Descendants of

I am glad to report the results of this interview.

Leonhardt SCHEYRING (ZIERING)

The word “ziering” or “zierung” (pronounced “tziring”) means “jewelry or “riches” in Yiddish. (I will use German

The Zieringers originate from the Bavarian city of Wemding. Leonhardts grandson Konrad Ziering immigrated to Magdeburg.

transcription of names as closest to the original).

There in the 15., 16. and 17. century the family became a respected patrician family, which owned goods in the Erzstift Magdeburg.

My father remembers well his grand parents, Ruwen Wulf Ziering and Tauba (Lichtman ? - we are not sure about her

Members of the family were chancellors, Fürstenräte, doctors in all faculties, Domprediger, Domherren, mayors and officers. After maiden name). At the turn of the century, they owned a farm in the village of Holyn’ near Kalusz in Stanislawow (today -

the mayor Dr. Johann Ziering had been hit to a knight in Magdeburg, this familiy was finally considered noble. It extinguished Ivano Frankovo) region of Eastern Galicia (Galizien, Halychina) province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (present day in the 17. century. After the death of the last Ziering, who was given sign and helmet in the grave, his sisters made a foundation Western Ukraine, not so far from Bessarabia, or modern day Republic of Moldavia).

for the descendants, the Zieringsche Familienstiftung in Magdeburg. On the 12th January 1935 the Ziering descendants joined Ruwen Wulf and Tauba had 10 (ten !) children, 5 male and 5 female.

up as association Ziering-Moritz-Alemann, Berlin. They chose the Ziering coats of arms as symbol for their association and its Their male children:

members.

Joseph (the oldest), emigrated to United States after World War one. Settled in New Jersey. Had five children. Paul 2.

( ) starb 1479 in Wemding.

(married to Mickey, the father of the actor Ian Ziering) - among them - this part of the family tree you should get from him.

Johannes heiratete Anna NN.

Schulem, after experimenting with Argentina, settled in the U.S., owned a store in Newark, N.J., changed his name

Sie hatten die folgenden Kinder:

to Saul, had two sons: - Edward, a pharmacist, lives in New Jersey, - Robert, an M.D., in San Diego. After WW II, until 3 M i Jacob ZIERING starb 1511 in Magdeburg. Jacob war beschäftigt Bürgermeister der Neustadt Magdeburg.

his death in early 70s, Saul kept in touch with my father as the proverbial “American Uncle” (my father used to mark his 4 M ii Hans ZIERING starb 1495 in Magdeburg. Hans war beschäftigt Bürgermeister in Magdeburg.

death anniversary with a candle at the corner of Jewish cemetery in our town in Poland).

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