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GUNDELFINGER of Ichenhausen
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adamandlopa@...
I am addressing this to members of both GerSIG and
South AfricaSIG for reasons which should be clear from what follows. Heinrich GUNDELFINGER, born 1830 in Ichenhausen, married Karoline MAIER. They had 11 children. Four of these lived for some period of their lives in South Africa: Benno GUNDELFINGER , b. 1860 Isak GUNDELFINGER, b. 1862 Abraham GUNDELFINGER, b. 1870 Karl GUNDELFINGER, b. 1873 As I am interested both in the connections between the various Jewish families in Ichenhausen and also in migration of members of these families to southern Africa, I would be grateful for help with the following. i. Is anyone able to provide me with a GUNDELFINGER family tree which includes some or all of the names mentioned above? ii. Can anyone supply me with any information about this family? Please write to me, Adam Yamey, London UK adamandlopa@yahoo.co.uk
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German SIG #Germany GUNDELFINGER of Ichenhausen
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adamandlopa@...
I am addressing this to members of both GerSIG and
South AfricaSIG for reasons which should be clear from what follows. Heinrich GUNDELFINGER, born 1830 in Ichenhausen, married Karoline MAIER. They had 11 children. Four of these lived for some period of their lives in South Africa: Benno GUNDELFINGER , b. 1860 Isak GUNDELFINGER, b. 1862 Abraham GUNDELFINGER, b. 1870 Karl GUNDELFINGER, b. 1873 As I am interested both in the connections between the various Jewish families in Ichenhausen and also in migration of members of these families to southern Africa, I would be grateful for help with the following. i. Is anyone able to provide me with a GUNDELFINGER family tree which includes some or all of the names mentioned above? ii. Can anyone supply me with any information about this family? Please write to me, Adam Yamey, London UK adamandlopa@yahoo.co.uk
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Meyer GATTMAN
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Judith Berlowitz <jberlowitz@...>
I am searching for Hungarian origins of the descendants of Meyer Gattman,
of Budapest. Descendants in the US (Milwaukee, Chicago) include Henry and Clara (PHILIPSBORN) Gattman. Meyer's siblings may have included Ernestina (SCHMALBACH) and Felix. Judith Berlowitz, 78142 MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond privately.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Meyer GATTMAN
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Judith Berlowitz <jberlowitz@...>
I am searching for Hungarian origins of the descendants of Meyer Gattman,
of Budapest. Descendants in the US (Milwaukee, Chicago) include Henry and Clara (PHILIPSBORN) Gattman. Meyer's siblings may have included Ernestina (SCHMALBACH) and Felix. Judith Berlowitz, 78142 MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond privately.
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Max, Morris and Israel STEIN, Newark
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shelcohe@...
Correction to previous message:
Searching for relatives of brothers Max [and Morris?] and father Israel STEIN of Newark, NJ. Per the 1930 Census: Max lived at120 Spruce St., Newark NJ, with wife Esther and children Celia, David and Sonia. Morris lived at 126 Spruce Street, Newark with wife Rebecca, Children Mildred, Ruth and Shirley. Last information for Israel was in 1907 when he lived in Newark. Morris and Max emigrated >from Mogilev, Belarus Russia in 1906 and 1908 respectively. Sheldon Cohen Atlanta, Georgia 'shelcohen@bellsouth.net' Searching: JOSEPH, COLLENSTEIN, KALICHSTEIN, MINTZ - Russia/Brooklyn and New York, NY GREENBERG, BARASCH - Russia/New York, NY MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond privately.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Max, Morris and Israel STEIN, Newark
#general
shelcohe@...
Correction to previous message:
Searching for relatives of brothers Max [and Morris?] and father Israel STEIN of Newark, NJ. Per the 1930 Census: Max lived at120 Spruce St., Newark NJ, with wife Esther and children Celia, David and Sonia. Morris lived at 126 Spruce Street, Newark with wife Rebecca, Children Mildred, Ruth and Shirley. Last information for Israel was in 1907 when he lived in Newark. Morris and Max emigrated >from Mogilev, Belarus Russia in 1906 and 1908 respectively. Sheldon Cohen Atlanta, Georgia 'shelcohen@bellsouth.net' Searching: JOSEPH, COLLENSTEIN, KALICHSTEIN, MINTZ - Russia/Brooklyn and New York, NY GREENBERG, BARASCH - Russia/New York, NY MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond privately.
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Need a search in deported from France
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Nicolas <YAHUMP@...>
Hello,
Would anyone be nice to look for the name "Palivoda" in the list of the deported >from France of Klarsfeld? I'd appreciate a lot! Thanks Nicolas Trokiner paulsimon@free.fr MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond privately.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Need a search in deported from France
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Nicolas <YAHUMP@...>
Hello,
Would anyone be nice to look for the name "Palivoda" in the list of the deported >from France of Klarsfeld? I'd appreciate a lot! Thanks Nicolas Trokiner paulsimon@free.fr MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond privately.
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Names for Simon
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Hkdcfd@...
I would like to thank everyone who responded to alternative name in Europe
for "Simon". Here is a list of the ones suggested: Shimon Shimshon Schimon Shimel Szymon Seja Simcha Smuel Semion Shymon Yeshua Shemon Yeshaya Schaija Semal That's all folks Thanks Herbert Danziger hkdcfd@aol.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Names for Simon
#general
Hkdcfd@...
I would like to thank everyone who responded to alternative name in Europe
for "Simon". Here is a list of the ones suggested: Shimon Shimshon Schimon Shimel Szymon Seja Simcha Smuel Semion Shymon Yeshua Shemon Yeshaya Schaija Semal That's all folks Thanks Herbert Danziger hkdcfd@aol.com
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Re: Emigration manifests for Antwerp
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joe <joe@...>
Hello Robert,
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According to this site the only departure records for Antwerp that have survived are for the year 1855... http://www.genealogienetz.de/misc/emig/emigrati.html (Scroll down to the section called "Other European Ports.") There is a site for Belgian immigration lists (based on US arrival records)... Belgian Passengers to the USA 1830-1865 http://web.wanadoo.be/gallez.nic/Emigrants%20Ships/ So it looks like you will have to rely on arrival records. You can find some online departure & arrival records listed here... What Passenger Lists are Online? http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/onlinelists.html Good luck with your search. Regards, Joe Beine Denver, CO Robert Rosenbaum wrote:
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Emigration manifests for Antwerp
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joe <joe@...>
Hello Robert,
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According to this site the only departure records for Antwerp that have survived are for the year 1855... http://www.genealogienetz.de/misc/emig/emigrati.html (Scroll down to the section called "Other European Ports.") There is a site for Belgian immigration lists (based on US arrival records)... Belgian Passengers to the USA 1830-1865 http://web.wanadoo.be/gallez.nic/Emigrants%20Ships/ So it looks like you will have to rely on arrival records. You can find some online departure & arrival records listed here... What Passenger Lists are Online? http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/onlinelists.html Good luck with your search. Regards, Joe Beine Denver, CO Robert Rosenbaum wrote:
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Re: Help with Surname Etymology
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Jeff <jmark@...>
Sarah,
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Your name is included under Zapol' in Beider's "Dictionary of Jewish Surnames >from the Russian Empire", as 'Zapolyanskij'. >from the village name Zapolya which occurs in several districts, mostly in the area around Minsk or other parts of what are now Belarus. By the way, do your Ciechanow people have any connection to the MAJUFES family, originally >from that part of Poland? **[Please respond privately.] Jeff Knisbacher, Owings Mills, Md
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From: "Sarah Gibb" <sarahgibb@earthlink.net> Subject: [ukraine] Help with Surname Etymology Greetings,is associated with Poland, or any other particular place (like a river or aJewish surnames and have not found it. My ggf Mottel ZAPOLANSKY was born inhe and the family eventually changed it to PAULIN. Fortunately, knowledge ofto clues about origins. Any help would be appreciated.
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Re: Help with Surname Etymology
#ukraine
Sarah Gibb <sarahgibb@...>
Your name is included under Zapol' in Beider's "Dictionary of JewishJeff, Thank you for finding this reference in the Dictionary of Jewish Surnames! This is very helpful information. I'll reply to you off-list about your Poland-related question. -- Sarah Gibb Cambridge, MA *** Researching ZAPOLANSKY and PLINER (Kremenchug & Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine) GLASSMAN (Ciechanow, Poland) LONDON (Ukraine) ***
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Re: Help with Surname Etymology
#ukraine
Jeff <jmark@...>
Sarah,
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Your name is included under Zapol' in Beider's "Dictionary of Jewish Surnames >from the Russian Empire", as 'Zapolyanskij'. >from the village name Zapolya which occurs in several districts, mostly in the area around Minsk or other parts of what are now Belarus. By the way, do your Ciechanow people have any connection to the MAJUFES family, originally >from that part of Poland? **[Please respond privately.] Jeff Knisbacher, Owings Mills, Md
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarah Gibb" <sarahgibb@earthlink.net> Subject: [ukraine] Help with Surname Etymology Greetings,is associated with Poland, or any other particular place (like a river or aJewish surnames and have not found it. My ggf Mottel ZAPOLANSKY was born inhe and the family eventually changed it to PAULIN. Fortunately, knowledge ofto clues about origins. Any help would be appreciated.
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine RE: Help with Surname Etymology
#ukraine
Sarah Gibb <sarahgibb@...>
Your name is included under Zapol' in Beider's "Dictionary of JewishJeff, Thank you for finding this reference in the Dictionary of Jewish Surnames! This is very helpful information. I'll reply to you off-list about your Poland-related question. -- Sarah Gibb Cambridge, MA *** Researching ZAPOLANSKY and PLINER (Kremenchug & Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine) GLASSMAN (Ciechanow, Poland) LONDON (Ukraine) ***
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Emanuel ALEXANDER
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Judith Berlowitz <jberlowitz@...>
I am searching for the origins (birthplace) of Emanuel ALEXANDER, who
married Johanna LOEWENBERG. My great-great grandparents lived in Mississippi, possibly moving to Wisc. Emanuel's parents were prob. Leib Gutkind Alexander & Sarah (?). Children were Rosa, Lena, & Celia. Judith Berlowitz, 78142 MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond privately.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Emanuel ALEXANDER
#general
Judith Berlowitz <jberlowitz@...>
I am searching for the origins (birthplace) of Emanuel ALEXANDER, who
married Johanna LOEWENBERG. My great-great grandparents lived in Mississippi, possibly moving to Wisc. Emanuel's parents were prob. Leib Gutkind Alexander & Sarah (?). Children were Rosa, Lena, & Celia. Judith Berlowitz, 78142 MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond privately.
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Looking for (nee) MILLER - See Viewmate
#ukraine
Flo Elman
Dear Ukraine SIG Members,
This is being forwarded to the list in the hope that someone can help Sonia BASKIN find her aunt & cousins, survivors of the Holocaust - now living in the States. "My grandpa (Perets MILLER b. 1897 d. 1964) had a sister who, like him, was born in Poland. Unfortunately we have very scant information about her & her family. We don't know her given or married name, but we know she married & had a daughter, & then a son. (Her maiden name obviously is/was MILLER.) Her father's name was Shulim; her mother's name was Haya-Dvoyra. She emigrated to the USA before 1939. All her relatives who stayed in Poland perished in the Holocaust. Only her brother Perets who lived in USSR was alive. Initially he lived in Ukraine; in 1932 he moved to Azerbaijan, Baku. At the beginning they wrote each other letters, but then the writing stopped." Please go to Viewmate file - VM2429 & VM2430 http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/toview.html to see if you recognize & can put a name to her face. I have posted a picture of her at http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=2429 & another of her 2 children taken many years ago at http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=2430. RESPONSES should be sent DIRECTLY to Sonya PIVOVAROV / BASKIN at vadim_baskin@hotmail.com , or to Florence Elman at haflo@shaw.ca . Many thanks. Florence Elman for Sonya Baskin
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Looking for (nee) MILLER - See Viewmate
#ukraine
Flo Elman
Dear Ukraine SIG Members,
This is being forwarded to the list in the hope that someone can help Sonia BASKIN find her aunt & cousins, survivors of the Holocaust - now living in the States. "My grandpa (Perets MILLER b. 1897 d. 1964) had a sister who, like him, was born in Poland. Unfortunately we have very scant information about her & her family. We don't know her given or married name, but we know she married & had a daughter, & then a son. (Her maiden name obviously is/was MILLER.) Her father's name was Shulim; her mother's name was Haya-Dvoyra. She emigrated to the USA before 1939. All her relatives who stayed in Poland perished in the Holocaust. Only her brother Perets who lived in USSR was alive. Initially he lived in Ukraine; in 1932 he moved to Azerbaijan, Baku. At the beginning they wrote each other letters, but then the writing stopped." Please go to Viewmate file - VM2429 & VM2430 http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/toview.html to see if you recognize & can put a name to her face. I have posted a picture of her at http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=2429 & another of her 2 children taken many years ago at http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=2430. RESPONSES should be sent DIRECTLY to Sonya PIVOVAROV / BASKIN at vadim_baskin@hotmail.com , or to Florence Elman at haflo@shaw.ca . Many thanks. Florence Elman for Sonya Baskin
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