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Boer War , Jews in the Commander in Chief's bodyguard
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Saul Issroff <saul@...>
These are extracts >from National Archives Ref WO 126/31 for the Boer War
service records for selected names starting between A and BO for the COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF’S BODY GUARD. There were a variety of standard forms and also many sections of the forms were not completed. As a result the details included vary. Thanks to Rowena Wat who compiled the complete list. This is an extract of the ‘Jewish’ Names’ Please note these records are in the National archives, Kew and refer to the British army! Benjamin ABELHEIM Enlisted: Green Point 25 Jun 1901 Reg. no. 33640 Age: 21, Nationality: Russian, Trade: Waiter Friend: Mrs Krietz, 9 Chilcolm St, Cape Town, CC Single Benjen ABELHEIM Reg. no. 35476 Enlisted: Johannesburg 21 Jul 1901 Age: 21, Nationality: Naturalised B’ Subject, Trade: Storeman Mother: Mrs Abelheim, c/o H Xaiem, No. 9 Lelkon St, Cape Town Discharged 29 Jul 1901 C R ABRAHAMS Reg. no. 22276 Enlisted: Maitland 19 Nov 1900 Rank: Trooper Discharged as time expired 22 May 1901 after 185 days service Character: Very Good Address after discharge: Broad Road, Wynberg, Cape Colony Benjamin BASH Age: 36, Height: 5 ft 6, Chest: 37 Hair: Dark, Eyes: Blue, Complexion: Sallow Scar on chin Religion: Jewish, Birthplace: Plymouth E Trade: Broker & Auctioneer Previous service: No Address: P O 348, Bulawayo Next of kin: Alfred Bash, 348 Bulawayo Enlisted: Bulawayo 1 Nov 1900 Joseph BLOOMFIELD Reg. no. 22348 Age: 28, Nationality: Cape Colonial, Trade: Waiter Enlisted: 26 Nov 1900 Father: Mr A Bloomfield, Deep River, Cape Town Single Charles COHN Reg. no. 22417 Age: 30, Height: 5 ft 6, Chest: 36 Hair: Dark, Eyes: Blue, Complexion: Dark Religion: Jewish, Born: Germany, Trade: Cab owner Previous service: SRV, Address: Rhodes St, Bulawayo Next of kin: Henry Cohn, Box 4262, Johannesburg Enlisted: Bulawayo 30 Oct 1900 Saul Issroff Please don't send me queries, I have no further knowledge!
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South Africa SIG #SouthAfrica Boer War , Jews in the Commander in Chief's bodyguard
#southafrica
Saul Issroff <saul@...>
These are extracts >from National Archives Ref WO 126/31 for the Boer War
service records for selected names starting between A and BO for the COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF’S BODY GUARD. There were a variety of standard forms and also many sections of the forms were not completed. As a result the details included vary. Thanks to Rowena Wat who compiled the complete list. This is an extract of the ‘Jewish’ Names’ Please note these records are in the National archives, Kew and refer to the British army! Benjamin ABELHEIM Enlisted: Green Point 25 Jun 1901 Reg. no. 33640 Age: 21, Nationality: Russian, Trade: Waiter Friend: Mrs Krietz, 9 Chilcolm St, Cape Town, CC Single Benjen ABELHEIM Reg. no. 35476 Enlisted: Johannesburg 21 Jul 1901 Age: 21, Nationality: Naturalised B’ Subject, Trade: Storeman Mother: Mrs Abelheim, c/o H Xaiem, No. 9 Lelkon St, Cape Town Discharged 29 Jul 1901 C R ABRAHAMS Reg. no. 22276 Enlisted: Maitland 19 Nov 1900 Rank: Trooper Discharged as time expired 22 May 1901 after 185 days service Character: Very Good Address after discharge: Broad Road, Wynberg, Cape Colony Benjamin BASH Age: 36, Height: 5 ft 6, Chest: 37 Hair: Dark, Eyes: Blue, Complexion: Sallow Scar on chin Religion: Jewish, Birthplace: Plymouth E Trade: Broker & Auctioneer Previous service: No Address: P O 348, Bulawayo Next of kin: Alfred Bash, 348 Bulawayo Enlisted: Bulawayo 1 Nov 1900 Joseph BLOOMFIELD Reg. no. 22348 Age: 28, Nationality: Cape Colonial, Trade: Waiter Enlisted: 26 Nov 1900 Father: Mr A Bloomfield, Deep River, Cape Town Single Charles COHN Reg. no. 22417 Age: 30, Height: 5 ft 6, Chest: 36 Hair: Dark, Eyes: Blue, Complexion: Dark Religion: Jewish, Born: Germany, Trade: Cab owner Previous service: SRV, Address: Rhodes St, Bulawayo Next of kin: Henry Cohn, Box 4262, Johannesburg Enlisted: Bulawayo 30 Oct 1900 Saul Issroff Please don't send me queries, I have no further knowledge!
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help finding a shtetl: Schikol Russia
#general
Marvin Foss <just2marvls@...>
I found my great uncle on the Ellis Island website. The town he came
from was Schikol Russia. I've searched everywhere and cannot find thattown. Perhaps it is spelled differently. Can anyone help me? Thank you, Marvin Foss
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen help finding a shtetl: Schikol Russia
#general
Marvin Foss <just2marvls@...>
I found my great uncle on the Ellis Island website. The town he came
from was Schikol Russia. I've searched everywhere and cannot find thattown. Perhaps it is spelled differently. Can anyone help me? Thank you, Marvin Foss
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* Using Viewmate effectively
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Tom Venetianer <tom.vene@...>
Dear Genners,
My experience with Viewmate - this fantastic JG resource - is that even if I do not publish my request to the list, several people send me their answers or translations to the photos I have posted. Thus here is my suggestion: If you publish a photo on Viewmate, wait 2-3 days before posting to the general list your request for answers. If by then you haven't received feedback or the answers haven't been satisfactory then send your request. The above saves JG's bandwidth and your time by not having to read many similar or identical answers. BTW, thanks to all those who answered my latest two published tombstones. Your help is very much appreciated. Best regards and Shabbat Shalom Tom -- Tom Venetianer <mailto:tom.vene@uol.com.br> Sao Paulo - Brazil
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Judel Goldberg -- Tykocin, Poland
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Ian Puente
Hello,
I have a great-great grandfather named Judel/Jhuda Goldberg, who was born in the Bialystock region (I believe in or around Tykocin, but certainly either Grodno or Lomza Gubernia) on December 3, 1864. His parents were Iccko Mejer Goldberg and Chaja Gitla Jaworowska. He had a brother named Bienio Goldberg born around 1875. He emigrated to Amsterdam where he married Marie de Boer in 1892. If this matches up with any of you, please let me know. Additionally, if any of you have thoughts or ideas to share, I'd appreciate those as well. Thank You, Ian Puente Los Angeles, California
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen * Using Viewmate effectively
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Tom Venetianer <tom.vene@...>
Dear Genners,
My experience with Viewmate - this fantastic JG resource - is that even if I do not publish my request to the list, several people send me their answers or translations to the photos I have posted. Thus here is my suggestion: If you publish a photo on Viewmate, wait 2-3 days before posting to the general list your request for answers. If by then you haven't received feedback or the answers haven't been satisfactory then send your request. The above saves JG's bandwidth and your time by not having to read many similar or identical answers. BTW, thanks to all those who answered my latest two published tombstones. Your help is very much appreciated. Best regards and Shabbat Shalom Tom -- Tom Venetianer <mailto:tom.vene@uol.com.br> Sao Paulo - Brazil
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Judel Goldberg -- Tykocin, Poland
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Ian Puente
Hello,
I have a great-great grandfather named Judel/Jhuda Goldberg, who was born in the Bialystock region (I believe in or around Tykocin, but certainly either Grodno or Lomza Gubernia) on December 3, 1864. His parents were Iccko Mejer Goldberg and Chaja Gitla Jaworowska. He had a brother named Bienio Goldberg born around 1875. He emigrated to Amsterdam where he married Marie de Boer in 1892. If this matches up with any of you, please let me know. Additionally, if any of you have thoughts or ideas to share, I'd appreciate those as well. Thank You, Ian Puente Los Angeles, California
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SAMUELS
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david maymon <dudumd@...>
Dear genner,
I am trying to find Mr. George SAMUELS who lived in Darby ave. reseda CA before 1973,or his relatives: Annie Samuels or Jay Samuels. Any information will be appreciated. best regards David Maymon Israel
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Lois GAIL; Riverside, CA, USA; died June 2006
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Tim Baker <tbaker@...>
Looking for any info about Lois GAIL, who died in Riverside, CA on June 14, 1916.
Did not see an obituary in the Riverside paper or the LA Times. The SSDI says she was born in 1916, and her Social Security number was issued in Indiana. No children that I know of, but maybe siblings? Maiden name unknown. She was married to my wife's great uncle, Charles GAIL, who was born 1887 in the Ukraine (possibly around Wishnovitz or Kremenets) and died June 1973 in Riverside. Tim Baker Bellingham WA tbaker@zenderthurston.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen SAMUELS
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david maymon <dudumd@...>
Dear genner,
I am trying to find Mr. George SAMUELS who lived in Darby ave. reseda CA before 1973,or his relatives: Annie Samuels or Jay Samuels. Any information will be appreciated. best regards David Maymon Israel
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Lois GAIL; Riverside, CA, USA; died June 2006
#general
Tim Baker <tbaker@...>
Looking for any info about Lois GAIL, who died in Riverside, CA on June 14, 1916.
Did not see an obituary in the Riverside paper or the LA Times. The SSDI says she was born in 1916, and her Social Security number was issued in Indiana. No children that I know of, but maybe siblings? Maiden name unknown. She was married to my wife's great uncle, Charles GAIL, who was born 1887 in the Ukraine (possibly around Wishnovitz or Kremenets) and died June 1973 in Riverside. Tim Baker Bellingham WA tbaker@zenderthurston.com
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PAVE/PAWE, Staten Island
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SBSeales
I'm looking for the descendants of Meier PAWE >from Stuchin, Lida, who arrived at
Ellis Island with my grandmother's sister Elke BOJARSKY (Alice BOYARSKY DLOTT) in 1903. Meier went to Boston to Alice's brother Harry, who was a haberdasher in East Boston. Meier said on his manifest that he was a cousin of Harry. I have found Meier in census records, and his descendants were still on Maryland in Staten Island in 1991, where they had apparently been for decades. Sue Seales, North Carolina researching: BOYARSKY/Grodno FREEDMAN/Siluva, Lithuania ROSENTHAL/Odessa and Wengrow, Poland BLUSZTEJN/Zareby Koscielne, Poland PLOCKIER/Poland ZELENY,ZELONY,ZELIONY/Chicago, Paris, Odessa, Bershad
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen PAVE/PAWE, Staten Island
#general
SBSeales
I'm looking for the descendants of Meier PAWE >from Stuchin, Lida, who arrived at
Ellis Island with my grandmother's sister Elke BOJARSKY (Alice BOYARSKY DLOTT) in 1903. Meier went to Boston to Alice's brother Harry, who was a haberdasher in East Boston. Meier said on his manifest that he was a cousin of Harry. I have found Meier in census records, and his descendants were still on Maryland in Staten Island in 1991, where they had apparently been for decades. Sue Seales, North Carolina researching: BOYARSKY/Grodno FREEDMAN/Siluva, Lithuania ROSENTHAL/Odessa and Wengrow, Poland BLUSZTEJN/Zareby Koscielne, Poland PLOCKIER/Poland ZELENY,ZELONY,ZELIONY/Chicago, Paris, Odessa, Bershad
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Documentary film on Gross-Breesen school
#germany
Marion Hattenbach Bernstein
Dear GerSIG:
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My father was one of the 150 teens who attended a non-Zionist "hachshara-type" camp in Gross Breesen, which is the "Jewish school" portrayed in this documentary. Thought there might be others who would like to attend. Marion Hattenbach Bernstein San Antonio, TX "Stones >from the Soil" will be shown at DePaul University next Tuesday, the 22nd of May at 12 PM. It will be in the Schmitt Academic Center, 2320 N Kenmore, room 161. It is sponsored by the Department of Art and Art History and will be open to the public. "Stones >from the Soil," is the documentary on my father and the one hundred and fifty other German Jewish teenagers who were educated, sheltered and ultimately saved by a unique Jewish school in 1930s Germany, The film continues to play on PBS throughout the country--it just
recently showed in Buffalo, Washington, DC, and Texas.
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German SIG #Germany Documentary film on Gross-Breesen school
#germany
Marion Hattenbach Bernstein
Dear GerSIG:
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My father was one of the 150 teens who attended a non-Zionist "hachshara-type" camp in Gross Breesen, which is the "Jewish school" portrayed in this documentary. Thought there might be others who would like to attend. Marion Hattenbach Bernstein San Antonio, TX "Stones >from the Soil" will be shown at DePaul University next Tuesday, the 22nd of May at 12 PM. It will be in the Schmitt Academic Center, 2320 N Kenmore, room 161. It is sponsored by the Department of Art and Art History and will be open to the public. "Stones >from the Soil," is the documentary on my father and the one hundred and fifty other German Jewish teenagers who were educated, sheltered and ultimately saved by a unique Jewish school in 1930s Germany, The film continues to play on PBS throughout the country--it just
recently showed in Buffalo, Washington, DC, and Texas.
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Re: German Birth Certificate
#general
Roger Lustig <julierog@...>
There have been several responses to this, noting that:
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--Stettin is now Szczecin in Poland; --Standesamt I in Berlin has Stettin records in its archive. For most of us however, the way to get vital records >from Stettin is through the LDS Family History Library/Centers. The city is one of a very few whose vital records were filmed all the way up to the 1940's. Alas, the on-line catalog at http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp is down for maintenance today. When searching, note that Stettin was a fairly large city with more than one Standesamt (registry office). Roger Lustig Princeton, NJ USA Maury Kitces wrote:
Does anyone know how to find a birth certificate >from 1918 in Stettin,
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: German Birth Certificate
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Roger Lustig <julierog@...>
There have been several responses to this, noting that:
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--Stettin is now Szczecin in Poland; --Standesamt I in Berlin has Stettin records in its archive. For most of us however, the way to get vital records >from Stettin is through the LDS Family History Library/Centers. The city is one of a very few whose vital records were filmed all the way up to the 1940's. Alas, the on-line catalog at http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp is down for maintenance today. When searching, note that Stettin was a fairly large city with more than one Standesamt (registry office). Roger Lustig Princeton, NJ USA Maury Kitces wrote:
Does anyone know how to find a birth certificate >from 1918 in Stettin,
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and SLIME was . . .
#unitedkingdom
MBernet@...
In a message dated 5/18/2007 1:42:37 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
henry.best1@ntlworld.com writes: << The surname SLIME is very unusual and I suspect that it's a shortened version of something like Slimovich or a similar name. Personally, I would have stuck with the original name rather than being called SLIME! >> ==Probably Yiddish "Shlayme," >from Hebrew "Shlomo" = English/Latin/Greek "Solomon" Michael Bernet
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JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom and SLIME was . . .
#unitedkingdom
MBernet@...
In a message dated 5/18/2007 1:42:37 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
henry.best1@ntlworld.com writes: << The surname SLIME is very unusual and I suspect that it's a shortened version of something like Slimovich or a similar name. Personally, I would have stuck with the original name rather than being called SLIME! >> ==Probably Yiddish "Shlayme," >from Hebrew "Shlomo" = English/Latin/Greek "Solomon" Michael Bernet
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