Wednesday, December 22, 2010
GOLDOVT FAMILY -Derivative of Goldfoot?
Surnames: Goldfoot, Goldovt posted online on Dec 2, 2009. Here I am thinking I haven't worked on this surname ever, and I did last year. I never did get an answer.
Have you seen this information? My brother just found it. I'm trying to find my grandfather, Nathan Goldfoot I think from Lithuania born in either 1872 or 1874. My father was Maurice and my brother is David Goldfoot. I just found a Nokhim Goldovt b: 1874 in Merkine, Trakai, Vilnius and wondered about it. Could Goldovt be translated as Goldfoot? Then my brother found this:NATHAN and MAURICE GOLDOFT. Of the El Paso,Texaswholesale liquor firm of Goldoft Brothers, NathanGoldoft has had a prosperous business career. He wasborn in Russia. January 12, 1871, son of Isaac andEthel Goldoft, both of whom were natives of Russia.The father came to America in the early sixties andlocated in Chicago,ILLINOIS where he went into the dry goodsbusiness, built up a good trade and subsequently establisheda similar business in Minneapolis.He was in Chicago during the great fire of October,1871, and after that destructive event in which he lostall his property, he returned to Russia. Some years laterhe came back to America, and after, following merchandisingin Chicago and Minneapolis, moved out toDenver, Colorado, and subsequently to El Paso Texas wherehe died in, 1908 at the age of sixty-four. The motherwas educated and was married in Russia and died therein December, 1879, at the age of thirty-five years.Nathan Goldoft, the oldest child, came to Americawith his father on the second trip and attended thepublic schools of Denver, after which he worked for atime in his father's store, and thus laid the solidexperience in mercantile affairs. In Central City, Colorado,he established himself in business, but after ashort time sold out and with his brother Maurice wentto Santa Fe, New Mexico, where they engaged in thewholesale liquor business. Seven years later they cameto El Paso,Texas and founded a similar enterprise which has since been developed into one of the best known. firms of West Texas in this line. The business was started in a small way and the two brothers did all the work connected with the trade. At the present time they employ twenty-five people in all the branches, and the annual volume of sales makes it one of the largest and most prosperous concerns of El Paso. Mr. Nathan Goldoft was married in El Paso, December 16, 1905, to Miss Mollie Maykin, daughter of John and Elizabeth Maykin, of this city. The two children born to their union are Isaac, born in 1907 and Ethel, born in 1906, the latter being now a school girl. In political affairs, Mr. Goldoft has taken no active part. He is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Loyal Order of Moose and the Business Men's Protective Association of El Paso Texas, and his religion is the Jewish faith. He owns his own home and other real estate in El Paso, and during his career has built up a substantial prosperity. Maurice Goldoft, the junior member of the firm of Goldoft Brothers, was born in Russia, December 12, 1879, and like his brother attended school in Denver, Colorado. They became partners in business at Santa Fe, and have been closely associated and sharing equally in prosperity. Maurice Goldoft married December 18, 1906, at El Paso, Miss Annie Merkin, and the two children born to their union are Byron M., born in El Paso in 1907, and Robert R., born in 1910. The family worship in the Jewish church. Mr. Goldoft is Independent in politics and is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Order of Elks, and the Loyal Order ofMoose. He is a Spanish war veteran, having enlisted as a volunteer in the Territorial Regiment of New Mexico, but was mustered out at San Francisco, without being in active service. He owns his own home in El Paso,Texas and by strict attention to business affairs has gained a substantial place in his home city
Have you seen this information? My brother just found it. I'm trying to find my grandfather, Nathan Goldfoot I think from Lithuania born in either 1872 or 1874. My father was Maurice and my brother is David Goldfoot. I just found a Nokhim Goldovt b: 1874 in Merkine, Trakai, Vilnius and wondered about it. Could Goldovt be translated as Goldfoot? Then my brother found this:NATHAN and MAURICE GOLDOFT. Of the El Paso,Texaswholesale liquor firm of Goldoft Brothers, NathanGoldoft has had a prosperous business career. He wasborn in Russia. January 12, 1871, son of Isaac andEthel Goldoft, both of whom were natives of Russia.The father came to America in the early sixties andlocated in Chicago,ILLINOIS where he went into the dry goodsbusiness, built up a good trade and subsequently establisheda similar business in Minneapolis.He was in Chicago during the great fire of October,1871, and after that destructive event in which he lostall his property, he returned to Russia. Some years laterhe came back to America, and after, following merchandisingin Chicago and Minneapolis, moved out toDenver, Colorado, and subsequently to El Paso Texas wherehe died in, 1908 at the age of sixty-four. The motherwas educated and was married in Russia and died therein December, 1879, at the age of thirty-five years.Nathan Goldoft, the oldest child, came to Americawith his father on the second trip and attended thepublic schools of Denver, after which he worked for atime in his father's store, and thus laid the solidexperience in mercantile affairs. In Central City, Colorado,he established himself in business, but after ashort time sold out and with his brother Maurice wentto Santa Fe, New Mexico, where they engaged in thewholesale liquor business. Seven years later they cameto El Paso,Texas and founded a similar enterprise which has since been developed into one of the best known. firms of West Texas in this line. The business was started in a small way and the two brothers did all the work connected with the trade. At the present time they employ twenty-five people in all the branches, and the annual volume of sales makes it one of the largest and most prosperous concerns of El Paso. Mr. Nathan Goldoft was married in El Paso, December 16, 1905, to Miss Mollie Maykin, daughter of John and Elizabeth Maykin, of this city. The two children born to their union are Isaac, born in 1907 and Ethel, born in 1906, the latter being now a school girl. In political affairs, Mr. Goldoft has taken no active part. He is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Loyal Order of Moose and the Business Men's Protective Association of El Paso Texas, and his religion is the Jewish faith. He owns his own home and other real estate in El Paso, and during his career has built up a substantial prosperity. Maurice Goldoft, the junior member of the firm of Goldoft Brothers, was born in Russia, December 12, 1879, and like his brother attended school in Denver, Colorado. They became partners in business at Santa Fe, and have been closely associated and sharing equally in prosperity. Maurice Goldoft married December 18, 1906, at El Paso, Miss Annie Merkin, and the two children born to their union are Byron M., born in El Paso in 1907, and Robert R., born in 1910. The family worship in the Jewish church. Mr. Goldoft is Independent in politics and is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Order of Elks, and the Loyal Order ofMoose. He is a Spanish war veteran, having enlisted as a volunteer in the Territorial Regiment of New Mexico, but was mustered out at San Francisco, without being in active service. He owns his own home in El Paso,Texas and by strict attention to business affairs has gained a substantial place in his home city
