Goudsmit & Goldschmidt -- a geneasequel - Person Sheet
Goudsmit & Goldschmidt -- a geneasequel - Person Sheet
NameJosef/ Jossel/ Jozzel b’ David Goldschmidt segal? z goldenen Schwan 
Birthabt 1510, D, Frankfurt
Memorough estimate
Death20 Jun 1572, D, Frankfurt
Memoacc to ET: burned by his executioner
BurialFrankfurt (Battonnstrasse) ?
FatherDavid b’ Eljakim mi Heilbronn z roten Hut (~1490-1557)
MotherEva b’ Leizer? z roten Hut (~1490-)
Spouses
Birthabt 1510, D, Mainz?
Deathabt 1579, D, Frankfurt?
FatherMostel/ Mosse/ Moshe b’ Josef Schaffhausen Goldschmidt segal mi Nürnberg z goldenen Schwan (<1445-1531)
MotherNN b’ ? (e2’ Mostel b’ Josef Schaffhausen) (~1470-<1520)
ChildrenHerts/ Hirsh b’ Josef (Married >) (~1535-)
Notes for Josef/ Jossel/ Jozzel b’ David Goldschmidt segal? z goldenen Schwan
Parnas — Baumeister (= Master Builder) in 1561
House “goldener Schwan”
[NB: his surname ‘Goldschmidt’ as registered in the Frankfurt council administration, is taken from his father-in-law’s — such habit did come across also in other families]
1556 his capital amounts to 11800 fl — in 1567 he is without capital [cf his story under here] ®41
1566 mentioned as brother of Maier z roten Hut [cf]
he had several children — the only one with an entry in Ele Toldot is:
# Herts b’ Josef Goldschmidt z goldenen Schwan (d. ?) >>
NB: “Josef’s nephew is Moshe b’ Alexander kats Goldschmidt z Korb” — quoting a text in the Frankfurt Jewish Museum website ®41 — [but how?]
Further quote from the website of the Frankfurt Jewish Museum ®41:
“Josef Goldschmidt, known as ‘Joseph the humble Jew at the house Goldener Schwan’, was the most important Jewish businessman in the 16th century. He enjoyed the full confidence of the Frankfurt city council, which stood guarantor for him, and he was one of the very small number of Jews involved in the business of the great German financial houses such as the Fuggers in Augsburg and the Imhofs in Nuremberg. He first worked as Imhof's broker at the Frankfurt Fair. He soon became engaged in arranging loans and investing money for many church and secular princes.
The collapse of the south German business houses and the unreliability of his princely creditors led to his downfall.
As early as 1564, the emperor Maximilian II ordered the city council to imprison Josef for a limited period as a punishment for a year's delay in paying the city council the imperial taxes entrusted to him. When he was no longer able to fulfill his commitments, he was arrested at the instigation of the Elector of the Palatinate and charged with the forgery of promissory notes and embezzlement. He was thereafter nicknamed the "Siegeldieb" ("court forger"). Despite many trials and retrials, some involving the use of torture, he maintained his innocence and accused his Christian clerk of the forgery. In June 1568 his business premises and cellar, which were apparently located outside the Judengasse, were searched and locked. Because the Frankfurt city council also claimed repayments from Josef, he was kept in strict imprisonment. His health continued to deteriorate and he died on 20 June 1572 in the hospital.” — [NB: according to ET his corpse was burned by the town-executioner]
NB: Herts b’ Josef or another not yet known son of Josef & Shprintz Goldschmidt might be a link in some of the suggested lineage conjunctions between forefather “Mostel b’ Josef Schaffhausen mi Nürnberg” and several of his descendants.
House “goldener Schwan”
[NB: his surname ‘Goldschmidt’ as registered in the Frankfurt council administration, is taken from his father-in-law’s — such habit did come across also in other families]
1556 his capital amounts to 11800 fl — in 1567 he is without capital [cf his story under here] ®41
1566 mentioned as brother of Maier z roten Hut [cf]
he had several children — the only one with an entry in Ele Toldot is:
# Herts b’ Josef Goldschmidt z goldenen Schwan (d. ?) >>
NB: “Josef’s nephew is Moshe b’ Alexander kats Goldschmidt z Korb” — quoting a text in the Frankfurt Jewish Museum website ®41 — [but how?]
Further quote from the website of the Frankfurt Jewish Museum ®41:
“Josef Goldschmidt, known as ‘Joseph the humble Jew at the house Goldener Schwan’, was the most important Jewish businessman in the 16th century. He enjoyed the full confidence of the Frankfurt city council, which stood guarantor for him, and he was one of the very small number of Jews involved in the business of the great German financial houses such as the Fuggers in Augsburg and the Imhofs in Nuremberg. He first worked as Imhof's broker at the Frankfurt Fair. He soon became engaged in arranging loans and investing money for many church and secular princes.
The collapse of the south German business houses and the unreliability of his princely creditors led to his downfall.
As early as 1564, the emperor Maximilian II ordered the city council to imprison Josef for a limited period as a punishment for a year's delay in paying the city council the imperial taxes entrusted to him. When he was no longer able to fulfill his commitments, he was arrested at the instigation of the Elector of the Palatinate and charged with the forgery of promissory notes and embezzlement. He was thereafter nicknamed the "Siegeldieb" ("court forger"). Despite many trials and retrials, some involving the use of torture, he maintained his innocence and accused his Christian clerk of the forgery. In June 1568 his business premises and cellar, which were apparently located outside the Judengasse, were searched and locked. Because the Frankfurt city council also claimed repayments from Josef, he was kept in strict imprisonment. His health continued to deteriorate and he died on 20 June 1572 in the hospital.” — [NB: according to ET his corpse was burned by the town-executioner]
NB: Herts b’ Josef or another not yet known son of Josef & Shprintz Goldschmidt might be a link in some of the suggested lineage conjunctions between forefather “Mostel b’ Josef Schaffhausen mi Nürnberg” and several of his descendants.