Charles Perry Stanton 1935 ‐ 2001

Charles Perry Stanton's parents, Fritz and Hella Steinlein (née Kaufmann) were en route from Nuremberg to the United States when Charles was born in Zurich in December 1935. His older brother Peter was born in Nuremberg in August 1930. The family settled in Great Neck, NY and converted to Christianity. Charles Stanton was baptized and brought up as an Episcopalian. On November 9, 1938 the family changed the last name from Steinlein to Stanton.

Charles Stanton studied law at Cornell University and graduated in 1957. Following his graduation, he served as Lieutenant in the US Army until 1965. He then worked for J.P. Morgan for over twenty‐five years. Later, he joined the financial services office of the Pratt family, which founded the Pratt Institute. He was also active in the local Episcopal church, and served as treasurer, clerk and member of the choir.

In 1969, Charles Stanton married Julia (Judy) Duke Henning. They had two daughters: Julie and Charlotte.

Since the age of fourteen, Charles Stanton had been involved with genealogy and researched the Jewish families of Franconia, where his family had lived for many generations before the Holocaust. In the 1990s, he worked extensively with Gisela Blume from Zirndorf, Germany and Dan Barlev from Jerusalem.

Charles P. Stanton died in February 2001.

Tuchmann Charts

The Charles P. Stanton (1935‐2001) Collection contains the results of fifty years of genealogical research. The bulk of the collection, Series V, consists of more than 2,000 family trees, correspondence, and related materials to over 300 Jewish families from the areas of Nuremberg, Fuerth, Bamberg, Ansbach and Dinkelsbuehl. Some families also had branches at Ichenhausen and Laupheim in Swabia.

In the 1980s and 90s the Tuchmann Genealogies were updated by Charles Perry Stanton. On a personal note, included in his incredible archive are not only letters from many close relatives but also updates from my own grandmother, mother, aunts, uncle and myself.. Charles P. Stanton Family Collection; AR 25138; MF 734; Box 11 Folder 28 Leo Baeck Institute..

The continuity of work by Charles Stanton for Fred C Tuchmann's Stammbaum, and beyond, can be found on each page below the original 1928 table images. This example represents his work on the Philipp Tuchmann Genealogy.

Charles Stanton's Archive

These few extracts from the comprehensive Charles Stanton archive at the Leo Baeck Institute give us some idea of the man behind an extensive body of work with his relatives, associated genealogists and friends on Franconian Jewish families.

Charles on famous 20th Century New Yorkers..
                   

Charles Stanton on his research...
           

Charles Stanton and distinguished colleagues..
               

Genealogist and author Frau Gisela Naomi Blume..