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1910 Chicago Census Question
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Tami Ramsey <tami@...>
I've been searching for the better part of today for an answer to a census
question....maybe a few of the experts out there can help me. In the 1920 Chicago census I found my Grandfather in Enumeration district 1656 (bounded by W. Cornelia, N. Crawford Ave., Belmont Ave. and N. Keeler Ave.) In the 1910 Census it looks as if Ward 27 might be the same area but I haven't been able to find them. They lived on Redvale Avenue, which I have found to be also mispelled as Kedvale. Do any of the expierienced census readers out there know if I am in the right area for 1910? The wards and districts don't seem to be the same during the ten year break. Any help greatly appreciated. Tami Ramsey Dublin, Virginia USA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen 1910 Chicago Census Question
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Tami Ramsey <tami@...>
I've been searching for the better part of today for an answer to a census
question....maybe a few of the experts out there can help me. In the 1920 Chicago census I found my Grandfather in Enumeration district 1656 (bounded by W. Cornelia, N. Crawford Ave., Belmont Ave. and N. Keeler Ave.) In the 1910 Census it looks as if Ward 27 might be the same area but I haven't been able to find them. They lived on Redvale Avenue, which I have found to be also mispelled as Kedvale. Do any of the expierienced census readers out there know if I am in the right area for 1910? The wards and districts don't seem to be the same during the ten year break. Any help greatly appreciated. Tami Ramsey Dublin, Virginia USA
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Re: Father and son
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cfpottins2 <cfpottins2@...>
This query has made me think of something that hadn't previously struck me.
My Dad's birth certificate gives his father's name as Samuel. But my Dad's younger brother was also called Samuel. This does not seem to fit the Ashkenazi custom of calling children after a grandparent, but my Dad's father was >from Poland, and his mother was also Ashkenazi. I seem to remember also seeing a document with my Dad's name as "David Samuel Pottins". If people had originally been called something like "X ben Y Z", e.g. "Chaim ben Yankel Poznansky", combining a Jewish traditional naming with another surname, >from place or occupation, this might have been adopted to drop the 'ben' and make the father's name a middle name - so my dad could be 'David (ben)Samuel Pottins", his younger brother could also be Something (ben)Samuel Pottins, and if they wanted, especially as my grandpa died while the sons were young, the latter might drop the first name afterwards, and simply be known as Sam, or Shmulik, as he was. (This does not explain why the third brother was called "Victor Isadore Pottins" but I'm working on this!) Can't think how I became a Charlie, but my middle name is Franklyn, due I was told to my grandmother being Fanny and me being born in 1942 when a certain American president was popular over here. Which is a totally irrelevant piece of information. . Charles Pottins (barmitzvah as Chaim Ben David)
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Re: Unusual given names from Polish/Ukranian area
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Ted Margulis <tmargulis@...>
Hello Carol: In August, 1994 I found and visited the wife of my half
brother who had been living in Berdichev, Ukraine until he died in 1990. Her name was Bronislava and was known as Brauna. She was Jewish and recently died. Warm Regards, Ted Margulis http://jewishwebindex.com tmargulis@dc.rr.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Father and son
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cfpottins2 <cfpottins2@...>
This query has made me think of something that hadn't previously struck me.
My Dad's birth certificate gives his father's name as Samuel. But my Dad's younger brother was also called Samuel. This does not seem to fit the Ashkenazi custom of calling children after a grandparent, but my Dad's father was >from Poland, and his mother was also Ashkenazi. I seem to remember also seeing a document with my Dad's name as "David Samuel Pottins". If people had originally been called something like "X ben Y Z", e.g. "Chaim ben Yankel Poznansky", combining a Jewish traditional naming with another surname, >from place or occupation, this might have been adopted to drop the 'ben' and make the father's name a middle name - so my dad could be 'David (ben)Samuel Pottins", his younger brother could also be Something (ben)Samuel Pottins, and if they wanted, especially as my grandpa died while the sons were young, the latter might drop the first name afterwards, and simply be known as Sam, or Shmulik, as he was. (This does not explain why the third brother was called "Victor Isadore Pottins" but I'm working on this!) Can't think how I became a Charlie, but my middle name is Franklyn, due I was told to my grandmother being Fanny and me being born in 1942 when a certain American president was popular over here. Which is a totally irrelevant piece of information. . Charles Pottins (barmitzvah as Chaim Ben David)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Unusual given names from Polish/Ukranian area
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Ted Margulis <tmargulis@...>
Hello Carol: In August, 1994 I found and visited the wife of my half
brother who had been living in Berdichev, Ukraine until he died in 1990. Her name was Bronislava and was known as Brauna. She was Jewish and recently died. Warm Regards, Ted Margulis http://jewishwebindex.com tmargulis@dc.rr.com
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Re: Father and son sharing a name
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Jacob D. Goldstein <jake@...>
At 01:30 PM 2/17/02 Harold Lewin wrote:
I agree that the improbability of a living Ashkenazic father and his sonYou would certainly expect some exceptions to the rule than an Ashkenazi Jew would not name a child after a living relative, but the figure of 4% is probably *much* too high. This statistic is biased by the demographics of the sample. The capital of the British Empire was a cosmopolitan city. Jews with roots in Amsterdam lived alongside Jews >from Frankfurt-on-Main (and alongside non-Jews). Sephardic Jews living in neighborhoods having Ashkenazi majorities would surely have tried to maintain their proud traditions and identity. Jake Goldstein Boston, Massachusetts
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American Jewish Yearbook Indexes...
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Rosanne D. Leeson <leeson1@...>
Further to the quite correct post of Jeremy Frankel, regarding the New
York Times Obituary Indexes, and his reference to the American Jewish Yearbook, I would like to remind all Jewishgenners that among the Databases available on the Jewishgen site is one for the American Jewish Yearbook Obituary Index, 1948-1998! Rosanne Leeson -- Rosanne Leeson Los Altos, CA USA Leeson1@attglobal.net MODERATOR NOTE: This database can be found at <http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/ajybweb.htm>.
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Seek data for father who entered US twice
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AviDov@...
My dad,z"l immigrated in the late summer of 1914 >from Russia and
Oct./Nov.1919,after his discharge >from the Jewish Legion of the British Army, in then Palestine I am sure of the time frames,but not the embarkation or arrival ports. He always lived in Northern New Jersey,so I might assume he came through New York. My EIDB search was unsuccessful,so I need to try other entry points. Often it depended on when ships and space were available and it may be Boston, or Phila. or Baltimore. How do I begin searching those manifests,etc. ?. Abe Nutkis
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In Memory of Phyllis Goldberg
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Shelley K. Pollero
Today we mourn the loss of our dear friend, Phyllis Goldberg.
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The Jewish genealogy community will very much miss Phyllis Goldberg, whose commitment and dedication to Gesher Galicia, JewishGen, JGS of Greater Washington, and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum were extraordinary. She worked ceaselessly to document and archive information about Galicia, especially Kolbuszowa and Mielec, her ancestral towns. Some of her accomplishments are located on the Yizkor Book Translations Project on JewishGen. Always placing others before herself, even as she suffered, Phyllis made Heroic efforts in support and care of her young grandson, who suffers from Fanconi Anemia. As Phyllis focused her waning energies on her grandson and the fight against this genetic disease that preoccupied her for several years, she continued to volunteer her efforts in support of Jewish genealogy. For more information about Fanconi Anemia Research, go to www.fanconi.org If you may wish to make contributions in memory of Phyllis Goldberg, please consider the following: -JewishGen Wall of Honor http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/Honors0.html -JewishGen Yizkor Book Translations General Fund http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/YizkorTrans.ihtml Upon learning that Phyllis would soon lose her battle against melanoma, I was able to salute her in my Coordinator Column of The Galitzianer (Winter 2002) newsletter. Her funeral will be held on Monday, February 18 at 2:00 p.m. at Har Shalom in Potomac, Maryland. Shiva will follow Monday through Thursday at the Goldberg residence. Additional details are in the Sunday (today) Washington Post (D.C.) newspaper. For further information about funeral and Shiva arrangements, write to me privately. Phyllis' home address is in the Gesher Galicia Family Finder; or you may contact me. With great sorrow, Shelley -- Shelley K. Pollero, Coordinator Gesher Galicia Severna Park, Maryland rkpollero@comcast.net Joyce Field wrote:
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Thank you for Audubon St. Info
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Phoebe Nix
Dear List,
Thank you for the clarification on the above referenced street name. Sincerely, Phoebe Nix
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Washington, DC 1920
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NormTillman@...
Is there any out there who can look somethung up for me in the 1920
Washington, DC census? Please respond directly to me. Thank you. Norman Tillman Albany, NY
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Father and son sharing a name
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Jacob D. Goldstein <jake@...>
At 01:30 PM 2/17/02 Harold Lewin wrote:
I agree that the improbability of a living Ashkenazic father and his sonYou would certainly expect some exceptions to the rule than an Ashkenazi Jew would not name a child after a living relative, but the figure of 4% is probably *much* too high. This statistic is biased by the demographics of the sample. The capital of the British Empire was a cosmopolitan city. Jews with roots in Amsterdam lived alongside Jews >from Frankfurt-on-Main (and alongside non-Jews). Sephardic Jews living in neighborhoods having Ashkenazi majorities would surely have tried to maintain their proud traditions and identity. Jake Goldstein Boston, Massachusetts
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen American Jewish Yearbook Indexes...
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Rosanne D. Leeson <leeson1@...>
Further to the quite correct post of Jeremy Frankel, regarding the New
York Times Obituary Indexes, and his reference to the American Jewish Yearbook, I would like to remind all Jewishgenners that among the Databases available on the Jewishgen site is one for the American Jewish Yearbook Obituary Index, 1948-1998! Rosanne Leeson -- Rosanne Leeson Los Altos, CA USA Leeson1@attglobal.net MODERATOR NOTE: This database can be found at <http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/ajybweb.htm>.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Seek data for father who entered US twice
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AviDov@...
My dad,z"l immigrated in the late summer of 1914 >from Russia and
Oct./Nov.1919,after his discharge >from the Jewish Legion of the British Army, in then Palestine I am sure of the time frames,but not the embarkation or arrival ports. He always lived in Northern New Jersey,so I might assume he came through New York. My EIDB search was unsuccessful,so I need to try other entry points. Often it depended on when ships and space were available and it may be Boston, or Phila. or Baltimore. How do I begin searching those manifests,etc. ?. Abe Nutkis
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen In Memory of Phyllis Goldberg
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Shelley K. Pollero
Today we mourn the loss of our dear friend, Phyllis Goldberg.
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
The Jewish genealogy community will very much miss Phyllis Goldberg, whose commitment and dedication to Gesher Galicia, JewishGen, JGS of Greater Washington, and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum were extraordinary. She worked ceaselessly to document and archive information about Galicia, especially Kolbuszowa and Mielec, her ancestral towns. Some of her accomplishments are located on the Yizkor Book Translations Project on JewishGen. Always placing others before herself, even as she suffered, Phyllis made Heroic efforts in support and care of her young grandson, who suffers from Fanconi Anemia. As Phyllis focused her waning energies on her grandson and the fight against this genetic disease that preoccupied her for several years, she continued to volunteer her efforts in support of Jewish genealogy. For more information about Fanconi Anemia Research, go to www.fanconi.org If you may wish to make contributions in memory of Phyllis Goldberg, please consider the following: -JewishGen Wall of Honor http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/Honors0.html -JewishGen Yizkor Book Translations General Fund http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/YizkorTrans.ihtml Upon learning that Phyllis would soon lose her battle against melanoma, I was able to salute her in my Coordinator Column of The Galitzianer (Winter 2002) newsletter. Her funeral will be held on Monday, February 18 at 2:00 p.m. at Har Shalom in Potomac, Maryland. Shiva will follow Monday through Thursday at the Goldberg residence. Additional details are in the Sunday (today) Washington Post (D.C.) newspaper. For further information about funeral and Shiva arrangements, write to me privately. Phyllis' home address is in the Gesher Galicia Family Finder; or you may contact me. With great sorrow, Shelley -- Shelley K. Pollero, Coordinator Gesher Galicia Severna Park, Maryland rkpollero@comcast.net Joyce Field wrote:
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Thank you for Audubon St. Info
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Phoebe Nix
Dear List,
Thank you for the clarification on the above referenced street name. Sincerely, Phoebe Nix
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Washington, DC 1920
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NormTillman@...
Is there any out there who can look somethung up for me in the 1920
Washington, DC census? Please respond directly to me. Thank you. Norman Tillman Albany, NY
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A Polish Drummer Boy
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Elless <elless@...>
This subject raises several questions for me.
My ggf, Hirsch ENGELISCZER, was >from Warsaw. I have a picture of him in the uniform of a hussar. Because of the lack of color, I can't identify the particular regiment or rank. >from his age, I think that he served in the Russo-Turkish War in the 1870's. His sister, Feige, married Israel KUPFER a well known Roumanian cantor, and I conjecture that Hirsch met Israel while in Roumania with his regiment and made the shiddach. My principal question has to do with how an obvious Jew could have been taken into what must have been an elite regiment such as the hussars. Lewis Stein Boynton Beach, FL
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen A Polish Drummer Boy
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Elless <elless@...>
This subject raises several questions for me.
My ggf, Hirsch ENGELISCZER, was >from Warsaw. I have a picture of him in the uniform of a hussar. Because of the lack of color, I can't identify the particular regiment or rank. >from his age, I think that he served in the Russo-Turkish War in the 1870's. His sister, Feige, married Israel KUPFER a well known Roumanian cantor, and I conjecture that Hirsch met Israel while in Roumania with his regiment and made the shiddach. My principal question has to do with how an obvious Jew could have been taken into what must have been an elite regiment such as the hussars. Lewis Stein Boynton Beach, FL
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