Chapter Four
Braunfeld & Grosz
Sajószentpéter and Monostorpályi
Monostorpályi · Szendrő · Sajószentpéter · Miskolc · Kecskemét · Erdőtelek · Baja · New Orleans · Milwaukee
Golda (Gizella) Braunfeld, wife of Farkas Wiesner, was born at Sajószentpéter in 1871 and died at Auschwitz on 13/14 June 1944. Her photograph survives on a Salvadoran protection certificate of 16 September 1942.
Her father Ignácz (Yitzchak) Braunfeld was born about 1818 at Monostorpályi in Bihar and died at Sajószentpéter on 2 September 1892; his gravestone names him “son of R’ David … his mother’s name Mirl”. Ignácz was the mohel at the birth of his grandson Dávid Wiesner in 1891. Golda’s mother Juli (Rivka Leah) Grosz died on 7 March 1917 — proven from her gravestone; her parents were possibly Jónás Grosz, arendator of Sajószentpéter, and Leni Roth.
Ignácz married twice. His first wife Czily Grosz was the mother of Rosi (b. about 1846 at Szendrő) and of Rabbi Sámuel Braunfeld, later rabbi of Erdőtelek (d. 1917). With Juli he had the children born between 1852 and 1872, first at Szendrő and, from the early 1860s, at Sajószentpéter: József (1852, cantor of Baja), Czilli (1855), Teréz (Rézi, 1856), Dávid (1858, assistant rabbi of Kecskemét), Ábrahám (Adolf, 1859, a cantor), Ferencz (1862), Jonás (Cantor Julius of New Orleans, 1863), Simon Sándor (1865), Perecz (1869, of whom nothing more is known), Golda (1871) and Zsigmond (1872), who became George Sigmund Braunfeld of Milwaukee. Ignácz himself was the community’s shochet, cantor and mohel — a family of synagogue servants from him down.
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Grandparents of the seven siblings
Charles (Carl) Braunfeld Probable
son of Julius; Rav Shmaya’s first cousin
Born 25 May 1889, the Netherlands · Died 4 Mar 1967, Santa Cruz, California
Son of Julius and Meta (the California death index gives his mother’s maiden name as Shroeder). Private, U.S. Army. Read the full record →
Gilda Carter née Braunfeld Probable
daughter of Julius; Rav Shmaya’s first cousin
Born Aug 1893, Wisconsin
Julius and Meta’s daughter (“Gelda”, 16, in the 1910 census of New Orleans). In 1927 she was “Mrs. Leroy Carter” of Covington, Kentucky, in her mother’s obituary. Read the full record →
Margaret (Margit) Newman née Braunfeld Probable
daughter of Zsigmond (George); Rav Shmaya’s first cousin
Born 1897, Kroměříž (Kremzír), Moravia
In her father’s household at Miskolc in 1900, then Milwaukee; married Wilford M. Newman in Wisconsin in 1923.
Great-grandparents of the seven siblings
Cantor Julius (Jonás) Braunfeld Proven
brother of Golda; the siblings' great-granduncle
Born 17 Jul 1863, Sajószentpéter · Died 12 Jan 1921, New Orleans
Son of Ignácz Braunfeld, so a brother of Golda Wiesner. Educated at Budapest and Vienna; cantor in Brooklyn and Milwaukee, then cantor of Temple Sinai, New Orleans, 1894–1919. His mother is not named in these records, so no mother is shown here. Read the full record →
Czilli (Cecília) Braunfeld Probable
sister of Golda; the siblings' great-grandaunt
Born 1855, Szendrő
Known from the Szendrő birth index; one of the three daughters remembered in Ignácz’s obituary of 1892.
Dávid Braunfeld דוד בן מו"ה יצחק בראונפעלד Proven
brother of Golda; the siblings' great-granduncle
Born 16 Sep 1858, Szendrő · Died 7 May 1913, Kecskemét
Assistant rabbi (segédpap) of Kecskemét; deputy rabbi at Tiszabő in 1896. His 1913 civil death entry names his parents “néhai Braunfeld Ignácz” and “Grosz Rebus (Julia)” — the same woman as Juli (Rivka Leah) — and his wife Rebeka Goldmann. His gravestone reads “R’ David son of R’ Yitzchak Braunfeld”, moreh tzedek (religious judge) of his community, died 30 Nisan = Rosh Chodesh Iyar 5673 (7 May 1913), years 5619–5673 — the same date as his civil death entry. Read the full record →
Ferencz Braunfeld Proven
brother of Golda; the siblings' great-granduncle
Born 18 Mar 1862, Szendrő
Draper and fashion merchant at Sajószentpéter, later Miskolc. At his marriage to Malvin Goldstein (Sajószentpéter, 27 June 1899) his father is “néhai Braunfeld Ignácz, metsző [shochet]” and his mother “Özvegy Braunfeld Ignáczné született Nagy Juliánna” — Nagy is the Hungarian for Grosz. Godfather at the birth of his nephew Ignácz Wiesner in 1895. Read the full record →
Golda (Gizella) Wiesner née Braunfeld Proven 🕯
the siblings' great-grandmother
Born April 1871, Sajószentpéter · Died Auschwitz, 13/14 Jun 1944
Born April 1871 at Sajószentpéter (Salvadoran certificate records, memorial-archive items 9206950 and 9812173; the month Probable). A memorial record from a son names her parents as Yitzchak and Rivka (item 1084168), which fits Ignácz Braunfeld and Juli (Rivka Leah) Grosz (Probable). One list compiled from religious books gives 19 May 1944. Read the full record →
Johanna Braunfeld née Breszlauer Proven
Wife of József Braunfeld, cantor of Baja; married at Paks on 8 September 1879.
Josefine Braunfeld née Schmeichler Probable
wife of Zsigmond (George) Braunfeld
Born 29 Mar 1872, Kroměříž (Kremzír), Moravia · Died 3 Sep 1947, Highland Park, Illinois
Daughter of Alexander (Sándor) Schmeichler and Rosalia Baumgarten. In Miskolc in 1900; came to America in 1903; buried at Milwaukee. Burial: Spring Hill Cemetery, Milwaukee, beside George S. and the BRAUNFELD monument; marker “JOSEPHINE / MAR. 29, 1872 / SEPT. 3, 1947” (Probable).
Jónás Braunfeld Proven
brother of the siblings' great-great-grandmother Golda
Born 19 Jan 1854, Szendrő · Died 28 Jan 1854, Szendrő
Son of Ignácz Braunfeld and Juli (written “Rebusch”, i.e. Rivka) Grosz; sandak Salamon Czeizler and Debora Grosz. Died in infancy. Read the full record →
József Braunfeld Probable
brother of Golda; the siblings' great-granduncle
Born 11 Jul 1852, Szendrő · Died 7 Feb 1921, Baja
Born at Szendrő on 11 July 1852, son of Ignácz Braunfeld and Juli Grosz; his father was the mohel (birth register, read on the original — Proven). Cantor of Baja; married Johanna Breszlauer at Paks on 8 September 1879; died at Baja in 1921. That the Baja cantor is this József is Probable. Read the full record →
Meta Braunfeld née Schroeder Probable
wife of Cantor Julius Braunfeld
Born c.1862–65, Germany · Died 2 Mar 1927, San Diego
Wife of Cantor Julius Braunfeld (married about 1888). Her obituary (San Diego Union, 4 March 1927) names her late husband Rev. Julius Braunfeld, her son Charles and her daughter Mrs. Read the full record →
Perecz (Ferenc) Braunfeld Probable
brother of the siblings' great-great-grandmother Golda
Born 10 Feb 1869, Sajószentpéter · Died 26 Mar 1870, Sajószentpéter
Born to “Izsák” (Yitzchak = Ignácz) Braunfeld and “Rebeka” (Rivka = Juli); sandak Izrael Ungar. A “Ferenc Braunfeld, son of Ignácz”, aged 1, died at Sajószentpéter on 26 Mar 1870 — very probably the same child (Perec and Ferenc are the Hebrew and Hungarian forms of one name). Both entries Proven as indexed; that they are one child is Probable.
Rabbi Sámuel Braunfeld Proven
half-brother of Golda; the siblings' great-granduncle
Born c.1846 · Died 13 Nov 1917, Erdőtelek
Rabbinical candidate at his marriage to Czeczilia (Czily) Neumann at Mezőcsát on 2 September 1868, where he names his father “Ignátz Braunfeld, Vorbeter [cantor]” and his mother “Czily Grosz”. Rabbi of Erdőtelek (Heves county) by 1889 and until his death there in 1917, aged 71.
Rosi (Rózsi) Grosz née Braunfeld Proven
half-sister of Golda; the siblings' great-grandaunt
Born c.1846, Szendrő
Married Jakob Grosz, butcher of Berente (son of Josef Grosz, small trader of Babonya), at Sajószentpéter on 5 June 1864, aged 18; her father is written “J. Braunfeld, Schächter [shochet], Szentpéter”. Her mother is not named in that entry; Read the full record →
Simon Sándor Braunfeld Proven
brother of Golda; the siblings' great-granduncle
Born 9 Mar 1865, Sajószentpéter · Died 1942, Miskolc
Fashion merchant at Miskolc, Széchenyi utca 49 (1900 census and 1903). At his marriage to Lina Frank (Miskolc, 12 May 1903) his parents are “néhai Braunfeld Ignácz, kereskedő” and “Grosz Juliánna özvegy Braunfeld Ignáczné”. Buried at Miskolc (burial index: d. 1942, b. 1865). Read the full record →
Teréz (Rézi) Braunfeld Proven
sister of Golda; the siblings' great-grandaunt
Born 27 Nov 1856, Szendrő
Married first Jakab Hermann Grosz, wine merchant of Sajószentpéter (1879); later married again (Sajószentpéter 1895, Baja 1903). Her 1895 and 1903 marriage records name her parents “néhai Braunfeld Ignácz” and “Grósz Juliánna” / “Grosz Juli”. Her daughter Czili Grosz (1881–1929) married R’ Mózes Glück, a rabbinical candidate, in 1902, with Teréz’s brothers Ferencz and Sándor Braunfeld as witnesses. Read the full record →
Zsigmond (George Sigmund) Braunfeld Probable
brother of Golda; the siblings' great-granduncle
Born 20 Dec 1872, Sajószentpéter · Died 27 Dec 1945, Milwaukee
Ignácz and Juli’s youngest son, born at Sajószentpéter in 1872. The 1900 census of Miskolc lists “Braunfeld Zsigmond”, merchant, born 1872 at Sajószentpéter, at Kossuth utca 9, with his wife and daughter Margit, both born at Kremzír (Kroměříž, Moravia), and a widower Sándor “Smeicler” of Kremzír, born 1835 — his father-in-law. In America he is George Sigmund Braunfeld of Milwaukee (naturalized 1893), whose wife Josefine Schmeichler was a daughter of Alexander (Sándor) Schmeichler and whose daughter Margaret was born in Moravia in 1897. Read the full record →
Ábrahám (Adolf) Braunfeld Probable
brother of Golda; the siblings' great-granduncle
Born 27 Nov 1859, Szendrő
A cantor. Married Teréz Goldstein at Békéscsaba on 7 June 1882; the marriage index gives his parents as “Braunfeld Ignacz” and “Grosz Rebeka”.
2nd-great-grandparents of the seven siblings
Czily (Cecília) Braunfeld née Grosz Proven
first wife of Ignácz Braunfeld (not an ancestor of the siblings)
Died before 1852
Ignácz Braunfeld’s first wife. Her son Rabbi Sámuel named her as his mother, “Czily Grosz”, at his own wedding in 1868, and his 1905 marriage again gives “Grosz Czilli”. His 1917 death entry gives “Weisz Teréz” instead; that was written by his son-in-law Weisz Mór 49 years later and is taken to be a slip. Read the full record →
Ignácz (Yitzchak) Braunfeld יצחק בן דוד Proven
the siblings' 2nd-great-grandfather
Born c.1818, Monostorpályi · Died 2 Sep 1892, Sajószentpéter (11 Elul 5652)
Born at Monostorpályi (Bihar) — proven by his own death entry of 1892, which calls him a small shopkeeper of Hídvég utca 526, aged 74. He served his communities as shochet (1864), cantor (1868) and mohel (1852, 1891). He married twice: first Czily Grosz, mother of Rosi and Rabbi Sámuel; then Juli (Rivka Leah) Grosz, mother of the children born 1852–1872, Golda among them. Read the full record →
Juli (Rivka Leah) Braunfeld née Grosz Proven
the siblings' 2nd-great-grandmother
Born c.1829 · Died 7 Mar 1917 (13 Adar 5677), Sajószentpéter
Her date of death is Proven from her gravestone. Her 1917 civil death entry has been located in the archive (Sajószentpéter deaths, vol. 4, 1913–1928) but not yet read. Her children’s records also write her “Nagy Juliánna” (Nagy is Hungarian for Grosz) and “Grosz Rebus (Julia)”. Read the full record →
3rd-great-grandparents of the seven siblings
Also in this family
Brothers, sisters, cousins and in-laws on this line. Tap a name for the full record.
- Debora (Borbála) Czeizler née Grosz ?–1899 Possible
- Farkas Grosz 1821–1886 Possible
- Fülöp Grosz 1820–1906 Possible
- Simon Grosz of Bolyok 1811–1887 Possible
Photographs, stones and records
Sources for this chapter
- Charles (Carl) Braunfeld — California death index 1940–97; 1900 and 1910 US census; Golden Gate National Cemetery burial index
- Gilda Carter née Braunfeld — 1900 and 1910 US census; San Diego Union, 4 March 1927 (as quoted on Find a Grave 143297606)
- Margaret (Margit) Newman née Braunfeld — Miskolc 1900 census (MNL); US census indexes
- Cantor Julius (Jonás) Braunfeld — American Jewish Year Book 5664 (1903–04), p. 46 (“Son of Ignacz Braunfeld”); his Louisiana death record (“son of Ignatz Braunfeld”); Jubilee Souvenir of Temple Sinai (1922) p. 99; gravestone record: Find a Grave memorial 143050648 (findagrave.com/memorial/143050648); Orleans Parish death certificate, 12 Jan 1921 (image on Find a Grave 143050648)
- Czilli (Cecília) Braunfeld — Szendrő Jewish birth index 1855
- Dávid Braunfeld — Kecskemét civil deaths 1913, no. 624 (read on the original); Öröklét cemetery index, Kecskemét, 11/703; gravestone, BillionGraves record 143702548
- Ferencz Braunfeld — Sajószentpéter civil marriages 1899, entry 27 (read on the original)
- Golda (Gizella) Wiesner née Braunfeld — USHMM Salvadoran certificate pa1170222 (16 Sep 1942, with photograph); 1887 marriage; memorial records (items 9206950, 9812173, 1084168, 8587166, 10564905, 9217903, 9848870)
- Johanna Braunfeld née Breszlauer — Baja civil deaths 1921, no. 59 (FamilySearch); Paks marriage 1879
- Josefine Braunfeld née Schmeichler — Miskolc 1900 census (MNL); Illinois death index; Find a Grave memorial 146211504
- Jónás Braunfeld — Szendrő Jewish births 1854, p. 15 no. 2, and deaths 1854, p. 4 no. 2 (LDS film 642,779, items 1 and 3; JewishGen Hungary births and deaths index)
- József Braunfeld — Szendrő Jewish births 1852, entry 19 (FamilySearch DGS 7951971, image 11; read on the original); Hungarian civil death index, Baja 1921; Baja civil deaths 1921, no. 59 (read on the original)
- Meta Braunfeld née Schroeder — California death index (row read); 1900 and 1910 US census; obituary index; Find a Grave memorial 143297606 (findagrave.com/memorial/143297606)
- Perecz (Ferenc) Braunfeld — Sajószentpéter Jewish births 1869, p. 50 no. 3, and deaths 1870, p. 24 no. 26 (LDS film 642,778, items 4 and 6; JewishGen Hungary births and deaths index)
- Rabbi Sámuel Braunfeld — Mezőcsát Jewish marriages 1868, entry 116 (FamilySearch DGS 7951966, image 187; read on the original); Erdőtelek civil death 1917, no. 102 (read on the original)
- Rosi (Rózsi) Grosz née Braunfeld — Sajószentpéter Jewish marriages 1864, entry 5 (FamilySearch DGS 7951970, image 330; read on the original)
- Simon Sándor Braunfeld — Miskolc civil marriages 1903, entry 115 (read on the original); Miskolc 1900 census (MNL); JOWBR Miskolc burial index; JewishGen burial registry, Miskolc
- Teréz (Rézi) Braunfeld — Sajószentpéter civil marriages 1895, entry 2, and 1902, entry 30; Baja civil marriages 1903, entry 80 (read on the originals)
- Zsigmond (George Sigmund) Braunfeld — Miskolc 1900 census, MNL Borsod county archives IV.1905 j (index and original page read); US census and naturalization indexes; compiled tree; Find a Grave memorial 146210970
- Ábrahám (Adolf) Braunfeld — Békéscsaba Jewish marriage index 1882; Szendrő Jewish birth index 1859
- Czily (Cecília) Braunfeld née Grosz — Mezőcsát Jewish marriages 1868, entry 116 (read on the original); Eger civil marriage 1905; Erdőtelek civil death 1917, no. 102
- Ignácz (Yitzchak) Braunfeld — His gravestone ("son of R’ David … his mother’s name Mirl"); Sajószentpéter Jewish deaths 1892, entry 19 (read on the original)
- Juli (Rivka Leah) Braunfeld née Grosz — Her gravestone; Miskolczi Estilap, 10 Mar 1917
- Debora (Borbála) Czeizler née Grosz — Rudabánya civil deaths 1899, no. 167 (FamilySearch 3:1:33S7-9PXQ-KNM); Sajószentpéter Jewish births 1854 (DGS 7951971)
- Farkas Grosz — Sajószentpéter Jewish register, late birth registration 1890 (FamilySearch DGS 7951970, img 257, entry 10); Bolyok deaths 1886 (DGS 7951969, img 444)
- Fülöp Grosz — Miskolc civil deaths 1906, no. 243 (FamilySearch 3:1:33S7-9PXQ-9NV6); Miskolc Jewish cemetery index (JewishGen burial registry J_HUNGARY_0023004)
- Simon Grosz of Bolyok — Sajószentpéter-area marriages 1864 (FamilySearch DGS 7951970, img 330); Bolyok deaths 1887 (DGS 7951969, img 446)
Grades: Proven, Probable, Possible — exactly as the research gives them.