Ludwig Weinberg

Male23 September 1882–9 March 1960

Brief Life History of Ludwig

When Ludwig Weinberg was born on 23 September 1882, in Lauban, Liegnitz, Silesia, Prussia, Germany, his father, Max Weinberg, was 33 and his mother, Selma Schallamach, was 33. He married Gertrude Friedländer Weinberg on 16 December 1919, in Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 9 March 1960, in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Colma, San Mateo, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ludwig Weinberg
1882–1960
Gertrude Friedländer Weinberg
1894–1957
Marriage: 16 December 1919
Ilse Hanna Berta Weinberg
1921–2014

Sources (5)

  • Ludwig Weinberg, „California Death Index, 1940-1997“
  • Unknown im Eintrag für Gertrud Weinberg, „California, Northern U.S. District Court Naturalization Index, 1852-1989“
  • Ludwig Weinberg, „Find A Grave Index“

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    16 December 1919Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany
  • Children (1)

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    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1890

    Age 8

    Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.

    1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

    Age 9

    Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.

    1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

    Age 24

    A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Hyman, Chaim, Yehuda, Yetta, Avi, Ben-Zion, Meyer, Moshe, Rivka, Shaya.

    German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from a place called Weinberg or Weinberge, of which there are numerous examples, especially in Austria and Bavaria.

    Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Wein ‘wine’ + Berg ‘mountain, hill’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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