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Thorman locket 1855
Simpson Thorman, born in
Unsleben, Bavaria in 1811, came to the U.S.
by the late 1820s, passed through Cleveland
in 1832, then went to Missouri where he was
a trapper. He returned to Cleveland in 1837,
settling in the Flats, starting a hide and
fur business, and encouraging friends in
Unsleben to come to Cleveland. He was a
founder of the city's first Jewish
congregation (Israelitic Society), an
incorporator of its first Jewish cemetery
(Willet Street), first president of its
first B'nai B'rith chapter, and served on
the City Council.
ECH.
Regina Klein,
born in Unsleben in 1816, was in the group
that came to Cleveland from Unsleben in
1839. She married Simpson Thorman the
following year.
Simpson
and Regina Thorman had 11 children: Samuel
(the first Jewish child born in Cleveland),
Esther, Elizabeth
(Lizzie) next
page, Laura, Rebecca, Fanny, Abraham,
Judy, Frank, Simon, and a son who died in
infancy.
Simpson
died in 1881, Regina in 1885. Originally buried in Willet Street
Cemetery. their graves have been moved to Mayfield
Cemetery.
For a brief appreciation of his life,
written in 1912,
click here.
We show one line of the
descendants of Simpson and Regina Thorman
whose daughter:
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