Adolf Lewis Sanger

Adolf Lewis Sanger was probably my first cousin, four times removed. I don’t have direct proof of this, but here is why I believe it is true:

• This relationship hinges on the possibility that he was the brother of Theresa Sanger, my 3rd great grandmother.
• They did share a surname, and most probably another sister – Henriettta Sanger Jacobi.
• They all were living in New Orleans at the same time and came from the same place in Germany.
• David Sanger married Clara Hess.
• Theresa Sanger married Levi Hess.
• I suspect that Clara Hess, Levi Hess and Abraham Hess were siblings.
• Abraham lived in New Orleans as well.
• Abraham married Emily Jacobi.
• Simon Jacobi, David Sanger, and Levi Hess were all in business together at a dry good store in New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
• DNA?

Adolf was born 8 October, 1843 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The son of David Sanger and Clara Hess (Clara was the sister of my third great grandfather, Levy Hess and David Sanger was the brother of Theresa Sanger Hess, my third great grandmother). Adolf came to New York with his parents when he was eight years old.

He attended the College of The City of New York (a.k.a. Free Academy), and also Columbia Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1865.

Adolf married Sarah Levy on 15 December, 1870 in New Orleans, Louisiana. They had two daughters, Marion Frances Sanger Frank and Sarah Sanger.

Adolf was an acting attorney as well as President of the Board of Education, President of the Board of Alderman in New York City, and chairman of the committee who received French officers who brought the Statue of Liberty to the United States. He and his law partner, Meyer S. Isaacs, had a law office at 115 Broadway.

Adolf died suddenly of Pneumonia at the age of 51 on 3 January, 1894 in New York City.