Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Upgrading our DNA Information (Q1b1a)
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Lavkova, Lithuania and the Goldfus Family
Nadene Goldfoot
I was just contacted by the granddaughter of Arje Leib Goldfus of Laukova, Lithuania. Since my hazy records tell me that my grandfather, Nathan Goldfus came from Telsiai, Lithuania, I became curious as to where these places were. Jewishgen has a chart: I found out that Laukuva is only 25 miles S of Telsiai.
Laukuva, Lithuania
55"37' N 22"14' E
Laukuva is 222 km ( or about 138 miles ) WNW of Vilnius. Stanley Goldfoot of Jerusalem told me we had a connection to the famous Vilna Gaon from here.
Telsiai, Lithuania
55" 59; N 22"15' E
Telsiai, Lithuania is 242 km (or about 150 miles) NW of Vilnius.
Laukuva [Lith], Loikeve [Yid], Lavkova [Rus], Ławków [Pol], Loykuva, Ławkowo, Laukuvos, Laukova, Loykeva, Lavkovo Laukuva
The town is: Lavkova- which maintains the Russian Spelling
" district is: Telshi
" Province is: Kovno
" Country is: Russian Empire.
Jews in Lavkova: In 1897 there were only 418 Jews left. My grandfather left at this time, possibly a little before.
I believe that there is also a town by the name of Telshi as well as the district.
The town is: Telshi-Russian Spelling
" district is: Telshi
" Province is: Kovno
" Country is: Russian Empire
Jews in Telšiai: In 1900 there were 3088 Jews living in Telsiai. My grandfather had already left. The Jewish community was proud of its renowned yeshiva, or rabbinical college. In 1941, the Telshe yeshiva was resettled in Cleveland, Ohio by a group of faculty members who escaped the Holocaust. The original yeshiva building still stands in Telšiai.
Under the subsequent Nazi German occupation in World War II, large Jewish population of Telšiai was almost completely annihilated.
Today the population, probably bereft of Jews, is 35,000. It is the capital of Telsiai County on Lake Mastis. The city was founded in 1450. By 1831 it was a Polish-Lithuanian sanctuary.
Vilna-capital of Lithuania: Vilna is the capital of Lithuania, and Vilna is the Town, the district and the Provine name as well It is 54"4'; N and 25" 19' E. :and at the start of World War II, it had a Jewish population of about 200,000. At the time of the German occupation of the city on June 24, 1941, the Jewish population was about 57,000. A Judenrat (Jewish Council) was established on July 4, 1941. By the end of 1941, the Germans had killed 33,500 of these 57,000 Jews. Another 11,500 Jews had gone into hiding or fled to other towns, which left about 12,000 Jews in the ghetto. In the summer of 1943, 7,000 men and women were sent to concentration camps in Estonia. The final liquidation of the ghetto took place in September, 1943. On July 13, 1944, the city was liberated by the Russians. Of the 57,000 Jews who had been in Vilna at the time of the Nazi occupation, about 2,300 survived.
Research: http://jewishgen.org/.
http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~jgcd
ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel%C5%A1iai
http://www.edwardvictor.com/Ghettos/Vilna.htm
Book: Eliyahu's Branches by Chaim Freedman -no Goldfoot or Goldfus listed, so must be through a wife's family somehow.
I was just contacted by the granddaughter of Arje Leib Goldfus of Laukova, Lithuania. Since my hazy records tell me that my grandfather, Nathan Goldfus came from Telsiai, Lithuania, I became curious as to where these places were. Jewishgen has a chart: I found out that Laukuva is only 25 miles S of Telsiai.
Laukuva, Lithuania
55"37' N 22"14' E
Laukuva is 222 km ( or about 138 miles ) WNW of Vilnius. Stanley Goldfoot of Jerusalem told me we had a connection to the famous Vilna Gaon from here.
Telsiai, Lithuania
55" 59; N 22"15' E
Telsiai, Lithuania is 242 km (or about 150 miles) NW of Vilnius.
Laukuva [Lith], Loikeve [Yid], Lavkova [Rus], Ławków [Pol], Loykuva, Ławkowo, Laukuvos, Laukova, Loykeva, Lavkovo Laukuva
The town is: Lavkova- which maintains the Russian Spelling
" district is: Telshi
" Province is: Kovno
" Country is: Russian Empire.
Jews in Lavkova: In 1897 there were only 418 Jews left. My grandfather left at this time, possibly a little before.
I believe that there is also a town by the name of Telshi as well as the district.
The town is: Telshi-Russian Spelling
" district is: Telshi
" Province is: Kovno
" Country is: Russian Empire
Jews in Telšiai: In 1900 there were 3088 Jews living in Telsiai. My grandfather had already left. The Jewish community was proud of its renowned yeshiva, or rabbinical college. In 1941, the Telshe yeshiva was resettled in Cleveland, Ohio by a group of faculty members who escaped the Holocaust. The original yeshiva building still stands in Telšiai.
Under the subsequent Nazi German occupation in World War II, large Jewish population of Telšiai was almost completely annihilated.
Today the population, probably bereft of Jews, is 35,000. It is the capital of Telsiai County on Lake Mastis. The city was founded in 1450. By 1831 it was a Polish-Lithuanian sanctuary.
Vilna-capital of Lithuania: Vilna is the capital of Lithuania, and Vilna is the Town, the district and the Provine name as well It is 54"4'; N and 25" 19' E. :and at the start of World War II, it had a Jewish population of about 200,000. At the time of the German occupation of the city on June 24, 1941, the Jewish population was about 57,000. A Judenrat (Jewish Council) was established on July 4, 1941. By the end of 1941, the Germans had killed 33,500 of these 57,000 Jews. Another 11,500 Jews had gone into hiding or fled to other towns, which left about 12,000 Jews in the ghetto. In the summer of 1943, 7,000 men and women were sent to concentration camps in Estonia. The final liquidation of the ghetto took place in September, 1943. On July 13, 1944, the city was liberated by the Russians. Of the 57,000 Jews who had been in Vilna at the time of the Nazi occupation, about 2,300 survived.
Research: http://jewishgen.org/.
http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~jgcd
ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel%C5%A1iai
http://www.edwardvictor.com/Ghettos/Vilna.htm
Book: Eliyahu's Branches by Chaim Freedman -no Goldfoot or Goldfus listed, so must be through a wife's family somehow.
Labels: Arje Leib Goldfus, Laukova, Lithuania
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Goldfoos Family
Edna M. Goldfoos was born in 1898 in New Jersey, Hudson, New Jersey. She was 32 on the 1930 census and married to Morris Goldfoos, also 32, who was born in California. They had just had a baby, William H, who was born in New Jersey.
What is amazing is that my father was Morris Goldfoot, born 1908 in Portland. This was on the familysearch webpage.
What is amazing is that my father was Morris Goldfoot, born 1908 in Portland. This was on the familysearch webpage.
Labels: Goldfoos
