Lehman family

The Lehman family (also Lehmann, Liehmann or Liehman) is a prominent family of Jewish German-Americans who founded the financial firm Lehman Brothers. Some were also involved in American politics. Members have married into the prominent Morgenthau, Loeb, and Bronfman families.

The family traces back to Abraham Lehmann, a cattle merchant in Rimpar, Bavaria, who changed his Yiddish (German-Jewish) surname Löw (Loeb) to the German Lehman.

Family tree Some of the family members include:Full text of "John L. Loeb Collection" retrieved October 28, 2015

Abraham Lehmann, born Abraham Löw, cattle merchant in Rimpar, Bavaria Zeira Lehmann Schloss (1810–1902), remained in Germany Berta Low Lehmann Schwab (born 1812), remained in Germany Seligmann Lehmann (1814–1890), remained in Germany Fratel Lehmann (1817–1817), died as a newborn Anna Lehmann Roman (born 1820), remained in Germany Henry Lehman (1822–1855), born Hayum Lehmann, founder of H. Lehman, which became Lehman Brothers, married to Rosa Wolf, 4 children Bertha Lehman Rosenheim Harriet Lehman Weil, married Moses Weil, 5 children Leon Weil Blanche Weil Hannah Weil Harry L. Weil Elsie Rose Weil, married Leon Weil, 2 children Helen Weil Benjamin (1905–1996) George Leon Weil (1907–1995), nuclear physicist David Lehman Meyer H. Lehman Emanuel Lehman (1827–1907), born Mendel Lehmann, co-founder of Lehman Brothers, married to Pauline Sondheim (1843–1871), 4 children Milton Lehman Harriet Philip Lehman, married her cousin Sigmund M. Lehman, son of her uncle Mayer Lehman Evelyn Philip Lehman, married Jules Ehrich, 4 children: May Ehrich (born 1889) Pauline Ehrich (born 1893), married Monroe Gutman Dorothy Ehrich (born 1895), married John C. Mayer, 3 children Jane Mayer (born 1919), married Harold Field John Mayer (born 1921), married Dale Shoup, daughter of economist Carl Shoup (1902–2000) and granddaughter of businessman Paul Shoup (1874–1946)

William Mayer (1925–2017), composer, married Meredith Nevins, daughter of historian and journalist Allan Nevins (1890–1971), 3 children Steven Mayer (born 1952) Jane Mayer (born 1955), journalist, married to William B. Hamilton Cynthia Mayer (born 1958) Ruth Ehrich (born 1900), married Ralph Friedman, 2 children Philip Lehman (1861–1947), married to Carrie Lauer (born 1937) Pauline Lehman, married to Henry Ickelheimer (1868–1940) of Heidelbach, Ickelheimer & Co.,H. R. Ickelheimer Weds 2 children Jean Ickelheimer Stralem, married to Donald Stralem (1903–1976), 2 childrenNew York Times: "Jean Stralem, 86, Philanthropist Known for Work With the Blind" by WOLFGANG SAXON December 22, 1994 Sandra Jean Stralem, married Robert A. Russell, 2 children Donna Russell Cronin Robin Becker Maki Sharon Lynn Stralem married Ralph Albee Phraner Jr.Desert Sun: "Stralem Daughter Betrothed" June 11, 1958Desert Sun: "Village Girl Bride in New York" 23 August 1958 Philip Henry Isles (1912–1960), changed surname from Ickelheimer, married to model Lillian Fox, 3 children, divorced,New York Times: "Philip H. Isles Becomes Fiance Of Miss Moltke"New York Sun: "Stephane Groueff, 83, Bulgarian Journalist and Author in Exile" By STEPHEN MILLER May 22, 2006 she remarried Stephane Groueff (1922–2006) Jill Isles Blanchard, married to Guillermo B. Aguilera, divorcedNew York Times: "Jill Pauline Isles Betrothed To Guillermo B. Aguilera" and remarried to Richard F. Blanchard.New York Times: "WEDDINGS; Pauline Aguilera, Nicholas Longano" May 10, 1998 Pauline Aguilera Longano (born 1967), married to Nicholas Longano (born 1965) in 1998 Tina Isles Barney (born 1945), photographer, married to John Joseph Barney in 1966Stony Brook University: "Exteriors, Interiors, and Positionality: The Photography of Tina Barney - A Dissertation Presented by Susan A. Van Scoy May 2010 - p.44 Philip Henry Isles II, married to Alexandra Moltke (born 1945) Adam Isles (born 1969), married to Hannah Harrison Bond Robert Lehman (1891–1969), married three times married Ruth S. (née Lamar) Rumsey (born 1902) in 1929, divorced 1931, no childrenNew York Times: "Mrs. Ruth Rumsey Weds Robert Lehman; Quietly Married to New York Banker in Montreal--Couple Sail on the Olympic" May 1929Schenectady Gazette: Daughter of Ruth Bryan Owen marries Lehman cousin" June 26, 1934 married Ruth "Kitty" (Leavitt) Meeker (1904–1984), daughter of William Homer Leavitt (1868–1951) and Ruth Bryan Owen (1885–1954), and granddaughter of United States Secretary of State, William Jennings Bryan (1860–1925); 1 childBiographical Dictionary of U.S. Business Leaders By John N. Ingham Robert Owen ("Robin") Lehman (born 1936), married to Aki Lehman, 2 children, before marrying music theorist Marie Rolf, 2 children Philip Lehman (born 1965) Kate Lehman Rolf Lehman Morgan Lehman married Lee "Elena" (Anz) Lynn (1919–2006) in 1952; no children Aaron Lehman (1829–1924) Mayer Lehman (1830–1897), co-founder of Lehman Brothers, married to Babette Newgass, sister-in-law of Isaias W. Hellman (1842–1920) Lisette Lehman Fatman, married to Morris Fatman, clothing manufacturer, 2 childrenJewish Women's Archive: "Elinor Morgenthau 1892 – 1949" by Edna S. Friedberg] retrieved October 3, 2015 Margaret Fatman married to composer Werner Josten (1885–1963), 2 childrenNew York Times: "Obituary: Eileen Lowe" December 17, 2016 Peter Josten Eileen Josten Lowe, married Dr. Charles U. Lowe in 1955, 4 children Elinor Fatman Morgenthau (1892–1949), married Henry Morgenthau Jr. (1891–1967), U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 3 childrenMorgenthau Family Tree retrieved October 3, 2015 Robert M. Morgenthau (1919–2019), District Attorney for New York County Henry Morgenthau III (1917–2018), author and television producer, married Ruth Schachter Morgenthau (1931–2006), advisor to President Jimmy Carter, 3 children Henry (Ben) Morgenthau (born 1964) Kramer Morgenthau (born 1966), cinematographer, married Tracy Fleischman in 2011New York Times: "Tracy Fleischman and Kramer Morgenthau" December 23, 2011 Sarah Elinor Morgenthau Wessel (born 1963), married to Carlton Wessel in 1993New York Times: "Weddings – Carlton Wessel, Sarah Morgenthau" September 6, 1993 Joan Morgenthau Hirschhorn (1922–2012) married Fred Hirschhorn Jr. in 1957, 3 childrenNew York Times: "Joan Morgenthau Hirschhorn" October 7, 2012New York Times: "Deaths – Hirschhorn, Fred Jr." May 13, 2012 Elizabeth Hirschhorn Wilson, married Bruce Wilson Joan Hirschhorn Bright, married David Bright Elinor H. Hirschhorn, married Michael J. Carroll in 1996New York Times: "Weddings – Elinor Hirschhorn, Michael J. Carroll" June 30, 1996 Clara Lehman LimburgLehman College: "June Bingham Birge, 1919 - 2007" August 27, 2007 Mabel Limburg Rossbach married to Max J. H. RossbachNew York Times: "June Bingham Marries Robert B. Birge" March 29, 1987 June Bingham Birge (1919–2007), married U.S. Congressman Jonathan Brewster Bingham (1914–1986), four children;"June Bingham Birge, Who Wrote Books and Plays, Dies at 88", The New York Times, August 29, 2007. Accessed May 4, 2008. "June Bingham Birge, the author of books and plays, died August 21 at her home in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. She was 88." remarried to Robert B. Birge in 1987, no children Sherrell Bingham Downes Timothy Woodbridge Bingham Claudia Bingham Meyers June Mitchell Esselstyn (1942–1999) married Erik C. Esselstyn, 2 childrenGainesville Sun: "Local reverend dies of cancer" By GARY KIRKLAND October 28, 1999New York Times: "Paid Notice: Deaths ESSELSTYN, THE REV. JUNE MITCHELL (MICKI) BINGHAM October 28, 1999 June Eriksson (Jody) Esselstyn Blakeman Bingham Esselstyn Sigmund M. Lehman married his cousin Harriet Philip Lehman, daughter of his uncle Emanuel Lehman Allan S. Lehman married Evelyn SchifferNew York Times: "Orin Lehman, 88, Parks Steward, Dies" by Dennis Hevesi February 23, 2008 Ellen Lehman Long Orin Lehman (1920–2008) Harold M. Lehman, married Cecile R. Seligman, 2 daughters Betty Lehman Asielnew York Times: "Susan L. Cullman, 79, Decoder and an Editor" January 4, 1994 married to E. Nelson Asiel, 3 children Harold N. Asiel Terri L. Grammas John H. Asiel Susan Lehman, married Joseph Cullman (1912–2004) in 1935, one daughter. Dorothy Cullman Treisman Harriet Lehman (1860–1948), married to Philip Goodhart Arthur Lehman Goodhart (1891–1978), British academic; married Cecily Carter, 3 children Philip Goodhart (1925–2015), British politician; married Valerie Forbes Winant, niece of John Gilbert Winant (1889–1947); 7 childrenDaily Telegraph: "Valerie Forbes Winant died peacefully on April 1st aged 88" retrieved 30 September 2015 Arthur Goodhart Sarah Goodhart David Goodhart (born 1956), journalist; married to journalist Lucy Kellaway (born 1959); 4 children Rachel Goodhart Harriet Goodhart Rebecca Goodhart Daniel Goodhart William Goodhart (1933–2017) Charles Goodhart (born 1936) Howard Goodhart Helen Goodhart (1887–1985), married to Frank Altschul (1887–1981), banker Margaret Lang, married to journalist Daniel Lang (1913–1981), 3 childrenNew York Times: "Daniel Lang, 66, Correspondent and author for New Yorker, dies" November 19, 1981New York Times: "Paid Notice: Deaths LANG, MARGARET ALTSCHUL" January 10, 2002 Frances Lang Labaree Helen Lang Cecily Lang Kooyman Edith Altschul Graham (died 2003), married Robert Claverhouse Graham, 3 childrenNew York Times: "Deaths GRAHAM, EDITH ALTSCHUL" May 14, 2003 Robert C. Graham Jr. married Christine Denny, daughter of Charles R. Denny (1912–2000), 2 children,. New York Times: "Elizabeth Graham, Graduate Student, Is Married to Adam Marc Lindemann" October 16, 1989 divorced. Married Julie Moran, 1 Child. Elizabeth Ashley Graham, married Adam Marc Lindemann, son of George Lindemann (1936–2018) Kathryn Graham James Wesley Hawkes Graham Michael C. Graham Kathryn G. Graham Arthur Goodhart Altschul Sr. (1920–2002), investment banker married Stephanie Rosemary Wagner in 1956, she later died in a plane crash, 2 childrenNew York Times: Principals in Wedding Ceremony Here; Stephanie R. Wagner Is Bride Of Arthur Goodhart Altschul April 30, 1956, Stephen Altschul (born 1957), mathematician and researcher; married to Caroline Kershaw James James Altschul William Altschul (born 1998) Charles Altschul married Siri von Reis (1931–2021) (divorced 1972), 3 children Arthur Goodhart Altschul Jr. (born 1964), married 2013 Rula Jebreal (born 1973) divorced 2016 Emily Helen Altschul (born 1966), married John Miller (born 1958) in 2002New York Times: "Weddings/Celebrations – Emily Altschul, John Miller" November 24, 2002 Serena Altschul (born 1970), broadcast journalist and MTV host Arthur Lehman (1873–1936), married to Adele Lewisohn Lehman (1882–1965),Jewish Women's Archive: "Adele Lewisohn Lehman 1882–1965" by Laurie Sokol retrieved October 30, 2015 daughter of Adolph Lewisohn (1849–1938), mining magnate, 3 children Dorothy Lehman Bernhard (1903–1969), married to investment banker Richard Jaques Bernhard in 1923, 2 childrenJewish Women's Archive: "Dorothy Lehman Bernhard 1903–1969" by Jennifer Rosenberg retrieved October 30, 2015 Robert Arthur Bernhard (1928–2019) William Lehman Bernhard (born 1931), married Catherine Cahill, daughter of attorney John T. Cahill (1903–1966) in 1974 and Grace Pickens, a member of the Pickens Sisters Helen Lehman (1905–1989), lawyer, married to Benjamin Buttenwieser (1900–1991), banker at Kuhn, Loeb & Co., son of Joseph L. Buttenwieser (1865–1938) Lawrence B. Buttenwieser, lawyer at Katten Muchin Rosenman, married to Ann Lubin, daughter of Isador Lubin (1896–1978) Jill Ann Buttenwieser Schloss, married to Richard Perry SchlossNew York Times: "Jill Ann Buttenwieser Weds" March 20, 1989 Carol Buttenwieser Sharp Peter Lubin Buttenwieser (born 1965), married to Susan Helen Upton in 1995New York Times: "Weddings; Susan Upton, P. L. Buttenwieser" June 25, 1995 Peter L. Buttenwieser (1935–2018), philanthropist, married to Elizabeth Werthan Paul A. Buttenwieser, psychiatrist