Hi Haley

You also posted your request on Tracing the Tribe - Jewish Genealogy on Facebook. In a very short time (less than an hour), our experts found and posted many documents for your family - none of those items showed any Jewish connections. Many experts are on TTT as well as here at JewishGen. Good luck in your continued search!

Schelly Talalay Dardashti

Records on Ancestry show that Eva Helen GREENAWALD was born in
Schuykill Haven, PA, on 28 May 1911. She was the fourth child of Lewis
Nathan GREENAWALD, age 25, and Nora MOYER, 22, both born in
Pennsylvania.

In November 1911, Eva was baptized at St. John's United Church of
Christ in Schuylkill Haven and at least two of her siblings were also
baptized there. Lewis and Nora are buried in a church cemetery, as are
Lewis's parents, Wilson and Eva Lovina Epler GREENAWALD and many other
relatives. (See FindaGrave.com.)

So if there was Jewish ancestry in the family, conversion occurred
long before your great-grandmother was born. But I think even a
conversion generations earlier is unlikely. Indeed, GREENWALD (and
variations) can be a Jewish name, but, like many names derived from
German, it was also found among non-Jews. FamilySearch.org has
numerous 19th century German church records for people named GRUNWALD
etc.

A tree on Ancestry
(https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/24318142) traces your
GREENAWALD family back many generations, to a Jacob GRUNEWALD (umlaut
on the U) who immigrated from Alsace in the 18th century. It's worth a
look; just keep in mind that trees found online sometimes contain
errors.

Renee

Renee Stern Steinig
Dix Hills NY
genmaven@...

Hayley Rae McCord <aroseofmay@...> wrote:

<<I'm new here and I would appreciate any help whatsoever in my
research on my great grandmas family. Her name is Eva Greenawald,
daughter of Nathan Greenawald and Nora Moyer. She was born in 1911
around Hamburg, Pennsylvania. Rumor was she was Jewish and left her
family to convert to Christianity. She never talked about her family
and apparently even changed the spelling of her maiden name on her
children's birth certificates to Greenawalt. Does anyone have any
information on the Greenawalds (often spelled Grünewald or Greenwald)?
Is this a Jewish family line? Everything I have found indicates that
it is. See attached photos of Eva and some Greenawalds in
Pennsylvania.>>

Hello
Im new here and I would appreciate any help whatsoever in my research on my great grandmas family. Her name is Eva Greenawald, daughter of Nathan Greenawald and Nora Moyer. She was born in 1911 around Hamburg, Pennsylvania. Rumor was she was Jewish and left her family to convert to Christianity. She never talked about her family and apparently even changed the spelling of her maiden name on her children's birth certificates to Greenawalt. Does anyone have any information on the Greenawalds (often spelled Grünewald or Greenwald)? Is this a Jewish family line? Everything I have found indicates that it is. See attached photos of Eva and some Greenawalds in Pennsylvania.