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The Liebman –
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Click on a
name in either family tree below for more information on many
individuals listed. For a full page, printable family tree,
click
here for the top tree and
here for the bottom one.
New Jersey and
Cleveland Branches
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Southern Loveman
Branch
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 ewish settlement in Slovakia dates
to the 11th century, but the earliest surviving records of a Liebman family in the Zemplén region –
traditionally part of Hungary but today split between northern Hungary and
eastern Slovakia – date only to the 19th century. Birth records can be found
from as far back as 1840, and the 1869 Austro-Hungarian
census, which survives for the Zemplén region, is a particularly
rich source. It enumerates several Liebman families living in and
around the town of Zamutov at the time, and tells a good deal about how they lived.
 Two of these families,
one headed by
Izsak Liebman (1806-1883) and
Rezi Guttman (1816-1855) and
the other by
his brother
Jakob Liebman
(1808-1881) and
Yetta Karpel (1809-1881?) gave rise to
many descendants who emigrated to the United States
in the late 19th century and settled in New Jersey and Ohio,
respectively. A third branch, descendants of
David Liebman (1750-?) and
wife
Rezi (?-?),
or Rosa, of the nearby town of Licartovce and his
brother, another
Izsak Liebman (?-?) and his wife
Suve (?-?) of Drienov, fanned out to
several cities in the American south. That these two branches were
related is all but certain; exactly
how they were related is not clear. Some
family members from both branches remained in Slovakia, and in some cases met horrible fates at the
hands of the Nazis.
This website
tells many of their stories.
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1910 maps of nearby Zemplén and Sáros
Vármegye (counties) depict many small communities, including Zamutov
(marked in a red box) on the Zemplén map above, and Licartovce and
Drienov (depicted as Licsérd and Somos, respectively) on the Sáros
map below. The New Jersey Liebmans and Cleveland Lovemans originated
in Zemplén; the Southern Lovemans in Sáros. Click on the
thumbnails to enlarge the maps.
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The New Jersey Liebmans. Three of Izsak and
Rezi Liebman's children sailed for New Jersey in the 1880s
or early 1890s. They settled in the Newark area.
Collateral surnames are Abrams, Greenwald, Plain, Newman,
Morrison and Rackenberg.
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The
Cleveland Lovemans. Several of Jakob and Yetta
Liebman's offspring headed for Cleveland, where many
Hungarian Jews settled. Nearly all Anglicized the surname as
Loveman. Cleveland Loveman women married Friedmans and
Goodfriends.
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The
Southern Lovemans.
Liebmans from two Saros County
towns near Zamutov left Europe in the 1850s and stopped in
Michigan and Ohio before heading further south. They became Lovemans
and were prominent merchants in several cities in Tennessee,
Alabama and Georgia. Collateral surnames include Rich,
Mills, Black, Fleisman, Newman and Noa.
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Literary
Lovemans.
Four Loveman family members achieved some renown and made
real contributions to American literature.
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Loveman
Merchants. Several southern cities once boasted
Loveman's Department Stores, all established by family members.
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Those Who
Stayed Behind. Some Liebmans from both branches remained in Slovakia and Hungary. Most perished in
the Holocaust, but several survived to bear witness to it.
Collateral surnames include Friedman, Wirkman and Glueck,
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Photo
montage at top of page: From left, Lena Liebman Abrams (1850-1920), Markus
Liebman (1855-ca. 1888), Marcus Loveman (1851-1937), Rose Newman Alter
Potter (1879-1977), Katie Glick Liebman Gottfried (1857-1922), Joseph H.
Loveman (1881-1951), Robert Loveman (1864-1923), Bianca Noa Morehead
(1874-1945), Renee Friedman Baroth (1895-1972).
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Click on any underlined words in the site for more information. For
acknowledgments and contact information, click
here. |
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©
Scott D. Seligman, 2007, 2008,
2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. All rights reserved. |
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