Cerf Family Tree - Updated

Blogging is the new way to share.  Instead of printing and distributing family genealogy research and copying photos/heirlooms, I am able to put the information online for those who may be interested.  A note about privacy:  I will never include names or information about living relatives.

In future blogs, I will post copies of old family photos, the pages from a Cerf Prayer Book with its handwritten birth, marriage and death entries, and other genealogy research.  I hope you enjoy these treasures as much as I do.

Let's start with a family chart as something to be referred to in the future.  Each generation is numbered 1-4 and indented.  At this point in time, I am not including older generations before 1755 as they will be the focus of future blogs.  I will attempt to edit this list as needed, so please feel free to post a comment or email me if you can correct any mistakes or fill in any holes.  My email address is dawncerf [at] gmail.com.

By the way, my connection to this family tree is that my husband is descended from Arthur Cerf (b. 1886).  I enjoy researching my children's family history.  [Last updated 4 Dec 2011]

1-Moise Salomon Cerf, b. Abt 1755, d. 6 Jun 1822, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France
    + Pierrette Taib Heymann Levy, b. Abt 1757, m. 28 Jan 1849, d. 7 Feb 1814, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France
     2-Bernard Cerf, b. Abt 1787, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France, d. 12 Jun 1849, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France
         +Clarice Bloch, b. 1792, Roxheim, Haut Rhin, France, d. 19 Jan 1856, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France
          3-Delphine Cerf, b. 18 Dec 1818, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France
          3-Felicite Cerf, b. 11 Aug 1821, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France
              +Arnold Aron, m. 30 Aug 1843, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France
               4-Alexandre Aron, b 25 June 1845, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France, d. 1846
               4-Adolphe Aron, b. 24 Jun 1847, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France, d. 1858
               4-Zelie Aron, b. 23 Nov 1848, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France
               4-Albert Aron, b. 14 Jun 1850, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France
               4-Jonas Aron, b. 16 Mar 1852, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France, d. 1852
               4-Louis Aron, b. 1 Aug 1855, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France
          3-Moise Cerf, b. 30 May 1923, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France
          3-Aaron Cerf, b. 16 Sep 1824, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France, d. 20 May 1908, San Francisco, California
              +Phoebe Barbe Levy, b. 16 Jun 1840, Metzervisse, Moselle, France, m. 16 Feb 1864, San Francisco, California, d. 5 Aug 1916, San Francisco, California
                4-Clarisse Cerf, b. 3 Mar 1867, San Pablo, Alameda, California, d. 6 Dec 1932, San Francisco, California
                   +Samuel Louis Rosenberg, b. Sep 1851, Poland, m. 1 Jan 1888, Ukiah, Mendocino, California, d. 17 Oct 1912, California
                    5-Camille Rosenberg, b. 16 Oct 1889, Ukiah, Mendocino, California, d. 4 Jul 1932, San Francisco, California
                        +Alvin Abraham Goldstein, b. 15 Feb 1892, San Francisco, California, m. May 1913, Juneau, Alaska, d. 30 Mar 1920, Juneau, Alaska
                           6-Aline Ann Goldstein, b. 26 May 1916, Juneau, Alaska, d. 17 Sep 1986 Palo Alto, California

                              + Leonard Trainer Pockman, b. 26 Jul 1911, San Francisco, California, m. 16 Jun 1937, d. 23 Feb 1967, San Mateo, California

                                7-Jack Webster Pockman, b. 6 Aug 1942, San Francisco, California, d. 7 May 2010, San Jose, Santa Clara, California
                        +Jacob "Jack" Jagorda, b. 1891 New York, m. 1923
                    5-Aline Rosenberg, b. 13 Jul 1892, Ukiah, Mendocino, California, d. 19 Jan 1955, Juneau, Alaska
                        +Charles Gregory Warner, b. 1879, Ohio, d. 2 Apr 1937, Juneau, Alaska

                           6- Peter Warner, b. 15 Aug 1922, Los Angeles, California, d, 7 Jul 2007, Delray Beach, Palm Beach, Florida
                    5-Leon Morris Rosenberg Alexander, b. 2 May 1897, Ukiah, Mendocino, California, d. 20 Oct 1994, Watsonville, Santa Cruz, California

                        + Cecilia Rose Alexander, b. 3 June 1905, Watsonville, Santa Cruz, California, m. 1933, d. 2 Jun 1991, Watsonville, Santa Cruz, California
                    5-Harold A. Rosenberg, b. 21 Oct 1900, d. 6 Sep 1901
               4-Bernard Cerf, b. 15 Dec 1868, San Pablo, Alameda, California, d. 1942, San Francisco, California
                   +Regina Jacob, b. 1871, France, m. 1905, d. 1959, San Francisco, California
                      5-Edgar Marcel Cerf, 6 Mar 1905, San Francisco, California, d. 20 Mar 1996, Potomac, Montgomery, Maryland
                        +Clara Ruelas, b. 13 Sep 1904, Mexico, d. 19 Jan 2003, Gold River, Sacramento, California
               4-Boy Cerf, b. 18 Aug 1870, San Pablo, Alameda, California, d. 18 Aug 1870, Oakland, Alameda, California
               4-Clotilde Cerf, b. 18 Apr 1872, Oakland, Alameda, California, d. 2 Dec 1955, San Francisco, California
                   +Benjamin M. Rosenberg, b. 15 Mar 1864, Poland/Germany, m. 20 Nov 1892, Ukiah, Mendocino, California, d. 20 Nov 1948, Oxnard, California
                    5-Cerf Solomon Rosenberg, b. 31 Aug 1896, Ukiah, Mendocino, California, d. 7 Oct 1968, Los Angeles, California
                        +Jean Ida Ross, b. Abt 1902, New York
                           6-Cerf Stanford Rosenberg Ross, b. 4 Sep 1921, San Francisco, California, d. 8 Feb 1998, Austin, Texas

                               +Jenice Anna Davidson, b. 6 Jul 1925, Harris County, Texas, d. 20 Feb 2004, Austin, Texas
                        +Muriel Louise Rudin, b. 21 May 1908, d. 7 May 1996
                    5-Alphonse Samson Rosenberg, b. 2 Jul 1898, Ukiah, Mendocino, California, d. Jul 1981, Palo Alto, San Mateo, California
                         +Adele Gross, b. 7 Feb 1907, New York, m. 1925, d. 19 Mar 2006, Palo Alto, San Mateo, California

                            6-Helene Rosenberg, b. 25 Nov 1926, Manhattan, New York, d. 30 Aug 2013, Palmdale, Los Angeles, California
               4-Lucien Cerf, b. 11 May 1874, Oakland, Alameda, California, d. 10 Dec 1957, San Francisco, California
                    +Marie Bine, b. 14 Sep 1884, California, m. 1914, d. 18 Mar 1957, San Francisco, California
               4-Emile Cerf, b. 16 Jan 1877, Oakland, Alameda, California, d. 31 Dec 1944, California
                   +Carrie Sheuerman, b. 4 Dec 1889, Oregon, m. 1910, d. 17 Mar 1965, California
                    5- Emile Aaron Cerf, Jr., b. 28 Jun 1910, California, d. 6 Mar 1937, Sonoma, California
                    5-Russell Cerf, b. 25 Sep 1916, San Francisco, California, d. 21 Jan 1988, Tucson, Pima, Arizona

                        + Mary J. Hayes, b. Abt 1915
               4-Felice Cerf, b. 23 Dec 1880, Oakland, Alameda, California, d. 2 Dec 1919, California
                   +Louis Hofman, b. 8 Dec 1879, California, m. 9 Jun 1907, d. 23 Aug 1934, Ukiah, Mendocino, California
                    5-Felice Louise Hofman, b. 12 Dec 1911, California, d. Jul 1986, San Francisco, California
                        +Herbert Leo Dryfoos, b. 26 Mar 1910, New York City, New York, m. California, d. 27 May 2000, Walnut Creek, Contra Costa, California
                        6-Robert Dryfoos, b. 7 Jul 1939, d. Jan 1974

                             +Carol Jean Norris, b. 29 Aug 1940, d. 9 Sep 1993
                        6-Linda Dryfoos (Adopted), d., California
               4-Arthur "Archie" Cerf, b. 17 Jan 1886, Oakland, Alameda, California, d. 13 Oct 1979, San Francisco, California
                   +Addie Zander, b. 22 Jul 1889, San Francisco, California, m. 8 Oct 1917, d. 23 Feb 1963, San Francisco, California
                    5-Arthur Zander Cerf, b. 16 Oct 1918, San Francisco, California, d. 10 Jun 2012, San Francisco, California
                        +Shirley Steinau, b. 6 Jul 1922, San Francisco, California, d. 3 Mar 1994, San Francisco, California

                4-Alan Robert Cerf, b. 26 Mar 1924, San Francisco, California, d. 24 Aug 2017, Piedmont, Alameda, California

                    +Lila Joan Spitzer, b. 4 Oct 1927, Honolulu, Hawaii, m. 3 Sep 1952, Carmel, Monterey, California, d. 10 Sep 2020, Piedmont, Alameda, California
          3-Rose Cerf, 16 Mar 1829, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France
          3-Solomon Cerf, b 23 Jan 1831, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France
              +Felice
          3-Pauline Cerf, b. Jan 1836, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France, d. 10 Oct 1905, Black Diamond, California
              +Aaron Senderman, b. 1816, Bavaria, Germany, d. 8 Jan 1899
               4-Dorothy Senderman, b. Mar 1863, California, d. 22 May 1939, Alameda County, California
                   +Simon Bachrach, b. Dec 1945, Richmond City, Virginia, m. 6 May 1882, Alameda County, California, d. 19 Oct 1916, California
                    5-Beatrice Bachrach, b. 2 Jun 1884, Oakland, Alameda, California, d. 23 Apr 1969, Oakland, Alameda, California
                    5-Henry Isaac Bachrach, b. 4 Jul 1886, Oakland, Alameda, California, d. 1 Dec 1944, Alameda County, California
                    5-Marguerite Bachrach, b. 26 Jun 1889, Oakland, Alameda, California, d. 16 May 1977, Alameda County, California
               4-Clarisse Senderman, b. 1 May 1865, California, d. 30 Sep 1955, San Francisco, California
                   +Solomon Deutsch, b. 2 Nov 1862, New York, m. 27 Aug 1873, Alameda County, California, d. 23 Jul 1942
                    5-Miriam Deutsch, b. 23 Feb 1895, California, d. 11 Oct 1989, San Francisco, California
                        +Meyer S. Chaban, b. 20 Dec 1895, San Francisco, California, d. 3 Nov 1968, San Francisco, California
               4-Sarah Senderman, b. 3 May 1867, California, d. 14 Jul 1948, San Francisco, California
                   +Emmanuel Mentz Bernstein, b. Mar 1859, Kansas, m. 27 Aug 1893, Alameda County, California, d. 20 Nov 1922, Oakland, Alameda, California
                    5-Ernest Mortimer Bernstein, b. 17 Dec 1895, Oakland, Alameda, California, d. 24 Jul 1971, San Francisco, California

                        +Myra J. Rapheld, b. 29 Jun 1908, California, d. 2 Dec 1993, San Francisco, California

                           6-Margot Bernstein, b. 25 Jan 1933, San Francisco, California, d. 20 Nov 2004, Alamo, Contra Costa, California
               4-Bernard Jacob Senderman, b. 30 Mar 1869, Clayton, Contra Costa, California, d. 14 Jan 1953, Santa Clara, California
                    +Nettie Israel, b. 13 Dec 1878, San Francisco, California, m. 26 Apr 1902m San Rafael, Marin, California, d. 14 Nov 1969, Marin County, California
                    5-Aaron Senderman, b. 2 Apr 1903, California, d. 31 Oct 1965, San Francisco, California
               4-Amelia D. Senderman, b. 26 Dec 1876, Nortonville, California, d. 18 Jul 1962, Marin County, California

                    +David Israel, b. 29 Nov 1874, New York, d. 1 May 1961, Marin County, California

                        5-Robert S. Israel, b. 30 May 1909, Black Diamond, Contra Costa, California, d. 16 Aug 1991, Marin County, California

                             + Grace

                        5-Royce Wexford Israel, b. Jul 1911, California, d. 2 Feb 1999, Marin County, California

                             +Dorothy O. Lang, 17 Mar 1921, Glasgow, Scotland, m. 14 Feb 1952 San Francisco, California, d. 17 Feb 2013, San Rafael, Marin, California
               4-Mirtile Joseph Senderman, b. 14 Nov 1878, Black Diamond Landing, California, d. 13 Jan 1946, San Francisco, California
                    +Eunice B. Josselyn, b. 18 Sep 1891, California, m. 1910, Clifornia, d. 16 Dec 1981, San Francisco, California
     2-Henri Heymann Cerf, b. 1 Jan 1790, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France, d. Abt. 1865, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France
     2-Salomon Cerf, b. 16 Mar 1792, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France
     2-Sophie Sibe Cerf, b. 8 Feb 1793, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France
     2-Baruch Cerf, b. 19 Mar 1795, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France
         +Charlotte Mayer
          3-Moise Cerf, b. 21 Apr 1832, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France, d. 16 May 1913, San Francisco, California
              +Frances Landeker, b. 22 Nov 1849, Helena, Arkansas, m. 26 May 1867, California, d. 14 Jan 1898, San Francisco, California
               4-Charlotte Cerf, b. 4 Apr 1868, San Francisco, California, d. 10 Mar 1956, San Francisco, California
                   +Meyer Elsasser, b. 13 Mar 1867, Mobile, Alabama, m. 9 Dec 1900, San Francisco, California, d. 15 Jan 1935, Los Angeles, California
               4-Evelyn Cerf, b. 1869, San Francisco, California, d. 1870, San Francisco, California
               4-Baruch Cerf, b. 9 Oct 1871, San Francisco, California, d. 19 Oct 1953, Los Angeles, California
                   +Madeline Ella Hazeltine, b. 19 Oct 1878, Sumpter, Sauk, Wisconsin, m. 1918, d. 26 Jul 1956, Los Angeles, California
               4-Delphine Cerf, b. 27 Jun 1873, San Francisco, California, d. 1 Feb 1949, San Francisco, California
                   +Solomon Morris Stock, b. 8 Feb 1866, Patterson, New Jersey, m. 1909, San Francisco, California, d. 28 Jul 1944, San Francisco, California
                   5-Morton C. Stock, b. 8 Sep 1910, San Francisco, California, d. 28 Nov 2000, Richmond, Contra Costa, California
                        +Rita Beatrice Breslauer, b. 29 Jun 1914, San Francisco, California, m. 4 Jan 1940, San Francisco, California, d. 5 Jul 2009, San Mateo, California
                    5-Frances Maud Stock, b. 12 Oct 1911, San Francisco, California, d. 10 May 1994, Monterey, California
                        +John Richard Golden, b. 21 Sep 1907, Kobe, Japan, m. 1933, San Francisco, California, d. 4 Jul 1986, San Francisco, California
               4-Myrtile Cerf, b. 19 Dec 1874, San Francisco, California, d. 12 Sep 1949, San Francisco, California
                   +May Wollner, b. 2 Nov 1879, Modesto, California, m. 27 Dec 1913, San Francisco, California, d. 18 Jun 1957, San Francisco, California
               4-Eugene Emil Cerf, b. 9 Sep 1876, San Francisco, California, d. 23 Dec 1938, Glenwood Springs, Colorado
                   +Katherine McCaffrey, b. 25 Dec 1882, Virginia City, Nevada, m. 19 Dec 1909, d. 16 Feb 1954, New York
                    5-Ernest Cerf, b. 21 Oct 1910, New York City, New York, d. 27 Aug 1973, Flushing, Queens, New York
                        +Margaret M. Campbell, b. 5 Apr 1910, Brooklyn, Queens, New York, d. 30 Mar 2002, New Jersey
                        6-Katherine M. Cerf, b. 18 May 1938, New York City, New York, d. Abt. 1960
                    5-Frances Katharine Cerf, b. 6 Oct 1912, Yonkers, Westchester, New York, d. Dec. 1984, Rockledge, Brevard, Florida
                        +Rodger Power O'Neill, b. 17 Oct 1908, New York City, New York, m. 11 Dec 1937, Flushing, Queens, New York, d. 21 Oct 1981, New York, New York
                        +William O. Cramer
                    5-Charles Joseph Cerf, b. 6 Aug 1914, Yonkers, Westchester, New York, d. 13 Sep 1982, Midland, Texas
                        +Margaret Mary Devine, b. 8 Dec 1913, Denver, Colorado, m. 1942, d. 15 Jan 2006, Midland, Texas
               4-Emilie Cerf, b. 9 Mar 1878, San Francisco, California, d. 23 May 1948, Portland, Oregon
                   +Isadore Nathan Koshland, b. 6 May 1872, San Francisco, California, m. 1906, San Francisco, California, d. 12 Feb 1928, Portland, Oregon
                    5-Delphine Koshland, b. 28 Feb 1907, Portland, Oregon, d. 4 Jun 1995, San Francisco, California
                        +Emanuel Rosenthal
                    5-Theodore Cerf Koshland, b. 7 May 1911, Portland, Oregon, d. 6 Dec 1985, Los Angeles, California

                        +Anna Marie Mullen, b. 1920, Colorado, m. 26 Jun 1939, Clear Creek, Colorado
               4-Adrienne Cerf, b. 2 Jul 1879, Santa Cruz, California, d. 28 Oct 1933, San Francisco, California
               4-Camille Cerf, b. 3 Sep 1880, San Francisco, California, d. 10 Jul 1955, San Francisco, California
               4-Laurence Cerf, b. 16 Mar 1882, San Francisco, California, d. 7 Mar 1941, San Francisco, California
                   +Edna Seidenberg, b. 1887, m. 1913, San Francisco, California, d. 1 Jun 1919, San Joaquin, California
                    +Pearl Welk, b. 19 Feb 1892, San Francisco, California, m. 1922, d. 15 Jun 1985, San Mateo County, California

                        5-Barbara Frances Cerf, b. 16 Mar 1929, San Francisco, California, d. 26 Dec 2011, San Francisco, California

                            +Monroe "Monty" Baer, Jr., b. 19 Sep 1922, San Francisco, California, d. 23 Mar 2014, San Francisco, California
               4-Raymond Solomon Cerf, b. 12 Oct 1883, San Francisco, California, d. 16 Apr 1956, San Francisco, California
               4-Yvon J. Cerf, b. 10 Nov 1887, San Francisco, California, d. 9 Sep 1938, San Francisco, California

          3-Emile Cerf, b. 1842, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France, d. 25 Apr 1866, San Francisco, California
          3-Ernest Cerf, b. 15 Jul 1846, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France, d. 25 Aug 1908, Tesla, Alameda, California
              +Babette Hirsch, b. Mar 1853, France, m. 6 Sep 1874, San Francisco, California, d. 25 Aug 1931, San Joaquin, California
               4-Charlotte Cerf, b. 12 Sep 1875, San Luis Obispo, California, 30 Aug 1920, San Francisco, California
               4-Marcel Ernest Cerf, b. 2 Apr 1877, San Luis Obispo, California, d. 20 Jan 1935, San Francisco, California
                   +Katherine Agnew Martin, b. 25 Mar 1886, San Francisco, California, m. 1909, d. Jun 1936, New York, New York
                    5-Charlotte Crosby Cerf, b. 15 Oct 1910, San Francisco, California, d. 15 Nov 1997, Oakland, Alameda, California
                        +Charles Cook Cushing, b. 8 Dec 1905, Oakland, Alameda, California,m. 11 Aug 1935, San Francisco, California, d. 14 Apr. 1982, Berkeley, Alameda, California
                    5-Elizabeth Agnew Cerf, b. 11 Aug 1912, California, d. 26 Oct 1988, Essex, Middlesex, Connecticut
                        +Ernest Fetske, b. 6 Sep 1917, New Jersey, m. 9 Sep 1988, Essex, Middlesex, Connecticut, d. 14 Jan 1994, Connecticut

                         + Douglas Rowland, b. 29 Aug 1908, Detroit, Michigan, m. 28 May 1941, New York City, New York
               4-Jeannette Cerf, b. 14 Nov 1878, San Luis Obispo, California, d. 20 Jan 1952, San Francisco, California
                   +James A. Forester, b. 23 Jun 1878, Ireland, m. 1908
               4-Rebecca Cerf, b. May 1880, California, d. 23 Jun 1959, Vossestrand, Hordaland, Norway
               4-Barry H. Cerf, b. 4 Sep 1881, San Luis Obispo, California, d. 22 Apr 1948, Portland, Oregon
                    +Emily Owen, b. 30 May 1986, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, m. 13 Sep 1912, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, d. 7 Feb 1976
                    5-Barbara Cerf, b. 23 Jul 1913, Chicago, Illinois, d. 15 Apr 2001, Clackamas County, Oregon
                        +Joseph Emmanuel Louis Treyve, b. 15 Apr 1910, Villefranche, France, d. 1973, Oregon
                    5-Edward Owen Cerf, b. 27 Mar 1918, Chicago, Illinois, d. 6 May 1959, Manhattan, New York
                        +Jane Lauren
               4-Lorraine Cerf, b. 9 Nov 1882, San Luis Obispo, California, d. 3 Jan 1944, San Francisco, California
               4-Emile William Cerf, b. 26 Apr 1885, San Luis Obispo, California
                    +Maude Frances Wildes, b. 10 Oct 1879, California, m. 7 Oct 1922, Alameda County, California, d. 14 Sep 1952, San Joaquin, California
               4-Cedric Salma Cerf, b.14 Dec 1886, San Luis Obispo, California, d. 7 Dec 1954, San Francisco, California
     2-Jeanne Chenel Cerf, b. 4 Jul 1798, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France
     2-Catherine Dina Cerf, b. 8 Sep 1800, Phalsbourg, Moselle, France