kohen (Kohen hands on grave of son Emanuel)
• Jakob Schönbrun, HaCohen (before c.1813) Y: R-M173 (test of known male descendant)
• Veltsko Schönbrun assumed Y: R1- R-M173

Humenné (Homonna)

• Abraham Schönbrunn (c. 1782, Homonna)
• Abraham Schönbrun (before 1851)
• Benjamin Schönbrunn (c. 1760, Homonna)
• Benjamin Schönbrun (1837, Homonna); 1869 Census Family 55/IV
• Emanuel Schönbrunn (1823, Homonna-1875 Miskolc)
• Herman Schönbrun (1814, Homonna); 1869 Census Family 249/III
• Hermann Schönbrunn (c. 1835 Homonna); family lived in Kolozsvár then Nagyvarad
• Ignatz Schönbrun (before 1830)
• Izak Schönbrun (c. 1746, Homonna)
• Jacob Schönbrunn (c. 1786, Homonna)
• Jakob Hirsch Schönbrunn (before 1816, Homonna)
• Lebl Schönbrunn (c 1774, Homonna)
• Markus Schoenbrun (12/1855, Homonna?- New Jersey)
• Moses Schönbrun (1811, Homonna); 1869 Census Family 60/III
• Salamon Schönbrunn (c. 1768, Homonna)
• NN Schönbrunn (before c. 1820)

Iňačovce (See Veľké Kapušany)

Kamenica nad Cirochou (Nagykemence, Homonna)

• Araham/Abris Schönbrun (1840, Nagy-Kemencze) 1869 Census Family 116

Kamienka (Kiskemence, Homonna)

• Szara Schönbrun Najvirt (1834, Rovne, Homonna) wife of Najvirt, Jumen (1824, Homonna) 1869 Census Family 46

Kosice (Kassa)

• Borbala Schlesinger (Schönbrun) (before 1843); lived in Kosice and then Budapest

Kralovsky Chlmec (Királyhelmec)

• Jakob Schönbrun, HaCohen (before c. 1800) 'Y: R-M173 (test of known male descendant)

Kysucké Nové Mesto (Kiszucaújhely)

• Jacob Schönbrunn (before c. 1846)

Michalovce (Nagymihály and Topolyan)

• Meier Markus Schönbrun (1798, Topolyán); Y: R1b1a2 - R-M269

Poša (Possa)

Prešov (Eperjes)

Sečovce (Gálszécs)

• David Schönbrun (b. before 1819, d. before 1854); Y: J-M172
• Salamon Schönbrun (1834, Galczecs); Sátoraljaújhely 1869 Census Family 383/V
• Sigmond Schönbrunn (before 1823)
• Sigmund Schönbrunn (1841)
• W. S. Schönbrunn (1829)

Stropkov (Stropko)

• Ignatz (Iczik) Schönbrun (1825, Kapos?)
• Moses Schönbrun (1800, Homonna)

Veľká Ida (Nagyida)

Veľké Kapušany (Nagykapos)

• Fülöp Schönbrunn
• Jakob Schönbrun, HaCohen (before 1800) Y: R-M173 (test of known male descendant)
• Mayer Schönbrun, Hacohen (1852, Veľké Kapušany - 1930 Michalovce?)

Vel̓ké Raškovce (Nagyráska)

• Herman Schoenbrun, haKohen (1829 Ungvar - 1909 New York) Y: R-M173 (test of known male descendant)

Vranov nad Topl'ou (Varanno)

• [Lip%C3%B3t Schönbrun Lipót Schönbrun (parents assumed)] (c. 1844 Vranov nad Topľou)

Vydrany

Zlaté Moravce (Aranyosmarót)

• Family of Emanuel (Menachem Wolf) Schönbrun (1891, Humenné); Holocaust Victims

SERBIA

Bački Petrovac

Novi Sad (Újvidék)

Sombor (Zombor)

Sonta

Subotica (Szabadka)

SLOVENIA

UKRAINE

Berehove (Берегове, Beregovo, Beregszász)

Kobyletska Poliana (Gyertyánliget)

Husyatyn

• Carl Schonbrun Kiwe (Carl) Schonbrun (1861 - 1943 Brooklyn); sons born in Husyatin
• Moses Schönbrun (before c. 1796, Husyatin?)
• Schmeril Bear Ber Shanbrun (c. 1815-1865, Husyatin)

Uzhhorod (У́жгород, Užhorod, Ungvár)

• Benjamin Schönbrunn (c. 1850); Y: J-M172
• Ignacz Schönbrunn (before 1832)
• Jakob Schönbrun, HaCohen (before 1800)
• Móric Schönbrunn (c. 1842 - )

ISRAEL

NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA (Earliest known location)

CANADA

UNITED STATES

California

• Jacob Schoenbrun (d. 1866 Hungary - 1938 San Francisco)
• Mark Schoenbrun (Markus Schönbrunn) (1863 Topolyán, Michalovce, Slovakia - 1949 Los Angeles, CA); Y: R1b1a2 - R-M269

Illinois

• Leopold Schoenbrun (1826 Fürth, Germany - 1910 Chicago); Schönbrunner family from Fürth

Missouri

• Louis Schoenbrun (1882 Germany - ); tailor in St. Louis by 1900; immigrated 1891 and naturalized
• Jacob Schoenbrun (1866 Germany - ); ladies' tailoring in St. Louis by 1900; immigrated 1885 and naturalized
• John Schoenbrun (1875 Hungary - 1945 St. Louis); wholesale notions
• Sam Schoenbrun (1870 Germany - ); in St. Louis by 1900; immigrated 1891 and naturalized
• Samuel Schoenbrun (1869 Hungary - 1957 St. Louis); immigrated 1886; tailor in St. Louis

Nebraska

New Jersey

• Markus Schoenbrun (1855, Homonna? - New Jersey)

New York

• Aaron Schoenbrun (1822, Kolcs-Hosszúmező - 1887 Brooklyn, New York); Y: R1 - R-M173

Ohio

• Rabbi Isaac Schoenbrun; (1797, Fürth-1883, Cincinnati, Ohio)
• Rabbi Emanuel Menachem Mendel Schoenbrun; (1859, Veľké Kapušany, Slovakia - 1943, Cleveland)

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Texas

• Major Marcus Schoenbrun (Mayer Schönbrunn) (1892 Topolyán, Michalovce, Slovakia - 1968 Tyler, Texas], brother of Major Markus Schoenbrun; Y: R1b1a2 - R-M269
• Mano Schoenbrun (1900 Topolyán, Michalovce, Slovakia - 1959 Tyler, Texas, brother of Major Markus Schoenbrun; Y: R1b1a2 - R-M269
• Milton Schoenbrun (1912 Toledo, Ohio - 2003 El Paso, Texas, family from Veľké Kapušany