Dear Early American Researchers,

I have just joined this list and hope someone might be able to help me.
I was born and bred in South Africa but moved to the United Kingdom 25
years ago.
Since my arrival in the UK I have done a lot of research into my family
who arrived in the UK in the very early 1820s.
The family I am asking help with concerns 3 siblings with the surname of
KING:
1- David Woolf KING
2- Barnett KING
3- Aaron KING

It so happens that 2 brothers of my ancestor Miriam (King) BLOOM
commuted between Galveston, Texas & Newport, Wales, UK between 1860 and 1900.

The 2 brothers were: Aaron KING (1837-1900) and Barnett KING (~1834-~1924)

Aaron King died in Newport, Wales & is buried in the Old Jewish Cemetery.
While family stories tell of Barnett King dying in about 1924 and being
buried in South Bend,Indiana.

So far I have been unable to locate Barnett's exact place of burial and
also been unable to get hold of a photograph of his gravestone.

Family members also say that Barnett and Aaron are mentioned in some
museum in Indiana but no-one has been able to tell me in what Museum
and what was written about them.

Both brothers were Picture frame makers, painters & decorators and had
businesses in Newport, Wales & Galveston, Texas.

The 2 brothers married 2 sisters. Aaron KING married Anna Paulina NEUMANN
and Barnett KING married Selma NEUMANN.

Both sisters were Lutherans but Barnett's wife Selma converted to
Judaism and is also buried in the Old Jewish Cemetery in Newport, Wales.

The UK Censuses show that both brothers had children in Galveston between
1866 and 1873 and then both families returned to the UK.

Descendants of both brothers claim that both Aaron & Barnett KING were
involved in the American Civil War possibly on the side of the
Confederates and possibly as dispatch riders.

I sadly don't have a subscription to sites such as Fold3 where I believe
papers relating to these 2 brothers might be found.

Another interesting fact about Aaron KING is that on his gravestone it is
inscribed that he was the Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Texas.

I have been in touch with the Masons of Texas and they replied that they
have no record of Aaron KING having been a Deputy Grand Master, but then
they reported that they had only searched their records between 1866
through 1874.

I recently discovered that Aaron & Barnett had an older Brother David Woolf
KING (~1820-1880). He too moved >from the UK to the USA in the late 1850's.
David Woolf KING settled with his family in St Louis, Missouri.
David was married to Sarah LAZARUS in London in 1842 and they had 10 kids
the last 2 being born in the USA .
David & his 2 sons who were born in the USA Abel & Myer KING are all
buried in Indianapolis.

I have so far been unable to locate the grave of Sarah King who appears
to have died between 1862 and 14 Feb 1870.
I assume she died and was buried in St Louis before the family moved on.
I have been able to trace only 2 lines of descendants of David and Sarah KING.
Their son Moses KING was a famous publisher being the President of the
Moses King Corporation.
Moses KING had 3 kids but I have been unable to trace any living descendants.

I have had the most success in tracing living descendants of David & Sarah's
son, oodman KING, who had only 1 son, Clarence Hopkins King (1885-1964)

I can supply more details about the other untraceable children off-list
if anyone needs more information about this family.

I would greatly appreciate any help or advice anyone can offer me.

With thanks, Dr Joel Levy London, UK

Searching:
BLOOM(Wales,London,New Zealand) KING(UK:Bristol,Newport-Wales;
USA:Galveston,SouthBend;Canada)
PHILLIPS(Newport-Wales,London,USA) HARRIS(Wales,Manchester,Hull,Sunderland)
ISAACS (Wales,Birmingham-UK)LYONS (Wales,Leeds) DAVIS(Manchester)
GAVENDO,GAVENDA,GAWENDA,GOVENDO,GOVENDY,GOVENDIR (Lithuania,Poland,
Australia,Canada,South Africa,UK,USA,South America)
SHER(Utian-Lithuania,Toronto-Canada) DAGUTSKI,DAGUT(Manchester,Leeds;
Lida -Belarus) SAGORSKY,(Zagar-Lithuania, South Africa)
GILINSKY, GALINSKY, GILINSKI,( Lithuania,Israel,USA,Leeds-UK,South Africa)

Dear Early American Researchers,

I have just joined this list and hope someone might be able to help me.
I was born and bred in South Africa but moved to the United Kingdom 25
years ago.
Since my arrival in the UK I have done a lot of research into my family
who arrived in the UK in the very early 1820s.
The family I am asking help with concerns 3 siblings with the surname of
KING:
1- David Woolf KING
2- Barnett KING
3- Aaron KING

It so happens that 2 brothers of my ancestor Miriam (King) BLOOM
commuted between Galveston, Texas & Newport, Wales, UK between 1860 and 1900.

The 2 brothers were: Aaron KING (1837-1900) and Barnett KING (~1834-~1924)

Aaron King died in Newport, Wales & is buried in the Old Jewish Cemetery.
While family stories tell of Barnett King dying in about 1924 and being
buried in South Bend,Indiana.

So far I have been unable to locate Barnett's exact place of burial and
also been unable to get hold of a photograph of his gravestone.

Family members also say that Barnett and Aaron are mentioned in some
museum in Indiana but no-one has been able to tell me in what Museum
and what was written about them.

Both brothers were Picture frame makers, painters & decorators and had
businesses in Newport, Wales & Galveston, Texas.

The 2 brothers married 2 sisters. Aaron KING married Anna Paulina NEUMANN
and Barnett KING married Selma NEUMANN.

Both sisters were Lutherans but Barnett's wife Selma converted to
Judaism and is also buried in the Old Jewish Cemetery in Newport, Wales.

The UK Censuses show that both brothers had children in Galveston between
1866 and 1873 and then both families returned to the UK.

Descendants of both brothers claim that both Aaron & Barnett KING were
involved in the American Civil War possibly on the side of the
Confederates and possibly as dispatch riders.

I sadly don't have a subscription to sites such as Fold3 where I believe
papers relating to these 2 brothers might be found.

Another interesting fact about Aaron KING is that on his gravestone it is
inscribed that he was the Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Texas.

I have been in touch with the Masons of Texas and they replied that they
have no record of Aaron KING having been a Deputy Grand Master, but then
they reported that they had only searched their records between 1866
through 1874.

I recently discovered that Aaron & Barnett had an older Brother David Woolf
KING (~1820-1880). He too moved >from the UK to the USA in the late 1850's.
David Woolf KING settled with his family in St Louis, Missouri.
David was married to Sarah LAZARUS in London in 1842 and they had 10 kids
the last 2 being born in the USA .
David & his 2 sons who were born in the USA Abel & Myer KING are all
buried in Indianapolis.

I have so far been unable to locate the grave of Sarah King who appears
to have died between 1862 and 14 Feb 1870.
I assume she died and was buried in St Louis before the family moved on.
I have been able to trace only 2 lines of descendants of David and Sarah KING.
Their son Moses KING was a famous publisher being the President of the
Moses King Corporation.
Moses KING had 3 kids but I have been unable to trace any living descendants.

I have had the most success in tracing living descendants of David & Sarah's
son, oodman KING, who had only 1 son, Clarence Hopkins King (1885-1964)

I can supply more details about the other untraceable children off-list
if anyone needs more information about this family.

I would greatly appreciate any help or advice anyone can offer me.

With thanks, Dr Joel Levy London, UK

Searching:
BLOOM(Wales,London,New Zealand) KING(UK:Bristol,Newport-Wales;
USA:Galveston,SouthBend;Canada)
PHILLIPS(Newport-Wales,London,USA) HARRIS(Wales,Manchester,Hull,Sunderland)
ISAACS (Wales,Birmingham-UK)LYONS (Wales,Leeds) DAVIS(Manchester)
GAVENDO,GAVENDA,GAWENDA,GOVENDO,GOVENDY,GOVENDIR (Lithuania,Poland,
Australia,Canada,South Africa,UK,USA,South America)
SHER(Utian-Lithuania,Toronto-Canada) DAGUTSKI,DAGUT(Manchester,Leeds;
Lida -Belarus) SAGORSKY,(Zagar-Lithuania, South Africa)
GILINSKY, GALINSKY, GILINSKI,( Lithuania,Israel,USA,Leeds-UK,South Africa)

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I have been searching my geneology of my family >from a town in Germany
called Gunzenhausen. In searching the internet I came across
a Joseph GUNZENHAUSER and Azriel GUNZENHAUSER it states they were
Hebrew printers in the 1490 and moved to Naples.

I have a question because my ancestory is so secretive I cannot find
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It stated the following (GUNZENHAUSER (Ashkenazi), Joseph Ben Jacob
(d. 1490) and Azriel, his son, pioneers in Hebrew printing.

The Gunzenhausers went to Naples >from Gunzenhausen in southern Germany
and set up a Hebrew press, which >from 1487 to 1492 produced an
impressive range of books see *Incunabula), in all about 12 volumes.
mong them were the Hagiographa with various rabbinical commentaries
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work in Hebrew (Ha-Kanon); and the )

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kind of things. I found he had several sons some were in Jerusalem
at the time they were in Naples. Is there a way I can find out more
about them and if in deed they were Jewish?

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I have been searching my geneology of my family >from a town in Germany
called Gunzenhausen. In searching the internet I came across
a Joseph GUNZENHAUSER and Azriel GUNZENHAUSER it states they were
Hebrew printers in the 1490 and moved to Naples.

I have a question because my ancestory is so secretive I cannot find
any information on it at all hardly. I came across this article and
It stated the following (GUNZENHAUSER (Ashkenazi), Joseph Ben Jacob
(d. 1490) and Azriel, his son, pioneers in Hebrew printing.

The Gunzenhausers went to Naples >from Gunzenhausen in southern Germany
and set up a Hebrew press, which >from 1487 to 1492 produced an
impressive range of books see *Incunabula), in all about 12 volumes.
mong them were the Hagiographa with various rabbinical commentaries
(1487); Avicenna's medical Canon, the first and only edition of the
work in Hebrew (Ha-Kanon); and the )

Is this stating that I have a Jewish background? The more I search I am
locating more were there were GUNZENHAUSERs killed in the holocost
I am sorry I have no knowledge of this or know anything about these
kind of things. I found he had several sons some were in Jerusalem
at the time they were in Naples. Is there a way I can find out more
about them and if in deed they were Jewish?

Thank You Connie Cooper, Jacksonville, Fl llp7644@yahoo.com

Greetings Gersiggers,

Hermann BLUM b. 28.8.1877 Lindenthal Krs. Graudenz.
Family Residence: Breslau, Trebnitzer Str 72 and Mathiasstr. 109
[ Breslauer Adressbuch 1923; 1930;1941 ]
Married: DURRA (first name unknown) with 2 sons.
2 Stepsons of Hermann BLUM:
Bruno DURRA b. 26.2.1892 Honig d. 17.5.1917.
Berthold DURRA b. 4.9.1894 d. 11.6.1918 Breslau
Brother's Address: Breslau Rosplatz 9
Brothers both died in Military Service.

Kindly assist with further information. Thank You.

Ernie Durra, Cape Town. South Africa Email: erniedurra@telkomsa.net

Greetings Gersiggers,

Hermann BLUM b. 28.8.1877 Lindenthal Krs. Graudenz.
Family Residence: Breslau, Trebnitzer Str 72 and Mathiasstr. 109
[ Breslauer Adressbuch 1923; 1930;1941 ]
Married: DURRA (first name unknown) with 2 sons.
2 Stepsons of Hermann BLUM:
Bruno DURRA b. 26.2.1892 Honig d. 17.5.1917.
Berthold DURRA b. 4.9.1894 d. 11.6.1918 Breslau
Brother's Address: Breslau Rosplatz 9
Brothers both died in Military Service.

Kindly assist with further information. Thank You.

Ernie Durra, Cape Town. South Africa Email: erniedurra@telkomsa.net

A family member passed this site along of photographs 1939 - 1940 from
the Kutno Ghetto and a few >from Warsaw taken by a LIFE Magazine
photographer (?).

http://life.time.com/history/world-war-ii-color-photos-from-nazi-occupied-poland-1939-1940/?iid=lf|mostpop#1

Stacye Mehard

Virginia

A family member passed this site along of photographs 1939 - 1940 from
the Kutno Ghetto and a few >from Warsaw taken by a LIFE Magazine
photographer (?).

http://life.time.com/history/world-war-ii-color-photos-from-nazi-occupied-poland-1939-1940/?iid=lf|mostpop#1

Stacye Mehard

Virginia

While in Israel this summer, I went to Yad Vashem to try to follow
up on information I found through JewishGen. Although the staffer in the
research room went to retrieve the records for me, Yad Vashem closed for
the day before I was able to get the records.

Two questions arose:

1. While waiting for my turn, I saw a 1939-40 Warsaw phone book.
It listed H. FARGOTSZTEJN, a lawyer living at SW Krsyska 30. In my own
research, I have not seen an H. Fargotsztejn in Warsaw, or Mariampole
and Prenei in Lithuania who would have been alive at that time. Yad
Vashem had nothing else on him. A Chaim Fargotsztejn son of Ephraim and
Ester was born in 1903 in Radon. Ephraim died in Warsaw. Any
suggestions as to how to find this person? I did have relatives in
Warsaw but they came to the US or died long before the Holocaust. I do
know the descendents of Ephraim's brother who came to El Paso TX and
then moved on to Memphis TN.

2. In the Radom Prison Records and in the Hungary Claims
Conference list (the gentleman explained that each country had its own
claims conference, but for some reason they were lumped under Hungary),
I found ROMANA FARGOTSZTAJN, born in 1910, and her daughter MERY (MARY)
FARGOTSZTAYN, born in 1933. Under code 293, they were both "authorized
to enter Palestine." Yad Vashem said the request was made in 1965.
Their pre-war address was Szwarjik Street in Radon. At Yad Vashem I was
told that her second husband (no first name) was LUDWIG FASTMANN who
survived and lived in Poland in 1947. It appears that Fargotsztayn (no
first name) was her second husband. Since the fellow did not reappear
with the document, I don't know how he came to that conclusion. Perhaps
her second husband was Chaim or H. At Yad Vashem, the researcher found
that Romana had a sister on Allenby Street in Tel Aviv by the name of
BERTA ROZENFELD. Does anyone know Berta?

I also contacted the Central Zionist Archives' Family Research Dept.
when I was in Israel. They are supposed to have databases about people
who immigrated to Palestine/Israel between 1919 and 1974. I asked them
about information regarding FARGOTSTEIN but they didn't seem to quite
grasp what I was looking for.

Any help in connecting the dots would be appreciated.

Marcia Fargotstein Goldberg, Silver Spring, Maryland
FARGOTSTEYN, Mariampole, Prenei in Lithuania, Warsaw
REITBERG/REITBORD, Bialystok
FLEISCHER, Bialystok
ZOBER, Kovno
GOLLOB, Bialystok

While in Israel this summer, I went to Yad Vashem to try to follow
up on information I found through JewishGen. Although the staffer in the
research room went to retrieve the records for me, Yad Vashem closed for
the day before I was able to get the records.

Two questions arose:

1. While waiting for my turn, I saw a 1939-40 Warsaw phone book.
It listed H. FARGOTSZTEJN, a lawyer living at SW Krsyska 30. In my own
research, I have not seen an H. Fargotsztejn in Warsaw, or Mariampole
and Prenei in Lithuania who would have been alive at that time. Yad
Vashem had nothing else on him. A Chaim Fargotsztejn son of Ephraim and
Ester was born in 1903 in Radon. Ephraim died in Warsaw. Any
suggestions as to how to find this person? I did have relatives in
Warsaw but they came to the US or died long before the Holocaust. I do
know the descendents of Ephraim's brother who came to El Paso TX and
then moved on to Memphis TN.

2. In the Radom Prison Records and in the Hungary Claims
Conference list (the gentleman explained that each country had its own
claims conference, but for some reason they were lumped under Hungary),
I found ROMANA FARGOTSZTAJN, born in 1910, and her daughter MERY (MARY)
FARGOTSZTAYN, born in 1933. Under code 293, they were both "authorized
to enter Palestine." Yad Vashem said the request was made in 1965.
Their pre-war address was Szwarjik Street in Radon. At Yad Vashem I was
told that her second husband (no first name) was LUDWIG FASTMANN who
survived and lived in Poland in 1947. It appears that Fargotsztayn (no
first name) was her second husband. Since the fellow did not reappear
with the document, I don't know how he came to that conclusion. Perhaps
her second husband was Chaim or H. At Yad Vashem, the researcher found
that Romana had a sister on Allenby Street in Tel Aviv by the name of
BERTA ROZENFELD. Does anyone know Berta?

I also contacted the Central Zionist Archives' Family Research Dept.
when I was in Israel. They are supposed to have databases about people
who immigrated to Palestine/Israel between 1919 and 1974. I asked them
about information regarding FARGOTSTEIN but they didn't seem to quite
grasp what I was looking for.

Any help in connecting the dots would be appreciated.

Marcia Fargotstein Goldberg, Silver Spring, Maryland
FARGOTSTEYN, Mariampole, Prenei in Lithuania, Warsaw
REITBERG/REITBORD, Bialystok
FLEISCHER, Bialystok
ZOBER, Kovno
GOLLOB, Bialystok

Hi, I was doing a routine check on my RAIKHZELIGMAN family and came
across the family connection between SHATIL and RAIKHZELIGMAN.
Parents: Yosel s/o Ezra (SHATIL) & Ginde Rokhel d/o Yosel (RAIKHZELIGMAN)
There are 3 children - Izrail b. 1874 Jona b. 1875 Bendet b. 1877
all >from Kaunas. Does this connect for anyone?

Regards
Angie Elfassi
Yehud, Israel
Searching: RAYKH-ZELIGMAN/RICHMAN, Stakliskes, Lithuania/Leeds
COHEN, Sakiai, Lithuania/Leeds MAGIDOWITZ, Jurbarkas, Lithuania/Leeds
KASSIMOFF, Rezekne, Latvia/Leeds

Hi, I was doing a routine check on my RAIKHZELIGMAN family and came
across the family connection between SHATIL and RAIKHZELIGMAN.
Parents: Yosel s/o Ezra (SHATIL) & Ginde Rokhel d/o Yosel (RAIKHZELIGMAN)
There are 3 children - Izrail b. 1874 Jona b. 1875 Bendet b. 1877
all >from Kaunas. Does this connect for anyone?

Regards
Angie Elfassi
Yehud, Israel
Searching: RAYKH-ZELIGMAN/RICHMAN, Stakliskes, Lithuania/Leeds
COHEN, Sakiai, Lithuania/Leeds MAGIDOWITZ, Jurbarkas, Lithuania/Leeds
KASSIMOFF, Rezekne, Latvia/Leeds

Dear Litvak Researchers,

Does anyone know who posted this page ?

http://www.krozeja.net/Places/Balbieriskis/BalbieriskisJournal/6_29_2004.html

In appreciation,

Ralph Salinger
Kfar Ruppin
Israel

Dear Litvak Researchers,

Does anyone know who posted this page ?

http://www.krozeja.net/Places/Balbieriskis/BalbieriskisJournal/6_29_2004.html

In appreciation,

Ralph Salinger
Kfar Ruppin
Israel

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I have a reference to the specific regiment my G-G grandfather served
in in 1871 and would like to explore that regiment's war record further
(including any listing of personnel, of course). Assuming such records
still exist, how can they be accessed and are there records which might
be specific to Jews who served?

Michael Rubin, Boston, Mass. rubinmichaels@yahoo.com

I have a reference to the specific regiment my G-G grandfather served
in in 1871 and would like to explore that regiment's war record further
(including any listing of personnel, of course). Assuming such records
still exist, how can they be accessed and are there records which might
be specific to Jews who served?

Michael Rubin, Boston, Mass. rubinmichaels@yahoo.com