Mendelssohn, Alexander, 1798-1871

Joseph was the eldest son of Moses Mendelssohn and founded the banking house of Mendelssohn and Co. together with his brother Abraham. Joseph was born in Berlin on August 11, 1770 and died there on November 24, 1848. He married Henriette ("Hinni") Meyer, who was born in Alt-Strelitz in 1776 and died in Berlin in 1862. Joseph Mendelssohn had two sons, Benjamin (Georg Benjamin) and Alexander. The banker Alexander Mendelssohn was born in Berlin on September 19, 1798, and died there on October 25, 1871. Alexander took over the banking house after his father’s death and was the last Jewish descendant of Moses Mendelssohn. Franz von Mendelssohn, a banker, was the son of Alexander and his wife Marianne. He was born in Berlin on January 25, 1829,