Welcome to the Dreifussbros Family Archive

Fully linked composite of all family groupings in DreifussBros.com

The Dreifuss family dates back to Abraham Dreyfuss of Altdorf, Baden, born ca 1747 and his wife Duset, whose Weil surname dates to Jonas b. 1665 in Emmendingen, Baden (Germany). Major surnames include all family tree names plus Bernheim, Bloch, Neumark, Schnurmann, Weil, Gunzberger and Bauman. Origins include Altdorf, Schmieheim, Emmendingen in Germany and New York City boroughs, Danville, Selinsgrove, PA and Detroit, MI.

The Eisenstadt family dates to Abrahm Eisenstadt of Pinsk, Belarus born 1868 and wife Ida, whose surname Mednick dates to her parents David and Tillie Portnoy. A key maternal line is the Kamp (Kampinsky) family dating back to Yitzhak born in Kudirkos Naumiestis (historically known as Neustadt or Naishtot) and Perl. This family also covers the Kamp (Kampinsky) family with origins in Kybartai (Kibart) Lithuania and Fulton, NY.

The Garfinkel paternal family dates to back to Lejb and Ryfka of the early 19th century with their 4 sons: Solomon (Shloimi), Yermyahu, Yitzak, Simca and Moishe. Their roots were anchored in and around Rozawadow and Mielec, Galicia (the historical region spanning what is now within Poland and Ukraine).

The Hess family is the maiden name of the Dreifuss Brothers’ grandmother Carrie who along with multiple sibling dates back to Hintersteinau via Fulda within the Hessian state in Germany. The many other surnames of significance includes, Neumark, Ottensosser, Levi, Bloemendal (of Amsterdam), Dreifuss, Adler, Wolfsheimer, Abeles, Israel, Baum and Stern. It is notable that this line in connected to Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki Rashi

The Kless family dates to Abraham, born 1865 and Khava (Chaja, Khaia) Kless of Sarny, Poland (now, Rivne Oblast of Ukraine). Significant surnames among the Gerstenfeld family include Barth (Stary Sambar, Galicia in today’s Ukraine) and Locker (Jablonka, Poland).

The primary surnames here are Schneider and Czarnolefski. The Sznejders appear to go back generations along with the city of Lomza, Poland. The Czarnolaskis once lived within Grajewo and Szczeczyn, Poland.

The primary surnames are Tambeau and Morse which are combined here. The paternal surname, Tambeau has undergone multiple transformations since the first William Tombos (b. ca 1787) immigrated to Pennsylvania from Holland in ca 1802 and married Mary Ann Herzkey in Lancaster in 1811- 9 generations ago. Other notable surnames include Ninehan, Loftus, Williams, Fitzsimmons, Lake, Rorher and Holzhausen. The other primary surname, Morse is traced back before the Mayflower Pilgrimage of Richard Warren. Other notable surnames include Bemis, Johnson, Whitney, Tredway, Puffer, Spring, Dunbar, Thaxter, Church and Walker.

The Walter Family is a focus on the pairing of the paternal and maternal surnames: Walter and Wasserman. David Walter was born in Powazki neighborhood of Warsaw, Poland in 1891. His wife, Yeta (b.1896) like many of her Wasserman relatives were from Zwolen, Poland. This group can be viewed as a perspective of their descendants and ancestors. Significant descendant surnames include Sturm, Wadler, Garfinkel and Brownfield. Ancestral surnames include Feilen (Falo), Groszeptz (Gross), Boruchowitz (Berkowitz) and Zolty.