Monday, January 25, 2010
More on Laukuva, Lithuania from Mike Posnick
Mike Posnick was researching Goldfoot before I was. He is connected to Stanley Goldfoot's tree. He reported in June 2005 that he had found two brothers, Gershon Yitzhak ben Chaim Goldfus born about 1830-1895 and Yehudah Leib ben Chaim Goldfus born about 1836-1921.
The list of Rabbi Electors for Laukuva of 25 February 1914 contained a record for a Leyb Gershon Goldfus, son of Chaim, age 71 born about 1843.
This means that there was born about 1810 or 1815 a Chaim Goldfus who had two sons, Gershon Yitzhak Goldfus and Yehudah Leib Goldfus. Also listed as the son of Chaim was Leyb Gershon.
Mike also states that the family name Goldfus is rare and Laukuva was small. He felt that the brothers' names were combined in the Rabbi Electors record.
This is most interesting to me as my grandfather, Nathan Goldfoot b: 1872, was the son of Chaim Itzhak Goldfus. I know that even first names will be repeated in a family and that is one way to trace people.
What's even more interesting is that Stanley Goldfoot's tree connects to Chaim Goldfus born abt 1855 in Telsiai, Lithuania and that this Chaim married Blum Kagan Cohen and died almost 100 years later in South Africa.
My ggrandfather, Chaim Itzhak Goldfus was born at about the very same time in most likely the very same place and we have no other information as his son, Nathan Goldfoot, died prematurely in a horse and wagon accident in Portland, Oregon when his son was about 4 years old. Could these two Chaims be the same persons? They could be cousins. From what I have learned, his wife was Devorah, but that was just heresay from my mother. I only know of Chaim's name from Nathan's headstone which lists in Hebrew, information that tells his father's name.
DNA tests validate our knowledge that we are connected, but we can't find the paper proof and tell who our connecting ancestor is, though it most likely was at least 300 years ago.
The list of Rabbi Electors for Laukuva of 25 February 1914 contained a record for a Leyb Gershon Goldfus, son of Chaim, age 71 born about 1843.
This means that there was born about 1810 or 1815 a Chaim Goldfus who had two sons, Gershon Yitzhak Goldfus and Yehudah Leib Goldfus. Also listed as the son of Chaim was Leyb Gershon.
Mike also states that the family name Goldfus is rare and Laukuva was small. He felt that the brothers' names were combined in the Rabbi Electors record.
This is most interesting to me as my grandfather, Nathan Goldfoot b: 1872, was the son of Chaim Itzhak Goldfus. I know that even first names will be repeated in a family and that is one way to trace people.
What's even more interesting is that Stanley Goldfoot's tree connects to Chaim Goldfus born abt 1855 in Telsiai, Lithuania and that this Chaim married Blum Kagan Cohen and died almost 100 years later in South Africa.
My ggrandfather, Chaim Itzhak Goldfus was born at about the very same time in most likely the very same place and we have no other information as his son, Nathan Goldfoot, died prematurely in a horse and wagon accident in Portland, Oregon when his son was about 4 years old. Could these two Chaims be the same persons? They could be cousins. From what I have learned, his wife was Devorah, but that was just heresay from my mother. I only know of Chaim's name from Nathan's headstone which lists in Hebrew, information that tells his father's name.
DNA tests validate our knowledge that we are connected, but we can't find the paper proof and tell who our connecting ancestor is, though it most likely was at least 300 years ago.
