Friday, April 15, 2011
Samogitia Plateliai, Telsiai County, Plunge Dist, Lithuania
An area our Goldfoots could have lived in was Samogitia. In 1897 there were 171 Jews living there. This made up 28% of the population of the town. Some went to the USA and others went to South Africa, where several of our Goldfoot family went.
The name 'TELSIAI' is the Yiddish version of PLATELIAL (originally settled
during ROMAN CHRISTIAN times on the trade routes). Approx after the Jewish
people were expelled from Spain 1492 the name of the town was called
'SAMOGITIA'
During the II World War the Jews were all shot and thrown into a trench.
Resource: http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/lithuania/plateliai-kaunus.html
Contributor: Cousin Denise Bremridge
The name 'TELSIAI' is the Yiddish version of PLATELIAL (originally settled
during ROMAN CHRISTIAN times on the trade routes). Approx after the Jewish
people were expelled from Spain 1492 the name of the town was called
'SAMOGITIA'
During the II World War the Jews were all shot and thrown into a trench.
Resource: http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/lithuania/plateliai-kaunus.html
Contributor: Cousin Denise Bremridge
Labels: Goldfus Family in Telsiai 1816, Lithuania, Platelial, Samogitia
