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Benjamin Bloomingdale (born Benjamin Blumenthal, May 9, 1812 – January 12, 1896 ) was a weaver  from Altenmuhr (later Muhr am See) Bavaria, Germany. He emigrated to the United States c. 1837. He was the father of Lyman G. Bloomingdale and Joseph B. Bloomingdale, founders of Bloomingdale's department store.

Benjamin Bloomingdale was the son of Josef and Vaegeley (?, Fanny?) Blumenthal. He married Hannah Weil in New York City, New York c. 1838. The entry for Benjamin Bloomingdale in the 1860 United States Census shows the following children:  Lyman (age 19), Joseph (age 17),  Samuel (age 15), Sarah (age 11) and Emanuel (age 7). The entry for Benjamin Bloomingdale at genealogy.com shows Fanny Bloomingdale (1839)

With his son Joseph, Benjamin was the owner of a store in Manhattan in New York City selling hoop skirts. The business failed in 1871. In 1872, his sons, Joseph and Lyman, opened a dry goods store, which evolved into Bloomingdale's department store.

Additional references

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 The National Cyclopedia, Volume XXX, 1943, page 362. (Bloomingdale, Joseph Bernard).

Certificate of Death, Joseph Bloomingdale, November 22, 1904

Thorwald, Jürgen, Das Gewürz, Die Saga der Juden in Amerika. Droemer Knaur, 1978.

Jung, Wilfried, personal correspondence, July 21, 1990.

Jung, Wilfried, personal correspondence, August 10,1990

Jung, Wilfried, personal correspondence, October 5, 1990

American Jewish Year Book, pp 66-67 American Jewish Year Book Vol. 6 (1904-1905) / Biographical Sketches American Jewish Committee. (exact volume and year needs to be verified

U.S. Census 1860, "Free Inhabitants in District 3, 17th Ward, in the County of New York, State of New York.  Page No. 113.

New York Times, Died Bloomingdale. Joseph.

Jung, Wilfried,  "Nachrichten über die Familie Blumenthal in Altenmuhr." ("Information about the Blumenthal Family in Altenmuhr")

Certificate of Death, Benjamin Bloomingdale, January 10, 1896, November 22, 1904

Bloomingdale, Lyman G., Personal Correspondence, February 13, 1990. (Great-grandson of Benjamin Bloomingdale) </ol>