Isabella Offenbach Maas, opera singer, was born in Cologne, Germany, on March 11, 1817. She was the daughter of Rabbi Isaac Judah and Marianne Offenbach. Isabella was the older sister of composer Jacques Offenbach.
Married SAMUEL MAAS at COLOGNE, GERMANY in the Spring of 1844. They were the parents of 4 known children and at her death was the Grandmother of 17. To be noted: Harry Levy, Jr., President of E. S. Levy and Company department store, was a great-grandson of Samuel and Isabella.
While living in Galveston, Texas she conducted concerts for the German Ladies Benevolent Society and the French Benevolent Society.
She and Samuel were eventually separated and she moved across the street from Samuel into their daughter's home.
MAAS, ISABELLA OFFENBACH (1817–1891). Isabella Offenbach Maas, opera singer, was born in Cologne, Germany, on March 11, 1817, the daughter of Rabbi Isaac Judah and Marianne Offenbach. Isabella was also the older sister of the French romantic composer Jacques Offenbach, so. she toured Europe with young Jacques and another brother, Julius, giving operatic performances. Her future husband, Texas merchant Samuel Maas, first saw her performing in a cathedral that he visited on one of his many trips to Europe. They were married in the spring of 1844 in Cologne.
Isabella had an attack of yellow fever eight days after she and Samuel arrived in Galveston, Texas, where 200 out of a population of 2,500 had already died in the epidemic, but Isabella lived to have four children while bringing the civilizing influence of opera to Galveston, often performing at her son Max's home on a special stage he built for her in the attic. She also conducted concerts for the German Ladies Benevolent Society and the French Benevolent Society. Eventually, Samuel and Isabella Maas separated, and Isabella moved into her daughter's home, across the street from Samuel's house (Her final residence received a Texas Historical Marker in 1986). She died on February 19, 1891, and was survived by sixteen grandchildren. Harry Levy, Jr., president of E. S. Levy and Company department store, was a great-grandson of Samuel and Isabella Maas.
Adapted from an entry from the Handbook of Texas Music. (2012). 2nd ed. Edited by Laurie E. Jasinski and Casey Monahan. Texas A & M University Press.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Galveston News, February 20, 1891; January 11, 1897. Samuel Maas Papers, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin. Natalie Ornish, Pioneer Jewish Texans (Dallas: Texas Heritage, 1989).
Married SAMUEL MAAS at COLOGNE, GERMANY in the Spring of 1844. They were the parents of 4 known children and at her death was the Grandmother of 17. To be noted: Harry Levy, Jr., President of E. S. Levy and Company department store, was a great-grandson of Samuel and Isabella.
While living in Galveston, Texas she conducted concerts for the German Ladies Benevolent Society and the French Benevolent Society.
She and Samuel were eventually separated and she moved across the street from Samuel into their daughter's home.
MAAS, ISABELLA OFFENBACH (1817–1891). Isabella Offenbach Maas, opera singer, was born in Cologne, Germany, on March 11, 1817, the daughter of Rabbi Isaac Judah and Marianne Offenbach. Isabella was also the older sister of the French romantic composer Jacques Offenbach, so. she toured Europe with young Jacques and another brother, Julius, giving operatic performances. Her future husband, Texas merchant Samuel Maas, first saw her performing in a cathedral that he visited on one of his many trips to Europe. They were married in the spring of 1844 in Cologne.
Isabella had an attack of yellow fever eight days after she and Samuel arrived in Galveston, Texas, where 200 out of a population of 2,500 had already died in the epidemic, but Isabella lived to have four children while bringing the civilizing influence of opera to Galveston, often performing at her son Max's home on a special stage he built for her in the attic. She also conducted concerts for the German Ladies Benevolent Society and the French Benevolent Society. Eventually, Samuel and Isabella Maas separated, and Isabella moved into her daughter's home, across the street from Samuel's house (Her final residence received a Texas Historical Marker in 1986). She died on February 19, 1891, and was survived by sixteen grandchildren. Harry Levy, Jr., president of E. S. Levy and Company department store, was a great-grandson of Samuel and Isabella Maas.
Adapted from an entry from the Handbook of Texas Music. (2012). 2nd ed. Edited by Laurie E. Jasinski and Casey Monahan. Texas A & M University Press.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Galveston News, February 20, 1891; January 11, 1897. Samuel Maas Papers, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin. Natalie Ornish, Pioneer Jewish Texans (Dallas: Texas Heritage, 1989).
Isabella Offenbach Maas, opera singer, was born in Cologne, Germany, on March 11, 1817. She was the daughter of Rabbi Isaac Judah and Marianne Offenbach. Isabella was the older sister of composer Jacques Offenbach.
Married SAMUEL MAAS at COLOGNE, GERMANY in the Spring of 1844. They were the parents of 4 known children and at her death was the Grandmother of 17. To be noted: Harry Levy, Jr., President of E. S. Levy and Company department store, was a great-grandson of Samuel and Isabella.
While living in Galveston, Texas she conducted concerts for the German Ladies Benevolent Society and the French Benevolent Society.
She and Samuel were eventually separated and she moved across the street from Samuel into their daughter's home.
MAAS, ISABELLA OFFENBACH (1817–1891). Isabella Offenbach Maas, opera singer, was born in Cologne, Germany, on March 11, 1817, the daughter of Rabbi Isaac Judah and Marianne Offenbach. Isabella was also the older sister of the French romantic composer Jacques Offenbach, so. she toured Europe with young Jacques and another brother, Julius, giving operatic performances. Her future husband, Texas merchant Samuel Maas, first saw her performing in a cathedral that he visited on one of his many trips to Europe. They were married in the spring of 1844 in Cologne.
Isabella had an attack of yellow fever eight days after she and Samuel arrived in Galveston, Texas, where 200 out of a population of 2,500 had already died in the epidemic, but Isabella lived to have four children while bringing the civilizing influence of opera to Galveston, often performing at her son Max's home on a special stage he built for her in the attic. She also conducted concerts for the German Ladies Benevolent Society and the French Benevolent Society. Eventually, Samuel and Isabella Maas separated, and Isabella moved into her daughter's home, across the street from Samuel's house (Her final residence received a Texas Historical Marker in 1986). She died on February 19, 1891, and was survived by sixteen grandchildren. Harry Levy, Jr., president of E. S. Levy and Company department store, was a great-grandson of Samuel and Isabella Maas.
Adapted from an entry from the Handbook of Texas Music. (2012). 2nd ed. Edited by Laurie E. Jasinski and Casey Monahan. Texas A & M University Press.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Galveston News, February 20, 1891; January 11, 1897. Samuel Maas Papers, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin. Natalie Ornish, Pioneer Jewish Texans (Dallas: Texas Heritage, 1989).
Married SAMUEL MAAS at COLOGNE, GERMANY in the Spring of 1844. They were the parents of 4 known children and at her death was the Grandmother of 17. To be noted: Harry Levy, Jr., President of E. S. Levy and Company department store, was a great-grandson of Samuel and Isabella.
While living in Galveston, Texas she conducted concerts for the German Ladies Benevolent Society and the French Benevolent Society.
She and Samuel were eventually separated and she moved across the street from Samuel into their daughter's home.
MAAS, ISABELLA OFFENBACH (1817–1891). Isabella Offenbach Maas, opera singer, was born in Cologne, Germany, on March 11, 1817, the daughter of Rabbi Isaac Judah and Marianne Offenbach. Isabella was also the older sister of the French romantic composer Jacques Offenbach, so. she toured Europe with young Jacques and another brother, Julius, giving operatic performances. Her future husband, Texas merchant Samuel Maas, first saw her performing in a cathedral that he visited on one of his many trips to Europe. They were married in the spring of 1844 in Cologne.
Isabella had an attack of yellow fever eight days after she and Samuel arrived in Galveston, Texas, where 200 out of a population of 2,500 had already died in the epidemic, but Isabella lived to have four children while bringing the civilizing influence of opera to Galveston, often performing at her son Max's home on a special stage he built for her in the attic. She also conducted concerts for the German Ladies Benevolent Society and the French Benevolent Society. Eventually, Samuel and Isabella Maas separated, and Isabella moved into her daughter's home, across the street from Samuel's house (Her final residence received a Texas Historical Marker in 1986). She died on February 19, 1891, and was survived by sixteen grandchildren. Harry Levy, Jr., president of E. S. Levy and Company department store, was a great-grandson of Samuel and Isabella Maas.
Adapted from an entry from the Handbook of Texas Music. (2012). 2nd ed. Edited by Laurie E. Jasinski and Casey Monahan. Texas A & M University Press.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Galveston News, February 20, 1891; January 11, 1897. Samuel Maas Papers, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin. Natalie Ornish, Pioneer Jewish Texans (Dallas: Texas Heritage, 1989).
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