Genealogy Tales

More Edelbergs and Friedmans and some “new” photos

August 22, 2011

I’ve found more Edelbergs in the past few weeks and also some “new” old photos from the Sentinel. One of the photos is a wedding picture of Lois Levine Marc.

The other photo is of Auntie Gloria on her wedding day.

On Jewish Gen, I found some births for Edelbergs on a Lithuania database. I believe these are ours, so at the risk of making another wrong assumption, I’ve included them in the data.

EIDELBERG, Freida Zakhary, Shmerko
Feiga, Tevel
- 16/11/1891
- Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius - Vilna
1891
F144 2205051 / 2
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LVIA/728/3/1444

EYDELBERG, Nison Solomon, Zakhariya
Ester, –
- 28/11/1894
11 Kislev Butrimonys
Trakai
Vilnius Bris: Abram SILMAN; Family from Minsk Butrimonys
1894
M8 2205089 / 3
221
LVIA/728/4/292

EYDELBERG, Dveyra Solomon, Zkhariya
Ester, –
- 5/1/1896
2 Shevat Butrimonys
Trakai
Vilnius Family from Vilno [Vilnius] Butrimonys
1896
F4 2205089 / 3
237
LVIA/728/4/292

EYDELBERG, Shmerko Solomon, Zkhariya
Ester, Movsha
SIROTA 1/4/1898
21 Nisan Butrimonys
Trakai
Vilnius Bris: Abram SILMAN, Gdalya BYELOUS; Family from Minsk Butrimonys
1898
M7 2205089 / 3
272
LVIA/728/4/292

I think Frieda is Max’s sister, Dveyra is his niece Dorothy Edelberg Kapetansky, and Nison and Shmerko are Dorothy’s brothers.

This takes us back another generation, as a Shmerko is listed as Zahkariya’s father.

I’m also working on trying to find out more about Rosa Edelberg, for whom I found a marriage to Nathan Lisse, and a passenger record with a sister (the name has been transcribed as “Louisa” but looks like “Tania” to me) saying that they were coming to America to be with their brother Max Edelberg.

Rose married Nathan Lisse in 1906. She died of pulmonary tuberculosis in 1915. Her death certificate says her father was “Oscar Edelberg.” Zachary does not convert into “Oscar.” Instead, it is usually “Sam.” But, I could see how the informant could have said, “Zahkar” and the clerk heard “Oscar.”

Anyway, Rose and Nathan had children Reuben, Joseph, Sol, and Sarah. They were living with Nathan when he filled out his World War I Draft Registration, but in 1920 they were living in a Jewish Orphans Home. There are several references to them performing and being confirmed while living at the orphans home in The Sentinel.

Nathan appears to have lived on to 1946 and remarried. However, I have found records with two different birth dates, so I’m unsure as to whether this is actually the same man.

I also did some further research on some other Edelbergs who lived in Chicago during the same time period. They are related to Aaron Edelberg, but I don’t know yet whether Aaron has any connection to Max, so I haven’t put them in my database, though I guess I should put them in as “unrelated” people and see if there is a connection later.

I found an obituary for Charles Friedman, which said he had a brother named Chaim. I found Hyman Friedman and it turned out that I already had his daughter Carrie Friedman Berkowitz and Bertha Berkowitz Mansfield in the data. Yes, Bertha married Seymour Jacob Mansfield — her 2nd cousin.

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