Goldsmith, Richard

Simon Samuel Goldschmidt settled in Kirchweyhe, in northern Germany. He and his wife Rosette had many children, one of them Sally Goldschmidt, born in 1836 in Kirchweyhe. Sally went on to became a businessman and married Emma Strauss of Leese, Germany. They had three children: Martha, Richard and Max. Sally Goldschmidt died in 1903, his wife Emma in 1930.

Richard Goldschmidt, also in business, married Else Goldschmidt of Kirchweyhe, the daughter of Ivan and Bertha Goldschmidt, in 1905. They had one son, Heinz, born in 1906. Heinz became involved in textile sales in Bremen and in 1938 married Gertrud Meyer. Richard died in 1931, his wife Else in 1933.