Schreiber family tree

Civil-register outline of the Stamford Hill Schreiber family, with Moses Schreiber as patriarch of the Orgel, Klein and Grossbard lines

Moses Schreiber is the father named on the 1973 and 1974 marriage certificates of David Schreiber and Osias Schreiber, both of whom gave 212 Upper Clapton Road, London E.5, as their residence. The same address is the house a September 1966 FBI report said he had bought in London. Emanuel Schreiber is placed with them as the third brother in this reconstruction. Jacob Schreiber (born 1936) is not in this sibling set: he is the son of Simon Schreiber.

The tree below is assembled from those certified copies, from United States v. Schreiber, 535 F. Supp. 1359 (S.D.N.Y. 1982), and from England and Wales civil birth and marriage indexes and Companies House date-of-birth bands used on related pages. Where a mother’s maiden name is recorded, siblings are grouped under that marriage. Dates of birth given only as month/year on company filings are marked as such and are not treated as identical to GRO quarter entries.

Moses Schreiber

The 1973 certificate records Moses Schreiber as father of the groom, rank or profession knitwear manufacturer, and as a witness. The 1974 certificate records him again as father of the groom, rank or profession company director. Both grooms were living at 212 Upper Clapton Road, E.5.

The 1966 indictment and the Upper Clapton address

On 31 March 1966 Moses Schreiber was indicted in the Southern District of New York on a twelve-count indictment “charging various violations of federal law in connection with obtaining loans of the Federal Housing Administration”. At the time of the indictment he was living in London. Judge Robert L. Carter’s opinion of 12 April 1982, refusing to dismiss the indictment, is the published account of his movements.

The opinion states that in July 1964 he and his family moved to London “to be near his father who was ill at the time”. They first lived at his father’s home at 48 Moresby Road, then at 30 Seymour Court, Cazenove Road. A 1965 passport application recorded that London address and a former address at 357 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn. A September 1966 FBI report, quoting a confidential source of 10 August 1966, said he had arrived in England in January 1965, resided at Seymour Court, “had bought a residence at 212 Upper Clapton Road, and was teaching at Orthodox Jewish schools”. That is the address both sons gave on their marriage certificates seven and eight years later.

The same opinion states that his youngest child to that date “was born in London in December, 1964, and a birth certificate for the child was issued by the American Embassy”. The birth was therefore a consular registration of a London birth, not a birth in the United States. December 1964 is after the Companies House bands for David Schreiber (August 1952), Osias Schreiber (October 1953) and Emanuel Schreiber (May 1956), so the embassy child is a further sibling, not one of those three.

Other family facts in the opinion: his wife is named Irene in the Taylor report of an FBI interview on 26 December 1963; his sister is Miriam Stern and his brother-in-law Herman Stern; at that interview his place of employment was Stanton Salvage Co., 110 Stanton Street, New York City. From 1964 to 9 February 1969 he registered annually with the Metropolitan Police as an alien resident in order to work. His United States passport, issued by the American Embassy in London on 20 January 1965, was renewed in 1965, 1970 and 1975, refused in 1980 because of the indictment, and revoked; the revocation was upheld in January 1981, after which he returned voluntarily to New York. The court held that he knew of the indictment no later than the summer of 1966 and denied the motion to dismiss.

48 Moresby Road is also the residence Miriam Orgel gave in January 1973. The opinion calls that house the father’s home in 1964. The certificate does not say the Orgel household and the paternal household were the same people.

The three brothers

David Schreiber and Osias Schreiber are sons of the same Moses Schreiber on the face of the certificates, and both gave his Upper Clapton Road house. Emanuel Schreiber is the third brother in this outline. His own marriage entry is not in this set of certificates; he is grouped here with them, and kept apart from the Simon Schreiber line.

• David Schreiber (Companies House band August 1952). Age 20 on 7 January 1973, bachelor, knitwear manufacturer, of 212 Upper Clapton Road, E.5. Father Moses Schreiber, knitwear manufacturer.
• Osias Schreiber (Companies House band October 1953). Age 20 on 10 March 1974, bachelor, company director, of 212 Upper Clapton Road, London E.5. Father Moses Schreiber, company director.
• Emanuel Schreiber (Companies House band May 1956). Married Chana Grossbard, Stoke Newington, 1975 Q3. Not named on the two certificates above. Placed as the third son in this reconstruction. A further child of Moses Schreiber was born in London in December 1964.

Jacob Schreiber (born 1936) is not this Jacob and is not a son of this Moses Schreiber. He is treated under the Simon Schreiber line below.

Outline tree (Orgel line)

• David Schreiber m. Miriam Schreiber (née Orgel; age 20, spinster), 7 January 1973, at Abraham Leiper Hall, 47 Lea Bridge Road, District of Hackney, entry 107, “according to the usages of the Jews by licence”. Her residence was 48 Moresby Road, E.5. Her father is Simcha Orgel, diamond cutter. The index entry is Stoke Newington, 1973 Q1, volume 5E, page 291. The couple are the named principals of the Midos Group network at 147 Stamford Hill.
  • Witnesses: Moses Schreiber and Jacob Lipschitz. The marriage was solemnised by Josef Dunner, entered as “Rabbi”, with Rafael M. Hirsch as secretary for marriages. Jacob Lipschitz is a witness on this entry, not a Schreiber sibling. The diamond-cutter occupation of Simcha Orgel is the occupation on the certificate.
  • Children recorded in GRO indexes that fit this marriage by date, district cluster (Hampstead / St Marylebone / Camden / Westminster) and, for Rifka 1978, mother’s maiden name Orgel:
    • Jacob Schreiber (Orgel line), 1974 Q1, Hampstead, mother’s maiden name Orgel, volume 5B, page 2544. Matches the generation of the Jacob Schreiber of The Schreib Trust (Companies House band January 1974). Director of the Midos / Lakeview stack at 147 Stamford Hill; trustee of The Schreib Trust with his sister Rifka Niederman.
    • Elizabeth Schreiber, 1975, Hampstead
    • Joseph Aryen Schreiber (Joseph Aryeh), 1977, St Marylebone
    • Rifka Schreiber (Orgel line), 1978 Q4, Westminster / Rifka Niederman
      • m. Joel Niederman (born December 1979), Hackney, 1999 Q1, page 0215, entry 171.
        • Moses Niederman, January 2000
        • Leib Niederman, March / October 2002
    • Joel Schreiber (born 1981) (Orgel line), 1981, Camden — distinct from the 1949 officer and from Joel Schreiber (born August 1979)
    • Hanna Ethel Schreiber, 1984, Westminster
    • Moses Schreiber (Orgel line), 1986, Westminster
    • Nathan Schreiber, 1991, Westminster
    • Yisrol Meir Schreiber (Yisroel Meir; Mayer Schreiber), 1993, Westminster — Companies House bands May 1993 / September 1993

Outline tree (Klein line)

• Osias Schreiber m. Gyta Schreiber (née Klein; age 17, spinster), 10 March 1974, at the Machzikei Hadass Synagogue, District of Salford, entry 29, according to the usages of the Jews. Her residence was 11 Mellalieu Crescent, Salford. Her father is Avos Klein; the rank or profession column is filled on the certificate (read as company director). The index entry is Salford, 1974 Q1, volume 10F, page 1034. Secretary for marriages: J. Krausz.
  • Children recorded in the GRO index under the Klein / Schreiber grouping:
    • Channah Schreiber (Hannah), 1975, Islington
    • David Schreiber (born 1976) (junior), 1976, Islington — not the 1952 director
    • Elka Schreiber, 1977, Stoke Newington
    • Joel Schreiber (born August 1979) (Waterbridge Capital / WeWork investor), 1979 Q3, Islington, mother’s maiden name Klein; Companies House officer ID GZ-ozBeHVp2TjL-P2Srg9MEUbxU, date of birth August 1979. m. Rivka Shwartz, Hackney, 2000 Q1.
    • Abraham Schreiber (Klein line), 1981 Q2, Islington, mother’s maiden name Klein. Companies House date of birth May 1981; officer ID UsNnNiq-wuC5d8cUYGo8Sq325Es. Director of Satmar Meats & Poultry Ltd from 23 September 2020. Not the Rumpler-line director of Talmud Torah D'Chasidei Gur Limited.
    • unnamed male Schreiber, 1981, Islington
    • Sylvia Schreiber, 1983, Enfield
    • Moses Schreiber (Klein line), 1988, Westminster — distinct from Moses Schreiber, 1986, Westminster, on the Orgel list

Outline tree (Grossbard line)

• Emanuel Schreiber m. Chana Grossbard, Stoke Newington, 1975 Q3, volume 15, page 0348.
  • Children recorded in the GRO index with mother’s maiden name Grossbard:
    • Rifka Schreiber (Grossbard line), 1976 Q3, Stoke Newington. m. Eliezer Englander (November 1975), Hackney, 1995 Q3. Married name Rifka Englander. Distinct from Rifka Niederman, mother Orgel.
    • Elka Schreiber (Grossbard line), 1977, Stoke Newington. m. Abraham Katz, Hackney, 1998 Q1. Married name Elka Katz.
    • Avrohom Schreiber, 1979, Enfield
    • Rochel Schreiber (Grossbard line), 1980, Islington. m. Yoel Friedman, Hackney, 2000 Q2. Married name Rochel Friedman.
    • Shprinzy Schreiber, 1983, London City
    • Esther Schreiber, 1985, Hackney
    • Reizel Schreiber, 1989, Westminster
    • Peri Schreiber, 1991, Hackney
    • Moishe Schreiber, 1992, Hackney
    • Mordechai Schreiber, 1994, Hackney
    • Cheskele Schreiber, 1996, Hackney

No Companies House or 147 Stamford Hill filing has yet been matched to Emanuel Schreiber or Chana Grossbard. The sibling link to David Schreiber and Osias Schreiber is the reconstruction above, not a father’s name on a Grossbard certificate in this set.

Not this household: Simon Schreiber and Jacob Schreiber (born 1936)

Simon Schreiber (Shimon Simcha Schreiber-Sofer), 9 February 1912 – 21 January 2009, is a separate man. Born Antwerp; died Antwerp; buried Har HaMenuchot, Jerusalem, 27 January 2009. Parents Akiva Dov Schreiber-Sofer (1878–1942) and Sarah Chaya Preiss / Prys (1890–1942). UK addresses 26 then 6 Heathland Road, N16. Director of Ellador Limited until resignation on 29 January 2009.

Proved UK descent on that Ellador set is Joel Schreiber (born 1949) × Helen Zucker (Rivka Schreiber 1971, Jacob Schreiber 1974, Rachel Benedikt, Chavi Hamburger, Yisroel Schreiber). He is not the father of David Schreiber, Emanuel Schreiber or Osias Schreiber. Those three sit under Moses Schreiber.

• Jacob Schreiber (born 1936) (born March 1936) m. Malke Rumpler, Stoke Newington, 1962 Q1, volume 5D, page 1487. He is the son of Simon Schreiber, not a brother of David, Osias and Emanuel, and not the witness Jacob Lipschitz.
  • Children with mother’s maiden name Rumpler:
    • Mordechai Schreiber (Rumpler line), 1963, Stoke Newington
    • Reisel Schreiber, 1964, Stoke Newington
    • Pinchas Schreiber, December 1966, Stoke Newington, registered 1967 Q1, mother’s maiden name Rummler, volume 5E, page 315.
    • Rifke Schreiber (Rumpler line), 1968 Q1, Stoke Newington
    • Leah Schreiber, 1971, Stoke Newington
    • Esther Schreiber (Rumpler line), 1973, Stoke Newington
    • Miriam Schreiber (Rumpler line), 1977, Stoke Newington. Distinct from Miriam Schreiber (née Orgel).
    • Abraham Schreiber (Rumpler), 1979 Q4 Hackney. Director of Talmud Torah D'Chasidei Gur Limited and The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations.

This 1962 marriage is a generation above the 1973 Orgel, 1974 Klein and 1975 Grossbard marriages. The groom is not the Jacob Schreiber of The Schreib Trust (Companies House band January 1974).

Outline tree (Zucker line)

• Joel Schreiber (born 1949) (Companies House date of birth March 1949; officer ID zA10CR8SVy1ZCEA21BLd5ex-C9g) m. Helen Schreiber (née Zucker), Stoke Newington, 1970 Q3, volume 5E, page 379. This is the Ellador / Simon Schreiber descent, not a son of the Upper Clapton Moses Schreiber.
  • Children with mother’s maiden name Zucker:
    • Rivka Schreiber (Zucker line), November 1971 Q4, Islington
    • Jacob Schreiber (Zucker line), June 1974 Q3, Stoke Newington. Distinct from the 1974 Hampstead birth, mother Orgel.
    • Rachel Benedikt, July 1975 Q3, Stoke Newington
    • Chaya Hamburger, April 1978 Q2, Enfield
    • Yisroel Schreiber, October 1979 Q4, Enfield
    • Sara Reisner, December 1982

Furniture / Weinstock line (David Abraham Schreiber)

A separate household. Chaim Samuel Schreiber (18 May 1918 – May 1984) m. Sara Schreiber (née Weinstock), London, 1942.

• Ruth Schreiber (1943). m. Graham S. Morris (Graham Shurek Morris), Marylebone, 1964 Q2, vol. 5D p. 638.
• Judith Schreiber / Yehudit (1946). m. Itzhak Roth, St Marylebone, 1968 Q3, vol. 5D p. 2549.
• David Abraham Schreiber (July 1947). m. Ruth Merel Schreiber (née Ruth Merel). Schreiber Furniture successor; trustee of Schreiber Charitable Trust (264735).

Hochhauser line

A separate cluster.

• Jacob J Schreiber (1952) m. Frieda Hochhauser, Stoke Newington, 1975 Q4 (vol. 15, p. 0261).
  • Miriam Schreiber, 1977, Stoke Newington
  • Jonathan Schreiber (November 1982; officer u7-1HVWrwg4uBAGKwP8IZTNufV0), director of Bnei Zion Community Nursery Limited
  • Firtse Schreiber, 1984, London City
  • Shloime Schreiber, 1987, Islington
  • Yosef Schreiber, 1988, Camden
  • Akivo Schreiber, 1990, Enfield
  • Esther Schreiber, 1992, Enfield
  • Nochum Schreiber, 1994, Enfield
  • Binyomin Schreiber, 1996, Enfield
  • Meir Schreiber, 1997, Enfield
  • Pinchos Schreiber, 2000, Enfield
  • Mordechai Schreiber, 2001, Enfield
• Abraham K Schreiber m. Rachel Hochhauser, Hackney, 2004 Q4 (page 0256, entry 031).
  • Felice Schreiber, 2005, Hackney, mother’s maiden name Hochhauser.

Fathers and occupations on the 1973 and 1974 certificates

Certificate	Groom	Groom’s father	Father’s occupation	Bride’s father	Father’s occupation	Bride’s address
7 January 1973, Hackney, entry 107	David Schreiber, 20, knitwear manufacturer, 212 Upper Clapton Road	Moses Schreiber	Knitwear manufacturer	Simcha Orgel	Diamond cutter	48 Moresby Road, E.5
10 March 1974, Salford, entry 29	Osias Schreiber, 20, company director, 212 Upper Clapton Road	Moses Schreiber	Company director	Avos Klein	Company director (as read)	11 Mellalieu Crescent, Salford

Officiants and witnesses

On the David–Orgel entry the witnesses are Moses Schreiber and Jacob Lipschitz. Josef Dunner is entered as the rabbi who solemnised the marriage; Rafael M. Hirsch is secretary for marriages. On the Osias–Klein entry the secretary for marriages is J. Krausz. Jacob Lipschitz is carried here because the name recurs later; he is not Jacob Schreiber (born 1936), not the 1974 Orgel-line Jacob Schreiber, and not a son of Moses Schreiber on these certificates. Simcha Orgel’s occupation, diamond cutter, is the occupation written in column 8.

Three men named Joel Schreiber

	Elder officer	Klein-line investor	Orgel-line birth
Civil / CH date	March 1949 (CH)	August 1979 (CH); 1979 Q3 Islington, mother Klein	1981 Camden GRO
Marriage	Helen Zucker, 1970, Stoke Newington	Rivka Shwartz, 2000, Hackney	not supplied
Place in this tree	Zucker line; Ellador / Simon Schreiber descent	Son of Osias Schreiber and Gyta Schreiber	Son of David Schreiber and Miriam Schreiber

Two births named Jacob Schreiber, 1974

District	Mother’s maiden name	Placement
Stoke Newington, 1974 Q3	Zucker	Son of Joel Schreiber (born 1949) and Helen Zucker
Hampstead, 1974 Q1	Orgel	Son of David Schreiber and Miriam Orgel; the Jacob Schreiber of The Schreib Trust

Notes on method

• The two certified copies are the parentage evidence for David Schreiber and Osias Schreiber. Both name Moses Schreiber and both give 212 Upper Clapton Road, the house the 1966 FBI report said he had bought.
• Emanuel Schreiber is grouped with them as the third brother. His marriage certificate is not in this set, so the father’s name is not repeated from a Grossbard entry here.
• The opinion’s “youngest child” of December 1964 was born in London. The American Embassy issued the birth certificate. That child is additional to the three brothers.
• Jacob Schreiber (born 1936) stays on the Simon Schreiber / Rumpler stem. Jacob Lipschitz stays a witness.
• Rifka / Rivka entries stay separate: Zucker 1971; Grossbard 1976; Orgel 1978.

See also

• Schreiber family
• Moses Schreiber
• David Schreiber
• Osias Schreiber
• Emanuel Schreiber
• Simon Schreiber
• Jacob Schreiber
• Joel Schreiber
• Rifka Niederman
• Midos Group
• The Schreib Trust
• Josef Dunner

External links

• United States v. Schreiber, 535 F. Supp. 1359 (S.D.N.Y. 1982)