15/01/1752 in Germany, Halberstadt Halberstadt, Saxony, Prussia, Germany (from FamilySearch)
Moritz's father was Isaak and his mother was <Unknown>. He was an only child. He died at the age of 82 in 1834.
Death Notes
1834?
General Notes
Moses ben Isaak changed his name to Moritz Halberstaedter (Halberstädter) prior to the 1812 edict requiring Jews to take surnames (Bloch, p. 23).
Lived in Militsch, but Bloch says that the family came from Halberstadt (Bloch, p. 24). Information in an email from DF says he was born in Halberstadt on 15 January 1752 and lived in Militsch from 1772.
Leader of the Jewish community 1825 to 1827 and 1829 to 1834, a role subsequently fulfilled by his son Louis.