Saturday, August 28, 2004
Lithuanian/American Time Line for Jermulowske/Goldfoot
1868: Famines
1869: Famines : many Jews died of hunger, immigration started.
on March 1. Alexander II murdered by small group of revolutionaries during social unrest. . Pogroms in Russia beginning in Elizabetgrad, 200+ happened.
1874: August 15th: Nathan Goldfoot/fus/ss is born in "Russia"
1877: Sam Criss came to USA from Germany.
1878: Bessie Jermulowske born. (married Samuel Criss).
1881-1894 Alexander III Romanov ruled.
Temporary Laws of May established. Jewish descrimination.
1884 Train reached Weiser, Idaho
1885: Louie Jermulowske born. ( Married Dinah.)
1886 Zlotta "Hattie" Jermulowske b: 1/11/1886 Suwalki, Russia. ( Married Goldfoot .) daughter of Charles Jermulowske and Essie.
1887: Jewish students entering secondary schools in Pale restricted to 10%. Many high school classes remain half empty as Jews constitute 50-70% of population.
1888 Alexander III and family survive railway accident, antisemetism intensifies.
1888: Jenny Jermulowske born. (Married Harry Criss)
1889: Lily Jermulowske born. (Married Frank Weizberg)
1890: Lithuanian census 19,116 people. Increase in Jewish population
1891 Council, Idaho started with gift of land from George Moser.
1892: Typhus in New York among Russian Jewish immigrants, 200 cases on French steamship. Detained 1,200 Russian Jewish immigrants & placed them in quarantine . Immigration restricted after this, included imposition of a literacy requirement.
1892: NY imposed a 20 day quarantine on passengers in steerage. Meant to halt foreign immigration.
1893: Congress adopted Rayner-Harris National Quarantine Act: medical inspection of immigrants.
1893: April 16, Alice Jermulowske born. (Married Max.)
1894: , 10/20/1894 Alexander III dies during holiday in Yalta after he had ordered Jews from Yalta expelled.
1894-1917: Nicholas II Emporer son of Alexander III.
1894 Sam Criss and Abe Cohen, traveling merchants, came to Council selling clothing and dry goods.
1895: May 25th, Charlie Jermulowske born. (Married Anna, children: Dorothy.)
1895 Harry Criss arrived in USA.
1896: April 16th, Alice Jermulowske born in Lazidjai, Lithuania ? (married Max Turn)
1896: Nicholas II Romanov ruled. Disasterous. Cholera pandemic subsited, more than 300,000 people died in famine-stricken Russia alone.
1896 Hertzl’s book is published: The Jewish State
1897, January 28: 1st all Russian census counts 128,907,692 people.
1897 : Lithuanian population was 3.889, half was Jewish.
1898: Council, Idaho has building boom.
1898 Criss and Cohen have a store in Council, Idaho, town of 75 people.
1899: Nathan Goldfoot arrival to USA
1899 Bessie Jermulowske arrival to USA from Suwalki ? census information
1899 Jenny Jermulowske arrival to USA from Suwalki ? census information
1899: Dec. , Council, Idaho has first telephone
1900 Jenny give birth to Charles Criss in Council, Idaho on December 20th.
1901: Jan. 17th Bessie Jermulowske and Samuel Criss marry in Council, Washington County, Idaho
1901: March 13, Pacific and Idaho Northern railroad reached Council, Idaho.
1903: Zlotta Jermulowske arrived in New York on May 6, 1903 on ship Altverten from Hamburg, Germany. age 17. Had no education in Suwalki, Russia.
1903: Bessie gives birth to Esther Criss in Council Idaho February 28th.
1904: June 10th Louis Jermulowske arrives in New York from Liverpool, England; lived in Leeds, England, came on SS St Paul. b: 20th Dec 1883 in Russia Poland. (brother of Hattie).
1905 : Lithuanian census 23,000 people.
1905, Nov. 20, Zlotta "Hattie" Jermulowske and Nathan Goldfoot marry in Council, Idaho.
1906: Lithuanian census 633,900 population. 52% Lithuanians, mostly in the north., 16.7% Jews.
1906: Sept 22nd. Charles Goldfoot born to Zlotta in Council, Idaho. She went there to have baby from Portland. Returned to Portland.
1907 Lily Jermulowske arrives from Poland.
1907 Bessie gives birth to Sarah "Sally" Criss in Council, Idaho on December 24th.
1908: Lithuanian Census 13,002 Jews in Suwalki.
1908: July 1st. Moses "Morris" Maurice Goldfoot born in Portland, Oregon.
1909 Louie Jermulowske's son Igor born in Portland in February.
1909 Alice Jermulowske arrives. (on 1920 census)
1910: ca. Abraham Goldfoot born in Portland, Oregon (died when infant) crib death?
1911 Charles Jermulowske arrives (on 1930 census)
1911: March 10th Elsie Goldfoot born in Portland, Oregon
1912: July 19th, Accidental death of Nathan Goldfoot in Portland, Oregon, age 38. Residence in Oregon for 13 years. 1912: Nov. 12 Ann Goldfoot born in Portland, Oregon after father's death.
1917: After WWI Became Poland again. Severe persecution of Jews ends. Pale of Settlement reduced by 10%. Jews prohibited from living in villages, buy or rent property, denied jobs in civil service, forbidden to trade on Sundays and Christian holidays.
1922: Aug 20. Charles C Criss, son of Jenny Jermulowske Criss married Sadie Hellen Feldman in Boise, Ada County, Idaho
1928 Sam Criss died in Council, Idaho Bessie went to Portland. Was there in 33.
1930 Louie Jermulowske moved to Oregon at age 43.
1933 Harry Criss died in Nampa, Idaho Jenny moved to Portland, then Calif. in 1943.
1869: Famines : many Jews died of hunger, immigration started.
on March 1. Alexander II murdered by small group of revolutionaries during social unrest. . Pogroms in Russia beginning in Elizabetgrad, 200+ happened.
1874: August 15th: Nathan Goldfoot/fus/ss is born in "Russia"
1877: Sam Criss came to USA from Germany.
1878: Bessie Jermulowske born. (married Samuel Criss).
1881-1894 Alexander III Romanov ruled.
Temporary Laws of May established. Jewish descrimination.
1884 Train reached Weiser, Idaho
1885: Louie Jermulowske born. ( Married Dinah.)
1886 Zlotta "Hattie" Jermulowske b: 1/11/1886 Suwalki, Russia. ( Married Goldfoot .) daughter of Charles Jermulowske and Essie.
1887: Jewish students entering secondary schools in Pale restricted to 10%. Many high school classes remain half empty as Jews constitute 50-70% of population.
1888 Alexander III and family survive railway accident, antisemetism intensifies.
1888: Jenny Jermulowske born. (Married Harry Criss)
1889: Lily Jermulowske born. (Married Frank Weizberg)
1890: Lithuanian census 19,116 people. Increase in Jewish population
1891 Council, Idaho started with gift of land from George Moser.
1892: Typhus in New York among Russian Jewish immigrants, 200 cases on French steamship. Detained 1,200 Russian Jewish immigrants & placed them in quarantine . Immigration restricted after this, included imposition of a literacy requirement.
1892: NY imposed a 20 day quarantine on passengers in steerage. Meant to halt foreign immigration.
1893: Congress adopted Rayner-Harris National Quarantine Act: medical inspection of immigrants.
1893: April 16, Alice Jermulowske born. (Married Max.)
1894: , 10/20/1894 Alexander III dies during holiday in Yalta after he had ordered Jews from Yalta expelled.
1894-1917: Nicholas II Emporer son of Alexander III.
1894 Sam Criss and Abe Cohen, traveling merchants, came to Council selling clothing and dry goods.
1895: May 25th, Charlie Jermulowske born. (Married Anna, children: Dorothy.)
1895 Harry Criss arrived in USA.
1896: April 16th, Alice Jermulowske born in Lazidjai, Lithuania ? (married Max Turn)
1896: Nicholas II Romanov ruled. Disasterous. Cholera pandemic subsited, more than 300,000 people died in famine-stricken Russia alone.
1896 Hertzl’s book is published: The Jewish State
1897, January 28: 1st all Russian census counts 128,907,692 people.
1897 : Lithuanian population was 3.889, half was Jewish.
1898: Council, Idaho has building boom.
1898 Criss and Cohen have a store in Council, Idaho, town of 75 people.
1899: Nathan Goldfoot arrival to USA
1899 Bessie Jermulowske arrival to USA from Suwalki ? census information
1899 Jenny Jermulowske arrival to USA from Suwalki ? census information
1899: Dec. , Council, Idaho has first telephone
1900 Jenny give birth to Charles Criss in Council, Idaho on December 20th.
1901: Jan. 17th Bessie Jermulowske and Samuel Criss marry in Council, Washington County, Idaho
1901: March 13, Pacific and Idaho Northern railroad reached Council, Idaho.
1903: Zlotta Jermulowske arrived in New York on May 6, 1903 on ship Altverten from Hamburg, Germany. age 17. Had no education in Suwalki, Russia.
1903: Bessie gives birth to Esther Criss in Council Idaho February 28th.
1904: June 10th Louis Jermulowske arrives in New York from Liverpool, England; lived in Leeds, England, came on SS St Paul. b: 20th Dec 1883 in Russia Poland. (brother of Hattie).
1905 : Lithuanian census 23,000 people.
1905, Nov. 20, Zlotta "Hattie" Jermulowske and Nathan Goldfoot marry in Council, Idaho.
1906: Lithuanian census 633,900 population. 52% Lithuanians, mostly in the north., 16.7% Jews.
1906: Sept 22nd. Charles Goldfoot born to Zlotta in Council, Idaho. She went there to have baby from Portland. Returned to Portland.
1907 Lily Jermulowske arrives from Poland.
1907 Bessie gives birth to Sarah "Sally" Criss in Council, Idaho on December 24th.
1908: Lithuanian Census 13,002 Jews in Suwalki.
1908: July 1st. Moses "Morris" Maurice Goldfoot born in Portland, Oregon.
1909 Louie Jermulowske's son Igor born in Portland in February.
1909 Alice Jermulowske arrives. (on 1920 census)
1910: ca. Abraham Goldfoot born in Portland, Oregon (died when infant) crib death?
1911 Charles Jermulowske arrives (on 1930 census)
1911: March 10th Elsie Goldfoot born in Portland, Oregon
1912: July 19th, Accidental death of Nathan Goldfoot in Portland, Oregon, age 38. Residence in Oregon for 13 years. 1912: Nov. 12 Ann Goldfoot born in Portland, Oregon after father's death.
1917: After WWI Became Poland again. Severe persecution of Jews ends. Pale of Settlement reduced by 10%. Jews prohibited from living in villages, buy or rent property, denied jobs in civil service, forbidden to trade on Sundays and Christian holidays.
1922: Aug 20. Charles C Criss, son of Jenny Jermulowske Criss married Sadie Hellen Feldman in Boise, Ada County, Idaho
1928 Sam Criss died in Council, Idaho Bessie went to Portland. Was there in 33.
1930 Louie Jermulowske moved to Oregon at age 43.
1933 Harry Criss died in Nampa, Idaho Jenny moved to Portland, then Calif. in 1943.
