Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Solomon Goldfoot
I have a Solomon Goldfoot who was born on 8 September 1904. This is the father of Ian and Denise Goldfoot.
Another Solomon Goldfoot is listed below. The two may be mixed up.
Zalman "Solomon" Goldfoot was born about 1848 in Russia and died in 1904. He had married Chaia Feiga Fridjhon/Frijon who was born abt 1853-1856 and died January 1932 in South Africa. Her father was Moshe Tzvi Fridjhon and mother was Rochel Kala? Perhaps the one born in 1904 was named for the one that died in 1904.
Their children were Barney Goldfoot and Annie "Hinde" Goldfoot who was born abt 1870 and died in 1926. She had married Hyman "Henry" Karnovsky Myerson. The also had Simon Goldfoot and Tzippa "Sippa" Goldfoot who was born in 1870.
Solomon's second wife was Fanny b: abt 1852 in Russia. They married abt 1875 in Russia. They had a child born abt 1878 in Russia and Louis Goldfoot b: abt 1876 in Russia.
12/3/06: Denise and Ian Goldfoot are the children of Solomon Goldfoot, second youngest son of Chaim and Blume Goldfoot who settled in Dublin at the end of the 1800s. They were born in South Africa. Louis Goldfoot was their second eldest son and his children are Norman (who now lives in London) and the laate daughter Tanya.
Chaim and Blume were possibly married in the Ukraine. they had 6 children. The eldest was a daughter called Nadia who was possibly born in the Ukraine before they emigrated. Blume ws born in Odessa, Russia, where she grew up and graduated from the gymnasium with a special medal (she was highly intellectual). The other 5 children were born in dublin, Ireland. The eldest son was Abe (Abraham( who became a doctor. He settled in cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, and married Rae "Rachel" Rappoport from Wales, who I believe was intermarried with the Goldfoots. Abe was a most dedicated, respected and adored doctor in cheltemham and after 50 years of unbroken service the council of cheltenham built a Geriatric Home which they named GOLDFOOT HOUSE. His children were David, a student of Oxford, but unfortunately he died under unusual circumstances; two daughter Naomi and Elizabeth who still live in England.
The eldest daughter Nadia was introduced to a most successful attorney visiting Dublin from Cape Town. He was Arthur E. Abrahams whose family connections were in London where he went on a visit and then on to Dublin. arthur and Nadia were married and returned to Cape Town, South Africa. The younger sister Jenny "Jennifer" followed to keep her company. The Denise's grandparents packed up to retire to Cape Town followed by Louis, her dad Solomon "Solly" and Isadore.
NB , Arthur's cousin, was the great Cambridge athlete Abrahams on which the film "Chariots of Fire" was based.
Denise commented on the family name. Goldfoot derives from the Germanic "Goldfuss " Yiddish Goldfoos and the word gelt for moneyor gold coins which must originate in the Guilds of Goldsmiths and gold merchants and jewellers of our ancestors who traded along the Rhine River into Germania and the land of the Slavs. Therefore I can only imagine that Goldfoots come from a highly skilled and wealthy ancestral background.
Another Solomon Goldfoot is listed below. The two may be mixed up.
Zalman "Solomon" Goldfoot was born about 1848 in Russia and died in 1904. He had married Chaia Feiga Fridjhon/Frijon who was born abt 1853-1856 and died January 1932 in South Africa. Her father was Moshe Tzvi Fridjhon and mother was Rochel Kala? Perhaps the one born in 1904 was named for the one that died in 1904.
Their children were Barney Goldfoot and Annie "Hinde" Goldfoot who was born abt 1870 and died in 1926. She had married Hyman "Henry" Karnovsky Myerson. The also had Simon Goldfoot and Tzippa "Sippa" Goldfoot who was born in 1870.
Solomon's second wife was Fanny b: abt 1852 in Russia. They married abt 1875 in Russia. They had a child born abt 1878 in Russia and Louis Goldfoot b: abt 1876 in Russia.
12/3/06: Denise and Ian Goldfoot are the children of Solomon Goldfoot, second youngest son of Chaim and Blume Goldfoot who settled in Dublin at the end of the 1800s. They were born in South Africa. Louis Goldfoot was their second eldest son and his children are Norman (who now lives in London) and the laate daughter Tanya.
Chaim and Blume were possibly married in the Ukraine. they had 6 children. The eldest was a daughter called Nadia who was possibly born in the Ukraine before they emigrated. Blume ws born in Odessa, Russia, where she grew up and graduated from the gymnasium with a special medal (she was highly intellectual). The other 5 children were born in dublin, Ireland. The eldest son was Abe (Abraham( who became a doctor. He settled in cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, and married Rae "Rachel" Rappoport from Wales, who I believe was intermarried with the Goldfoots. Abe was a most dedicated, respected and adored doctor in cheltemham and after 50 years of unbroken service the council of cheltenham built a Geriatric Home which they named GOLDFOOT HOUSE. His children were David, a student of Oxford, but unfortunately he died under unusual circumstances; two daughter Naomi and Elizabeth who still live in England.
The eldest daughter Nadia was introduced to a most successful attorney visiting Dublin from Cape Town. He was Arthur E. Abrahams whose family connections were in London where he went on a visit and then on to Dublin. arthur and Nadia were married and returned to Cape Town, South Africa. The younger sister Jenny "Jennifer" followed to keep her company. The Denise's grandparents packed up to retire to Cape Town followed by Louis, her dad Solomon "Solly" and Isadore.
NB , Arthur's cousin, was the great Cambridge athlete Abrahams on which the film "Chariots of Fire" was based.
Denise commented on the family name. Goldfoot derives from the Germanic "Goldfuss " Yiddish Goldfoos and the word gelt for moneyor gold coins which must originate in the Guilds of Goldsmiths and gold merchants and jewellers of our ancestors who traded along the Rhine River into Germania and the land of the Slavs. Therefore I can only imagine that Goldfoots come from a highly skilled and wealthy ancestral background.
