Louis Feldman entered the United States at Boston under the name Leib Felgendler.[1] He traveled with his mother Feiga (Fannie) Barshak Felgendler and his siblings Abe and Sam and his cousin Jack Feigenblatt. A notation on the manifest indicated that Jack's parents had died. The family joined Louis' father Morris Feldman who had first immigrated to New York in 1904.[2] Louis, a glazier, married Ida Bassowitz in Manhattan on 30 May 1925.[3] He and Ida settled in Brooklyn.[4]
They had Benjamin in March 1926 and Abram in July 1927.[5] Doris was born in about 1932.[6]
The Feldman family was actually from the larger community of Polonne, 10 miles northeast of Labun. Fannie's sister, Rivka (Rebecca) Barshak, was married to Labun native Avraham Malzmann (Abraham Maltman). The Maltman family emigrated to NYC, as well. The Feldman family became active in the Labun landsmanshaft (First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Society) and several family members are buried in the Beth Moses Cemetery plot, Pinelawn, NY.
Notes:
1. "Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 2 February 2011), manifest, S.S. Manchuria, Danzig to Boston, arriving 21 February 1921, list 8, line 22, Leib Felgendler, citing NARA microfilm serial T938, roll 260.
2. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 12 February 2011), manifest, S.S. Belgravia, Hamburg to New York, arriving 1 July 1904, list 2, line 20, Moische Felendler, citing NARA microfilm serial T715, roll 472; Apparently, Morris must have traveled back to the old country several times before the family immigrated in 1921.
3. New York County, New York, marriage certificate no. 15244 (1925), Louis Feldman and Ida Bassowitz, 30 May 1925; New York City Municipal Archives.
4. 1925 New York State Census, Kings County, New York, enumeration of inhabitants, Brooklyn, assembly district 9, election district 9, page 3, entry 19, Louis Feldman; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 October 2015); New York State Archives, Albany.
1930 U.S. Census, Kings County, New York, population schedule, Brooklyn, enumeration district 24-1199, sheet 36A, dwelling 374, family 869, Louis and Ida Feldman family; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 4 October 2015); NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1511.
5. Louis Feldman petition for naturalization (1927), naturalization file no. 90126, Eastern District of New York; Record Group 21; Records of the District Courts of the United States; National Archives - Northeast Region, New York City.
6. 1940 U.S. Census, Kings County, New York, population schedule, Brooklyn, enumeration district 24-951, sheet 63B, household 231, Louis and Ida Feldman family; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 4 October 2015); NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 2570.
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