Becky MANSBACH Steiglitz (R) with "Aunt Anna" possibly sister Lena
Ida MANSBACH Thau
July 3, 1923-November 22, 2019 the daughter of Joe MANSBACH and Ana Gross
Breindel MANSBACH, a daughter of Isaac Joseph MANZBACH
Ryfkah heading to her sister now known as Mollie Gast
MANSBACHs who are related to the above but did not emigrate from Poland include:
Shabse MANSBACH, a presumed son of a brother of Issac Joseph MANSBACH
Above: Rebecca MANSBACH Steiglitz daughter of Moshe Jehudah MANSBACH and sister of Celia MANSBACH Wang (who signed Abe (Oyzer) MANSBACH's naturalization papers).
Jacobo MANSBACH FULLER 1926-2021, the son of Isaac Joseph MANSBACH
Aaron MANSBACH, age 93
It appears that Simcha MANSBACH lived in Rezeppenik and Biecz, the same villages as other descendants of Jacob the Scribe and his son Isaac Joseph MANSBACH. He had at least five children: Isaac Joseph, Shabse apparently later Alter/Adolph/ and Arthur) married to Anna (earlier Ides Grunfeld) , Alta (later apparently Mollie GAST MANSBACH), and Rivkah (later, Ruth MANSBACH.
Unknown MANSBACH I (c.1770)
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Jacob the Scribe (b.c. 1800)----------------Unknown MANSBACH
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Isaac Joseph Joseph Dawid (b.c. 1830)----Shlomo Peretz
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Abraham, c.1860 Jacob Jehudah/Shlomo Peretz Jehudah
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Aaron, etc. Aaron Oyzer (1890) I I I
Joel Jack Avram Zalman (1917) I I
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The family of Moshe Jehudah MANSBACH; see fourth line from bottom of 14th census: daughters, Lena b.1876, Feiga 1879, Simcha 1881, Breinda 1882, Celia1885, Eidel Etka 1887, and Dwerl, 1889.
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Simcha ben Isaac Joseph MANSBACH
c. 1860-1920
Joe MANSBACH, a son of Samuel and a grandson of Isaac Joseph MANSBACH:
Thanks to Aaron MANSBACH we have an excellent family tree for the family of Jacob the Scribe and Isaac Joseph MANSBACH, but there are a few omissions and an error here or there:
We don't know much about Shabse MANSBACH but we do know he was living in Biecz in 1888 and that, with his MANSBACH surname, permits us to conclude that he appears to have been a son of an unknown brother of Isaac Joseph MANSBACH. If so, this is important because we then know that Jacob the Scribe had at least two sons. We also know Shabse was married to Ides Gruenfeld and had a child named Lea. But note: it is possible that Shabse was a son of Isaac Joseph MANSBACH, we just don't know for sure in 2019.
The Family of Jacob the Scribe HaLevy MANSBACH
There is no written documentation which identifies Jacob the Scribe MANSBACH; we only know of his existence from oral tradition. According to family lore, Jacob copied Torah scrolls and lived in Rzepienik Stryzewiski, Poland about 80 miles east of Krakow. He may have had a daughter named Rachel (the mother of Nettie Roth); that he had at least one son named Isaac Joseph MANSBACH; and possibly another son whose name we don't know. Other than that we don't know much about him. We are not even certain that he had the surname MANSBACH, as there are no written records of him.
DNA evidence shows that the families of Jacob the Scribe, Joseph David, Naphtali, and Shlomo Peretz MANSBACH are closely related but we have little documentary corroboration, nor can we be sure exactly where Jacob the Scribe fits in.
Jacob the Scribe probably was not have been the father of BOTH Isaac Joseph AND the father of Joseph Dawid MANSBACH, as if so, Jacob would have had two sons named Joseph (Isaac Joseph and Joseph David). It is possible, however, that Jacob was the father of Shlomo Peretz but, again, not the father of Joseph David. The families of Shlomo Peretz and Joseph Dawid chiefly lived in Olpiny, Nowy Sacz and Judlowa. The extended family of Jacob the Scribe via his son Isaac Joseph lived in Reziepennik, Biecz and Gorlice) but never apparently in Olpiny, or Judlowa. This lends credence to the theory that Joseph Dawid and Shlomo Peretz were brothers and that Jacob was not their mutual father. But it must be noted that DNA evidence suggests that the Mansbach families are inter-related at or after the time of Jacob the Scribe, which suggests Jacob could have been the common ancestor for all the Polish MANSBACHs.
Below is a 1978 letter from Jacobo MANSBACH in Mexico City related to his great-grandfather Jacob the Scribe. Of note, he says that Jacob the Scribe was born in Rzepienik, Poland.
Arthur/Adolph/Alter MANSBACH c.1890-1960
Isaac Joseph Ha Levy MANZBACH
C. 1830-1890
Hamburg ship's manifest, barely legible unfortunately
Ida Thau
Ida Thau, age 96 years, of Union Township, Hunterdon County, NJ, died peacefully on Friday, November 22, 2019 at Country Arch Care Center where she had resided the past seven years.
Born in Newark, NJ, July 3, 1923, daughter of the late Joseph and Ana Gross Mansbach, she was raised in Newark, NJ and had lived the majority of her life in Elizabeth, NJ before moving to Hunterdon County to be closer to her family thirteen years ago.
She was devoted to the love of her life, Oscar Thau, known by many as “Ozzie” or “Big O”. As youngsters, they worked together in a local deli until Ida’s efforts were redirected to raising their daughter, Risa. The couple was married for over seventy years until Ozzie’s death in 2006.
Ida was the epitome of a homemaker, ensuring her family was well cared for on every level. She also helped the community as a whole as she was able; she was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star as well as a Brownie Troop leader.
Residing in Elizabeth for half a century, Ida loved taking buses to shop around town or in Newark; her old haunting grounds being Orbachs, Bambergers, and of course always stopping at Chock-Full-of Nuts for lunch.
A lover of animals and going out for Sunday dinners as a family, her loving energy and gentle touch will be missed by all who knew her but will also be carried on by them. One of her favorite times of the year was Thanksgiving, where should would always “go down the shore” to spend the holiday with her large Eder family cousins; Ida would want all reading this to make certain this year, and every year, you please spend time with family and friends while you have the chance.
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Avraham Ha Levy ben Isaac JosephMANSBACH
c.1865-c.1930
Breindel MANZBACH c. 1855- c.1925
Isaac Joseph MANSBACH, the known son of Jacob the SCRIBE:
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Aaron ben Avraham Ha Levy MANSBACH was born in 1893 in Binarova a few miles from Judlowa. Aaron grew up in nearby Biecz. Other members of this MANSBACH family lived in Rzepiennik Strzyzewski; some moved to Gorlice and other villages. Aaron MANSBACH served in in the Austrian army, in WWI. He was captured by the Russians, eventually escaping. Aaron left Russia when the Revolution broke out in 1917 and made his way to the U.S. in 1920.
Samuel MANSBACH was the son of Isaac Joseph MANSBACH and the twin brother of Abraham MANSBACH. He was the father of Joe MANSBACH, who ultimately settled in Ashland, Kentucky. Family lore says that Sam died in a Polish "border war" shortly after Joe Mansbach was born.
Aaron ben Avraham MANSBACH 1893-1997
In 1878, Breindel Weiss nee MANSBACH, a daughter of Isaac Joseph MANZBACH, had a daughter Bascha Frimet. Bascha's birth certificate identifies Isaac Joseph MANZBACH and his wife Hinde as Breindel's parents. We don't know much more about Isaac joseph, other than he was living in Rezepienik, Poland in 1878 and that family lore widely identifies Isaac Joseph as a son of Jacob the Scribe. Moreover, four men who were born around 1890 were named Isaac Joseph MANSBACH and were told they were named after their grandfather, in keeping with Jewish tradition. This was also the case with one of his great grandsons--Joel MANSBACH. It is safe to conclude that Isaac Joseph was a son of Jacob the Scribe.
Moshe Jehudah MANSBACH, a son of Isaac Joseph MANSBACH:
Aaron ben Avraham HaLevy MANSBACH
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Joel MANSBACH was born in 1937 and passed away in 2016. Joel was a Professor Emeritus at City College and a Vietnam War veteran. He was a brilliant and kind man who helped immeasurably compiling the information contained on this website for more than thirty years. His older sister, Judith living in Massachusetts and his children survive him. This website is dedicated to the memory of Joel (Isaac Joseph ben Aaron HaLevy) MANSBACH.
NOTE: Passing down the double name "Isaac Joseph" through generations in the family of Jacob the Scribe MANSBACH may have additional significance. It is possible that the MANSBACH family is keeping alive the name of Yifta Joseph Juspa Ha Levy MANSPACH, which may fairly be translated as Isaac Joseph MANSBACH. Yifta Josef Juspa Ha Levy MANSBACH was the famous Shammesh of Worms, Germany around 1650. Juspa Josef was a well known author of several books, including the Ma'ase Nissim. http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/15013-worms. Thus, it is possible, although probably unlikely, that Yifta Josef Juspa Ha Levy MANSPACH, the Shammesh of Worms, was the ancestor of the Polish MANSPACHs, as he had no known sons named MANSBACH.
Shabse MANSBACH c. 1865-c. 1930
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As indicated above, a branch of the family of Jacob the Scribe, headed by Isaac Joseph ben Samuel MANSBACH (born in 1891) settled in Ashland, Kentucky where the Mansbach Metal Company was subsequently established. Joe MANSBACH, as he was known in the U.S., was born in Rzepiennik Strzyzewski, Poland which had a population of less than 300 Jews in 1890. It is the same village where Jacob the Scribe, Isaac Joseph and many MANSBACHs lived. A good summary of the life of Joe Mansbach is set forth at https://www.isjl.org/kentucky-ashland-encyclopedia.html
The above date of naturalization above seems to be an error, I believe the 1867 date is actually Moshe Jehudah MANSBACH's date of birth.
Chaim Shabse ben Isaac Joseph MANSBACH
c. 1896-1942
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Samuel MANSBACH, a second son of Isaac Joseph MANSBACH:
Joe MANSBACH (Issac Joseph ben Samuel) MANSBACH 1891-1976
Abraham MANSBACH, a son of Isaac Joseph MANSBACH:
The family of Moshe Jehuda MANSBACH lived in this house in Biecz, Poland in the 1880's. The house several iterations later still exists in Biecz.
I suspect that Arthur/Alter another son of Simcha MANSBACH, wasn't too comfortable with being named Adolph and changed his name to Arthur. In any event, Arthur, born in Rezieppek, like the other descendants of Jacob the Scribe, came to the United States in 1908. In the 1920 census he was working as a tailor, then in the cloaks industry in Brooklyn in 1930. He married Anna, their children were Frank born around 1921 and Yetta, born around 1925 in New York.
Moshe Jehdudah ben Isaac Joseph MANSBACH 1864-c. 1935
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Jacob the Scribe (Ha Sofer) Mansbach
(c. 1800-1860?)
Isaac Joseph MANSBACH, the son of Abraham and another grandson of Isaac Joseph (the son of Jacob the Scribe) was born in Biecz, Poland and was domiciled in Mexico. He founded a family which continues to live in Mexico today (2019). He had a son named Jacobo and a daughter named Guitlzielan.
Avraham ben Issac Joseph Ha Levy MANSBACH was born circa 1865 in Biecz, Poland a few miles from Judlowa, Rzieppenik and Binarova. He was married to Liebe Schweitz in July 1917 in Biecz, she was born in Binarova. Some members of his family moved to Gorlice and other villages. He, his wife Leibe, and a younger brother Shabtai died in Biecz at the hands of the Nazi’s in August 1942. Avraham MANSBACH had red hair as did his twin brother Samuel MANSBACH, the father of Joe MANSBACH who ultimately settled in Ashland, Kentucky. (Red hair is a common denominator that runs in four of the FIVE MANSBACH Families—beware you may have red-headed children/grandchildren down the road).
Joel (Isaac Joseph) ben Aaron MANSBACH
1937-2017
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her siblings, Fran and her husband, Sam Ehrlich, Ruby Mansbach, and Harry and his wife, Joyce Mansbach; and a nephew, Daniel Ehrlich.
Surviving are her daughter and son-in-law, Risa and Thomas Hynes; a grandson and his wife, Jarrett and Julie Haynes; a granddaughter, Kristyn Hynes; four great grandchildren, Jaxon, Jacob, Hailey and Audra Hynes….who were all the light of her life as a maternal and loving spirit; several nieces, nephews, and extended family, including Aaron, Marsha, Joey, Bill, Chuck, Gary, and Ronny; and her dedicated caregivers at Country Arch.
Joe MANSBACH’s immigration papers indicate that his nearest relative in the U.S. was his uncle, Moshe Jehudah MANSBACH, a hat maker who lived at 216 Rivington Street, on New York’s lower East Side. Jehudah ben Israel Hillel MANSBACH, from the family of Shlomo Peretz MANSBACH, said he visited a "capmaker" on Rivington Street as a child and believes it was Moshe Jehudah MANSBACH. More evidence that the two MANSBACH families were related.
Moshe Jehudah MANSBACH, born in Biecz in 1864, appears to have been the first member of the Mansbach-Levyim family to come to America, arriving in 1890. He was married to Tema Roth. As would be expected, the subsequent MANSBACHS who landed at Ellis Island reached out to him for guidance and support.
Thus, for example, we know that Celia MANSBACH Wang, a daughter of Moshe Jehudah Mansbach, witnessed the Petition for Naturalization of Oyzer HaLevy MANSBACH, who was the son of Jehudah MANSBACH, the son of Shlomo Peretz MANSBACH. This is the only paper trail, which confirms a family relationship between any of the MANSBACH families. Oyzer certainly did not pick out a random person named MANSBACH to witness these absolutely critical papers; he must have chosen a trustworthy family member to vouch for him. Consequently, Celia MANSBACH Wang from the family of Jacob the Scribe MANSBACH must have been a relative of Oyzer MANSBACH, the first documented evidence that the families of the first Shlomo Peretz MANSBACH and Jacob the Scribe MANSBACH were related—later confirmed by DNA evidence.
THE FOUNDATION DOCUMENT: THE NATURALIZATION PAPERS OF Abe/Oyzer MANSBACH of the Shlomo Peretz MANSBACH family witnessed in Manhattan by Celia MANSBACH Wang, a descendant of the Jacob the Scribe MANSBACH family:
Garrett Conway, the great-grandson of Celia Wang’s sister Rebecca MANSBACH Steiglitz mapped out the MANSBACH/ Stieglitz addresses in the lower east side between about 1900 and 1945 and noticed something interesting. Given the relationship between Celia MANSBACH Wang and Oyzer MANSBACH, he was struck by the beyond coincidence proximity between the two MANSBACH families, beginning from the moment Israel Hillel and Oyzer MANSBACH arrived in 1904. On their ship’s passenger list, their destination address was listed as “51 Columbia St”, only steps away from what in 1905 was listed as Moshe Jehuda’s address at 254 Rivington. Celia and Oyzer also lived at 66 Cannon Street. Also interesting is the fact that Moshe jehudah MANSBACH'’s cap-making business was also only steps in the other direction at 71 Sheriff (which we know from Beckie Steiglitz’s marriage certificate, as it was her husband Morris’ place of employment). In the years that followed both MANSBACH families moved around a bit but Israel Hillel MANSBACH does appear to have stayed in close proximity. We think it may well be possible that Moshe Jehudah MANSBACH and his family made efforts to assist the two brothers with lodging and potentially work during their early days in New York. We know he helped Joe MANSBACH, as well.
So it would seem that these two MANSBACH families not only were related but were in touch with each other in the early 20th century in New York. Today, we communicate via email. Who knows how the MANSBACHs will communicate in the year 2100?
Jacobo, who wrote the letter to the left, had children Nathan, Abraham, and Raquel and a sister named Guitl
Above, Partial Birth certificate of Bascha Frimet Weiss nee MANZBACH, noting Isak Josef and Hinde MANZBACH, as the parents of Breindel Weiss.
Marriage record for Henrietta MANSBACH Fishlowitz daughter of Moshe Jehudah MANSBACH
Isaac Joseph ben Avraham MANSBACH
c.1891-1984
Issac Joseph, the son of Abraham and the grandson of Isaac Joseph MANSBACH born c. 1830:
Joel, the son of Aaron and the great- grandson of Isaac Joseph MANSBACH:
1978 letter from Henrietta MANSBACH Fishlowitz, a daughter of Moshe Jehudha MANSBACH. It shows that Adolph [Arthur/Alter] MANSBACH was a cousin of hers. (Her father Moshe Jehudah MANSBACH thereby being a brother of Simcha MANSBACH).
Breindel MANZBACH was a daughter of Isaac Joseph MANSBACH. She was born in Biecz around 1855, married Jakub Weis and had at least one child, Bascha Frimet in 1878.
Issac Joseph MANSBACH, known as Joe MANSBACH in the U.S., c.1890-1958 AND WIFE, ANA GROSS
Samuel ben Isaac Joseph MANSBACH c. 1860-c. 1894
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Patricia MANSBACH, the daughter of Ronald MANSBACH, the son of Ruby MANSBACH, the son of Joseph MANSBACH and Ana Gross
Rivka later Ruth MANSBACH
1900 to c. 1965
Chaim Shabse MANSBACH was born in Biecz, Poland in 1896 to Abraham and Liebe Schweitz. I believe he perished in the Shoah.
Chaim Shabse, the fourth son of Avraham ben Isaac Joseph MANSBACH:
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Reuben/Robert/Ruby MANSBACH the son of Isaac Joseph (Joe) MANSBACH
1978 letter from Hana Weingarten, daughter of Joe MANSBACH
Family of Joe Mansbach:
Aaron MANSBACH, a son of Abraham MANSBACH:
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Rivka, later Ruth, daughter of Simcha MANSBACH was born in Reziepennik and later moved to Tarnow, Poland where she worked in a hospital. Her immigration, papers, like those of many in the family of Jacob the Scribe say that she will be staying with her sister, Mollie [MANSBACH] Gast, of Union Hills, New Jersey. As best I can tell, Mollie Gast went by a number of names (as did her husband Walter or Wolfe, but nonetheless, she is the person that is sponsoring a number of MANSBACHs emigrating to the United States at the turn of the century.
Letter from MInx Auerbach, daughter of Joe MANSBACH
Mansbach - Levyim Family
Early days in Ashland, KY
Harry MANSBACH behind the bar in Newark
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Isaac Joseph MANSBACH, known in the U.S. as Joe, was the son of Simcha MANSBACH. Joe was another grandson of Isaac Joseph, the son of JACOB the Scribe. Joe is identified as Joseph MAUZBACH on the ship's manifest of the ship he took to Ellis Island. The manifest says that Isaac Joseph was born in Rzieppenik, as indicated in the far right column but importantly, appears to have been living in Neu Sandez, Poland when he left Europe. Why is this important? Because New Sandez, alternatively known as Nowy Sacz, was a long time home of the family of Joseph David MANSBACH. This is evidence that the MANSBACH family from Poland were inter-related and familiar with each other. In addition, the ship's manifest below says that Isaac Joseph is staying with his sister at the Gast house in Union Hills, New Jersey--the same place that Max MANSBACH from the Naphtali family was headed. Again, more evidence of a relationship between the MANSBACH families of Poland. Joe was married to Ana Gross and they had children, Ida
and Ruby (known also as Robert or Ruben). Ruby was the father of Ronald MANSBACH who is the father of Patricia
MANSBACH (see below). Joe owned a grocery store in New Jersey, spoke fluent English without an accent and was a diabetic. Joe had daughters Fran (Erlich) and Joyce. Red hair is prevalent in this family too.
Joe and Silvia Fish MANSBACH
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There are seven MANSBACH families today that descend from one of the following MANSBACHs: