I am repeating this call for anyone who might know of the above individual
or his descendants.

His name was Syke (also spelled Shyke) LUBELSKI and was born in Leeds in
England probably about 1890. It is also possible that he was called Julius
or Joshua on official documents. He emigrated to South Africa sometime after
1910 or even after WWI. Family rumour has it that he changed his surname to
BELL, had a son named Daniel and that he ran a furniture store.

More than that I do not know except that he was probably alive in 1941. I do
not know where he lived in South Africa.

Any leads would be greatly appreciated.

With my thanks in advance!

Stephen Lubell
Ma'ale Habanim 6/1
Ramat Gan 52381 Israel
Email: slubell@...

Dear Anne!

Greetings and thanks for the reply!

I am not sure at all if the son's name was Daniel. I believe that I got this
information >from my father and he is no longer alive, so I can't check that
...

It is possible that they changed the name to Lobel, although I know none of
my family (close or distant) who changed it to that. The original name was
LUBELSKI or LUBELSKIE and it was either changed to Lubelle or Lubell. Is
also possible that they were very assimilated and did not emphasise the fact
that they were Jewish. Unfortunately no one I have contacted seems to know
anything about them.

I note that you are looking for various Lithuanian addresses. On both sides
my ancestors came >from Lithuania. My paternal grandmother came from
Darsuniskis (Darsuneshok) near Kovno and my paternal great-grandfather came
was Ladzijai, (Lazdej in Yiddish) which is near the present Polish border. I
have had very little luck tracing back any further than the 1850s.

Regards,

Stephen Lubell

Maybe they changed to Lobel? There was a Dr. Lobel in Johannesburg.

Louis Zetler
Hoshaya, Israel

For Stephen Lubell

Are you SURE his First name was Daniel ? I know of a non-Jewish BELL
family in South Africa and i will find out if they had a furniture store.
I also know some LOBELS in South Africa. any relation to your Lubell name?

Anne LAPEDUS BREST. ( Ex Dublin, Ireland). Sandton, South Africa..
RESEARCHING: LAPEDUS, Vieksniai, Lithuania. LAPIDUS (all spellings) all
countries, MARCUS, Ackmene, Lithuania, KLAPMAN, Ackmene, Lithuania, KARLIN
Zagera, Lithuania, BREST, Bauska, Latvia. , MIRRELSON , Kourland, Latvia.
ORKIN Zagera, Lithuania. ORKIN Joniskis (Yaneshik) Lithuania. KAHN
Vieksniai , Lithuania. SHILLMAN, Odessa, Russia. NOVGOROD, Yaneshik
(Joniskis), Lithuania.

Dear Stephen.
The name sounds so familiar to me. I believe there was a family called
Lubelski who came to live in London and were relatead to an actress called
Georgia Brown. I was selling Tupperware and sold some to a group of ladies
( about 38 years ago) who lived in Kensington. There was a Sheba Ross
(whose husband was a big furrier in London) and the cousinof a Mrs. Ralph
Att well who was a neighbour of my parents in Hendon .Her mother Mrs.
Rubin was related to Mrs. Ross and to the Lubelskis' I vaguely thinkthere
is soneone called Lubell in Golders Green or Hendon.
I have looked up the London telephone book for you and dont know if the
following is any use to you.
E. Lubell, 47 Greenacres, Hendon Lane, N.3. o2o8 349 0644
E.J. Lubelsky 75 Fairholt Road N.16 0208 809 2179
G. Lubelsky 12 Elm Park Avenue N15 0208 8008647>
Jan S Lubelski 61 Claremont Road, N6 0208 340 6948
T.Z. 22 Home Park Road, S.W.19 (I'm not sure if its 0207 or 0208) 946
3277

the other thing is that I can ask amongst my S. AFrican cousins and friends
in N.W. London.
Good Luck,
Louise

From: stephen lubell <slubell@...>

To: South Africa SIG <safrica@...>
Subject: Searching for Syke (Shyke) Lubelski
Date: 20 April 2001 10:31

I am repeating this call for anyone who might know of the above

individual

or his descendants.