My grandfather, David Blumberg was born Aug 25th 1887 in Lomza Russ-Poland. After partition the area is in Poland. Grandfather arrived at Ellis Island on Nov 02 , 1907 aboard The Cedric, Holland American lines. Ships arrival records state the permanent residence of David and his father Jacob as Pionsnica, Russia. Pionsnica is a small village outside of Lomza. His father, Jacob Blumberg and mother Ellen
( translation shown on David's marriage record) Cibulski aka Zibulsky had four children. They were my grandfather, one older and one younger brother and a sister whose first name I don't know. Grandfather's older brother died young. Translation for his name was probably Hyman. His youngest brother's name is probably also translated to Hyman. Grandfather's surviving brother and his wife immigrated to South America sometime in the 1920's. I don't recall whether they went to Rio De Janerio or to Buenos Aries Argentina. Later grandfather's sister joined her brother in South America. She married and had children there. I have a photo of her and her family that she sent to my grandfather but unfortunately no one wrote their names on the back of the photo. Grandfather married twice while in the Unted States. His first wife Annie died in the Flu epidemic of 1918 leaving two small children for him to raise alone. In 1919 he married Mollie and had 5 additional children. They lived on the Lower East Side of Manhattan until the 1940's when they moved to the Bronx. I would love to exchange information with anyone who knows anything about this family since I can only go back to my great grandparents.