• Hugo BAMBERGER, b. 11 Feb 1900 Muschenheim/HE,  1938 Rotterdam to NY, d. 24 Aug 1961 Queens/NYC
• └ ∞(26 Aug 1940 Queens/NY) Claire ROTHSCHILD, b. 24 Aug 1906 Schluchtern/HE, 1928 Hamburg to NY, d. 9 Jul 1973 NY/USA

 

Stolpersteine will be laid for the family of Leopold, Jenny (née Mayer), Julius, and Hugo Bamberger on 20 Nov 2024. Please contact Sharon Meen @ [email protected] for more details.

*Birth date/place in Ancestry.com. ”New York, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1794-1943”
*Identified as daughter of Jakob Rothschild in Ancestry.com. ”New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957”
*On 21 May 1928, Claire arrived in New York, USA by boat departing from Hamburg, Germany. She initially spelled her name as “Clare” and worked as a housekeeper in New York City. (See [https://www.ancestry.ca/discoveryui-content/view/2004679290:7488 New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists])
* the story of Klara Rothschild between 1928 and 1932 is sketchy: it seems possible that she returned to Germany either in 1929, as we find a record for a Klara Rothschild, 23 years old, b. in Schlüchtern, departing from Hamburg on 12 December 1929; see https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/17085454:1068?ssrc=pt&tid=169962792&pid=322209096684.
* On 10 December 1931, Claire Rothschild submitted a “Declaration of Intent” to acquire American citizenship; on 13 January 1936, she became an American citizen; see https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4354410:2499
* She returned to Germany sometime in late 1931/early 1932, possibly/probably for the death of her mother, who died on 6 March 1932 in Schlüchtern, Germany.
* On 05 May 1932, Clare Rothschild returned to New York City, arriving on 14 May 1932; see Staatsarchiv Hamburg; Hamburg, Deutschland; Hamburger Passagierlisten; Volume: 373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 402; Page: 848; Microfilm No.: K_1993 @ https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2014977792:7488?ssrc=pt&tid=169962792&pid=322209096684
* On 26 August 1940, Clare Rothschild married Hugo Bamberger in Queens, NY, in Ancestry.com. ”New York, New York, U.S., Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018”; see https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/290722:61406?ssrc=pt&tid=169962792&pid=322209095485
*Death date/place in Ancestry.com. ”U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014”
*Burial place in FindaGrave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/240617390/claire-bamberger
*Photo credit by Dalya D