Dear Genners
I have posted four vital records >from Bolszowce on View mate. The
records are in Polish
and I would appreciate very much translation of all notes.
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM41574
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM41575
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM41576
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM41577

Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application.
Thank you very much.

Lea Haber Gedalia
Israel

Dear Genners
I have posted four vital records >from Bolszowce on View mate. The
records are in Polish
and I would appreciate very much translation of all notes.
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM41574
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM41575
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM41576
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM41577

Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application.
Thank you very much.

Lea Haber Gedalia
Israel

I am trying to verify and contact a Cong. Bnai Israel in Brooklyn
which at the early part of the 20th cent. was at the corner of Bedford
Ave and Hewes St. Researching the net I see that 3 cong.Bnai Israel
exist today in Brooklyn, but none at the above corner. There is one
several blocks >from Bedford Ave. but that doesn't assure that this is
the Congregation I am looking for.

I presume that the Bnai Israel I am searching was (is) an orthodox
shul. In 1918 they hired a Rabbi Jacob Dolgenas and I would like to
see a picture of this Rabbi.

Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem

I am trying to verify and contact a Cong. Bnai Israel in Brooklyn
which at the early part of the 20th cent. was at the corner of Bedford
Ave and Hewes St. Researching the net I see that 3 cong.Bnai Israel
exist today in Brooklyn, but none at the above corner. There is one
several blocks >from Bedford Ave. but that doesn't assure that this is
the Congregation I am looking for.

I presume that the Bnai Israel I am searching was (is) an orthodox
shul. In 1918 they hired a Rabbi Jacob Dolgenas and I would like to
see a picture of this Rabbi.

Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem

Dear Bessarabians,

I am happy to announce that Yefim Kogan, Besssarabia SIG Coordinator,
agreed to join members of Bessarabian/Moldavian Jewish Roots group on
Facebook and answer their questions next Monday, August 10th >from 6 to
7 pm e.t.

The group members will be able to post questions prior to and during
the session. All questions should be related to the group's focus area
- Bessarabia/Moldova and Transnistria. Please come and join our group
at https://www.facebook.com/groups/Bessarabian.Moldavian.Jewishroots/.

Inna Vayner

Bessarabian / Moldavian Jewish Roots Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Bessarabian.Moldavian.Jewishroots/

Researching:
VAYNER/VAINER/WEINER/WAINER Tiraspol, Odessa DEKHTYAR/DEGTIAR/DEKTAR Tiraspol, Odessa
MAYZLER/MAIZLER Nezavertailovka, Tiraspol SOBOL/SOBEL Nezavertailvoka, Tiraspol, Benderi
SHEINFELD/SHEYNFELD Kishinev, Tiraspol STUDIVNOVSKY Tiraspol, Grigoriopol, Odessa
GRANOVSKY/GRANOWSKIY Petroverovka/Zhovten, Odessa, Tiraspol

Dear Bessarabians,

I am happy to announce that Yefim Kogan, Besssarabia SIG Coordinator,
agreed to join members of Bessarabian/Moldavian Jewish Roots group on
Facebook and answer their questions next Monday, August 10th >from 6 to
7 pm e.t.

The group members will be able to post questions prior to and during
the session. All questions should be related to the group's focus area
- Bessarabia/Moldova and Transnistria. Please come and join our group
at https://www.facebook.com/groups/Bessarabian.Moldavian.Jewishroots/.

Inna Vayner

Bessarabian / Moldavian Jewish Roots Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Bessarabian.Moldavian.Jewishroots/

Researching:
VAYNER/VAINER/WEINER/WAINER Tiraspol, Odessa DEKHTYAR/DEGTIAR/DEKTAR Tiraspol, Odessa
MAYZLER/MAIZLER Nezavertailovka, Tiraspol SOBOL/SOBEL Nezavertailvoka, Tiraspol, Benderi
SHEINFELD/SHEYNFELD Kishinev, Tiraspol STUDIVNOVSKY Tiraspol, Grigoriopol, Odessa
GRANOVSKY/GRANOWSKIY Petroverovka/Zhovten, Odessa, Tiraspol

Just added to the Gesher Galicia Map Room...

Stare Miasto Cadastral Map 1890

http://maps.geshergalicia.org/cadastral/stare-miasto-1890/

A selectively-colored cadastral map of the village of Stare Miasto (of
the Gmina Lezajsk), with the hamlet of Przychojec, surveyed in 1890 in
Galicia, today in Poland.

This excerpt includes all of the southern and central lands, and all
residential areas. This later map uses Polish language throughout,
acknowledging the greater autonomy of Galicia within the Empire. A
working intermediate-stage map, this print uses an earlier lithograph
as base for field updates, and each sheet was quartered and
board-backed for folding so it could be easily carried and deployed in
the field with in-situ revisions. This small village has no visible
center, but the map clearly shows developing residential centers in
several locations, plus a church and a few large estates. Images for
this map were provided to Gesher Galicia by the Archiwum Panstwowe w
Rzeszowie in Poland.

The entire map room collection is here: http://maps.geshergalicia.org

Pamela Weisberger
Gesher Galicia
pweisberger@gmail.com

Just added to the Gesher Galicia Map Room...

Stare Miasto Cadastral Map 1890

http://maps.geshergalicia.org/cadastral/stare-miasto-1890/

A selectively-colored cadastral map of the village of Stare Miasto (of
the Gmina Lezajsk), with the hamlet of Przychojec, surveyed in 1890 in
Galicia, today in Poland.

This excerpt includes all of the southern and central lands, and all
residential areas. This later map uses Polish language throughout,
acknowledging the greater autonomy of Galicia within the Empire. A
working intermediate-stage map, this print uses an earlier lithograph
as base for field updates, and each sheet was quartered and
board-backed for folding so it could be easily carried and deployed in
the field with in-situ revisions. This small village has no visible
center, but the map clearly shows developing residential centers in
several locations, plus a church and a few large estates. Images for
this map were provided to Gesher Galicia by the Archiwum Panstwowe w
Rzeszowie in Poland.

The entire map room collection is here: http://maps.geshergalicia.org

Pamela Weisberger
Gesher Galicia
pweisberger@gmail.com

Richard Stower writes about an interesting divorce and desertion case
in NYC (family originally >from Galicia):

"My grandmother, Rose KANNER (b. Dabrowa Tarnowska) married Jacob
(Jack) GROSS (b. Chortkov) in NYC. Soon after my mother was born my
grandfather abandoned the family. In the early 1950s it was found that my
grandfather had married Katie ROSENBERG in the late 1940s without having
divorced my grandmother. The family memory is that my grandfather was
arrested for bigamy and spent time in Rikers Island. In 1953 my grandmother
sued for divorce, which was granted. I have the Final Judgement in the case
but I would like to get access to the original complaint. Does anyone have a
suggestion as to how to get the complaint?

Also, any ideas to get access to the court and/or prison records regarding
the bigamy charge against my grandfather?

Finally, in the divorce decree there is a provision that "it shall not be lawful
for the defendant [my grandfather] to marry any person other than the
plaintiff [my grandmother] during the lifetime of the plaintiff, except by
express permission of the Court." Is this common in a divorce?"

And...

"Following a suggestion, I emailed Mark Nusebaum, Records Manager of the
Office of the Bronx County Clerk with my request for the divorce complaint
regarding my grandparents. Fortunately I had in my possession the final
judgement of the divorce which nullified the restriction of records of a
divorce within a hundred years. Had not Mr. Nusebaum taken yesterday off,
I would have had the complaint emailed to me within 24 hours of my
request rather than the 45 hours it took! Amazing."

Congratulations on getting a copy of the court records. Divorce cases can
be among the most fascinating and insightful documents for genealogists
because of what is discussed within the case records.

Two more thoughts on continued research since your grandfather deserted
the family. You might want to check out the records of the "National
Desertion Bureau" (NDB) at the Yivo Institute:

http://www.yivoarchives.org/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=32686

This agency was organized in 1905 and gave assistance to Jewish immigrant
women who had been deserted by their husbands. The name was later
changed to Family Location Service. They have about 20,000 case files with
index cards arranged alphabetically. It was through this service that
husbands who left their families and traveled to other states, marrying other
women and having other children, were eventually tracked down. Without
their services most of these men would not be found.

I think the records are kept off-site, and you may have to prove your
relationship to the person in question, but contacting Yivo should offer more
information. Yivo's home page: http://yivo.org

As for "absolute divorce" which meant the party to blame in the divorce
(adultery, desertion, etc.) was not allowed to marry during the lifetime of the
wronged party. This rather archaic law was in force until the 1960s I believe.
Remember all those Reno, Nevada and Mexican divorces people used to get?
That's why. Couples who mutually wanted to get divorced either went out of
state or used setups where the husband agreed to be photographed with a
woman to justify the adultery claim, even when it didn't exist. (I have at least
one first-hand account of this happening in the 1940s. I'm sure there were
lawyers who arranged these "staged" events so couples in agreement could
move on quickly with their lives.) More on NYC divorces here:

http://www.brandeslaw.com/grounds_for_divorce/history.htm

To bring more human interest to your story, try searching in historical
newspapers for stories about your grandfather. You never know what might
pop up.

Also, the Jewish Daily Forward (in cooperation with the NDB) carried a regular
item called "The Gallery of the Missing Husband" (with photos!) to assist the
great number of abandoned wives writing to the paper. This column began in
1911. Because The Forward is in Yiddish, the research is more challenging,
but if you know the date of an event (perhaps memorialized in the divorce
papers) you might have success.

I found a relative married in NYC 1892 who accused his wife of adultery and
was divorced, then remarried a widow, then divorce #1 was overturned by a
NY judge the following year (making him a bigamist by default) followed by
an altercation with wife #2 in Chicago over money, followed by another
divorce on the grounds of cruelty in Denver, before returning to wife #1 and
moving to Little Rock. Without the newspaper article I never would have
known about the Chicago altercation and the Denver divorce.

Pamela Weisberger
Santa Monica, CA
pweisberger@gmail.com

Richard Stower writes about an interesting divorce and desertion case
in NYC (family originally >from Galicia):

"My grandmother, Rose KANNER (b. Dabrowa Tarnowska) married Jacob
(Jack) GROSS (b. Chortkov) in NYC. Soon after my mother was born my
grandfather abandoned the family. In the early 1950s it was found that my
grandfather had married Katie ROSENBERG in the late 1940s without having
divorced my grandmother. The family memory is that my grandfather was
arrested for bigamy and spent time in Rikers Island. In 1953 my grandmother
sued for divorce, which was granted. I have the Final Judgement in the case
but I would like to get access to the original complaint. Does anyone have a
suggestion as to how to get the complaint?

Also, any ideas to get access to the court and/or prison records regarding
the bigamy charge against my grandfather?

Finally, in the divorce decree there is a provision that "it shall not be lawful
for the defendant [my grandfather] to marry any person other than the
plaintiff [my grandmother] during the lifetime of the plaintiff, except by
express permission of the Court." Is this common in a divorce?"

And...

"Following a suggestion, I emailed Mark Nusebaum, Records Manager of the
Office of the Bronx County Clerk with my request for the divorce complaint
regarding my grandparents. Fortunately I had in my possession the final
judgement of the divorce which nullified the restriction of records of a
divorce within a hundred years. Had not Mr. Nusebaum taken yesterday off,
I would have had the complaint emailed to me within 24 hours of my
request rather than the 45 hours it took! Amazing."

Congratulations on getting a copy of the court records. Divorce cases can
be among the most fascinating and insightful documents for genealogists
because of what is discussed within the case records.

Two more thoughts on continued research since your grandfather deserted
the family. You might want to check out the records of the "National
Desertion Bureau" (NDB) at the Yivo Institute:

http://www.yivoarchives.org/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=32686

This agency was organized in 1905 and gave assistance to Jewish immigrant
women who had been deserted by their husbands. The name was later
changed to Family Location Service. They have about 20,000 case files with
index cards arranged alphabetically. It was through this service that
husbands who left their families and traveled to other states, marrying other
women and having other children, were eventually tracked down. Without
their services most of these men would not be found.

I think the records are kept off-site, and you may have to prove your
relationship to the person in question, but contacting Yivo should offer more
information. Yivo's home page: http://yivo.org

As for "absolute divorce" which meant the party to blame in the divorce
(adultery, desertion, etc.) was not allowed to marry during the lifetime of the
wronged party. This rather archaic law was in force until the 1960s I believe.
Remember all those Reno, Nevada and Mexican divorces people used to get?
That's why. Couples who mutually wanted to get divorced either went out of
state or used setups where the husband agreed to be photographed with a
woman to justify the adultery claim, even when it didn't exist. (I have at least
one first-hand account of this happening in the 1940s. I'm sure there were
lawyers who arranged these "staged" events so couples in agreement could
move on quickly with their lives.) More on NYC divorces here:

http://www.brandeslaw.com/grounds_for_divorce/history.htm

To bring more human interest to your story, try searching in historical
newspapers for stories about your grandfather. You never know what might
pop up.

Also, the Jewish Daily Forward (in cooperation with the NDB) carried a regular
item called "The Gallery of the Missing Husband" (with photos!) to assist the
great number of abandoned wives writing to the paper. This column began in
1911. Because The Forward is in Yiddish, the research is more challenging,
but if you know the date of an event (perhaps memorialized in the divorce
papers) you might have success.

I found a relative married in NYC 1892 who accused his wife of adultery and
was divorced, then remarried a widow, then divorce #1 was overturned by a
NY judge the following year (making him a bigamist by default) followed by
an altercation with wife #2 in Chicago over money, followed by another
divorce on the grounds of cruelty in Denver, before returning to wife #1 and
moving to Little Rock. Without the newspaper article I never would have
known about the Chicago altercation and the Denver divorce.

Pamela Weisberger
Santa Monica, CA
pweisberger@gmail.com

Just added to the Gesher Galicia Map Room...

Stare Miasto Cadastral Map 1890

http://maps.geshergalicia.org/cadastral/stare-miasto-1890/

A selectively-colored cadastral map of the village of Stare Miasto (of
the Gmina Lezajsk), with the hamlet of Przychojec, surveyed in 1890
in Galicia, today in Poland.

This excerpt includes all of the southern and central lands, and all
residential areas. This later map uses Polish language throughout,
acknowledging the greater autonomy of Galicia within the Empire. A
working intermediate-stage map, this print uses an earlier lithograph
as base for field updates, and each sheet was quartered and
board-backed for folding so it could be easily carried and deployed in
the field with in-situ revisions. This small village has no visible
center, but the map clearly shows developing residential centers in
several locations, plus a church and a few large estates. Images for
this map were provided to Gesher Galicia by the Archiwum Panstwowe
w Rzeszowie in Poland.

The entire map room collection is here: http://maps.geshergalicia.org

Pamela Weisberger
Gesher Galicia
pweisberger@gmail.com

Just added to the Gesher Galicia Map Room...

Stare Miasto Cadastral Map 1890

http://maps.geshergalicia.org/cadastral/stare-miasto-1890/

A selectively-colored cadastral map of the village of Stare Miasto (of
the Gmina Lezajsk), with the hamlet of Przychojec, surveyed in 1890
in Galicia, today in Poland.

This excerpt includes all of the southern and central lands, and all
residential areas. This later map uses Polish language throughout,
acknowledging the greater autonomy of Galicia within the Empire. A
working intermediate-stage map, this print uses an earlier lithograph
as base for field updates, and each sheet was quartered and
board-backed for folding so it could be easily carried and deployed in
the field with in-situ revisions. This small village has no visible
center, but the map clearly shows developing residential centers in
several locations, plus a church and a few large estates. Images for
this map were provided to Gesher Galicia by the Archiwum Panstwowe
w Rzeszowie in Poland.

The entire map room collection is here: http://maps.geshergalicia.org

Pamela Weisberger
Gesher Galicia
pweisberger@gmail.com

I've posted two one-page legal documents ("protokol legalizacyjny") in Polish
for which I need a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses:

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM41346
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM41345

Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application.

These are very important to me, and I would greatly appreciate the help.

Thank you very much.
Joel Weiner

I've posted two one-page legal documents ("protokol legalizacyjny") in Polish
for which I need a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses:

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM41346
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM41345

Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application.

These are very important to me, and I would greatly appreciate the help.

Thank you very much.
Joel Weiner

I am trying to learn more about Sabina HIRSCH (or HIRSZ) and her first husband
Mr. LEDERER who was (likely) the father of her son Louis. I am assuming they
lived in Tarnow since her son Louis was born there.

According to the documents I've found thus far, Sabina HIRSCH (or HIRSZ) was
born between about 1872-1875 in Galicia or Austria. She arrived in the US
between about 1900-1903.

The license for her second marriage provides her maiden name, HIRSCH, naming
her as the daughter of Marcus HIRSCH & Roza BENDER (note that an 1888 civil
marriage record >from Tarnow for her parents names them as Markus HIRSZ and
Raca BENDER).

The marriage record also provides her first married name: Sabina LEDERER. They
were married sometime prior to 1905, according to the license for her second
marriage which named her as "widow" Sabina LEDERER. She had a son, Louis, who
was born 19 Mar 1894 in Tarnow, Poland.

Sabina emigrated to the US between about 1900-1905.

In 1905, the widow Sabina LEDERER married for a second time to Saul FRIEDNER at
Crlstonopoler Consr???? Brlth Isaac, 90-92 Columbia St, Manhattan, New York, USA.

Sabina's son, Louis, was born 19 Mar 1894 in Tarnow, Poland. In the 1910 US
Federal Census he was enumerated as Louis HIRSCH, step-son of Saul FRIEDNER.
Louis' last name, HIRSCH, is Sabina's maiden name and I've learned that children
often assumed their mother's surname if the parents were only married by a rabbi
and did not have a civil marriage. Louis later assumed the surname FRIEDNER. His
headstone names him as Louis FRIEDNER which provides his Hebrew name: "Eliezer
son of Aryeh."
See <http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=FRIEDNER&GSfn=Louis&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=118184101&df=all&>
[MOD. NOTE: shortened URL - http://goo.gl/01Lf7i ]

**Next steps?**
I have thus far not had luck in finding documents for Sabina's first marriage to
Mr. LEDERER. I do not know if he also emigrated to the US or if he passed away
prior to Sabina's emigration to the US.

I appreciate any tips!
Debbie Wetlaufer
Virginia USA

I am trying to learn more about Sabina HIRSCH (or HIRSZ) and her first husband
Mr. LEDERER who was (likely) the father of her son Louis. I am assuming they
lived in Tarnow since her son Louis was born there.

According to the documents I've found thus far, Sabina HIRSCH (or HIRSZ) was
born between about 1872-1875 in Galicia or Austria. She arrived in the US
between about 1900-1903.

The license for her second marriage provides her maiden name, HIRSCH, naming
her as the daughter of Marcus HIRSCH & Roza BENDER (note that an 1888 civil
marriage record >from Tarnow for her parents names them as Markus HIRSZ and
Raca BENDER).

The marriage record also provides her first married name: Sabina LEDERER. They
were married sometime prior to 1905, according to the license for her second
marriage which named her as "widow" Sabina LEDERER. She had a son, Louis, who
was born 19 Mar 1894 in Tarnow, Poland.

Sabina emigrated to the US between about 1900-1905.

In 1905, the widow Sabina LEDERER married for a second time to Saul FRIEDNER at
Crlstonopoler Consr???? Brlth Isaac, 90-92 Columbia St, Manhattan, New York, USA.

Sabina's son, Louis, was born 19 Mar 1894 in Tarnow, Poland. In the 1910 US
Federal Census he was enumerated as Louis HIRSCH, step-son of Saul FRIEDNER.
Louis' last name, HIRSCH, is Sabina's maiden name and I've learned that children
often assumed their mother's surname if the parents were only married by a rabbi
and did not have a civil marriage. Louis later assumed the surname FRIEDNER. His
headstone names him as Louis FRIEDNER which provides his Hebrew name: "Eliezer
son of Aryeh."
See <http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=FRIEDNER&GSfn=Louis&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=118184101&df=all&>
[MOD. NOTE: shortened URL - http://goo.gl/01Lf7i ]

**Next steps?**
I have thus far not had luck in finding documents for Sabina's first marriage to
Mr. LEDERER. I do not know if he also emigrated to the US or if he passed away
prior to Sabina's emigration to the US.

I appreciate any tips!
Debbie Wetlaufer
Virginia USA

As part of the ongoing work of the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and
Women (UK) we are looking for proof (as usual) of the Jewishness of the
following WW1 casualties with crosses etc. Can you help??? Further details on
the CWGC site if you wish to check.

Note some of these men came >from the USA and Tunis, although most are >from
Britain.

11723 Pte G Myers 2 Middx 16.6.16 - born Plaistow, b.Richmond cemetery, s. of
Hyam and Lucy Myers
2Lt Jay Pollins RAF 28.9.18 - b. Pernes - son of Otto and Bessie of New Jersey,
USA
G14690 Pte Robert Hyam Samama 7th Queens, 18.11.16 b. Stump Rd, born Tunis
27210 Pte Reuben Wagner 2nd S Lancs - 2.8.17- b. Poelcappelle - son of Lazarus
and Rachel of Manchester
L15810Pte Frederick Niemann 4th RF - b. Barnsbury ?
2251 Pte Charles Stirzaker 1/5/KORL 29.3.15 - Lancaster/Wulgerem?
2515 Pte Edmund Koski 21 Midd 4.3.17 - b. Rancourt - Tottenham/Shoreditch
471225 Rif George Mendel 12 London - 1.7.16 b. Gommecourt - lived Bloomsbury
95140 Pte Peter Levezuk 13 Liverpool 31.8.18 - born Russia, enlisted
Chicago, b. Ecoust St Main
Lt Edward Meyer Gosschalk KOYLI 28.8.16 b. Delville Wood son of Edward and
Esther of Hull

The usual proof of photo copies of documents, press cuttings etc is required
to convince the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (www.cwgc.org).

Saul Issroff

Please reply privately to me.

As part of the ongoing work of the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and
Women (UK) we are looking for proof (as usual) of the Jewishness of the
following WW1 casualties with crosses etc. Can you help??? Further details on
the CWGC site if you wish to check.

Note some of these men came >from the USA and Tunis, although most are >from
Britain.

11723 Pte G Myers 2 Middx 16.6.16 - born Plaistow, b.Richmond cemetery, s. of
Hyam and Lucy Myers
2Lt Jay Pollins RAF 28.9.18 - b. Pernes - son of Otto and Bessie of New Jersey,
USA
G14690 Pte Robert Hyam Samama 7th Queens, 18.11.16 b. Stump Rd, born Tunis
27210 Pte Reuben Wagner 2nd S Lancs - 2.8.17- b. Poelcappelle - son of Lazarus
and Rachel of Manchester
L15810Pte Frederick Niemann 4th RF - b. Barnsbury ?
2251 Pte Charles Stirzaker 1/5/KORL 29.3.15 - Lancaster/Wulgerem?
2515 Pte Edmund Koski 21 Midd 4.3.17 - b. Rancourt - Tottenham/Shoreditch
471225 Rif George Mendel 12 London - 1.7.16 b. Gommecourt - lived Bloomsbury
95140 Pte Peter Levezuk 13 Liverpool 31.8.18 - born Russia, enlisted
Chicago, b. Ecoust St Main
Lt Edward Meyer Gosschalk KOYLI 28.8.16 b. Delville Wood son of Edward and
Esther of Hull

The usual proof of photo copies of documents, press cuttings etc is required
to convince the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (www.cwgc.org).

Saul Issroff

Please reply privately to me.

As part of ongoing work with the Association of Jewish Ex Servicemen and
Women (UK) we are trying to prove if any of these men were Jewish. None are
listed in South African Jews in World War ll, SA Jewish Board of Deputies,
1950. They either have crosses or no symbol.

If you ahve information please reply privately to me.

WW2 South African

Buried at Knightsbridge Acroma

102282 Conn A W SAAF - joint grave - no symbol - Jewish?

2841 Harris, Leonard 29/5/42 - CROSS

73448 Meyer, David 13/2/42 - NO SYMBOL

C/274806 Samuels, Daniel 30/5/42 - NO SYMBOL

105878 Stone, Russell 23/11/41 - CROSS

RH/6855528 Winder, Basil 15/6/42 KRRC but >from Rhodesia - CROSS


Others

77377 Meyer, S F 18/3/45 b. Hanover - NO SYMBOL

C/272462 Rass, Abraham - b. Addis Ababa - NO SYMBOL

45253 Lang, Austin 27/7/43 b. Bari - CROSS

Saul Issroff

As part of ongoing work with the Association of Jewish Ex Servicemen and
Women (UK) we are trying to prove if any of these men were Jewish. None are
listed in South African Jews in World War ll, SA Jewish Board of Deputies,
1950. They either have crosses or no symbol.

If you ahve information please reply privately to me.

WW2 South African

Buried at Knightsbridge Acroma

102282 Conn A W SAAF - joint grave - no symbol - Jewish?

2841 Harris, Leonard 29/5/42 - CROSS

73448 Meyer, David 13/2/42 - NO SYMBOL

C/274806 Samuels, Daniel 30/5/42 - NO SYMBOL

105878 Stone, Russell 23/11/41 - CROSS

RH/6855528 Winder, Basil 15/6/42 KRRC but >from Rhodesia - CROSS


Others

77377 Meyer, S F 18/3/45 b. Hanover - NO SYMBOL

C/272462 Rass, Abraham - b. Addis Ababa - NO SYMBOL

45253 Lang, Austin 27/7/43 b. Bari - CROSS

Saul Issroff