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Family Re-union
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raphael c greenspon
Thank you all for your many many responses about planning a family
reunion. The general opinion of most was to make it kosher and not on Shabbos. Thanksgiving could be perfect. Happy Chanuka, Raphael Greenspon Researching: GREENSPON, LIPNICK, SHERESHEVSKY, BERONOVITCH, NEVAISER, PLATT,KURLAND, SCHABES, SHWINDLER
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Where is Land's End, England?
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Howard Zakai
Dear British Genners,
After Russia and before New York, my great-grandfather and his siblings lived in Manchester >from about 1898 to 1906 or so. [One sister lived in Cardiff, South Wales.] In the U.S., many years later, and still such a long time ago, one of the brothers mentioned that while in England, he visited a place called Land's End. Would anybody know where this is? Of what significance is it? Regards, Howie Zakai Staten Island, NY
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Family Re-union
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raphael c greenspon
Thank you all for your many many responses about planning a family
reunion. The general opinion of most was to make it kosher and not on Shabbos. Thanksgiving could be perfect. Happy Chanuka, Raphael Greenspon Researching: GREENSPON, LIPNICK, SHERESHEVSKY, BERONOVITCH, NEVAISER, PLATT,KURLAND, SCHABES, SHWINDLER
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Where is Land's End, England?
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Howard Zakai
Dear British Genners,
After Russia and before New York, my great-grandfather and his siblings lived in Manchester >from about 1898 to 1906 or so. [One sister lived in Cardiff, South Wales.] In the U.S., many years later, and still such a long time ago, one of the brothers mentioned that while in England, he visited a place called Land's End. Would anybody know where this is? Of what significance is it? Regards, Howie Zakai Staten Island, NY
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IGS Beit Shemesh Branch - Tuesday December 10, 2002 - Jews of Saloniki
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Rose Feldman <rosef@...>
The monthly meeting of the Beit Shemesh Branch of the Israel Genealogical
Society will take place on Tuesday December 10, 2002 at 117 Shimon St. in Givat Sharet, Ramat Beit Shemesh, at 20:30. The schedule for the evening includes a lecture on the Jews of Saloniki by Prof. Yitzchak Kerem >from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. The lecture will be in English. For further information you can contact: Chaim Emmett at: (02) 9995730 or at: realife@012.net.il or Judy Montel at: (02) 9996407 or at: jjmontel@barak-online.net The Israel Genealogy Society igs@isragen.org.il www.isragen.org.il P.O.Box 4270 Jerusalem 91041 Chana Furman ehfurman@netvision.net.il Phone: (972) (8) 688 0884
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IGS Tel-Aviv Branch - Monday December 9, 2002
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Rose Feldman <rosef@...>
The monthly meeting of the Tel-Aviv Branch of the Israel Genealogical
Society will take place on Monday December 9, 2002 at Beit Hatanach, 16 Rothschild Blvd. Tel-Aviv, at 19:00. The schedule for the evening includes a lecture on “The Utilization of Jewish Labor during the Holocaust and Its Affect on Genealogical Research” by Rose Lerer Cohen. Rose Lerer Cohen is the co-editor with Saul Issroff of the four volumes of “The Holocaust in Lithuania 1941-1945: A Book of Remembrance” published by Gefen Publishing, 2002. The meeting and report will be in Hebrew. The library will be open form 18:00-19:00. For further information you can contact: Rose Feldman at: rosef@post.tau.ac.il or at: 03- 641 3856 The Israel Genealogy Society igs@isragen.org.il www.isragen.org.il P.O.Box 4270 Jerusalem 91041 Chana Furman ehfurman@netvision.net.il Phone: (972) (8) 688 0884 * * * Upcoming meetings * * * January 13, 2003: Zippi Rosenne will talk about the Visual Documentation Center of the Diaspora Museum. February 10, 2003: Basil Sendler will talk about ‘Max, A Well Kept Secret', how he found a brother he never knew existed.' March 10, 2003: Haim Sidor will talk about " Genealogical Sources in Safed".
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Meeting Announcement - IGS- Negev Israel
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Shirley Rosen <shirli@...>
Meeting Announcement -December 2002 - Israel Genealogical Society - Negev
Branch " HaHevra HaGenealogit HaIsraelit " The next meeting of the IGS-Negev branch will take place: Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2002 - Happy Chanukah!! Time: 20:00 (Library open >from 7:30) Place: Kehilat Magen Avraham,Corner of Rehov Ad-Ad and Rehov Margalit, Omer Our speaker will be our own Martha Lev-Zion, who will share with us one of the talks she gave at the Toronto Conference. The topic is: the origins of the Courlander Jews . The talk will be in English, but questions and discussion will be in Hebrew. posted by: Shirley Rosen Beer Sheva, Israel
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen IGS Beit Shemesh Branch - Tuesday December 10, 2002 - Jews of Saloniki
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Rose Feldman <rosef@...>
The monthly meeting of the Beit Shemesh Branch of the Israel Genealogical
Society will take place on Tuesday December 10, 2002 at 117 Shimon St. in Givat Sharet, Ramat Beit Shemesh, at 20:30. The schedule for the evening includes a lecture on the Jews of Saloniki by Prof. Yitzchak Kerem >from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. The lecture will be in English. For further information you can contact: Chaim Emmett at: (02) 9995730 or at: realife@012.net.il or Judy Montel at: (02) 9996407 or at: jjmontel@barak-online.net The Israel Genealogy Society igs@isragen.org.il www.isragen.org.il P.O.Box 4270 Jerusalem 91041 Chana Furman ehfurman@netvision.net.il Phone: (972) (8) 688 0884
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen IGS Tel-Aviv Branch - Monday December 9, 2002
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Rose Feldman <rosef@...>
The monthly meeting of the Tel-Aviv Branch of the Israel Genealogical
Society will take place on Monday December 9, 2002 at Beit Hatanach, 16 Rothschild Blvd. Tel-Aviv, at 19:00. The schedule for the evening includes a lecture on “The Utilization of Jewish Labor during the Holocaust and Its Affect on Genealogical Research” by Rose Lerer Cohen. Rose Lerer Cohen is the co-editor with Saul Issroff of the four volumes of “The Holocaust in Lithuania 1941-1945: A Book of Remembrance” published by Gefen Publishing, 2002. The meeting and report will be in Hebrew. The library will be open form 18:00-19:00. For further information you can contact: Rose Feldman at: rosef@post.tau.ac.il or at: 03- 641 3856 The Israel Genealogy Society igs@isragen.org.il www.isragen.org.il P.O.Box 4270 Jerusalem 91041 Chana Furman ehfurman@netvision.net.il Phone: (972) (8) 688 0884 * * * Upcoming meetings * * * January 13, 2003: Zippi Rosenne will talk about the Visual Documentation Center of the Diaspora Museum. February 10, 2003: Basil Sendler will talk about ‘Max, A Well Kept Secret', how he found a brother he never knew existed.' March 10, 2003: Haim Sidor will talk about " Genealogical Sources in Safed".
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Meeting Announcement - IGS- Negev Israel
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Shirley Rosen <shirli@...>
Meeting Announcement -December 2002 - Israel Genealogical Society - Negev
Branch " HaHevra HaGenealogit HaIsraelit " The next meeting of the IGS-Negev branch will take place: Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2002 - Happy Chanukah!! Time: 20:00 (Library open >from 7:30) Place: Kehilat Magen Avraham,Corner of Rehov Ad-Ad and Rehov Margalit, Omer Our speaker will be our own Martha Lev-Zion, who will share with us one of the talks she gave at the Toronto Conference. The topic is: the origins of the Courlander Jews . The talk will be in English, but questions and discussion will be in Hebrew. posted by: Shirley Rosen Beer Sheva, Israel
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Seeking information about Hugo NATHAN - Frankfur a.M.
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David Baron <dbaron@...>
Dear Gersig,
I received this message. Can anyone help? Dear Sirs! from the internet and your homepage I know your efforts to find outmore about jewish families of Frankfurt/Main. I am a writer and for a book about so called "Looted art" I am doing some investigations in a certain case of a former jewish family of Frankfurt. It's about Hugo Nathan and his family. Nathan was a wealthy entrepreneur and was known for his famous art collection. After the Nazis came up, he and his family fled and emigrated to Switzerland, Zürich. That's all I know up to now. Maybe you have heard of Hugo Nathan or you can give some advice where I can get some specific information. I would be pleased if you could give a brief answer to me. Thank you very much. Sincerely yours, Markus Stötzel Huteweg 4, D-35096 Weimar (Lahn) phone: 06421-794560, fax: 06421-794561, email: RAStoetzel@aol.com Posted by GerSig Member David Baron Seattle, WA
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German SIG #Germany Seeking information about Hugo NATHAN - Frankfur a.M.
#germany
David Baron <dbaron@...>
Dear Gersig,
I received this message. Can anyone help? Dear Sirs! from the internet and your homepage I know your efforts to find outmore about jewish families of Frankfurt/Main. I am a writer and for a book about so called "Looted art" I am doing some investigations in a certain case of a former jewish family of Frankfurt. It's about Hugo Nathan and his family. Nathan was a wealthy entrepreneur and was known for his famous art collection. After the Nazis came up, he and his family fled and emigrated to Switzerland, Zürich. That's all I know up to now. Maybe you have heard of Hugo Nathan or you can give some advice where I can get some specific information. I would be pleased if you could give a brief answer to me. Thank you very much. Sincerely yours, Markus Stötzel Huteweg 4, D-35096 Weimar (Lahn) phone: 06421-794560, fax: 06421-794561, email: RAStoetzel@aol.com Posted by GerSig Member David Baron Seattle, WA
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Re: Ballin family & Lublin family
#scandinavia
Steen Felding <steen.felding@...>
Gerson Joel Ballin was the son of the merchant Joel Joseph Ballin
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who settled in Horsens ca. 1784 after receiving a royal permission to do so. I have been researching the Danish branches of the Ballin-family and found a lot of material I would like to share with Henry Cohen and others. Gerson is not listed in the 1787-census of Horsens but his father and family are: http://www.jewishgen.org/scandinavia/1787horsens-us.htm But Gerson is on the 1801-census of Horsens, and he was no doubt born there ca. 1800. The census can be found on the Danish Demographic Database (online searchable databases): http://ddd.dda.dk/ddd_en.htm but here is the listing for the familiy in 1801: Census 1801, Skanderborg County, Horsens Town, Address: Søndergade Nordre Side, 118, 82. ---------------------------------------------- (Name, Age, Marital status, Position in the household, Occupation) Joel Ballin, 48, Married, Head of household, Merchant, Rosine Levin, 37, Married, His wife Joseph Ballin, 11, Unmarried, Their children Ester Ballin, 10, Unmarried, Their children Sara Ballin, 9, Unmarried, Their children Lovise Ballin, 9, Unmarried, Their children Githe Ballin, 7, Unmarried, Their children Julius Ballin, 5, Unmarried, Their children Simon Ballin, 4, Unmarried, Their children Friderica Ballin, 2, Unmarried, Their children Gerson Ballin, 1, Unmarried, Their children Bernt Abrahamson, 19, Unmarried, Servant
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From: "Henry Cohen" <henry.cohen@ntlworld.com> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 12:47 PM Subject: [scandinavia] Ballin family & Lublin family My great grandparents were Siegfriedt BALLIN born in Randers------------------------------
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Scandinavia SIG #Scandinavia Re: Ballin family & Lublin family
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Steen Felding <steen.felding@...>
Gerson Joel Ballin was the son of the merchant Joel Joseph Ballin
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
who settled in Horsens ca. 1784 after receiving a royal permission to do so. I have been researching the Danish branches of the Ballin-family and found a lot of material I would like to share with Henry Cohen and others. Gerson is not listed in the 1787-census of Horsens but his father and family are: http://www.jewishgen.org/scandinavia/1787horsens-us.htm But Gerson is on the 1801-census of Horsens, and he was no doubt born there ca. 1800. The census can be found on the Danish Demographic Database (online searchable databases): http://ddd.dda.dk/ddd_en.htm but here is the listing for the familiy in 1801: Census 1801, Skanderborg County, Horsens Town, Address: Søndergade Nordre Side, 118, 82. ---------------------------------------------- (Name, Age, Marital status, Position in the household, Occupation) Joel Ballin, 48, Married, Head of household, Merchant, Rosine Levin, 37, Married, His wife Joseph Ballin, 11, Unmarried, Their children Ester Ballin, 10, Unmarried, Their children Sara Ballin, 9, Unmarried, Their children Lovise Ballin, 9, Unmarried, Their children Githe Ballin, 7, Unmarried, Their children Julius Ballin, 5, Unmarried, Their children Simon Ballin, 4, Unmarried, Their children Friderica Ballin, 2, Unmarried, Their children Gerson Ballin, 1, Unmarried, Their children Bernt Abrahamson, 19, Unmarried, Servant
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From: "Henry Cohen" <henry.cohen@ntlworld.com> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 12:47 PM Subject: [scandinavia] Ballin family & Lublin family My great grandparents were Siegfriedt BALLIN born in Randers------------------------------
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Re: Ballin family & Lublin family
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Tracy Zappala <tracy@...>
Henry,
If your Marcus is Marcus Magnus Lublin I have a record >from him at from the Cemetery Records in Nakskov. Marcus Magnus Lublin bricklayerin Sakskobing, born 19 July 1819 and died in Sakskobing 7 April 1901. His wife Sara is Sara LUBLIN nee LUBLIN died at age 53 on 8 Mar 1862. Just above them in the listing is the mother of Marcus--Gitte LUBLIN nee HEIMANN / HEYMANN. (Gitte is a form of Brigitte so this is probably where your Hanne got her middle name.) Gitte was married to Magnus Samuel LUBLIN (dates still unknown). If you are interested in any more information--I'm researching LUBLIN family. Take a look at the Cemetery Records online and you will find a number of entries for LUBLIN family. Sincerely, Tracy Zappala, Eugene, Oregon, USA tracy@zappala.org On Sunday, November 24, 2002, at 10:01 PM, Henry Cohen wrote:
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Scandinavia SIG #Scandinavia Re: Ballin family & Lublin family
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Tracy Zappala <tracy@...>
Henry,
If your Marcus is Marcus Magnus Lublin I have a record >from him at from the Cemetery Records in Nakskov. Marcus Magnus Lublin bricklayerin Sakskobing, born 19 July 1819 and died in Sakskobing 7 April 1901. His wife Sara is Sara LUBLIN nee LUBLIN died at age 53 on 8 Mar 1862. Just above them in the listing is the mother of Marcus--Gitte LUBLIN nee HEIMANN / HEYMANN. (Gitte is a form of Brigitte so this is probably where your Hanne got her middle name.) Gitte was married to Magnus Samuel LUBLIN (dates still unknown). If you are interested in any more information--I'm researching LUBLIN family. Take a look at the Cemetery Records online and you will find a number of entries for LUBLIN family. Sincerely, Tracy Zappala, Eugene, Oregon, USA tracy@zappala.org On Sunday, November 24, 2002, at 10:01 PM, Henry Cohen wrote:
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Re: Ballin family & Lublin family
#scandinavia
Ruth Chernia <rchernia@...>
I don't know if any of you are in Toronto but there was/is a
Danish-Jewish family here called Balin/Ballin. I don't know the exact spelling because they were friends with my late parents. I am not in contact with them currently but I do know people who know them. FYI Ruth (Ts)Chernia Researching TSCHERNIA, SHLAMOWITZ -------------------- Steen Felding wrote: Gerson Joel Ballin was the son of the merchant Joel Joseph Ballin--------------------
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Scandinavia SIG #Scandinavia Re: Ballin family & Lublin family
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Ruth Chernia <rchernia@...>
I don't know if any of you are in Toronto but there was/is a
Danish-Jewish family here called Balin/Ballin. I don't know the exact spelling because they were friends with my late parents. I am not in contact with them currently but I do know people who know them. FYI Ruth (Ts)Chernia Researching TSCHERNIA, SHLAMOWITZ -------------------- Steen Felding wrote: Gerson Joel Ballin was the son of the merchant Joel Joseph Ballin--------------------
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Re: Mume for Stepmother
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Ida & Joseph Schwarcz <idayosef@...>
In addition to message below I have a theory that the word Mume, which
sounds like Mame, came >from the fact that stepmothers were often the sisters of women who had died young. Thus, the step-children, who were also her nieces and nephews, called their stepmother by a name that sounded like Mame. In the US we have the phenomenon of stepmothers sometimes being called aunty. Ida Selavan Schwarcz Arad, Israel Feter (pronounced fetter) and Mume (pronounced mumeh) are Yiddish. Becauseof French influence on Court in Russia, it was common to use the French words tante and oncle. My parents referred to their older relatives by the Yiddish words and to their younger relatives by the French words. Ida Selavan Schwarcz Arad, Israel What is the Yiddish word for Uncle? Tanta was aunt and uncle is .....Feter Sherry Mayrent Watertown, MA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Mume for Stepmother
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Ida & Joseph Schwarcz <idayosef@...>
In addition to message below I have a theory that the word Mume, which
sounds like Mame, came >from the fact that stepmothers were often the sisters of women who had died young. Thus, the step-children, who were also her nieces and nephews, called their stepmother by a name that sounded like Mame. In the US we have the phenomenon of stepmothers sometimes being called aunty. Ida Selavan Schwarcz Arad, Israel Feter (pronounced fetter) and Mume (pronounced mumeh) are Yiddish. Becauseof French influence on Court in Russia, it was common to use the French words tante and oncle. My parents referred to their older relatives by the Yiddish words and to their younger relatives by the French words. Ida Selavan Schwarcz Arad, Israel What is the Yiddish word for Uncle? Tanta was aunt and uncle is .....Feter Sherry Mayrent Watertown, MA
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