Jette née Reichenberger from Floß and have fathered seven children with her who are still alive. My reputation and my assets are documented by the two certificates of the municipal administration of Ühlfeld and of the Royal District Court of Neustadt ⁄ Aisch, which are herewith handed over to me. According to these certificates, I have been awarded the grade of "very good" with regard to my moral and upright conduct, and my pure assets, as evidenced by real estate, mortgages and promissory notes, amount to 40000 fl. This fortune is certainly more than sufficient to give my trade as a toolmaker a larger, even factory‐like expansion in the course of time and thus to establish a decent subsistence for myself and my family. My relocation and my business operations in this town can only benefit it; in any case, even fearful minds should not worry that my admission will harm the town and its population in any way. I therefore confidentially request the transfer of my licence as a toolmaker from Mkt. Ühlfeld, and consequently also to graciously allow my relatives to join the local community.

For half a year, the family lived in the rear Wassergasse, in a less distinguished neighbourhood. But then they moved to Schwabacherstrasse No. 261 a ⁄ I, which they later bought. However, they did not like it in Fürth; it was more conveniently situated for business, but the old Jewish families of Fürth looked haughtily on the immigrants, who did not like it at all, since they had been the first family in Ühlfeld. So they only stayed in Fürth for 10 years. During this time, the children enjoyed good schooling in the town and the parents, who tried to educate themselves, supported them to the best of their ability. For example, English and French letters were exchanged in the family. In 1850, Salomon Tuchmann went to London, where he did not visit the World's Fair, which again provoked the ridicule of his brother Moritz, but where he probably had a good look around. The two brothers were opposites, but success in life was certainly on the side of the goal‐oriented older brother. ‐‐ In the meantime, Josef Tuchmann had grown up, had studied in Fürth and Elberfeld after Bamberg and was now travelling extensively to Northern Germany, France and Scandinavia on his father's account. All this at the age of 20 and with the traffic conditions of the time! But he was industrious beyond measure and loved his parents very much. In 1850 he married Fanny Dessauer, the daughter of Mr. Emanuel Dessauer in Bamberg. The other sons Ernst, Fritz, Martin, Heinrich and Emil all went through a more or less similar course of studies as Josef, only instead of Bamberg they studied at the commercial school in Fürth. Like him, they all later joined their father's business, which still exists today under the name S. Tuchmann & Söhne, except for Emil, who lived in Paris. Only Maro did not pursue a career as a merchant; he studied medicine. In 1864 he took his doctoral examination in Würzburg, in which he had to speak about nine contentious diseases. He was later a respected doctor in London and inventor of a probe named after him, but now long obsolete. ‐ The youngest child, actually Solomon's only daughter, Betty, was much spoiled by her parents and brothers as a nestling. She later married the merchant Friedrich Hirschhorn, an extremely educated man. She was not beautiful, but she was witty and kind. ‐ It is not my place to write about the next generation, most of whose representatives are still alive. I only wanted to describe the development of a family that has worked its way up from humble beginnings through diligence and lawfulness and has achieved honourable standing.