I am looking for any information on the family of Barnet Louis FINKELSTEIN (c. 1840-1914) a tailor of Kobryn who came to the US c. 1896 and lived in Manhattan. His parents are listed as Jacob (no surname) and Sarah Rubin on his death record.
By his first wife Anna Hirsch (c. 1840-18??) he had Sine Kaplan (1864?) Ida Raskin (1868-1948) Joseph Finkelstein (1870-?) Jacob Finkelstein (1875-?) and Ecy Finkelstein (1878-1966). By his second wife Yetta (Ioche) Segal (c. 1860-1922) he had Gussie Finkel(stein) (1893-1985) Lillie Beckelman (1895-1987) and Joseph "Janus") Finkelstein (c 1903-?). Yetta had two daughters Hannah and Rose by a previous marriage (they too took the Finkelstein surname).
The family name was said to have been PISTCHALSKY in Russia one of Barnet's sons who came to the US earlier supposedly changed the name.
I recently came across two other Finkelstein families who underwent a similar name change: the family of Moses Pishalsky (d. c. 1909) of Kobrin whose children took the Finkelstein surname (>from a stepuncle) and Joseph Finkelstein (c. 1909-?) of Kobrin and the Bronx whose name was originally Piszczalski. He came with his parents and family about 1920. I have been unable so far to learn more about these families.
A sister may have married into the Pantell/Pontoil family (who may have change their name to Feinthal).
