"Some of us had photos that were left with our families that stayed behind. Other of us left in a hurry and have no photos. Still others never had the resources to have photos in the first place. But, even if we do not have photos of our distant relatives, we all have our memories. We all have stories."

— Rennie Salz

There were many, many Jewish families in Husi. We have created separate family pages for only a handful of those families. If you have enough information, stories, and/or photos, we can add a page for your family as well! If not, then let us share some of your stories here, on this page. Please get in touch and share your Husi family's stories.

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"My grandparents, they came from Russia. They ran away from Russia to be free. That time was the Czar. He used to steal the children. He made them soldiers. They were 4-5-6 years old. He would steal them. My grandparents were living in Russia. They had three girls and two sons. Sons: Itzic, Cacir. Daughters: Baba Sacil, Mima Peril, and Fagil (Fanny). They ran away to the Prut and they cross the border. They came to a town and I was born there: Berazan. We lived there a while. They were looking for a Jewish town..."

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According to Toni MARKOWITZ Herscovitz, Jews living in Husi before 1920 lived nice lives in and had happy memories. Early on, many Jews in Husi had housekeepers and cooks.

"My name is Adina UNGUREANU. (Yes, I have a Romanian name, because my dad took my mom's name when they married.) My grandfather, Isidor WEISMAN, worked in the only bank in Husi for several years in the 1950's, until his death in 1956 at age 51. He was some kind of an administrator and well-known in the city. Of course, his Jewish name and background did not go unnoticed, but he did the job. My dad went back to Husi in 1988 and he saw a few buildings that reminded him about the old city. He even saw the very old cigarette store where he would go as a kid to buy tobacco for his dad. He saw his former school, too."

"My mother was born in Husi as GREENBERG/GRIMBERG family and ABRAMOVICI. Was from LAZAROVICI/LAZAROVITI family. I found the grave stone of my great-grandmother (passed in 1960 at age of 94 )and the stone of her father, both Abramovici. The family left behind in Husi a huge house and a huge vineyard and place to make wine. All of that was taken over by the goverment or by others. I have some friends here (in Israel) who are from Husi: family LUPU and family FROIMOVICI."

"My paternal grandfather, Jacob Moss (MOSKOVITCH), came from Husi and settled in Manchester, England in 1890 or 1891. He had a number of siblings, one of which was Chaim (called Charlie, I think) whom I believe settled in New York. My father, William (or Willie) Moss, was visiting New York in 1919 or 1920 and must have visited Charlie and his family there. I also have family in Israel who originally came from Husi in 1950."

"Jacob Moss was my great great grandfather. He was married to Rececca. They had a daughter, Miriam Moss, who was my great grandmother. Miriam must have been William Moss's sister."

"My grandparents decided it was too cold in Canada, so they went south to Minneapolis... That's where I grew up... We think my grandmother was born in Austria and came to Husi as a baby... Yes, there are a lot of different recipes for the eggplant salad, but the recipe you have here is exactly the way we made it. I remember hearing the sound of chopping and chopping on the slanted, wooden cutting board until the eggplant was mush. Now i just pulse it in the food processor."

"I have roots from Husi: Yosef der Royter ('The Red'), probably BEYLUT. He died after 1880. He was a Chazen and a Chassid of the Ruzin."

"My uncle, Jack Solomon, was married to Katerin MILEGSON from Husi. Her parents were Itzak and Devora Milegson. I learned that Itzak was in the carpentry business, making furniture and cabinets."

"My great great grandfather Avram HERBERMAN, son of Herscu and Ghitla, was a merchant in Husi where he died in 1880. Before Husi, he lived in Dranceni, Romania."

"My great grandfather, Shalom Mordechai SHECHTER (a common Romanian name), had at least two sons: Avraham and Reuven Aaron, my grandfather. At the time, only sons were not drafted. So to avoid conscription, the two boys were adopted by two different families without sons. Avraham took the last name VOGEL while Reuven Aaron took the name ROSENTFAIC. After the death of Avraham, Avraham's wife, Hendel, took her 7 children and went to Manchester, England to join her sister and brother-in-law, Pessia and Yaakov Zelikovici, who had settled in Manchester a few years earlier. When my grandfather's second wife passed away, he too came to Manchester with all his family, presumably to join his sister-in-law, her family, and the other 'landsleiten.' I can only assume that, when the immigration officer asked for the name of the family and they answered 'Rosentfaic,' he wrote down what he heard: ROSENZWEIG. I knew the story of the different family names of the brothers, but always believed my father's actual adopted name was Rosenzweig. It was only when I got his birth certificate that I saw how it had changed."

"Rebecca (Bessie) Segall and Phillip Segall were siblings. Their father was Yitchak Lev Segall. He was born in Romania and had a clothing store in Husi. He died in Zdunska Wola, Poland on 11 February 1905. Rebecca Segall was born in Romania in 1877 and immigrated to the USA from Husi in 1895 to marry Benjamin Goodman (GUTMANN), also from Husi. They started out in New York, but moved to Savannah, GA around 1899. They had seven children. Bessie died in Savannah 26 Oct 1953.

Benjamin Goodman was born 4 Feb 1868 and died 8 May 1939. He and his brother, Abraham, came to the United States from Husi in 1890 shortly after their father died. They eventually opened a grocery in Savannah around 1899. The Goodman brothers were joined in Savannah by their widowed mother, Fannie, and their three sisters: Rebecca, Clara, and Dora.

Morris Segall (related to Bessie in some way) came from Husi in 1899 and married Clara Goodman. Morris (Maurice on official documents) and Clara had joined Bessie and the Goodmans in Savannah before 1910. The three families were all listed as grocers and lived in three adjacent houses on Bolton Street in 1910. Shortly after, the 1918 Savannah city directory lists grocer Maurice Segall, plus two additional Segall grocers: Jacob and wife Gussie, and Max and wife Dora Goodman. (Max Abraham Segall is likely Morris Segall's brohter, Abe.)

Bessie Segall's brother, Phillip, moved to Miami, FL and married Sadie LEIBOWITZ, also of Husi. They had two children. Phillip died in Miami on 9 Sept 1968."

"There was probably more than one Segall family in Husi, but let's look at one that appears related to the one above. Chaim Segall had six siblings: Fannie, Raisl, Dalina, Abe, Yankel, and Morris. Chaim married Feygel Graur. They had at least seven children: Pauline (born 1894), Bernard (born 1902), Isadore, Simon, Alec, Lazar, and an unknown daughter.

Pauline Segall arrived in the United States in August, 1913. Her passenger list entry says she was on her way to join her uncle in... Savannah, Georgia (see Segalls/Goodmans above). But Pauline never made it to Georgia. Her uncle, presumably Maurice/Morris Segall from above, did not make it to New York to meet the ship, but arranged for Pauline to be met by other Jews from Husi who were already living in New York. Pauline stayed in New York and married Sigmund Wolfson (1889-1967) a few months later. They had four children: Tillie, Albert, Bernice, and Frieda.

Sigmund Wolfson was the son of Avigdor "Victor" Wolfson and Bessie Kahn (born 1854). Victor was born in Iasi, but moved to Husi. Victor and Bessie had seven children in Husi: Leo, Adelle, Sigmund, Philip, Meyer, Benjamin, and Isaac. Victor was a book binder, as were his sons Sigmund, Benjamin, Philip, and Meyer. (Pauline's brother, Bernard Segall, also came to New York from Husi and became a book binder.) Isaac "Irving" Wolfson (b. 1898), the youngest brother, arrived in New York around 1904. He became a printer rather than joining his brothers in the bookbinding business.

The Wolfson family, including Victor and Bessie, all came over from Husi at various times, with four of the eldest brothers listed as living together in the New York mini-census of 1905. By the 1910 census, the whole family was living together again with Victor listed as head of family. Bessie died around 1910, and Victor remarried a widow from Husi named Rachel in the 1920s. At one time or another, every sibling lived on East 14th Street in Brooklyn, usually 2 or 3 families at a time. Dale Mitchell says, 'When I was a child, Uncle Philip and Aunt Mollie lived next door to my grandfather Irving and my grandmother Shirley Mackler, while Uncle Sigmund and Aunt Pauline lived in the apartment upstairs. Philip and Mollie’s daughter Clara lived downstairs from her parents with her husband, Harry Silver, and their children, Stanley and Blanche.'"