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PICKHOLTZ family of London, England
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NJ55TURTLE@...
I'm up against a brick wall and need some help and or advice.
The info below comes >from English birth and death records, so I know they are correct. Annie (Badder) Pickholz (mother/wife) died in 1900 at the age of 32, and is buried in the USBS's cemetery at Plashet. Jacob Pickholz (husband/father) died in 1896 at the age of 40. Becky Pickholz (daughter) died in 1898 at the age of 2. Mary Pickholz (daughter) was born in 1896. I have searched and searched for the burial locations of Jacob and Becky with no luck. USBS say they are no at their cemeteries, nor are they in the other Jewish cemeteries of London, >from what I have been told. Can someone tell me where they might be????????? Also, other than the birth record on Mary, she seems to have completely vanished. I have not located any death, or marriage info on her. At the time of her mother's death if she was still alive, she would have been almost 4 years old. Was she adopted, raised by others, changed her name, or even got married??????? Again a mystery here too. Any and all help, suggestions, or even answers to the whereabouts of these people is welcomed. Steve Pickholtz Tabernacle, New Jersey USA searching-- PICKHOLTZ (all spellings) and WINITSKY (all spellings)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen PICKHOLTZ family of London, England
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NJ55TURTLE@...
I'm up against a brick wall and need some help and or advice.
The info below comes >from English birth and death records, so I know they are correct. Annie (Badder) Pickholz (mother/wife) died in 1900 at the age of 32, and is buried in the USBS's cemetery at Plashet. Jacob Pickholz (husband/father) died in 1896 at the age of 40. Becky Pickholz (daughter) died in 1898 at the age of 2. Mary Pickholz (daughter) was born in 1896. I have searched and searched for the burial locations of Jacob and Becky with no luck. USBS say they are no at their cemeteries, nor are they in the other Jewish cemeteries of London, >from what I have been told. Can someone tell me where they might be????????? Also, other than the birth record on Mary, she seems to have completely vanished. I have not located any death, or marriage info on her. At the time of her mother's death if she was still alive, she would have been almost 4 years old. Was she adopted, raised by others, changed her name, or even got married??????? Again a mystery here too. Any and all help, suggestions, or even answers to the whereabouts of these people is welcomed. Steve Pickholtz Tabernacle, New Jersey USA searching-- PICKHOLTZ (all spellings) and WINITSKY (all spellings)
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Elfreth's Alley, Philadelphia, PA
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Merle Kastner <merlek@...>
Dear Genners,
Would someone living in Philadelphia be able to take a few photos of Elfreth's Alley for me? This interesting street was inhabited by a number of prominent Jewish people throughout the history of the city and the country. Unfortunately, some of their former residences no longer exist. Some of the addresses numbers were: 13, 112, 118, 121, 122, 124. I would be willing to do an exchange favor in Montreal. Merle Kastner Montreal, Canada merlek@videotron.ca Researching: KASTNER & OSTFELD (Radauti, Fratauti, Bukovina) ALTMAN (USA, Belchatow, Poland) NATHANSON & MENDELSSOHN (Piatra Neamt, Falticeni, Negulesti, Romania) GARBARSKI & DENENBERG/DYNABURSKI (Sejny/Suwalki gubernia area, Poland) KUSSNER (Bendery/Tighina, Moldova; Philadelphia, PA) FUCHS/FOX (Dubno, Poland) SCZUCZYNSKI & MILLER (Lida & Vilnius, Lithuania/Belarus; Philadelphia, PA.) LEVITT & KISHELEVETZ (New York, Lodz, Poland) SINGER ("Zitrisk"/Starry Chartoriysk, Ukraine)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Elfreth's Alley, Philadelphia, PA
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Merle Kastner <merlek@...>
Dear Genners,
Would someone living in Philadelphia be able to take a few photos of Elfreth's Alley for me? This interesting street was inhabited by a number of prominent Jewish people throughout the history of the city and the country. Unfortunately, some of their former residences no longer exist. Some of the addresses numbers were: 13, 112, 118, 121, 122, 124. I would be willing to do an exchange favor in Montreal. Merle Kastner Montreal, Canada merlek@videotron.ca Researching: KASTNER & OSTFELD (Radauti, Fratauti, Bukovina) ALTMAN (USA, Belchatow, Poland) NATHANSON & MENDELSSOHN (Piatra Neamt, Falticeni, Negulesti, Romania) GARBARSKI & DENENBERG/DYNABURSKI (Sejny/Suwalki gubernia area, Poland) KUSSNER (Bendery/Tighina, Moldova; Philadelphia, PA) FUCHS/FOX (Dubno, Poland) SCZUCZYNSKI & MILLER (Lida & Vilnius, Lithuania/Belarus; Philadelphia, PA.) LEVITT & KISHELEVETZ (New York, Lodz, Poland) SINGER ("Zitrisk"/Starry Chartoriysk, Ukraine)
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Looking for Jonathan FELDSTEIN
#general
Howard Nightingale
I am looking for Jonathan Feldstein. He was the head of the Kanczuga
Society in the US. He recently emigrated to Israel. Howard Nightingale Toronto, Canada
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Looking for Jonathan FELDSTEIN
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Howard Nightingale
I am looking for Jonathan Feldstein. He was the head of the Kanczuga
Society in the US. He recently emigrated to Israel. Howard Nightingale Toronto, Canada
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LEGOMSKY/LEGONSKY
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Steven B. Taylor <sbt914@...>
am seeking information on the following individuals:
Hannah Legomsky Sarah Legomsky Becky Legonsky married to a GLICKMAN Rose Legomsky They were all sisters >from the various marriages that their father had. I understand that they wound up relocating to Norfolk , Va . If anyone can help me locate some of their descendents it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Steve --- email: sbt914@comcast.net MODERATOR NOTE: For best exposure for your search, we strongly recommend entering these names in the JewishGen Family Finder at http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen LEGOMSKY/LEGONSKY
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Steven B. Taylor <sbt914@...>
am seeking information on the following individuals:
Hannah Legomsky Sarah Legomsky Becky Legonsky married to a GLICKMAN Rose Legomsky They were all sisters >from the various marriages that their father had. I understand that they wound up relocating to Norfolk , Va . If anyone can help me locate some of their descendents it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Steve --- email: sbt914@comcast.net MODERATOR NOTE: For best exposure for your search, we strongly recommend entering these names in the JewishGen Family Finder at http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/
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MENUHIN & GOLDENBERGER
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Cissie Eppel
I am looking for information for my maternal grandmother's family. She was
named Sorah Peshe MENUHIN and came >from Luitsin (now Ludza) in Latvia. Her father's name is not inscribed on her tombstone. Sorah Peshe Menuhin was married to my grandfather, Dovid Siskin YUKHA. They had eight children, six sons and two daughters. Around 1898 all the family immigrated to England, settling in the Leeds/Bradford area. I am also researching the GOLDENBERGER (GOLDMAN) family. On my grandfather's British naturalization papers it is listed that he, (Simon Samuel Goldman), was born in Bucharest, Romania. His family then moved to Kirovograd, Ukraine, and later, around 1896 they settled in Leeds, England, where the name was changed to Goldman. I was told that Simon Samuel Goldenberger had siblings who came to the U.S. at the turn of the century. Their names are unknown. If anyone can offer any information on either of these families I would be really appreciative. I have listed these names on th JGFF. Shalom Cissie Eppel Vancouver Canada
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen MENUHIN & GOLDENBERGER
#general
Cissie Eppel
I am looking for information for my maternal grandmother's family. She was
named Sorah Peshe MENUHIN and came >from Luitsin (now Ludza) in Latvia. Her father's name is not inscribed on her tombstone. Sorah Peshe Menuhin was married to my grandfather, Dovid Siskin YUKHA. They had eight children, six sons and two daughters. Around 1898 all the family immigrated to England, settling in the Leeds/Bradford area. I am also researching the GOLDENBERGER (GOLDMAN) family. On my grandfather's British naturalization papers it is listed that he, (Simon Samuel Goldman), was born in Bucharest, Romania. His family then moved to Kirovograd, Ukraine, and later, around 1896 they settled in Leeds, England, where the name was changed to Goldman. I was told that Simon Samuel Goldenberger had siblings who came to the U.S. at the turn of the century. Their names are unknown. If anyone can offer any information on either of these families I would be really appreciative. I have listed these names on th JGFF. Shalom Cissie Eppel Vancouver Canada
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Re: Feigele-Tsipora names
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Nick <tulse04-news@...>
"Nick" <tulse04-news@yahoo.co.uk> wrote
"Irene Levita" <mimosa@saber.net> wroteI am sorry but I made a mistake in the above. This should read **Feitje**My grandmother's name was Feitje. Does Feitje have a connection toIf you look the word up on Dutch websites it is clear that the word can mean Jonkers, which I know that Ury Link is going to make a point about ie the derivation of Fietje - but this was a mistake on my part, I have never heard the name "Fietje" before. Ury Link asserts that the name Fetje (not Feitje) has a definite Jewish connection. I take this >from the following genealogy http://home.wxs.nl/~olaus/genealogie/hz009101.htm "Fetje is getrouwd te Noordwijk op 4 maart 1714 voor de kerk (2) met Wijbe Walles ook genaamd Wijbe Wolters, gedoopt te Noordwijk op 19 februari 1688, overleden aldaar tussen 1731 en 1748, zoon van Walle Geerts en Geeske Wybes." translating as == Fetje was married at Noordwijk **in church** on 4 March 1714 ... There are 203 webpages containing Fetje and kerk=church. It seems therefore virtually impossible that it could be a specifically Jewish name. I might add that I have no particular axe to grind in this matter as I have never heard of any of these names before Irene Levitas posted a few days ago. I have just discovered that Leentje which was the name of an aunt of my grandmother is the pet version of Lea (Leah in English). Nick Landau -- COHNREICH (Anklam, Germany Krajenka, Poland) ATLAS (Wielkie Oczy (near Lvov/Lemberg), Poland) WECHSLER(Schwabach, Germany) KOHN (Wallerstein and Kleinerdlingen,Germany) LANDAU/FREDKIN(Gomel, Mogilev, Belarus)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Feigele-Tsipora names
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Nick <tulse04-news@...>
"Nick" <tulse04-news@yahoo.co.uk> wrote
"Irene Levita" <mimosa@saber.net> wroteI am sorry but I made a mistake in the above. This should read **Feitje**My grandmother's name was Feitje. Does Feitje have a connection toIf you look the word up on Dutch websites it is clear that the word can mean Jonkers, which I know that Ury Link is going to make a point about ie the derivation of Fietje - but this was a mistake on my part, I have never heard the name "Fietje" before. Ury Link asserts that the name Fetje (not Feitje) has a definite Jewish connection. I take this >from the following genealogy http://home.wxs.nl/~olaus/genealogie/hz009101.htm "Fetje is getrouwd te Noordwijk op 4 maart 1714 voor de kerk (2) met Wijbe Walles ook genaamd Wijbe Wolters, gedoopt te Noordwijk op 19 februari 1688, overleden aldaar tussen 1731 en 1748, zoon van Walle Geerts en Geeske Wybes." translating as == Fetje was married at Noordwijk **in church** on 4 March 1714 ... There are 203 webpages containing Fetje and kerk=church. It seems therefore virtually impossible that it could be a specifically Jewish name. I might add that I have no particular axe to grind in this matter as I have never heard of any of these names before Irene Levitas posted a few days ago. I have just discovered that Leentje which was the name of an aunt of my grandmother is the pet version of Lea (Leah in English). Nick Landau -- COHNREICH (Anklam, Germany Krajenka, Poland) ATLAS (Wielkie Oczy (near Lvov/Lemberg), Poland) WECHSLER(Schwabach, Germany) KOHN (Wallerstein and Kleinerdlingen,Germany) LANDAU/FREDKIN(Gomel, Mogilev, Belarus)
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Private tour Guides in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia
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shelcohe@...
Dear Jewish genners:
I am looking for personal private guides who can take us to see sites of Jewish interest in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Your assistance will be appreciated. Please respond privately. Sheldon Cohen Atlanta, Georgia Searching: BORG - Tyzsowce, Poland/Pittsburgh, PA KIRSHENBAUM (and variations) Hrubieszow,Poland/Pittsburgh/Buenos Aires CHARLSON, CHARLESTON - Neishtot-Tavrig/PA KLIVANSKY, KLEVANS - Keidany, Lithuania/ PA KAGAN,COHEN, GUREWITZ, HURWITZ , KRICHEVER, SHALMAN, MASTENBAUM - Poland/Buenos Aires
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Private tour Guides in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia
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shelcohe@...
Dear Jewish genners:
I am looking for personal private guides who can take us to see sites of Jewish interest in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Your assistance will be appreciated. Please respond privately. Sheldon Cohen Atlanta, Georgia Searching: BORG - Tyzsowce, Poland/Pittsburgh, PA KIRSHENBAUM (and variations) Hrubieszow,Poland/Pittsburgh/Buenos Aires CHARLSON, CHARLESTON - Neishtot-Tavrig/PA KLIVANSKY, KLEVANS - Keidany, Lithuania/ PA KAGAN,COHEN, GUREWITZ, HURWITZ , KRICHEVER, SHALMAN, MASTENBAUM - Poland/Buenos Aires
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Doug Mason's inquiry
#austria-czech
Joyce Field
Doug Mason wants to find out what happened to his uncle, whom he
presumed had died but who is listed in the Dachau database, http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Holocaust/, as having been transferred there >from Auschwitz and later released >from Dachau. I suggest that Doug contact USHMM with his uncle's name and prisoner number and perhaps they may be able to trace what happened to him after his release. Joyce Field jfield@jewishgen.org
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Doug Mason's inquiry
#austria-czech
Joyce Field
Doug Mason wants to find out what happened to his uncle, whom he
presumed had died but who is listed in the Dachau database, http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Holocaust/, as having been transferred there >from Auschwitz and later released >from Dachau. I suggest that Doug contact USHMM with his uncle's name and prisoner number and perhaps they may be able to trace what happened to him after his release. Joyce Field jfield@jewishgen.org
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Searching "Bais Yitzchak" by MOSKOVITS
#rabbinic
Nathan Rosenshein <nrosen@...>
Can anyone direct me to a seller who may have the "Bais Yitzchak" by
Rabbi Yitzchak Izak MOSKOVITS of Montreal? Not to be confused with the Bais Yitzchak by Rabbi Yitzchak I. Weisz (1824-1894). Thanks Nathan Rosenshein Montreal, Canada mailto:nrosen@total.net Researching the following rabbinic families: Chust/Tosh (LOWY) Svaliava (WEISZ/GOLDENBERG) Maamar Mordechai (LEIFER) [Moderator's Note: Please respond privately]
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Rabbinic Genealogy SIG #Rabbinic Searching "Bais Yitzchak" by MOSKOVITS
#rabbinic
Nathan Rosenshein <nrosen@...>
Can anyone direct me to a seller who may have the "Bais Yitzchak" by
Rabbi Yitzchak Izak MOSKOVITS of Montreal? Not to be confused with the Bais Yitzchak by Rabbi Yitzchak I. Weisz (1824-1894). Thanks Nathan Rosenshein Montreal, Canada mailto:nrosen@total.net Researching the following rabbinic families: Chust/Tosh (LOWY) Svaliava (WEISZ/GOLDENBERG) Maamar Mordechai (LEIFER) [Moderator's Note: Please respond privately]
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My Rumanian ancestors.
#romania
jean-claude meunier <jc.meunier@...>
Hello
I look for information about the ancestries of the families native of Rumania : MARCOVICI, BIRSTAIN (BIRNSTAIN ?), ISCOVICITZ (ISCOVICI ?) and MARAM. It is about my great-grandparents and grandparents maternal. Jancu MARCOVICI, been born 07/05/1881 (or on 1880 ?) in Dorohoï, Botosani's region, Rumania. He his the son of Marcu MARCOVICI and Riza(?) Riza died by 1884. Marcu would have remarried then with Sophie MARAM ? Jancu MARCOVICI got married to Pépi BIRSTAIN, been born 11/07/1888 in Bucharest. Their marriage took place probably before November, 1908, date of the birth of their 1st child in Bucharest. Pépi is the daughter of Joseph BIRSTAIN (BIRNSTAIN ?), dressmaker, born in about 1848 and of Ghitla ISCOVICITZ (ISCOVICI ?) born in about of 1852. Thank you for your answers. Jean-Claude MEUNIER. jc.meunier@club-internet.fr MODERATOR NOTE: One of JewishGen's most heavily visited sites is the JewishGen Family Finder (JGFF) and family connections are being made more and more frequently. If you have not already done so, please log onto http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff and using the ENTER/MODIFY procedure enter and register all the surnames of interest to your family research. As you learn about more names and places of origin, they can always be added to, but only **you** can keep your own listings up to date.
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Romania SIG #Romania My Rumanian ancestors.
#romania
jean-claude meunier <jc.meunier@...>
Hello
I look for information about the ancestries of the families native of Rumania : MARCOVICI, BIRSTAIN (BIRNSTAIN ?), ISCOVICITZ (ISCOVICI ?) and MARAM. It is about my great-grandparents and grandparents maternal. Jancu MARCOVICI, been born 07/05/1881 (or on 1880 ?) in Dorohoï, Botosani's region, Rumania. He his the son of Marcu MARCOVICI and Riza(?) Riza died by 1884. Marcu would have remarried then with Sophie MARAM ? Jancu MARCOVICI got married to Pépi BIRSTAIN, been born 11/07/1888 in Bucharest. Their marriage took place probably before November, 1908, date of the birth of their 1st child in Bucharest. Pépi is the daughter of Joseph BIRSTAIN (BIRNSTAIN ?), dressmaker, born in about 1848 and of Ghitla ISCOVICITZ (ISCOVICI ?) born in about of 1852. Thank you for your answers. Jean-Claude MEUNIER. jc.meunier@club-internet.fr MODERATOR NOTE: One of JewishGen's most heavily visited sites is the JewishGen Family Finder (JGFF) and family connections are being made more and more frequently. If you have not already done so, please log onto http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff and using the ENTER/MODIFY procedure enter and register all the surnames of interest to your family research. As you learn about more names and places of origin, they can always be added to, but only **you** can keep your own listings up to date.
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