Jeff,

I assume that you've seen the record of the marriage of Nathan Nathanson & Eva Goldenberg
in the Ancestry database U.S., Consular Reports of Marriages, 1910-1949.  There are two pages with a lot of information.

Regards,

Sherri Bobish




U.S., Consular Reports of Marriages, 191b0-1949

I believe that when a man married into a prominent family for example a famous rabbinical family, the husband if he was a rabbi, would take on the father-in-laws surname so that he could continue the dynasty.
Herman Salmenson

Family lore has my ggfather (Przeworski) taking his wife's surname (Roth) due to the children being teased being called 'Sewer'.  (NYC, about 1900)
John Segedy, NH

Hi Lee, 

I'd like to add another detail which is important when reading Yiddish in general and transliteration of names (persons or places) in Yiddish. 

The letter aleph renders in many cases the voyel o. So you read Koshkin in English and the Yiddish transliteration is Koshkin as well, and not Kashkin. 

Best regards  

Laurent Kassel 
Moreshet, Israel 

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It doubt if this is the reason in this instance, but I know two men (unrelated), who in the last century took their wife's name at marriage because they were in business partnership with the wife's father and it was of benefit to have the same name, for financial and inheritance reasons. Both were in U.K.
Christine Hills  Dublin, Ireland (Previously London, England)

One reason I can think of for the husband to take his wife's last name in the UK is because Fletcher may have made it easier when dealing with other people or the authorities, compared to the foreign Lazarus. Considering common intolerance to strangers/immigrants/Jews, using a less "foreign" name might have helped.
In my family I have the opposite reason for choosing a wife's last name.  I have a cousin in Israel who's last name was originally Cohen. He adopted his wife's last name so he could have a less common name and less confusion when dealing with officials.  His first name is pretty common Israeli name and Cohen is the most common last name for Jews in Israel. Think of being named John Smith and having to explain to the police each time that you are not the John Smith they are looking for.

Dan Efrat
Cherry Hill, NJ, USA (originally from Israel)

My great-grandmother, Esther Schwartz (married name Litt) was from there. Her parents were Isaac & Lena (born Polack). I'd also be interested in any resources. 

Both are abbreviations of:
- our teacher, the Rabbi מורנו הרב
- ritual slaughterer and inspector שוחט ובודק

Valentin Lupu
ISRAEL

If anyone is researching Surnames Rzezak, Pakentreger, Iglicka/Iglicki from Lodz or Zdunska Wola, Poland  #names #poland # rabbi Shlomo (Szlama) Iglicki of Lodz (most of whom died in the Holocaust or experienced the horrible conditions on the run, later in Siberian river logging camp, and diseases and losses after taking a boat to Russian work farms, maybe we can compare research.

This has been a very powerful undertaking in the discoveries made of details left out by my husband's mom and dad in telling portions of their Holocaust survival and immigration by Marine Perch to NY in 1946.  I just know we have relatives out there, but do not have names and locations.
--
Sharon E. Siegel 
Port Jervis, NY USA

David,
found some folks in 4 different places, 1875 census, 1921 pogrom list (possible relatives that didn't emigrate), and 1897 Odessa census (perhaps some relatives moved from Tulchin to Odessa), 

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1875 census:
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The following 2 people had families in Odessa, as noted in the 1897 census (let me know if you need details on their families, age, etc):

• Sirota Srul-Duvid s.o. Noekh from Kuna, Gaysin district, Podolia  (~30 mi E of Tulchin)
• Syrota Noikh s.o. Khaim from Kublich, Gaysin district, Podolia (~50 mi E of Tulchin)

Neil,
Gertrude Parkin adopted the surname Black in January 1958, at which time she was living at 5 Rugby Street, Cheetham.

See: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41305/page/882

Perhaps someone can find out who else was living at that address in 1958...

I hope this helps,
Rodney Eisfelder
Melbourne, Australia

Why dont you contact The Together Plan, a charity based in London and Belarus, which helps the remaining Jews in the country become self-sufficient.  One of their projects is to undertake genealogical research.  Their huge advantage is they speak the local language and Russian, plus know the ways of the local bureaucracy.

www.thetogetherplan

Margaret Levin , London UK

I'd appreciate some help deciphering a couple words on my great-grandfather's gravestone.  What I've made out so far is:

Here Lies
Our Beloved Father
xxx Rav Ari Leib son of
Shalom HaCohen xxx
Kashkin
Died 11 MarHeshvon 5683
(2 Nov 1922)

What I'm having trouble with are the 
first word on the third line:  מוה
last word on the fourth line: שוב (acronym?)
Not even sure I'm reading the letters correctly.

I've tried everything I could think of but haven't found anything that made sense.

Thanks,

Lee Jaffe
Koshkin, Joroff, Weinblatt, Schwartz, Jaffe

It seems that one of my grandfather's sisters, Leah Fleiser / Fleser, married a Samuel Lazarus.  As far as we know, Leah was born in Prienai, Lithuania in 1879, and Samuel was born in 1868.  We don't know where or when they got married. 

Leah had siblings who left Prienai around the turn of the 20th century for the UK, where the name was anglicised to Fletcher.  She, possibly already married to Samuel, followed suit at around the same time.

Leah and Samuel lived in Cardiff from at least 1912, and for some reason, Samuel apparently took Fletcher as his surname.  All 3 of his sons had Lazarus as their middle name, though, and on HIS tombstone, his given names are Samuel Eliezer, in other words, Samuel Lazarus, but his surname is Fletcher.

Can anyone shed any light on why this might have happened? 

Please reply directly to me at dfletcheroz@...

Many thanks in anticipation!
Denise Fletcher, Sydney Australia

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Relly Coleman

Myer Liss and Dora were reported as having moved West in 1923.  I located them in Los Angeles in the census of 1930 and 1940.  She is not difficult to identify in the census because she was born in England. 

David Rosen

"Dora and Meyer are in the US census for both 1910 and 1920 in Springfield MA.   (Indexed on Ancestry as Si?s in 1920 and Liss in 1920).  No children in either year.
Myer is in the Boston City directory for Boston in 1906 on Cunard St., This is the street where Dora lives on the marriage record. He  Is in subsequent Boston City directories for 1907 & 8. He Is absent in1909.
Myer is in Springfield MA City directories 1909 - 1922. In the 1923 directory it says "rem. west", i.e removed/moved West."

Neil,

I did a search in the Ancestry database: England & Wales, National Probate Calendar.
I searched for surname BLACK, passing on between 1970 -1980 in Salford.   I got two hits.  I would assume Gertrude's name would be in the probate record, as you said she received a considerable legacy.

Ralph BLACK
6 Radford St, Salford  (Note: name of street hard to read though)
died November 22, 1972
probate London July 20th
53350  (pounds)
7601106287

Isaac BLACK
39 Murray St., Salford
died August 12, 1979
Administration Manchester 11 September
10821 (pounds)

Hope this helps,

Sherri Bobish

Shulamit,

975 N. Delaware St., the address they went to in 1951 was The Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation.  IHC  moved to the suburb of Meridian Hills.

As an aside (have nothing to do with the Gimpel family) 975 N. Delaware St. was later used by Jim Jones.
https://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/2018/11/14/jim-jones-jonestown-massacre-cult-leader-indianapolis-tour-miracles-monkeys/1737578002/

Leopold & Janete naturalized in the 1950's in NY. 

Janete passed on in California in 1994.  Her death cert should list the informant's name, and may possibly be a child or other relative.

Below is a record of Janete GIMPEL in the
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

It contains her parents names.

Name:Janete Gimpel[Janetta Gimpel][Janete Scheineeld]Gender:Female
Race:White
Birth Date:14 May 1909
Birth Place:Boryslan, Poland[Boryslan|]Death Date:19 May 1994
Claim Date:15 May 1968
Father:Markus ScheineeldMother:Genia SigulimCitizenship or Alien Status:U.S. citizen.Type of Claim:Evidence other than birth record submitted; U.S. citizen or alien allowed to work.Notes:14 May 1993: Name listed as JANETE GIMPEL; 24 Sep 1976: Name listed as JANETTA GIMPEL

Hope this helps,

Sherri Bobish