My maternal grandfather was Haim
Myer Apelbaum.I
have his military record book (see
pictures) & his naturalization paper.
The naturalization paper says he was born
in “Radin” which I presume should have
read Radom,
I think his wife Fanny (Figi) was a
Goldfarb. Their 5 surviving children were
all born in Zyrardow, Poland.
There is a large
Blevis (Bleiweis/Blejwas) family,
primarily located in western Canada
that has an extensive family tree with
close links to Radom.
While
we have not been able to establish links
with that family (no common first names),
my father (who was born in Bedzin) once stated
that our family originated there, and
presumably my grandfather, was born in Radom.
BLEJWAS,
BLEVISS, KIRSZENBAUM, SWITZER
Courtesy of Jay
Sobel
My
mother Dina Blejwas is from Radom
Poland. Her parents were Jakob
Blejwas and Chana Toba Kirszenbaum
Blejwas. Jakob Blejwas was the
son of Zacharias and Mindel Switzer
Blejwas. Jakob had a brother
Mendel. Chana Toba Kirszenbaum Blejwas
had the following siblings: Ziporah
(1896-1942), Ruchel, Blima, Avrum and
Itzhak and Fajga Lipfeld. Her
parents were Josef and Chaia Abramowi
Kirszenbaum. My mother, Dina
Blejwas, had the following siblings:
Chil (Joe) b. 1918, Avrum b. 1922,
Chaya (Ida) b. 1920 and Uzer (Ziggy)
b. 1915 (child with first wife Bina).
My 2 Great Grandfathers were
brothers and belonged to a large family of
8 children, 3 of the children went to live
in the USA
and although my parents had contact we
lost it many years ago.
8 Siblings were:
1.Savel migrated to the USA
married and had 10 children:
2.Moshe (my Great
grandfather married Gittle Birenbaum)
had 7 children EnglandUSA
& Israel
3.Burial
(my
Great grandfather married Yona – Topka
Goldberg) had 7 children
1st wife : Rocha Rassak –
2nd wife: Yona – Topka Goldberg
– (4 children)Helen died after the war
in Sweden,,Sala,
killed WW@ in Lublin
Esthera Zysmann
(Zisman) 2 children Tushia m Boris son
Victor(in Kansas) Yurek killed
WW2,Karol Kalman.
4.Jacob (had 5 children) Abraham died
in Poland,
Ushek(USSR),Luba (USSR) 2 sons,Helen died
in Poland,
Steffadied
in Poland
5.Leon Lazar m Gitel (had
3 children) New YorkHarry
or Moniak (he was blind)m Esthera (2
sons) Jack (Hollywood)
Morry(New
York had 2
daughters Sherry & Mali
Sonkilled WW2
6.Leau Honingbaum
(Honikbaum or Honingman) had a
daughter (Sara or Sala)killed WW2 (Poland)
7.Relchia Oxman (Israel)
3 children
8.Altish
Brody (LUBLIN)Childless
Moshe Ejzenman m Gittle
Birenbaum (Radom)
Ejzenman
family had 7 children:
1. Hedjia
(Hadassa)( 1891-1945)killed in
Treblinka) Married Avraham
Eisenman(1891-1945 killed Mathausen)
had( 2 children)
A. Isaac Eisenman (1914-1982)
(2 sons) ISRAEL
B. Rena
(Niusia)(1921-1970)(3children) Yona(19401940)KilledWW2 israel AUSTRALIA-
2.
Rusia m
Alexander Laks: (2 children) USAENGLAND
3.Sala married Isaac Goren: (1
Child-Dvora Efron) Israel(2Children)
4.
Matilda m Pinek Hayte (Hait or Hayat ) :
( 3 children) POLANDISRAEL
5.
Bellam Chastek1 daughter
Ilana (Lusiecika) all killed WW2 POLAND
6.
Chaim (
Chaniek )Eisenman killed WW2POLAND
7.
Regina Rozenbaum 1
daughter all killed WW2 POLAND
My great
grandfather was from Radom.All I know is
that he emigrated to the US via London.The last name
was Goodman (or so they think). The family
(Zeidwerg/Goodman) was from a town near Radom
called Shidlovske which is near
Bialystock. There is a ShidlovskeSocietyCemetery in Long Island.My farthest back
ancestors from Radom
were Sam Zaidverg and Nettie Slubski (see
pictures)
My great
grandparents
(Zeidwerg/Slupska/Kulender/Gerszonowicz)
were from Szydlowiec, Radom Gubernia and
my great grandparents (Goodman/maybe
Feigenbaum) were from Zwolen, Radom
Gubernia.
My
grandfather was from Radom.
The only link we had to his family,
was via a few letters & postcards
with photos, sent by his sisters in
the 1930s. The documents are in
Yiddish. Although our
name is
Hershkowitz, there's been
a joke that it was really something
like Gershowitz, but changed
accidentally by the authorities when
he came to America.
I
also know that he had "cousins" named
Rosenblatt;
My mother's
family was from Radom.Their names
were: Moshe Rafael Lindzen and Rachel
Chaya Lindzen, children Yacov Yosif,
Esther Mindl, Gitla (my Mother) and
Rachmiel. Only my aunt Esther (Ella) is
still alive.
My great great
grandparents were Judah (Yehuda or Yidel)
Rubinstein ("an original settler of
Mawechen," which is where the Radom
airport is) and Fajga Korman.Thomas Jefferson
was President when Judah
was born.Judah
and Fajga had three sons -- Zachariasz (my
grandfather Avraham's father), Rachmil (or
Yerachmil), and Chuna (or El Chanan). one
of my aunts -- Fajga, Rajzel, or Bajla --
married a man from Radom.
Mendzigursky line has
been traced back to the 1760s where it was
originally Miedzygorski which means
"copper from the mountain". The
spelling is believed to have changed when
the submitters great-grandfather Meier
Feiwel moved with his family to Leipzig in
1903. Other surnames which have
surfaced include Kryman, Margules, Moszyn,
Brasz, Rubinsztajn and Szwarcbaum.
Meier
Feiwel Mendzigursky, born in
Konskie, Radom on April 14,
1864. His father was
Ya'akov Eliahu. Meier
was married to Ettel Leie
Hasenlauf in January 1883 in
Bochnia, where she was
from. Meier Feiwel, his
wife and 5 surviving children
emigrated to Leipzig, Germany in
late 1903. Meier Feiwel
was a fur trader and a teacher
of the Torah. He lived at
Gneisenaustrasse 7. After
his wife died in1935 he moved
into the Jewish old age home on
Auenstrasse, from where he was
deported on September 19, 1942
to Theresienstadt. He died
February 10, 1943.
His 7 children were
all born in Oswiecim.
Ester Rivka
Mendzigursky, b. May 10, 1884,
d. Feb 22, 1942, Ra'anana,
Palestine
Israel Mendzigursky,
b. Dec 21, 1886, d. Oct 24,
1919, Chemnitz, Germany
Judith Sara
Mendzigursky Horn, b. April
20, 1889, d. July 21, 1926,
Leipzig
Efraim Hasenlauf, b.
1892, d. 1892
Taube Hasenlauf, b.
1893, d. 1898
Sprinze
Hasenlauf Perlmutter, b.
Feb 12, 1896, d. ca. 1960
in Tel-Aviv, Israel
Peisech
Mendzigursky, b. April 9,
1898, d. April 27, 1962,
Salford, England
Meier Feiwel's
descendants live in
Israel, England,
Turkey and USA.
These are the family of
Israel, Sprinze and
Peisech.
Ester Rivka
Mendzigursky married her
uncle Chaim Baruch -
brother of Meier
Feiwel. Chaim, who
was born Sep 14, 1881 in
Bedzin, had also
emigrated to
Leipzig. He was a
tailor and a
merchant. The family
moved to Chemnitz around
1913/14. Chaim,
Ester Rivka and their 3
daughters emigrated to
Ra'anana,
Palestine around
1934.
Sprinze
Hasenlauf married Leib
Chaim Perlmutter in
Leipzig. They had a
son Adi and a daughter
Miriam. The family
emigrated to
Tel-Aviv in 1933.
Peisech
Mendzigursky was married
to Frieda Wiener and they
lived in Leipzig.
They had one son & 3
daughters. The son
died at age 6.
Peisech and 2 daughters,
Feige & Malke, managed
to get out of Germany in
August 1939 to England
(Manchester). The
sisters arrived on the
last Kindertransport out
of Leipzig. Their
little sister and mother
were deported to Riga.
One of these 2
sisters is my mother
(Feige), now known as Fay
Shaw and lives in
Yorkshire. Peisech,
Feige & Malke (Margo)
lived with the Bookbinder
family of Cheetham Hill,
Manchester. Peisech
was interned upon arrival
and then later interned
again for 14 months on the
Isle of Man. Feige
started work as a
machinist immediately and
Malke was quarantined at a
sanitorium for
tuberculosis.
Eventually Malke got
better and started work as
a machinist too.
Feige moved to London in
1947 where she met her
husband Max Heinz Nathan
and 2 daughters were born
to them. I am one of
them!
Meier Feiwel and
Chaim had a sister, Reisel
Devora Mendzigursky, who
was born 1868 in
Kielce. She married
Chaim Abel Buchbinder
(later Hyman Abba
Bookbinder) from
Checiny in
1886. In Jan 1903,
Reisel, Chaim and their
6th child left for
London. 2 months
later their 5 older
children sailed to
London. 3 more
children were born in
London. Chaim
was a baker. In 1911
the family moved to
Manchester and set up the
well-known bakery in
Cheetham Hill.
Rachel & Hyman
Bookbinder are the
patriarchs of the
well-known Bookbinder
family. Their son
Nat Bookbinder was a
well-known band leader in
the 1940's. Their
great-granddaughter,
Elaine Bookbinder, is
better known as the famous
singer Elkie Brooks.
Meier
Feiwel, Chaim Baruch and Reise
Devora were the children of
Ya'akov Eliahu with his first
wife. Ya'akov had a son
with his second wife, whose name
was Leiser Chiel, born Dec 16,
1899 in Bedzin. Leiser
Chiel lived with his wife Leah
and their 5 children in
Falkenstein, Germany.
Leiser
Chiel and his children were able
to get out of Germany, and were
also housed by the Bookbinder
family. Leah perished at
Lodz. In the early
1950's 3 of the children
emigrated to Israel and were
some of the founders of the
kibbutz Kfar Hanassi. The
youngest child, Marie
Mendzigursky Lee lives in
Manchester.
Ephraim Fishel
FISZMAN was born on 20 Mar 1886 in Radom,
Poland.
He died on 5 Aug 1942 in Treblinka K/Z, Poland.
Ephraim married Chava Gittle SITKOWSKA in
Radom,
Poland.
Chava
Gittle SITKOWSKA was born about 1884
in Ostrowiec, Poland.
She died in 1935 in Radom, Poland.
Ephraim resided in Rynek 4, Radom,
Poland.
He resided in Rynek 8 & 3 Blacharska
Street, Radom,
Poland.
He belonged to the Chasidic movement. He
worked as Leather Merchant.
Ephraim and Chava
had the following children.
Chana Mindle
FISZMAN was born on 17 Feb 1913 in Radom,
Poland.
She died on 11 Jul 1914 in Radom,
Poland.
Szmul
Arja (Samuel) FISZMAN was born on
15 Oct 1914. He died on 13 Dec 1999.
Chaya Rajzla
(Hela) FISZMAN was born on 5 Feb 1917 in Radom,
Poland.
She died on 5 Aug 1942 in Treblinka K/Z, Poland.
Chaya resided in Rynek 4, Radom,
Poland.
She resided in Rynek 8 and 3
Blackharska Street, Radom, Poland.
She belonged to the Hashomer. She worked
as Corseter.
Moshe
Majer FISZMAN was born on 29 Nov
1921. Moshe married Franciska GOTTLIEB on
29 Oct 1948 in Bari, Italy.
Mania
(Miriam) FISZMAN was born on 20 Mar 1926
in Radom, Poland.
She died on 5 Aug 1942 in Treblinka K/Z, Poland.
Mania resided in Rynek 4, Radom,
Poland.
She resided in Rynek 8 and 3
Blacharska Street, Radom, Poland
Jadzia Jochevet
FISZMAN was born on 1 Sep 1927 in Radom,
Poland.
She died on 5 Aug 1942 in Treblinka K/Z, Poland.
Jadzia resided in Rynek 4, Radom,
Poland.
She resided in Rynek 8 and 3
Blacharska Street, Radom, Poland.
my Father was
born in Bodzentyn but moved to Radom
around 1910 then back to Bodzentyn when
his parents died (Lieb and Leah) he again
moved back to Radom around 1916 and lived
with relatives My father David
(Polish spelling Szafir) came to America
in 1920. Other than that little is
known about his life in Radom.
One brother Albert stayed in Poland
until the 1930's when he also came to the
US.
It appears that
the WIZENBERG family, at least my
grandfather and his brothers, lived in Radom
at some point in their lives.
Where they came from originally can
not be determined. My grandfather
married Feiga Himmel, who with her family,
lived in Janow-Lubielski. One of my
grandfather's brother lived in Radom and married a
Radom
woman, before they immigrated to America
in the early 1900's.
While my father
was born in Janow-Lubielski, according to
Polish records, his passport for some
reason, was issued from Radom.
My father’s
family came from Zwolin to Radom.His father and
mother then moved to Warsaw.
My father’s name was Szulim Icek Goldfarb
and his father was Mosziek Goldfarb.His mother’s
name was Mery Goldfarb from the Epstein
family. His brother’s name was Alter and
his sisters were Malka, Ester and Chana.Only my father
stayed alive after the war.
My father
Bronislaw Seweryn Frysztajer was born in Radom
1926. When he was around six years old he
sat down with his great grandmother Mirjam
Alpert (1838-1941) . She told him that
when she was a child her mother told the
story about her (or her mother) being a
child in Warsaw.
One night they went out to the balcony and
saw Napoleon and/or his soldiers returning
from Moscow
after the failure there 1812!
My fathers great
grandmother Mirjam Alpert was 103 years
old and the oldest person in Radom.
She died – not from old age but from bad
quality food –
My maternal
grandfather (Joszef Szafir) came from the
Radom-Kazimierc area, but he must have
left there in the 1910s or 1920s or so to
move to Warsaw
(leaving behind sisters Helen and Malka),
and then passed away in the 1930s. He
was, apparently, a lumber dealer.
My grandmother,
Malka Klajman emigrated in 1937 to Brazil.
She came when she as 18 years old with her
parents and brothers and sister to a city
in the North of the country called Belem
do Para - (in the middle of the Amazon !!)
cause she had a few brothers living and
working in that city at that time. Her
last name was Wajchman. In Belem do Para she
met her future husband, Szlama Klajman,
also from Radom.
They got married a few months after she
arrived in the country. She used to tell
me funny stories about her first
impressions of Brazil,
the climate, the tropical fruits that were
very different and the language,
Portuguese. They left Belem
and moved to Sao Paulo
some 8 years later. She also told me how
difficult it was to buy Kosher food
there...
She also used to tell me stories about her
life in Radom...how she loved to walk in
its streets and cafes, the cold weather,
her trips to the countryside in
summertime, the food,...
As per what you can infer, she emigrated
to Brazil
before WWII so fortunately she didn’t
suffer the traumatic effects of the Shoa.
Several relatives and friends either
escaped to the USA
and are now living in NYC or simply died
in the death camps.
My maternal
family was Grafstein . My Weitzman
kin all came from Zwolen, which is about
20 miles east of Radom,
while the Grafsteins apparently came from
Radom
or one of the small Jewish communities
nearby
My great
grandfather, David FEINTUCH/FAJNTUCH, was
born in Radom
about 1900.All
Iknow about
David is that he was a tailor and moved to
Chrzanow where he married my great
grandmother. They had 6 children. Only my
grandmother and 2 of her sisters survived
the Holocaust.
The only other
thing I know is that his uncle or cousin
(we are not sure of the exact
relationship) Menachem Mendel FRAJMAN also
went to Chrzanow and married the sister of
my great grandmother.
Both my
father-in-law, Menahem-Mendel Zegman and
my mother-in-law, Tsinna-Kajla Melchior
were born in Radom.
All
my
mother-in-law's
family
perished
in
Treblinka.
They
lived
at
Rinik
4
Radom.
Her
father
was
Mordecai-Gimpel Melchior and her mother
was Baila-Miriam Milchgrob. She had
two sisters and two brothers. My
father-in-law's three brothers survived
and emigrated to America.
His father Yosel Zegman, died in 1938 in Radom.
His mother Ester Fogelman perished in
Treblinka.
All family
is from the city of Radom unless
otherwise stated.
My family history dates back
to the mid 1700s in Radom with my
4th great grandfather
Hersz. Hersz was the father of
Berko Rubinsztajn 1774-1839, my 3rd great
grandfather, who married Chaia
Herszowicz. Berko and Chaia had
four children:
▪
Josek/Zoska Rubinsztajn, my
2rd great-grandfather 1811-1881
▪
Rochla Rubinsztajn 1805, in 1824
married Szmul Herskowicz
Baumgarten b. 1806 son of Herske
& Hai Baumgarten
▪ Bayla
Rubinstajn 1806, in 1825 married Icek Werber
1799 son of Leybus and
Fayga. Bayla and Icek had a son
in 1830 named Andzel.
▪
Israel Rubinstajn 1811-1811
Josek Rubinsztajn married Laia Bekierman
1812-1904, daughter of David and
Sura. Josek was a flour miller, a
business that was carried on by the
Wajnbergs and Cukiers in later generations.
Josek and Laia had nine children:
▪
Maryem Perel 1835
▪
Mindla 1837
▪ Malka
1840, married David Blacher and had a child
Abram in 1879.
▪ Hersz
Berek 1842 (note: named after his paternal
grandfather who died in 1839 and his
paternal great-grandfather)
▪ David
1845 married Cypra Ruchla Friedenman,
daughter of Tobjasz Friedenman and Frajdla
Icke and had 3 children , all of whom were
born in Warsaw.
▪ Chaia
1848-1912 married in 1866 Moszek Joskiem
Drezner 1841-1913, son of Abram Drezner and
Chana Marja and had 8 children: Estera 1879,
Malka.1881, Berek 1884, Golda 1889, David
1889, Glena Marja 1894,
▪ Jakub
Hil 1852
▪
Lejbus 1861-1921
▪
Szajndla 1850-1920 (my
great-grandmother) see below for marriage
and children
▪
I believe Berek and David immigrated to
the US based on immigration
records.
▪ The
children of Chaia Rubinsztajn and Moszek
Joskiem Drezner had the following marriages
and children:
• Malka
married Icek Lewinsztejn
• Berek
married Chaja Bina Drejzner and they had a
child Abram in 1908
• Golda
married ? Goldberg
• Glena
Marja married Zelman Abramowicz and they had
two children Chaja 1922 and Sura
1928
• Chaim
Dawid married Ita Frajdla Birencwajg and
they had 10 children.
▪ Abram
Drezner 1894, married Estera Kornfeld and
had a child Bela 1921
▪ Chil
Moszek 1895 married Sura Necha Wajcman and
had a child Rebeka Rachela 1928
▪
Dworja 1899 married Jacob Lejbus
Grosfeld and had a child Mordechai Szymon
▪ Rocha
1901-1942 Bochnia Ghetto, married Yosef
Reinhold
▪
Izrael Icek 1902-1942 Lvov Ghetto
▪
Marjem Chena 1904 - 1904
▪ Jakow
1909 d. ? survived the war, married Regina
Freitman and had a son Moses Chaim who
resides in Israel
▪ Laja
1911, married ? Rottenberg
▪
Jechiel 1895-
1941 Lvov Ghetto
▪
Icchak 1906-
1942 Lvov Ghetto
▪
Szajndla b. 1850 d. 1920 (my
great-grandmother) married Meyer Wajnberg in
1871, son of Herszk Sima Wajnberg and Malka
Rozenberg of Sienno and had six
children together
• David
Lejbus 1873- 1942 married Chana
Ruchla Rozenberg and had the following
children:
▪
Malka 1893-1894
▪
Yosel 1895-1942 married
Gena Ruchla Nejman and had the following
c-children: Abram Jakob 1921, Szajndla 1923,
Jechuda Meir 1928
▪ Rivka
Mindla 1898-1942 married Moshe Rapaport and
had four children, Yosef 1925,
Yehuda 1927-1942, Khava 1929-1942 and
Yitzhak 1931-1942. Only Yosef
survived and moved to Israel where
he married and raised his family.
▪
Yisrael Moszek 1902 - 1942
▪ Abram
Lejzor 1904
▪
Jankiel/Jacob Chaskiel b. 1907,
▪ Laja
Feiga b. 1910 d. 1942,
▪ Perla
Genda/Pola b. 1916 d. 1942.
Yad Vashem testimony also indicates sons
Moshe and Yitzhak d. 1942
• Sura
Malka b. 1874
• Chaya
Fajga b. 1884
• Yusel
1884?-1942 married Roza/Ryfa Wajntraub and
had three children
▪
Moshe 1909 -1942
married Khana Tandetnik and had a child
▪ Hanna
1914 - 1942,
▪
Gabriel 1911
• Bajla
1888-1942 married Schmul Cukier and had
three children,
▪
Meyer 1928,
▪
Liebel 1916-1977 (went by name Meyer)
▪ Sznda
Sala.
The oldest Liebel survived Auschwitz and
took his younger brother’s name and age to
immigrate to the US. See
family history page for interview.
•
Schiman 1891 (my grandfather) was the
only one to immigrate to the US,
perhaps because there wasn’t room in the
family flour milling business for him as the
youngest child. There he married Mary
Raichel/Rothchild and had two children
Philip and Helen.
▪
Lejbus 1861-1921 married
Drezla Cukier, daughter of Gerszek Cukier
and Brandla Wajngarten and had 8 children
together.
•
Ruchla 1881
• Josek
Szulim 1882
• Sura
1884
• Chil
Gersz 1887
• David
1892
• Joel
1893
•
Majlech 1898
• Malka
1900
The Wajgenszperg family can be traced back
to Ita and Naftula Wajgenszperg. Ita
was the daughter of Icek and Brajndla
Tajtelbaum in Zwolen in 1837. Its and
Naftula had sons David Josek (b. 1868),
Chaim Mosek (b.1870), Abram (b. 1877),
Chil Majer (b.1880) and Judka (b1882)
. All of the sons were born in
Radom. Abram Wajgenszperg married Chana
Frydman (b. 1876 in Przytyk) , daughter of
Szlama Frydman and Estera Gutman, and
together they had the following children:
Izaak (b.1898 Wierzbnik), Mendel (b. 1899
Przytyk), Chil (b. 1904 Radom), Icek (b.
1905 Konskowola), , Serka Brandla (b.1908
Radom), Chaim Uszer and David Majlich (b.
1911 Radom).
There were several branches of cousins
from siblings of Abram (grandfather of
submitter). These included the
children of David Josek and Chava Cirla
Wajgenszperg (b. 1863 Szydlowiec): Golda
Brandla (b1890 Konskowola), Icek (b. 1891
Szydlowiec), Bajla (b 1894 Radom), Naftula
Hersz (b. 1896 Konskowola), Moszek Szjia
(b. 1902 Koskowola), and Jankiel Uszer (b.
1906 Koskowola).
Chil Majer Wajgenszperg married Sura Etla
Milchior (b. 1879 Lublin) and together
they had the following children, all born
in Radom: Naftula Mojsej (b. 1908), Bajla
Lija (b. 1911) and Chava (b. 1917)
Judka Wajgenszperg married Chaja Sura
Potaznik (b. 1888 Radom of Hersz Lejb
Potaznik and Laja Wajsbort). All of
their children were born in Radom and
included Chava Bajla (b. 1906), Naftula
(b. 1908), Aron Nuta (b. 1910), Chil Josef
(b. 1917) and Chaim Uszer (b. 1922).
Chil Wajgenszperg later changed his name
to Henry Johnson upon joining the British
8th. Army in Persia and serving in North
Africa, the D-Day Landings and the post
war occupation in Germany. He emigrated
after the war, first to England and then
to Canada.
Dov's
father was born in Radom and when he was
less than one year old his parents fled to
the Soviet Union when the Germans
invaded. His paternal grandfather's
surname was Warm and his paternal
grandmother's family was
Zilbershlag. His grandfather, Alter
Zilbershlag, was a doctor who attended
people in his clinic and at their
homes. The Warm family owned a
transport company. The Polish
government took all the company trucks for
the war effort against the Nazis, but his
father managed to hide a small truck in a
nearby forest. This was how they
escaped across the border. His
father died during the war and his mother
remarried to a Jewish partisan from
Poland. His grandfather continued to
be a doctor in a hospital in Israel.
Anshen/Ayszay/Ajszaj,
Glat,
Cohen or Kohn, Wajnman,
Beckerman, Leywal
Courtesy
of
Jeff Weinman
My
family (both maternal and
paternal) were from Radom. My
maternal grandmother’s oldest
brother, Nathan Anshen was the
first to emigrate to Canada in
1926 and he was the main
benefactor in building the
Radom Congregation on Reiner
Road in Toronto. Both my uncle
Nathan Anshen and my
grandfather Joseph Cohen
served as President of the
Congregation. The spelling of
the Anshen name was actually
Ayszay, sometimes spelled
Ajszaj, in Poland. My
grandmother Rose Cohen (nee
Anshan) had 7 siblings
(Nachun, Tauba, Meir Yechiel,
Zlota, Moszek, Geital and
Aaron) of which herself
(Rose), Nathan (Nachun) and
Morris (Moszek) emigrated to
Canada and sister Toby (Tauba)
to the U.S. The four other
siblings and parents perished
in the Holocaust. I believe my
great-great grandfather
(Mendel Ayszay) actually
passed away just prior to the
Nazi invasion of Poland in
Sept 1939. I believe my great
grandmother Dworja Ayszay’s
maiden was Glat (ow).
My
maternal grandfather Joseph
Cohen(Kohn) had a number of
brothers and sisters who
included Moishe, Bronia,
Rebecca, Frumet, Rocha and
Abus. Joseph emigrated to
Canada in 1927 and was joined
by my grandmother Rose and
their infant daughter, My
mother Belle (Bajla) in 1928.
The only family of my
grandfather Joseph who
survived the war was his
sister Rocha who emigrated to
Canada in 1946 from a Swedish
displacement camp.
My
family name Weinman was
originally Wajnman.My grandfather Joseph
originally came to Canada in
1912, returned to Poland in
1924 for a few months and then
returned to Canada again in
1924. My father's two sisters
Annie (Hena) and Elsie (Elka)
who were 16 yrs old and 15
years old respectively,came to Canada via New
York in 1925. The two sisters
were held in Ellis Island for
3 days due to their age and
being without an adult until
it was proven that they would
not become a ward of the state
in Canada and were then
allowed to travel to Canada.
His oldest brother Albert came
to Canada in 1926. My
grandmother Hinda arrived in
Canada with her two youngest
children (my father Jack and
his brother Reuben) after my
grandfather also in 1926. My
grandmother’s maiden name was
Beckerman or Beckierman and
great grandmother’s maiden
name was Leywal.
Dworja
and Mendel Ayszay maternal
great grandparents
Their
children were:
Aaron
Ayszay (Ajszaj) - maternal
great uncle (reportedly joined
partisans, was discovered and
killed)
Geitel
Ayszay maternal great aunt
died in Holocaust
Zlota
Ayszay -maternal great aunt
died in Holocaust
Nachum
Ayszay (Nathan Anshen)
maternal great uncle
immigrated to Canada
Tauba
Potashnick (nee Ayszay)
maternal great aunt –
immigrated to U.S.
Mosek
Ayszay (Morris Anshan)
maternal great uncle -
immigrated to Canada
Meyer
(Meir) Yechiel Ayszay –
maternal great uncle) –
escaped to Russia
Rose
Cohen (nee Roche Ayszay)
-grandmother (maternal)
immigrated to Canada
Bajla/Belle
Weinman (nee Cohen)Mother immigrated to
Canada
Mendel
and Ita Kohn Maternal great
grandparents
Their
children were:
Abus
Kohn – maternal great-uncle
died in Holocaust
Bronia
Kohn - maternal great-aunt
died in Holocaust
Moishe
Kohn-maternal great-uncle died
in Holocaust
Frumet
Kohn- maternal great-aunt died
in Holocaust (may have also
used name Bronia)
Rebecca
Kohn- maternal great-aunt died
in Holocaust (may have also
used name Bronia)
Rose
Frydman (nee Roche Kohn)
maternal great aunt -
immigrated to Canada in 1946,
died in 1956
