Josephson - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Barney Josephson

Judith_Schreiber — 2009-08-08 16:05:18Z

Andy -- sorry to be so late getting back to you, I've been medically challenged for the last 2 years --- but I am thrilled to hear from you and hope you are still there.
Can you tell me anything about Barney's brothers or sisters, or if he was related to Leon Jolson of NYC and who passed away in the last week?
Judy

Re: JOSEPHSON FAMILY TREE,CALIFORNIA

smittygal1 — 2009-06-10 20:38:28Z

I am a Josephson born in California. My father was Robert C. Josephson born in San Francisco in the 1920's. My email address is smittygal@hotmail.com if you would like to contact me.

Patricia Josephson-Smith

Re: Surname Josephson/Josephsen

calamityjane_MASON — 2009-06-10 07:53:59Z

I have a Peter E. Hansen m. Julia Matson with a daughter Leila Clairabell that m. and Alfred "Hanson" in New Zealand.
Wondering what Matson you were refering too?

:)

Oscar A. Josephson

bgjosep — 2009-05-20 23:10:10Z

I am seeking information on Oscar A. Josephson (Josefson). He was born about 1894 in Sweden. He left Stockholm in or about 1912 and immigrated to Marlborough Mass. He was a cobbler by trade and I believe worked at the Frye boots company. He married Lottie R. Schwartz. She was born in Maine about 1888. She was a fancy shoe sticher also at Frye. If anyonen on either Oscar or Lottie I would appreciate any information. Thank You you can e-mail me at bgjosep@aol.com

JOSEPHSON Myron H 1950-1986

t42RoseHill — 2009-04-29 00:36:10Z

JOSEPHSON Myron H 1950-1986

I photographed this gravestone in the (Shannon) Rose Hill Cemetery, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 203,283 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com .

If you know more about this person please reply here,instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

Re: JOSEPHSON FAMILY TREE,CALIFORNIA

contactus195 — 2008-11-23 22:10:23Z

I have a Great grandfather, Joseph Josephson born in 1862 or 1863 whose family came to the US in the late 1860s. I think they first settled in Maine, and then later moved to Pennsylvania.

Ralph

Re: JOSEPHSON FAMILY TREE,CALIFORNIA

contactus195 — 2008-11-23 22:09:31Z

I have a Great grandfather, Joseph Josephson born in 1862 or 1863 whose family came to the US in the late 1860s. I think they first settled in Maine, and then later moved to Pennsylvania.

Ralph

Re: JOSEPHSON FAMILY TREE,CALIFORNIA

contactus195 — 2008-11-23 19:46:19Z

Hi, Deborah,

If your dad's father is Lloyd, then is your dad's name Frank? I remember when I was a small boy that an "Uncle Lloyd and his son Frank came to visit my grandmother (his sister) and my mother. As I said, Lydia Eash (Josephson) is my grandmother and my mother is Leota. My mother and fater ar still living (ages 95 and 97 respectively) and residing in the Lansing, MI area. I live in the Charlotte, NC area. If you have any information about Grandmam Josephson (Elva/Alva) and Grandpap, I would appreciate it. I will be visitin my parents in about a week and I'll ask if they have any pictures I can send you of Lydia, John and/or the rest of the family.

Thank you for your response.

Ralph

Re: JOSEPHSON FAMILY TREE,CALIFORNIA

jlwadsworth2269 — 2008-11-23 04:17:13Z

Do you have any additional information? My e-mail address is dlwadsworth@atlanticbb.net Would you contact me at this address so we can communicate better and share information we have. Lloyd Josephson is my Dad's father. My current name is Deborah Wadsworth. I had married a Layton and divorced.

Re: JOSEPHSON FAMILY TREE,CALIFORNIA

contactus195 — 2008-11-22 21:34:14Z

My greatgrandfather is probably the John (Joseph) Josephson you are referring to. My grandmother, Lydia married Josiah Eash and moved to Toledo,Ohio. She had a brother John and I think another named Lloyd. I know he was born in Finland around 1862. I didn't know they were married in Maine.

Hope this helps. Would appreciate any additional info.

Ralph

Re: JOSEPHSON FAMILY TREE,CALIFORNIA

contactus195 — 2008-11-22 20:32:59Z

My grandmother was a Josephson whose father was most likely the John Josephson who lived in Sidman, PA. at the time of her birth. John (?) was also born in 1862 in Finland and his wife;s name was Alva (Elva?) Beals.
Any information on relatives/decendants would be greatly appreciated.

Abraham Josephsson family of Prentzlow Brandenburg Preussen Germany

johntyner2001 — 2008-09-11 19:25:17Z

Abraham josephsson/josephson was born 1770 in Germany died 1825 dont know where. he married Blomma Magnus(1770-1839). i dont know when they married. Blomma apparebntly died in North America, i have no idea where. the only source i have is on the igi on familysearch.org
any help appreciated
john in ireland

Re: JOSEPHSON FAMILY TREE,CALIFORNIA

andrewjosephson2003 — 2008-07-16 01:28:15Z

My father is Joseph Josephson.

Re: Barney Josephson

andrewjosephson2003 — 2008-07-16 01:23:42Z

Barney was my Great Uncle. I can tell you lots about Barney or know people who can.

Andy Josephson

My Eastern European family on the distaff side

AnneRuthAlton — 2008-05-26 00:40:11Z

Despite my Alton surname, I'm searching for information about my maternal grandfather, Philip Josephson, who immigrated into the UK from Romania around 1894, aged 2 years old. He had a number of brothers, maybe a sister.
My understanding is that his mother was called Gazelle and that his family were jewellers to Queen Marie and King Karol. They lived in Iasi/Jassy.
Philip Josephson was a textiles import/export merchant in Manchester from around the time of his marriage to my grandmother,Eda Alexander (or Volpiansky) in 1919 to the 1970s. His third wife and then widow, Gertrude, continued trading under the Jospehson name. I have no interest in 'inheritance'.
I am also interested in my Volpiansky, Russian Jewish family - my grandmother, Eda's family. (The Josephsons were also Jewish). My great-grandparents, Bernard and Sarah Volpiansky may have been born around 1860 in Grodno or Bialystok. They emigrated to Sheffield, Yorkshire, England prior to the 1880s, with just one child, Rachel, born in Russia (my Great Aunt); the rest of their 9 children were born around the 1880s in England. Great-grandmother, Sarah (whose maiden name may have been Ravelsky), died 3 years after giving birth to my grandmother, Eda, who died in Manchester in the late 1970s, under the surname Woods.
The Volpiansky family, at some point, altered their name to Alexander. They moved to Manchester after the death of Sarah. Great grandfather Bernard, was a rabbi - both in Sheffield and Manchester. Both families (Josephsons and Volpianskys) were, of course, Orthodox Ashkenazi.
The Volpiansky children were: Rachel, Rosie, Alec, Sid, Julie (Yenta), Bertha (Basha), May (Minnie), Fay, Eda.
Rosie Alexander owned a chain of wallpaper shops under the name of Alexander and Rose. She died in the south west of England, aged 51, of TB, before WW2, possibly in Plymouth and may be buried in Torquay.
Alec emigrated to Buenos Aires where he worked for the Norwich Union in the early-mid 20th century. He died in the 1960s. He was the friend of Nesta Torres Morres.
Sidney emigrated to Johannesburg, and had shares in a gold/diamond mine - also in the early-mid 20th century. Like Alec, he never married. He had a close, male business partner.
My mother, Rebecca Ruth Josephson, the daughter of Philip Josephson and Eda Alexander, was born in 1919. Philip and Eda divorced two years later. Eda shortened her surname to Jephson. My mother was known as Ruth. She attended Manchester High School (Dover Street) in the 1930s and then worked at Boots Royal Exchange Lending Library. At the age of 19, she married Robert Andrew. They divorced 7 years later. In 1947, she married my father, Bernard Alton. I was born in 1952, an only child, like my mother before me. Therefore, I may be the last of the line, as none of the other Volpiansky children had offspring themselves with the possible exception of Minnie, who gave birth to an illegitimate son (David?)in London between 1910 and 1920 and had him adopted at birth.
I DID meet a couple of Josepson-related relatives many years ago: one of them was Gertrude, whom I learnt, by hearsay, was at first, shocked by me turning up (Gertrude was Philip Josephson's third wife) and then, from what another 'relative' told me, suspicious of my motives in trying to contact her again decades later.
I would like both Gertrude and Pamela (both in the Greater Manchester connurbation when last heard of) to understand that I have NO financial interest whatsoever in trying to trace my ancestry and am, in fact, insulted that anyone should imagine I would do so. Also, I'd like Pamela to be aware that, although she had her own health problems, both my late father, Bernard Alton, and myself, Anne-Ruth Alton, also had/have serious health problems and we ended contact with her after a brief reunion c.1989, given her insensitivity to our needs. My only reason for searching my family tree I surely have in common with many people: I want to discover my roots, more about my 'fascinating' family and, as I appear to be the last of the Volpiansky line, to find out more about them in particular. There was a family rumour about a connection with the American film score composer, Harry Rabinowitz and also talk of a relative in Waterbury, Connecticutt.
My Alton side is the only English strand, being my father's father's name i.e. the family name of William Alton, my grandfather, who married Winifred Byrne in the late 19th century. A little has been traced on the Alton side - I'd like to discover more. Of the Byrne side, I have got stuck. Winifred was born in or around Ballaghadereen, Co.Roscommon (or Mayo?) in 1874. She had two sisters, one of whom was named Margaret. The family came to live in Manchester, England, when Winifred was a toddler.
My late father and I visited Ballaghadereen in 2001, but could not trace Winifred in the (Roman Catholic) parish records. Later, I could not find a match on Cyndi's list; of course, the Black and Tans destroyed many Irish parish records and there was a fire in the genealogy building in Dublin.
Dad and I did discover a Kemmitt relative (a rare Irish surname) - there was evidently some connection between the Kemmitts and the Byrnes and Dad was aware of an Uncle Michael Kemmitt in the Co.Roscommon area. The Kemmitt relative could shed no light on how we came to be 'related' however.
Dad had an Aunt Mary Kate Handforth, wife of the President of the Santa Fe Railroad, who survived the San Francisco earthquake of 1904(1906?)...Aunty Mary Kate visited Manchester with her daughter, Margaret Mary around the late 1920s and my father knew them then.
There are some Alton relatives in Morecambe, Lancashire and in New Zealand and possibly in Zambia or Botswana.
I would love to hear from anyone who can help me to discover more about my family history and 'meet' with any long lost relatives.

Re: JOSEPHSON FAMILY TREE,CALIFORNIA

dlwadsworth1 — 2007-06-19 17:40:42Z

I see your post is from 2004, and you may not even get this, but I have just begun a search of the Josephson surname with relations coming from Finland and possibly Sweden. I found the following in a local newspaper.
"Joseph Josephson (Census information gives his name as John), 84, .... died ... He was born in Finland on December 26, 1862, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Josephson. He came to America in 1866 and settled in New Sweden, Me [Maine]. On March 31, 1891, he married Alva [Elva] Beals in Clearfield County." I see your relations came from Finland. I know that some Josephsons moved to Virginia and some to Ohio. Some were here in Sidman, Pennsylvania and South Fork, PA. I know very little so it is possible they could be anywhere. Any information would be helpful. My father was a Josephson and married a Ramsell.

Re: Josephson Family

katjanrw2004 — 2007-05-06 15:27:42Z

A late answer is better than none, I hope! :-)

I am a historian living near Iserlohn. A Salomon Josephson lived in Iserlohn in 1866, his address was Mühlentor 239. His profession was listed as "Manufakt. Waren", seems he was some sort of merchant.
There were many Jews called Wertheim living in Iserlohn. A Hermann Wertheim even owned a shop there. A Joel Abraham Wertheim was a representative of the synagoge in Iserlohn in 1866. Other Wertheims listed in Iserlohn in 1886 were Amalie Wertheim (kirchstraße 335), Friederike Wertheim (Mühlentor 479), Samuel Wertheim (kirchstraße 335), Simon Wertheim (Kirchstra0e 335), Isaac Wertheim (Wermingser Strasse 848) and Levi, Moses and Philipp Wertheim (Sophienstraße 893).

Gope that helps. For further information you can contact the archive of the town Iserlohn (in German: Stadtarchiv). www.iserlohn.de

Katja :-)

Re: Harris Josephson married to Harriett McClure 1863

reynolds_susie — 2007-04-28 04:06:24Z

Hi, it's Harriett that I have an interest in. I can not locate her parents after 1850. Any photos? Thanks for responding.

Re: Swan Josephson

2006-10-30 14:16:38Z

Hello again, I've just checked my Family Tree Maker program and find that my Sven Justus Josephson, was born 1869 in Svanebo, Martenstorp, Oreryd, Sweden. He died Feb 15, 1926 in Pembine, Marinette, Wis. Listed wife is Mary Long born in 1875 in Michigan.
She died in 1949. He also had been married to a Catherine Naddo.
He was naturalized in York, NE, June 1889.
He could very well have moved to Iowa and then to Wisconsin.

I don't have any information about his children. I've found that many of my ancestors changed their names.

Re: Swan Josephson

2006-10-30 12:53:18Z

There was a Sven Josephson that got his naturalization papers in Nebraska. I believe my Sven was a brother to my grandmother Augusta ne:Josephson Rosenlof. Not sure if Sven and Swan are interchangeable. I think both names are very common.
You might check out the NEGenweb site for York Co.NE
You wrote your message several yrs ago, have you found anything since?

Re: Amelia Josephson

2006-06-08 06:07:11Z

Still searching for information regarding Amelia. Please, need family history due to illnesses in the family. Thanks!

Re: Josephson Poland or Russia

2006-05-15 21:45:28Z

Thanks but no they are not mine. specifically. Although it is possible that they are related. Interestingly there is a Marcus and I am researching my great great grandfather Marcus.

Re: Josephsons in Australia

2006-02-11 09:07:58Z

Hi Sue. Originally I thought that your branch of Josephsons couldn't be related to mine, but more recently after more research I have changed my mind and think it is now possible.

I have made contact with a relative who is older than I who was told by his father (who wasborn in about 1901) when he was growing up that the family's claim to fame was that they were related to Judge Josephson. I now realize that they may have been talking about your branch. If they are related, my great great grandfather Marcus Josephson who was born in Poland (not sure where yet) had a father Joseph Josephson. Is it possible that he and the Joseph Josephson the father of Jacob were named after the same grandfather and were first cousins? How is your research going? Marcus came to Australia in 1865.

Regards,
Aviva Goldman

Re: Harris Josephson married to Harriett McClure 1863

2005-08-18 18:57:13Z

Susie - I am researching this name as well. I have the marriage info (probably as you do) but I do have other family info. I know that Harris either came from Poland or Germany and his wife was born in MO. They have 4 children that I know of. One is the connection for me. Their daughter Sarah married John H. Walter. The Walter name is what led me to Josephson. Would be happy to share any other info I have ( which is some) if you would like to email me directly.

Re: Josephsons in Australia

2005-07-20 03:07:52Z

Sue,
Was your Great Grandfather( Joshua Percy Josephson) 's Father, Isaac John Josephson?

My Great, Great Grandfather was Herbert John Josephson who I believe is Joshua Percy's Brother?

I am happy to exchange info if you wish.

Re: Josephson

2005-07-20 02:55:25Z

What country?

Re: Josephsons in Australia

2005-07-18 09:23:29Z

Marcus Josephson arrived in Australia with his wife Catherine and daughter Phoebe in 1865. Appears to have moved to Sydney after 1877 with other children Sampson, Julia,Joseph,Phillip,Amelia, Sarah and Rebecca.
There was also another Marcus Josephson in Sydney around that time with wife Clara.
Willling to share information.

Re: Josephson

2005-07-24 12:59:55Z

What country do you come from?

Re: Josephson Poland or Russia

judyjosephson — 2006-06-15 17:46:06Z

Found this in my notes -- does it apply?
*****************************************************************************************************************
1920 census -
Name: Abraham Josephson
Age: 42 years
Estimated birth year: 1877
Birthplace: Russia
Race: White
Home in 1920: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Home owned: View Image
Sex: View Image
Marital status: View Image
Year of immigration: View Image
Able to read & write: View Image
Roll: T625_731
Page: 3B
ED: 163
Image: 0443

This Abraham 42, is married to Annis Josephson, age33, sons Marcus, age 13, born in Russia, and Edward, age 4, born in MA - all state parents born in Russia. Abraham is listed as drygoods merchant.
Abraham came to America in 1909, Annis and Marcus in 1908. Abe and Annis were naturalized in 1915

Oscar Josephson

mygerl1 — 2006-08-17 10:58:09Z

Christina Gunhild Josephson b: Sept.1905 in Sweden, to Oscar Turs Josephson and Sofia or Sofra Mathilda Carlson. My fathers mother was Augusta Josephson, but I don't know how the two women are related. Maybe they are cousins also. I'm at a stand still.

Josephson File Submitter

mygerl1 — 2006-08-17 10:58:09Z

Trying to contact HJosephson who submitted the file name: H4652
I'm unable to download your file and your e-mail address is obsolete. The name I'm searching is Nels Josephson. Please respond.

Josephsons in Ne.

mygerl1 — 2006-08-17 10:58:09Z

you should check the NeGenWeb site. It is very helpful. My grandmother was Augusta (Magnuson)Josephson. She had brothers, David, John, and Charles, and one sister Jenny. Some of her siblings lived in Wisconsin, while she went to live in York, Ne. where she married Charles Rosenlof.
If you have pertinant information to share, please feel free to contact me.

Re: Josephsons in Australia

SuzyQ1183 — 2005-06-24 07:19:41Z

I have Josephson Ancestors that were in Australia, they were from Sydney. My Great Grandfather Joshua Percy Josephson was the Mayor of Marrickville.

Josephson Family

robertabas — 2004-12-05 05:13:38Z

Please advise what information you have on Mr. Josephson's family, if any. I am looking for the Josephson family from NY as they are part of my family.

Roberta Halle Bass
Robertabas@aol.com

Josephson Family

robertabas — 2004-12-05 05:13:38Z

I am looking for descendants of Salomon Josephson and Mina Wertheim from Germany. Please contact me direct. I am amazed at your surname being the same as mine.

Roberta Halle Bass
Robertabas@aol.com

Josephson Family

robertabas — 2004-12-05 05:13:38Z

Thanks for the reply but do not think they are part of my family as they came from Germany.

Re: Josephson

robertabas — 2004-12-05 05:13:38Z

Unfortunately we do not just have Joseph's on our tree.. The name was Josephson and I have no information on the names you sent to me....Sorry and good luck in your search.

Roberta Halle Bass

Re: Josephson

slappy5star2 — 2005-07-22 15:11:37Z

I do not know.

Re: Amelia Josephson

pdoreenhopper — 2006-06-08 15:09:43Z

Can you give a little more information on Amelia? Where was she born? Approximate birthdate? Do you have her daughter's names?

Josephson Poland or Russia

avivagoldman — 2005-09-16 02:31:25Z

My great great grandfather Marcus Josephson was born in Neustadt. I'm not sure if that was Poland or Russia, or Lithuania. That's what he called it in 1861. Does anyone have any Josephson connections there and can they tell me exactly where it was?

Josephsons in Australia

avivagoldman — 2005-06-23 05:51:39Z

Does anybody have any information on Josephsons in Australia. My great great grandmother and father were Marcus and Catherine Josephson in NSW. Apparently there were some firemen in the family.

Carlotte Josephson

eeliag — 2005-05-01 19:39:30Z

I am looking for relations of Carlotte Josephson
who was born in Prussia? and married to Meyer Schlamm.
Their son Solomon was born in 1862 - he later went to
the USA. I don't know if his parents came here or not.
If you have any information to share, please
contact me...

my family tree is at: www.netwizards.com/~eeliag
Cheers,

Eelia
San Diego, CA

Charlotte Josephson

eeliag — 2005-05-01 19:39:30Z

Hello, you emailed me a while back - sorry it took so long to get back to you! My Salomon had the last name Schlamm. Charlotte was the Josephson - but it is very likely that Charlotte and your Salomon could be related. Cheers,

Eelia

Carlotte Josephson

eeliag — 2005-05-01 19:39:30Z

Hi there btw my email address is: eeliag@netwiz.net, please respond to this address.
Sorry I missspelled Carlottes name... actually I'm not qute
sure of the spelling. She probably came from Germany aka Prussia - a place called
Strelzno - I believe it is now part of Poland?
I think there is another name for this town but I can't
find my notes on that. I don't have any other info on her though.
She did have a niece named Rosa - its not clear if
Rosa was a Schlamm or a Josephson.

Thanks for the quick response. Look forward to talking with you!

Cheers,

Eelia

Charlotte Josephson (Schlamm) and Julian Josephson wrote Disraeli screenplay 1929

eeliag — 2005-05-01 19:39:30Z

Hello, am looking for relations of Charlotte (exact spelling unknown) Josephson, who married Meyer Schlamm. They are suposed to have come from Prussia, poss Strelzno or local. She and Meyer both died in San Francisco CA, in the 1890's or there abouts.

I understand that Charlotte was related in some way to the screenplay writer Julian Josephson, or so the family legend goes.

Please contact me if you @: eeliag@netwiz.net
www.netwiz.net/~eeliag

Josephson

robert_josephson — 2005-06-29 19:55:02Z

I am researching my Josephson family heritage. Here is everything that I could find.
John Josephson married Ada ?
Children
Leslie, Stella, Harold, Clarence, Vernon
Leslie married Helen A Ardell
Parents of Helen
Eugene Jerome Ardell & Florence Adeline
Children of Leslie & Helen
Arthur Dewey - My grandfather
Leslie Jack
Beverly Jean
Any information on these individuals would be very helpful, this is all I could find on my family, I have no birthdates or places etc.

Re: Harris Josephson married to Harriett McClure 1863

twtidbit — 2007-04-26 11:31:08Z

Susie - I once wrote to you but you said you did not have any Harris Josephson's in my family tree. However, I was replying to your request of needed info. What McClure, Josephson, Walter names do you have?

Re: Jacob Josephson and family

vooshyp — 2005-07-30 06:29:30Z

There's lots of info about him in the book on Austalian Jewry by John Levi.

Re: Jacob Josephson and family

vooshyp — 2005-07-30 06:29:30Z

Thanks for that I will look into the book called Australian Jewry

Sue

Marjorie Harriet(Josephson) Green, 1917-2001

stonecoldead — 2005-08-24 16:15:49Z

Marjorie Harriet(Josephson) Green, age 84, of Adams, died on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2001, at Austin Medical Center, Austin, Minnesota. She was born Aug. 19, 1917, in the Udolpho Township of Mower County, to George and Estella (Seavey) Josephson. On March 31, 1939, she married Lester (Les) Green at the St. Olaf Parsonage in Austin. Interment: Oakwood Cemetery, Austin.