FRIEDLÄNDER Family and Troppau

An old handwritten SILBERSTEIN Stammbaum which I received from cousin Clare FREUND (1923-2004) in the 1990s among the family papers of her mother “Tante Doe”, Elisabeth D. FREUND geb. FREUND (1898-1982), contained a clue about the FRIEDLÄNDER family which I have never been able to follow-up on:

Jakob Philipp SILBERSTEIN (1786-1845) was married to Babette FRIEDLÄNDER (ca.1790-1849).  Next to her name in this old family tree is the name of the town Troppau (Opava, CZ).  Troppau is in Moravian Silesia.

With the new theory that Babette’s father Joseph FRIEDLÄNDER was the first husband of Johanna BOSCHAN, who went on to marry Moses BLÜHDORN of Olbersdorf (Mesto Albrechtice, CZ), there is a possible connection of the FRIEDLÄNDER family to Moravian Silesia.

Before this, the Troppau reference did not make much sense.  Even though Troppau is close to the Prussian / Austrian (Polish / Czech) border, it is on the “other side”, in Moravian Silesia.  Still, it is not far from Cosel (Kedzierzyn Kozle, PL), the town where Babette, Rosa, Jeanette and Marcus (Max) FRIEDLÄNDER were born.

One might speculate that the Joseph FRIEDLÄNDER family lived in Cosel in the late 1780s and the 1790s, and after his death (?) between 1797 and 1804, his widow, possibly Johanna BOSCHAN moved to Troppau , perhaps (pure speculation) where the BOSCHAN family lived.  Then, when Johanna re-married (?) to Moses BLÜHDORN, some or all of the family lived in Olbersdorf.

Or, maybe it was just Babette who lived in Troppau for some time before marrying Jakob Philipp SILBERSTEIN ca.1809. She might have been sent to live with someone from some part of her family or with a family friend after her father died.

This is a speculative blog entry designed for motivating more research, rather than reporting on findings.