Samuel and Heffel Bach (The parents of the Father of the Father of the Mother of the Father of Doron Zeilberger)

Written by Doron Zeilberger: Aug. 22, 2000.

Last update: Sept. 18, 2022, thanks to Matthias Poppe.

Samuel Bach was the first to acquire the surname Bach. He was born in 1779/1780 and died in 1870 at the age of 90. He was born as Samuel ben Gabriel. He married Heffel (Heve, Eva) Kohn (1786/1787-July 7, 1874) on Oct. 3, 1816. Samuel and Heffel Bach had the following children

Gabriel Bach (27th April 1818- 13th May 1818)
Isak Bach (?-?) who also died in infancy.
Golda Bach Mittel (March 3, 1823-?) who married S. Mittel and lived in Oberstreu.
Meier Bach (July 1827- Feb. 28, 1906) , my GG-Grandfather.
Simson Bach (1832-1840).

Samuel'ss father was Gabriel ben ?.

Many Thanks to Prof. Dr. Josef Hesselbach, archivist of the State Archives at Wuerzburg, for kindly supplying the information in this page.

Added Sept. 3, 2024: read about the restoration of the Unsleben Jewish cemetery, by Dipl.-Rest Patrick Jurgens and Matthias Poppe here

Added May 21, 2022: Angela Bungert kindly sent me History of the Unsleben Bach family (.docx file)

Added Sept. 18, 2022: Matthias Poppe kindly sent me pictures of Samuel Bach's grave and Heffe Bach's grave and

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