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Wedding of Walter and Irma Jacobsohn

Wedding of Walter and Irma Jacobsohn

This is the wedding photo of my aunt and uncle. February 7, 1937. Standing to the right of my aunt is my dad, Erich Samenfeld, seated in front of them is my Oma Dina Samenfeld, and to the left of my Oma is Uncle Walter's mother, Johanna Jacobsohn, on the far right in this photo is my uncle's brother, Hans Jacobsohn. I have been informed as to the identification of 3 of the other people in this picture. In the back row, second and third from the left next to my father, are Julius Heine and Martha (Weidenbaum) Heine. Standing between my Uncle Walter and his brother Hans is Erich Weidenbaum, Martha's brother. Seated on Oma Dina's right side is Moritz Ginsberg who was a cattle dealer in Rahden, and he is also Marha Heine's uncle. Sitting on the left side of Johanna Jacobsohn is Max Lazarus who was a teacher and cantor in Lübbecke. He was also responsible as the rabbi in Lavelsloh.


Wedding of Erich and Hildegard Samenfeld

Wedding of Erich and Hildegard Samenfeld

My parents were married on November 30, 1947, at the Shorecrest Hotel. From left to right: my mother's parents, Opa Karl and Oma Julchen, my parents, Hilde and Erich Samenfeld, and my father's mother, Oma Dina.


My Parents Wedding

My Parents Wedding

From left to right: Tante Lore, Opa Karl, Oma Julchen, my mother, my father, Oma Dina, Tante Irma, Uncle Walter, and in front, Harold and Peter.


Jacobsohn / Samenfeld Family

Jacobsohn / Samenfeld Family

From left to right: Harold Jacobsohn, Walter Jacobsohn, Dina Samenfeld, Hildegard Samenfeld, Erich Samenfeld, me Gary Samenfeld, who thankfully can be barely seen, Peter Jacobsohn, my brother Dennis Samenfeld, and Irma Jacobsohn.


Oma Dina

Oma Dina

Front row, my brother, Dennis Samenfeld, Oma Dina Samenfeld, My cousin, Harold Jacobsohn. Back row me, Gary Samenfeld, my cousin Peter's wife, Jean, and Peter Jacobsohn.


Tante Irma & Walter Jacobsohn

Tante Irma & Walter Jacobsohn

My aunt & uncle.


Tante Irma

Tante Irma

Tante Irma in front of the Jacobsohn family home in Shorewood, 1962.


Farwell Ave: 1950

Farwell Ave: 1950

On the left is a friend of my father, Walter Heine. Walter and my dad were friends from where they lived in Germany. Harold is to the left of my dad, and Peter is to the right. I am the child in the chair.


Erich & Walter: 1947

Erich & Walter: 1947

My father, Erich Samenfeld and my Uncle Walter Jacobsohn in front of their first cattle truck.