Fridel Grafenberg

1892 - 1967  (74 years)

• Name	Fridel Grafenberg
  Born	12 Jul 1892	Frankfurt, Germany
  Gender	Female
  Biography	My grandmother, Friedel (Grafenberg) Halberstadt was a very colorful person during the 1st half of her life. She was very beautiful, loved to dress up in exotic "costumes," and I guess was often the life of the party. Her real claim to fame, though, was that she was the first woman in Frankfurt to have a driver's license and drove all over in her red convertible NSU, comparable to today's BMW. She was the founder of FDAC, the Frankfurter Damen Auto Club. All her life, she maintained a great interest in cars, though she became decidedly more dour as she aged, especially after her husband died. My grandparents were exceptionally kind, generous and warm people. My grandmother was famous for her hostessing and fabulous meals that she cooked up. I grew up just 10 min. away from them and spent many weekends, holidays, etc. at their home. My mother carried on the great hostessing tradition and was really very gifted in this area. She was a charming, elegant and classy woman. Submitted by daughter -- Dorothy Lepoff.  [1]
  Hebrew Birth	17 Tam 5652
  Holocaust	An interesting part of my father's life is that after he and his parents sailed to New York in `36, they stayed here only a few days, as they were only on a visitor's visa. In order to obtain an immigration visa, they all had to leave the country, and thus went to Bermuda for 3 days, obtained an immigration visa from the consulate there, (my grandfather apparently had connections in the Bermuda consulate), and then could legally return to the U.S. as immigrants. This whole thing was due to the quotas and other American bureaucratic demands of FDR, who as you know, was not very sympathetic to the plight of Jews.
  Immigration	24 Dec 1936	New York, NY, USA   [2]
  Hebrew Death	9 Siv 5727
  Residence	Frankfurt, Germany
  Residence	New York, NY, USA
  Residence	Hollywood, FL, USA
  Residence	Hallandale, FL, USA
  Social Security Number	463-34-7963
  Died	17 Jun 1967	Hallandale, FL, USA
  Person ID	I1586	Blank Family
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2010

  
  

  Father	Prof Selly Grafenberg,   b. 12 Jan 1863, Adelebsen, Germany ,   d. 17 Aug 1921, Frankfurt, Germany  (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Olga Helft,   b. 9 Jan 1867, Bleicherode, Germany ,   d. 1943, Auschwitz CC  (Age 75 years)
  Married	31 Mar 1891	Bleicherode, Germany
  Family ID	F755	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Julius Halstead(Halberstadt),   b. 9 Sep 1883, Dauernheim Hessen, Germany ,   d. 21 Dec 1939, New York, NY, USA  (Age 56 years)
  Married	15 Jan 1912	Frankfurt, Germany
  Children	1. Ernest J. Halstead,   b. 19 Nov 1912, Frankfurt, Germany ,   d. 18 Aug 1997, Hastings on the Hudson, NY, USA  (Age 84 years)   2. Walter K. Halstead,   b. 25 Jan 1916, Frankfurt, Germany ,   d. 2 Aug 2004, Worcester, MA, USA  (Age 88 years)   3. Paul K. Halstead,   b. 29 Sep 1917, Frankfurt, Germany ,   d. 2 Jul 2003, Scottsdale, AZ, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F756	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 12 Jul 1892 - Frankfurt, Germany Married - 15 Jan 1912 - Frankfurt, Germany Immigration - 24 Dec 1936 - New York, NY, USA Residence - - Frankfurt, Germany Residence - - New York, NY, USA Residence - - Hollywood, FL, USA Residence - - Hallandale, FL, USA Died - 17 Jun 1967 - Hallandale, FL, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  Friedel Halstead

  
  

• Sources

  [S51] E-mail message, from Dorothy Lepoff, ID # 1636. [S171] New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 , Ancestry, Monarch of Bermuda from Hamilton, Bermuda.