The Semmel Family Forest

Ship Manifests

Posted by David on August 17th, 2009

Emil Silberman – Havana, 1927 (as a stowaway!)

Emil Silberman – Bermuda, 1931

Fannie Silberman – Havana, 1931

Fannie Silberman - Havana, 1929

Fannie Silberman - Havana, 1928

Fannie Metzger - Southampton, 1925

Chana, David, Murray & Ester Metzger – Southampton, 1927

Markus & Harry Metzger – Rotterdam, 1920

Sara & Jankel Feiner – Amsterdam, 1897

Josef Friedenberg & Chana Feiner – Bremen, 1906

Max Semmel - Bremen, 1907

Morris Semmel (Mordche Zemel) – Antwerp, 1910 Page 2

Rose (Rochel) Besser – Rotterdam, 1912 Page 2

Isadore & Scheine Besser – Rotterdam, 1913 Page 2

Ted & Rosa Bowie – LaHavre, 1919

Ted & Rosa Bowie – LaHavre, 1932

Henry P. Bowie – Yokohama, 1920

Sakamoto

Posted by David on August 16th, 2009

Robert I. Bowie is buried in the Sakamoto Cemetery in Nagasaki Japan. Jocelyn and I, with Marcus and Nick, visited in 2006.

Aniela Binczak

Posted by David on August 15th, 2009

Aniela Binczak and family lived in house near to Metzger family in Przemysl at Czarnieckig 25. Pre WWII, Aneila was married to Miroslau Wojtowicz; they had Jerzy in 1941.

Edward Metzger, Aniela, and Jerzy

Edward Metzger (also know as Isaac, the second olders of the Metzger children) was married to Laia and they had 4 children. Miroslau and Edward went to fight with the Russian army against Germany. Miraslau was killed in action while Edward made it home to Przemysl In 1945. On arival, he discovered his wife and 4 children were gone, murdered by Nazis. Edward then married Aneila, 20 years his junior, and adopted Jerzy as son.

Jerzy and Anna had 2 daughters, Catherine(Kasia) and Marta. I have been in

The story of how we found Aneila is here.