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Emile Berliner Family Tree ( parents, siblings, and children)
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Note: Information based on:
The Origin and History of the Family and Branches of the Berliners of Hanover 1720-1997
by Philipp Goldmann
(Chapel Hill, N.C.: Professional Press, 1997).
Samuel Berliner b. Hanover, Germany, 20 Nov. 1813
d. Hanover, 20 Jan. 1872
m. 28 Feb. 1847
Sally Friedman b. 19 April 1826
d. Hanover, 17 Nov. 1903
Their 12 children:
1) Herman Zwi Berliner5) Manfred Berliner9) Johanne Berliner
b. Hanover, 4 May 1848
d. Vienna, 18 Sept. 1931		 b. Hanover, 29 Jan. 1853
d. Hanover, 25 Feb. 1930		 b. Hanover, 19 April 1857
d. Hanover, 6 July 1857
2) Jacob Berliner6) Franciska Berliner10) Joseph Berliner
b. Hanover, 31 March 1849
d. Hanover, 2 Sept.1918		 b. Hanover, 23 March 1854
d. Hanover, 2 Feb. 1918		 b. Hanover, 22 Aug. 1858
d. Hanover, 23 May 1938
3) Adolf Berliner
7)Rebecka Berliner b. Hanover, 28 March 1855
d. Washington, D.C.,
16 Aug. 1921
m.
27 Dec. 1876
Albert Sanders b. Gehrden, 29 June 1853
d. Washington, D.C.,
26 April 1919
their 7 children: Elsie, Joseph, Recha,
Siegfried, Elsie, Franziska, Anita
11) Rahel Berliner
b. Hanover, 3 April 1849
d. Hanover, 12 Nov. 1919		 b. Hanover, 6 May 1864
d. 29 April 1920
4)Emil(e)
Berliner		 b. Hanover,
20 May 1851
d. Washington, D.C.,
3 Aug. 1929
m.
26 Oct. 1881
Cora Adler b. Baltimore, MD,
1 Jan. 1862
d. Washington, DC,
21 Nov. 1942
8) Moritz Berliner12) Else Berliner
b. Hanover, 6 April 1856
d. Hanover, 23 Jan. 1925		 b. Hanover, 2 June 1869
d. Hanover, 9 Oct. 1938
Their 7 children:
1) Herbert Samuel Berliner b. 13 Sept. 1882
d. Aug. 1966
m. 11 Feb. 1915
Jessie Kerr Fleming

2) Hanna Edith Berliner b. Washington, D.C., 19 March 1884
d. Washington, D.C., 13 Feb. 1934
m. 13 Nov. 1905
Joseph Sanders b. Gehrden, 18 Oct. 1877
d. Washington, D.C., 20 Aug. 1960
(son of Albert Sanders and Rebecka Berliner, Emile's sister)

3) Edgar Maurice Berliner b. Washington, D.C., 25 July 1885
d. Beverly Hills, Calif., 2 July 1955
m. 18 Jan. 1909
Millie Wasserman b. 4 June 1886
d. 28 Oct. 1978
second marriage:
m. 28 Aug. 1928
Fannie Heillig b. 1 April 1891
d. 15 March 1981

4) Oliver Berliner b. Washington, D.C. 20 Dec. 1887
d. Washington, D.C., 6 March 1894

5) Louise Berliner b. Washington, D.C., 7 April 1894
d. Washington, D.C., 24 April 1967
m. 15 May 1916
Herbert Bennet Frank b. 23 Nov. 1885
d. 22 Feb. 1925
second marriage:
m.17 April 1938
Milton William King b. 19 Dec. 1891
d. Washington, D.C., 23 Jan. 1976

6) Henry Adler Berliner b. Washington, D.C., 13 Dec. 1895
d. Washington, D.C., 1 May 1970
m. 15 Sept. 1921
Josephine Mitchell b. 23 Oct. 1897
d. Washington, D.C., 5 April 1977

7) Alice Elizabeth Berliner b. Washington, D.C., 29 April 1900
d. 17 Sept. 1963
m. 14 Sept. 1923
Isador Lubin b. 9 June 1896
d. July 6, 1978
second marriage:
m. m. 10 Dec. 1930
Carl Greenbaum (born Notes) b. Texas, 10 July 1899
d. 9 May 1986


Note: Dates and places of birth and death are not always known.
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