Tombstone Tuesday: Samuel and Sarah Rogel, Montefiore Cemetery, NY

Sam and Sarah Rogel are both buried in the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association plot in Montefiore Cemetery in Queens County, New York (block 89, gate 156N, line 10R, graves 1 and 2).

ROGEL

SAMUEL

BELOVED HUSBAND

DEVOTED FATHER

AND GRANDFATHER

DIED DEC. 11, 1962 AGE 73

Shmuel son of Mosche

Died 14 Kislev 5723

SARAH

BELOVED WIFE

DEVOTED MOTHER

AND GRANDMOTHER

DIED FEB. 28, 1978 AGE 90

Sarah daughter of Benyamin

Died 21 Adar 5738

Last Thursday's post was about this couple, as well. What I did not say then is that they confound me(!). Actually, it is Sarah who has me confused. 

When she arrived in this country in 1906, she did so as Sure Fellhandler.[1]

When she married Abraham Rogel in 1909 and, later, his brother, Samuel, in 1915, her name was Sarah Feldman.[2] She identified her father's first name as Benjamin.

One of her sisters (whom she traveled with to the United States), Rivka Barshak, married Abram (Abraham) Malzmann (Maltman). Another of Sarah's sisters, Fannie Barshak, married Morris Feldman. Their father was Benjamin Barshak.

When Benjamin Barshak traveled to the USA the first time in 1903, he was accompanied by Abram Malzman.[3] 

When he arrived in the USA in 1921, he was heading to his other son-in-law Sam Rogel.[4]  

There was a Szewa Barsiak who arrived in Boston in February 1921 and was heading to her son-in-law Samuel "Rojel" in Brooklyn.[5] She is likely Sarah's mother (and Benjamin's wife).

On Morris Feldman's 1904 manifest, he identifies the person he is going to meet in the US as his brother-in-law Abram Malzmann.[6]

In Ancestry's database, "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Sarah Rogel's father is identified as Benjamin Barshak. The surname Feldman is not mentioned. 

So, why did Sarah arrive in the US a Fellhandler and marry under the surname the Fellhendler family adopted in the USA: Feldman? A mystery.

Of course, the first genealogy research rule to follow is  acquire original  documents - don't work from indexes. I have Sarah and Sam Rogel's marriage certificate. Both Rivka and Fannie married in the old country - and vital records for that area and from that time period have not yet been located.

New York laws will not yet allow me, a non-descendant, access to Sarah's death records. I have not yet ordered her Social Security application (SS-5).

Benjamin Barshak died in 1930 and is buried in another plot in Montefiore Cemetery. I'll have to get more info about his death and burial. 

I have not thus far been successful tracking Benjamin and Szewa in the United States.

And then there is the Feldman family. Perhaps their history might shed light on this mystery.

Notes:

1. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 16 December 2015), manifest, S.S. Noordland, Antwerp to New York, arriving 10 April 1906, list A (handwritten), list 71 (stamped), line 7, Sure Fellhandler; citing NARA microfilm publication T715, roll 689.

2. New York County, New York, marriage certificate no. 4666, Abram Rogell and Sarah Feldman, 28 February 1909, Municipal Archives, New York City.
New York County, New York, marriage certificate no. 5140, Samuel Rogel and Sarah Feldman, 26 February 1915, Municipal Archives, New York City.
3. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 April 2009), manifest, S.S. Moltke, Hamburg to New York, arriving 7 January 1903, list 5, line 26, Abrom Malzmann, citing NARA microfilm publication T715, roll 317.
4. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 June 2011), manifest, S.S. Zeeland, Antwerp to New York, arriving 9 October 1903, list 23, line 26, Benjamin Barszak, citing NARA microfilm publication T715; roll 3034.
5. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 February 2011), manifest, S.S. Manchuria, Danzig to Boston, arriving 9 October 1903, list 8, line 2, Szewa Barziak, citing NARA microfilm publication T843; roll 514.
6. "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 8, line 20, Moische Felendler, citing NARA microfilm publication T843; roll 472.

Treasure Chest Thursday: Sam and Sarah Rogel advertisement, FLPBA 1949 anniversary publication

Sam Rogel was an immigrant from Polonne who became a member of the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association. Polonne is 10 miles NE of Labun (aka Lubin), today in Ukraine. He and his sister Chaye (on separate pages of the same ship's manifest) arrived in the United States in January 1911.[1] They were the children of Moische Rogol who stayed behind in Polonne and Rebecca.

Sam married Sarah Feldman on 26 February 1915.[2] While their marriage certificate indicates this was the first marriage for both, it appears that Sarah was married previously to Sam's elder brother, Abraham, who died in 1913.[3] Sam and Abram's mother's maiden name is written as Bych on Sam's marriage certificate and Bitz on Abram's.

Sarah arrived in the New York as Sure Fellhandler on 10 April1906.[4] She traveled with the wives of a couple of my relatives from Labun: Rivke Barshak Malzmann (Rebecca Maltman) and Jette Meyers (Yetta Myers). Sarah's parents names, as listed on her marriage certificates, were Benjamin and Sadie Feigenblatt. Feigenblatt is a surname known from the town of Labun. And Sarah is related to the Feldman (Felgendler) family of Polonne discussed in previous posts here and here.[5]

Like so many immigrants associated with Labun, Sam and his brother were both glaziers. Sam's store was at 207 E. 9th Street, NY, NY.[6]

Abraham and Sarah did not have any children (sounds sort of Biblical doesn't it!), but her marriage with Sam begat one child, Milton (1916-1980).[7] 

Sam and Sarah are buried in the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association plot in Montefiore Cemetery. Sam died in 1962; Sarah in 1978. 

Notes:

1. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 4 January 2015), manifest, S.S. Potsdam, Rotterdam to New York, arriving 10 January 1911, list 4 (handwritten), line 20, Schmiel Roger; citing NARA microfilm publication T715, roll 1617.  
"New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com, manifest, S.S. Potsdam, Rotterdam to New York, arriving 10 January 1911, list 3 (handwritten), line 27, Chaje Rogol. 
2. New York County, New York, marriage certificate no. 5140, Samuel Rogel and Sarah Feldman, 26 February 1915, Municipal Archives, New York City.
3. New York County, New York, marriage certificate no. 4666, Abram Rogell and Sarah Feldman, 28 February 1909, Municipal Archives, New York City.
New York County, New York, death certificate no. 5265, Abraham Rogol, 16 February 1913, Municipal Archives, New York City.
4. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 16 December 2015), manifest, S.S. Noordland, Antwerp to New York, arriving 10 April 1906, list A (handwritten), list 71 (stamped), line 7, Sure Fellhandler; citing NARA microfilm publication T715, roll 689. 
5. There is some confusion, however, that I have yet to decipher. Feldman family contacts have told me that her maiden name was, in fact, Barshak and that is the name shown on the Social Security Applications and Claims Index on Ancestry. I will have to order her actual Social Security Application (SS-5) in an effort to sort this out.
6. Trow's 1917 New York City Directory (New York: R.L. Polk & Co., 1917), p. 1656, entry for Saml Rogel; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 16 December 2015).
7. 1920 U.S. Census, Kings County, New York, population schedule, Brooklyn, enumeration district 298, sheet 2B, dwelling 19, family 33, Samuel and Sarah Rogel family; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 10 November 2010); NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1168.
1930 U.S. Census, Kings County, New York, population schedule, Brooklyn, enumeration district 24-1193, sheet 23B, dwelling 100, family 741, Samuel and Sarah Rogel family; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 10 November 2010); NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1511.

Tombstone Tuesday: Abraham and Lillian Feldman, Beth Moses Cemetery, Pinelawn, NY

I recently wrote about Abraham Feldman and Lillian Feldman, from Polonne who purchased an advertisement in support the 1949 anniversary publication of the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association. They are buried in the landsmanshaft plot at Beth Moses Cemetery (block 24, Maccabee Road) in Pinelawn, Long Island, New York.

The top part of the tombstone includes the ten commandments (on a tablet held between the lions) and the abbreviation (at the bottom) for "May their souls be bound in the bonds of the living" - a standard statement on most Jewish tombstones.

FELDMAN

Here lies

A woman of valor, who can find her?

Our beloved mother, a God-fearing woman

Her children rise and praise her

Chaye Liba bat Noach Feivel

Died 20 Kislev 5757

LILLIAN

BELOVED WIFE

MOTHER-GRANDMOTHER

DEC. 15, 1930 - DEC. 1, 1996 

--------------------

Here lies a good and honest man

Who guards the Mitzvot and loves the Torah

And loved and gladdened people with all his heart

Avraham Abba son of Moshe
Died 2 Shevat 5748

ABRAHAM

BELOVED HUSBAND

FATHER - GRANDFATHER

FEB. 5, 1905 - JAN. 20, 1988

The epitaph on Lillian's tombstone reflects a portion of Proverbs Chapter 31, "Woman of Valor," often sung by a husband to his wife at the Friday night Shabbat table. Here is a fairly traditional version.

The first full line ("A woman of valor...") is part of line line 10, Chapter 31 and the third line ("Her children rise...") is from line 28. Chapter 31, in its entirety describes one hard-working, worthy woman - it make me tired just reading it.

I am indebted to, Robin Meltzer (especially), and Ellen Rosenberg Portnoy, Israel Pickholtz, Zev Steinhardt and Chaia Beckerman for not only their translations, but also their educational guidance in placing this text into its traditional context. They all responded to my posts on Tracing the Tribe FaceBook page. And, of course, thanks to Schelley for maintaining this useful electronic venue.

Treasure Chest Thursday: Abe Feldman family advertisement, FLPBA 1949 anniversary publication

Abe Feldman (1905-1988) entered the United States at Boston as Abe Felgendler.[1] He traveled with his mother Feiga (Fannie) Barshak Felgendler and his siblings Leib (Louis) and Jankel (Sam) and his cousin Jankel (Jack) Feigenblatt. Moische Felgendler, Abe's father, immigrated in New York in 1904 and became Morris Feldman.[2] The Feldman family was actually from the larger community of Polonne, 10 miles northeast of Labun, today in Ukraine.

Abe became a glazier like his brothers Louis and Sam and their father. The 1940 census shows Abe, his wife Lillian and their son Norman living at 952 43rd Street in Brooklyn with Fannie, who had been widowed in 1938.[3] Abe and Lillian later had another son. I have not yet located a marriage record for Abe and Lillian. I suspect, based upon Norman's age, that they were married between 1934 and 1936. The 1940 census reveals that Lillian was also an immigrant from "Russia."

Abe, Lillian and several Feldman family members are buried in the Beth Moses Cemetery's First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association 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 23, Abe 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 - the evidence being that Morris and Sam (b. 1910) were born after 1904 and before 1921.
3. 1940 U.S. Census, Kings County, New York, population schedule, Brooklyn, enumeration district 24-949, sheet 61B, household 148, Abraham Feldman; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 5 October 2015); NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 2570.

Tombstone Tuesday: Jacob and Ida Baglisky, Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, NY

Here lies

Yakov son of David

Died 16 Cheshvan 5691

May his soul be bound in the bonds of the living

BELOVED HUSBAND

AND DEAR

FATHER

JACOB

BAGLISKY

DIED NOV. 7, 1930

AGED 72 YEARS

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FATHER

Here lies

Coolah

daughter of Asher Zelig

Died 12 Shevat 5706

May her soul be bound in the bonds of the living

OUR BELOVED

MOTHER

IDA

BAGLISKY

DIED DEC. 16, 1945

AGED 75 YEARS

----------

MOTHER

Jacob and Baglisky seem to have been interred in the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association plot at Montefiore Cemetery by virtue of at least two of their two daughters'  marriages to men from Labun. My research indicates that at least one of their daughters (Sylvia/Sadie) was born in Staro Konstyantiniv (a larger community not far from Labun).[1] But Sylvia's husband Max Goldberg was from Labun. Daughter Gussie's husband Samuel Dansky (later changed to Dann) indicated on his World War I Draft Registration Card that he'd been born in Lubin (aka Labun), as well.[2]

I have yet to locate Jacob and Ida's passenger manifests or any naturalization records, but census records indicate that Jacob immigrated in 1902-3 and his wife and children followed in 1907-8.[3] Jacob was a foreman at a shirt factory.

Ida's maiden name was Rothenberg, Ruthenberg of Rudenberg.[4] 

On the 1910 census, Ida reported that she'd born 7 children, of which 5 were still living. I can account for four daughters who were all born in the Russian Empire: Gussie (Dann, born ca. 1890, died 2 August 1972 in Westchester County, NY.), Anna (Bush, b. ca. 1893), Sylvia (Goldberg, b. 10 Oct 1898, d. 7 February 1991, CT), and Pauline. 

I have yet to locate death certificates indexed for Jacob or Ida on FamilySearch, Ancestry or the Italian Genealogy Group's indexes. 

They are buried in block 89, gate 156N, line 5R, graves 1 and 2. 

Notes:
1. New York County, New York, marriage certificate no. 28391 (1919), Max Goldberg and  Sylvia Baglisky, 19 October 1919; Municipal Archives, New York City.
2. "U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 7 December 2015). entry for Samuel Dansky [indexed as Danzky], Queens  County, New York draft board 173; NARA microfilm publication M 1509; imaged on FHL microfilm 1,787,090. 
3. I think I may have located Jacob's, but I still have a bit of uncertainty that the record is really his. 
1910 U.S. Census, New York County, New York, population schedule, Manhattan, enumeration district 348, sheet 19B, dwelling [not recorded], family 361, Jacob and Ida Baglasky family; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 6 February 2015); NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1015.
1920 U.S. Census, New York Co., NY, population schedule, Manhattan, e.d. 1190, sheet 26B, dwelling 71, family 529, Jacob and Ida Baglowsky family; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 6 February 2015); NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1216. 
4. In the 1920 U.S. Census (see note 3, above), Lottie Rothenberg, reported as Jacob's sister-in-law, resided with Jacob and Ida.
In Max Goldberg and Sylvia Baglisky's marriage record (see note 1, above), Sylvia's mother's name was recorded as Ida Rudenberg.
In Ann Baglisky's marriage record, her mother's name was written as Ruthenberg. New York Co, NY, marriage certificate no 30455 (1920), Alfred Bush and Anna Baglisky, 24 October 1920; Municipal Archives, New York City.