Okin - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: relatives

marypoe126 — 2010-03-07 06:38:10Z

Hello-

All of my family is from Russia and we immigrated to the U.S. in the 1980’s when I was a child, after waiting many years to get permission to come. My grandfather’s name was Abraham Okin, but he changed his name to Аркадий (Arkadyie) in Russia because it was very hard for Jews with Jewish names to work and live there, as Russia was very anti-Semitic. He had a brother named ,Изак (Izaac) Okin who worked for the МПС - Ministry of Railway Travel. His brother had one son with his wife Clara, his name is Михаил (Mikhael, Misha in Russian, Michael in English). They also lived in Moscow. My grandfather worked as a construction engineer/building project developer and had one son, my father, who had one daughter, me. The family lived in Moscow, but the family roots were from further east.My great-grandfather’s name was Моисей (Moses or Moshe)and he was from Belarus. He died in 1922 or 1925 (my father isn't sure which as it was long before he was born). His wife’s name was Хава (Chava). She died much later and my grandmother remembers that she had relatives in America, although she doesn’t know if they were Okins from her husband’s side of the family or her own side of the family (her maiden name that we don’t know). My grandfather died in 1988, in Moscow. He was 70 years old.
Personally, I have never met anyone with the same last name as me and think it is not very common for a Jewish name, at least it wasn't in Russia according to my mother and father. My mother has told me that it might come from a type of fish.

Okin, Rosenblum

@@PKrone@aol.com — 2006-06-13 15:30:47Z

Searching for information on Rose Rosenblum Okin, married Philip Okin, son Robert (Bobby), wife Regina (Reggie,Virginia).

Re: Okin Family Search

asverdlove — 2004-09-22 13:59:11Z

Tzalel (Charles) Okun b. 1850 Shchedrin, Minsk, Belarus was the oldest of eight. Peretz, Schlomei, Alconah, Moishe and Lazar were his brothers (the others were sisters). His first cousins were Feigel, Morechai, Yehuda, Dovid and Yisrael (from his father's brother Ya'akov). That's all I have!

Re: Okin Family Search

2003-11-22 22:51:37Z

Hello from the Okins in England!
I was interested to come accross this site. My grandfather was a jewish immigrant from Belarus (somewhere near Minsk) somewhere around 1900. He came to London, England where our family remains, but I understand he had a number of brothers who went on to the USA. I think one was named "Charlie"? My grandma on that side was called Mini and she was Polish, from Radom, nr Warsaw.
I understand that most of the Okins derived from a local name "Okun" - a type of fish in russian, apparently.
It would be nice to hear from my American cousins - If, indeed, we are!
Regards
Stewart Okin

Okin Family Search

spokin — 2003-07-24 14:47:45Z

I recently married into the Okin family. My husband and I are interested in our family origins. We currently know very little. I am interested in finding other family members and would like to build a family tree. Any information would be wonderful for our future generations. This is what we know so far:

Harry and Deborah Okin (Bronx, NY) gave birth to Robert "BOB" Okin on Feb. 20, 1917, He had two sons- Kenneth and Dennis Okin. Kenneth Okin had a daughter and a son- Samuel and Catherine Okin. Dennis Okin had a son and a daughter- Peter and Elizabeth Okin.

I am married to Peter Okin as of June 15, 2002.
Very interested in finding out any additional information. Thanks for all your time, Shawn-Olivia

Phil Okin

JKrone51946 — 2002-08-05 15:57:40Z

Barbara, please get in touch. This is my uncle and Rose is my aunt.

Jules Goldsmith-more info

LorraineCarrington43 — 2002-02-20 05:50:48Z

Apparently Jules Goldsmith was born in USA, one of 12 chn.
His father, (name unknown) was suppose to come over from
Russia. This family lived NYC. To make this search harder
I just learned that because his name was hard to pronouce
"Goldsmith" sounded the closest and was given to him. I
will post some approximate dates as soon as I receive them.

relatives

rokin8448 — 2002-01-12 04:17:52Z

I am looking for any other relatives I might have on my fathers side(Okin)
My father Jules Okin is the youngest of several children. Jules is currently quite ill, and is 82 years old. His brothers were Hymie, Benjamin,Sol and Max and possibly there was another sibling left in Russia. His older brother Sol is still alive. His sisters were Tillie, and Anna. My grandfather died (Label) when my father was 2 years old. His mother's name was Sara. Label had a brother William and Alex. Alex would be over 100 years old if alive. William served in the army for 4 hears and was married. His occupation was an iron worker. He worked on horse shoes. The main large city was Minsk. However, they lived in the town of Koedanover, and Kameluoka. Spelled incorrectly, but sounds like the above. There is a possibility that our last name might have been Okinstan?

I have many cousins that I am in touch with, but would like to know if there are others.I have one brother Lewis Okin. He has 3 children Brian, Alex and Rebecca Okin. I have 3 children, David, Michelle and Beth. They are all in their 30's.
My uncle Ben never married, and my Uncle Hymie had one son Louis Okin. He has 2 children. My Aunt Tillie had 2 children: Howard and Helene. My Uncle Sol has 4 children. My Aunt Anna had 2 children. All of them have several children and grand-children.

My Uncle Max had 2 children Susan and and adopted daughter. My grandfathers brothers had several children as did their children. So my family is huge. If you know of any ancestors, please write. Thank You, Rona Dee Okin

Jules Goldsmith

Lorrcarr — 2001-08-20 22:18:42Z

Searching for family tree of Jules Goldsmith, immigrant
supposedly from Russia to NYC. Wife possibly Beatrice.
One known son Jack Paul Goldsmith,Sr., born 1920s NYC.
Did he immigrate as an adult or come over to USA with
his parents? Who were his parents? Did he have more
siblings? Any help or clue greatly appreciated.

BERYL OKIN

2001-03-31 20:36:07Z

MY UNCLE WAS BEN OKIN ,KNOWN IN HEBREW AS BERYL. MY ANSESTER COME FROM RUSSIA ,MINSK,PINSK,OR OSHIPUVITZ . THIS MAY BE SPELLED INCORECTLEY .MY SISTER IS RONA I
SEE YOU HAVE CORASPONDED WITH HER

Okin branches

2000-10-06 10:58:02Z

Rona,

Please accept my condolences on the death of your father, Jules.

I am sure we cannot be very closely related, as none of the names you mention are familiar to me.

Our progenitor Joseph Okin was born c. 1850 in Russia. I will respond to you re birthplace in a few days. He brought his brothers here, and I will attempt to find their names.

All of our branch of the Okin family arrived in the NYC area before 1900. Does this help?

Wishing you success let's compare notes in a month or two -

Susan Okin Goldsmith

family tree

2000-10-03 13:40:56Z

Dear Susan,

I am still researching the family. I need to call a few relatives. My father Jules, just died in July, so I took a short hiatus from this project. I am eager to begin again. Please contact me if you have any information about where your ancestors were born.

Thanks, Rona

Okin family

2000-10-03 07:50:47Z

Hi there, we might be relatives - Okin is not common. My great grandfather Joseph Okin arrived in the NY/NJ area c. 1880. I don't know if he had brothers. His father was Moishe.

Any interest?

Susan Okin Goldsmith

my uncle

1999-12-09 06:07:54Z

looking for ancestors of beryl okin, born in
lutzk,russia in the latter part of the 1800's or early 1900's. believed to have been in the russian army in world war 1.
married to a woman whose first name was andrea and had 2 boys. may have died of cancer in warsaw, poland before or during
the nazi occupation. he was the brother of
elka and sadie and my uncle. i am the daughter of elka.