Eberstadt's in the Netherlands
Globally speaking there is at this moment in the world one big Eberstadt family. All the living Eberstadt-members
descend from Löb (Joseph) Moses Eberstadt who lived from
about 1650-1705 in Worms, Hessen (Germany).
The
family name Eberstadt is probably
derived from the little town Eberstadt
near Darmstadt, to which Löb Moses about 1667-1679 is supposed to have fled temporarely
to evade the pest which reigned in Worms. He, Löb Eberstadt, is mentioned as living in Worms in
1679 in the house "Zum roten Löwen"
(In the red Lion).
After about 1850 the Eberstadt's began to spread out of Worms,
first to other towns in Germany and to the United States, later to Great Britain and South
America. They all
prospered well and became known in the banking- and other business fields or as intellectuals.
From about 1850 till 1960 there was in the Netherlands also
an Eberstadt-family, which
Carl
August Eberstadt represented
another, from origin jewish, Eberstadt-family which had his origins in and near the Odenwald in Germany viz. the little towns of Eberstadt (near Buchen) and
Hilsbach in Baden (50 to 30
km east and south of Heidelberg).
There is
no proven blood relationship
between the Eberstadt's from Worms and the Dutch Eberstadt's from Eberstadt/Hilsbach, though there was a time that the Worms-Eberstadt's were believed to originate
also from Eberstadt near Buchen.
Let us enter into detail in the
"Dutch"Eberstadt's.
What we know about the origins is that all goes
back to about 1750 when, according to the public administration, a Friedrich
Eberstadt (appr 1750-1809), merchant, must have
been born probably in Eberstadt
near Buchen. His wife became Elisabeth Susmann. According to the jewish records, mentioned in the
protestant churchbooks of Hilsbach,
his hebraic name was Isaac Levi or Moses Löb¹, rabbi, and the name of his
wife Babette Susmann, daughter of Levi Susmann, living in Hilsbach. Friedrich must
have died in Bödigheim near Buchen about
1810, Elisabeth in 1834.
The
family name Eberstadt turns
up in the public administration for
the first time in 1809 when the widow
Bessle Isak Eberstadt in Hilsbach is mentioned with 2 sons and 3 daughters.
In another list of 1813 from
Hilsbach it is clear that the widow Isaac Levi took the family
name Eberstadt. Did she adopt the name Eberstadt because her husband came from
Eberstadt? He was mentioned
a Schutzbürger (protected civilian) of Eberstadt.²
The
jewish records in the Hilsbach
churchbooks tell us more. On 8 February
1834 died Babette(=Elisabeth) Eberstättin,
widow of Moses Löb Eberstadt, rabbi. She was appr. 84 years old. (born about 1750).
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¹ Jewish men could
have various jewish names; Isaac Levi = Moses Löb
² Which meant
of Freiherr Rüdt von Collenberg-Eberstadt, Schloss Eberstadt.
On
the 20th March 1828 a child, Gumbel Featge
was born, son of the unmarried
daughter of the defunct Isaak Levi von Eberstadt and his in Hilsbach living widow Besseder Babet (=Elisabeth).
On
the same day
died Liebet Eberstätterin (born in 1800), daughter of the defunct Eberstadt-Schutzburger
Isaac Levi and
his in Hilsbach living widow Besseder Babet. Liebet, apparently the mother of Gumbel was 28 years old and was buried
in the jewish cemetery Waibstadt.
On
the 22nd january 1862 died
the unmarried Fanny Eberstätter,
born in 1782 in Hilsbach. She
was 80 years old and was buried in the jewish cemetery Bödigheim.
Summarized:
Friedrich Eberstadt, Isaak
Levi, Schutzbürger of Eberstadt
bei Buchen and Elisabeth Susmann, both born about 1750 and living
in Hilsbach (Baden) had 5 children,
viz. Victor = Jacob Daniel Eberstadt
(see later), Fanny Eberstadt,
Liebet Eberstadt, Moses Isaak (no records), Franziska.
The
marriage and deathrecords of Jacob Daniel Eberstadt
(1790-1832), merchant, show that
he was the son of Friedrich Eberstadt
and Elisabeth Susmann from Hilsbach.There is no birthcertificate or birth record
of Jacob Daniel, but from other
sources it is clear that he was born in 1790 under
the name of Victor Eberstadt, Hilsbach
(Baden), of jewish parents.
In 1821 Victor Eberstadt was baptized
christianly in Bornheim near Frankfurt and adopted his new christian
names Jacob Daniel. On the 6th
of April 1825 Jacob Daniel E. married in Ründeroth (Bergische Land)
Wilhelmina Niebel, born in 1801 near
Ründeroth. Jacob Daniel E. died
near Ründeroth in 1832, 42 years old and
Wilhelmina Niebel in Winterswijk (the Netherlands) in
1859. No particulars are known
about them.
Johann
Carl August Eberstadt (1829-1908), merchant and later evangelist was
the only child of Jacob Daniel E. and Wilhelmina Niebel. He was
born near Ründeroth on 17 February 1829 and he died in Winterswijk 29 January
1908. He married in Halver near Elberfeld/Wuppertal in the
Protestant church on 13 May 1851 at the age of 22 with Helene Viebahn, who was then 27. In the dutch
publication "Een is uw Meester" by Dr W.J. Ouweneel,
one chapter is dedicated to Carl August Eberstadt, an evangelist-pioneer of the Brother-movement (Brüderverein / Darbists /
Baptist)³. As he was only 3 years
old when his father died, Carl August was raised
- according to family history - at coreligionists who gave him a severe education. Around 1850
he must have come into
contact with the "Evangelische Brüderverein" founded in that year and
which had its base in Elberfeld ( about 30 km of Halver ).
With other brother-evangelists Carl August was arrested
in 1853 in Dillenburg (Nassau) for preaching there and extradicted to Hessen.
In
1854 the authorities in Arnsberg
allowed Eberstadt
and his wife and daughter to
emigrate to Winterswijk in
the Nethetlands, just over
the border with Germany where
a small group of the brothers
existed. At that time there was no strict borderline between the Brothers (Darbist) and the Baptists and so
we find Carl August in 1854/1855 several
times in Amsterdam where he
had discussions with the
Baptist-group, which even
lead to a split in Baptists
and Darbists. He, as
evangelist, even visited and
worked under the Brothers in Silesia.
The
Winterswijk-Brother community supported
C.A. Eberstadt financially and so he could
buy a big shop in the Market
place where he started a drapery-business.
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³ In anglo-saxon
countries called the
"Plymouth Brethren"
The
couple Eberstadt-Viebahn
had totally 6 children: 3 sons and 3 daughters.
Two sons and one daughter
( 1, 2 and 3 ) remained unmarried and later ran the drapery-business.
Daughter
Helena Eberstadt (3) married Karel Christiaan ten Pas in
1889. Their son August changed his name by permission of Queen Juliana around
1965 in Eberstadt ten Pas, of which
a descendant is still living
in Hengelo.
Son
Herman Eberstadt ( 1860 - 1945 ) , nr 4, merchant,
married Margarethe Rutgers and had 3 daughters. They lived in Arnhem/Oosterbeek.
His daughter Hendrika Johanna Eberstadt
married August Carel van der Velden 4) , the son
of Jan Dirk van der Velden and Anna Berendina Eberstadt (see later). The son of August
Carel van der Velden and Hendrika J. Eberstadt changed his name around 1960 in Eberstadt van der
Velden of which there are several descendants.
Another daughter of Herman Eberstadt was
Helena Eberstadt (unmarried),
who died in 1966 as the
last "Dutch"Eberstadt.
Daughter Anna
Berendina Eberstadt (nr 5) of Carl August Eberstadt, who lived from
1863-1939, schoolteacher, married
the Presbyterian Minister Jan Dirk van der Velden
(1859-1947) and had 8 children,
of which August Carel (1890-1955) (see above) and
Willem Adriaan van der Velden (1900-1981), banker
in Rotterdam, whose son Matthijs
van der Velden is the author of this note.
Sources: 1. Israelitische Standes-Eintragungen
in den Kirchenbüchern der ev. protest. Gemeinde Hilsbach.
2. Heiratsurkunde
Jacob Daniel Eberstadt 1825 mit
Namen Vater und Mutter.
3. Namenannehmungsregister
1809 und 1813, Hilsbach.
4. Meinholz Lurz, "Hilsbach. Von der kurpfälszischen
Amtsstadt zur Stadtteil von
Sinsheim," die jüdische
Kultusgemeinde, (pages 128-179) (1997). .
5. Juliana von Stockhausen
6. Wikipedia,
"Rudolf Rüdt von Collenberg-Eberstadt" (1836-1900). (2011).
7. Dr W.J. Ouweneel, "Een is uw
meester", Carl August Eberstadt
(pages 132-151) (1985).
8. "1000
Jahre Bödigheim", Dr Elmar Weisz,
die Juden in Bödigheim
(pages 218-266) (2010).
9. Adolf
Freiherr von Collenberg, "die Familie Rüdt
von Collenberg in
Bödigheim
Sesshaft seit 1286" (1986/2011)
5) "Auf Immerwiedersehen: das Schlosz im
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4 her cousin
5 pseudonym of Juliane Gräfin Gatterburg, Schloss Eberstadt.
GENEALOGY EBERSTADT (THE
NETHERLANDS)
I
Friedrich
= Isaac Levi = Moses Löb¹ Eberstadt, born prob. Eberstadt near Buchen (Baden),
about 1750, rabbi and merchant, jewish, died Bödigheim near Buchen (Baden) before 1809, buried at
the jewish cemetery in Bödigheim, m. Elisabeth Susmann², born prob. in Hilsbach
1749, lives in Hilsbach in
1809 and 1825, dies Hilsbach 1834, buried at the jewish cemetery in Waibstadt, daughter of Levi Susmann.
Herefrom:
ev.
Kirchenbuch Hilsbach Buch:Hilsbach,
Dr M.Lurz,
ab Seite
179
1.
Liebet Eberstadt, born in Hilsbach in 1800, unmarried 1. Elisabeth,
born Hilsbach, 1778 (See Liebet)
died 20 March 1828, buried jewish cemetery Waibstadt.
She bore a son Gumbel
Featge who was born in Hilsbach
on 20 March 1828.
Familyname unknown.
2.
Son, name unknown. 2.
Moses Izaak, born Hilsbach,
1779, servant.
3.
Fanny Eberstadt, born in Hilsbach
in 1782, unmarried, 3. Lorchen,
born Hilsbach, 1784, (See Fanny)
died Hilsbach 22 january
1862, buried jewish cemetery
Bödigheim.
4.
Daughter, name unknown. 4.
Franziska, born Hilsbach, 1786.
5.
Jacob Daniel = Victor Eberstadt, follows
II 5. Viktor,
born Hilsbach, 1789, follows
II
II
Jacob
Daniel = Victor Eberstadt³, born Hilsbach 1790, merchant, died Oberhollenberg, 16 February 1832, m. Ründeroth 6 April 1825, Wilhelmina Niebel
(born Wallefeld near Ründeroth in July 1801) died Winterswijk 12 March 1859
Herefrom:
1.
Johann Carl August Eberstadt, follows III.
III
Johann
Carl August Eberstadt, born Hahn near Ründeroth 17 February 1829, merchant, darbist-evangelist, died
Winterswijk (The Netherlands) 29 January 1908,
m. Halver 13 May 1851, Helene Viebahn
(born Kalsbach near Gummersbach 16 September 1824), died Winterswijk 22 October 1891.
The family went to Winterswijk (The Netherlands) between 1852 and 1855.
Herefrom:
1.
Lydia Eberstadt, born Halver
7 October 1852, unmarried, died Winterswijk, 1 May 1910.
2.
Carl August Eberstadt, born Winterswijk 8 October 1855, unmarried,
shopkeeper, died
Winterswijk 3 February
1928.
3.
Helena Eberstadt, born Winterswijk 2 May 1858, died Arnhem 25 October 1941, m.
Zutphen 19 February
1889 Karel
Christiaan ten Pas, died Zutphen 18 February 1914
(children: Karel
August, August (changed his
name by permission of the
Queen in
Eberstadt
ten Pas, Frederik and
Helena).
4.
Herman Eberstadt, follows
IV.
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¹ Jewish
men could have various names, also Isaac ha Levi.
² Jewish
names Babette, Bessle
³ His Jewish name was Victor
Eberstadt, baptized
Christian in Bornheim (near
Frankfurt 28 October 1821).
5.
Anna Berendina Eberstadt,
born Winterswijk 15 July 1863, teacher, died Rotterdam 21
June 1939, m.
Winterswijk 4 November 1887, Jan Dirk van der
Velden, died Rotterdam
7 December
1947, Presbytarian
Minister (children Cornelis August, August Carel,
see IV 3)., Helena Wilhelmina, Carel Frederik,
Frederik Jan, Willem Adriaan, my father,
Wilhelmina Lydia, Frederik
Jan)
6.
Frederik Eberstadt, born
Winterswijk 7 July 1866, unmarried,
shopkeeper, died
Winterswijk, 15 September
1950.
IV
Herman
Eberstadt,
born Winterswijk 11 July 1860, merchant,
died Oosterbeek
22
September 1945, m. Arnhem 19 May 1888 Anna Margaretha Petronella
Rutgers, died Oosterbeek 18 February
1943.
Herefrom:
1.
Machtilda Eberstadt, born
Arnhem 14 July 1890, died
Nijmegen 1914, m. Nijmegen 1912
2.
Helena Eberstadt, born Arnhem 24 May 1892, unmarried, died Rotterdam 3 October
1966.
3.
Hendrika Johanna Eberstadt, born Arnhem 17 April 1897, m. August Carel van der
Velden (see III 5) Arnhem 3 July 1923, died Den Haag 23 August 1978 (children
Herman4) and Guusje, (died)
m = marries
©
Rotterdam, Drs M. van der Velden, November
2011
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4 Changed his name by permission of the Queen in Eberstadt van der Velden.