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Searching JOSEPH of South Carolina
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Lipmanson <lipmanson@...>
I am searching for descendents of Gerson JOSEPH, last known of Newberry County,
S.C. in 1860. I have traced him >from birth in Charleston to Newberry Co., but find no trace after the Civil War. His son, Meyer JOSEPH turns up in Newark, NJ in the 1900 Census, married with two daughters, Miriam and Regina. (Meyer moved to NJ around 1880 and married Mathilda, born in Wisconsin.) After this, no trace. Anyone with the names of Miriam and Regina JOSEPH, born in NJ, or JOSEPHs >from SC in their tree, please contact me offline. The JOSEPHs were early settlers in SC, with the earliest antecedent being Joseph JOSEPH of Charleston in 1810. Gerson JOSEPH may have had a twin sister, Pauline JOSEPH. (I have traced her family after marriage to current day.) Thank you for any information. Judith Lipmanson *** MODERATOR NOTE: To increase your chances of success, don't forget to list your surnames of interest in the JewishGen Family Finder, http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/
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Seeking: PREISS Family, Haifa, Israel
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Ruthie Zaionz
Dear Group:
I am trying to find out if anyone has knowledge of a family >from Haifa, Rifka PREISS and her husband, who was a professional photographer. If they are still alive, they would be in their 9O's. If anybody has knowledge either of them or their adult children, I would greatly appreciate hearing >from you. My father was Rifka's cousin. Thank you. Ruthie Saginur-Zaionz, Toronto rzaionz@rogers.com *** MODERATOR NOTE: The JewishGen FamilyFinder at http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/ provides a forum for researchers to post family names they are searching.
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Seeking SHERR/SHEARER/SHER
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larry216194116@...
Hello
I'm seeking the e-mail address for the cousin of Sharon Green of Kenmare , South Africa . I had ashearer@att.net but received a bounce . Larry De Witt Jewishgen Researcher 62685 Reseaching SHERR, SHER, Bauska ,Riga, Latvia , New York City , USA ,Allentown, Reading , Penna .USA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Searching JOSEPH of South Carolina
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Lipmanson <lipmanson@...>
I am searching for descendents of Gerson JOSEPH, last known of Newberry County,
S.C. in 1860. I have traced him >from birth in Charleston to Newberry Co., but find no trace after the Civil War. His son, Meyer JOSEPH turns up in Newark, NJ in the 1900 Census, married with two daughters, Miriam and Regina. (Meyer moved to NJ around 1880 and married Mathilda, born in Wisconsin.) After this, no trace. Anyone with the names of Miriam and Regina JOSEPH, born in NJ, or JOSEPHs >from SC in their tree, please contact me offline. The JOSEPHs were early settlers in SC, with the earliest antecedent being Joseph JOSEPH of Charleston in 1810. Gerson JOSEPH may have had a twin sister, Pauline JOSEPH. (I have traced her family after marriage to current day.) Thank you for any information. Judith Lipmanson *** MODERATOR NOTE: To increase your chances of success, don't forget to list your surnames of interest in the JewishGen Family Finder, http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Seeking: PREISS Family, Haifa, Israel
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Ruthie Zaionz
Dear Group:
I am trying to find out if anyone has knowledge of a family >from Haifa, Rifka PREISS and her husband, who was a professional photographer. If they are still alive, they would be in their 9O's. If anybody has knowledge either of them or their adult children, I would greatly appreciate hearing >from you. My father was Rifka's cousin. Thank you. Ruthie Saginur-Zaionz, Toronto rzaionz@rogers.com *** MODERATOR NOTE: The JewishGen FamilyFinder at http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/ provides a forum for researchers to post family names they are searching.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Seeking SHERR/SHEARER/SHER
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larry216194116@...
Hello
I'm seeking the e-mail address for the cousin of Sharon Green of Kenmare , South Africa . I had ashearer@att.net but received a bounce . Larry De Witt Jewishgen Researcher 62685 Reseaching SHERR, SHER, Bauska ,Riga, Latvia , New York City , USA ,Allentown, Reading , Penna .USA
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Looking for Yehuda WALEZTEIN, Jaffa, 1956
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In 1956 a Yehuda WALEZTEIN of Jaffa, Israel, submitted 2 Pages of Testimony at
Yad Vashem. One page was for Sara WALEZTEIN, the other for Mina FISZGRUND. I would dearly like to find Yehuda (or his descendants) as I believe there could be a link to my late mother's family >from Zelva, Grodno gubernia. Thank you. Naomi Barnett Melbourne, Australia *** 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 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, but only **you** can keep your own listings up to date.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Looking for Yehuda WALEZTEIN, Jaffa, 1956
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In 1956 a Yehuda WALEZTEIN of Jaffa, Israel, submitted 2 Pages of Testimony at
Yad Vashem. One page was for Sara WALEZTEIN, the other for Mina FISZGRUND. I would dearly like to find Yehuda (or his descendants) as I believe there could be a link to my late mother's family >from Zelva, Grodno gubernia. Thank you. Naomi Barnett Melbourne, Australia *** 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 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, but only **you** can keep your own listings up to date.
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Cattle Boats
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Barbara Zimmer <bravo.zulu@...>
According to the web, there were some boats that carried both passengers and
cattle. Barbara Zimmer Norfolk VA Micah Salb asked: ...her husband... came here a little earlier via a "cattle boat." Does anyone have any idea what that might mean -- is it literal or figurative? How might I track it down?
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Re: Marriage In Leeds circa 1890
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Howard Coupland <how.jacque@...>
Have you looked at http://www.familysearch.org - British Census 1881 . There is
mention of Isaac Levi born 1863 living with parents Reuben & Mary (prob Miriam) together with siblings and born circa 1863. Address given 58 Templar Street , Leeds. This area was known as The Leylands comparible with New York's Lower East Side . Hope this helps. Regards. Howard Coupland Leeds, UK. Researching: CAPLAN / PLOTKIN (Vilnius, Lithuania) PRENSKY (Kaunas, Lithuania) GRYNWALD (Marijampole & Liudvinavas, Lithuania) OLECHONOWSKI & FINKIELSZTEJN (Marijampole, Lithuania) KLEPPER / CLAPER (Iasi, Romania) SMOLENSKI (Romania)SHER (Siauliau, Lithuania) KATZ (Siauliau, Varniai, Skuodas, Lithuania & Oslo, Norway) ABRAMSON / LIPMAN (Johannesburg, South Africa) FABER (Iasi, Romania & New York) LIVINGSTONE (Birmingham, England) "Steve Morgan" wrote > I draw a blank looking for Isaac Levi in the right time frame. I found a record***from 1890 for an Isaac Levi but that marriage would have occurred 6 monthsafter my grandmother's birth and her brothers were 3 and 5 at that time. MODERATOR NOTE: Surname list truncated at six lines.
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Researcher Elsa DREZNER (#9198)
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ben.forman <ben.forman@...>
Hi Guys
Does anyone know if researcher Elsa DREZNER still responds to her Jewishgen listed email address, I emailed her last week and received no reply. I think we may be researching some of the same people in Paris, France and Kaluszyn, Poland. She is listed as registering with Jewishgen in May 1999. Thanks Ben Forman *** MODERATOR NOTE: Non-working email addresses in the JGFF should also be reported to LostNFound@lyris.jewishgen.org
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Cattle Boats
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Barbara Zimmer <bravo.zulu@...>
According to the web, there were some boats that carried both passengers and
cattle. Barbara Zimmer Norfolk VA Micah Salb asked: ...her husband... came here a little earlier via a "cattle boat." Does anyone have any idea what that might mean -- is it literal or figurative? How might I track it down?
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Marriage In Leeds circa 1890
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Howard Coupland <how.jacque@...>
Have you looked at http://www.familysearch.org - British Census 1881 . There is
mention of Isaac Levi born 1863 living with parents Reuben & Mary (prob Miriam) together with siblings and born circa 1863. Address given 58 Templar Street , Leeds. This area was known as The Leylands comparible with New York's Lower East Side . Hope this helps. Regards. Howard Coupland Leeds, UK. Researching: CAPLAN / PLOTKIN (Vilnius, Lithuania) PRENSKY (Kaunas, Lithuania) GRYNWALD (Marijampole & Liudvinavas, Lithuania) OLECHONOWSKI & FINKIELSZTEJN (Marijampole, Lithuania) KLEPPER / CLAPER (Iasi, Romania) SMOLENSKI (Romania)SHER (Siauliau, Lithuania) KATZ (Siauliau, Varniai, Skuodas, Lithuania & Oslo, Norway) ABRAMSON / LIPMAN (Johannesburg, South Africa) FABER (Iasi, Romania & New York) LIVINGSTONE (Birmingham, England) "Steve Morgan" wrote > I draw a blank looking for Isaac Levi in the right time frame. I found a record***from 1890 for an Isaac Levi but that marriage would have occurred 6 monthsafter my grandmother's birth and her brothers were 3 and 5 at that time. MODERATOR NOTE: Surname list truncated at six lines.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Researcher Elsa DREZNER (#9198)
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ben.forman <ben.forman@...>
Hi Guys
Does anyone know if researcher Elsa DREZNER still responds to her Jewishgen listed email address, I emailed her last week and received no reply. I think we may be researching some of the same people in Paris, France and Kaluszyn, Poland. She is listed as registering with Jewishgen in May 1999. Thanks Ben Forman *** MODERATOR NOTE: Non-working email addresses in the JGFF should also be reported to LostNFound@lyris.jewishgen.org
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Re: Name: Yitta?
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Rose Blitzstein Elbaum
Yitta is a Yiddish name, often known as Ida in English.
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Rose Elbaum Potomac, MD Barbara Mannlein <bsmannlein@comcast.net> wrote:
I recorded (>from oral reports) a Jewish name of Yetta. Today the descendant of
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Re: Origin of surname OBLAS?
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Evertjan. <exjxw.hannivoort@...>
Origin of "Oblas", is it >from "Abel" or is it >from the admin. district. knownEven a saint! <http://www.collinesnorddauphine.fr/oytier.htm> Evertjan Hannivoort. The Netherlands. (Replace all crosses with dots in my emailaddress)
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Re: Rabbi AVIGDOR of West Hartford, CT.
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Lenn Zonder <lenwriter@...>
In reply to Yoni Ben-Ari, searching for Rabbi Isaac Simcha HUREWITZ of Hartford,
CT, Shlomo Gurevich <shl2gur@yahoo.com> suggested he broaden his search to include "Rabbi Yitzhak Chaim AVIGDOR who came to USA in 1848 (sic). In 1949 he married Esther HOROWITZ (of unknown ancestry), and his mother was Rachel Breindel HOROWITZ, the granddaughter of R. Avraham Chaim HOROWITZ, ABD and AdMoR of Linsk, a grandson of R. Avraham Chaim ABD of Linsk, a son of the famous R. Naftali Zvi, ABD Ropshitz." If Yoni, and Shlomo, would like to explore this line of inquiry, I suggest they contact Rabbi David AVIGDOR at Congregation Bikkur Cholem-Sheveth Achim in New Haven, CT., or at his law office, also in New Haven. Rabbi AVIGDOR is the son of Rabbi AVIGDOR, formerly chief rabbi of the Hartford area. Also, they should search AVIGDOR on Google. The AVIGDORs were one of the three heraldic Jewish families of Europe. Lenn Zonder Woodbridge, CT 06525 Searching: ZAMACHOVSKY (all variations), BRODSKY, BERNARD, AXELROD, BLOOM, ALPERT, New Haven, CT. Boston, New Jersey, New York.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Name: Yitta?
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Rose Blitzstein Elbaum
Yitta is a Yiddish name, often known as Ida in English.
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
Rose Elbaum Potomac, MD Barbara Mannlein <bsmannlein@comcast.net> wrote:
I recorded (>from oral reports) a Jewish name of Yetta. Today the descendant of
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Origin of surname OBLAS?
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Evertjan. <exjxw.hannivoort@...>
Origin of "Oblas", is it >from "Abel" or is it >from the admin. district. knownEven a saint! <http://www.collinesnorddauphine.fr/oytier.htm> Evertjan Hannivoort. The Netherlands. (Replace all crosses with dots in my emailaddress)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Rabbi AVIGDOR of West Hartford, CT.
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Lenn Zonder <lenwriter@...>
In reply to Yoni Ben-Ari, searching for Rabbi Isaac Simcha HUREWITZ of Hartford,
CT, Shlomo Gurevich <shl2gur@yahoo.com> suggested he broaden his search to include "Rabbi Yitzhak Chaim AVIGDOR who came to USA in 1848 (sic). In 1949 he married Esther HOROWITZ (of unknown ancestry), and his mother was Rachel Breindel HOROWITZ, the granddaughter of R. Avraham Chaim HOROWITZ, ABD and AdMoR of Linsk, a grandson of R. Avraham Chaim ABD of Linsk, a son of the famous R. Naftali Zvi, ABD Ropshitz." If Yoni, and Shlomo, would like to explore this line of inquiry, I suggest they contact Rabbi David AVIGDOR at Congregation Bikkur Cholem-Sheveth Achim in New Haven, CT., or at his law office, also in New Haven. Rabbi AVIGDOR is the son of Rabbi AVIGDOR, formerly chief rabbi of the Hartford area. Also, they should search AVIGDOR on Google. The AVIGDORs were one of the three heraldic Jewish families of Europe. Lenn Zonder Woodbridge, CT 06525 Searching: ZAMACHOVSKY (all variations), BRODSKY, BERNARD, AXELROD, BLOOM, ALPERT, New Haven, CT. Boston, New Jersey, New York.
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