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Francis Louis BAMBERGER
#germany
Bob & Lorraine Sidgwick <clipper811@...>
I am trying to trace my great great grandfather, known in England as Francis
Louis BAMBERGER. He was a German Jew who converted upon arrival in England . from various census in England I have calculated his birth as 1825, probablybefore April 7th of that year. from his marriage certificate in England in 1855 his father's name is givenas Henerish (Heinrich) a merchant. The other information that we have is that he was of a prominent banking family The UK census of 1871 says he was born Silesia. This is the only census that has a place. The others all say Germany. It may be the truth or not? We do not believe he naturalized in England I have found the family of Jakob BAMBERGER and August BAMBERGER of Mainz. Did Jakob have a brother Henerish (Heinrich)? I have also found the following information on Lemle Lob BAMBERGER and this may be encouraging. Does anyone have more information on these 2 families that may be of help to me please? Thanks for the help! Lorraine Sidgwick Sydney, Australia <clipper811@bigpond.com> Lemle Lob Bamberger arrived in Frankfurt >from Furth in 1762. He was a = banker with an extensive money changing business. During the 4 years 1763-1766 = he, together with Moses Oppenheimer, made a total of 245,327 guilders. In = 1773 he and Isaac Buchsbaum launched a company dealing in chintz and calico. In March 1776 the Royal and Imperial Supreme Command Commissariat = contracted with him to supply bread to the Imperial recruits. Originally the = contract was for one year, but it was renewed over many years and he became both supplier and banker to the Imperial recruiting officers in Frankfurt. He married Fradche, a daughter of Samuel Henle Schuster, and died in 1794. =A0 2 SONS: (at his death) =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Heinrich Ludwig Bamberger (1772-1820) was = an exchange broker. He married Amalie Haas after 1796.=A0=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 SONS:=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Theodor (fl 1830) was an exchange broker = in the Langenstrasse who died in 1850=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Leopold (fl1866) was also an exchange = broker in the Langenstrasse =A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Anton Ludwig Bamberger (fl 1808)
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German SIG #Germany Francis Louis BAMBERGER
#germany
Bob & Lorraine Sidgwick <clipper811@...>
I am trying to trace my great great grandfather, known in England as Francis
Louis BAMBERGER. He was a German Jew who converted upon arrival in England . from various census in England I have calculated his birth as 1825, probablybefore April 7th of that year. from his marriage certificate in England in 1855 his father's name is givenas Henerish (Heinrich) a merchant. The other information that we have is that he was of a prominent banking family The UK census of 1871 says he was born Silesia. This is the only census that has a place. The others all say Germany. It may be the truth or not? We do not believe he naturalized in England I have found the family of Jakob BAMBERGER and August BAMBERGER of Mainz. Did Jakob have a brother Henerish (Heinrich)? I have also found the following information on Lemle Lob BAMBERGER and this may be encouraging. Does anyone have more information on these 2 families that may be of help to me please? Thanks for the help! Lorraine Sidgwick Sydney, Australia <clipper811@bigpond.com> Lemle Lob Bamberger arrived in Frankfurt >from Furth in 1762. He was a = banker with an extensive money changing business. During the 4 years 1763-1766 = he, together with Moses Oppenheimer, made a total of 245,327 guilders. In = 1773 he and Isaac Buchsbaum launched a company dealing in chintz and calico. In March 1776 the Royal and Imperial Supreme Command Commissariat = contracted with him to supply bread to the Imperial recruits. Originally the = contract was for one year, but it was renewed over many years and he became both supplier and banker to the Imperial recruiting officers in Frankfurt. He married Fradche, a daughter of Samuel Henle Schuster, and died in 1794. =A0 2 SONS: (at his death) =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Heinrich Ludwig Bamberger (1772-1820) was = an exchange broker. He married Amalie Haas after 1796.=A0=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 SONS:=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Theodor (fl 1830) was an exchange broker = in the Langenstrasse who died in 1850=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=20 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Leopold (fl1866) was also an exchange = broker in the Langenstrasse =A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Anton Ludwig Bamberger (fl 1808)
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Mt Hebron headstone photo
#general
Bobby Furst <bobby1st@...>
If you are going to Mt Hebron cemetery (LI, NY) in the near future and
can take a photo of 2 headstones (same plot) please contact me off list. Thanks in advance, Bobby Furst bobby1st@gmail.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Mt Hebron headstone photo
#general
Bobby Furst <bobby1st@...>
If you are going to Mt Hebron cemetery (LI, NY) in the near future and
can take a photo of 2 headstones (same plot) please contact me off list. Thanks in advance, Bobby Furst bobby1st@gmail.com
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ShtetlSchleppers trips to Latvia
#latvia
Howard Margol
<<From: Mr John Wilton <johnwilton@yahoo.co.uk>
I was hoping to make a trip to Latvia next year with the ShtetlSchleppers organisation. However, for the last few months searching for them on the JewishGen website just produces a message saying: "The ShtetlSchleppers site is under contruction." Does anyone know if they are still functioning or how I can get in touch with them?>> It is my understanding that Jewishgen is no longer offering ShtetlSchleppers trips. Howard Margol Atlanta, Georgia, USA **************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014)
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Latvia SIG #Latvia ShtetlSchleppers trips to Latvia
#latvia
Howard Margol
<<From: Mr John Wilton <johnwilton@yahoo.co.uk>
I was hoping to make a trip to Latvia next year with the ShtetlSchleppers organisation. However, for the last few months searching for them on the JewishGen website just produces a message saying: "The ShtetlSchleppers site is under contruction." Does anyone know if they are still functioning or how I can get in touch with them?>> It is my understanding that Jewishgen is no longer offering ShtetlSchleppers trips. Howard Margol Atlanta, Georgia, USA **************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014)
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Grodno Voters List 1912, Qualifications to Vote?
#belarus
Yefim Briskman <efimbriskman@...>
If I'm not mistaken, only people who owned any kind of property(houses,
apartments, business, or land) could vote. Yefim Briskman Russia "I found my great great grandfather, Aaron STARINSKY, in the Grodno Gubernia 1912 Voters List. At the time, he was living in Pruzhany, Belarus. I am trying to find out what qualified him to be able to vote. My family believes that he was some kind of captain in the Russian Navy. Would this qualify him to be able to vote?" Blake FLEISHER
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Grodno Voters List 1912, Qualifications to Vote?
#belarus
Yefim Briskman <efimbriskman@...>
If I'm not mistaken, only people who owned any kind of property(houses,
apartments, business, or land) could vote. Yefim Briskman Russia "I found my great great grandfather, Aaron STARINSKY, in the Grodno Gubernia 1912 Voters List. At the time, he was living in Pruzhany, Belarus. I am trying to find out what qualified him to be able to vote. My family believes that he was some kind of captain in the Russian Navy. Would this qualify him to be able to vote?" Blake FLEISHER
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Re: Noga and possible origin
#unitedkingdom
MBernet@...
In a message dated 9/10/2008 5:13:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
_slevy@jalcomputer.com.au_ (mailto:slevy@jalcomputer.com.au) writes: To answer your questions about my name query, I forgot to mention that my mother had told me her father changed his name because he didn't like the connotation of 'foot'. But it's a pleasant thought that it also means a shining light. I never knew him - he died suddenly in his early 60s, a year before my parents met. ==Noga is a fairly popular name for women in Israel. Its contemporary (and historical) meaning is Venus (the planet). The glimmer/glitter meaning is rarely seen outside of prayerbooks or hi-faluting poetry. It is always a good idea to search jewishgen's shtettel database. I looked up NOGA as a word beginner for locations in Eastern Europe. There are 24 entries, starting with: Nogachevka, Ukraine; Nogaevo/ Nagaâ??yeva, Russia; Nogaisk/Primorskoye, Ukraine; Nogale, Croatia Nogale/Myza Nogale, Latvia Each of these locations has a variety of spellings and variant names. I've listed just two of each, separated by a dash.. Geographic sources are among the most popular for Jewish surnames. When someone new arrived in a town or village, he was soon known as Chaim Wiener, Moshe Radom or Hanna Wiener, i.e. after his/her hometown. That does not suggest that your grandfather was >from Venus. Michael Bernet, New York mbernet@aol.com
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JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom Re: Noga and possible origin
#unitedkingdom
MBernet@...
In a message dated 9/10/2008 5:13:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
_slevy@jalcomputer.com.au_ (mailto:slevy@jalcomputer.com.au) writes: To answer your questions about my name query, I forgot to mention that my mother had told me her father changed his name because he didn't like the connotation of 'foot'. But it's a pleasant thought that it also means a shining light. I never knew him - he died suddenly in his early 60s, a year before my parents met. ==Noga is a fairly popular name for women in Israel. Its contemporary (and historical) meaning is Venus (the planet). The glimmer/glitter meaning is rarely seen outside of prayerbooks or hi-faluting poetry. It is always a good idea to search jewishgen's shtettel database. I looked up NOGA as a word beginner for locations in Eastern Europe. There are 24 entries, starting with: Nogachevka, Ukraine; Nogaevo/ Nagaâ??yeva, Russia; Nogaisk/Primorskoye, Ukraine; Nogale, Croatia Nogale/Myza Nogale, Latvia Each of these locations has a variety of spellings and variant names. I've listed just two of each, separated by a dash.. Geographic sources are among the most popular for Jewish surnames. When someone new arrived in a town or village, he was soon known as Chaim Wiener, Moshe Radom or Hanna Wiener, i.e. after his/her hometown. That does not suggest that your grandfather was >from Venus. Michael Bernet, New York mbernet@aol.com
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Researching FUCHSBALG and Other Spellings of that Surname
#galicia
Might I suggest your also checking a similar name, in my wife'sOliver Bryk <oliverbryk@comcast.net> wrote: My great-great-grandmother's maiden name was Rosalia FUCHSBALG; she
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Polish and Galitizianer Jews Who Settled in Providence, RI in the Late 1800s
#galicia
Linda Shefler
According to a story told to me many years ago by an elderly
relative, my gg grandfather Haim Naftali (Henry) ROSENBLATT was responsible for bringing many of the first Chassidic Jews to Providence, RI. >from an historical perspective I would be curious to find out who some of these families might have been and if they were actually relatives of Henry's. Henry initially settled in Pittsburgh, PA in 1871 where his brother had settled several years earlier. Sometime between 1883-1885 he moved to Providence. In 1889 Henry's first wife died and he went back to Europe for a new wife. His second wife died in 1893 and he went back to Europe again for another new wife. According to what I was told, the women in America weren't religious enough for him. Henry also had a problem with the merchants in Providence. As I understand it, none of them were up to his standards of kosher, so on his trips back to Europe, he encouraged various merchants to immigrate to Providence. According to my relative, when she was young her mother would point out the butcher shop and say; "Grandfather Henry brought that family to America to be his butcher". The same was true with many other merchants. I did manage to find one manifest for Yekhiel (Chil) GLICKSTEIN who immigrated in 1901 and listed his destination as his cousin Henry ROSENBLATT in Providence. Yekhiel was >from Olkusz, the town of Henry's mother's family. I would be interested in hearing >from others whose families were Chassidic and settled in Providence anytime >from the mid 1880s until the early turn-of-the-century. I am not exactly sure what towns they would have been from; some possibilities include: Olkusz, Checiny, Bedzin, Sosnowiec, Sobkow, Czestochowa and vicinity. Thanks for your time. Linda Silverman Shefler Formerly of Cary, NC Presently of Moshav Mishmeret linda.shefler@gmail.com
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Researching FUCHSBALG and Other Spellings of that Surname
#galicia
Might I suggest your also checking a similar name, in my wife'sOliver Bryk <oliverbryk@comcast.net> wrote: My great-great-grandmother's maiden name was Rosalia FUCHSBALG; she
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Polish and Galitizianer Jews Who Settled in Providence, RI in the Late 1800s
#galicia
Linda Shefler
According to a story told to me many years ago by an elderly
relative, my gg grandfather Haim Naftali (Henry) ROSENBLATT was responsible for bringing many of the first Chassidic Jews to Providence, RI. >from an historical perspective I would be curious to find out who some of these families might have been and if they were actually relatives of Henry's. Henry initially settled in Pittsburgh, PA in 1871 where his brother had settled several years earlier. Sometime between 1883-1885 he moved to Providence. In 1889 Henry's first wife died and he went back to Europe for a new wife. His second wife died in 1893 and he went back to Europe again for another new wife. According to what I was told, the women in America weren't religious enough for him. Henry also had a problem with the merchants in Providence. As I understand it, none of them were up to his standards of kosher, so on his trips back to Europe, he encouraged various merchants to immigrate to Providence. According to my relative, when she was young her mother would point out the butcher shop and say; "Grandfather Henry brought that family to America to be his butcher". The same was true with many other merchants. I did manage to find one manifest for Yekhiel (Chil) GLICKSTEIN who immigrated in 1901 and listed his destination as his cousin Henry ROSENBLATT in Providence. Yekhiel was >from Olkusz, the town of Henry's mother's family. I would be interested in hearing >from others whose families were Chassidic and settled in Providence anytime >from the mid 1880s until the early turn-of-the-century. I am not exactly sure what towns they would have been from; some possibilities include: Olkusz, Checiny, Bedzin, Sosnowiec, Sobkow, Czestochowa and vicinity. Thanks for your time. Linda Silverman Shefler Formerly of Cary, NC Presently of Moshav Mishmeret linda.shefler@gmail.com
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Re: finding Gliniana using Shtetl Seeker and JGFF
#galicia
Phyllis Kramer <phylliskramer1@...>
Dan Mauer posted: << The town was very near Lemberg / Lwow / L'viv.
My father recalls the name being "Glynnye." >> Well Dan, that is why JewishGen is here...to help; we have great tools and everyone can profit >from them. I went to the JewishGen Shtetl Seeker and keyed in Lvov, found its coordinates (4950/2400), then keyed in Glyniane and asked that the results give the distances >from 4950/2400. Result: the town Glinyany is located 23 miles east of L'viv, had a large jewish population (2418 in 1910) and with a click I saw a Mapquest map, noting that on that map it is today Hlynjany. Next stop, the researcher database JGFF... and looked for a "sounds like" match for Glinyany in the Ukraine. 31 fellow researchers! You might want to add your name to this list... and, ps: my people were only 28 miles south in Rohatyn. Happy Hunting! Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Fla PhyllisKramer1@att.net VP, Education, JewishGen, Inc. researching (mostly Galicia): STECHER, TRACHMAN, >from Zmigrod, Dukla, Krosno KRAMER, BEIM, WISNER >from Jasienica SCHEINER, KANDEL, SCHIMMEL >from Strzyzow, Dubiecko LINDNER, EICHEL, MAUER!!! >from Rohatyn
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Re: finding Gliniana using Shtetl Seeker and JGFF
#galicia
Phyllis Kramer <phylliskramer1@...>
Dan Mauer posted: << The town was very near Lemberg / Lwow / L'viv.
My father recalls the name being "Glynnye." >> Well Dan, that is why JewishGen is here...to help; we have great tools and everyone can profit >from them. I went to the JewishGen Shtetl Seeker and keyed in Lvov, found its coordinates (4950/2400), then keyed in Glyniane and asked that the results give the distances >from 4950/2400. Result: the town Glinyany is located 23 miles east of L'viv, had a large jewish population (2418 in 1910) and with a click I saw a Mapquest map, noting that on that map it is today Hlynjany. Next stop, the researcher database JGFF... and looked for a "sounds like" match for Glinyany in the Ukraine. 31 fellow researchers! You might want to add your name to this list... and, ps: my people were only 28 miles south in Rohatyn. Happy Hunting! Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Fla PhyllisKramer1@att.net VP, Education, JewishGen, Inc. researching (mostly Galicia): STECHER, TRACHMAN, >from Zmigrod, Dukla, Krosno KRAMER, BEIM, WISNER >from Jasienica SCHEINER, KANDEL, SCHIMMEL >from Strzyzow, Dubiecko LINDNER, EICHEL, MAUER!!! >from Rohatyn
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Koretz, Russia
#general
Joan Ogg <joan.ogg@...>
Are Koretz, Magirech/Mezeritch and Voline all in the same vicinity? Just
received Naturalization documents for Nathan (Niton) and his son David KUPERSTEIN. The father's petition states that he was born in Koretz and another document states Voline. David's papers state Magirech and his military records state Mezeritch. The father also stated that all of his older children including David were all born in Koretz--I'm confused. Thank you. Joan Ogg
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Koretz, Russia
#general
Joan Ogg <joan.ogg@...>
Are Koretz, Magirech/Mezeritch and Voline all in the same vicinity? Just
received Naturalization documents for Nathan (Niton) and his son David KUPERSTEIN. The father's petition states that he was born in Koretz and another document states Voline. David's papers state Magirech and his military records state Mezeritch. The father also stated that all of his older children including David were all born in Koretz--I'm confused. Thank you. Joan Ogg
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Seeking MUNK/FRANK circa 1920 Vienna
#general
Peter <invalid@...>
My Grandfather was Alois MUNK who was a well known newspaper man around
1920s. He and my grandmother (Paula FRANK b 25/7/1884) divorced with one child Teresa Munk b 24/7/1921. If anyone has any info on this Munk or Frank family pls contact me - pls reply to peterw@runbox.com Peter Wells
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Seeking MUNK/FRANK circa 1920 Vienna
#general
Peter <invalid@...>
My Grandfather was Alois MUNK who was a well known newspaper man around
1920s. He and my grandmother (Paula FRANK b 25/7/1884) divorced with one child Teresa Munk b 24/7/1921. If anyone has any info on this Munk or Frank family pls contact me - pls reply to peterw@runbox.com Peter Wells
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