Abram Bynard (Albert Binnard), ca. 1811-1854
Abram3 Bynard (Jakob2, Lewin1) was born about 1811. No birth record has been found for him in Rypin, but in Jakob Bynard’s death record, dated 28 October 1837, he is named as a son, age 26. His place of residence was unknown at that time.[1] He was probably in America, using the name Albert Binnard. The 1850 census of Pike County, Alabama lists Albert Benard, age 36, “pedler,” born Poland, residing in the household of Hugh Pennington, a farmer. John "Byer," age 18, born Poland, also a “pedler,” is enumerated in the same household.[2] John was a son of Mychla (Bynard) Bayer, daughter of Jakob,[3] and therefore a nephew of Albert.
Albert could be the A. Binnard who sailed from New York to Savannah in September 1851 on the Steamship Alabama. Also sailing on the same ship were G. Sutro and J. Binnard.[4] G. Sutro was probably Gustav Sutro. J. Binnard is unknown, but might be Joseph Binnard. Little is known about Joseph. On 15 April 1865, he was appointed to a committee to act with the trustees regarding the rebuilding of Temple Beth El in Buffalo, New York.[5] He is listed as a partner with Jacob Barmon in Binnard & Co., hoop skirt manufacturers, in the 1868 Buffalo city directory. His house was at 29 Exchange.[6] By November 1851 Albert was in Montgomery, Alabama, where he and Birka, Isidore, and Michael Binnard, along with 17 other men, founded the Hebrew Benevolent Society: Montgomery, Alabama--We are requested to announce that twenty-one Israelites of Montgomery have associated together for the purpose of establishing a charitable institution under the name of the “Hebrew Benevolent Society.” The names of the members are Sigmund Angel, Albert Binnard, B. Binnard, Isidore Binnard, Michael Binnard, A. Blum, N. B. Royer, S. Cellner, Charles Engers, A. Gugenheim, J. Hausmann, H. Keller, Charles Loeb, Ferdinand Marks, Loeb Marks, Paul Marks, David Reiss, L.W. Reiss, Gustav Sutro, Simon Sutro, and W. Terk. The officers are L. Marks, President; A. Binnard, Vice-President; G. Sutro, Treasurer; L. W. Reiss, Secretary; H. Heller and Charles Engers, trustees.[7] The Binnards were not the first Jews in Montgomery. By the late 1840s there were twelve Jewish families in the city, mostly immigrants from Bavaria. Among them were the brothers Henry, Emanuel, and Mayer Lehman who started a store, taking cotton in payment for the goods they sold. The store evolved into a cotton brokerage firm, and eventually into the financial giant known as Lehman Brothers.[8] Albert Sutro, merchant, age 20, was resident in a hotel in 1850.[9] In October of that year Sutro & Co. announced that they had taken possession of the store formerly occupied by Mr. Frankenheimer, and would sell dry goods, clothing, hats and caps, boots and shoes, etc. etc.[10] By November of the next year the store was known as Binnard, Sutro & Co.[11] A month later came the announcement of the dissolution of the firm, with Samson Lowenberg, Carl Sutro, and Gustav Sutro selling their shares to Albert Binnard.[12] The Sutros left for San Francisco, where they opened the Gold Dust & Exchange in 1858 with their cousin Adolph Sutro. The firm later became Sutro & Co., the largest investment firm west of the Mississippi.[13] Lowenberg also went to San Francisco, where he became a merchant.[14] Albert Binnard died 22 October 1854 in Montgomery. He is buried in row 6, Land of Peace Cemetery.[15] He was probably a victim of the yellow fever epidemic that claimed Isidore Binnard on the same day.[16] No records have been found showing that either was ever married or had children. _________________________ [1] Gminażydowska, Rypin, Matrykuła, 1808-1865. Death records of the Jewish community of Rypin, 1837, record number 58 for Jakob Bynard. Family History Library film 715063. [2] 1850 U.S. census, Pike County, Alabama, p. 108b, dwelling house 862, family 862, entries for Albert Benard and John Byer in household of Hugh Pennington; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 April 2012); citing National Archives microfilm M432, roll 13. [3] Michael Binnard will, 23 October 1853, recorded 27 November 1853; Montgomery County, Alabama Probate Court, 4:76-77. [4] “Passengers Sailed,” New York Tribune, 8 September 1851, p. 8. [5] Grace Carew Sheldon, "Buffalo of the Olden Time: Old Temple Beth El," photocopy of article from Buffalo Evening Times, 19 January 1911. [6] Thomas’ Buffalo City Directory for 1868 (Buffalo, New York: Thomas, Howard & Johnson, 1868), 230. [7] “News Items,” The Occident and American Jewish Advocate 9 (November 1851): 429. [8] “Old Muccose and the Lost Tribe of Israel.” The Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities: Montgomery, Alabama, (http://www.isjl.org/history/archive/al/montgomery.html: accessed 5 April 2012). [9] 1850 U.S. census, Ward 1, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, p. 123B, dwelling house 864, family 877, entry for Albt Sutro, resident in hotel; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 April 2012); citing National Archives microfilm M432, roll 12. [10] "Dry Goods," Daily Alabama Journal (Montgomery, Alabama), 11 October 1850, p. [3]. [11] "New Goods!" Daily Alabama Journal (Montgomery, Alabama), 12 November 1851, p. 2. [12] “Dissolution,” Daily Alabama Journal (Montgomery, Alabama), 24 December 1851, p. 2. [13] Peter Sinton, “Fading Glory: Venerable Name in Finance is About to Disappear as Sutro & Co. is Bought by Canadian Bank.” SF Gate, 14 October 2001 (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/10/14/BU156704.DTL : accessed 5 April 2012). [14] 1860 U.S. census, 2nd District, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, p. 53, dwelling house 485, family 467, entry for Sampson Lowenberg ; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 April 2012); citing National Archives microfilm M653, roll 67. [15] Jamie Loeb, Co-Chair, Temple Beth-Or's Cemetery Committee, Loeb and Company, Montgomery, Alabama, to Mildred Starr, letter, 31 July 2002. [16] “Alabama News,” Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia), 9 Oct 1873, p. 2. |