Berkowitz - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Berkowitz married Greenberg

cptphys — 2013-04-18 14:39:49Z

Apparently no connection. Our Berkowitz/Greenberg was resident in Philadelphia from 1890s marriage on till 40s(?).
Thanks for the response.

Re: Berkowitz married Greenberg

Warners5000 — 2013-04-18 12:36:41Z

I have a Rebecca Berkowitz (b. maybe 1860s?) in my family who married a Greenberg. She lived in NYC circa 1935.

Does this sound like any relation?

Re: William Berkowitz -- Esther Zukerman

momov19 — 2013-04-18 12:35:59Z

the names goes as this William Berkowitz married Esther Zukerman he was born about 1877 she about 1886 they had six children Harry, my father Sam, Irene , Lillian Sarah,Alfred

Re: Berkowitz, Zuckerman, Newman, Greenberg, Ungerlander

cptphys — 2013-04-18 12:35:17Z

(I was only able to see 1 line of your message.)
The family names listed were the married names for sisters of my Grandfather, Nate Berkowitz. Zuckerman and Ungerlander were in New York. The other two in Philadelphia as was his brother Samuel Berkowitz. My grandfather lived in Milwaukee, Sheboygan, TerreHaute and finally, Mattoon, Illinois after 1906.

Re: William Berkowitz

momov19 — 2013-04-18 12:34:40Z

At some point my grandparents lived in Ohio then moved to Pa and then Nj

Re: William Berkowitz

cptphys — 2013-04-18 12:34:11Z

It looks like we are not related in the obvious way. My grandfather was from Hungary and the area called Galszecs in Zemplen (a kind of county) seems to have been infested with Berkowitz's. The Zuckerman Imentioned was his sister's married name.

Re: William Berkowitz

momov19 — 2013-04-18 12:33:29Z

my grandfather was William Berkowitz he married Esther Zuckerman they were fro Cxechoslovakia and Hungry my grandfather was born about 1877

SURNAMES: Berkowitz, Zuckerman, Newman, Greenberg, Ungerlander

cptphys — 2013-04-18 12:32:55Z

If this conjunction of family names rings a bell, we are undoubtedly related. Zuckermans and Ungerlanders were in NYC, the others were in Philadelphia, in period 1900- thirties. My branch of Berkowitz went to the midwest.

Berkowitz Family from Riga, Latvia

jacknfriedlander — 2013-03-17 13:04:19Z

I am looking for detail of Latvian Berkowitz/Berkowitsch. My understanding is that all Riga Berkowitz's started with Peysack from the 18th century. Son(?) was Hirsch, Grandson Hatzkel (Jesekiil), Great Grandson Schender. At this stage the family moved from Sloka to Riga. Schender's son was Mordukh (Mark — My Great Grandfather), who moved to Witbank, South Africa. Mordukh's oldest daughter was my Grandmother Fanny, who married Solomon Esakov and moved to Johannesburg. I in turn moved to Atlanta USA.

Re: William Berkowitz

saragetlin — 2013-02-05 16:54:57Z

Please email me directly at saragetlin@cs.com.

Re: William Berkowitz

mangelito2006 — 2013-02-05 16:54:33Z

hi i am marcia siegels great niece and i am trying to find out more as well if you have any more informaiton please contact me at m_angelito2006@yahoo.com

Re: William Berkowitz

saragetlin — 2013-02-05 16:54:12Z

I hope you are still getting these. My grandmother, gladys berkowitz(maiden name), had a brother bill who I beleive was married to an Esther. Where did william live? do you know the names of his parents?

Sara

Re: William Berkowitz

mangelito2006 — 2013-02-05 16:53:36Z

please get back to me i think there might be a very tremendous connection

Re: William Berkowitz

Marcia_Siegel — 2013-02-05 16:53:12Z

There could be a connection have you met or heard any more about your grandmothers brothers family ie where he lived or about his wife and children.

could you answer this email at momov20@verizon.com
thanks
Marcia Berkowitz Siegel

Re: William Berkowitz

lindabethversil — 2013-02-05 16:52:50Z

Hi, my grandmas brother was william berkowitz. they were from Humenne, hungary near snina. Their parents were leah and herman, herschel berkowitz. any relation

Re: Berkowitz family from Hungary early 1900's

mangelito2006 — 2013-02-05 16:38:52Z

hello my name is jessica rubinoff my aunt is marcia siegel and i am also looking for information about my family im barely begining to find out more and more every day and i love to find out all about my family history. please give me a sign i pray . please.

Re: Berkowitz family from Hungary early 1900's

tndmyers — 2013-02-05 16:38:32Z

my mom's maiden name was joyce berkowitz. she was related to both a sam and esther. please let me know if we can help, her father was louis berkowitz. he had several brothers. i believe two of them were named sam and morris

Re: Ben Berkowitz

Marcia_Siegel — 2013-02-05 16:38:05Z

Jack I wonder if we are really related it would be great to find out I am married and have been for 42 years and have 20 children my husband and I live in Pa. I would love to find out more about the family connection please contact me in person at my email momov20@aol.com thank you
Marcia

Re: Ben Berkowitz from Hungary

jackbe1 — 2013-02-05 16:37:39Z

Ben Berkowitz emigrated from Austria/Hungary in the 1920s, but later this land may have been annexed to Czechoslovakia?

Re: William Berkowitz

Marcia_Siegel — 2013-02-05 16:36:08Z

No Sara I do not know my great grandparents name, and I am sorry to say there is no way I can find out at this time but the funny thing is my grandparents named on of their children Sara she has passed away as well only 12 hours after my grandmother that was about 20 or 25 years ago she could not have been more the 55 or 60 at the time, my dad's name was Sam he had brothers named Harry and Alfred, he had additional sisters named Irene and Lil both are living but I have lost contact with them

Gladys Berkowitz from Hungary

getsmail1 — 2013-02-05 16:12:40Z

My granmdother is Gladys Berkowitz, parents Ignotz and Minnie, siblings WIlliam(Bill), Leo, Dorothy, Gertrude, and another brother(can't remember the name,m maybe Joe)- Ignotz and Minnie came here from Hungary in the early 1900's, and settled in NYC- many of their children, inlcuding Bill, scattered to other parts of the US-

Solomon Berkowitz -- from Hungary to NY

2013-02-05 16:12:07Z

my grandfather was solomon berkowitz, he lived on the lowereastside of n.y..had 7 children....he was from hungarian decent...wife was yetta.

Re: Ben Berkowitz

2013-02-05 16:11:32Z

Did Ben perhaps marry Esther Baer of Ohio, as I am trying to get info on this branch of my Baer family. I have a picture of the two of them.

Any help would be amazing.

Re: Berkowitz in Youngstown, OH

jackbe1 — 2013-02-05 16:10:45Z

Yes there is a connection with my father, Ben Berkowitz and YOungstown. He lived there for a time and had other relatives there. There was a cousin, Pearl who married Dave Ostroff who lived in Youngstown. My father told me that he had a produce business in Youngstown or thereabouts and also was in the srap metal business. Pearl passed on recently, but her kids are still alive and I talk to some of them.

Re: Berkowtiz in Ohio

Marcia_Siegel — 2013-02-05 16:10:20Z

My family had relatives in Youngstown I remember visiting them when I was very young and that had to be the middle to late 40's and maybe the early 50's

Re: Berkowitz Family - Morris Berkowitz

2013-02-05 16:09:56Z

I do not remember any William or Esther but there was a Morris berkowitz. Many of my father's relatives settled in Ohio. he lived there himself maybe in the 1940s?

I have not taken this search to seriously; just observed this site and did a very quick search to see what I could come up with.

Re: Berkowitz Family

Marcia_Siegel — 2013-02-05 16:09:28Z

It is possible that there is a family conection as I cna not remember to much of my grandfathers family I do know from the wispers I hear in there was quite a large family but I understand they did not keep in touch, Do you remember hearing about a William and Esther Berkowitz who finally settled in N.J. via Ohio

Re: Ben Berkowitz from Hungary

jackbe1 — 2013-02-05 16:09:03Z

Hi. I read your note. My father Ben was born in 1909 in Austria/hungary. I think his middle name was Herman. Ben came to this country in the late 1920s. His father came before that--not sure when. Ben had many siblings, Max, Molly were two. His mother's name was toby Weiser.

Re: William & Esther Berkowitz family from Hungary early 1900's

jackbe1 — 2013-02-03 03:01:14Z

Hi Marcia,

Where in Ohio did your Berkowitz family live? My Berkowitz family immigrated from Hungary (Carpathian mountain region) in the late 1920s (at least my dad circa 1928 or so). This part of Hungary later became Czechloslovakia and then it became the Ukraine I'm sure my dad's father (Jacob--Jewish name Yahooda (spelling?) came to America (Cleveland, OH) before that but probably after 1910. My dad Ben listed on his immigration papers that he was married to Esther in Cleveland and was coming here to join her, but I think that Esther Berkowitz was in fact not his wife but a relative. Do you have a Cleveland address where your family lived? Did they live there in the 1930s or 1940s? When did they move to New Jersey? When was Esther born?

Jack Berkowitz
jackbe1@earthlink.net

Re: Berkowitz family from Hungry early 1900's

momov19 — 2013-01-31 19:52:05Z

its been a long time since we comunicated but I just learnded that my grandparents were from Checz-Hungrey

Re: Help with tombstone translation - Samuel Berkowitz (1863-1935) Hartford, CT

MLS919 — 2013-01-30 16:40:07Z

If you don't get a reply here, you could also try the Hebrew to English translation board:

http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.cemetery.general/15/mb.ash...

or the Hartford Co. board.

http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.con...

William & Esther Berkowitz family from Hungary early 1900's

Marcia_Siegel — 2013-01-30 16:31:29Z

I am looking for any possible relatives of my dad who might migratged from Hungry my grandfather was William Berkowitz my grandmother was Esther,my dad was Sam he had 2 brothers Harry and Alfred and 3 sister Irene Lillian and Sarah would love to hear from anyone who knew my family

Help with tombstone translation - Samuel Berkowitz (1863-1935) Hartford, CT

Warners5000 — 2013-01-27 16:25:01Z

If anyone can help translate the Hebrew text on this tombstone, I would appreciate any assistance you can give me.

Thank you very much.

-John

Re: Berkowitz family from Hungry early 1900's

MarkEugeneStrauss — 2012-09-11 22:02:20Z

I emailed my memoir to you.
My great-grandfather was Moshe Dov Berkovits from Volova, about 5km west of Humenne. His father was Samuel (Shmeul ben Moshe) from Topolovka, about 10km north of Humenne. I believe the family was originally from Humenne. There may be a relationship to the Moshe in your family. As for Avroham, my great grandfather's second son was named Avroham which became Edward when the family moved to Wilkes-Barre.

Re: Berkowitz family from Hungry early 1900's

acm1984 — 2012-09-11 21:13:18Z

Hmm, what do you know of the Avroham and Moshe in your tree? I'm interested in your memoir too. Can you email it to me at alexmesc@gmail.com? Thanks

Re: Berkowitz family from Hungry early 1900's

MarkEugeneStrauss — 2012-09-11 19:42:47Z

My Berkowitz ancestors also came from the area around Humenne. We have many common names in my tree, including Moshe and Avroham. My great-great grandfather Samuel Berkovits immigrated to Wilkes-Barre PA in the 1870's. His father Moshe was also from Humenne. Have you been able to find any earlier information on your family. I created a memoir on a recent trip to Humenne to research the family. If anyone is interested, I can email a copy.

Re: Berkowitz in California

1_jharris25 — 2012-09-11 00:26:02Z

berkowitz over here i have found something you will most likey be intrested in.for harry berkowitz...ones grand father was named harry berkowitz as well.I FOUND THE LAND PATENT FOR HARRY BERKOWITZ AND WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT IF WE ARE RELATED.SO THE BERKOWITZ'S HAVE A PERMANENT PLACE TO GO...please write back.one has found enough land for ALL the BERKOWITZ family's on the state!!!!spread like fire and let bring the family BERKOWITZ back to its honor...praise yahweh!!

Re: Berkowitz family from Hungry early 1900's

acm1984 — 2012-08-17 13:34:29Z

Here is my Berkowitz family tree. Let me know if there are any connections.

Re: Berkowitz from Hungary

acm1984 — 2012-08-17 13:33:46Z

Here is my Berkowitz family tree. Let me know if there are any connections.

Confirmation Reception for Master Jacob Berkowitz 1929

zedman1207 — 2012-08-14 23:40:09Z

I'm posting a picture from a formal dinner for Jacob Berkowitz probably born around 1914 and whose father may be Dave. Many of my extended family from Iasi Romania are labeled in it. I don't know if the Berkowitz's are friends or family. My family surnames in this picture include Klepper, Haimowitz, Lobel and Siegel. I have seen mention of Wolkowitz and Berkowitz on this message board. I have seen Wolkowitz possibly tied with Schindelman or Schendelman which is also related. Any connections I could find would be great!

Re: Berkowitz from Iasi, Romania

zedman1207 — 2012-08-14 23:14:21Z

I haven't been able to link Berkowitz to my family actually. Maybe they were all good friends but it was my extended family in attendance. I posted this on Jewishgen without much luck either. Just another of those dead ends I guess!! Keep looking!!

Re: Berkowitz from Iasi, Romania

Warners5000 — 2012-08-14 19:08:30Z

I've been able to find slightly more information about the family... doesn't appear that mine are related to yours, at least not directly.

I was able to find out that Samuel's father's name was Moshe (or Moshe Cohen?) and Leah's father's name was Aaron. Moshe may have been born in Russia (according to the 1930 census) and later moved to Romania. Both of Leah's parents are listed on the census as being born in "Austria-Vienna", and spoke Polish, but she was born in Romania.

I know the census information is often unreliable, so who knows?

Berkowitz from Iasi, Romania

Warners5000 — 2012-08-14 19:03:30Z

I've got some Berkowitz ancestors from Iasi, Romania that I am trying to find information on. I've also seen it spelled Berkovitz, but Isadore (my great-grandfather) spelled it Berkowitz.

Samuel (b. Aug 1861 in Iasi, Romania)
Leah (b. 1864 in Iasi, Romania)

Samuel and Lara immigrated to NYC in 1886, and were settled in Hartford, CT by 1900.

their children:
Louis Berkowitz (b. 1887 in NYC - d. before 1950)
Isadore H (Harry?) Berkowitz (b. 1888 - d.1977, died in Hartford, CT)
Abraham Berkowitz (b. 1891 ) owned Songo Shoe company in Portland, ME
Jacob "Jack" Berkowitz (b. 1893 )
Frida R. (Berkowitz) Wenick (b. 1895 - d. 1988)

If anyone has any information on any of them, please let me know.

Re: Berkowitz, Anna - from Russia

vetranbabe — 2012-08-08 23:46:09Z

Noah, I would LOVE to hear whatever information you do have. I did a little digging online and found a tombstone for Louis Devine in Denver (link below) .... I can only assume it is him. I found Anna Devine's tombstone in Sioux City, IA. Now, I am unsure of the sources of all the information I do have. I did, however, get in contact with a couple of new relatives through e-mail and Geni.com. Anna may be the daughter of Pesach and Basha Bercovich, though Pesach was married to a woman named Ruth, as well? The other children are: David, Miriam, Sachme, Label, Gershon, Razel, & Michla. I have been told there are Israeli ties in there somewhere, and ties to the Holocaust. My grandmother Elaine passed away in 1997, when I was 8 or 9, so I didn't get to know her or ask about our family tree.

I would love to talk with you more. My e-mail is vetranbabe@gmail.com. :)

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=de...;

Re: Berkowitz, Anna - from Russia

nojean651 — 2012-08-08 19:13:18Z

Hi Sarah, Would you happen to know where Lious Devine's tombstone is located? I was thinking about going to visit. You have more information then I do. Is your Grandmother Elaine still alive? Do you follow Jewish Traditions? Did you hear anything about Anna before she made it to America? My Grandmother Robin shared some information with me about Anna before she came to America just a few weeks ago. That's what got me interested in finding out more about my great great grandparents. I knew we had Jewish blood in our family, but I didn't know anything else till just a few weeks ago.

Re: Berkowitz, Anna - from Russia

vetranbabe — 2012-08-08 00:24:29Z

Hi Noah, I am Sarah Sherman, granddaughter of Elaine Devine, great-granddaughter of Anna and Louis Devine. I believe I got the information about Louis moving to Denver from Cousin Phyllis Freid, but I can't remember where exactly she falls on my tree. I contacted the hospital where he died and got his death certificate, I believe. That is really the only information I have because, it sounds like, my dad and his mother, etc, were told he had a drinking problem and left the family. This same family member told me Louis had a brother named Ed Devin in Chicago, I found he was married to a Tillie Blumenthal, they had a son named Jerome Devin.

Re: Berkowitz, Anna - from Russia

nojean651 — 2012-08-07 19:14:08Z

My name is Noah Rector my Great Great Grandmother is Anna my Great Grandfather is Joseph Devine and my Grandma is Robin Devine who lives in Lawrence, Kansas. I am trying to find out who you are and where did you get the information about Lious Devine moving to Colorado? My understanding was that Lious had a brother in Chicago who's last name was Levine never got a first name.

Re: BERKOWITZ & WOLKOWITZ

robert_levinee — 2012-04-09 01:49:26Z

Hello Cathy,
My name is Robert Levine, my great-great-grandparents were Josef and Tema Flamholtz. I know that Josef's mother's name was Louise. I also know that Josef was born in Russia, had 1 brother who perished in the Russian army while Josef fled the Russian army and escape to Poland where he met Tema and got married. Their oldest child, Moisha died at the age of 14 from appendicitis. They also had 3 other children (all girls) Dora, Hilda and Augusta.
Do you know anything about Josef that I didn't mention? Thanks!
-Robert Levine

Re: BERKOWITZ & WOLKOWITZ

robert_levinee — 2012-04-09 01:49:13Z

Re: Berkowitz from Iasi, Romania

zedman1207 — 2012-03-11 17:13:36Z

Hi,

Glad this isn't too old! I have a photograph of the confirmation reception for Jacob Berkowitz. My grandmother labeled herself and most of her first cousins so I'm guessing we are related to Jacob but I can't fit him in my tree. Our surnames include Klepper, Siegel, Haimowitz, Yancolowitz, Lobel, Selig, Schindelman/Schendelman/Scheindelman, Weiss and Lobel. I'm guessing that Jacob's mother was Klepper, Weiss or Selig. I've found a Fany Klapper married Sam Berkowitz in 1910. Can you be related somehow? I'd love to connect the dots and label more people in the picture.

Thanks, Judi