Lehman family
The Lehman family is a prominent family of Jewish German-American businesspeople who founded the financial firm Lehman Brothers. Some were also involved in American politics.[1] The family traces back to Abraham Lehmann, a cattle merchant in Rimpar, Bavaria, who changed his Yiddish surname Löw (Loeb) to the German Lehmann.
Some of the family members include:[2]
- Abraham Lehmann, born Abraham Löw, cattle merchant in Rimpar, Bavaria[3]
- Henry Lehman (1822–1855), born Hayum Lehmann, founder of H. Lehman, which became Lehman Brothers, married to Rosa Wolf, 4 children
- Bertha Lehman Rosenheim
- Harriet Lehman Weil, married Moses Weil, 5 children
- Leon Weil
- Blanche Weil
- Hannah Weil
- Harry L. Weil
- Elsie Rose Weil, married Leon Weil, 2 children
- Helen Weil Benjamin (1905-1996)
- George Leon Weil (1907–1995), nuclear physicist
- David Lehman
- Meyer H. Lehman
- Emanuel Lehman (1827–1907), born Mendel Lehmann, co-founder of Lehman Brothers, married to Pauline Sondheim (1843–1871), 4 children
- Milton Lehman
- Harriet Philip Lehman, married her cousin Sigmund M. Lehman, son of her uncle Mayer Lehman[4][5]
- Evelyn Philip Lehman, married Jules Ehrich, 4 children:[2]
- May Ehrich (born 1889)
- Pauline Ehrich (1893), married Monroe Gutman
- Dorothy Ehrich (born 1895), married John C. Mayer, 3 children
- Jane Mayer (born 1919), married Harold Field
- John Mayer (born 1921), married Dale Shoup, daughter of economist Carl Shoup[6] and granddaughter of businessman Paul Shoup
- William Mayer (1925–2017), composer, married Meredith Nevins, daughter of historian and journalist Allan Nevins, 3 children
- Steven Mayer (born 1952)
- Jane Mayer (born 1955), journalist, married to William B. Hamilton
- Cynthia Mayer (born 1958)
- Ruth Ehrich (born 1900), married Ralph Friedman, 2 children
- Philip Lehman (1861–1947), married to Carrie Lauer (–1937)
- Pauline Lehman, married to Henry Ickelheimer (1868–1940) of Heidelbach, Ickelheimer & Co.,[7] 2 children
- Jean Ickelheimer Stralem, married to Donald Stralem, 2 children[8]
- Philip Henry Isles (1912–1989), changed surname from Ickelheimer, married to model Lillian Fox, 3 children, divorced,[12][13] she remarried Stephane Groueff
- Jill Isles Blanchard, married to Guillermo B. Aguilera, divorced[14] and remarried to Richard F. Blanchard.[15]
- Pauline Aguilera Longano (born 1967), married to Nicholas Longano in 1998[15]
- Tina Isles Barney (born 1945), photographer, married to John Joseph Barney in 1966[16]
- Philip Henry Isles II, married to Alexandra Moltke (1947–)
- Adam Isles (1969–), married to Hannah Harrison Bond[17]
- Jill Isles Blanchard, married to Guillermo B. Aguilera, divorced[14] and remarried to Richard F. Blanchard.[15]
- Robert Lehman (1891–1969), married Ruth S. (née Lamar) Rumsey (born 1902) in 1929, divorced 1931, no children;[18][19]
- Pauline Lehman, married to Henry Ickelheimer (1868–1940) of Heidelbach, Ickelheimer & Co.,[7] 2 children
- Mayer Lehman (1830–1897), co-founder of Lehman Brothers, married to Babette Newgass, sister-in-law of Isaias W. Hellman
- Lisette Lehman Fatman, married to Morris Fatman, clothing manufacturer, 2 children[20]
- Margaret Fatman[20] married to composer Werner Josten, 2 children[21]
- Elinor Fatman Morgenthau, married Henry Morgenthau Jr.,[20] U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 3 children[22]
- Robert M. Morgenthau,[22] District Attorney for New York County
- Henry Morgenthau III,[22] author and television producer, married Ruth Schachter Morgenthau (1931-2006), advisor to President Jimmy Carter, 3 children[23]
- Joan Morgenthau Hirschhorn (1922-2012)[22] married Fred Hirschhorn Jr. in 1957, 3 children[26][27]
- Clara Lehman Limburg[29]
- Mabel Limburg Rossbach[29] married to Max J. H. Rossbach[30]
- June Bingham Birge (1919-2007),[29] married U.S. Congressman Jonathan Brewster Bingham (1914-1986), four children;[31] remarried to Robert B. Birge in 1987, no children[31]
- Mabel Limburg Rossbach[29] married to Max J. H. Rossbach[30]
- Sigmund M. Lehman married his cousin Harriet Philip Lehman, daughter of his uncle Emanuel Lehman[4][5]
- Evelyn Philip Lehman, married Jules Ehrich, 4 children:[2]
- Allan S. Lehman married Evelyn Schiffer[34]
- Ellen Lehman Long[34]
- Orin Lehman[34]
- Harold M. Lehman, married Cecile R. Seligman, 2 daughters
- Betty Lehman Asiel[35] married to E. Nelson Asiel,[36] 3 children
- Susan Lehman, married Joseph Cullman (1912–2004) in 1935, one daughter.[37][38]
- Dorothy Cullman Treisman[37]
- Allan S. Lehman married Evelyn Schiffer[34]
- Harriet Lehman (1860–1948), married to Philip Goodhart
- Arthur Lehman Goodhart (1891-1978), British academic; married Cecily Carter, 3 children
- Philip Goodhart (1925-2015), British politician; married Valerie Forbes Winant, niece of John Gilbert Winant; 7 children[39][40]
- Arthur Goodhart[40]
- Sarah Goodhart[40]
- David Goodhart, (1956-) journalist; married to journalist Lucy Kellaway; 4 children[40][41]
- Rachel Goodhart[40]
- Harriet Goodhart[40]
- Rebecca Goodhart[40]
- Daniel Goodhart[40]
- William Goodhart (1933-2017)
- Charles Goodhart (1936-)
- Philip Goodhart (1925-2015), British politician; married Valerie Forbes Winant, niece of John Gilbert Winant; 7 children[39][40]
- Howard Goodhart
- Helen Goodhart (1887–1985), married to Frank Altschul (1887–1981), banker[42]
- Margaret Lang, married to journalist Daniel Lang, 3 children[43][44]
- Edith Altschul Graham (died 2003), married Robert Claverhouse Graham, 3 children[45]
- Robert C. Graham Jr.[45] married Christine Denny, daughter of Charles R. Denny, 2 children[46]
- Elizabeth Ashley Graham, married Adam Marc Lindemann,[46] son of George Lindemann
- Kathryn Graham
- Michael C. Graham[45]
- Kathryn G. Graham[45]
- Robert C. Graham Jr.[45] married Christine Denny, daughter of Charles R. Denny, 2 children[46]
- Arthur Goodhart Altschul Sr. (1920–2002), investment banker
- married Stephanie Rosemary Wagner in 1956, she later died in a plane crash, 2 children[47]
- Stephen Altschul (1957-), mathematician and researcher; married to Caroline Kershaw James
- Charles Altschul
- married Siri von Reis (divorced 1972), 3 children
- Arthur Goodhart Altschul Jr. (1964–), married 2013 Rula Jebreal Divorced 2016
- Emily Helen Altschul (1966–), married John Miller (journalist) in 2002[48]
- Serena Altschul (1970-), broadcast journalist and MTV host
- married Stephanie Rosemary Wagner in 1956, she later died in a plane crash, 2 children[47]
- Arthur Lehman Goodhart (1891-1978), British academic; married Cecily Carter, 3 children
- Arthur Lehman (1873–1936), married to Adele Lewisohn Lehman,[49] daughter of Adolph Lewisohn (1849–1938), mining magnate, 3 children
- Dorothy Lehman Bernhard (1903 – 1969), married to investment banker Richard Jaques Bernhard in 1923, 2 children[50]
- Robert Arthur Bernhard (born 1928)[50]
- William Lehman Bernhard (born 1931),[50] married Catherine Cahill, daughter of attorney John T. Cahill in 1974[51] and Grace Pickens, a member of the Pickens Sisters[52]
- Helen Lehman (1905–1989),[53] lawyer, married to Benjamin Buttenwieser (1900–1991), banker at Kuhn, Loeb & Co.[54]
- Lawrence B. Buttenwieser, lawyer at Katten Muchin Rosenman, married to Ann Lubin,[55] daughter of Isador Lubin
- Peter L. Buttenwieser, philanthropist[58]
- Paul A. Buttenwieser, psychiatrist[59]
- Frances Lehman Loeb (1906–1996), married to John Langeloth Loeb Sr. (son of Carl M. Loeb), 5 children[60][61]
- John Langeloth Loeb Jr. (1930–), businessman
- married to Nina Sundby from 1960, 1 child
- married to Meta Martindell Harrsen, 1 child
- Nicholas M. Loeb (1976–)
- married to Sharon J. Handler in 2011
- Judith Loeb Chiara[60] married to Richard N. Beaty, married and divorced from Marco Chiara, the son of the Italian novelist Piero Chiara[63]
- Arthur Lehman Loeb[60]
- Deborah Loeb Brice[60]
- Ann Loeb Bronfman (1932–2011), married to Edgar Bronfman Sr. (1929–2013)
- Samuel Bronfman (1954), married to Melanie Mann.[64]
- Edgar Bronfman Jr. (1955)
- married to Sherry Brewer from 1979-1991, 3 children
- Benjamin Bronfman (1982); one child with Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (1975)
- Ikhyd Edgar Arular Bronfman (2009)
- Vanessa Bronfman
- Hannah Bronfman (1987-), married Brendan Fallis (2017)[65]
- Benjamin Bronfman (1982); one child with Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (1975)
- married Clarisa Alcock San Román in 1993, 4 children
- Aaron Bronfman
- Bettina Bronfman
- Erik Bronfman
- Clarissa Bronfman
- married to Sherry Brewer from 1979-1991, 3 children
- Matthew Bronfman (1959)
- married Fiona Woods, divorced 1997, 3 children
- Gabriela Talia Bronfman
- Eli Miles Bronfman
- Jeremy Samuel Bronfman
- married Lisa Belzberg, daughter of Canadian businessman Samuel Belzberg, 3 children, divorced
- Sasha Bronfman
- Tess Bronfman
- Ezekiel Bronfman
- married Stacey Kaye in 2005, 1 child,[66] divorced in 2016[67]
- Coby Benjamin Bronfman
- married Melanie Lavie in 2017, 1 child[67][68][69]
- married Fiona Woods, divorced 1997, 3 children
- Holly Bronfman Lev, married to Yoav Lev. She is a convert to Hinduism and has taken the name Bhavani Lev.[70]
- Adam Bronfman
- John Langeloth Loeb Jr. (1930–), businessman
- Dorothy Lehman Bernhard (1903 – 1969), married to investment banker Richard Jaques Bernhard in 1923, 2 children[50]
- Irving Lehman (1876–1945), U.S. lawyer and politician, married to Sissie Straus, daughter of Nathan Straus, no children
- Herbert H. Lehman (1878–1963), 45th Governor of New York; married Edith Louise Altschul in 1910 (sister of banker Frank Altschul), 3 children[71]
- Hilda Lehman Wise
- Peter Lehman Wise
- married Sharon McAuliffe, divorced, 1 child
- Catherine Jane Wise, married to David Giffen
- married Marylou Hanover, 1 child
- Matthew Lehman Wise
- married Sharon McAuliffe, divorced, 1 child
- Stephanie Wise
- Deborah Wise, married Peter Sheridan
- Eli Wise
- Peter Lehman Wise
- Peter Gerald Lehman (1917-1944); married Peggy Lashanska Rosenbaum in 1938, 2 children; killed in combat during World War II.[72][73]
- John Robert Lehman
- Hilda Lehman Wise
- Lisette Lehman Fatman, married to Morris Fatman, clothing manufacturer, 2 children[20]
- Henry Lehman (1822–1855), born Hayum Lehmann, founder of H. Lehman, which became Lehman Brothers, married to Rosa Wolf, 4 children
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The Lehman family tree includes a governor, a chief justice of the New York State court of appeals, a secretary of the treasury, two ambassadors, members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons, and a New York State parks commissioner. So, when descendants of one of America's most prominent German Jewish dynasties gather later this month, it will be no ordinary reunion.
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Further reading
- Birmingham, Stephen (1996). Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families of New York. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 0815604114.
- Mayo, Anthony J.; Nohria, Nitin; Singleton, Laura G. (2006). Paths to Power: How Insiders and Outsiders Shaped American Business Leadership. Harvard Business Press. pp. 104–107. ISBN 1422101983.
External links
- The Jewish Daily Forward: "The Lehmans? They’ve Moved On. Sad? A Little" September 26, 2008
- Full text of "John L. Loeb Collection" retrieved October 28, 2015