Saturday, May 23, 2009
Jankel Goldfus from Russia 1913 Late-Comer
Jankel Goldfus was born in 1862 in Russia. When he immigrated he was 51 years old. He was from Walk, Russia, and left Bremen port on the ship George Washington, arriving in New York on September 29, 1913. With him was his family.
The family names were written very ineligibly. I think they were, but not sure:
Dora age 43, the wife
Isak age 10, a son
Yerse age 10, a daughter.
Jankel's brother in law was Neise Goldberg living in Schenilka, Levland, Russia. As I said, all this was extremely hard to read. All these records are in someone's handwriting, and often very difficult to make out.
The family names were written very ineligibly. I think they were, but not sure:
Dora age 43, the wife
Isak age 10, a son
Yerse age 10, a daughter.
Jankel's brother in law was Neise Goldberg living in Schenilka, Levland, Russia. As I said, all this was extremely hard to read. All these records are in someone's handwriting, and often very difficult to make out.
Labels: Jankel Goldfus
Lewis Goldfus b: 1867 Russia
While searching on ancestry.com for Joel Goldfus's family, I stumbled upon Lewis Goldfus born in 1867 in Russia. He was a jeweler. He had immigrated to London, England and left from Liverpool on April 30, 1909 to go to New York. He arrived on May 9, 1909 on the ship, Cedric with his family. His brother in law was in London and lived at Solonge 220, Harrow Road, London, England.
Sophie, his wife, was 38 years old
Yette was 17.
Abe was 14,
Esther was 11,
Rosa was 10,
Benny was 8
Sarah was 6.
Sophie, his wife, was 38 years old
Yette was 17.
Abe was 14,
Esther was 11,
Rosa was 10,
Benny was 8
Sarah was 6.
Labels: England, Jeweler, Lewis Goldfus, Russia
Goldfus in Jamaica Just Found
My brother just found Joel Goldfus in Jamaica. He is the owner of the Goldenfoot Villa. I've just sent him an e-mail asking him for information. That is very exciting. I've known that there are Jewish cemeteries in Jamaica, and that Jamaica has quite a history of Jews living there from the time of British ownerships, going there to estabish businesses.
Resource: http://www.agoldenfootvilla.com/
Update: Today we made contact through e-mail. Joel is an ad-man living in California very close to my nephew, Joel Goldfoot, who is also an ad-man using the computer. Goldfus hopes to make contact with Goldfoot.
His grandparents were Joseph and Ann J. Goldfus from Russia. They immigrated to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Joel was born to Charles and Sylvia Goldfus, Joseph's son. Charles and Sylvia were born in Minneapolis. Joseph came over with his brother, I presume. He was living with Henry Goldfus in 1900 in a boarding house and was listed as married. Henry was born on July 28, 1871 and was listed as single. He may be connected to the Goldfus family I had found in Jerusalem, Israel: the Chaim Goldfus cousins. We hope to learn more.
Resource: http://www.agoldenfootvilla.com/
Update: Today we made contact through e-mail. Joel is an ad-man living in California very close to my nephew, Joel Goldfoot, who is also an ad-man using the computer. Goldfus hopes to make contact with Goldfoot.
His grandparents were Joseph and Ann J. Goldfus from Russia. They immigrated to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Joel was born to Charles and Sylvia Goldfus, Joseph's son. Charles and Sylvia were born in Minneapolis. Joseph came over with his brother, I presume. He was living with Henry Goldfus in 1900 in a boarding house and was listed as married. Henry was born on July 28, 1871 and was listed as single. He may be connected to the Goldfus family I had found in Jerusalem, Israel: the Chaim Goldfus cousins. We hope to learn more.
Labels: Ann J, Henry Goldfus, Joel Goldfus, Joseph, villa
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Going for the 67 allele Test
I've just ordered the Y-DNA67 test for my two Goldfoot men through Family Tree DNA, who are continuing the testing.
"This is a male specific test. Results identify the ethnic and geographic origin of the paternal line. It includes a balanced panel of sixty-seven Y-chromosome Short Tandem Repeat, STR, markers. The additional markers refine the predicted time period in which two individuals are related and eliminate unrelated matches. A perfect match at sixty-seven markers indicates a common ancestor in very recent times. This is the ideal test for matching if a break in the paper trail, such as an adoption, is known or suspected. A haplogroup is determined and backed by our SNP Assurance Program. When another person shows identical results within our database, if both parties have signed the Family Tree DNA Release Form, then we will inform them of the match. The customer will also receive a certificate and report describing the testing process and the meaning of sixty-seven marker matches. " from familytreedna.
I deliberated about going from the 37 to 67 but decided that since we lack the paper connection to join our two Goldfoot branches, this would be nice to have. It won't do me any good to test one without the other, so I decided to take advantage of the company's sale. Just like a woman to not pass up a sale, I suppose.
August 5, 2009 PS: The results have been inconclusive, so the scientists are doing David's over again. Ian's arrived on time. Now I am waiting for August 21 to see the results and find out how close we are to each other and how close we are to the others in this small group. It could turn out that we are closer to others of a different surname than to Ian's line. I can't wait!
"This is a male specific test. Results identify the ethnic and geographic origin of the paternal line. It includes a balanced panel of sixty-seven Y-chromosome Short Tandem Repeat, STR, markers. The additional markers refine the predicted time period in which two individuals are related and eliminate unrelated matches. A perfect match at sixty-seven markers indicates a common ancestor in very recent times. This is the ideal test for matching if a break in the paper trail, such as an adoption, is known or suspected. A haplogroup is determined and backed by our SNP Assurance Program. When another person shows identical results within our database, if both parties have signed the Family Tree DNA Release Form, then we will inform them of the match. The customer will also receive a certificate and report describing the testing process and the meaning of sixty-seven marker matches. " from familytreedna.
I deliberated about going from the 37 to 67 but decided that since we lack the paper connection to join our two Goldfoot branches, this would be nice to have. It won't do me any good to test one without the other, so I decided to take advantage of the company's sale. Just like a woman to not pass up a sale, I suppose.
August 5, 2009 PS: The results have been inconclusive, so the scientists are doing David's over again. Ian's arrived on time. Now I am waiting for August 21 to see the results and find out how close we are to each other and how close we are to the others in this small group. It could turn out that we are closer to others of a different surname than to Ian's line. I can't wait!
Labels: DNA test, Y-DNA67 male test
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
DNA Test Completed Today on Goldfoot
The DNA test of 37 alleles came today showing that we have a distance of only 3 with Ian Goldfoot. Two of the alleles are fast mutaters. The probability of us sharing a common ancestor is only back to 200 years ago with a 48.02% chance. That would bring us back to about 1809 in Russia/Lithuania. Luckily, that side of the family kept pretty good records of family members, and the tree is large. However, the records don't go back that far.
I did find a Samson Goldfus born about 1823, probably in Vilna, Lithuania, though. His wife was Sarah Rebecca. Also, Avrohom Goldfus, born in 1825, had many children. They were Zalman, Chaim or Hyman, Fanny, George, Chana Pera, and Rosie. So records do go back that far. Zalman had Hinda, Tzippa, Simon, Louis and Barnett.
We're part of the Q haplogroup family. Through Family Tree DNA, I'm finding others who are connected to us.
Now if I can go back just a little bit farther. Maybe I could find a connecting ancestor to our two trees. That would join the two groups that went to South Africa and Oregon, USA.
I did find a Samson Goldfus born about 1823, probably in Vilna, Lithuania, though. His wife was Sarah Rebecca. Also, Avrohom Goldfus, born in 1825, had many children. They were Zalman, Chaim or Hyman, Fanny, George, Chana Pera, and Rosie. So records do go back that far. Zalman had Hinda, Tzippa, Simon, Louis and Barnett.
We're part of the Q haplogroup family. Through Family Tree DNA, I'm finding others who are connected to us.
Now if I can go back just a little bit farther. Maybe I could find a connecting ancestor to our two trees. That would join the two groups that went to South Africa and Oregon, USA.
Labels: DNA test, Goldfus-Goldfoot, Lithuania
