Lehman family

 ( Jewish-american Families ) 

The Lehman family (also Lehmann, Liehmann or Liehman) is a prominent family of Jewish German-Americans who founded the financial firm Lehman Brothers. Some were also involved in American politics. Members have married into the prominent Morgenthau, Loeb, and Bronfman families.

The family traces back to Abraham Lehmann, a cattle merchant in Rimpar, Bavaria, who changed his Yiddish (German-Jewish) surname Löw (Loeb) to the German Lehmann.

• Abraham Lehmann, born Abraham Löw, cattle merchant in Rimpar, Bavaria
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• Zeira Lehmann Schloss (1810–1902), remained in Germany
• Berta Low Lehmann Schwab (born 1812), remained in Germany
• Seligmann Lehmann (1814–1890), remained in Germany
• Fratel Lehmann (1817–1817), died as a newborn
• Anna Lehmann Roman (born 1820), remained in Germany
• Henry Lehman (1822–1855), born Hayum Lehmann, founder of H. Lehman, which became Lehman Brothers, married to Rosa Wolf, 4 children
• Bertha Lehman Rosenheim
• Harriet Lehman Weil, married Moses Weil, 5 children
• Leon Weil
• Blanche Weil
• Hannah Weil
• Harry L. Weil
• Elsie Rose Weil, married Leon Weil, 2 children
• Helen Weil Benjamin (1905–1996)
• George Weil (1907–1995), nuclear physicist
• David Lehman
• Meyer H. Lehman
• Emanuel Lehman (1827–1907), born Mendel Lehmann, co-founder of Lehman Brothers, married to Pauline Sondheim (1843–1871), 4 children
• Milton Lehman
• Harriet Philip Lehman, married her cousin Sigmund M. Lehman, son of her uncle Mayer Lehman
  John N. Ingham (1983). 9780313239083, Greenwood Publishing Group. . ISBN 9780313239083
• Evelyn Philip Lehman, married Jules Ehrich, 4 children:
• May Ehrich (born 1889)
• Pauline Ehrich (born 1893), married Monroe Gutman
• Dorothy Ehrich (born 1895), married John C. Mayer, 3 children
• Jane Mayer (born 1919), married Harold Field
• John Mayer (born 1921), married Dale Shoup, daughter of economist Carl Shoup (1902–2000) and granddaughter of businessman Paul Shoup (1874–1946)

• William Mayer (1925–2017), composer, married Meredith Nevins, daughter of historian and journalist Allan Nevins (1890–1971), 3 children
• Steven Mayer (born 1952)
• Jane Mayer (born 1955), journalist, married to William B. Hamilton
• Cynthia Mayer (born 1958)
• Ruth Ehrich (born 1900), married Ralph Friedman, 2 children
• Philip Lehman (1861–1947), married to Carrie Lauer (born 1937)
• Pauline Lehman, married to Henry Ickelheimer (1868–1940) of Heidelbach, Ickelheimer & Co., H. R. Ickelheimer Weds 2 children
• Jean Stralem, married to Donald Stralem (1903–1976), 2 children New York Times: "Jean Stralem, 86, Philanthropist Known for Work With the Blind" by WOLFGANG SAXON December 22, 1994
• Sandra Jean Stralem, married Robert A. Russell, 2 children
• Donna Russell Cronin
• Robin Becker Maki
• Sharon Lynn Stralem married Ralph Albee Phraner Jr. Desert Sun: "Stralem Daughter Betrothed" June 11, 1958 Desert Sun: "Village Girl Bride in New York" 23 August 1958
• Philip Henry Isles (1912–1960), changed surname from Ickelheimer, married to model Lillian Fox, 3 children, divorced, New York Times: "Philip H. Isles Becomes Fiance Of Miss Moltke" New York Sun: "Stephane Groueff, 83, Bulgarian Journalist and Author in Exile" By STEPHEN MILLER May 22, 2006 she remarried Stephane Groueff (1922–2006)
• Jill Isles Blanchard, married to Guillermo B. Aguilera, divorced New York Times: "Jill Pauline Isles Betrothed To Guillermo B. Aguilera" and remarried to Richard F. Blanchard. New York Times: "WEDDINGS; Pauline Aguilera, Nicholas Longano" May 10, 1998
• Pauline Aguilera Longano (born 1967), married to Nicholas Longano (born 1965) in 1998
• Tina Barney (born 1945), photographer, married to John Joseph Barney in 1966 Stony Brook University: "Exteriors, Interiors, and Positionality: The Photography of Tina Barney - A Dissertation Presented by Susan A. Van Scoy May 2010 - p.44
• Philip Henry Isles II, married to Alexandra Isles (born 1945)
• Adam Isles (born 1969), married to Hannah Harrison Bond
• Robert Lehman (1891–1969), married three times
• married Ruth S. (née Lamar) Rumsey (born 1902) in 1929, divorced 1931, no children New York Times: "Mrs. Ruth Rumsey Weds Robert Lehman; Quietly Married to New York Banker in Montreal--Couple Sail on the Olympic" May 1929 Schenectady Gazette: Daughter of Ruth Bryan Owen marries Lehman cousin" June 26, 1934
• married Ruth "Kitty" (Leavitt) Meeker (1904–1984), daughter of William Homer Leavitt (1868–1951) and Ruth Bryan Owen (1885–1954), and granddaughter of United States Secretary of State, William Jennings Bryan (1860–1925); 1 child Biographical Dictionary of U.S. Business Leaders By John N. Ingham
• Robin Lehman (born 1936), married to Aki Lehman, 2 children, before marrying music theorist Marie Rolf, 2 children
• Phillip Lehman (born 1965)
• Kate Lehman
• Rolf Lehman
• Morgan Lehman
• married Lee "Elena" (Anz) Lynn (1919–2006) in 1952; no children
• Aaron Lehman (1829–1924)
• Mayer Lehman (1830–1897), co-founder of Lehman Brothers, married to Babette Newgass, sister-in-law of Isaias W. Hellman (1842–1920)
• Lisette Lehman Fatman, married to Morris Fatman, clothing manufacturer, 2 children Jewish Women's Archive: "Elinor Morgenthau 1892 – 1949" by Edna S. Friedberg] retrieved October 3, 2015
• Margaret Fatman married to composer Werner Josten (1885–1963), 2 children New York Times: "Obituary: Eileen Lowe" December 17, 2016
• Peter Josten
• Eileen Josten Lowe, married Dr. Charles U. Lowe in 1955, 4 children
• Elinor Fatman Morgenthau (1892–1949), married Henry Morgenthau Jr. (1891–1967), U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 3 children Morgenthau Family Tree retrieved October 3, 2015
• Robert M. Morgenthau (1919–2019), District Attorney for New York County
• Henry Morgenthau III (1917–2018), author and television producer, married Ruth Schachter Morgenthau (1931–2006), advisor to President Jimmy Carter, 3 children
• Henry (Ben) Morgenthau (born 1964)
• Kramer Morgenthau (born 1966), cinematographer, married Tracy Fleischman in 2011 New York Times: "Tracy Fleischman and Kramer Morgenthau" December 23, 2011
• Sarah Elinor Morgenthau Wessel (born 1963), married to Carlton Wessel in 1993 New York Times: "Weddings – Carlton Wessel, Sarah Morgenthau" September 6, 1993
• Joan Morgenthau Hirschhorn (1922–2012) married Fred Hirschhorn Jr. in 1957, 3 children New York Times: "Joan Morgenthau Hirschhorn" October 7, 2012 New York Times: "Deaths – Hirschhorn, Fred Jr." May 13, 2012
• Elizabeth Hirschhorn Wilson, married Bruce Wilson
• Joan Hirschhorn Bright, married David Bright
• Elinor H. Hirschhorn, married Michael J. Carroll in 1996 New York Times: "Weddings – Elinor Hirschhorn, Michael J. Carroll" June 30, 1996
• Clara Lehman Limburg Lehman College: "June Bingham Birge, 1919 - 2007" August 27, 2007
• Mabel Limburg Rossbach married to Max J. H. Rossbach New York Times: "June Bingham Marries Robert B. Birge" March 29, 1987
• June Bingham Birge (1919–2007), married U.S. Congressman Jonathan Brewster Bingham (1914–1986), four children; "June Bingham Birge, Who Wrote Books and Plays, Dies at 88", The New York Times, August 29, 2007. Accessed May 4, 2008. "June Bingham Birge, the author of books and plays, died August 21 at her home in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. She was 88." remarried to Robert B. Birge in 1987, no children
• Sherrell Bingham Downes
• Timothy Woodbridge Bingham
• Claudia Bingham Meyers
• June Mitchell Esselstyn (1942–1999) married Erik C. Esselstyn, 2 children Gainesville Sun: "Local reverend dies of cancer" By GARY KIRKLAND October 28, 1999 New York Times: "Paid Notice: Deaths ESSELSTYN, THE REV. JUNE MITCHELL (MICKI) BINGHAM October 28, 1999
• June Eriksson (Jody) Esselstyn
• Blakeman Bingham Esselstyn
• Sigmund M. Lehman married his cousin Harriet Philip Lehman, daughter of his uncle Emanuel Lehman
• Allan S. Lehman married Evelyn Schiffer New York Times: "Orin Lehman, 88, Parks Steward, Dies" by Dennis Hevesi February 23, 2008
• Ellen Lehman Long
• Orin Lehman (1920–2008)
• Harold M. Lehman, married Cecile R. Seligman, 2 daughters
• Betty Lehman Asiel new York Times: "Susan L. Cullman, 79, Decoder and an Editor" January 4, 1994 married to E. Nelson Asiel, 3 children
• Harold N. Asiel
• Terri L. Grammas
• John H. Asiel
• Susan Lehman, married Joseph Cullman (1912–2004) in 1935, one daughter.
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• Dorothy Cullman Treisman
• Harriet Lehman (1860–1948), married to Philip Goodhart
• Arthur Lehman Goodhart (1891–1978), British academic; married Cecily Carter, 3 children
• Philip Goodhart (1925–2015), British politician; married Valerie Forbes Winant, niece of John Gilbert Winant (1889–1947); 7 children Daily Telegraph: "Valerie Forbes Winant died peacefully on April 1st aged 88" retrieved 30 September 2015
• Arthur Goodhart
• Sarah Goodhart
• David Goodhart (born 1956), journalist; married to journalist Lucy Kellaway (born 1959); 4 children
• Rachel Goodhart
• Harriet Goodhart
• Rebecca Goodhart
• Daniel Goodhart
• William Goodhart (1933–2017)
• Charles Goodhart (born 1936)
• Howard Goodhart
• Helen Goodhart (1887–1985), married to Frank Altschul (1887–1981), banker
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• Margaret Lang, married to journalist Daniel Lang (1913–1981), 3 children New York Times: "Daniel Lang, 66, Correspondent and author for New Yorker, dies" November 19, 1981 New York Times: "Paid Notice: Deaths LANG, MARGARET ALTSCHUL" January 10, 2002
• Frances Lang Labaree
• Helen Lang
• Cecily Lang Kooyman
• Edith Altschul Graham (died 2003), married Robert Claverhouse Graham, 3 children New York Times: "Deaths GRAHAM, EDITH ALTSCHUL" May 14, 2003
• Robert C. Graham Jr. married Christine Denny, daughter of Charles R. Denny (1912–2000), 2 children,. New York Times: "Elizabeth Graham, Graduate Student, Is Married to Adam Marc Lindemann" October 16, 1989 divorced. Married Julie Moran, 1 Child.
• Elizabeth Ashley Graham, married Adam Marc Lindemann, son of George Lindemann (1936–2018)
• Kathryn Graham
• James Wesley Hawkes Graham
• Michael C. Graham
• Kathryn G. Graham
• Arthur Goodhart Altschul Sr. (1920–2002), investment banker
• married Stephanie Rosemary Wagner in 1956, she later died in a plane crash, 2 children New York Times: Principals in Wedding Ceremony Here; Stephanie R. Wagner Is Bride Of Arthur Goodhart Altschul April 30, 1956,
• Stephen Altschul (born 1957), mathematician and researcher; married to Caroline Kershaw James
• James Altschul
• William Altschul (born 1998)
• Charles Altschul
• married Siri von Reis (1931–2021) (divorced 1972), 3 children
• Arthur Goodhart Altschul Jr. (born 1964), married 2013 Rula Jebreal (born 1973) divorced 2016
• Emily Helen Altschul (born 1966), married John Miller (born 1958) in 2002 New York Times: "Weddings/Celebrations – Emily Altschul, John Miller" November 24, 2002
• Serena Altschul (born 1970), broadcast journalist and MTV host
• Arthur Lehman (1873–1936), married to Adele Lewisohn Lehman (1882–1965), Jewish Women's Archive: "Adele Lewisohn Lehman 1882–1965" by Laurie Sokol retrieved October 30, 2015 daughter of Adolph Lewisohn (1849–1938), mining magnate, 3 children
• Dorothy Lehman Bernhard (1903–1969), married to investment banker Richard Jaques Bernhard in 1923, 2 children Jewish Women's Archive: "Dorothy Lehman Bernhard 1903–1969" by Jennifer Rosenberg retrieved October 30, 2015
• Robert Arthur Bernhard (1928–2019)
• William Lehman Bernhard (born 1931), married Catherine Cahill, daughter of attorney John T. Cahill (1903–1966) in 1974 and Grace Pickens, a member of the Pickens Sisters
• Helen Lehman (1905–1989), lawyer, married to Benjamin Buttenwieser (1900–1991), banker at Kuhn, Loeb & Co., son of Joseph L. Buttenwieser (1865–1938)
• Lawrence B. Buttenwieser, lawyer at Katten Muchin Rosenman, married to Ann Lubin, daughter of Isador Lubin (1896–1978)
• Jill Ann Buttenwieser Schloss, married to Richard Perry Schloss New York Times: "Jill Ann Buttenwieser Weds" March 20, 1989
• Carol Buttenwieser Sharp
• Peter Lubin Buttenwieser (born 1965), married to Susan Helen Upton in 1995 New York Times: "Weddings; Susan Upton, P. L. Buttenwieser" June 25, 1995
• Peter L. Buttenwieser (1935–2018), philanthropist, married to Elizabeth Werthan
• Paul A. Buttenwieser, psychiatrist
• Frances Lehman Loeb (1906–1996), married to John Langeloth Loeb Sr. (1902–1996) (son of Carl M. Loeb (1875–1955)), 5 children New York Times: "Frances Loeb, 89, Lifesaver to Foreign Diplomats" By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER May 19, 1996 New York Times: "John L. Loeb Sr. Dies at 94; Investor and Philanthropist" By ERIC PACE December 9, 1996
• John Langeloth Loeb Jr. (born 1930), businessman
• married to Nina Sundby from 1960, 1 child
• Alexandra Loeb Driscoll, married to Joseph Edward Driscoll, 2 children Loeb website: Family retrieved July 16, 2013
• Aidan Edward Driscoll
• Allegra Frances Driscoll
• married to Meta Martindell Harrsen, 1 child
• Nicholas M. Loeb (born 1976)
• married to Sharon J. Handler in 2011
• Judith Loeb Chiara married to Richard N. Beaty, married and divorced from Marco Chiara, the son of the Italian novelist Piero Chiara (1913–1986) New York Times: "JUDITH CHIARA Obituary" November 17, 2010
• Arthur Lehman Loeb
• Deborah Loeb Brice
• Ann Loeb Bronfman (1932–2011), married to Edgar Bronfman Sr. (1929–2013)
• Samuel Bronfman (born 1954), married to Melanie Mann. New York Times: "Notes on People; Abducted Bronfman Son to Wed"
• Edgar Bronfman Jr. (born 1955)
• married to Sherry Brewer from 1979 to 1991, 3 children
• Benjamin Bronfman (born 1982); one child with Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (born 1975)
• Ikhyd Edgar Arular Bronfman (2009)
• Vanessa Bronfman
• Hannah Bronfman (born 1987), married Brendan Fallis (2017)
• married Clarisa Alcock San Román in 1993, 4 children
• Aaron Bronfman
• Bettina Bronfman
• Erik Bronfman
• Clarissa Bronfman
• Matthew Bronfman (born 1959)
• married Fiona Woods, divorced 1997, 3 children
• Gabriela Talia Bronfman
• Eli Miles Bronfman
• Jeremy Samuel Bronfman
• married Lisa Belzberg, daughter of Canadian businessman Samuel Belzberg (1928–2018), 3 children, divorced
• Sasha Eliana Bronfman
• Tess Emanuella Bronfman
• Ezekiel "Zeke" Belzberg Bronfman
• married Stacey Kaye in 2005, 1 child, divorced in 2016
• Coby Benjamin Bronfman
• married Melanie Lavie in 2017, 2 children Press Reader: "Bronfman Wedding" April 12, 2017
• James Raphael Bronfman
• Stella Ann Bronfman
• Holly Bronfman Lev, married to Yoav Lev. She is a convert to Hinduism and has taken the name Bhavani Lev. Economic Times of India: "Fabindia acquires a 40% stake in Organic India" by Rasul Bailay & Chaitali Chakravarty March 6, 2013
• Adam Bronfman (born 1963), married Cynthia Marie Gage, 4 children
• Irving Lehman (1876–1945), U.S. lawyer and politician, married to Sissie Straus, daughter of Nathan Straus (1848–1931), no children
• Herbert H. Lehman (1878–1963), 45th Governor of New York; married Edith Louise Altschul in 1910 (sister of banker Frank Altschul (1887–1981)), 3 children Jewish Women's Archives: "EDITH ALTSCHUL LEHMAN 1889 – 1974" by Norma Spungen retrieved December 26, 2015
• Hilda Jane Lehman de Vadetzky Paul Wise (1921–1974), married three times, Her first marriage to Boris de Vadetzky in 1940 ended in divorce in 1944, no children; her second marriage to Eugene L. Paul in 1945 resulted in divorce, no children; her third marriage also resulted in divorce, 3 children
• Peter Lehman Wise
• married Sharon Anne McAuliffe in 1977, divorced, 1 child
• Catherine Jane Wise, married to David Giffen
• married Marylou Hanover, 1 child
• Matthew Lehman Wise
• Stephanie Wise
• Deborah Jane Wise, married Peter N. Sheridan in 1971
• Eli Wise
• Peter Gerald Lehman (1917–1944); in 1938, he married Peggy Lashanska Rosenbaum, daughter of soprano Hulda Lashanska (1893–1974), 2 children; he was killed while serving during World War II. Columbia University Digital Archive: "1st Lieutenant Peter Gerald Lehman" February 15, 1953
• Penelope "Penny" Lehman Karp (born 1940) married to Stanley Mortimor Karp in 1964
• Wendy Lehman (1942–2016)
• John Robert Lehman (1920–1994)
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• Stephen Birmingham (1996). 9780815604112, Syracuse University Press. ISBN 9780815604112
• Roland Flade (1999). 9783826018442, Königshausen und Neumann. ISBN 9783826018442
• (2026). 9781422101988, Harvard Business Press. . ISBN 9781422101988
• The Lehman Trilogy, a play which chronicles the family from the 1840s to 2008.

• The Jewish Daily Forward: "The Lehmans? They’ve Moved On. Sad? A Little" September 26, 2008
• Full text of "John L. Loeb Collection" retrieved October 28, 2015