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Husband of Anna Heinemann, nee Doernberg [*1881]
Salomon Heinemann family (approx. 1875-1879)
Obere Schrangenstraße 5
Lüneburg
Salomon Heinemann family (1880-1902), Widow Sophie Heinemann (1902-1934), Gustav Heinemann, merchant (1898-1903)
Louis Heinemann, merchant (1902-1903)
Brothers Heinemann: Textile business (from 1815);
Simon Heinemann Company: Bank, Woollen goods, Manufactured Goods (1821-1901);
Lueneburg branch of Hannoversche Bank, formerly Simon Heinemann (1901-1920);
Deutsche Bank (since 1920)
Louis Levy Heinemann was the second of three children. His parents were Sally Heinemann, a merchant and banker from Lüneburg, and his wife Seraphine, née Bauer. Louis was born in Lüneburg in 1863 and grew up there with his older brother Albert Simon and his younger sister Betty. The family lived in the Heinemann family home on Bardowicker Straße.
From 1870 to 1880, Louis attended the Johanneum, a traditional boys" school in Lüneburg. He became a banker, spent some time in Hanover, and then returned to Lüneburg to join the Simon Heinemann company. At the time, it was run by Louis" father Sally and his uncles Marcus and Salomon Heinemann.
In November 1901, Louis married Anna Doernberg, who was from Eschwege. The couple initially lived at Neue Sülze 3, in the house of Louis" cousin Gustav Heinemann. Their first daughter, Gertrud Seraphine, was born there in 1902. In 1903, the young family moved to Schießgrabenstraße, which was a popular modern residential area at the time. They lived at number 12, two houses away from the family of lawyer Robert Simon Heinemann, another cousin. Their daughter Käthe was born in their new home in 1904.
Louis Heinemann continued to work at his family"s bank, which had been taken over by the Hannoversche Bank in 1900 but was still run by members of the large family. Around 1905, Louis became seriously ill and died in April 1906. He was only 43 years old. The Lüneburg town register gives Bonn as his place of death. In the lists of the Jewish community, it only says that he was buried in Lüneburg"s Jewish cemetery. Louis" widow Anna remained in Lüneburg with her daughters until 1908. Then the three of them moved to Hamburg.