Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Telsiai, Lithuania, Births: One could be Ours
Nathan Goldfoot born in "Russia" in 1871 was my grandfather. His birthday is recorded in Portland as either the 5th or 15th of August. We know nothing about him because he died in 1912 in an accident at age 40 when my father was only 4 years old.
I have found a birth in Telsiai, Lithuania, a probable city of his birth.
1. Nokhum Abram Goldfus was born 1/1/1871 in Telsiai, or the 20th of Tevet.
His father was Movsha. His grandfather was Iosel. His mother was Beile.
The wedding certifcate I found in Dublin, Ireland said his middle name (first I knew a middle name) was Abraham. It said his father was Morris. (We thought it was Chaim Itzhak as that's written on his tombstone.)
The Town of birth is Telsiai. The Ujezd is Telsiai. The Guberniya is Kaunas.
I checked the Hebrew calendar. The 20th of Tevet in the year 1871 was: January 13, 1871!
The recorder simply did not get the 3 included, I have a feeling. This is him!
I have a feeling that he only knew his birthdate as 20 Tevet 1871. Someone transcribed the wrong date for him.
Next, I'll check out marriages there. http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsearch~model2~[lvrnewb]lvrnewm10
I have found a birth in Telsiai, Lithuania, a probable city of his birth.
1. Nokhum Abram Goldfus was born 1/1/1871 in Telsiai, or the 20th of Tevet.
His father was Movsha. His grandfather was Iosel. His mother was Beile.
The wedding certifcate I found in Dublin, Ireland said his middle name (first I knew a middle name) was Abraham. It said his father was Morris. (We thought it was Chaim Itzhak as that's written on his tombstone.)
The Town of birth is Telsiai. The Ujezd is Telsiai. The Guberniya is Kaunas.
I checked the Hebrew calendar. The 20th of Tevet in the year 1871 was: January 13, 1871!
The recorder simply did not get the 3 included, I have a feeling. This is him!
I have a feeling that he only knew his birthdate as 20 Tevet 1871. Someone transcribed the wrong date for him.
Next, I'll check out marriages there. http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsearch~model2~[lvrnewb]lvrnewm10
Labels: 1871, Nathan Goldfus, Telsiai
