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What I learned from Grandfather's family

His entire family had lived in Warsaw since 1820.

​The Leizerson-Raabe

His father, Salomon-Szlama, was born in 1848.

He was the son of Yehouda-Leyb Leizerson, born around 1820, and Sara Myriam Raabe.

And there is the name Raabe which appears, in fact that of the Grandmother of Herschen-Gedalia, called Gustave in France.

After investigation with the Genealogist at the Genealogical Institute of Warsaw: Yehouda and Sara Meryem Raabe were not married civilly but religiously at the time of the birth of their first two children:

  • Hersch-Beer (1841-1907) and

  • Gerschon Meir (1843-1912) who received the surname of their mother Raabe.

I am still investigating the descendants of the two Raabe brothers of Solomon.

For the previous generation, I found the names of Sara Meryem Raabe's parents: Yezekiel Raabe (born around 1800) and Szoszia (no known surname). Nothing on Yehouda's parents.

Genealogical research in Warsaw is very difficult due to the disappearance of more than 70% of the archives during the total destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto in May 1943 and of a large part of the rest of the city during the Polish uprising of August 1944.

But another hypothesis is possible. The Leizersons could very well have come to settle in Warsaw around the years 1800/1820, coming from some corner of Poland, Russia or Western Europe.

Grandfather's parents
Salomon and Sara Scheindle (Chwast) Leizerson had seven children:

Salomon ran a business selling "wooden shoe sticks and all kinds of shoemaking supplies" in Warsaw, as did his brother Hersch Ber Raabe. His brother's business was located at 2239 Nalewski Street, and his own at 969 Graniczna Street.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Nalewski Street was one of the main commercial thoroughfares of Warsaw's Jewish quarter from the 1800s onward, when Jews were able to resettle in the city. It is now located near the Polin Museum. Graniczna Street is near the square.

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Salomon and Sara Scheindle (Chwast) Leizerson

They had seven children:

​J'en ai retrouvé trois dans les archives de Varsovie :

  • Abraham-Lejzor (1868-1917) : je ne sais pas de quoi il est mort? A la guerre peut être

  • Icek-Jakob (1874-?). Il serait peut-être parti en Amérique mais quand et où ?

  • Ryfka (1876-?) : pas d'information.

 

Grand-père en signalait trois dans son dossier de naturalisation, tous les prénoms étaient francisés. Ils étaient nés après Grand-Père.

  • Maurice, qui avait 40 ans en 1922/23 - donc né potentiellement en 1882/83,  était gantier à New-York. Je n'ai trouvé trace, que de son arrivée à N.Y en 1898 hébergé (à 15/16 ans),  par une famille Wolf. Après, plus rien de concordant!

  • Jeanne, 38/39 ans née en 1884, connue de notre famille sous le nom de Gutchè (en yiddish) Goscia en polonais. Elle épousa le frère de ma Grand-mère Itzack. Tous deux furent déportés, lui en juillet 42, elle en décembre 42. Ils moururent à Auschwitz. J'ai longtemps pensé que leurs enfants étaient morts. Mais je viens de retrouver leurs traces.

  • Lola, la plus jeune, 30 ans en 1922/23 donc née en 1892. D'après mon grand-père elle serait aussi partie à New-York. Je n'en ai pas trouvé trace. Si elle était mariée, c'est une gageure de la retrouver, car je ne connais pas son patronyme de femme mariée.

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