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My Grandpa GERBER
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Marlene Staggs <mstaggs@...>
My Grandpa changed his name >from GARBER to GERBER when he was living in
New York City. The story he told me was that somebody at his work started calling him "garbage" because of his last name, so he decided to change it. His first name was Isidore, and on the 'pass' I posted on viewmate last week, I am told it was Aron Srul' Mordkovich GARBER. >from his own writings I know that he was born in 1890 in Kulchin, Ukraine. When he was 5 years old his family moved to Krasilov. Then in 1905 they moved back to Kulchin. I don't know why they moved. Why would they move back and forth? He had two sisters (Celia FELDMAN and Jenny FISCHER) and at least one brother that come to America, along with his mother (Ida GARBER). I was told that his father was in the army and didn't leave Russia. My Grandpa wrote that his father, Max GARBER, had several brothers and sisters. He listed their names just like this: Motel Hilel Anshel Chaim Asia Motel Faiga Chana Ribbeca Ribbeca is easy to figure out as Rebecca. And Chana as Ana. I've seen several postings in the discussion group archives for the names Hilel, Anshel, Chaim, Faiga and Motel. But what about Asia? What could my Grandpa be referring to? I don't even know whether this would be a man or a woman? Any thoughts on this? Marlene Staggs Bellingham, WA
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Identification in ViewMate
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Shula Sapir <shula@...>
Hello genners,
Just before the photo I sent to viewmate is taken of I ask you to look at it again. The file can be found at : (http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/toview.html) VM039 It's the picture of my father Shmuel - Salek Lieberman who died 2 months before I was born. Any info will be appreciated. Shulamit Sappir shula@mii.co.il
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Help needed in Russian -- ViewMate
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Udi Cain
Dear JewishGenners.
I've posted the back of a photo of a cousin >from around 1900. It has Russian handwriting, it was left in London in 1929, by Gregory (Zvi Hirsh) Wolodarsky. Maybe it's his brother. The file is up on the ViewMate site: (http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/) in the "To View" section - as file - VM077 TIA. Regards >from Jerusalem. Udi Cain.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen My Grandpa GERBER
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Marlene Staggs <mstaggs@...>
My Grandpa changed his name >from GARBER to GERBER when he was living in
New York City. The story he told me was that somebody at his work started calling him "garbage" because of his last name, so he decided to change it. His first name was Isidore, and on the 'pass' I posted on viewmate last week, I am told it was Aron Srul' Mordkovich GARBER. >from his own writings I know that he was born in 1890 in Kulchin, Ukraine. When he was 5 years old his family moved to Krasilov. Then in 1905 they moved back to Kulchin. I don't know why they moved. Why would they move back and forth? He had two sisters (Celia FELDMAN and Jenny FISCHER) and at least one brother that come to America, along with his mother (Ida GARBER). I was told that his father was in the army and didn't leave Russia. My Grandpa wrote that his father, Max GARBER, had several brothers and sisters. He listed their names just like this: Motel Hilel Anshel Chaim Asia Motel Faiga Chana Ribbeca Ribbeca is easy to figure out as Rebecca. And Chana as Ana. I've seen several postings in the discussion group archives for the names Hilel, Anshel, Chaim, Faiga and Motel. But what about Asia? What could my Grandpa be referring to? I don't even know whether this would be a man or a woman? Any thoughts on this? Marlene Staggs Bellingham, WA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Identification in ViewMate
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Shula Sapir <shula@...>
Hello genners,
Just before the photo I sent to viewmate is taken of I ask you to look at it again. The file can be found at : (http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/toview.html) VM039 It's the picture of my father Shmuel - Salek Lieberman who died 2 months before I was born. Any info will be appreciated. Shulamit Sappir shula@mii.co.il
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Help needed in Russian -- ViewMate
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Udi Cain
Dear JewishGenners.
I've posted the back of a photo of a cousin >from around 1900. It has Russian handwriting, it was left in London in 1929, by Gregory (Zvi Hirsh) Wolodarsky. Maybe it's his brother. The file is up on the ViewMate site: (http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/) in the "To View" section - as file - VM077 TIA. Regards >from Jerusalem. Udi Cain.
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Re: Hebrew/Yiddish for "Lawrence"
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Ida & Joseph Schwarcz <idayosef@...>
My son is Rabbi Barnea Levi Ha-Kohen Selavan.
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Ida Selavan Schwarcz Arad, Israel From: Judith Romney Wegner <jrw@Brown.edu>
I now have this question: given that my great-grandfather's last nameThere's no logical reason why Kohen should not have the given name Levi.
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NYC Birth Certificates
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McCarthy
Is anyone close to NYC archives able to help me get a copy of a birth
certificate for: Pearl FERBER b. 13 December 1895 Certificate # 52093 Your help would be greatly appreciated. This info should help me through a road block. Thanks in advance, Barbara Ferber-McCarthy ga4mccarthys@mindspring.com MODERATOR NOTE: JewishGen has two Infofiles that can help those attempting to locate vital records in New York City. 1) "New York Vital Records" written by Sheila Kieval at <http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/ny-vital.html>; and 2) "New York City Birth, Marriage and Death Records - LDS Microfilms" written by Warren Blatt at <http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/nycv-lds.txt>;.
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Tay-Sachs and genealogy
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Carol Rombro Rider
<< I seem to remember that the Tay Sachs is not exclusively Ashkenazi. Is
it correct that it is also found in French Canadians? Is it found in others? This subject has sudenly become of interest because a distant cousin of my wife's (WASP convert to Judaism) has been informed of the discovery of Tay Sachs in members of that family in England, who are presumably entirely English. If there is no record of English Tay Sachs, would it mean that a Jew (or, less likely, a French Canadian) had married into the family? More generally, does discovery of the Tay Sachs gene signify some Jewish ancestry in families nominally of other Ethnic groups? Al Rosenfield >> Al--It would depend. In October our JGS had the opportunity to hear Dr. Harry Ostrer of NYU, who is working on the current project tracing Jewish DNA. I actually asked him for a clarification of this point, having known that both Askenazi Jews and the French Cajuns of Louisiana carry the gene for Tay-Sachs. Since Tay-Sachs is caused by a mutation on a particular chromosome, my question was whether or not these two groups are genealogically related, since the disease is quite rare. His answer was that in both groups, there is a mutation on a particular chromosome that causes Tay-Sachs, *but* the mutation is different in both groups. In other words, two completely different mutations on the same chromosome cause Tay-Sachs to appear in the two groups, indicating that the abnormality developed separately in both groups--ergo, they are *not* related to each other. What this means in your family's case I am not certain. I am not familiar with the chances of a gene just mutating for Tay-Sachs in a family--for this you would need to consult a geneticist. Could someone >from one of the two above groups have married into your wife's family? Well, I guess you have your genealogy work cut out for you! Carol Rombro Rider Baltimore, Maryland CRomRider@aol.com
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Jewish cemetery in Hull
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JaneFish <Jane@...>
Evening :-)
Recently the Hull Daily Mail had a list of persons to be re-located within the Jewish Burial Ground at Delhi Street Cemetery, Hull - Hedon road is to be widened. Burials were between 1834 and 1937. Anyone wishing more information should contact me. Janefish@Henio.Muc.De Cheers Jane
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SCHWETSKY/GOLDBERG
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Carol Hartzenberg <carol@...>
Reuben and Tina SCHWETSKY arrived in England, >from Russia, sometime
during the 1880s. They changed their name to GOLDBERG and settled in Leeds. Any information greatly appreciated. Carol HARTZENBERG home : carol@erichome.demon.co.uk Web : www.erichome.demon.co.uk
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Hebrew/Yiddish for "Lawrence"
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Ida & Joseph Schwarcz <idayosef@...>
My son is Rabbi Barnea Levi Ha-Kohen Selavan.
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Ida Selavan Schwarcz Arad, Israel From: Judith Romney Wegner <jrw@Brown.edu>
I now have this question: given that my great-grandfather's last nameThere's no logical reason why Kohen should not have the given name Levi.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen NYC Birth Certificates
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McCarthy
Is anyone close to NYC archives able to help me get a copy of a birth
certificate for: Pearl FERBER b. 13 December 1895 Certificate # 52093 Your help would be greatly appreciated. This info should help me through a road block. Thanks in advance, Barbara Ferber-McCarthy ga4mccarthys@mindspring.com MODERATOR NOTE: JewishGen has two Infofiles that can help those attempting to locate vital records in New York City. 1) "New York Vital Records" written by Sheila Kieval at <http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/ny-vital.html>; and 2) "New York City Birth, Marriage and Death Records - LDS Microfilms" written by Warren Blatt at <http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/nycv-lds.txt>;.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Tay-Sachs and genealogy
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Carol Rombro Rider
<< I seem to remember that the Tay Sachs is not exclusively Ashkenazi. Is
it correct that it is also found in French Canadians? Is it found in others? This subject has sudenly become of interest because a distant cousin of my wife's (WASP convert to Judaism) has been informed of the discovery of Tay Sachs in members of that family in England, who are presumably entirely English. If there is no record of English Tay Sachs, would it mean that a Jew (or, less likely, a French Canadian) had married into the family? More generally, does discovery of the Tay Sachs gene signify some Jewish ancestry in families nominally of other Ethnic groups? Al Rosenfield >> Al--It would depend. In October our JGS had the opportunity to hear Dr. Harry Ostrer of NYU, who is working on the current project tracing Jewish DNA. I actually asked him for a clarification of this point, having known that both Askenazi Jews and the French Cajuns of Louisiana carry the gene for Tay-Sachs. Since Tay-Sachs is caused by a mutation on a particular chromosome, my question was whether or not these two groups are genealogically related, since the disease is quite rare. His answer was that in both groups, there is a mutation on a particular chromosome that causes Tay-Sachs, *but* the mutation is different in both groups. In other words, two completely different mutations on the same chromosome cause Tay-Sachs to appear in the two groups, indicating that the abnormality developed separately in both groups--ergo, they are *not* related to each other. What this means in your family's case I am not certain. I am not familiar with the chances of a gene just mutating for Tay-Sachs in a family--for this you would need to consult a geneticist. Could someone >from one of the two above groups have married into your wife's family? Well, I guess you have your genealogy work cut out for you! Carol Rombro Rider Baltimore, Maryland CRomRider@aol.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Jewish cemetery in Hull
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JaneFish <Jane@...>
Evening :-)
Recently the Hull Daily Mail had a list of persons to be re-located within the Jewish Burial Ground at Delhi Street Cemetery, Hull - Hedon road is to be widened. Burials were between 1834 and 1937. Anyone wishing more information should contact me. Janefish@Henio.Muc.De Cheers Jane
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen SCHWETSKY/GOLDBERG
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Carol Hartzenberg <carol@...>
Reuben and Tina SCHWETSKY arrived in England, >from Russia, sometime
during the 1880s. They changed their name to GOLDBERG and settled in Leeds. Any information greatly appreciated. Carol HARTZENBERG home : carol@erichome.demon.co.uk Web : www.erichome.demon.co.uk
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Re: Query about archives in Kosice, Slovakia
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Jan Bousse <boussejan@...>
Dear Joan,
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I did some research situated in Kosice, in particular the town of Roznave. The address I have for the State archives in Kosice is : Statny Oblastny Archiv v Kosiciach, 041 56 Kosice, Bacikova 1, P.O.Box C-26. For what I believe is the local authority I have this address : Krajsky Urad v Kosiciach Odbor Vseobecnej Vnutornej Spravy Oddelenie statoobcianskych veci a matrik Komenskeho 52, 041 26 Kosice. Quite a mouthfull, isn't it! And of course there are heaps of little signs of all possible shapes on some of the letters, which I could not reproduce. My experience is that they are helpful, up to a point. The State archives seem to be able to correspond in English, the town itself answered in Slovak. >from the town I received a marriage certificate, the State archives were able to search in other towns. Sometimes they asked for money, but I don't think that was excessive. I will be glad to tell you more if you need it and if I can. Jan Bousse, Oostende, Belgium Jfpol wrote:
I just obtained research documenting that my MOSKOWITZ ancestors
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Re: Help Needed on Difficult Gravestone Inscriptions
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Ida & Joseph Schwarcz <idayosef@...>
Dear Eric
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If the first Hebrew letters, BAHVav N refer to a date, they may be " On the first of the month of Nissan." This is just a guess. The second word may be BeHorodna, another way of spelling Grodno. The third word may be " In Nezhvish." I cannot figure out the Yod Vav Bet or the other words. Sincerely, Ida Selavan Schwarcz Arad, Israel. From: Eric Adler <eladler@yahoo.com>
I am unable to decipher inscriptions of the following
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Re: Help Needed on Difficult Gravestone Inscriptions
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Judith Romney Wegner
dates in the cemetery in Grodno:[snip]> alef-lamed-heh-yod-mem alef-samekh-peh-vav 5635This one had some fairly simple words and some morepuzzling groups of letters. Here are the bits I have (I think!) managed to decipher -- hopefully someone else has figured out the rest: (1)The last Hebrew line you give looks like : <Elohim asafo 5635> -- meaning "God gathered him up" (i..e., he died) in 1875." (2) The letters <ayin"heh> after a woman's name signify <aleha hashalom> ("peace be upon her", i.e., "may she rest in peace" (in the case of a man, it signifies <alav hashalom> ("may he rest in peace") (3) I couldn't make sense of most of the letter groupings in the first few lines -- if accurately transcribed, they don't seem to be Hebrew words as such -- except that in the second line dalet-heh-vav-resh-dalet-nun-heh can be read as "de-Horodnah" and my guess is that Horodnah is a Yiddish spelling of Grodno -- in which case the whole phrase would mean "the something-or-other of Grodno" (but I don't know what!) (4) And the "5,000 series" of numbers are obviously years (you need to add 240 to each of them to arrive at the secular year in the 18th or 19th centuries). (5) I am wondering if some of what you read as "vav"s or "yod"s could be misread slashes or squiggles -- for instance your "yod-bet-vav Tishri" might be yod-bet/slash Tishri, meaning 12th of Tishri, and your "vav-zayin- yod Adar" could perhaps be yod-zayin /slash Adar, meaning 17th Adar. That's my best shot, and I look forward to someone else solving the other mysteries. Judith Romney Wegner
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Query about archives in Kosice, Slovakia
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Jan Bousse <boussejan@...>
Dear Joan,
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I did some research situated in Kosice, in particular the town of Roznave. The address I have for the State archives in Kosice is : Statny Oblastny Archiv v Kosiciach, 041 56 Kosice, Bacikova 1, P.O.Box C-26. For what I believe is the local authority I have this address : Krajsky Urad v Kosiciach Odbor Vseobecnej Vnutornej Spravy Oddelenie statoobcianskych veci a matrik Komenskeho 52, 041 26 Kosice. Quite a mouthfull, isn't it! And of course there are heaps of little signs of all possible shapes on some of the letters, which I could not reproduce. My experience is that they are helpful, up to a point. The State archives seem to be able to correspond in English, the town itself answered in Slovak. >from the town I received a marriage certificate, the State archives were able to search in other towns. Sometimes they asked for money, but I don't think that was excessive. I will be glad to tell you more if you need it and if I can. Jan Bousse, Oostende, Belgium Jfpol wrote:
I just obtained research documenting that my MOSKOWITZ ancestors
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