Brief Life History of Harriet
When Harriet Oppenhejm was born on 15 December 1887, in Copenhagen, København, Denmark, her father, Gerson Oppenheim, was 39 and her mother, Sally Lewisohn, was 31. She lived in København, Denmark for about 26 years and Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark in 1921. She died on 21 August 1959, at the age of 71.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Harriet Brusendorff in household of Åge Brusendorff, "Denmark Census, 1921"
- Harriet Oppenhejm, "Denmark, Copenhagen City, Civil Marriages, 1739-1964, Index 1877-1964"
- Harriet Oppenhgen in household of Ramy Oppenhgen, "Denmark Census, 1916"
Spouse and Children
1887–1932 Male
1887–1959 Female
Parents and Siblings
1848– Male
1856–1930 Female
Siblings (5)
1880–1949 Female
1883–1951 Female
1886–1961 Male
1887–1959 Female
1893–1984 Male
World Events (6)
1914
Age 27
1917
Age 30
1939
Age 52
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Gerd, Kurt, Hedwig, Manfred, Erna, Heinz. Jewish Mendel, Naftaly, Oded, Shmuel, Shoshana, Shoshanah, Shulamith, Yitzchok.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from a place on the Rhine, between Mainz and Worms, so named from an unexplained first element + Old High German heim ‘homestead’. There was an important Jewish settlement here before the Holocaust. Due to persistent persecution, members of the Oppenheim community were periodically forced to flee from their native city and hence the surnames Oppenheim and Oppenheimer became widespread throughout southern and western Germany.
History: This is one of the old Ashkenazic surnames. In Eastern Europe, it was used by rabbinical families well before the mass adoption of surnames by local Jews at the turn of the 19th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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