David Goldsmith


From 5 Generations

Ancestry.com
 Jeweler

Born:Jan. 4, 1804, Kleinheubach, Miltenberg, Bayern, Germany
Died:November 5, 1898, Huntsville, Alabama
Buried:Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama
Husband of:Henrietta Henline Goldsmith
Father of:Oscar Goldsmith

Notes:

•  He met Henrietta Henline in New York City soon after he and she had immigrated to America from Germany. They married. "They lived in New York continuously until their last years when they moved to Huntsville. They first lived where the Russel Erskine Hotel is located today, and then later moved in with their son, Oscar, at 204 Gates St." - 5 Generations

•  The 1875 NY City Directory lists his occupation as "Watches"
     All other NY City Directory lists and Censuses show his occupation as "Jeweler" - Ancestry.com

•  Mr. David Goldsmith, the father of Mr. O. Goldsmith, died on Saturday, at the home of his son. He was 93 years old. The funeral was from the house on Sunday afternoon, Rabbi Michnie officiating. - Obituary

•  Father of:
     Samuel Goldsmith 1837 - 1850
     Henry Goldsmith 1839 - 1917
     Levi Goldsmith 1842 - 1916
     Myer Goldsmith 1844 - 1917
     Sarah Goldsmith 1848 -
     Oscar Goldsmith 1849 - 1937 - Ancestry.com

•  David and Henrietta Goldsmith lived "in New York continuously until their last years when they moved to Huntsville, They first lived where the Russel Erskine Hotel is located today, and then later moved in with their son, Oscar, at 204 Gates St." - 5 Generations


Related Links:

•  5 Generations - Article titled "5 Generations of Life: 'My Family and the Huntsville, Alabama Jewish community' 1852-1983" by Margaret Anne Goldsmith Hanaw for Huntsville Historical Review, Volume 12, #3 & #4, Jul-82, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society. The entire volume is connected to this family.

•  Ancestry.com - Page owned by Jen White and can be viewed only through an Ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/2216997/person/6923181966.)

•  Catalogue - The Bernstein, Herstein, Schiffman and Goldsmith Collection: A Catalogue by Margaret Anne Goldsmith, 2014 draft with complete biographical information on page 115.

•  Obituary - From Huntsville Weekly Democrat, October 9, 1898 and viewed through an Ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/2216997/person/6931604525/mediax/5?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid%7CpgNum.)

•  The Goldsmith Family Album


The Following Pages Link to this Page:
•  5 Generations
•  Catalogue
•  Henrietta Henline Goldsmith
•  Oscar Goldsmith
•  The Goldsmith Family Album