OUR ANCESTORS: IMMIGRATION HISTORY
More than 100 of our ancestors immigrated to this county. Most of them arrived by ship, traveling in steerage. Their passage on average took 10-14 days across rough seas. Several immigrated to Palestine. Known details are included below. Click CTL-F to find a specific individual.
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ALHADEF, Joseph |
immigrated from the Isle of Rhodes, Greece
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BEREZNIAK-FRIEDMAN, Chana |
Chana sailed on the SS Noordam, leaving Rotterdam on April 8th, 1905 and arriving in NY on April 19th. she stated she was going to her husband, A. FRIEDMAN at 310 Rivington St., NYC. She is listed on the manifest as "Chaina" Friedman, age 25, wife, from Prusany and she has no money.
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BEREZNIAK, Leibl (Louis) |
At age 20, LEIBL (Louis) BERESNIAK immigrated with his wife-to-be, Pesche Raisel (Rose) EPSTEIN, on the SS Statendam from Rotterdam arriving in NYC on 13 FEB 1906. Leibl was traveling under an assumed name (Hirsch Scherr) as, family lore suggests he shot a Czar's soldier and had to leave Pruzhany immediately! He and Rose were married in NY 29 May 1909. Leibl stated he was going to his brother-in-law, A. Friedman (Avrum Mendel), on 364 Madison St., NYC. Pesche stated she was going to a cousin at the same address. They were both coming from Prusan. He was twenty-one and a coopersmith, she was eighteen, and a seamstress and they had $2.50 between them.
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BERMAN, Hilda (Katz) |
immigrated from Poland in 1946
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BLINDERMAN, Anna (POMERANTZ) |
Chaia SAFER-BLINDERMAN and two of her daughters, Rachel and Anna, immigrated to the US on the Ship Noordam on June 9, 1914. Chaia listed her brother "Izik SAFER" as her closest relative back home. ÜClick here to see page 1 of her ship manifest - lines 24-26 ÜClick here to see page 2 of her ship manifest - lines 24-26
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BLINDERMAN, Celia (SCHWARTZ) |
Celia BLINDERMAN (indexed as Ciwje Blmderman) immigrated to the US March 15, 1910 on the SS Rijndam at the age of 16. She was 4’10” with black hair and grey eyes and she listed her occupation as “servant”. She and her sister Ronya who arrived in 1913 both listed Abram Friedman, 260 Madison St. , NYC as their contact in the US. ÜClick here to see page 1 of her ship manifest - lines 24 ÜClick here to see page 2 of her ship manifest - lines 24
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BLINDERMAN, Chana (WEINFIELD) |
immigrated 1901
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(BLINDERMAN)), Frieda |
immigrated 1914 (maiden name unknown)
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BLINDERMAN, Joe |
Joe BLINDERMAN arrived on the SS Potsdam on March 21, 1911. He listed his brother-in-law Abraham FRIEDMAN on 115 Broome Street as his US destination. ÜClick here to see page 1 of his ship manifest - line 23 ÜClick here to see page 2 of his ship manifest - line 23
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BLINDERMAN, Label |
no immigration info available to date
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BLINDERMAN, Pesche-Frieda |
no immigration info available to date (maiden name unknown)
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BLINDERMAN, Rachel (POMERANTZ)
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Chaia SAFER-BLINDERMAN and two of her daughters, Rachel and Anna, immigrated to the US on the Ship Noordam on June 9, 1914. Chaia listed her brother "Izik SAFER" as her closest relative back home. ÜClick here to see page 1 of her ship manifest - lines 24-26 ÜClick here to see page 2 of her ship manifest - lines 24-26
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BLINDERMAN, Ronya (married name unknown) |
Ronya BLINDERMAN, immigrated on the SS Rotterdam on March 20, 1913. Ronya and her sister Celia (who arrived in 1910) both listed Abram FRIEDMAN, 260 Madison St., NYC as their contact in the US. ÜClick here to see pg 1 of her ship manifest - line 1 ÜClick here to see pg 2 of her ship manifest - line 13
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BLITZ, Sarah (WEALER) (maiden name could be Katzelnick) |
immigrated 1912, Galveston, TX on the Breslau
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BLOCK, Fannie |
arrived in PA on the Gothland in 1921 (see Yitzchak-Isaac Safer & Rochel Safer) ÜClick here to see pg 1 of their ship manifest ÜClick here to see pg 2 of their ship manifest
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BLOCK, Frank |
arrived in PA on the Gothland in 1921 (see Yitzchak-Isaac Safer & Rochel Safer) ÜClick here to see pg 1 of their ship manifest ÜClick here to see pg 2 of their ship manifest
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BLOCK, Herschel (aka Harry) |
"Herschel BLIACHER" immigrated to the US on March 20, 1913 on the SS Potsdam that sailed from Rotterdam. He came from "Pusene, Russia" and he was 26 years of age and married. He listed his wife, Rochel Bliacher as his nearest relative from whence he came and stated he was going to his brother-in-law, Nathan POMERANTZ who was living at 433 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn at the time. ÜClick here to see pg 1 of his ship manifest ÜClick here to see pg 2 of his ship manifest
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CHESSLER, Dora (Rubin) |
immigrated to the US at the age of 18 and arrived in NY January 21, 1914 aboard the SS Noordam that sailed from Rotterdam. She stated she was from Wisoiki , Russia and was going to her brother, Yankel CZESLER at 304 E. 3rd Street, NYC. ÜClick here to see pg 1 of her ship manifest ÜClick here to see pg 2 of her ship manifest
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DONSKY, Harry |
immigrated 1904
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DUBINER, Abraham (aka Abram RUBIN) (son of Feivel & Leah) |
Abraham arrived in the US on 30 Dec 1913 on the SS Finland from Antwerp traveling with his brother MOTEL (Max). They were headed to their brother SCHULEM DUBINER (aka Sam RUBIN) at 213 E. 7th St. NYC. ÜClick here to see pg1 of his ship manifest ÜClick here to see pg 2 of his ship manifest
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DUBINER, Bascha-Chayie (RADISCH) |
BASHE DUBINER immigrated to the US at age 18. She arrived in NY 28 Sep 1902 on the . She stated she was going to her brother, Chiam DUBINER at 181 Clinton St., NYC. She was traveling with her sister-in-law (Chiam's wife) SORE BEILA DUBINER who was 29 and with Sore and Chaim's two children, Shene (5) and Ettel (4). |
DUBINER, Chana-Raisel (POMERANTZ) |
Chana-Raisel POMERANTZ arrived with all her children, except Fannie who traveled to the US earlier. They arrived on the Friesland that sailed from Antwerp, Belgium and arrived in the US on June 3, 1902. The manifest states they were all going to David “Pomeransky” on 47 Lewis Street in NYC (the Lower East Side). Whomever wrote the ship’s manifest had TERRIBLE handwriting and when it was indexed online, Chana-Raisel ended up being listed as “Reisel Poincratz” and the children were listed as “Powcrutz”. Upon closer inspection one can see it says Pomerantz. The manifest lists: Reisel Poincratz (40), Yeheine (16), Frieda (15), Sara (11), Scholem (14) From: Kaminetz-Lit.; Passage paid by: husband/father; They had $3.00 between them; They were going to husband/father David POMERANTZ on 47 Lewis St., NYC. ÜClick here to see her ship manifest
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DUBINER, Chineza |
CHINEZA (age 27) arrived in the US with her brothers CHAIM (age 17) & AJZYK (age 23) on 12 Mar 1921. They landed in Boston after traveling on the SS Susquehanna. They were heading to their brother SAM RUBIN living at 642 E. 9th Street, NYC. ÜClick here to see their ship manifest - pg 1 ÜClick here to see their ship manifest - pg 2
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DUBINER, Chiam-Hirsch (ben Leizor, grandson of Morduk)) |
iarrived on the Finland that sailed from Antwerp 03 Feb 1911. He was 28, single, from Wysokie and going to his cousin, L. LEVIN on 42nd Ave, NYC.
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DUBINER, Chiam-Moshe (aka Morris) (son of Michal) |
iarrived in London on the Viola that sailed from Hamburg 25 Apr 1899 and then continued on the SS Longariro from Liverpool to Quebec 11 May 1899, headed to NY. He was 29, married, a tailor from Grodno and was traveling with Jacob FARBSTEIN. They were going to their uncle, M. Aron...swky at 237 Davidson, St., NY. |
DUBINER, Davis-Libe (aka David RUBIN) |
immigrated as "David DUBINER" (age 19) on the Rotterdam that sailed from Rotterdam and arrived in the US on 23 Jul 1900. He stated he was from Wisocki, was a tailor, was single and that his brother paid his passage. He was going to his brother, M. (Morris) DUBINER at 27 Market St., NYC. ÜClick here to see his ship manifest
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DUBINER, Derce |
AbrahamDUBINER’s wife, SIRILA (aka Cyzla) and their two oldest sons, Szolem & Derce, arrived in NY on 23 Aug 1920 on the ship the United States from Copenhagen in 1920. The ship manifest states they were headed to their father, “ABRAHAM RUBIN” at 642 E. 9th Street, NYC. ÜClick here to see their ship manifest - pg 1 ÜClick here to see their ship manifest - pg 2
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DUBINER, Gaimendel |
Leah DUBINER (age 62) immigrated to the US 20 Nov 1924 on the Homeric that sailed from Cherbourg with two of her children… her daughter Gaimendel (age 18) and her son Mendel (age 17). ÜClick here to see their ship manifest
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DUBINER, Hyman |
CHAIM (age 17) arrived in the US with his sister CHINEZA (age 27) and brother AJZYK (age 23) on 12 Mar 1921. They landed in Boston after traveling on the SS Susquehanna. They were heading to their brother SAM RUBIN living at 642 E. 9th Street, NYC. ÜClick here to see their ship manifest - pg 1 ÜClick here to see their ship manifest - pg 2
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DUBINER, Isaac |
AJZYK (age 23) arrived in the US with his sister CHINEZA (age 27) and brother CHAIM (age 17) on 12 Mar 1921. They landed in Boston after traveling on the SS Susquehanna. They were heading to their brother SAM RUBIN living at 642 E. 9th Street, NYC. ISAAC must have returned to Kamenets-Litovsk at some time after 1921as he was killed in the Shoah. ÜClick here to see their ship manifest - pg 1 ÜClick here to see their ship manifest - pg 2
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DUBINER, Jacob (aka Jacob RUBIN) |
immigrated as Yankel DOBNER on the SS Graf Waldersee from Hamburg on 29 Dec 1905. He was a furrier from Wysokie and was going to his brother, Moishe DUBINER at 165 Suffolk St., NYC.
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DUBINER, Leah (SOKOLSKY) |
immigrated to the US 16 Jul 1903 on the SS Amsterdam that sailed from Rotterdam. She is listed as Leie SOKOLSKI, age 27, going to her husband, Sl SOKOLSKI at 26-28 Montgomery St,, NY. She says she was from Wijsoki and was traveling with her brother Meier. ÜClick here to see her ship manifest
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DUBINER, Leah (MORGANSTERN) |
Leah DUBINER (age 62) immigrated to the US 20 Nov 1924 on the Homeric that sailed from Cherbourg with two of her children… her daughter Gaimendel (age 18) and her son Mendel (age 17). ÜClick here to see their ship manifest
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DUBINER, Meier (aka Meyer RUBIN) |
immigrated to the US on the SS Amsterdam 16 Jul 1903. Traveling with his sister Leah Sokolsky. He was married, age 30, from Sokolsky-Litovsk, had $3 and was going to his brother, M. DUBINER at 26-28 Montgomery St, NYC. |
DUBINER, Mendel (aka Manny RUBIN) |
Leah DUBINER (age 62) immigrated to the US 20 Nov 1924 on the Homeric that sailed from Cherbourg with two of her children… her daughter Gaimendel (age 18) and her son Mendel (age 17). ÜClick here to see their ship manifest
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DUBINER, Motel (aka Max RUBIN) (son of Ahron Michal) |
immigrated to the US 26 Dec 1906 on the SS Potsdam from Rotterdam. He was 18, a tailor, and going to his brother, Ch(aim) DUBINER c/o M. RUBIN at 165 Suffolk St., NYC.
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Dubiner, Motel (aka Max Rubin) (son of Feivel) |
immigrated to the US 30 Dec 1913 on the SS Finland from Antwerp ) traveling with his brother ABRAHAM. They were headed to their brother SCHULEM DUBINER (aka Sam Rubin) at 213 E. 7th St. NYC. ÜClick here to see pg1 of his ship manifest ÜClick here to see pg 2 of his ship manifest
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Dubiner, Motel (aka Max Rubin) (son of Feivel) |
immigrated to the US 30 Dec 1913 on the SS Finland from Antwerp ) traveling with his brother ABRAHAM. They were headed to their brother SCHULEM DUBINER (aka Sam Rubin) at 213 E. 7th St. NYC. ÜClick here to see pg1 of his ship manifest ÜClick here to see pg 2 of his ship manifest
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(DUBINER), Peshe Unknown (wife of Meyer DUBINER)
immigrated to the US 01 Mar 1911 on the SS Noordam from Rotterdam. She was traveling with her daughter Yetta (Jospe) (9) and sone Arie (7) They were headed to husband/father Meyer DUBINER at 127 Pitt St. NYC.
DUBINER, Schame
(son of Michal & Taube)
Immigration records show TAUBE (50) immigrating with two of her sons - SCHOLEM (11) and SCHAME (20) on Mar 03, 1908 on the SS Noordam from Rotterdam. They all immigrated with the surname DUBINER. Records state SCHAME was 5'4" with brown hair and gray eyes. They were all headed to TAUBE's son DL DUBINER (Davis-Libe) at 42 Gouverneur St. NY. The ship manifest states they were from Wisoki-Litovsk.
ÜClick here to see their ship manifest pg 1
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DUBINER, Schaye (aka Sam Rubin)
arrived 06 Sep 1904 on the SS Rijndam from Rotterdam. He was 26, a shoemaker from Wysokie and going to his brother M. DUBINER (Morris). He was detained upon arrival and was picked up by his brother Morris at 165 Suffolk St.
DUBINER, Schaye
arrived in Philadelphia 16 May 1898 on the SS Pennland. He was 26 and was going to his brother-in-law D. POMERANZOW.
DUBINER, Scholem (aka Sam RUBIN) (son of Feivel & Leah)
came to the US in 1909 and may have returned to Kamenets-Litovsk before settling in the US permanently in 1911. He arrived 01 Mar 1911 on the SS Vaderland from Antwerp.
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DUBINER, Scholem (b. 1897 ... aka Charles RUBIN ...son of Michal & Taube)
Immigration records show TAUBE (50) immigrating with two of her sons - SCHOLEM (11) and SCHAME (20) on Mar 03, 1908 on the SS Noordam from Rotterdam. They all immigrated with the surname DUBINER. They were all headed to TAUBE's son DL DUBINER (Davis-Libe) at 42 Gouverneur St. NY. The ship manifest states they were from Wisoki-Litovsk.
ÜClick here to see their ship manifest pg 1
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(DUBINER), Sore Unknown traveling with Ettel and Arie
SORE arrived Sept 28, 1902 on the SS NOORDAM from Rotterdam and was traveling to her husband Chaim (Morris) DUBINER on 181 Clinton St. She was traveling with her sister-in-law, BASCHA-CHAYIE (19) and her children Schene (5) and Ettel (4). After being detained, they were released to her husband Morris RUBIN who was living at 26-28 Montgomery St., NYC.
DUBINER, Szolem (aka Samuel Rubin) (son of Abraham & Sirila RUBIN)
Abraham DUBINER’s wife, SIRILA (aka Cyzla) and their two oldest sons, Szolem & Derce, arrived in NY on 23 Aug 1920 on the ship the United States from Copenhagen in 1920. The ship manifest states they were headed to their father, “ABRAHAM RUBIN” at 642 E. 9th Street, NYC.
ÜClick here to see their ship manifest - pg 1
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EPSTEIN, Pesche Raisel
see BEREZNIAK above
FRIEDMAN, Avrum Mendel, (aka Abram, Abraham)
, sailed from Hamburg 2DEC1903, arrived NY 22DEC1903
FRIEDMAN, Charles (Schaya)
arrived from Yampola in Odessa, Russia at age 3 (1905) with his mother
FRIEDMAN, Philip (brother of Avrum Mendel)
Feiwish Friedman and his wife Dvoire arrived at the Port of NY on the SS Potsdam on 12 JUL 1904. They were married, he was 25 and she was 24. He is listed as a locksmith and had $15.25 between them (a veritable fortune!) They were going to a cousin (M. Gotkin?) at 227 Madison St. They were from Russia but state they had lived in London (?).
The manifest for the Potsdam is on page 54, line 9 of the Ellis Island records for the Potsdam.
NOTE: One month later on 23 AUG 1904, Pauline SAFER also arrived on the Potsdam and said she was going to her brother-in-law J. Friedman.
FRIEDMAN, Hyman
no immigration info available to date
GUTERMAN, Harry
no immigration info available to date
HERSHKOWITZ, Nathan
no immigration info available to date
KATZ, Bessie (Zemser)
immigrated 1901
KATZ,, Chayie-Malka (SAFER)
arrived in PA on the Gothland 3/29/1921; (see Safer, Yitzchak-Isaac & Rochel Safer)
ÜClick here to see their ship manifest pg 1- line 17
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KATZ,, David
immigrated from Pruzzeneh in 1946
KATZ,, Henja (Segal)
immigrated to Palestine in 1928
KATZ,, Zelig
immigrated to Argentina and then to the the US in 1929
LIPMANSKY, Fruma
see STRELSER, Sophie
MORO, Jennie
immigrated 1906
MORO, Sam
immigrated 1905
POMERANTZ, David
David made four trips to the US. We have a record of two of those trips:
David “Pommerantz”, age 34, sailed from Hamburg or Havre on the Dania (passenger #684) arriving in the US on May 30, 1892.
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David 'Pomeranz', age 38, departed Liverpool, England 22 Dec 1897 on the and arrived in the US on 3 Jan 1989 at the port of Philadelphia. The ship manifest lists him as a shoemaker (?) and states he had $31 and was going to his two brothers 'Babl' (Samuel?) and 'Israel' Pomeranz at 38 East Broadway in NYC.
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POMERANTZ, Fannie (Hershkowitz)
FANNIE POMERANTZ arrived in the US as "Frume Pomerancz" on 29 Aug 1899. She came on the that sailed from Hamburg. According to the ship manifest, she was 16 years of age and was traveling alone to meet her father, David "Pomerance", in New York. He had paid her passage and she had $25. Her last residence was in "Kemenests". She was able to read and write and was in good health. The manifest states she was never in prison, was not a polygamist, was not under contract in the US and was not crippled or deformed. She is listed on line 3, page 0651 of the ship manifest.
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POMERANTZ Frieda (Udin)
see DUBINER, CHANA-RAISEL
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POMERANTZ, Israel
Israel Pomerantz immigrated to the US in 1895. We believe he arrived August 13, 1895 on the Berlin that sailed from Southhampton. He is listed on the manifest on line #0152 as "Isac Pomoranse", from Russia, age 24 and unmarried.
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POMERANTZ, Jennie (FRIEDMAN)
see DUBINER, CHANA-RAISEL
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POMERANTZ, Lena
no immigration info available to date
POMERANTZ, Nathan
Nathan arrived on the Friesland with his mother and four other siblings. He is listed separately from the others as “Nochem Pumerantz”, age 21 (although we believe he was really 23). Chana-Raisel Pomerantz is listed as 40 (although she was most likely 43 or 44), Jennie (Yeheine) was 16, Frieda was 15, Sam was 14 and Sarah was 11. He is listed on the ships manifest as “Nochem Pumerantz” on the last line of the page. It says he was 21, his passage was paid by his father, he had no money with him and he was going to David Pomerantz on 47 Lewis St. NYC.
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POMERANTZ, Samuel - (son of David POMERANTZ b. 1888)
see DUBINER, CHANA-RAISEL
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POMERANTZ, Samuel (b. 1871)
see POMERANZ, Samuel
POMERANTZ, Sarah (Levine)
see DUBINER, CHANA-RAISEL
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POMERANZ, Samuel (Schulem) (son of Nathan b. 1871)
Samuel, sailed on the Dania that left from Hamburg and arrived in NY on May 12, 1893. The ship manifest lists him as "Schulem Pomeranz" from Grodno, Russia on line #0647of the manifest. It states he was married (although that is doubtful) and was 20 years old ... and we know he married Lena in 1896.
POMERANTZ, Yetta (Rubin)
immigrated 1908
QUATINSKY, Shifra (STEIN)
In 1926, Hymie STEIN went to Palestine to visit his mother. While he was there he met and married Shifra QUATINSKY,. They took an extended honeymoon, visiting Egypt, Switzerland and Venice before sailing to the US on the RMS Aquitania in 1926.
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RADISCH, Abraham
immigrated 1905 from Russia (Kamenets-Litovsk)
RADISCH Celia
immigrated 1905 from Russia (maiden name unknown)
RADISCH, Esther
immigrated 1905 from Russia (Kamenets-Litovsk) (maiden name unknown)
RADISCH, Louis
no immigration info available to date
RADISCH, Morris
immigrated from Kamanets-Litovsk in 1900
RADISCH, Nathan
immigrated 1901 from Russia
RADISCH, William
immigrated 1905 from Russia
ROSEN, Minnie (SAFER)
immigrated in 1910
SABASOVITCH, Assnah (SAFER)
immigrated before 1912
SAFER, Anna (WEISENFELD)
arrived in Pennsylvania on the Gothland 3/29/1921 (see Yitzchak-Isaac Safer)
ÜClick here to see their ship manifest pg 1- line 17
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SAFER, Chaia
(BERESNIAK - BLINDERMAN)
Chaia SAFER BERESNIAK - BLINDERMAN and two of her daughters, Rachel and Anna, immigrated to the US on the Ship Noordam on June 9, 1914. Chaia listed her brother" Izik Safer" as her closest relative back home.
ÜClick here to see pg 1 of their ship manifest - lines 24-26
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SAFER, Chava (SPELKE)
Chava SPELKE immigrated from Kobryn, Poland at the age of 35 with three of her children – Sarah ( age 10), Sam (age 5) and Anna (age 1) and arrived in the US on June 30, 1907 on the Pennsylvania that sailed from Hamburg. . Her husband David had immigrated to the US in 1904 and was working as a blacksmith – although we suspect – based on their daughter Anna's age, David made at least one trip back to Kobryn. Their youngest son, Henry, was born in the US in 1908.
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SAFER, Jack
The Andalusia ’s ship manifest lists “Janhel Seifer” (Yankele or Jack Safer) as arriving on July 5, 1907. He is listed on line 22 on the first page and on line 20 in the 2nd. It states he was age 16, had black hair and freckles, and was born in Pruzany, was Russian, a locksmith and had $10. He was going to join his brother, “Selig Seifer” in NYC. Unfortunately, I was unable to read Zelig’s address.
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SAFER, May (SILVERMAN)
arrived in Pennsylvania on the Gothland 3/29/1921 (see Yitzchak-Isaac SAFER)
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SAFER, Pauline (POMERANTZ)
The Potsdam ship manifest lists “Pesche SEIFER” on the 3rd line. It says she was 20 when she arrived in 1904, she came from Rozany, was a “tailoress”, paid her own passage, had $2.50 with her and she was going to her brother-in-law (???) —J. Friedman 127 E. 59th St.
When Pauline arrived in NY, she was detained overnight and as she always talked about arriving in Castle Gardens, we assume she was detained there rather than at Ellis Island. During this detention she got meals for breakfast, dinner and supper. The cause of her detention is listed as: "sis" while others are listed as "bro". The detention disposition is listed as: Cousin, Mrs. Fanny Friedman, 325 E 8th Street, NYC. To date we do not know who Fanny Friedman is.
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SAFER, Pesche (QUATINSKY)
immigrated to Palestine in 1890
SAFER, Rachel (BLOCK)
"Rochla BLACHER" arrived in Pennsylvania on the Gothland Mar 29, 1921. She traveled with her parents, Yitzchak-Isaac & Mollie, her siblings Sam, Anna and May and her two children, Frank (9) and Fannie (8). They came from Pruzhany and she was 30 years of age and married. She listed her mother-in-law, Leah BLACHER, as her nearest relative from whence she came and stated she was going to her husband Harry BLOCK at 275 Hart (?) St, Brooklyn, NY.
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SAFER, Sam
arrived in Pennsylvania on the Gothland 3/29/1921 (see Yitzchak-Isaac Safer)
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SAFER, Yitzchak Isaac
Yitzchack-Isaac and his wife, Mollie immigrated to the USA together on March 29, 1921 . He was 63 and she was 59 however their passports state he was born in 1861 and she was born in 1864 which would have made them 60 and 57 respectively. They may have intentionally changed their ages to seem younger than they were. They arrived on the Gothland and went to Philadelphia rather than New York because there was an influenza epidemic in NY at the time. When Yitzchack-Isaac and Mollie immigrated, they came over with: their son, Samuel (about 18); their twin daughters, Anna and May (about 14); their daughter Rachel (30) (aka Rose); and Rachel’s two children, Frank (9) and Fannie (7). (Rachel's husband, Hershel Block, was already in NY.)
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SAFER, Zelig
Selig SEIFER immigrated on the , Dec 20, 1906 and listed himself as being 21 and single and his last residence was Prusan (Pruzzeneh). He stated he was going to his sister, Pesche, and he traveled to the US with Chiam FFRIEDMAN, brother of Avrum Mendel FRIEDMAN.
SCHWELLIN, Taube (DUBINER/RUBIN)
Immigration records show TAUBE (50) immigrating with two of her sons - SCHOLEM (11) and SCHAME (20) on Mar 03, 1908 on the SS Noordam from Rotterdam. They all immigrated with the surname DUBINER. Records state she was 4"10 1/ 2" with brown hair and brown eyes and that SCHAME was 5'4" with brown hair and gray eyes. They were all headed to TAUBE's son DL DUBINER (Davis-Libe) at 42 Gouverneur St. NY. The ship manifest states they were from Wisoki-Litovsk.
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SHAPANKA, Morris
immigrated prior to 1914 (original name = Sharapanko)
SOKOLSKY, Josef
immigrated 25 Feb 1902 on the SS Rotterdam from Rotterdam. Listed on the manifest as Zawel, age 26, married, from Wysoko-Lit., had $2 and was going to his bro-in-law, C. DUBINER (Morris) at 27 Market St., NYC.
SPELKE, Anna (Mintz)
immigrated 6/30/1907 on the Pennsylvania from Hamburg (see Chava SAFER)
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SPELKE, David
immigrated 1904 from Kobryn, Poland
SPELKE, Sam
immigrated 6/30/1907 on the Pennsylvania from Hamburg (see Chava SAFER)
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SPELKE, Sarah (REBACK)
immigrated 6/30/1907 on the Pennsylvania from Hamburg (see Chava SAFER)
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STEIN, Hyman
Hymie Stein immigrated to the US from Minsk 12 Oct 1909 on the SS Vaderland and approximately three years later, his mother immigrated from Minsk to Palestine. In 1926, Hymie went to Palestine to visit his mother. While he was there he met and married Shifra Quatinsky. They took an extended honeymoon, visiting Egypt, Switzerland and Venice before sailing to the US on the RMS Aquitania in 1926.
STERN, Fannie
immigrated 1910
STERN, Morris
immigrated 1904 or 1908
(STRELSER), Anna
no immigration info available to date (maiden name unknown)
(STRELSER), Assneh
no immigration info available to date (maiden name unknown)
STRELSER, Charles
Charles STRELSER (Scholem STRELETZLLY) came to the US on The that departed Hamburg and arrived in New York on July 16, 1911. Erroneously listed a “Scholen”, he was seventeen years old, traveling alone and was professed to be a locksmith. His last permanent residence was listed as Wilna where his father, Abram STRELETSKY lived. He stated he was going to New York.
The manifest shows he had $25 but no ticket to his final destination. He claimed to be going to his brother, Sam STRELETSKY on 90 [ Madison?] St. At the time, Charles was 5’7” tall, fair-haired with brown eyes. According to the manifest, he was born in Wilna, Russia.
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STRELSER, Israel
(Big Izzy)
immigrated at age 14 as Israil Streletzky on 12 APR 1907 on the ship from Libau. He was traveling with his older sister Sore STRELETSKY who is listed as 18 years of age on the manifest. Sore was Sore Raisel (aka Rose). They were going to their brother, Mr. STRELETSKY at 315 Lispenard, NYC. Their last place of residence was Pradin (Radin).
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STRELSER, Israel
(Little Izzy)
Izzy was the only one of his siblings to immigrate to the US. He immigrated on the that sailed from Bremen on 14 May 1913 and arrived in Baltimore 9 Jun 1913. He is listed on the ship manifest as SRUL STRELECKI and it states he was eighteen (backing up his birth year of 1895), from Radin, and a tailor. He listed his nearest relative from where he lived as STRELESKI, MO... (his father Mordechai) and he was headed to his uncle, Harry Berman, in Camden, NJ. Mordechai's sister-in-law (Harry's wife) had sent a ticket to Izzy's father hoping Mordechai would come to the US. Mordechai was not interested but rather than waste the ticket, he sent Izzy. .
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STRELSER, Lena
no immigration info available to date
STRELSER, Rose
see STRELSERr, Israel, above
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STRELSER, Sam
immigrated 1902
STRELSER, Sophie (ROSENMAN)
Fruma STRELSER (age 57) and her daughter, Sophie (age 17) departed Libau on June 24, 1913 on the Ship Czar emigrating from Vilna (Wilno), Russia and arriving in the US on July 6, 1913. They paid their passage themselves, had $50 with between them and both had dark hair and brown eyes. Fruma Streleckaja is listed as 5’ 2” and a housewife and Scheine (Sophie) is listed as a "tailoress" and 5' 3". (My earliest memories of Sophie are that she was considerably shorter than me - and I'm only 5' 2"!) “Maryesha Streleckaja / Sister" is listed as their closest relative back in Vilna and they were going to a son, Simon (Sam) Streleckaja on 215 Clinton St. in NYC. The ship manifest has a hand written note that they were discharged to son Israel at 274 So. 2nd Street, Brooklyn. NOTE: Two years later, on the 1915 NYS Census, Bessie (Zemser) (Sophie’s niece) and Jacob Weller were also listed as living at 205 So. 2nd Street in Brooklyn.
Upon immigration, the name was changed from Streleckaja to Strelser and Fruma at some point changed her name to Frances. NOTE: We have assumed that the Mariasha mentioned above was Sophie’s half-sister.
All of Fruma’s other children had immigrated prior to their arrival. Considering the US trayfe, ABRAHAM STRELETSKAJA choose not to leave Radin and died there within a few short years of FRUMA and SOPHIE emigrating.
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UDIN, Samuel
arrived from Minsk, Russia at age 27 in 1907
UNTERMANN, Sirila
Abraham DUBINER’s wife, SIRILA (aka Cyzla) and their two oldest sons, Szolem & Derce, arrived in NY on 23 Aug 1920 on the ship the United States from Copenhagen in 1920. Her ship manifest states she was 5'1' with black hair and brown eyes and was headed to her husband, “ABRAHAM RUBIN” at 642 E. 9th Street, NYC.
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WALER, Louis
immigrated in 1912 at age two with his parents, Kasril and Sarah WEALER. They arrived in the port of Galveston , TX. on the Breslau. On the way over, Louis contracted chicken-pox and he was quarantined until he recovered.
WEALER (WELLER), Kasril
Kasril WEALER and his wife Sarah immigrated from Vilna, Poland in 1912 with their two year old son, Louis. Their ship, the Breslau, landed in Galveston, TX. On the way over, Louis contracted chicken-pox and he was quarantined until he recovered. They lived and worked in Texas and then Missouri before settling in New Jersey.
WELLER, Gussie (SHAPANKA)
immigrated as "Gittel WEILER", age 17, born in Vilna, arrived in NY on July 23, 1906 on the Vaderland that sailed from Antwerp . Her US contact was her brother: J. WELER living on 237 E. 113 or 115 St., NYC.
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WELLER, Jacob
Jacob WELLER left Rotterdam on the SS Noordam on July 30, 1904 and arrived in New York on August 8, 1904. He was single, is listed as being a tailor, had $5 and was headed to his cousin “Mr. MOVSAHOWITZ at 43 Edrid St. NY”. (We have no record of any such cousin.) The ship manifest lists him as Jacob WELLES, age 20, from London.
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WELLER, Lena (DONSKY)
immigrated 1914 on the SS Carmania that sailed from Liverpool when she was 20 years old. Immigration records show “ Lea WEJLER”, age 20, single from Wilna, traveling with KALMAN WEJLER, single, age 21 arrived 23 Mar 1914 from Vilna. They are headed to their sister "M. Shapanko" in Brooklyn, NY. Lea states that her passage was paid by her sister and Kalmen states he paid his own passage. Lea is listed as having $25. Both could read and write, she is listed as a seamstress and he as a tailor. They list their mother "[?emen] WEJLER" as their nearest relative back home.
ZEMSER, Bessie (WELLER
BESSIE immigrated to the US in January 1908. Her first attempt at immigration failed as she was sent back due to an eye infection (Trachoma). BASSIE ZEMSA sailed from Antwerp on the and arrived in the Port of New York on 22 JAN 1908 and was hospitalized until 28 JAN 1908 when she was deported on the . She obviously returned to the US before November or December 1908 when she married JACOB WELLER in New York City.
Having been denied entry to the US due to this eye infection, BESSIE may have returned under an assumed name, as we have not been able to find any record of her re-entry to the US.
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ZEMSER, Esther (Stern)
immigrated 1910
ZEMSER, Herman
immigrated 1901
(ZEMSER), Rose
no immigration info available to date (maiden name unknown)
ZEMSER, Sam
no immigration info available to date
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