Lachotzki Family Collection
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains the vital records and family papers of Bruno and Selma Lachotzki (later Lyon), as well as those of their children and ancestors.
This collection contains a large number of birth, death, and marriage records stretching into the mid 19th century, although many of the older documents are transcriptions or copies generated during the 1930s. Scattered within the first folder are a few other types of documents, including a military passport (1880s), a notarized family book, and some school records. The third folder contains correspondence, including a letter from the Saint-Cyprien camp and illustrated cards sent on special occasions, as well as various other family papers such as a register from a women's boarding house in Westphalia. The remaining materials include United States naturalization documents, a small amount of restitution correspondence, and two books commemorating Bruno and Selma Lachotzki's wedding and wedding anniversary.
Dates
- 1881-1940
Creator
- Lyon, Fred A., 1928- (Person)
- Lachotzki family (Family)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German and English.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Biographical Note
Selma Oster (born 1888, Xanten) married Bruno Lachotzki (born 1887, Tempelburg/Czaplinek, name alternately spelled Lachotzky in some documents) in Berlin in 1920. They changed their name to Lyon upon emigration to the United States at the end of the 1930s.
Extent
7 Folders
Abstract
This collection contains the vital records and family papers of Bruno and Selma Lachotzki (later Lyon), as well as those of their children and ancestors.
- Berlin (Germany)
- Correspondence
- Czaplinek (Poland)
- Kaufmann, Rosa, 1850-
- Lachotzki family
- Lachotzki, Bruno, 1887-1966
- Lachotzki, Selma, 1888-1964
- Legal documents
- Marriage records
- Oster family
- Oster, Adolph, 1841-1907
- Saint-Cyprien (Concentration camp)
- United States -- Emigration and immigration
- Xanten (Germany)
- Title
- Guide to the Lachotzki Family Collection, 1881-1940 AR 4149
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Timothy Ryan Mendenhall
- Date
- © 2012
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- July 06, 2012 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
