I was cleaning up some files on my crowded hard drive, and I “discovered” a whole folder of photographs of the Goldschmidt family that had been sent to me by David Baron and Roger Cibella back in December, 2017. How had I forgotten these? Some of these photographs are of members of the Goldschmidt family I’ve yet to write about and will be posted when I get to those branches (if I don’t forget about them again).
But those below are of the family of Abraham Goldsmith, about whom I’ve written extensively. Julian Reinheimer, my third cousin, once removed, and a direct descendant of Abraham through his daughter Cecelia, also sent me some photographs of Abraham and Cecelia and of some of the family graves in Philadelphia. I am going to go back and insert these in the original posts about Abraham and his family, but I want to share them in this new post as well. Thank you to Julian Reinheimer, David Baron, and Roger Cibella for sharing these wonderful photographs with me.
First, two of Abraham himself.
Then one of his first wife Cecelia Adler, who died in 1874 at age 38:
This is Abraham’s son Edwin, the inventor, and his family: his wife Jennie Friedberger, older son Henry, daughter Cecile (named for her grandmother, pictured above), and younger son Edwin, Jr. From the ages of the children, I would guess this was taken in about 1910.
And this is a photograph of Emily Goldsmith Gerson, Abraham and Cecelia’s daughter, who was an author, and who, like her mother, died too young. She was 49 when she died.
Finally, photographs of the gravestone for Abraham Goldsmith and those of his two wives, Frances Spanier on the left and Cecelia Adler on the right, as well as their daughter Hilda to the far right. Behind their shared gravestone you can see the graves of their other children and grandchildren: Rose Goldsmith Stern and her husband Sidney Stern, Cecile Goldsmith Simsohn, and Estelle Goldsmith.
Now I need to go back and add these to my earlier posts.
These are such beautiful photographic portraits. I have had similar experiences with photos I had ‘stashed’ somewhere surfacing. I laughingly say they show up because the telling of their story was incomplete and they feared I was straying too far from them.
All my best to you. Thank you.
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Thanks so much, JoHanna. I like that idea—that they are watching over me, saying, “Hey—we are over here! Remember?”
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The nice thing about blogging is that we can go back and add detail or photos. I like the way you shared them here and let your readers know about the updates. Wonderful photographs.
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Thanks, Cathy. I am annoyed that I didn’t remember I had them when I wrote about these people because photos always humanize the stories, but I suppose better late than never!
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Wow! What a precious treasure of photos of the Goldsmith family! I can see how surprised you must have been to discover them on your hard drive. I like the family picture very much. Have a great day, Amy!
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Thank you, Peter! I still can’t believe I almost “lost” them.
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I came across your blog and I find it absolutely fascinating! I am just starting out on my exploration of my family history. Using Ancestry and finding a bit of luck I found my genetic father and family in a couple of weeks! I also discovered that I have, in addition to dad, a half-brother, two half-sisters, a first cousin, a second cousin, and a great niece (so far), I have met several of them, and it has been a wonderful experience. Their family name in Pintchuk. I did a little exploring the other day and discovered Gussie Brotman who is an ancestor of someone with the Ancestry profile name of brotmanschlager. I do have a DNA match with this person. Could I possibly be related? Gussie’s date of 1895 to 1975 seem to match. I am still just beginning to learn about my genetic family (yes, I was adopted at birth) so I don’t know how we get from Gussie to me yet.
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Hi Neal—thank you for your kind words. I am brotmangoldschlager, and Gussie was my grandmother. I will look for you on Ancestry.
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I just love the photo’s. Discovering them this second time was an added bonus. Each one of them was wonderful but I especially love the family photo and the way Jennie is looking down on Edwin so adoringly.
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I love that one also, Sharon, for the same reason—Jennie’s expression is priceless. Thank yoU!
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Your photos are absolutely beautiful. My favorite is of Cecilia Adler. Do you have any idea about the year it was taken?
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Thank you! Cecelia died in 1874 when she was only 35, and she looks somewhere between 25 and 35 in this photograph, closer to 35, I’d say. So sometime between 1864 and 1874.
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I’m liking Abraham’s facial hair in the younger portrait. It makes me wonder who the style-setters were of that era. Was it a famous politician or stage actor that wore his beard that way and had all the men following suit?
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It reminds me of someone, but I can’t put my finger on exactly who! I’d imagine you’d find a lot of crumbs in that nest of beard! 🙂
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I love the Edwin Goldsmith and family photo. The entire family is so expressive – and affectionate. Not the serious demeanor you normally see in old photos. Thanks for sharing.
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It’s my favorite out of this set also for all those reasons. Thanks so much for reading and commenting!
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We must be related, because these are my family members! Is there some way for us to connect? Thank you for finding and posting these photos!
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I will email you! Thanks, Megen!
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I love the details in these photographs — Abraham’s interesting beard, Cecelia’s hair and necklace (I wonder whose photo or lock of hair is inside), the look of real affection of Jennie’s face as she looks at her husband Edwin, and the lovely flower on Emma’s dress. Is that a detail made of cloth or is it a real flower?
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I assume you meant Emily’s dress? I can’t tell even from the original scan before I compressed the photo—too fuzzy! And I love this photos also, especially Jennie’s expression. Thanks for reading, Janice!
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Beautiful, beautiful pictures. You hadn’t “lost” them, just saved them for a rainy day. I, too, have done just that and am always shocked when I find a photo that I didn’t remember I had.
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It was nice to find them, but I was annoyed I hadn’t had them when I wrote about them all! Thanks, Debi!
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Wonderful photos! Ditto the comments about the loving expression of the wife/mother looking down on her family. That one’s a real treasure!
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It really is! It touched me as soon as I saw it.
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Wow, these are beautiful! I don’t know how you forgot them, but similar things have happened to me with genealogy. There are just so many threads and individuals and branches and stuff (literally) coming at me that I can’t keep up!
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Yup. It can get overwhelming. But I love it!
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In other words, keep those photos coming!
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