Gilles Fradkin's Research
gilles.fradkin2@libertysurf.fr
I'm thirty-four and I live in the south of France. My ancestors were two brothers who left the Grodno area between 1880 and 1885. Here is their story: Israel FRADKIN and his wife Mirka BERLE LEYZER had two sons who wanted to leave Grodno. When Mirka died, Israel married another woman. This is what decided the two boys (I don't know who was the older) to leave. They went to London; and there, one wanted to go to France, the other wanted to go to New York City. So the first came here, in front of the Mediterranean Sea. He was my gr-gr-grandfather. His surname was Maurice but I'm not sure it was his real surname because it's not a Russian surname. He was born in Amdur in (about) 1857 and died here in Montpellier in 1917. He was sixty.
The second [my gr-gr-granduncle] took the boat to New York City. A few years later, between about 1900 and 1905, he came to Paris and here to pay a visit to his brother. Maybe for his brother's wedding, maybe not. I don't know. And he went back to New York City. Since then, no one had any more news from him. I don't know either his surname or his date of birth. All I have about him is a photo.
I contacted a lot of Fradkins all over the United States, but I didn't find the right branch.
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