Triest Family

This entire collection consists of photocopies of the documents and artifacts relating to the Triest family. Contains photocopied genealogical material on descendants of Joseph Triest and Caroline Hollander. Photocopied papers of Maier Triest (1831-1894) include his U.S. citizenship certificate (1871), obituary and letter from his wife, Hannah, to their son, Montague. Montague Triest material contains photocopied clippings (from various publications) re. opening of Triest and Israel Brokerage and Insurance firm (1903), affiliation with the Elks Lodge (1910-1911), Charleston Board of School Commissioners (1911) and the German Friendly Society. Contains photocopied image of Triest with Charleston High School class of 1881 (published in the Evening Post, 1938); Adelaide Triest's eulogy (given by Rabbi Allen Tarshish of Congregation Beth Elohim) and photocopied pages from "Charleston Come Hell or High Water: A History in Photographs," that feature Triest. The second Maier Triest (1901-1969) is documented by photocopied clippings re. election as president of the Charleston Real Estate Exchange and chairman of the Charleston County Board of Education, article re. award from the S.C. Association of School Boards, and photocopied scrapbook of clippings, ephemera and memorials related to his death. Other family material includes photocopied clippings about Triest and Israel Agency (1903-1980s), family photo album with images of the second Maier Triest as a toddler and young man, with his sisters and mother (ca. 1912), of Triest's daughter, Maxine (ca. 1930s) and with his grandchildren (1950s); misc. images of Mrs. Montague (Adelaide) Triest (ca. 1950s) and Hannah Triest (ca. 1910). Collection contains several photocopied pages of Triest family Bible (published 1853) that record family marriages (1869-1982), births (1869-1989) and deaths (1848-1989). Misc. family material includes photocopied wedding invitations, newspaper article (1969) about former Triest home at 73 Rutledge Ave. and inventory (taken by Miriam Triest, 1969) of contents of 8-E Ashley House; also Joseph Triest's Certificate of U.S. Citizenship (1871) and page from 1861 census listing his address; obituaries of Morris Israel (Montague Triest's father-in-law) and Samuel Jacobs (the second Maier Triest's brother-in-law). Photocopied papers of the Freudenberg family include ketubah for marriage (1928) of Margot Strauss and Walter Freudenberg; architect's plan (1929) for family department store in Essen, Germany, and certificates of naturalization for Walter Freudenberg (1945) and Henry and Ella Strauss (1946).