Ernest Bernard Nathan

Neustadt an der Haardt, Germany

1924 - 2009

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Name in US
Ernest Bernard Nathan
Name at Birth
Ernst Bernhard Nathan
Date of Birth

09/21/1924

Country of Birth
Germany
City of Birth

Neustadt an der Haardt
(Officially became known as Neustadt an der Weinstraße in 1950)

Parents

Mathilda (“Tillie”) Mohr
(8/25/1890 Neustadt an der Haardt, Germany – 7/18/1979 Birmingham, AL)

 

Moritz (Maurice) Nathan
(4/6/1885 Altdorf, Germany – 12/29/1947 Birmingham, AL)

 

Married December 28, 1919 Neustadt an der Haardt, Germany

Sibling(s)

Walter Max Nathan (Spouse: Ilse Scheuer)
(1/8/1921 Neustadt an der Haardt – 8/13/1993 Birmingham, AL)

Spouse(s)

Spouse 1: Agnes Ilene Shields
(9/10/1922 Birmingham – 8/28/1991)
Married 1946 in Birmingham, AL

 

Spouse 2: Hilde Brück Ceigler Harris
(10/9/1925 Munich – 10/27/2018 John Creek, GA)
Mother: Elsa Neumeyer Brück
Married 1992

Children

Children with Ilene Shields Nathan:

 

  • Andrew “Andy” Nathan (Spouse: Beverly “Buffy”)

 

  • Michael Nathan

 

  • Barbara Nathan (Spouse: Gechter)

 

  • Lisa Nathan (Spouse: Digby)
Religious Identity (Prewar)
Conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Conservative Judaism
Dates Lived in Alabama

1930 – ? Birmingham
? – 2009 Huntsville

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Birmingham, Huntsville
Date and City of Death
02/02/2009 Huntsville, AL
City of Burial / Cemetery
Owens Cross Roads, AL / Hampton Cove Cemetery
US Sponsor for Immigration

Milton Henry Fies, VP of DeBardeleben Coal Company (1912-1944), was first cousin to Ernest’s maternal grandmother, Sarah Fies Mohr

Year / Ship to US / Arrival City
February 3, 1939 / SS Aquitania / New York, NY
US Military Service

US Army: Private First Class
6/21/1946 – 5/21/1947

Dates Lived in Alabama

1930 – ? Birmingham
? – 2009 Huntsville

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Birmingham, Huntsville
Date and City of Death
02/02/2009 Huntsville, AL
City of Burial / Cemetery
Owens Cross Roads, AL / Hampton Cove Cemetery