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Openheimer Family Crest Download (JPG) Heritage Series - 600 DPI

Family Crest Download (JPG) Heritage Series - 600 DPI

Etymology of Openheimer

What does the name Openheimer mean?

The Jewish name Openheimer is a habitation name derived from the town of Oppenheim in Hesse, on the Rhine between Mainz and Worms. The Old High German word "heim" meant 'homestead,' and so was often part of place names. Some of the most famous of the family were: Samuel Oppenheimer (1630-1703), a Jewish banker, imperial court diplomat, factor, and military supplier for the Holy Roman Emperor; David Oppenheim (1664-1736), the chief rabbi of Prague; and Salomon Oppenheim, Jr. (1772-1828), a German Jewish banker, the scion of an illustrious family of "court Jews" (Hofjuden) who had served as advisers and moneylenders to German princes in the Rhineland area for several generations. His bank is still in business today and still in the hands of the Oppenheim family, and is the world's largest privately-owned bank.

Openheimer Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Oppenheim, Oppenheimer, Openheimer, Openheizer, Oppenhaim, Openhaime, Openhajm and many more.

Openheimer migration to the United States +



Openheimer Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Joseph Openheimer, who landed in Mississippi in 1856 1
  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)

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