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The KRAMERS of Jasienica Rosielna (Yashnitz)
Great Grandfather Abraham KRAMER (~ 1863--~1942) lived in Jasienica.
Abraham was a peddler, very common in those days. And he had 4 wives
(not so common)
--Heni WISNER (c 1865 - 1895), Esther BEIM (c 1860-1901),
Carolyn, and Ruchel.
Two of his children emigrated to the United States, Ella KRAMER (born 1899, married Joe Hoffman)
and Jacob KRAMER (born 2/84, married
Annie LINDNER, whom he met on the boat). Jacob was a talmudic student; here
he was a tailor, like many other Jewish immigrants. .
My two grandfathers, Jacob KRAMER and Abraham Scheiner, came from the same area;
it was said that at my parents' wedding...Abraham embraced a KRAMER cousin, as they had last
seen each other in Chaydah (Hebrew School), 40 some years before. At that wedding too, they
celebrated by remembering Jasienica, known to the Jews as Yashnitz, a dairy town,
for which Yashnitzers (omelets) were named.
Annie and Jacob had 4
children: Rubin (my dad), Daniel, Carrie (married Morris
Sobel) and Emanual (Mickey). That's my dad Ruby and his brother Denny on the right>>.
All raised wonderful families in the New York area.
We even have a famous descendent, the drummer of Aerosmith, Joey KRAMER.
There were other KRAMERs who emigrated from
Jasienica, and it took over 10 years to make the connections: they include Dora KRAMER
(born 1889, married Samuel KLEVE),
Fani (born 1895) married Efroim SPEVAK, and Amelia (born 1897).
I knew from my sister's memories, that aunt Ella HOFFMAN visited KRAMER
cousins in the Bronx. Many years later I had lunch with a lady who remembered Aunt Ella, as
she had lived with them in JASIENICA after her mother died and her father remarried.
(that's Ella and niece Carrie KRAMER on the left; they adored each other!).
That was an exciting afternoon as we shared what we knew of the Beck, Weiss, Kramer and Hoffman families!
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My KRAMER Cousins: The Third & Fourth Generation
I won't put in the names, as privacy is important...but here is a collection of
photographs from the KRAMER Family:
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Want to know about Yashnitz?
Go to YASHNITZ
I have a tree of all the KRAMER/Beim/Wisners and would be happy to share that
with anyone interested.
Phyllis KRAMER,
NYC & Palm Beach Gardens
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Great Grandfather Josef SCHEINER was born in DUBETSK in 1858. Josef married
Frieda Necha KANDEL circa
1880 and settled in her shtetl, Strzyzow. (details below)
When the shittach was made,
Jacob Kandel promised his future son-in-law that he would make him the Schochet
in Strzyzow. Something went wrong. I never found out what, but the story came
down that another son-in-law became the Schochet. For more on the KANDELS, click KANDEL .
A few years later, Josef SCHEINER took
his wife and son and emigrated to the United States; there he became a schochet.
Joseph had a red beard and was a very clever man.
He also had beautiful voice; neighbors would listen to sedar through
the window; one pesach it was cold, and neighbors called to ask window be opened so that they could listen
to his sedar. Joseph's sons Sam and Abe were tenors (supposidly Abe made two records with Belle Baker but i've
never been able to locate them).
My great grandfather Josef SCHEINER (born 1858) was the eldest son of Naphtuli SCHEINER
and Sarah GREENBERG. His siblings were Channuch (born 1868) who
emigrated to Israel, and Tsipora (born 1870) who came to New York. (details below)
The American SCHEINERs:
Josef SCHEINER, b. 1858 Dubiecko, Galicia, m. 1880 Strzyzow, d.1930 224 E 4th St, New York
m. Frieda KANDEL, b. Nov, 1860 Strzyzow, Galicia, d. Oct 15, 1931 NYC
- Abraham SCHEINER, b. Jan 01, 1882 Strzyzow, Galicia, d.
Aug, 1962 1212 Grand Avenue; Bronx, NY,
m. Gussie STECHER, b. Feb 24, 1882, Zmigród, Galicia,
m. Oct 31, 1909nyc, d. Jul 20, 1970 NY (the wonderful photograph at right taken was taken
around 1918; my mom is the oldest child)
Their children were
- Lillian SCHEINER, 1910nyc-2000 Fla, married Rubin KRAMER
- Tully SCHEINER, 1913nyc-1986Fla, married Elizabeth
SEEGMAN, born Starokonstantin, Russia, and
- Goldy SCHEINER
, 1914-1974 NY, married Benjamin ROTHSTEIN, born NYC; that's their wedding photo on the left!
Uncle Bennie's parents owned Hennington Hall, on 2nd Street, where they were
married in 1936. Last year I stopped by the Hall; after introducing myself, the current
owner invited me to look inside; It is still fabulous; the main floor, crowned
with a 
marvelous metal ceiling, is three stories high! The current owner asked why there were kitchens on both floors; I explained they often had more than
one reception at a time in the Hall.
My grandfather Abe SCHEINER's siblings were:
- Sadie SCHEINER, b.1887 Strzyzow, married Harry KIMMEL, Sam SIEGELBAUM
- Helen KIMMEL, 1909 nyc-1987 Bklyn, (i talk with son Manny once in a while)
- Jack SIEGELBAUM, 1914-1972 (that's his bar mitzvah photo below!)
- Sidney SIEGELBAUM, 1921,nyc-1994
- Sam SCHEINER, 1894 (claimed Rzeszow, but i think it was Strzyzow)-1948Bx
- Roy SCHEINER, 1928 Bklyn-1996 editor, newspaper, Bklyn, NY
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My Cousins: The Second Generation of SCHEINERS
I won't put in the names, as privacy is important...but here is a collection of
photographs from the Scheiner Family:
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Tsipora SCHEINER'S family from DUBETSKO
Joseph's sister, Tsipora SCHEINER married Yechial ROTHAUS from
Dubiecko (they kept the Scheiner surname) and emigrated to the United States;
here she celebrates her
50th wedding anniversary in 1936.
Scheiner Family Stories
I remember my sister and i (on the right) meeting her grandchildren
and seeing the home made films from this celebration, and recognizing my grandparents. But the
story told to me was that my grandfather wasn't happy at the wedding as they were seated in the back, and left soon after the ceremony. Sounds like many a story i have heard before!
Another interesting story is that two of Tsipora's sons, Jack and Louis, fought in World War I...but on opposite sides! One was drafted into the army in Austria, the other had immigrated to the United States.
An Interesting Letter!
In 1989, a Scheiner cousin, Beatrice Scheiner Schoedes, received this letter from Kalman Scheiner, the son Channuch Scheiner,
the nephew of Tsipora and Josef Scheiner. It tells an interesting story (albeit some of the "facts" are
incorrect):
"Thank you very much for the letter. I am happy to learn that you have a family circle
of cousins (there should be in the tens of cousins from the Scheiners family. I will try my
best to help you...
My grandfather (your g. grandfather) Naftuli Scheiner, lived in the city Dubiecko near
Przemysl. He had two sons. Josef Scheiner the oldest went to the USA in 1878, a few years
later came back to Dubiecko, took a wife and went back to USA. In NY he was a shooter (editors note: schochet)...Had 6 sons.
All meried with children and grandchildren. The wife of uncle Josef left for US with
great bitterness because the mechitunem were against the shiduch. So she swore that they will
never here from their son. And so was it. My father used to write letter after letter but no
answer. She took care of the mail. He was working all day and she burned all the mail from the
family.
After about 30-40 or even 50 years a grandchild got a letter and by a miracle handed
over to her grandfather. This was in 1927. We received (my father) a letter from his oldest
brother. This letter was a gance megille. He never new if somebody lives from his family to
answer him as soon as possible, but he never got anymore letters from US."
Who knows what gems of truth are in this family story?
Want to know about this shtetl? Go to DUBIECKO.
Here's an addition...to this tale...in the early 2000s, in Florida, i found out a friend's family came from the same area in Galicia. We exchanged notes and indeed, there is a SCHEINER in her family from Dubiecko too! We are related...and someday we may find out how!
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My ggm Freida Necha is very special to me;
i am named for her. I treasure the candlesticks she brought with
her from Europe. Recently i gave cousin David Scheiner our grandfathers tallis
and gave his son Brett Scheiner his great great grandmother's candlesticks, trusting they will stay in the family for generations to come.
Frieda KANDEL was born Nov, 1860 in Strzyzow, Galicia; her parents were Sara Langsam and Jacob Kandel. Jacob had a hebrew school (Chaydah).
Frieda followed her husband Josef Scheiner to the United States in November of 1898...with daughter Sarah. Joseph was living in Oliphant, Penna (near Uniontown, Fayette county) though I've never found out why. Immigrants settle where there are others they know, but i cannot find anyone who ever lived in this town. But when i do, i'll bet its family!
By 1900, the family was rooted on Ridge Street, on the Lower East Side of New York City.
Freida had a sister, Rose/Ruchel KANDEL, b. 1867, Strzyzow who married
Micheal SCHIMMEL (1857Strzyzow--1942 Bronx).
Their children were:
- Harry Schimmel, 1896-1963 NJ,
- Jennie Schimmel, b. 1903 NYC
- Dave Schimmel, b. 1905 100 Goerch St, NY, d.1976
- Sura Schimmel, b. 1907 married Sidney Orloff, they had a son who moved to Oregon.
It was from Rose's death certificate (on the right) that I learned that their parents names were Jacob
KANDEL and Sara LANGSAM. The Langsams were a large family from Rzeszow, but so far, i've been unable to find the connection.
Another possible relative: We wintered in Savannah in the 90s;
a wonderful neighbor told me her
maiden name was KANDEL; we did some genealogy research together and found that her grandfather, Philip KANDEL, was born in Rzeszow...only 15 miles North of Strzyzow; we researched the family: 3 sons of Zvi Kandel: Philip, Jacob & Benjamin (born 1872-7); we know we are related, by temperament at least, by blood very likely. But we haven't nailed it...yet!
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Want to know about this shtetl? Go to STRZYZOW
For more information on SCHEINERS and KANDELS, email Phyllis KRAMER
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My great grandmother Dora EICHEL was born in Rohatyn
in 1862. She married Reuven LINDNER (i finally found out that he was born in
Burstyn, 10 miles south, in 1858); the photo is circa 1893-my aren't they a handsome
couple! I know the first two children were born in Burshtyn, the third claimed Budapest,
and many of the others were born in the US, as the couple came back and forth many
times; Charles was even born on the boat! He's the adorable baby.
Reuven, I was told, was a "dayan", but one who travelled from town to town (is that
possible?). We do know that son Izzie's bar mitzvah was moved up to 1904, as Reuven had to
return to Europe, supposidly seeking
a cure for his ailments. I don't know where he died either, but Dora returned to the
States in 1906, with the children.
Dora's father, Anschel EICHEL was a tailor who specialized in making uniforms for the Pravoslav priests and
monks. We can trace the Eichels back to Yitzhak Eichel, who lived in Hamburg at
the end of the 18th century; he was a scholar who published a textbook of the
Yiddish language and was a pupil of the German philosopher Kant.
Here is the EICHEL family tree: Anschel EICHEL married Beile BERLIN in Rohatyn around 1850.
Their children were:
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Charlotte "Scheindel" EICHEL who married Eisig GARTNER and settled in BOLEKOV.
Some of their children came to the U.S. but those who remained were killed in the Shoa.
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Yaakov EICHEL whose son Abraham EICHEL married Sarah BARBER and emigrated to the U.S.
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Esther EICHEL who married Hersh Berlin, and some of their children emigrated to the U.S.
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Dora EICHEL who married REUVEN LINDNER (my great grandparents-details below)
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Abraham Leib EICHEL, about whom we are not certain...but through JRIP we found
a birth certificate, and through fellow researchers we found this man marrying
Perl GITTMAN in STRZYZOW, another city of Galicia.
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Daniel EICHEL who married Rachel HAUSMAN from Bolekov; he studied baking in Rohatyn,
was raised by his elder sister Scheindel after Beile died; his children emigrated to
Israel, produced the Bolechov Yizkor book in Israel; and the family prospers there today.
We knew of these cousins, but couldn't locate them for many
years, as they had changed their surname to ESHEL.
I finally found these cousins through the wonderful expertise of Batya
UNTERSHATZ and her wonderful Search Bureau in Israel. Granddaughter Rachel had a history of the Eichel family that went clear back to the 1700s, when one of the EICHELs was a student of Kant, and wrote a book on the Yiddish language. One of these days i hope to meet all the grandchildren.
Hersch/Harry EICHEL, the youngest, and the son of Anschel's second wife Riwe
RUBINFELD from Bursztyn, emigrated to the United States, married Esther STAMLER
from ZUPNIK, and raised a family in Brooklyn (photo at right). I am grateful that Harry's youngest
son, Morty Eichel (pictured at left) was a fount of information and stories of the family; I miss you Morty.
Maybe you could have put together the WEICHes and the WEISSes, whom i am convinced came from Rohatyn and are somehow related.
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The LINDNER Family in NYC
Reuven LINDNER and Dworsha EICHEL had 9 children; the first two, born in
Burshtyn, Galicia (now Ukraine) did not live past infancy, and died in nearby Rohatyn.
The surviving 7 children
are pictured at a 1944 celebration:
(from left) Mark, Pauline, Jack, Sadie, Izzie, Annie (my gm) & Charlie.
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The 1947 photograph on the right is the next generation;
the American children of these immigrants:
Mark LINDNER,
the oldest, born 1881 in Budapest (so he claimed, but i'm not sure),
was quite the man! He wrote plays but is best remembered as an
actor; he was known as the "Man of 1000 Faces". Mark was the first to move to Los Angeles in the 1930s.
He was most famous for the play he wrote for Mae West, "Diamond Lil". He married a cousin,
Tillie LINDNER, pictured at the right.
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Jacob LINDNER, born 1894 on River Street in Patterson, NJ (I'm not sure even he
knew the place and date) married Fay ROSE and was a vaudeville producer
and talent agent. In 1951 Jack and Mark had a television show “The Bowery” (it didn't last long
in those early days of slapstick).
We knew Jack had a grandson, but didn't even know his first name! A few years ago, when
FindUSA was available,
i was finally able to track Jack's grandson to Wisconsin and contact him. It was a heartwarming
reunion...he thought he was the last of the LINDNER line......We exchanged memories and
photographs and i feel i have a friend altho very far away.
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Sadie LINDNER,
born 1893 in Galicia, married Irving TANNER (originally TARNOWER or TARNAFKER fro Kansuga, Galicia). Irving had a mens clothing store,
'Modern Haberdashers' on Pitkin Avenue in Brooklyn. Children Rita and David. My sister and I had dinner with David in 2010! He has written many books and is still lecturing!
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Izzie LINDNER,
born on Norfolk Street in 1890, married Bertha BERMAN, children Julius "Jay"
and Gertrude "Gerti" who married Jerry LIEBERMAN.
Izzie LINDNER went to school in Budapest, with sister Annie;
he also had a haberdashery and he was famous because he would sweep the store at night
and somehow he became very superstitious; he would wash hands after dealing with nuns. I remember
the cousins club where my parents
partied with all their cousins in the 1950s and 1960s. It was Gert who gave me the wonderful
photograph of Harold's bar mitzvah.
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Annie LINDNER (my gm)
married Jacob KRAMER...my grandfather. Unfortunately he died quite young (age 49)
and my dad, the oldest, went to work to support the family. Dad began by working for his uncle
then took his own "line" as a travelling salesmen, eventually opening up Jambi Incorporated, his hosiery business.
We dearly remember the business slogan the 'sox with sox appeal'!
I remember well my uncles Mickey and Denny and aunt Carrie (who married Morris SOBEL, pictured
below).
Mickey married Doris SCHWARTZ,
Denny married Bea REMIS who had a pocketbook and jewelry store next door to his haberdashery. Mickey was in the
marketing business, and son Joey is quite famous as the drummer for Aerosmith!
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Pauline LINDNER married Philip KINDLER; children Rhoda and Arnold. I spent a lovely afternoon with
Rhoda's daughter sharing family stories.
Charles LINDNER, or "uncle Charlie" as i remember him, was the patriarch of that generation;
he was devoted to his mother, Dora. At left is a wonderful photo of mother and son.
Charlie stayed behind in WWI and created a silk tie business which supported him in
grand style (on the Grand Concourse); Charles married Sadie SCHWARTZ (we called
her SadieCharlie, to differentiate her from sister-in-law, Sadie LINDNER) and they had 3 sons:
Robbie, Manny, and Harold. That's Dora pictured with Charlie's son Robert Lindner, who went on to
become the famous psychologist and author of "Rebel Without a Cause" and "The Fifty Minute Hour".
Fortunately I was able to contact all of Charlie's grandchildren and am friendly with
many today (see photos below).
My Cousins: The Third Generation of LINDNERS
I won't put in the names, as privacy is important...but here is a collection of
photographs from the LINDNER and EICHEL Families:
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Reuven LINDNER'S Brothers: Moishe Aaron and Saul
Reuven LINDNER had 2 brothers who were very close; my aunt Carrie told me
that as children, all the cousins lived at 1103 Washington Avenue in the Bronx.
(quote): We each lived on a different floor: Auntie Chipper lived on ground floor,
Izzie on another, Charlie on another. Long narrow halls, big rooms.
The family gave support to Dora when she returned in 1906 after Reuven died.
- Morris Aron married Tsipora MAURER from Rohatyn and they emigrated in 1886 with Louis,
Tillie and Sam; Sadie was born here soon after. Tillie married cousin Mark (right).
Isn't this photograph fabulous!
- Saul or Solomon, as he was called, did not remain close with the family. Born in December
of 1875, to Berl's last wife, he married a distant cousin, Freida LINDNER (from the
Romanian side) and they lived on East 7th Street. Their sons were
Benjamin, Sidney and Robert.
The LINDNER Cousins
Berl LINDNER's parents were Jacob and Rebecca GUEMAN LINDNER (my ggg gp).
I have found four of Berl's siblings and traced them to the United States; the grandchildren have met each other!
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Berl LINDNER born 1834, Galicia (don't I wish I knew where in Galicia!) had (at least)
3 wives; he married Sarah
MERL and had sons Nachman, Moshe Aron (see his family below) and Reuven (my ggf); married Leah Weiss and had
son Solomon and married Clara SPIEGEL. Berl died in Rohatyn in 1896.
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Simon LINDNER (1842 Iasi-) married Deborah LAZAROWICH in Romania; children:
Samuel, Solomon, Toni, David, Jacob Louis (upholsterer in NYC, i met daughter Sylvia
in Florida), Frieda and Nathan.
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Kiva LINDNER (Sept 1844 Iasi-1917 Bklyn), children H.Reuven, Bernard, and Mary,
who married cousin Adolph below.
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Isaac LINDNER born 1853 also from Iasi, married Rosel BERKOWITZ; they emigrated
around 1903, children: Leon, Morris, Adele, Jacob B, and Adolph. When one of the childlren
died, I located heirs for the attorney.
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Zmigród, Galicia - STECHER, Trachman, Kornreich, Salz
- Rohatyn, Galicia (now Ukraine) - LINDNER, Eichel, Maurer, Weiss
- Strzyzow, Galicia - Kandel, Langsam
- Dubiecko, Galicia - Scheiner, Greenberg
- Dukla, Galicia - Schuss, Trachman
- Jasienica Rosielna, Galicia - KRAMER, Beim, Wisner
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So you want to do family research? Where do you start? Start with your family; make a tree. Then go to the U.S. census to find clues and fill out the tree.(you will find Ancestry.com in many public libraries). Next, vital records (birth, marriage, death records) to find parents names. Then Try these wonderful
websites:
For more information, email
Phyllis KRAMER
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My Ancestors
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by older sisters Tillie and Zelda, but she managed to get to a cask of liquor. Drank so
much they found her unconscious and thought she was dead. Golda came with a
mirror (how clever); holding it under her nose she declared her daughter alive, and promptly
put her in the bed. Gussie didn’t eat solid food for two month!
did my grandmother come here? The story was that Gussie & Tillie came to US
because the air was better! But the sisters knew that Tillie was in love with a baker from
Zmigród and the baker's family didn't have "yichas"; so Tillie followed him to
America, bringing her kid sister along with her. Tillie and Ben married, lived in Hartford and
raised 3 children. That's Tillie & Ben on their 50th anniversary!
married Ester Guterman from Philadelphia and then
Lillie GEIGER (a distant cousin) from DUKLA. Boy was he a
looker! Family stories include lots of showgirls and a Stutz Bearcat. Badish would dress up my
uncle Tully as a chauffeur when going to his “amours”.
also in the egg business in Zmigród. Her children, born in Zmigród include:
Jack 1916, Shimsha, Naftuli Josef, ChinChin and Itchie. Jack escaped, but the rest of the family was killed by the Germans.
Samuel STECHER, with whom my grandmother lived in 1900 (cousins in the 1900 census). I never found Samuel STECHER again.
He seemed to have disappeared from the earth. But I broke through this brick wall when i
was contacted by a fellow researcher on JewishGen's Family Finder, who was looking for STECKLER from
the same shtetl... Zmigrod...and when we exchanged trees, it appeared that Samuel Stecher had changed his
name to Zanvil Steckler (we never found out why).
That lovely photograph below is Zanvil and his family
And that is how Jonathan and I became aware of the STECHER Family Circle.
returned to Zmigrod last year; (his story is on the web page devoted to our ancestral town of
Zmigrod; click here to go to
