Faces from Kherson
Related to: Kherson (Province),
Elisabethgrad
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Goldie
DUBIN TORGAN
Born Gelde DUBINSKY to Yankle and Leya DUBINSKY
in 1858 |
Samuel
TORGHIN (later TORGAN)
Born Henkel Leib Torchan to Henkel and
Schindla Torchin in 1850 |
Goldie and Samuel were born and married in Elisabethgrad.
They emigrated to England c. 1885 with their oldest children. After
the birth of another child, they
continued to the US . Goldie's picture was taken in New
Bedford, Massachusetts in 1897. They settled in Massachusetts and
Rhode Island. Samuel Torgan died in 1919, in Providence, Rhode Island.
Photo courtesy of Sydney Herbert. |
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Goldie and Samuel Torgan with their four
children
The children Jack Lewis and Ida were both born in Yelizavetgrad, the third
was born in England, the fourth in the United States.
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SIEBELWESKY, POBERJESKY, and DASHEVSKY family pictures
by Ray Cannata
Ray Cannata recovered these photos, amongst hundreds, from the ruins
of his great-great-grandmother's house, as it was in the process of
being demolished. The last family member to live there had not maintained
it, and was a hoarder, so the photos were both buried and protected by
layers of trash.
With the help of many family members and diligent research, he was able
to identify many of the individuals in the photos.
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Srul POBERJESKY was my 3x-great grandfather, born c. 1840s in Elizavetgrad,
to Yonia and Mania. The photo is dated 28 Jan. 1913. Photo
courtesy of Ray Cannata. |
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Revel POBERJESKY (1875-1961) and probably a younger brother taken
in Elizavetgrad around 1894. Photo courtesy of Ray Cannata. |
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Meir Leib SIEBELEWSKY
and his 2nd wife on their wedding day in 1883. Photo courtesy
of Ray Cannata |
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SIEBELEWSKY family 1894.
Alter SIEBELEWSKY (TSIBULEVSKY) 1865-1911, wife Gittel 'Katia' POBERJESKY
SIEBELEWSKY 1869-1940, and children Victor,
Peter and Ruth SIEBEL. Photo was taken Sept. 27, 1894 in NYC,
about three years after they fled Elizavetgrad for political reasons
(Katia and Alter were radicals).
Photo courtesy of Ray Cannata. |
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The BUDNECHANKOs (CHANKOs)
immigrated from Elizavetgrad to Philadelphia on Nov. 4, 1904. This
photo of Revel POBERESKY (1875-1961) and Louis CHANKO and their
first four children was taken about 1906 in NYC, two years after
their immigration.
Photo courtesy of Ray Cannata. |
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Max GORDON, aka Michael Lazar Ilyeshev GORDON;
A photo of a painting. Photo courtesy of Linda Silverman Shefler |
Sarah GORDON, A photo of a painting. photo courtesy of Linda
Silverman Shefler |
Faces from Odessa
Himmelfarb
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Betty Himmelfarb and her children
Taken in Odessa c. 1905.
Betty 'Beila bat Moshe' (ZIPORKIS) HIMMELFARB (1873 - 1940) with her children:
on floor:
Pauline HIMMELFARB (1902 - 1977); Moshe HIMMELFARB (1899 - 1983);
upper center, daughter's name and dates unknown.
Joseph HIMMELFARB, Beila's husband, emigrated to Canada in 1905. Photo
courtesy of Barbara Stephenson.
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Joseph and Betty (nee ZIPORKIS) HIMMELFARB
Taken in Odessa c. 1898 (probably around their wedding date.) Photo courtesy
of Barbara Stephenson. |