The Lowe Family Tree

Bertha, as she was known, was born under the name Barbara Steinheimer to parents Heinrich Steinheimer and Kunigunda Fleischmann.¹ Her parents were recent immigrants from Bavaria (Germany), arriving 7 years prior. She grew up with 3 older siblings and 4 younger siblings. They were brothers John, Henry, and George, and sisters Margaret, Gertrude, Rose, and Anna.

Philip Sternefeld was born 24 July 1891 in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA at 217 E. 122nd Street, East Harlem. His parents Samuel Sternefeld and Babetta "Barbara" Scheierman, were Jewish immigrants. Samuel had arrived in New York 10 years earlier from the Netherlands (sometime referred to as Holland) and Babetta 7 years before Sam from Germany.