Salomon Josepf DE GROOT

de Groot

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Salomon Josepf DE GROOT, birth ± 1758 Buczacz Galicia, died 14 Sep 1835 Wierden, son of David SALOMON and Hendrina LEVY
After Austria's annexation of Eastern Galicia (first division of Poland, 1772) deteriorated very much the economic situation of the Jews in that area. See literature. Many Jews emigrated, mostly to the west, among them Salomon Joseph. Nothin g is known about eventual brothers and/or sisters, neither when he left, which way he travelled abd when he reached Holland and finally settled in the small farmer's community Wierden, within regional community Kedingen.A few Jews arrived befor e him, bur there was no kehilla organization. IN 1812 he adopted De Groot as family-name. The related Registers of Kedingen have been lost,with a complete list of his wife and children.Maybe he and Martha had more than 5.
There is no Jewish cemetry in Wierden. Salomon Joseph (Jewish name: Yehoshua a.k.a. Selig) as well as his wife Martha, Their daughter Hendrina, daughter-in-law Frommetje van der Hoeden and Frommetje's little daughter Martha are probably burrie d in old Jewish cemetry in Almelo (Kerhofsweg), existing from before 1775 and which was in use till about 1845. This cemetry did not yet undergo restauration. Most of the tombstones are burried under vegetation, part of them broken, and many mor e probably disappeared under present parking lot. to:
Martha HEIMANS, birth 1768 Raalte, died 1 Dec 1834 Wierden, daughter of Heyman HEYMANS and Fronica EMANUELS

1) Joseph Salomon DE GROOT, birth 7 Jun 1800 Wierden, died 26 Dec 1879 Almelo
Married 20 May 1840 Almelo to:
Frommetje VAN DER HOEDEN, alias: Frommeltje, birth 14 Jan 1809 Nijkerk, died 20 Jan 1845 Almelo, daughter of Eliazer Simson VAN DER HOEDEN and Mietje Merle Isaac COHEN

2) Izak Salomon DE GROOT, birth 1802 Wierden, died 25 Mar 1844 Zwolle, occupation: koopman to:
Juda SALOMONS, alias: Jette Salomons, birth ± 1804 Neuenhaus Duitsland, died 18 Jan 1883 Almelo

3) Hendrina Salome DE GROOT, birth 1806 Wierden, died 8 Nov 1825 Wierden

4) Emanuel Salomon DE GROOT, birth 1 Apr 1810 Wierden, died 17 Dec 1898 Almelo, occupation: pedlar,merchant
Was reserve officer in Dutch rmy since 15.5.1830-1.8.1839.
Participated in Holland-Belgium war from his encampment in "Vesting Grave". Like all combatants in "Veldtocht van Hasselt" 1830/1831, received distinction "Metal Cross" on 5.4.1832.
Source: Algemeen Rijksarchief, Den Haag, letter G.H. den Kinkelder,2.1.2001. Moved to Almelo in 1833.
He was a pedlar/merchant of textiles but first mention of "Fa. E.S. de Groot, Manufacturen en Tricotage" I found in smallguidebook Almelo, published in 1914 (16 years after his death).
The company "Fa E.S. de Groot Manufactuern Engros" which occupied since 1900 a building in centre of town (Markt) was established by his son. About development of Twenthes textile industry, in which Jews played an important part, see B.W. de Vries : "From pedlars to textile-barons: The economic development of a Jewish minority group in the Netherlands", Bar-Ilan University 1996.
Married 2 Jul 1847 Almelo to:
Judith MEYERS, alias: Jet Meyers, birth 28 Sep 1822 Vierlingsbeek, died 25 Feb 1912 Almelo, daughter of Jacob Samuel MEYERS and Hester MOZES

5) Fronica DE GROOT, birth 1 Oct 1812 Wierden, died 4 Aug 1896 Almelo
Married 18 Jan 1849 Groenlo to:
Levy David MENDELS, birth 27 Nov 1821 Groenlo, died 22 Jan 1902 Almelo, occupation: brushmaker

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