o:id 20204 o:resource_template Letter Template o:resource_class dctype:Text o:owner pertilla@ghi-dc.org o:is_public true dcterms:title Heilner family letter to Sigmund Heilner, July 15, 1853 dcterms:creator 20196 dcterms:description Letter from Aron Heilner in Urspringen, Germany to his son Sigmund Heilner, dated July 15, 1853. Aron, Nanni, and Max Heilner congratulate Sigmund for his safe arrival in America. Aron advises Sigmund to work hard and bring honor to his name. dcterms:publisher L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University dcterms:date 1853-07-15 dcterms:type letter Brief dcterms:source Sanford Joseph Heilner and Claire Heilner Freedman Collection on the Aron Heilner Family dcterms:language German deutsch dcterms:coverage Urspringen, Bavaria dcterms:audience 20203 dcterms:spatial Germany Deutschland Germany Deutschland -- o:id 20210 o:resource_template Letter Template o:resource_class dctype:Text o:owner pertilla@ghi-dc.org o:is_public true dcterms:title Aron Heilner to Sigmund Heilner, April 29, 1854 dcterms:creator 20196 dcterms:description Letter from Aron Heilner to his son Sigmund Heilner, dated April 29, 1854. Aron Heilner is puzzled by the circumstances of his son, Seligmann Heilner, in California. Aron suggests that Seligmann join Sigmund in Washington, D.C. dcterms:publisher L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University dcterms:date 1854-04-29 dcterms:type letter Brief dcterms:source Sanford Joseph Heilner and Claire Heilner Freedman Collection on the Aron Heilner Family dcterms:language German deutsch dcterms:coverage Urspringen, Bavaria dcterms:audience 20203 dcterms:spatial Germany -- o:id 20213 o:resource_template Letter Template o:resource_class dctype:Text o:owner pertilla@ghi-dc.org o:is_public true dcterms:title Heilner family letter to Seligmann Heilner, August 15, 1854 dcterms:creator 20196 dcterms:description Letter from Heilner family to Seligmann Heilner, dated August 15, 1854. Aron Heilner worries about the dangerous conditions of the American West. Regina needs dowry money that must come from Seligmann and Sigmund. Urspringen experiences a dreadful fire. dcterms:publisher L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University dcterms:date 1854-08-15 dcterms:type letter Brief dcterms:source Sanford Joseph Heilner and Claire Heilner Freedman Collection on the Aron Heilner Family dcterms:language German deutsch dcterms:coverage Urspringen, Bavaria dcterms:audience 20202 dcterms:spatial Germany Deutschland -- o:id 20200 o:resource_template Biography Template o:resource_class dcterms:Agent o:owner pertilla@ghi-dc.org o:is_public true dcterms:title Nanni Salin (Heilner) dcterms:description Nanni Salin Heilner was the second wife of Aron Heilner, the stepmother of Seligmann Heilner, and mother of Regina, Sigmund, Caroline, Max, and David Heilner. dcterms:abstract Nanni Salin Heilner was the second wife of Aron Heilner, the stepmother of Seligmann Heilner, and mother of Regina, Sigmund, Caroline, Max, and David Heilner. foaf:maker 20197 20198 20199 20201 20202 20203 foaf:member 20195 -- o:id 20206 o:resource_template Letter Template o:resource_class dctype:Text o:owner pertilla@ghi-dc.org o:is_public true dcterms:title Heilner family letter to Sigmund Heilner, October 7, 1853 dcterms:creator 20196 20200 20199 20197 dcterms:description Letter from Aron, Nanni, Max and Caroline Heilner, sent from Urspringen, Germany to Sigmund Heilner in Baltimore, Maryland, dated October 2, 1853, expressing that they are pleased Sigmund is satisfied in America. dcterms:publisher L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University dcterms:date 1853-10-07 dcterms:type letter Brief dcterms:source Sanford Joseph Heilner and Claire Heilner Freedman Collection on the Aron Heilner Family dcterms:language German deutsch dcterms:coverage Urspringen, Bavaria dcterms:audience 20203 dcterms:spatial Germany foaf:based_near Baltimore, Maryland -- o:id 20201 o:resource_template Biography Template o:resource_class dcterms:Agent o:owner pertilla@ghi-dc.org o:is_public true dcterms:title Regina Heilner (Gutmann) dcterms:description Daughter of Aron Heilner and Nanni Salin Heilner; married Feifer Gutmann in 1857. dcterms:abstract Daughter of Aron Heilner and Nanni Salin Heilner; married Feifer Gutmann in 1857. foaf:dnaChecksum 20197 20198 20199 20202 20203 foaf:fundedBy 20200 20196 foaf:member 20195 -- o:id 20197 o:resource_template Biography Template o:resource_class dcterms:Agent o:owner pertilla@ghi-dc.org o:is_public true dcterms:title Caroline Heilner (Stiefel) dcterms:description Daughter of Aron Heilner and Nanni Salin Heilner; married Max Stiefel in 1862. dcterms:abstract Daughter of Aron Heilner and Nanni Salin Heilner; married Max Stiefel in 1862. foaf:dnaChecksum 20198 20199 20201 20202 20203 foaf:fundedBy 20200 20196 foaf:member 20195 -- o:id 20209 o:resource_template Letter Template o:resource_class dctype:Text o:owner pertilla@ghi-dc.org o:is_public true dcterms:title Heilner family letter to Sigmund Heilner, April 16, 1854 dcterms:creator 20196 dcterms:description Letter from Aron Heilner to his son Sigmund Heilner, dated April 16, 1854. Aron encourages Sigmund to learn English, patience, honesty and the ways of American business. dcterms:publisher L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University dcterms:date 1854-04-16 dcterms:type letter Brief dcterms:source Sanford Joseph Heilner and Claire Heilner Freedman Collection on the Aron Heilner Family dcterms:language German deutsch dcterms:coverage Urspringen, Bavaria dcterms:audience 20203 dcterms:spatial Germany -- o:id 20207 o:resource_template Letter Template o:resource_class dctype:Text o:owner pertilla@ghi-dc.org o:is_public true dcterms:title Heilner family letter to Sigmund Heilner, January 16, 1854 dcterms:creator 20196 dcterms:description Letter from Aron Heilner, in Urspringen, to his son Sigmund Heilner in Washington, D.C., dated January 16, 1854. Aron emphasizes that Sigmund's pursuit of livelihood for self and family in Germany should be done with the honorable principles he has been taught at home. On page 3, there is a section about a paragraph long that has been cut out because there was a stamp on the back. dcterms:publisher L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University dcterms:date 1854-01-16 dcterms:type letter Brief dcterms:source Sanford Joseph Heilner and Claire Heilner Freedman Collection on the Aron Heilner Family dcterms:language German deutsch dcterms:coverage Urspringen, Bavaria dcterms:audience 20203 dcterms:spatial Germany foaf:based_near Washington, D.C. -- o:id 20202 o:resource_template Biography Template o:resource_class dcterms:Agent o:owner pertilla@ghi-dc.org o:is_public true dcterms:title Seligmann Heilner dcterms:description Son of Aron Heilner and his first wife Madel, Seligmann Heilner emigrated from Urspringen, Bavaria to the United States in 1845. After some time spent on the East Coast he eventually migrated to California, likely inspired in part by the 1849 Gold Rush. By the mid-1850s he was operating a mercantile business, first in northern California and later in southwestern Oregon. dcterms:abstract Seilgmann Heilner was born in Urspringen, Bavaria, in 1823, immigrated to the United States in 1845, and eventually settled on the West Coast. He operated a variety of mercantile businesses, often in partnership with his brother Sigmund, until his death in 1886. foaf:dnaChecksum 20197 20198 20199 20201 20203 foaf:fundedBy 20200 20196 foaf:member 20195 -- o:id 20196 o:resource_template Biography Template o:resource_class dcterms:Agent o:owner pertilla@ghi-dc.org o:is_public true dcterms:title Aron Heilner dcterms:abstract Aron Heilner was a rabbi who lived in Urspringen, Bavaria, and was the father of immigrants Seligmann and Sigmund Heilner. foaf:maker 20197 20198 20199 20201 20202 20203 foaf:member 20195 -- o:id 20203 o:resource_template Biography Template o:resource_class dcterms:Agent o:owner pertilla@ghi-dc.org o:is_public true dcterms:title Sigmund Heilner dcterms:description Son of Aron Heilner and his second wife, Nanni, Sigmund Heilner was born in Urspringen, Bavaria, in 1834. After studying textile trading, he immigrated to the United States in 1853 and eventually moved to California to join his older half-brother, who had immigrated almost a decade earlier. The two brothers operated a variety of mercantile enterprises together in northern California and southern Oregon. In 1860, Seligmann returned to Germany, where he would remain for two years, and Sigmund largely operated in business for himself for the rest of his career. foaf:dnaChecksum 20197 20198 20199 20201 20202 foaf:fundedBy 20200 20196 foaf:member 20195 -- o:id 20211 o:resource_template Letter Template o:resource_class dctype:Text o:owner pertilla@ghi-dc.org o:is_public true dcterms:title Seligmann Heilner to Sigmund Heilner, June 24, 1854 dcterms:creator 20202 dcterms:description Letter from Seligmann Heilner to his brother, Sigmund Heilner, dated June 24, 1854. Seligmann promises Sigmund a better life in California than in Washington, D.C. and urges Sigmund to join him. dcterms:publisher L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University dcterms:date 1854-06-24 dcterms:type letter Brief dcterms:source Sanford Joseph Heilner and Claire Heilner Freedman Collection on the Aron Heilner Family dcterms:language German deutsch dcterms:coverage Crescent City, California dcterms:audience 20203 dcterms:spatial United States Vereinigte Staaten foaf:based_near Washington, D.C. -- o:id 20212 o:resource_template Letter Template o:resource_class dctype:Text o:owner pertilla@ghi-dc.org o:is_public true dcterms:title Seligmann Heilner to Sigmund Heilner, July 24, 1854 dcterms:creator 20202 dcterms:description Letter from Seligmann Heilner to his brother, Sigmund Heilner, dated July 24, 1854. In this letter Seligmann notes that he has been in California for five years, indicating he was a "49'er." dcterms:publisher L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University dcterms:date 1854-07-24 dcterms:type letter Brief dcterms:source Sanford Joseph Heilner and Claire Heilner Freedman Collection on the Aron Heilner Family dcterms:language German deutsch dcterms:audience 20203 dcterms:spatial United States -- o:id 20208 o:resource_template Letter Template o:resource_class dctype:Text o:owner pertilla@ghi-dc.org o:is_public true dcterms:title Seligmann Heilner letter to Sigmund Heilner, April 11, 1854 dcterms:creator 20202 dcterms:description Letter from Seligmann Heilner in Crescent City, California to his brother Sigmund Heilner in Washington, D.C., dated April 11, 1854. Seligmann expresses dissatisfaction with his situation in California and describes being homesick. dcterms:publisher L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University dcterms:date 1854-04-11 dcterms:type letter Brief dcterms:source Sanford Joseph Heilner and Claire Heilner Freedman Collection on the Aron Heilner Family dcterms:language German deutsch dcterms:coverage Crescent City, California dcterms:audience 20203 dcterms:spatial United States foaf:based_near Washington, D.C. -- o:id 20205 o:resource_template Letter Template o:resource_class dctype:Text o:owner pertilla@ghi-dc.org o:is_public true dcterms:title Seligmann Heilner to Sigmund Heilner, August 25, 1853 dcterms:creator 20202 dcterms:description Letter from Seligmann Heilner in Crescent City, California, to his brother Sigmund Heilner in New York City, dated August 25, 1853, instructing Sigmund on the best route to California. dcterms:publisher L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University dcterms:date 1853-08-25 dcterms:type letter Brief dcterms:source Sanford Joseph Heilner and Claire Heilner Freedman Collection on the Aron Heilner Family dcterms:language German deutsch dcterms:coverage Crescent City, California dcterms:audience 20203 dcterms:spatial United States foaf:based_near New York City -- o:id 20199 o:resource_template Biography Template o:resource_class dcterms:Agent o:owner pertilla@ghi-dc.org o:is_public true dcterms:title Max Heilner foaf:dnaChecksum 20197 20198 20201 20202 20203 foaf:fundedBy 20200 20196 foaf:member 20195 -- o:id 20198 o:resource_template Biography Template o:resource_class dcterms:Agent o:owner pertilla@ghi-dc.org o:is_public true dcterms:title David Heilner foaf:dnaChecksum 20197 20199 20201 20202 20203 foaf:fundedBy 20200 20196 foaf:member 20195 --