Meier and Zerlina Bach (The parents of the Father of the Mother of the Father of Doron Zeilberger)

Last update: April 27, 2022. (Thanks to Gil Zeilberger and Angela Bungert)

Previous update: Sept. 30, 2017. (Thanks to Heidi Joseph)

Meier Bach was born on July 3, 1828. Around 1854, he married Zerlina Kuhl Bach (1827-1913) daughter of Abraham Kuhl (1793-March 16, 186?) and Madel bat Hayim Kuhl (Wuestensachsen, 1797-Unsleben(?), June 21, 1857). Meier died on Feb. 28, 1906 at the age of 79, and Zerlina Kuhl Bach died on May 27, 1913, at the age of 82. Larry Fried has kindly sent me a photo of their graves.

Meier and Zerlina had eight children.

• Henriette (Dec. 5, 1855-1855)
• Mathilde (June 23, 1857- ?)
• Regina Bach Guttermann (Oct. 23, 1858- May 10, 1937). Regina married Mr. ? Guttermann and they had two children. Helen, who died in the holocaust, and Max. Max married Lina (born Friedmann). Max played for the soccer team of Fuerth [see `Kissinger' by Walter Issacson, p. 21]. Max and Lina Gitterman had one child: Henry (1923- Nov. 29, 2016), grew up in Fuerth, near Nurenberg, and excelled at soccer, far surpassing his classmate, Henry Kissinger. Around 1936, Max, Lina and Henry moved to the United States, and their family name became Gitterman, and settled at Washington Heights, upper Manhattan, New York City. Henry became a president of Beth Hillel, which was a `nice place to meet girls from the same background' [ibid, p. 36]. Henry is married to Eva. Henry and Eva have three children. Amy (1953- ca. 2005), who was married to Brian, and whose children are Alice (born 1986) and the twins David and Rachel (born 1990); Jane (born 1955) who is married to Steve, and has no children; and Matt Gitterman (born 1965), who is married to Nancy, and whose chidren are Henry (born 1996, a very good tennis player, like his father and grandfather) and Emma (born 1999).
• Gabriel Bach (July 9, 1861-Jan. 28, 1921) , my great-grandfather.
• Moses Bach (March 22, 1863- ca. July 1942), who was married to Fanny, and who had a son, Siegfried Bach and and daughter, Rita Bach Kalbermann, who was married to Mr. Kalbermann. Rita had a son. Moses died in the holocaust. His wife Fanny (nee Reis) was also deported, but survived, and died in Lugano om July 10, 1949.
• Rika Bach (Aug. 9, 1864- Sept. 13, 1864).
• Sophie Bach ? (Dec. 17, 1865-?)
• Heinemann Bach ( July 13, 1867-?)

Zerlina's parents were Abraham Kuhl and Madel bat Haim