List: Name Adoption List of Essingen, 1808.

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Straus Historical Society

Name/Title

List: Name Adoption List of Essingen, 1808.

Entry/Object ID

EarlyFam2.013.005

Scope and Content

List: Name Adoption List of Essingen, 1808. After Napoleon's Declaration of Regulating the Jews in 1808, all Jews were required to declare a last name. This entry is one of the lists of the old and new names. Several members and close relatives of the Straus family are on these lists.