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Harrisburg, Pa.
born May 5, 1836 Jebenhausen, Germany
died October 5, 1864 Harrisburg, Pa.
Here is buried the
dear woman, the glory of her husband and the glory of her children,
Mrs.
Lobish, wife of Joseph Kahnweiler of Harrisburg, [..?..] to her
soil on Wednesday, 5 Tishri [5]625. May her soul be bound in the bond
of life. Amen Selah
Additional information:
Daughter of  Abraham
Einstein and his wife,
Ella (Arnold). Immigrated from Jebenhausen, Germany, with her parents,
in 1839. In the early 1850's the family resided in Dillsburg, where
Abraham Einstein owned a dry goods store and Joseph Kahnweiler, a
recent
immigrant from Rockenhausen, Germany, entered his employ as a clerk
before becoming his
son-in-law. A man of considerable business ability, Kahnweiler soon
established
a dry goods store of his own in Harrisburg, which during the Civil War
was one of the most prominent in this area of Pennsylvania. In later
years he was one of Harrisburg's major real estate owners and among the
first to build rows of houses for the working class. He is also
remembered for the ill-advised purchase of Lafayette Hall, a large
entertainment venue in Harrisburg's Eighth Ward which failed to return
profits and for many years stood empty.
Lydia Kahnweiler's headstone is strikingly similar to her father's grave
marker. Her gravesite is the only one in this cemetery still
showing the original arrangement with headstone and
footstone enclosed by an iron railing.
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