Henry and Johanna emigrated to North America in the early 1860s shortly after they were married. Their first three children, (Katherine born ca. 1868, Maurice born ca. 1869, and Julius V. born ca. 1872) were born in Canada. The family then moved to San Francisco, California, where their sons Otto S. and Athur were born around 1878 and son, George was born about 1880.
Julius V. later married a woman by the name of Julia, and had a daughter named Helen F (born ca. 1896) in Wisconsin. Otto S. later married Adelaide and opened a furniture store in Seattle. Family members are beileved to have begun settling in Seattle as early as the 1880s, and many lived in the city by 1910.
Henry Shoninger was born in 1833 in Germany, married Sophia in 1857, and emigrated in America before the mid-1870s. Sophia gave brith to their eldest daughter, Hannah, in 1874 in Louisville, Kentucky. Hannah had at least three other siblings: Hattie (born ca. 1877) Solomon (born ca. 1859), and Bernard (born ca. 1852).
Henry Shoninger's daughter Hannah married Maurice Grunbaum in 1903 in Seattle, Washington. Maurice operated the Grunbaum Dry Goods Store located at 607-609 2nd Ave in Seattle during the 1890s through early 1900s. Prior to the Grunbaum's move to Chicago, Illionois between 1904 and 1906, the couple gave birth to their first child. Henry Maurice, in 1904.
Following their move to Chicago, Maurice and Hannah had at least two other children: Helen S. (born ca. 1906) and Arthur J. (born January 1909). It is possible that the family later returned to Seattle, Washington.
Portraits of Grunbaum family members believed to have been assembled by Hannah Shoninger Grunbaum or by her father, Henry Shoninger. Originally contained in an album. The portraits probably are members of the Grunbaum family, particularly Henry and Johanna Grunbaum and their children. Most photos appear to date to the 1860s through the 1890s, with several that may date to 1900-1920. Photos were taken in the U.S. (particularly in Seattle, Washington, California, and Michigan) and in various European towns, particularly in Paris, France, Vienna, Austria and Teschen (Cesky Tesin), and the Czech Republic.
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Collected by the Washington State Jewish Historical Society.
Donated by Helen G. Rosen (believed to be a granddaughter of Maurice and Hannah Grunbaum), August 4, 1987.
Processed by Megan Churchwell and Christy Hansen, 2010; Processing completed by Elizabeth Russell in 2011.
Other photographs of Grunbaum family members are in PH Coll 650, Washington State Jewish Archives Photographs.
J. Lowy was a portrait photographer in addition to serving as official court photographer and offical photographer of the Austro-Hungarian Emperor. He established a photography studio in Wien (Vienna) in 1868 and was active until the 1890s.
Photographs are marked Wien, which is the German name for Vienna.
Handwriting on back difficult to read. Mentions Victoria, Wien, Olympia Anna Grunbaum (?). Place/date handwritten as Gersthof, in Wien, 17/7 ‘73.
Handwriting on photo appears to read "Hans"
Schrank founded the Vienna portrait studio Schrank & Massak with Frank Massak in 1870. Schrank left the company in 1873.
Photographer E. Rabending is probably Emil Rabending.
Photographer R. Pokorny is possibly Reuter Pokorny.
Subject appears to be a religious figure. Some handwriting on verso of mount, but not in English.
Item 25, woman with braids, is same woman with braids seen in earlier image, item 11.
Teschen is the German name of a town on the Olza River now divided into the towns of Cieszyn, Poland, and Český Těšín, Czech Republic.
Leopoldstadt is a district in Austria; Vienna is in this district.
Front of mount: “Sperl Garten” and “Berger.”
Sperl possibly refers to a Vienna dance hall in operation to 1873.
Two copies of same image, but with different handwritten information on verso of mounts. Handwriting difficult to read.
Taken in Steinmetzplatz, Tegernsee, South Germany.
Taken in Schwechat, a town Southeast of Vienna.
Photo taken in Kremsier, a town in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic.
Probably taken in Czech Republic.
Probably taken in Czech Republic.
Taken in Sopronbran/Oedenburg County, Hungary, in present-day north-western Hungary and eastern Austria.
Taken in Abbazia (Opatija), a town in western Croatia.
Handwriting on front of mount appears to read "Varney Chicago." Varney is likely the photographer's last name.
Many Grunbaum family members lived in the Chicago area.
Subject is potentially Maurice or Julius Grunbaum, who were born to Henry and Johanna circa 1869 and 1872, respectively, in British Columbia.
Photographer: Probably Hannah Hatherly Maynard, wife of Richard Maynard. Opened photography studio after moving to B.C. in 1862 and retired in 1912.
Could potentially be Otto S., Arthur, or George W. Grunbaum, who were born to Henry and Johanna between circa 1878 and circa 1880 in the San Francisco area.
Could potentially be Otto S., Arthur, or George W. Grunbaum, who were born to Henry and Johanna between circa 1878 and circa 1880 in the San Francisco area.
It is believed that Leah married Arthur Wagner, but the relationship between her and the Henry Grunbaum family is unclear. She may be one of their younger children. The Henry and Johanna Grunbaum family lived briefly in San Francisco from circa 1878-1880.
Handwritten on verso of mount: A happy new year from Irene Johanna Grunbaum.
Believed to be Irene Grunbaum, born circa 1894 to Leo and Rebecca Grunbaum. Older sister of Rosalee Grunbaum.
Handwritten on verso: From Rosalie Grunbaum.
Subject believed to be Rosalee Grunbaum, born to Leo P. and Rebecca Grunbaum circaa 1901. Rebecca and Leo married in 1891 and also had another daughter, older sister Irene born circaa 1894.
Photographer: Probably Francis “Frank” Marion Stamper, active in Idaho from 1883.
All photographs are by photographer Frank La Roche, who arrived in Seattle just after the Great Fire of June 1889 to find the city in ashes, but soon opened a gallery, the Rainier Photographic and Art Studios, at 709 Second Street, where Item 51 was taken circa 1891-1892. Items 52-53 were taken in his second studio, La Roche & Co., at 606 Second Street. La Roche was one of Seattle's more active photographers in the late 1880s and early 1890s.
Handwritten on margin of front: Deine Schwagerin Anna Grunbaum 1914.
Identified on verso as J.V. Grunbaum, may be Julius (son of Henry and Johanna, born circa 1872).