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The Migration of a Shtetl
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Wave I 1890–1910
Getzel and Ida (Rivitz) Fax were the earliest pioneers we know about who left Mlynov for the United States, leaving in 1890 and 1891. They landed in Baltimore because it was the first available ticket that Getzel was able to secure. After Getzel and Ida settled there, they were followed by in-laws and cousins from Mlynov making Baltimore the largest concentration of Mlynov immigrants. This is the reason that only Baltimore had a sufficient concentration of Mlynov immigrates to start a Mlynov "Verein," a landschaften group dedicated to their home town. Between 1900–1910, migration from Mlynov was slow but more or less continuous to Baltimore before picking up speed between 1910–1914. Throughout this period, Baltimore continued to receive the most Mlynov and Mervits immigrants.
The earliest known Mlynov immigrant to the New York area, Gedalia (Joseph) Gelberg, arrived in 1898 and settled in Jersey City. He was a blacksmith and opened a wagon repair shop. A small steady trickle of Mlynov immigrants settled in the New York area between 1909–1914, but remained smaller in scope than the stream to Baltimore. A few Mlynov immigrants also headed to cousins in Providence, RI as well. Chicago does not appear to become a destination until 1910–1914, when a small group of Mlynov immigrants follow a brother-in-law to that area.
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record 1890–91 Fax (Fuchs) Baltimore Georg Fox line 316 Getzel and Ida Fax were the first known pioneers who immigrated from Mlynov to Baltimore. They lived just a block from the harbor at Centre Market until they settled nearby at 818 E. Pratt Street in 1898. They moved to 836 E Pratt by 1906, shortly after the Baltimore fire. A number Mlynov immigrants who arrived in Baltimore stayed with the Faxes on E. Pratt Street while they got on their feet. Indeed, the Fax address as a destination often helped confirm the manifest of a Mlynov immigrant. It seems likely that Getzel was the one arriving in Baltimore on Sept 24, 1891 under the name “Georg Fox," a name he used again in subsequent records. He traveled on the SS Munchen from Bremen to Baltimore. The manifest of Ida with their daughter Teresa has not been located. See an overview of the Fax/Fuchs family migration or the Fax/Fuchs Family Story
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record December 13, 1898 Gelberg Brooklyn Gedale Gelberg line 5 “Gadalie / Gedale Gelberg” [Joseph Gelberg] traveled on the SS Amsterdam from Amsterdam to New York. He is listed as 19, a cartwright (someone also wrote wheelright). His last residence was Dubno and he was headed to an uncle that appears to be “B Tepper” 112 Belmont Ave, Brooklyn. He is the first of the Gelberg brothers from Mlynov to arrive and will soon set up a wagon making business in Jersey City. See a summary of the Gelberg family migration or read more about the Gelberg family from Mlynov.
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record May 20, 1899 Polisuk / Polishuk Baltimore Chaim Polaschuk, lines 5-7 Chaim Polaschuk (aka Hyman Polisuk) was age 23 when he and his wife Ester, age 20, and son Abram, age 11, arrived in Baltimore from Bremen on the SS Crefeld. Chaim had relatives in Mlynov but it is not clear where he was born. Later records call the place “Mert Ulicki”, which may be an attempt to transliterate Muravica, but this is not certain. Their destination is Ester’s relative, L. Sadusky (later Sody) at 625 E. Lombard. See an overview of the Polisuk / Nudler family migration or read more about the Polisuk / Nudler family from Mlynov.
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record June 12, 1899 Seefer | Handler Lawrence, MA Beile Hendler, line 12 “Beile Hendler” (aka Bessie Handler née Sefeer), daughter of Abraham Seefer and Rivka (Tachman), arrived in New York from Rotterdamn on the SS Amsterdam. Her last residence was "Mlinow," but no birthplace is listed. She is described as age 18 with an implied birth year of 1881. She was headed to her husband B. Hendler (Benjamin Handler) who was living on Hamsphire Street in Lawrence, MA. It appears that her mother Rivka (Tachman) may have been the young girl named Rivka Tachman who was 3 years old in the Mlynov revision of 1858. See an overview of the Sefeer family migration.
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record July 06, 1900 Seefer / Tachman Lawrence, MA Chane and Eisik Sufer, lines 10-11 Siblings Chane Sufer (Annie Seefer, married name Krasnigor), age 14, and Eisik Sufer (Joseph Jacob Seefer, Hebrew name Eisik Yosef) age 11, departed Hamburg on June 24, 1900 on the SS Pennsylvania and arrived in New York on July 6. They are both described as students. Their last residence was “Mlinow.” They are headed to a “brother” Basis Sufer [i.e. their sister Beile Sufer, married name Hendler) in Lawrence, MA at 560 Hampshire Street (see migration record of sister Beile Hendler above). Their mother, Rivka, and two younger siblings arrive below in 1904. See an overview of the Sefeer family migration.
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record February 3, 1901 Roskes Baltimore Schame Roskis, line 3 “Schame Roskis” (Samuel Roskes), age 27, husband of Mollie (Demb) from Mlynov, traveled from Bremen to New York on the SS Dresden. He is described as a laborer from “Luck" [today Lutsk, Ukraine]. He was headed to Baltimore to his brother-in-law [sic] “Pitzel Fax” (=Getzel) at 818 E Pratt. Getzel was not his brother-in-law, at least in the way we use the term today. Samuel’s wife, Mollie, was sister of Pessie (Bessie) Demb. Her husband, David Rivitz, was the brother of Getzel’s wife Ida (Rivitz). David arrived a few weeks later in Baltimore (see next) and the two brother-in-laws stayed with the Faxes until their wives arrived in 1908 and 1909. See a summary of Demb family migration or check out the Demb Family story.
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record February 20, 1901 Rivitz [became Hurwitz] Baltimore David "Rewitz", line 16 David "Rewitz" [Rivitz] [aka David Hurwitz], husband of Pesse (Bessie) Demb, and brother of Ida Fax, is described as age 35 and a dealer. He traveled from Bremen to Baltimore on the SS Koln arriving Feb. 20, 1901. His last residence is somewhat illegible but possibly an attempt to transliterate Mlynov or Mervits. He was headed to “bil” [brother-in-law] Getzel Fax, 818 E Pratt. David had been commuting back and forth from Mlynov to Baltimore in the 1890s and made his permanent move in Feb. 1901. His son arrived in 1904 and his wife and two daughters arrived in 1909. David's daughter, Clara Fram, writes about his leaving Mlynov in her memoir. See an overview of the Rivitz / Hurwitz migration story or read more about the Hurwitz Family story.
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record March 2, 1904 Fox / Fax / Fuchs Baltimore Saloman and Zipporah, separate pages
p. 1, line 26 | p. 2, line 5"Salomon" Fox (Sam Fox), the brother of Getzel Fax, traveled from Bremen on the SS Rhein and arrived in Baltimore on March 02, 1904. His wife, Zipporah, is listed on a different page of the manifest for unknown reasons. Solomon (Sam) is listed as age 23, married and a laborer and headed to his brother “Gessel” Fax at 818 [E] Pratt. He listed his last residence as Brody, Austria, which was not far across the Austria/Russia border and 84 km from Mlyniv today. Whether Sam was living there for a long time or just passing through on his migration is not known. Next to Samuel's name, someone wrote "with wife."
For unknown reasons, his wife "Cipa Folks" (Zipporah Fox) appears on a different page of the manifest (page 109). Her last residence is also "Brody, Austria" and she is headed to her brother-in-law, Getzel, at 818 E. Pratt Street. Samuel and Zipporah arrived just a few weeks after the Great Baltimore Fire which occurred on February 7, 1904. Between 1904 and 1909, Samuel and Zipporah had two sons, but Zipporah passed away by 1909. Samuel subsequently married Menische Rivitz (aka Minnie Hurwitz) shortly after she arrived with her family. Minnie was already family. Her parents were David Hurwitz and Bessie (née Demb). Minnie was thus a niece of Sam's sister-in-law, Ida Fax. See an overview of the Fax/Fuchs family migration or the Fax/Fuchs Family StoryJump back to the migration overview.
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record July 25, 1904 Seefer | Tachman Lawrence, MA Rivka, Fannie and Samuel Seefer, lines 1-3 "Riwke Soifer," (aka Rebecca Sefeer née Tachman), age 39, and two children, Wikie (aka Fannie Olans), and Salomon (aka Samuel Seefer), age 7, left Rotterdam on July 11, 1904 on the SS Rotterdam and arrived in New York on July 25th. Riwke is described as married, a wife, not able to be read or write. Her last residence is "Mlynow," and her ticket was paid by her husband. Their destination is her husband "A Soifer" at 4 Concord Street in Lawrence Mass.
Three of her older children already arrived: Beile Hendler and Annie and Eisik. See a summary of the Seefer family migration.Jump back to the migration overview.
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record July 8, 1905 Hirsch New York Hersch Hirsch, line 19 “Hersch Hirsch” aka ( Harry Hirsch), age 22, occupation "iron founder," traveled from Antwerp to New York on the SS Kroonland. He is the first of the Hirsch brothers to arrive. It seems conceivable he worked in the iron foundry of Moshe Gruber in Mlynov. His last residence is listed as “Mlinow.” His destination is a friend in New York. The writing is illegible but appears like J Israel 55 Ruttzer, which I assume is 55 Rutgers Street on the Lower East Side. His brothers and parents follow him to New York in the next few years. See a summary of the Hirsch family migration or read more about the Hirsch family from Mlynov.
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record Dec 10, 1906 Hirsch New York Gdalie Girsch, line 6 “Gedalie Girsch” (Jack Hirsch) departed from Rotterdam to New York on the SS Rijndam on Dec. 1, 1906. He is listed as 18 years of age, single, and in an occupation related to “metal” but which is not legible. His last residence is listed as “Milinoff.” Gdalie /Jack is headed to his brother “H. Girsch” [Harry Hirsch] at 86 Lewis Street where his brother had taken up residence, c/o of what is apparently the head to the same friend his brother listed on his manifest, but whose name now looks like “J. Waitzer.” His brother Harry Hirsch arrived earlier. See the summary of the Hirsch family migration or read more about the Hirsch family from Mlynov.
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record 1906 Cramer | Katz | Wurtzel Canada records not located A 1911 record and family letters suggest that Frieda Cramer and her brother Moses Cramer from Mervits migrated to the prairie in Saskatchewan, Canada sometime in 1906. See a summary of the Cramer | Wurtzel | Katz family migration or read more about the Wurtzel family from Mlynov.
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record May 18, 1907 Rivitz | Hurwitz Baltimore Jechok Riwez, line 29 test Jechok Riwez (aka Yitzhak Rivitz), the son of Bessie (née Demb) and David Hurwitz, arrived in Baltimore on May 18, 1907 traveling from Bremen on the SS Brandenburg. The manifest is pretty illegible. “Headed to father” is scratched out and “uncle” written in. It appears it originally said "father Davd Rewitz" but was replaced by uncle c/0 Fax. The address appears to be 1836 E Pratt but was in fact 836 E. Pratt, the address of the Fax family with whom his father David Hurwitz was living . The 1 in “1836” is probably the foot of the “f” in father. See the Hurwitz/Rivitz Family Story, a summary of Demb family migration or check out the Demb Family story.
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record May 21, 1907 Schwartz / Gelbstein New York Moses Schwarz and Isak Gelbstein, List 30, lines 11 and 17 May 21, 1907 Goldberg / Gelberg New York Simon Goldberg, List 29, line 30 May 21, 1907 Katz / Hirsch New York Yerichem and Shifre Girsch (aka Katz), List 20, lines 10-11 Four men and one daughter from Mlynov traveled on the SS Neiuw Amsterdam traveling from Rotterdam to New York, arriving May 21, 1907. One is headed to Baltimore and three to New York. They appear on different pages of the manifest but presumably all knew each other from the small shtetl and planned or coordinated their travel together.
“Moses Schwarz” (aka Morris Schwartz), age 30, a locksmith from "Mlinow" is headed to Baltimore to his brother (either S. or I.) Schwartz at 836 E Pratt, the home of the Faxes. It may have been his brother, Israel, who was already in Baltimore by then but who then went back to Mlynov before he returned again in March 1911 (see below). Morris’s other brother Michael Schwartz (also called “Heschie” and “Michel”) and wife Fannie, arrived later this same year (November 1907). By 1910, Moses, his wife Fannie and son Paul and brother Michael are all at 813 E Pratt. Moses appears on “List 38” of this manifest. See an overview of the Schwartz family migration or read more about the Schwartz family from Mlynov.
Isak Gelbstein appears on the same page of the manifest (“List 38”) six lines below Moses Schwarz. Isak is listed as age 25, a “taylor.” His last residence was Mlinow but his birthplace is listed as “Robaczev.” He is headed to his step-brother, F Finkelstein, at 364-366 E 10th St. New York. He may be the man later called Isie Goldstein in New York naturalization records which indicate he arrived on this ship. In that record, his birthplace is listed as "Lutzk." Perhaps his wife was from Mlynov which is why he was living in Mlynov before he left.
Simon Goldberg, age 38 from “Mlinow”, appears on “List 29" of the manifest. (Morris and Isak were on “List 38”). He is headed to a brother-in-law at 229 Second Street, in New York. The brother-in-law’s name is difficult to decipher but looks like F. Kanfed. This Simon Goldberg has not yet been identified but presumably is a relative of either the Gelberg or Goldberg immigrants from Mlynov.
Jerichem Gircsh (i.e., Chaim Yerukim Katz aka Hyman Katz) (the father of the Yiddish poet Aleph Katz) and Hyman's oldest daughter Sifre Katz (later Sophie Cohen) were also on this ship, according to their later naturalization papers. They were located traveling using the surname of Chaim's wife, Henie Hirsch. They appear on List 20 of the manifest under the names “Jerichem Gircsh” and “Shifre Girsch”. They used “Girsh,” a variation on the maiden name of Chaim’s wife, Henie Hirsch. Their destination was a cousin “J. Weitzger” at 86 Lewis Street, the same address where Chaim’s nephews, Harry and Jack Hirsch, were also living at the time after they arrived. See a summary of the Hirsch family migration or read more about the Hirsch family from Mlynov.
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record May 22, 1907 Newman New York Jacob Neuman, line 10 Jacob Neuman (Jacob Newman), husband of Chaya Hirsch (Clara Newman) from Mlynov. He is age 35, occupation “Dealer” and arrived in New York on the SS Astoria having traveled from Glasgow, Scotland. Jacob was headed to his nephew Hersch Girsch [Harry Hirsch] c/0 [name illegible Weizer?] 86 Division St, NY. His last residence was Mlynov where his wife Clara Hirsch was born. His place of birth is listed as simply Russia, though his 1912 Petition for Naturalization in Providence, RI, gives his birthplace as Coman Coshorski Russia, a place not yet identified. His nephew, Hersch Hirsch, arrived already on July 8, 1905. See a summary of the Hirsch family migration or read more about the Hirsch family from Mlynov.
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record August 7, 1907 Gelberg Jersey City Abraham Gelberg, August 7, 1907, line 27
Abraham Gelberg, June 14, 1907, line 6Abraham Gelberg was supposed to be on the SS Petersburg that was traveling from Rotterdam to New York on June 14, 1907. But his name is crossed out and he must have missed this passage for some unknown reason. Instead, he caught passage on the SS Carmania from Liverpool arriving in NY on August 7. Abraham is listed as a blacksmith, age 38. His wife Pearl (also called Fannie or Feige) is back in Radivilov, Volin. He is headed to his brother Joe Gelberg 457 Pacific Av, Jersey City. His birthplace is listed as “Malinow.” See a summary of the Gelberg family migration or read more about the Gelberg family from Mlynov.
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record August 20, 1907 Hirsch New York Abraham Hirsch, Aug. 20, 1907, line 29 (2 pages) Abraham Hirsch [aka A. D. Hirsch], the third Hirsch brother to arrive, traveled from Rotterdam to New York on the SS Nordau, arriving on Aug. 21, 1907. He is listed as age 16 and a laborer. Abraham is traveling as a nephew with another family. Their family name is transcribed by Ancestry as Perisi. They are probably related to Abraham’s mother, whose maiden name was Kolter. This family lists their closest relationship back in Europe as Mechel Koller or Kolter. Abraham is headed to his brother Aaron (also called Harry above) at 86 Lewis Street in New York, in the Lower East Side. His last residence is listed as “Dubne” but he was probably just aligning with the information of the family he was traveling with. According to his Declaration of Intention, signed on January 18, 1910 in the Southern District of New York, his birthplace was “Mlinow,” Russia. See a summary of the Hirsch family migration or read more about the Hirsch family from Mlynov.
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record Sept. 19, 1907 Gelberg Jersey City Gershen Gelberg, line 19 (2 pages) Migration-of-a-Shtetl.htmlGershen Gelberg (Jacob Gelberg) (son of Nathan Gelberg), traveled from Libau, Russia (now Latvia) on SS Moskova arriving in NY on Sept. 19, 1907. He was 16 years old and listed as a painter. Gershen’s last residence is what I believe reads “Wolyn, Merwitz” (=Mervits in the district of Volyn). Ancestry mistranscribes this as “Wilna.” His closest relative there is N. Goldberg (likely Nathan Gelberg, his father). Like Abraham who arrived in August, Gershen is headed to “brother” Joe Goldberg–457 “Facific” (=Pacific) Ave, Jersey City.* His birthplace, however, is not clear on the second page. See a summary of the Gelberg family migration or read more about the Gelberg family from Mlynov.
*Note: In a longer discussion of the Gelberg family, I conclude that this Gershen is Nathan Gelberg’s son, Jacob, and not Joseph’s brother, and was likely mistating his relationship as a brother to Gershen Joe to avoid issues in customs, since Joseph was already in the US and Nathan was not.
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record November 14, 1907 Schwartz and Weinstein Baltimore Michael Schwartz, Ester Schwartz, and Morris Weinstein lines 2-4 (2 pages) Three travelers from Mlynov and Mervits traveled together from Bremen to Baltimore on the SS Brandenburg. They are listed side by side on the manifest. Two of them are from the Schwartz family and one from the Weinstein family.
“Mschil Schwarz” (aka Heschie / Michael Schwartz) age 39, is listed as a locksmith, and is accompanying his sister-in-law, Ester Schwars, age 25, whose occupation as tailoress is scratched out. Their last residence was “Malinow.” They are headed to Michael's brother and Ester's husband, “Masitz” (Moses) Schwartz, who arrived in May 1907 and was residing at the Fax address at 836 E Pratt. Ester lists a father “Mordche Schwars” back in “Malinow” and it is unknown whether she also was born a Schwartz or was just referring to the name of her father-in-law. Michael lists his wife “Sheindel Schwarz” still back in Malinow. By 1910, the two Schwartz brothers are living at 813 E. Pratt Street. Ester has given birth to a son Paul Schwartz in 1909. See an overview of the Schwartz family migration or read more about the Schwartz family from Mlynov.
Moses Werchowta (aka Morris Weinstein) (also known in documents as Moses Werchiwken) from “Merwits” is listed next to Michael Schwartz on the manifest. His closest relative back in Mervits is his “father Schlome”, the last name somewhat illegible but may be some variation of Werchow. His destination is a brother in Baltimore at 175 Central Ave around the corner from Pratt Street. The brother’s name appears to be Goldbaum or something like that. Morris's sister Chana Mollie Weinstein (later Mollie Present) arrives later in August 1912 traveling with one of the Fishman girls. See an overview of the Weinstein family migration.
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record June 27, 1908 Herz New York Rubin Herz, line 1 (2 pages) Rubin Herz, age 28, arriving from Hamberg to NY on SS Amerika. His wife Bassie is back in “Mlinow”. He was headed to his brother-in-law Louis Berkowitz, at what looks like 114 Forsyth Street in New York. To date no additional information has been discovered about this individual or family.
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record 1907 Cramer | Katz | Wurtzel Canada records not located A 1911 record indicates David Katz, from Mervits, followed his future wife, Frieda Cramer, and her brother Moses Cramer, to the Canadian prairie in 1907. David was the son of Yankel Volf Katz and Ronya Leah (née Wurtzel). It appears that around 1914, David's siblings, Louis Katz and (Shmuel Leib) sister Bessie (later married named Shnider) joined him in Canada. See a summary of the Cramer | Wurtzel | Katz family migration or read more about the Wurtzel family from Mlynov.
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record 1908 Demb / Roskes Baltimore record not located Mollie Roskes (née Demb), wife of Samuel Roskes arrived with son David in 1908. The passenger manifest of Mollie and David has not been located. However, we know they are living in Baltimore by early 1909 as recounted in the memoire of her niece, Clara (Hurwitz) Fram. See a summary of Demb family migration or check out the Demb Family story.
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record Feb. 2, 1909 Rivitz / Hurwitz / Demb Baltimore Pesie Riwetz and family members, lines 18-22 (2 pages) "Pesie Riwetz” (aka Bessie Hurwitz (née Demb), arrived Feb. 2, 1909 with her mother-in-law, Lisel Rivitz, and three youngest daughters, Minnie, Rose, and Clara. They traveled on the SS Martha Washington from Trieste to New York. "Mlinow" is listed as their last residence and birthplace. Their closest relative there was Bessie's father, "Israel Dem[b]."They were headed to Bessie’s husband, David, who was still living with the Fax family at 836 E Pratt St. See a summary of Demb family migration or check out the Demb Family story.
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record April 9, 1909 Fishman / Goldberg New York Meyer Fishman / Simon Goldberg lines 11-12 (2 pages) Following the path taken by Bessie Hurwitz, two Mlynov men traveled together from Trieste, Italy to New York on the SS Alice.
“Meier Fischman” (aka Meyer Fishman), is listed as age 28, a laborer and born in "Mlyniv." His last permanent residence was Mlynow and his closest relative there was his wife Chaye Fischman (i.e., Ida Goldseker). He was headed to a cousin whose name appears like I. or J. Ganer at 20 Canal St. in New York. We know his wife Ida had a cousin named Carl Gaynor in the Goldseker family from Mlynov who arrived in August 1913. Perhaps this is a relative of Carl's. By 1911, Meyer is living with the Fax family at the 836 E Pratt St. address in Baltimore.* See a summary of the Fishman family migration or read more about the Fishman family from Mlynov.
A man named Goldberg [probably Simon Goldberg] is listed next to Meyer. His identity has not yet been established. His first name is scratched out and someone wrote in what looks like Simon. He is listed as age 35, also a laborer and born in Mlynov, and his closest relative is his wife Rifka back in Mlynov. He is headed to a brother S Goldberg, at 1135, street name illegible, NY. It seems possible he is a relative of the man called Simon Goldberg who arrived in May 1907 with the group of other four Mlynov immigrants.
*Note: We know Meyer Fishman was in Baltimore by March 1911 from the passenger manifest of Nathan Fishman who is headed to his nephew Meyer Fishman at that address.
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record July 15, 1909 Hirsch New York via Baltimore Eisig Girsch, line 17 (2 pages) Isaac Hirsch (“Eisik Girsch”) traveled from Bremen to Baltimore on the SS Frankfort, headed to his brother “H. Girsch.” He is listed as age 30 and a factory laborer. His birthplace is listed as “Mlynov”. His last permanent residence, though somewhat illegible, appears to be “Trochenbrod, G Wolhynea” [for Gubernia Volynhia, the name of the district] which was 30 miles north of Mlynov. This seems to be confirmed by the fact that there are a few other travelers from Trochenbrod listed more legibly just above him on the manifest and with whom it appears he was traveling.
His closest relative listed still back in Trochenbrod was his wife “Sure Girsch.” Online family trees suggest her maiden name was “Coopersmith,” though it appears from her 1912 manifest, that it may have been a Yiddish variation of that, since her mother’s name there is listed as Rifka Kyfer or Kypher. It seems conceivable she was from the Cooperstein/Kuperstein family from Mlynov but there is insufficient evidence to verify this connection.
We can speculate that Isaac stayed overnight in Baltimore with other Mlynov immigrants before continuing onto his final destination in New York to his brother “H. Girsch” again c/o J. Weitzer at 86 (unit 26) Lewis Street. See a summary of the Hirsch family migration or read more about the Hirsch family from Mlynov.
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record Aug. 10, 1909 Gelberg Jersey City Yetta Gelberg, line 30 (3 pages) Yetta (“Itte”) Gelberg, the oldest daughter of Abraham and Fannie Gelberg, traveled on the SS Ryndam from Rotterdam to NY. Her father Abraham was born in Mlynov but apparently moved to Radyvyliv which was his wife's home town. Yetta arrived two years after her father and a year before her mother and siblings. There are two records of her passage, one a passenger manifest and the second a record of aliens detained in special inquiry. Yetta was only 16, apparently traveling alone, and a seamstress. She lists her mother Feige Gelberg as living in her last permanent residence in “Radjmilow” Wolin (today Radyvyliv, Ukraine), which she also lists as her birthplace. She is headed to her father Abraham Gelberg at 457 Pacific Ave Jersey Av, Jersey. See a summary of the Gelberg family migration or read more about the Gelberg family from Mlynov.
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Date of Arrival Family Name Destination City Read or download the record December 14, 1909 Shargel / Hirsch New York Malie Shargel and Efraim Fisz plus fam lines 14-18 (2 pages) Four members of the Hirsch family arrive traveling with another young woman from Mlynov from the Shargel family.
Mollie Feingold (“Mali Schargel”), age 19, traveled on the SS Finland from Antwerp to NY. She is traveling with members of the Hirsch family listed next to her. She lists her father Josel Shargel as her closest relative back in “Mlynow” where she was also born. She was headed to her uncle Weiner [first name illegible] c/o an address in New York that is illegible. It is possible the uncle was a sister of her mother. See an overview of the Shargel family migration or read more about the Shargel family.
Ephraim Hirsch (“Efraim Fisz or Hisz”), his wife “Gittel” and their children, are traveling with Mollie Shargel. Several of Ephraim and Gitel’s sons already arrived. With them is their younger son Abe (soon to be Lewis), age 11, and daughter Yeute (soon to be Jennie), age 10. Their closest relative back in Mlynov is Ephraim’s sister Pesie Galperin (Pessie Halperin). They are headed to their son Harry Einig Georg (Harry Girsch) c/o [illegible] 248 E. 116th Ave in New York’s East Harlem where the family had moved. See a summary of the Hirsch family migration or read more about the Hirsch family from Mlynov.
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