Stiefel - 1 Ruth and Sally (Norman) Stiefel family photos and documents Donated April 2012, by daughter Irene Stiefel Starr and son Richard Stiefel, in memory of our parents and their families. Relatives in Photos Johanna Baer née Abraham, 29 May 1863-1937, married Max Baer, 04 Mar 1857-23 Dec 1927. Their children: Clara Stiefel née Baer. Her first name has been spelled both Clara and Klara. Siegfried Baer - died 1914 serving in German military during WWI. Born 02 Feb 1892. Irma David née Baer Clara married Josef Stiefel. Their children: Erwin Stiefel (1913-1991). His wife is Tea; his children Joan and Marsha. Ruth Stiefel née Stiefel (1912-1990) Irma married Karl David (they also are second cousins). Their children: Thea Baum née David Fritz /Fred David Ruth married (1938) Sally Stiefel (1900-1982; they were not related; he changed his name to Norman in USA). Their children: Irene Starr née Stiefel (1939- ) Richard Norman Stiefel (1949- ) Paul Stiefel - Josef s brother Ilse Cole née Dahl - 3rd cousin of Ruth and also a friend (in Germany and Kansas City) Heinz Baer 2nd cousin of Clara Contact: Irene Stiefel Starr (is@starr.net; if no reply, try her son Andrew atstarr@atstarr.com) Note: ~ after date means approximate. The photos and other items are arranged in envelopes (or folders) for convenience and safe travel, not by year or subject. The content on the backs of some were added in past years. Some pictures are copies as I haven t found the originals. env 1-10 pics.jpg Clara and Ruth Clara and Irma, August 1928, Baden-Baden (Clara died in 1929) Ruth 3 pics. With pin: back - Januar 1939, Giessen, Germany Clara Baer with siblings Irma and Siegfried Clara, Ruth, Unknown mountains in background. Erwin on far right. Backpacks in foreground, trees in background Text, ID on back. Perhaps Clara Baer, 1920~ Irma back right with Thea, middle, and Fred/Fritz, front right. env 2-8 pics+ 1 note.jpg Sally seated Sally portrait -1938~, back has hard to read stamp including word Giessen Engagement in newspaper, framed. Back has German script perhaps company. Ruth right; Ilse left; Thea, child in middle; Johanna behind Thea; Heinz Baer + other relatives 1930~ Max Baer with grandson Erwin Stiefel. 1915~, Hamm a.d Sieg. Abitur class, 4 April, 1929. Names on back. Ruth next to top row, center. Abitur classmates 1966 reunion. Hilde, Ruth s lifelong friend, standing at rear right. See env 3 comment below. Ruth s draft of note to classmates. From her 1987 calendar. Group swimming. Erwin center front. Writing on bottom and back. Back has vacation trip with Herr Edelbruck in summer 1927 in die Eifel. 5.9.27 names.
Stiefel - 2 env 3-10 pics.jpg Large group. Johanna Abraham Baer + Max Baer with Clara + Siegfried in front center. 1903~ Johanna Abraham Baer + Max Baer with grandchildren (1927 on back). Fritz David (born 1927), Thea David (born 1924). In front of Hamm a.d Sieg house. Back has original text and more recent text. Paul Irma + Johanna (the following 6 are school related) Fridel, Hilde, and Lotti Renard - sisters Hilde. Back 26 April 27. Ruth and Hilde corresponded until Ruth died in 1990. Ruth visited Hilde in 1966 for a classmates reunion. Unknown + Ruth on right. Back: Washday in the WFW, 1935. Scene. Back: 1933. Included here because it was with these photos. Teacher. Back: Dr Knoop? Ruhrort 1933-34. Don t recognize the next person. env 4-4 pics +3 items.jpg Siegfried Baer portrait with note in Ruth s handwriting Josef Stiefel portrait Clara Stiefel formal photo Postcard perhaps about Clara s illness Josef and Clara formal photo Event program 1924 env 5-5 pics +4 items.jpg Max Baer obit (1927) Ruth, toddler formal photo Ruth portrait Ruth and Sally on the ship (shortly after the learned they were expecting a baby) Ilse Dahl Cole left, Ruth center, Ilse Millie right front. Details with picture. Newspaper clipping about Gebruder Horn 1936 Ruth and Sally engagement announcement Postcard of Josef, left, and Clara, third from left, at café. Don t have original. large Business type card. Front has stamp of S. Stiefel, Giessen, Roonstrasse 25. Reverse mentions Sieg Harzfeld (founder of a store in Kansas City) and Kansas City??! env 6 - ship 7 items.jpg 7 Hamburg-Amerika Linie items about the ship including passenger list, program, layout, etc. env 7- ship lttrs 12.JPG + 4 documents 12 ship-related letters Ruth s birth certificate Ruth s Frauenschule certificate Ruth + Norman 1938 July 8 marriage cert. July 8 was a civil ceremony and July 10 a synagogue service and party. They considered July 10 as their anniversary. 1938 - June 8 Rabbi Neumark document - related to July 1938 marriage of Ruth Stiefel and Sally Stiefel
env 8 - Sally + brothers+work docs.jpg photos of 8 brothers with father Nathan Stiefel in the center. Details with picture. Gebruder horn letter 1921 2 Kaufmann Sohne letters 1921, 1918 Copy of Gebruder Horn letter informing Sally Stiefel that the business was sold. Stiefel - 3 env 9 - Josef lttrhd + Ruth abitur doc.jpg Josef Stiefel s business letterhead and Ruth school document. env 10 - propaganda book + postcard.jpg 1940~ card with Nazi postmark A neighbor in Kansas City, MO, gave this to Richard Stiefel. Propaganda booklet. 1941. Found in Ruth and Sally s house in Kansas City while closing it. Don t know how they happened to have it as they came to USA in March 1939. env 11 5 group pictures (names are with the photos) The two left pictures are of the 25th anniversary of Irma Baer David and Karl David in the late 1940 s. Almost all (or all) who are pictured came from Germany. The middle picture was taken at the wedding of Irma and Karl s grandson in 1988. Their son Fred, daughter Thea, and several nieces and nephews are in the picture. The next picture is of a family seder. The date is late 1940 s as the three children in it were born in 1939 (Irene Stiefel), 1945 (Joan Stiefel), and 1942 (Janet Gerson). The picture on the right: Siblings Ruth and Erwin Stiefel with their spouses, children, and a first cousin. From left to right: Irene, Norman, Richard, Ruth. Marsha, Erwin, Joan, Tea. Cousin Edith Stiefel. Spring 1966. Env 11 env 12 7 pictures Ruth and Sally s wedding Clara Baer Stiefel with her son Erwin and daughter Ruth Baer family house in Hamm a.d Sieg. Irma with children Thea and Fred and unknown. Stiefel family house in Birklar, ~1910. According to email in 2004 with Bianka Heyer at info@lich.de the address is Freier Platz 15, 35423 Lich-Birklar und es sieht fast noch genau so aus. [SENT IN ENV 11 WITH LARGER PICS] Occupant in 2004 (when Irene visited Birklar) said her grandparents bought it in 1927. Formal photo of Sally Sally in uniform Sally next to his business car. Env 12
This data is printed from files in a family tree software program. Stiefel - 4 Ancestors of Irene Claire Stiefel Norman Stiefel b: 24 Apr 1900 m: Jul 1938 d: Sep 1982 Irene Claire Stiefel b: 10 Nov 1939 m: 30 Jul 1959 in Kansas City, Missouri Josef Mendel Stiefel b: 29 Mar 1881 in Zaradawa m: 30 Jun 1911 in Hamm an der Sieg, Germany d: 15 Jul 1938 Samuel Stiefel b: 1806 in Vienna, Austria d: 1890 in Sieniawa Hirsch Wolf Stiefel b: 1855 in Sieniawa d: 15 Mar 1917 in Eger (Cheb), Czechoslovakia Sarah? b: 1819 in Sieniawa d: 1904 in Sieniawa Ruth Stiefel b: 07 Sep 1912 d: 14 Nov 1990 in Kansas City, Missouri Lea Weinberg b: 01 Oct 1857 in Molodycz, Poland d: 08 Dec 1939 Klara Baer b: 11 Nov 1887 in Hamm an der Sieg, Germany d: 15 Oct 1929 Ancestors of Sally (Norman) Stiefel Nathan Stiefel b: 07 Feb 1843 in Birklar d: 13 Sep 1919 in Birklar Sally (Norman) Stiefel b: 24 Apr 1900 in Birklar m: Jul 1938 d: 22 Sep 1982 in Kansas City, Missouri Jakob Goldstein b: Bet. 1750-1760 d: 1837 in Langsdorf Loeb Yehudah Goldstein d: 16 May 1856 Israel Goldstein b: 03 Oct 1817 in Langsdorf m: 08 Mar 1848 d: 01 Oct 1903 Bertha Goldstein b: 21 Jun 1860 in Langsdorf d: 08 May 1948 Reichel (Regina) Katz b: 1788 d: 08 May 1861 Jette Gidel Kaufmann b: 30 May 1826 in Langendiebach bei Hannau d: 14 Apr 1887 Ancestors of Klara Baer Abraham Baer b: 1750 d: 1800 Moses Baer b: 1786 d: 1847 Seligmann Baer b: 1821 d: 1868 Jetta Herz Roeschen Auscher b: 1787 d: 1857 Max Baer b: 04 Mar 1857 in Hamm d: 23 Dec 1927 in Hamm Klara Baer b: 1887 d: 1929 Regina Abraham b: 1830 d: 1898 Johanna Abraham b: 29 May 1863 in Altenkirchen d: 1937
Stiefel - 5 Ancestors of Clara Baer Seligmann Baer b: 1821 d: 1868 Max Baer b: 04 Mar 1857 in Hamm d: 23 Dec 1927 in Hamm [2] Raphael Abraham b: 1768 d: 1831 [1] Mordchen Abraham b: 1790 d: 1853 Regina Abraham b: 1830 d: 1897 [3] Jita Joseph b: 1774 d: 1844 [4] Bella Hirsch b: 1799 d: 1852 Clara Baer b: 1887 d: 1929 [2] Raphael Abraham b: 1768 d: 1831 [1] Mordchen Abraham b: 1790 d: 1853 Hirsch Abraham b: 1825 d: 1911 [3] Jita Joseph b: 1774 d: 1844 [4] Bella Hirsch b: 1799 d: 1852 Johanna Abraham b: 29 May 1863 in Altenkirchen d: 1937 Regina Hirsch b: 1835 d: Jul 1912