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1902 New York City directory Make sense of this please
#general
Nachum Tuchman
I think that the point of the 1985 fire notice was that it indicates
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that the Eldridge street address was a residence, and so would seem to indicate that the good doctor indeed did live there, even though way back in 1902, notwithstanding the fact that it is listed first in the directory and doesn't have an 'h' preceding. Please excuse my run on sentence. English may be my first language, but I learned in the States. (Our British friends will certainly understand). Nachum Tuchman Tekoa, Israel
On 7/10/05, ilyaz <ilyaz@earthlink.net> wrote:
This is interesting info, but of no use for me. I'm looking for info c. 1902...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Fwd: 1902 New York City directory Make sense of this please
#general
Nachum Tuchman
I think that the point of the 1985 fire notice was that it indicates
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
that the Eldridge street address was a residence, and so would seem to indicate that the good doctor indeed did live there, even though way back in 1902, notwithstanding the fact that it is listed first in the directory and doesn't have an 'h' preceding. Please excuse my run on sentence. English may be my first language, but I learned in the States. (Our British friends will certainly understand). Nachum Tuchman Tekoa, Israel
On 7/10/05, ilyaz <ilyaz@earthlink.net> wrote:
This is interesting info, but of no use for me. I'm looking for info c. 1902...
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JG: Re: 1902 New York City directory Make sense of this please
#general
jeremy frankel
At 1:00 AM -0500 7/10/05, JewishGen Discussion Group digest wrote:
> May someone please make sense of an entry in the 1902 New York Citydirectory?> Looks to me there are 3 work places, but no home address. What these work Dear Ilyaz, Yes, it does look confusing. What might help would be to look at the AMA (American Medical Association) annual directory for that year. I can do this for you but it'll have to wait until after the Las Vegas Conference. Jeremy G Frankel ex-Edgware, Middlesex, England Berkeley, California, USA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen JG: Re: 1902 New York City directory Make sense of this please
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jeremy frankel
At 1:00 AM -0500 7/10/05, JewishGen Discussion Group digest wrote:
> May someone please make sense of an entry in the 1902 New York Citydirectory?> Looks to me there are 3 work places, but no home address. What these work Dear Ilyaz, Yes, it does look confusing. What might help would be to look at the AMA (American Medical Association) annual directory for that year. I can do this for you but it'll have to wait until after the Las Vegas Conference. Jeremy G Frankel ex-Edgware, Middlesex, England Berkeley, California, USA
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"Robert Alexander René Dupuis" <Rob.Dup.@...>
Hello,
that's my first time on warszawa-sig. Hoping you can help my with my researchs for documents about my late great-greatgrandfather the russian railway-official Jakob Davidov KANTOROWITZ/KANTOROWICZ (b. 1835 in Slonim/Belorus. d. 1903 in Warszawa or St. Petersburg), his wife Henriette/Minne Mindel/Wilhemina Isaakovna KANTOROWITZ (b. 1842 in Riga/Latvia, d. 1914 in St. Petersburg), nee KEILMANN and their three childrens: Sophia Jakobovna KANTOROWITZ (b. 1863 in Vilnius, married ? children? dies ?), Alexandr Jakobov KANTOROWITZ (b. 1866 in Vilnius, married ?, childrens ? dies ?) and my greatgrandmum Eugenie Jakobovna KEILMANN, nee KANTOROWITZ (b. 1868 in Vilnius; 1886 married in Riga with the dentist Isidor Philipov KEILMANN; killed in autum 1941, with her husband and other relativs, into the Ghetto Riga/Latvia). Now I want to know, if Jakob KANTOROWITZ as a railway official stood with his family a time (ca. 1886-1898/1900 ?) in Warszawa ? My late greatgrandmum Eugenie wrote in Riga into a notice 1936, that she grows up in Charkov and went there to a privat school. Also, that her parents lived in Warszawa in 1896. If any people can help my with my researchs, please contact me. Best regards and a gitn Shabbes Robert Dupuis Berlin/Germany -- Robert Dupuis Weitersagen: GMX DSL-Flatrates mit Tempo-Garantie! Ab 4,99 Euro/Monat: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl
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"Robert Alexander René Dupuis" <Rob.Dup.@...>
Hello,
that's my first time on warszawa-sig. Hoping you can help my with my researchs for documents about my late great-greatgrandfather the russian railway-official Jakob Davidov KANTOROWITZ/KANTOROWICZ (b. 1835 in Slonim/Belorus. d. 1903 in Warszawa or St. Petersburg), his wife Henriette/Minne Mindel/Wilhemina Isaakovna KANTOROWITZ (b. 1842 in Riga/Latvia, d. 1914 in St. Petersburg), nee KEILMANN and their three childrens: Sophia Jakobovna KANTOROWITZ (b. 1863 in Vilnius, married ? children? dies ?), Alexandr Jakobov KANTOROWITZ (b. 1866 in Vilnius, married ?, childrens ? dies ?) and my greatgrandmum Eugenie Jakobovna KEILMANN, nee KANTOROWITZ (b. 1868 in Vilnius; 1886 married in Riga with the dentist Isidor Philipov KEILMANN; killed in autum 1941, with her husband and other relativs, into the Ghetto Riga/Latvia). Now I want to know, if Jakob KANTOROWITZ as a railway official stood with his family a time (ca. 1886-1898/1900 ?) in Warszawa ? My late greatgrandmum Eugenie wrote in Riga into a notice 1936, that she grows up in Charkov and went there to a privat school. Also, that her parents lived in Warszawa in 1896. If any people can help my with my researchs, please contact me. Best regards and a gitn Shabbes Robert Dupuis Berlin/Germany -- Robert Dupuis Weitersagen: GMX DSL-Flatrates mit Tempo-Garantie! Ab 4,99 Euro/Monat: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl
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Vicki Blum - Budapest VI
#hungary
John J Kovacs <j.kovacs@...>
Vicki Blum is looking for Mrs. Bosch's relatives in
Budapest. Dr. Bosch Gyorgyne lived in the VI district otherwise known as Terez Varos. The name of the street that she gives does not exist. Suggest rereading the letter for the street's correct name. She probably should write to current resident in Hungarian. As far as I know, city directories with tenant's names only exist until 1929-1930. John Kovacs
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HAJDU/ RYBICSKA - Szeged/Budapest
#hungary
Lachaus
I am looking for any information on
Mor Ferenc HAJDU, born in Budapest in 1861 (son of Jakab HAUSER and Lotti ROTH) and any children he may have had. He changed his name >from HAUSER to HAJDU in 1898. Mor HAJDU worked as an engineer for MAV the Hungarian State Railways in Szeged. He married Paula RYBICSKA. Do the Hungarian Railways give information on their deceased staff? Can anyone shed light on the origin of the RYBICSKA surname? It seems to be unusual. Many thanks in advance Paula HAUSER Brussels from Budapest:HAUSER, HAJDU,WEINER, HOROVITZ, FRANKFURTER, ROTHSTEIN, STRASSER, SEEMANN, SCHROTER RUBINSTEIN (Budapest/Sieniewa)
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cemetery statistics
#hungary
Logan J. Kleinwaks
Can anyone supply or suggest where to find statistics about the state of
H-SIG area cemeteries and their documentation? I am especially interested in quantified descriptions of: 1) the rate at which the cemeteries are being destroyed (by natural or other means) 2) the rate at which inscriptions on the matzevot are becoming illegible 3) the extent of written or photographic documentation of the matzevot If there are any standards by which cemeteries are considered endangered, I would also be interested in knowing which H-SIG area cemeteries qualify. Thank you very much and best regards, Logan Kleinwaks kleinwaks@alumni.princeton.edu near Washington, D.C.
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H-SIG List Off Net This Week
#hungary
Vivian Kahn
Due to the 25th Annual IAJGS Conference, we will not being processing
any Hungarian SIG messages until Friday, July 15. Vivian Kahn, H-SIG Coordinator
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Vicki Blum - Budapest VI
#hungary
John J Kovacs <j.kovacs@...>
Vicki Blum is looking for Mrs. Bosch's relatives in
Budapest. Dr. Bosch Gyorgyne lived in the VI district otherwise known as Terez Varos. The name of the street that she gives does not exist. Suggest rereading the letter for the street's correct name. She probably should write to current resident in Hungarian. As far as I know, city directories with tenant's names only exist until 1929-1930. John Kovacs
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Hungary SIG #Hungary HAJDU/ RYBICSKA - Szeged/Budapest
#hungary
Lachaus
I am looking for any information on
Mor Ferenc HAJDU, born in Budapest in 1861 (son of Jakab HAUSER and Lotti ROTH) and any children he may have had. He changed his name >from HAUSER to HAJDU in 1898. Mor HAJDU worked as an engineer for MAV the Hungarian State Railways in Szeged. He married Paula RYBICSKA. Do the Hungarian Railways give information on their deceased staff? Can anyone shed light on the origin of the RYBICSKA surname? It seems to be unusual. Many thanks in advance Paula HAUSER Brussels from Budapest:HAUSER, HAJDU,WEINER, HOROVITZ, FRANKFURTER, ROTHSTEIN, STRASSER, SEEMANN, SCHROTER RUBINSTEIN (Budapest/Sieniewa)
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Hungary SIG #Hungary cemetery statistics
#hungary
Logan J. Kleinwaks
Can anyone supply or suggest where to find statistics about the state of
H-SIG area cemeteries and their documentation? I am especially interested in quantified descriptions of: 1) the rate at which the cemeteries are being destroyed (by natural or other means) 2) the rate at which inscriptions on the matzevot are becoming illegible 3) the extent of written or photographic documentation of the matzevot If there are any standards by which cemeteries are considered endangered, I would also be interested in knowing which H-SIG area cemeteries qualify. Thank you very much and best regards, Logan Kleinwaks kleinwaks@alumni.princeton.edu near Washington, D.C.
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Hungary SIG #Hungary H-SIG List Off Net This Week
#hungary
Vivian Kahn
Due to the 25th Annual IAJGS Conference, we will not being processing
any Hungarian SIG messages until Friday, July 15. Vivian Kahn, H-SIG Coordinator
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Address
#hungary
Stephen P Casey <spdanhan@...>
Vicky,
your relative address was:dr.Basch György VI. Sziv utca 33 III. floor 2 There is no dr. Basch Gyorgy in the Budapest telephone book. There are 14 Basch in the book, even one is a dr. Basch Andras Check on http://www.magyartelekom.hu/main.vm click for the English version on the top left corner. An excellent English language version of the Hungarian telephone book. Sziv utca=Heart Street was in the typical Jewish district. The closest Basch is Basch Eva, tel, 36-1-312-2886 She lives in the inner city area. Good luck! Stephen Casey
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Re: 1957 letter from Dr. Georg Basch Budapest
#hungary
Peter I.Hidas <thidas@...>
On Thursday, Jul 7, 2005, at 13:24 Canada/Eastern, Vicki Vigil wrote:
Hi allThe correct address is probably Dr. Basch Gy=F6rgy es Dr. Basch = Gy=F6rgyn=E9,=20 Budapest, VI. Sz=EDv utca 33, III.em. 2. sz. Hungary Peter Mississauga, Ontario Canada www3.sympatico.ca/thidas peterhidas@yahoo.com
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Re: 1957 letter from Dr. Georg Basch Budapest
#hungary
AttilaRona@...
The Address is:
Budapest VI. Sziv utca 33. III. 2. Hungary Zipcode was introduced after 1957, but I do not know thcorrect zipcode for this area. The post office will be able to find the address as is. Attila Rona, Yorktown Heights, NY In a message dated 7/8/2005 2:00:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, aev@juno.com writes: Hi all I have a letter >from 1957 addressed to my father >from Mrs. Dr. Georg BASCH, Budapest VI Sriv Utica 33 III 2 Hungary I would like: 1. to send a letter to this address in hopes that a BASCH family member still lives there; or that the current resident knows of them, or how to reach them. 2. your suggestions on how I address the envelope: "Current resident of Budapest VI .....? or BASCH family, or what? 3. to know what section of Budapest this address is in? I often see people on this list refer to various "areas" and I am unsure which "area" my family was from. 4. Someone to inform me if city directories in Budapest would be helpful in looking for surnames and if so what dates are available for these directories. I know I've asked a lot, but I seem to be working on a most elusive side of the family and could really use your help. thanks to all Vicki Blum Vigil Cleveland Ohio USA Researching: BLUM, STEIN (Hungary); ARNOFF ARONOVSKY MYEROFF MEEROV (Lithuania/Russia)
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Re: 1957 letter from Dr. Georg Basch Budapest
#hungary
AttilaRona@...
The name should be written as, Dr. Basch Gyo"rgy
Attila Rona
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Address
#hungary
Stephen P Casey <spdanhan@...>
Vicky,
your relative address was:dr.Basch György VI. Sziv utca 33 III. floor 2 There is no dr. Basch Gyorgy in the Budapest telephone book. There are 14 Basch in the book, even one is a dr. Basch Andras Check on http://www.magyartelekom.hu/main.vm click for the English version on the top left corner. An excellent English language version of the Hungarian telephone book. Sziv utca=Heart Street was in the typical Jewish district. The closest Basch is Basch Eva, tel, 36-1-312-2886 She lives in the inner city area. Good luck! Stephen Casey
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Re: 1957 letter from Dr. Georg Basch Budapest
#hungary
Peter I.Hidas <thidas@...>
On Thursday, Jul 7, 2005, at 13:24 Canada/Eastern, Vicki Vigil wrote:
Hi allThe correct address is probably Dr. Basch Gy=F6rgy es Dr. Basch = Gy=F6rgyn=E9,=20 Budapest, VI. Sz=EDv utca 33, III.em. 2. sz. Hungary Peter Mississauga, Ontario Canada www3.sympatico.ca/thidas peterhidas@yahoo.com
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