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Else Leeser - Röttgen

Else Leeser-Röttgen was the oldest sister of Auguste van Pels-Röttgen.

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  • Else Leeser - Röttgen
  • Born on: March 20, 1897
  • Born in: Buer, Duitsland
  • Died on: Oct. 7, 1953
  • Died in: Woodbine, New Jersey, USA

Else en Gertrude Röttgen, ongedateerd

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Else Leeser-Röttgen was the first child of Leo Röttgen and Rosa Röttgen-Rosenau and the oldest sister of Auguste van Pels-Röttgen. On 17 May 1920 she married Dr. med. Julius Leeser in Elberfeld.[1] He was born on 5 August 1885 in Bickern, later a part of the town Wanne-Eickel. Together they had two sons, Helmut (Hal) (15 May 1923) and Rolf (Ralph) Manfred (19 May 1925).[2]

After their marriage they lived in Wanne-Eickel, where Else became a member of the Israelitischer Frauenverein and was its chairwoman in the early 1930s. In 1938 they moved to Essen.[3]

Because of the Nazi persecution in Germany, Else and Julius fled on 21 January 1939 with their son Rolf via Vlissingen to the United States, where they arrived in New York on 3 February 1939.[4] Their eldest son Helmut was already living in Washington D.C. at that time. In 1937 he was send to New York with the German Jewish Childrens Aid.[5]

Source personal data.[6] Addresses: Buer-Recklinghausen; Huyssenallee 2, Essen; Vereinstrasse 14, Wuppertal-Elberfeld; Wanne-Eickel; Essen; 570 West 183rd Street, New York; Woodbine, New Jersey.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Stadtarchiv Wuppertal, Elberfelder Heiratsregistern, Reg.-Nr. 959-1920; trouwakte van Julius Leeser en Else Röttgen d.d. 17 mei 1920.
  2. ^ National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington DC, VS, Immigration and Naturalization Dpt.: Declaration of Intention Else Leeser, 5 juli 1939, volgnr. 436376.
  3. ^ Spuren im Vest: Leeser Julius.
  4. ^ New York City, New York, United States records, Aug 4, 2018, FamilySearch, image 625 and 629 of 700; United States. NARA.
  5. ^ New York City, New York, United States records, FamilySearch, image 546 and 547 of 797; United States. NARA.
  6. ^ Stadtarchiv Wuppertal, Elberfelder Heiratsregistern, Reg.-Nr. 959-1920; trouwakte van Julius Leeser en Else Röttgen d.d. 17 mei 1920; Leeser, Else Roettgen, 20 maart 1897 – 7 oktober 1953, Woodbine Brotherhood Cemetery, Woodbine, Cape May, New Jersey.

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Kinderfoto van Auguste van Pels-Röttgen (waarschijnlijk helemaal links), met haar moeder Rosa Röttgen-Rosenau en zussen Else, Trude, Margaretha en Lotte, ongedateerd

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