The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-06-06
9utlefsoa latelai0s,.eer.
TjHE ROrMsCHILD .rAlIILY.
The Greg,est Finaasiers II the AEs.

me tornnef 0f the family Meyer An
selnl kothschild, Baron oc ths Austrian
Empire, was born ip l7A3 10 the Juden-
Z gasse or Jews' Alley, Of Frankfort. on
the-Main. Tho house Ia which he first
saw the llgnt OF day was humble and
unpfetending dwelling In an Obscure
and dirty quarter OF the city. His father,
Anselm Moses, q shrewd but conscien-
tiously honest trading Israelite, intend
sd him for the ministry, and so dearly
bad he set his heart on this calling for bis
son that or his death sbed he counselled
tho youthful Meyer, then only l3 years of
s age, to proceed 10 Furth, in Bavaria,
there TO study theology =: order TO be-
come rabbi. Provided with the neces.
sary means, the orphan obeyed the wish
Of his deceased father, and spent some
time in the study Of the Talnnud and
Rabbinical literature. Having, how
ever, imbibed taste for commercial
pursuits, which al the honors of /. pre-
fessionaltlife wero insufficient TO eradi-
cate he abandoned the idea of entering
tho ministry, and returned TO his native
city, where, commencing at the lowest
round of the ladder, he steadily and
persevesingly mounted, until, by the
time he had reached his seventeenth
year, he had gained an excellent reputa-
tiona for business ability and whole
souled integrity. A prominent barker
OF Hanover, Herr Opperheipi, becoming
acquainted With the young man and de-
tecting in him the germs Of future great
iies+, offered h;ns :. s:..ss::s.s.::on %%h:cL
at once accepted. Soon the clerk gained
the confidence of the employer and be-
came associate manager, which position
lie held for many years, until finally he
rpcutVan f0 rnfktrn t.> ID fr,k 4.
DnrKi business on i,io OWN account. in
his twonty year he married Gu
dula Schwapper, and received with her
liberal dowry. BY this estimable lady
liehad ten children, five aons and fvo
daughters. The former OF these subse-
duently coniIklaed that hrnn which. de-
secending from generation TO generation,
Is likely to survive rs long as many Of
the royal dyuastiee.
Meyer Anselm embarked in finance
and became no,.y changer and ex-
change broker, which business naturally
developed into oil the branches of
general banking About this time at,
event occurred which exercised o power.
iui influence in determining the future
of Rottschild and In laying the basis for
Ills immense wealth. The Landgraye of
Hease Cassel, William TX, who after
ward became Elector under the title of
William L, seeking q banker with whom
70 deposit the vast sums of money In.
scnt for Ro,hsch;iJ lr s,h Rlstlch taa ilsl A.,
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