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Gustav Oppenheimer witness on marriage cert
#unitedkingdom
john tyner <johntyner2001@...>
hi all,
today i have received a wedding certifcate of my cousin Solomon Adolphus MEYER age 36. he married Emily Jane BELLHOUSE age 19 on 26th September 1853 in St Saviours church Manchester England. one of the witnesses is Gustav OPPENHEIMER. i would like to know if anyone knows anything about him as i seem to remember the surname coming up before. both parents were merchants. John William Tyner, Wicklow, Ireland
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JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom Gustav Oppenheimer witness on marriage cert
#unitedkingdom
john tyner <johntyner2001@...>
hi all,
today i have received a wedding certifcate of my cousin Solomon Adolphus MEYER age 36. he married Emily Jane BELLHOUSE age 19 on 26th September 1853 in St Saviours church Manchester England. one of the witnesses is Gustav OPPENHEIMER. i would like to know if anyone knows anything about him as i seem to remember the surname coming up before. both parents were merchants. John William Tyner, Wicklow, Ireland
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Reichline
#belarus
Herbert Lazerow
I would like to know if there were many households with the name REICHLINE.Chasing a name like REICHLINE leaves you chasing many variant spellings. An ancestor of mine married a Rakhlin in Nezhin Ukraine in 1886. He was originally registered in Novo-Aleksandrovsk uezd, which is not far >from Vitebsk, and I have seen the name spelled Rakhlin, Raikhlin, Roklin, Roikhlin, Rokhlin. Alexander Beider in his Dictionary of Jewish Surnames >from the Russian Empire points out that this is a matronymic for people who are children of Rakhel, and specifies areas where it is particularly found, but none of them is Vitebsk. Beider does give the spelling Reikhin, but not Reichline. I do not recall seeing many Russian names ending with -line; could that be an American spelling, or did you find it in a Russian document? Bert Herbert Lazerow U. of San Diego Law School, San Diego, CA lazer@...
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Reichline
#belarus
Herbert Lazerow
I would like to know if there were many households with the name REICHLINE.Chasing a name like REICHLINE leaves you chasing many variant spellings. An ancestor of mine married a Rakhlin in Nezhin Ukraine in 1886. He was originally registered in Novo-Aleksandrovsk uezd, which is not far >from Vitebsk, and I have seen the name spelled Rakhlin, Raikhlin, Roklin, Roikhlin, Rokhlin. Alexander Beider in his Dictionary of Jewish Surnames >from the Russian Empire points out that this is a matronymic for people who are children of Rakhel, and specifies areas where it is particularly found, but none of them is Vitebsk. Beider does give the spelling Reikhin, but not Reichline. I do not recall seeing many Russian names ending with -line; could that be an American spelling, or did you find it in a Russian document? Bert Herbert Lazerow U. of San Diego Law School, San Diego, CA lazer@...
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Yizkor book ideas
#ukraine
ANDREA MASSION <almassion@...>
Please bring up this Odessa Yizkor Book idea up at the Ukraine SIG
meeting in Chicago. Talk to Joyce Fields who supervises Yizkor book translations for Jewishgen.org to get the history of the past obstacles, in order to generate possible solutions to the Rav Kook permission issue. All the best, Andrea Massion, Kherson coordinator Researching MASSION >from Ananiev, Ukr; OURIN(SON) and Babitsh >from Streshin, BEL; KATZNELSON >from Bobroisk; GREENSPOON and TIGAY >from Balta and Uman, UKR; SMALTZ, KOFLER(?). http://web.mac.com/almassion/Ananiev,_Ukraine/Introduction_Purpose.html
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Yizkor book ideas
#ukraine
ANDREA MASSION <almassion@...>
Please bring up this Odessa Yizkor Book idea up at the Ukraine SIG
meeting in Chicago. Talk to Joyce Fields who supervises Yizkor book translations for Jewishgen.org to get the history of the past obstacles, in order to generate possible solutions to the Rav Kook permission issue. All the best, Andrea Massion, Kherson coordinator Researching MASSION >from Ananiev, Ukr; OURIN(SON) and Babitsh >from Streshin, BEL; KATZNELSON >from Bobroisk; GREENSPOON and TIGAY >from Balta and Uman, UKR; SMALTZ, KOFLER(?). http://web.mac.com/almassion/Ananiev,_Ukraine/Introduction_Purpose.html
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Family Search - Long Shot - Hirsch of Chicago
#hungary
Jerry Zeisler <jzeisler@...>
H-Sig,
I'm taking a long shot on this one because I've hit a brick wall, but am looking for the family of Rosa HIRSCH ZEISLER (1866 - 1950) who married my gg-uncle, Ignatz ZEISLER (1854 - 1906) in Chicago in 1887. If you know any of the people listed below, or any offspring, please contact me off list. Relatives are as follows: Parents: Lena SINGER (1838 - 1926) and Morris HIRSCH Brothers: Armin (1869 - 1936) and Joseph J. (1871 - 1934) Joseph had 2 children: Frank and Ida Frank had 4 daughters: Dorothy BOWNE Marian HIRSCH Helen HAYNER France OLSON That's all that I have. Thank you! Jerry Zeisler Leesburg, Virginia USA
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Found missing relative
#hungary
Leslie Weinberg <lbw50@...>
I am so excited right now, I can hardly write. I sent to the Leslie Weinberg lbw50@... Searching Eisen - Tyczyn, Poland, Oradea, Romania, Paris France. Scharf, Tyczyn, Poland. Blumenberg - Tyczyn, Poland. Reisz (Reiss, Reis) - Oradea, Romania, Viss Hungary, Hungary (all). November - Oradea, Galos Petri, Szalard Romania, Hungary. Goldstein - Oradea. Iram - Tyczyn and all of Poland. Grin - Hungary. Danskoy - (Danskoi, Donskoy) Nezhin, Ukraine. Weinberg, Sominsky, Mischinsky - Valdemarpils, all of Latvia. Moderator: Please contact Leslie off-list if you can help.
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Family Search - Long Shot - Hirsch of Chicago
#hungary
Jerry Zeisler <jzeisler@...>
H-Sig,
I'm taking a long shot on this one because I've hit a brick wall, but am looking for the family of Rosa HIRSCH ZEISLER (1866 - 1950) who married my gg-uncle, Ignatz ZEISLER (1854 - 1906) in Chicago in 1887. If you know any of the people listed below, or any offspring, please contact me off list. Relatives are as follows: Parents: Lena SINGER (1838 - 1926) and Morris HIRSCH Brothers: Armin (1869 - 1936) and Joseph J. (1871 - 1934) Joseph had 2 children: Frank and Ida Frank had 4 daughters: Dorothy BOWNE Marian HIRSCH Helen HAYNER France OLSON That's all that I have. Thank you! Jerry Zeisler Leesburg, Virginia USA
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Found missing relative
#hungary
Leslie Weinberg <lbw50@...>
I am so excited right now, I can hardly write. I sent to the Leslie Weinberg lbw50@... Searching Eisen - Tyczyn, Poland, Oradea, Romania, Paris France. Scharf, Tyczyn, Poland. Blumenberg - Tyczyn, Poland. Reisz (Reiss, Reis) - Oradea, Romania, Viss Hungary, Hungary (all). November - Oradea, Galos Petri, Szalard Romania, Hungary. Goldstein - Oradea. Iram - Tyczyn and all of Poland. Grin - Hungary. Danskoy - (Danskoi, Donskoy) Nezhin, Ukraine. Weinberg, Sominsky, Mischinsky - Valdemarpils, all of Latvia. Moderator: Please contact Leslie off-list if you can help.
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Incorrect Birth Dates on Naturalization Papers and Other Documents
#general
paulkozo@...
Further to Ira Leviton's email a search on first world war draft cards on a
well known commercial site specifying "Russia" reveals the following numbers of men with the given birth dates: 24 December 2,077 25 December 4,788 26 December 1,264 27 December 1,002 4 July 1,919 Looking at monthly data March is the most popular month (possibly due to the start of the Gregorian year in March), May and December are the next most popular months while November is particularly unpopular. The 25 December data includes many clearly Jewish names. Paul K. Hattori London UK
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Incorrect Birth Dates on Naturalization Papers and Other Documents
#general
paulkozo@...
Further to Ira Leviton's email a search on first world war draft cards on a
well known commercial site specifying "Russia" reveals the following numbers of men with the given birth dates: 24 December 2,077 25 December 4,788 26 December 1,264 27 December 1,002 4 July 1,919 Looking at monthly data March is the most popular month (possibly due to the start of the Gregorian year in March), May and December are the next most popular months while November is particularly unpopular. The 25 December data includes many clearly Jewish names. Paul K. Hattori London UK
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Re: Gerymter
#general
MBernet@...
In a message dated 8/10/2008 10:06:24 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
_neil@... (mailto:neil@...) writes: << Does anyone know what this word in either Polish or German civil records means - sounds/looks like Gerymter - is it a profession or surname or what? ==I'm thinking "a tenant renting a room," in American Yiddish? Better yet, "a famous person" [German "geruehmter]. Still better, a famous person who rented a room? e.g. Chaim Weizman in Pfungstadt, or S.Y. Agnon in Bad Homburg Michael Bernet, New York mbernet@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Gerymter
#general
MBernet@...
In a message dated 8/10/2008 10:06:24 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
_neil@... (mailto:neil@...) writes: << Does anyone know what this word in either Polish or German civil records means - sounds/looks like Gerymter - is it a profession or surname or what? ==I'm thinking "a tenant renting a room," in American Yiddish? Better yet, "a famous person" [German "geruehmter]. Still better, a famous person who rented a room? e.g. Chaim Weizman in Pfungstadt, or S.Y. Agnon in Bad Homburg Michael Bernet, New York mbernet@...
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Resource for Northeast PA & Bichor Cholem Hebrew Congregation founded 1894
#general
Ellen and Sal Barbieri <elsal@...>
The Genealogical Society of Northeast Pennsylvania has a lengthy article
about 14 pages on the Jews of Oliphant, PA & their synagogue. Many lists with names & dates are included as well as numerous photos of the citizens & their businesses. Article also covers some info about the surrounding area, Scranton etc. Their website is www.grsnp.org Article is in Vol 12 #1 winter issue 2008. Anyone with ties to northeast PA should take a look at this website. They also will do research for a nominal fee & have access to early records that are hard to find. Ellen Barbieri - Researcher #8682 San Diego, CA Researching: ZYMAN, MARKUS- Lubowo (now Liubavas, Lith); ZYMAN (SIMON), KAPLAN, KRAMARSKI, KANOWICZ(COHN)- Suwalki; JAWORKOWSKI, FRYDLANDSKI- Filipow; GOLDBERG- ? same gen'l area; all to NYC via England about 1870
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Resource for Northeast PA & Bichor Cholem Hebrew Congregation founded 1894
#general
Ellen and Sal Barbieri <elsal@...>
The Genealogical Society of Northeast Pennsylvania has a lengthy article
about 14 pages on the Jews of Oliphant, PA & their synagogue. Many lists with names & dates are included as well as numerous photos of the citizens & their businesses. Article also covers some info about the surrounding area, Scranton etc. Their website is www.grsnp.org Article is in Vol 12 #1 winter issue 2008. Anyone with ties to northeast PA should take a look at this website. They also will do research for a nominal fee & have access to early records that are hard to find. Ellen Barbieri - Researcher #8682 San Diego, CA Researching: ZYMAN, MARKUS- Lubowo (now Liubavas, Lith); ZYMAN (SIMON), KAPLAN, KRAMARSKI, KANOWICZ(COHN)- Suwalki; JAWORKOWSKI, FRYDLANDSKI- Filipow; GOLDBERG- ? same gen'l area; all to NYC via England about 1870
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Seeking descendants of Chaim and Abram Lieberman from Lunna (Belarus)
#general
Ruth M
Hello all,
During the last five years I have been researching the Jewish life in the shtetl of Lunna/Lunno, now in Belarus, formerly in Poland, and have been trying to trace Lunna descendants over the world. Some of the results are posted on www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/lunna I am very grateful to those of you who sent me messages and helped me in tracing Lunna descendants in the USA and in other places over the world. I have one more request for help (I suppose it is not the last one): According to the Ellis Island database, Sheine Lieberman (b. 1881) and her two sons, Chaim (b. 1901) and Abram (b. 1904), came >from Lunno to Ellis Island on September 25, 1905. Someone has told me that there was a Lieberman Company of Moving and Storage in the NYC area and the owners came to the US from Lunna. The company does not exist any more.It could be that Chaim and Abram Lieberman were the owners of that company. Can anyone help me to locate their children/grandchildren? Thank you. Best regards, Ruth Marcus Israel
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Seeking descendants of Chaim and Abram Lieberman from Lunna (Belarus)
#general
Ruth M
Hello all,
During the last five years I have been researching the Jewish life in the shtetl of Lunna/Lunno, now in Belarus, formerly in Poland, and have been trying to trace Lunna descendants over the world. Some of the results are posted on www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/lunna I am very grateful to those of you who sent me messages and helped me in tracing Lunna descendants in the USA and in other places over the world. I have one more request for help (I suppose it is not the last one): According to the Ellis Island database, Sheine Lieberman (b. 1881) and her two sons, Chaim (b. 1901) and Abram (b. 1904), came >from Lunno to Ellis Island on September 25, 1905. Someone has told me that there was a Lieberman Company of Moving and Storage in the NYC area and the owners came to the US from Lunna. The company does not exist any more.It could be that Chaim and Abram Lieberman were the owners of that company. Can anyone help me to locate their children/grandchildren? Thank you. Best regards, Ruth Marcus Israel
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Tarnobzeg video
#general
Gayle Schlissel Riley
For those not able to attend the conference in Chicago the video on
Tarnobrzeg is available on the Tarnobrzeg shtetlinks website; http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Tarnobrzeg/html/2nd%20level/Video.htm Other surprises will follow after the conference.. Gayle Schlissel Riley >from Calif.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Tarnobzeg video
#general
Gayle Schlissel Riley
For those not able to attend the conference in Chicago the video on
Tarnobrzeg is available on the Tarnobrzeg shtetlinks website; http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Tarnobrzeg/html/2nd%20level/Video.htm Other surprises will follow after the conference.. Gayle Schlissel Riley >from Calif.
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