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On March 20, 1826, nine months after Bessla’s death, Bessla’s younger sister Kehla, from Gunzenhausen, married Simon in Bibergau. At that time, Simon was about 35 years old, and his bride Kehla, about 25 years old. Sadness hit the family only a few months later, with the death of Low Griebel, 8 years old, in November of that year. In March 1827, only weeks shy of her first wedding anniversary, Kehla gave birth to a daughter they named Carolina. Henrietta moved to Island 102 after the Union army came to the Vicksburg area. Island 102 was an island in the middle of the Mississippi River, about 4 miles above Milliken’s Bend, where nearby Union soldiers could protect the family.
Turner Johnson was in the 49the Infantry, a black Union Army unit. Those he would visit told Turner Johnson that Henrietta was a good woman for them to be with, that she treated them right and was on the Republican side, that she was on their side. General Grant saw the importance of Milliken’s Bend, a mere miles from Vicksburg on the Louisiana side of the river, and hoped from there to capture Vicksburg. General Sherman took his Union troops to Milliken’s Bend as early as Jan 1, 1862, where the Union troops found beautiful homes abandoned by their Confederate owners. Soon thereafter, both Union and Confederate troops were foraging on the countryside.
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Milliken’s Bend, also called “the Bend,” was a community located about miles north of Vicksburg, on the western bank of the Mississippi River in Madison Parish, Louisiana. In keeping with the practice of the time, the village had been named for the largest property owner at that bend in the river, John Milliken. Since Simon was about 30 at the time of his marriage to Bessla, the question arises whether Simon, like Bessla, had been previously married. It is possible that Simon had previously married and that he had fathered two children, a son born in 1816 named Moses and a daughter born in 1820 named Henrietta. Fanni and Simon named their firstborn son Low, the name of Fanni’s father Low Rau and Fanni’s little nephew Low Griebel who had died in 1826. Fanni’s son Low was born in February and died in August 1829.
The couple set up their home at Waggaman, Jefferson Parish, across the Mississippi River from New Orleans. Thomas Staten, who was in his twenties during the war, said that “during the war when Mrs. Bauers moved over onto the island, some of us followed her over there to be with her. She was a woman that worked hard herself; she would wash and iron and cook and milk her cows and work in the garden or field if it was necessary. She was not like most the white ladies around here.” Thomas Staten lived on Henrietta’s place on Island 102 for 2 years.
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He was also called Loew Joseph or Loew ben Joseph, which means, Loew the son of Joseph. Jannet Rau, also called by the Jewish name Schoela, had a maiden name of Ziegenheimer. We have years of experience caring for families, from all walks of life. Each family comes to us because they know we are leaders in our profession, dedicated to excellence in service, and have the highest integrity.

One of the old towns in Bavaria was Gunzenhausen, a town established in 1349. In the late 1700s, one family living in Gunzenhausen was the Jewish family of Loew Rau and his wife Jannet. Loew Rau was a Levite, so he is named in some records as Loew Levi.
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Ticket prices are fixed and there’s no seat reservations – just turn up, buy a ticket and jump on the next train. All regional trains depart regularly and connect to local and long-distance services. The Isaac Geisenberg family moved to Trenton, Louisiana, in the early 1860’s where Isaac died in 1863. Isaac’s widow Harriet remarried and shortly thereafter was again widowed. Harriet resumed the use of the name Geisenberg for the rest of her life. Henrietta’s first grandchild, Bettie and Jim’s daughter Henrietta Jane Witherow was born July 18, 1874, at Waggaman, La.

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Low Rau possibly died before 1818, as a grandson was named for him in 1818. Henrietta likely never knew or could remember any of her grandparents. Simon and Fanni were married for 36 years and had 11 children, born in the years 1829 to 1845. Simon Geissberger, born about 1790 in Bibergau, was the son of Marx and Jenta Geissberger. Marx Geissberger, born about 1750, had been about 40 years old when Simon was born.

They had elephants, menagerie, ring performers and everything else comprising a circus. It often took a day and a half to disembark and set up the show. We'll be pleased to welcome your visit to our warm and comfortable offices. Young's Community Memorial was designed to be unlike any funeral home you've ever seen; it's truly a one-of-a-kind place. We invite you to come in and see for yourself how we're revolutionizing the way you think about funeral service. Gunzenhausen is a town in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, in Bavaria, Germany.
Government documents agree that Mrs. Bauer’s husband died before the war, but seem to know only the name Bauer, not Smith. Jewish settlers also came to the Vicksburg and Millikin’s Bend area. They came overwhelmingly from German areas, such as Bavaria, Baden, Alsace-Lorraine, but also Prussia. “Other steamboats helped make life enjoyable for Madisonians. These were the huge and famous Showboats, some carrying a full complement of circus entertainment that was quite comparable to shows traveling by rail.

Several of Simon’s children were among those Jews who came to America.Joseph Geisenberg and his sister Lea Geisenberg, who married Samuel Shuster, came to the South and settled in Memphis, Tennessee. Isaac Geisenberg, son of Simon and Bessla, married a young woman named Harriet Dreyfus, also from Bavaria, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on Dec 1, 1849. The couple settled across the Mississippi River from Vicksburg in the community of Milliken’s Bend, Louisiana, and Isaac became first a planter and then a grocery keeper.
The government file does not reflect the disposition of the claim. Henrietta’s daughter Bettie, attending school in New Orleans, met James “Jim” Witherow, the younger brother of Joe Witherow. Jim came to New Orleans from Ireland in 1856, worked on the NO & Jackson Railroad under Union General Ben Butler during the war, and continued to follow railroading after the war. Bettie, age 15 years, and Jim, age 28 years, eloped, marrying in New Orleans on May 23, 1873.
In addition to the Yiddish name given to her at her birth, Jandel had two other personal names in her life. For clarity and continuity, I will refer to her only as Henrietta. In January 1816 Bessla and Solomon became the parents of a son, whom they named Lazarus. According to the common Jewish naming practice, their son Lazarus was named for Solomon’s deceased father. Loew and Jannet had sons named Moses and Jacob and daughters named Bessla, Kehla and Feila. We are here to support you and your family through one of life's most difficult transitions.
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Numerous excavations within the city of Gunzenhausen document that the area was occupied and there was a settlement in pre-historic time. In the year 90 the Romans expelled the Celts, occupied the inhabited areas north of the Danube, and expanded into the Gunzenhausen area. In the year 241 the Alemanni invaded the area and destroyed the fortress. A document from the year 823 supplies the first reliable written reference to Gunzenhausen. Find all the transport options for your trip from Bavarian Forest National Park to Gunzenhausen right here. Rome2rio also offers online bookings for selected operators, making reservations easy and straightforward.

Likely it was in late 1860 when Henrietta gave birth to a son she named Louis. Louis appears to have used the surname Smith during his childhood, including on the 1870 federal census. On the 1860 federal census, Henrietta’s family is enumerated as household # 45. Household #37 is the Isaac Geisenberg family, including Isaac, his wife, two sons and two daughters. One record says that Henrietta and Leopold divorced and that Leo moved to St. Louis. Henrietta is said to have remarried a Louis Smith, who died shortly thereafter, and was the father of her son.
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