you wrote: My family name in Russia was Shainsky. My paternal grandfather, grandmother, and children arrived in 1913 in Philadelphia. His 18 yo brother also came on the same ship, but was deported due

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My ggreat grandfather Mordechai Schoenberg was also known as “Max” on his children’s marriage certificates, etc. I don’t think it would be a stretch for someone to refer to him as Marx but I would thi

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Yes thank you! I was in contact with Florence many years ago when Bayside was being “cleaned up” by a Mormon group during the litigation. My great-Uncle was buried there & is on the list (Isak Blument

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