Stern & Loebl Families Database
A fully searchable database containing the Jewish ancestors of the Stern and Lobl/Loebl families - and their many descendant lines as researched by Gerald Stern.
Meyer Feist became STRAUSS
1791 - 1891 (100 years)-
Name Meyer Feist became STRAUSS Birth 3 Mar 1791 Wied Selters, Germany 
Gender Male Death 18 Apr 1891 Cleveland, OH, USA Person ID I10067 My Genealogy Last Modified 19 Dec 2025
Father Feist BAER, b. 1745 d. 1831 (Age 86 years) Relationship natural Mother Juedel NATHAN, b. 1756 d. 1829 (Age 73 years) Relationship natural Family ID F3925 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Johanette Gelshe Goldie ISAAK, b. 1815 d. 1879 (Age 64 years) Marriage 1835 Children 1. Ferdinand STRAUSS, b. 1836, Selters, Germany d. 1904 (Age 68 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. Hannah Eva STRAUSS, b. 1843, Selters, Germany d. 1915, Cleveland, OH, USA (Age 72 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. Issac STRAUSS, b. 1845, Selters, Germany d. 1902 (Age 57 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. Catharine STRAUSS, b. 1847, Selters, Germany [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. Carolyn STRAUSS, b. Selters, Germany d. Cleveland, OH, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1121 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 19 Dec 2025
Family 2 Gelchen Fanny ABRAHAM became MICHEL, b. 1800, Freilingen, Germany d. 1834, Selters, Germany (Age 34 years) Marriage 1819 Selters, Germany Children 1. Abraham STRAUSS became STRAUS, b. 3 Mar 1822, Selters, Germany d. 13 Dec 1901, Cleveland, OH, USA (Age 79 years) [Father: Stepchild] [Mother: Stepchild]2. Lessman STRAUSS, b. 1827 d. 10 Nov 1912, Parkersburg, WV, USA (Age 85 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. Nathan STRAUSS, b. 1831, Selters, Germany d. 7 Nov 1905, Cleveland, OH, USA (Age 74 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. Jettchen STRAUSS, b. 1819, Selters, Germany d. 1834, Selters, Germany (Age 15 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1163 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 19 Dec 2025
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Notes - Meyer Feist Strauss was a survivor. He outlived two wives. He managed to serve in and return from the Napoleonic Wars where one third were killed or wounded. He made the perilous trans-Atlantic crossing to the United States in 1850 to Cleveland, Ohio (with his second wife, Johanette, and reached the extraordinary age of 100. The Strausses were one of the largest Jewish families of early Cleveland.
Born is Selters, in the Duchy of Nassau. Nassau is in the western region of modern Hesse, north of Weisbaden, Germany. Germany did not become a state until 1871. Selters became famous for its mineral spring and was a spa resort destination to take in the waters. The spring waters were shipped in ceramic crocks all over Europe and as far as America and Africa.
Courtesy of Linda Levine
- Meyer Feist Strauss was a survivor. He outlived two wives. He managed to serve in and return from the Napoleonic Wars where one third were killed or wounded. He made the perilous trans-Atlantic crossing to the United States in 1850 to Cleveland, Ohio (with his second wife, Johanette, and reached the extraordinary age of 100. The Strausses were one of the largest Jewish families of early Cleveland.