Posted by
David on
December 12th, 2010
Meyer Gershenowitz married Toba Besser, my grandmother’s sister. Email from Howard Mirsky:
David:Well, I looked over the links you sent and was very impressed. I’m pretty certain that this is a real connection. Here’s the story:
Meyer is one of 5 children from Czestochowa. (Spellings vary with documents.)
1. Harry Gershanowitz
2. Meyer (Max) Gershenowitz
3. David Gershanowitz
4. Chaje Gershanowitz
5. [...]
Posted by
David on
August 20th, 2010
Thanks to “Cousin” Moshe in Israel, we now know cousins Hannah and Ava’s G-G-G-G-Grandparents !
Leibus Werber (b 1770) + Faiga
..Abram Werber + Gitla Rybak
….Chaim-Wolf Werber + Perele Lehrer
……Goitel Werber + Herszek Blusztajn
……..Murry Blustein + Evelyn Semmel
……….Daniel Blustein + Melanie Chan
…………Hannah & Ava
Posted by
David on
August 13th, 2009
My friend in Poland, Lukasz Biedka, was kind enough to send me a photo of 25 Czarniekiego Street in Przemysl.
Based on addresses from old family post cards, this is where Marcus Metzger and Chana Laufer lived with their family c. 1910-20.
The building is located near the corner of Rokitnianska Street, directly [...]
Posted by
David on
August 12th, 2009
Moses and Ziwje Gottesmann, born c. 1790 in Krakowiec, Ukraine
They were my great-grandparents great grand parents!
Krakowiec or Krakovets (Ukrainian: Краковець) is a new town for the SFF. It is NE of Przemysl, just across the current-day Ukraine border. Map here.
The JewishGen town site.