Individuals:
von Wertheimer, Joseph Ritter
Birth Name | von Wertheimer, Joseph Ritter |
Gender | male |
Events
Birth | March 15 (March 17), 1800 at Wien (Vienna), Österreich |
Occupation | At the age of fifteen, Joseph Wertheimer entered the business of Freiherr von Stifft, and five years later that of his father, whose partner he became in 1821, 1815
In 1830, with the cooperation of Johann Lindner, a Catholic priest, Joseph Wertheimer opened the first kindergarten in the Austrian capital.
In 1840, Joseph Wertheimer began his labors in behalf of Austrian Jews,, by founding the Verein zur Förderung der Handwerke Unter den Israeliten, a society to afford Jewish children the opportunity of learning trades, and to dispel the common belief in the Jews' dislike for manual work; this object was fully realized, thousands of apprentices being trained by the society. |
Marriage | Joseph Ritter von Wertheimer married Henriette Hendel Ullmann, June 11, 1829 at Augsburg, Regierungsbezirk Schwaben, Bayern, Deutschland |
Death | March 15, 1887 at Wien (Vienna), Österreich |
Parents
Father | Wertheimer, Josef Wolf |
Mother | Ullman, Caroline |
Narrative
Joseph Wertheiemr's father was a close friend of Joseph von Sonnenfels.
Source References
- Zur Emancipation unserer Glaubensgenossen
- The history of the Joseph Wertheimer family beginning with Samson Wertheimer 1510 and a timetable of chronological events during our lifetime, 1894-1988
- Eudocia. Historisches Drama in fünf Acten and in verse
- Die Juden in Oesterreich. Vom Standpunkte der Geschichte, des Rechts und des Staatsvortheils
- Jüdische Lehre und jüdisches Leben; mit besonderer Beziehung auf die Juden in Oesterreich, etc
- Dramatische Beyträge. Consisting of translations of three English plays, and one original drama
Pedigree
- Wertheimer, Josef Wolf
- Ullman, Caroline
- von Wertheimer, Joseph Ritter
- von Wertheimer, Joseph Ritter
- Ullman, Caroline