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York, Pa.
born November 17, 1812 Aldingen, Germany
died November 7, 1841 York, Pa.
פ"ש
שמואל בר שלמה
פאפפענהיימער
מק"ק עלטינגען
נפטר ביום א' כ"ג
ונקבר ביום ב' כ"ד
מרחשון תר"ב לפ"ק
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Here lies Samuel,
son of Solomon Pappenheimer, from the Holy Community of Aldingen, died
on Sunday,
23, and buried on Monday, 24 Marheshvan [5]602
Additional information:
In 1840 Samuel Pappenheimer shared his living quarters in York, Pa.,
with Ephraim Wormser, who was his cousin, and Pfiver Goodman. They had
only recently arrived from Germany and, like many German-Jewish
immigrants of that era, had started out as peddlers. Unfortunately,
Samuel never lived to enjoy the fruits of his labor.
His beautifully shaped headstone is very similar to
the one dedicated to Isaac Koschland. Both
died in 1841, and both burials were slightly out of the
ordinary, as neither Pappenheimer nor Koschland were
members of the Benevolent
Society which administered the cemetery. It is recorded in the minutes
book of the Society that the amount of $ 20.00 was paid for
Samuel Pappenheimer's burial.
Although not himself a member, he was not
a stranger. His stepmother back home in Aldingen was a cousin of Abraham Einstein in York, Eve Arnold in
Fayetteville, and Zierle Sulzberger in
Philadelphia, who all belonged to the Benevolent Society. So did Pfiver
Goodman, Samuel's roommate and business associate. Another founding
member of the Society, Fanny Grabenheim, also from Aldingen, had sailed
to America together with Samuel's younger brother and sister in June
1840.
The place name, Aldingen, is misspelled in the Hebrew epitaph.
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