The Oberman family, from which my sister Rosa and I are descended, is Jewish and of the Israel tribe [i.e. not Cohen or Levi]. Years ago, my grandfather told me that by Polish decree the family was ordered to adopt a civil name and because they were the most senior religious men they took the name Oberman. They had previously only been known by their Hebrew names.

 

My Oberman family is descended from Haskiel Oberman, born around 1735, probably in Warsaw. That is as far back as I can go. The family origins are uncertain, but his family is believed to have migrated to Warsaw from Dresden or Vienna.

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The names of the heads of many of the Oberman family branches are not known. There are Obermans worldwide who can trace their family back a long way but not quite far enough to link up with my family branch and so we are left with a large number of seemingly unconnected chains.

 

I have some original photos of Obermans taken in Warsaw and one original Russian photo of Leib Oberman, my great-grandfather's brother, in the Russian army.

 

The family is now dispersed all over the world. There are approximately 2000 Obermans living in the UK, US, Israel, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Eire, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France and elsewhere. The UK has about 130, mainly in London. The US has about 1,600, particularly in California. I have heard it said that the Obermans have good ability in mathematics.

 

The PDF family tree can be downloaded and viewed in a PDF Reader.

 

 

I hope you find the family tree interesting.

 

 

Gerald Oberman.