Goldfoot Genealogy

Nadene Goldfoot
1. Josef Goldfuss was born on February 5, 1925 in Leukkowa.  He arrrived at Dachau's Concentration Camp on August 6, 1944.

2. Laeb Goldfuss was born May 20, 1917 in Leukowa.  He arrived at Dachau on August 6, 1944, too.    They must have been rounded up and brought in on the same train.

I can't tell which town this is.  There was Lukowa, Lublin, Poland in 1950 after the war.   During the war there was Laukuva, Taurage, Lithuania, and then there was Laukuva, Telshi, Kovno, Russia, or Lithuania, or the Soviet Union after the war, during before, places changed between these places.  It depended on what country was doing the spelling.

WWII  wasn't over until May 8, 1945 in Europe.  For the world it ended on August 15, 1945.  These two Jews most likely were killed before then.  Dachau Concentration Camp was located in Bavaria, southern Germany.  It was the first built in Germany.  Many died of typhus fever before they were killed.  When the end of the war came, the order was to take the surviving ones to the ocean and drown them, or take them to the alps to be killed.

Resource: jewishgenorg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dachau_concentration_camp

Mindle Goldfus died in Warszawa gubernia , Warszawa Province, Poland.  That all we know about him.  Evidently the headstone was found with only that much on it and was reported through jewishgen in 2008.

On a happier note, Hersz  Goldfus was married in 1838 to Frayjde Majer in Warszawa Gubrernia, Lodz Province.  For all I know, they could be my relatives.

Resource: jewishgen.org.

Who was Rosalie Goldfuss?  This is the German spelling of a surname found in both German and Jewish families.  The Yiddish spelling is Goldfus, but I have seen Jews use both ways.

She arrived on July 7, 1890 from either Austria, Poland or Galicia on the ship Rhaetia in New York.

Resource: jewishgen.org. 

Up till now, I hadn't found any Goldfus (for Goldfoot) in any place except Lithuania.  Other researchers had steered me there, having found their Goldfoot (fus) ancestors in Telsiai.

Through the familyfinder program offered through FamilyTreeDNA in Texas, I have found 2 matches saying that they had ancestors in Courland, Latvia.  I finally checked it out at jewishgen.org and have found Goldfus!

 Deaths
1. Rosha Goldfus from Libava died on October 3, 1880 (10 Heshvan) at the age of 10 months from convulsions.  Libava, Grobin, Courland, Latvia.

2. Borukh Goldfus, son of Movsha, died in Ritov on January 15, 1893 (10 Shevat) , from being an old man with pneumonia.  In Libava, Grobin, Courland, Latvia

3. Freida Goldfus, daughter of Gershon, died March 19, 1896 (17 Nisan)  from teeth disease 11/2 may mean age 11 years 2 months?  in Tukkum, Tukkum, Courland, Latvia.

Marriages
1. Hana Goldfus m: Shmuel Blacher in 1900

2. Mira Goldfus m: Judel Finkmann in 1899

3. Itzik Goldfus m: Fruma Wagenneim in 1886

4. Moses Goldfus m: Zipa Blumberg in 1867

5. Ruvel Goldfus m: Sara Stember in 1889

6. Roche Lea Goldfus/Rosenberg m: Note Rummer in 1920.

Taxes  paid in Riga
1. Freida  Iziksohn nee Goldfus paid taxes or owed taxes.  She was born in 1859 and was 26 yearss old  by this due date of 1885.

Resource: http://jewishbubba.blogspot.com/2013/06/jews-of-latvia-or-jews-outside-pale.html
jewishgen.org 

Sara Goldfuss gave birth to a daughter, Lea, in 1890 in Lwow, Wojewodztwa,  Ukraine.

Resource: Jewishgen.org. 

Jocheta Goldfuss was married to Joel Dintenfass.  Their son, Markus,  married Rozalia Pipes z Heim in 1902 in Krakow, Poland.

Resource: Jewishgen.org.  

Nachman Goldfus, son of Aron Szmul and Hena, died in 1865 in Lublin Gubernia and Lublin Province, Poland.
Resource: Jewishgen.org.  Poland

Josek Aron Janklowicz Goldfus was born in 1845 in Gniewoszow, Radom Gubernia, Kielce Province, Poland.

Fsyel Goldfus died in 1863 in Radom Gubernia, Kielce Province, Poland

Up to now, the only Goldfus I had found have been in Lithuania.  This shows that they did cross the border into Poland.

Resource: Jewishgen.org.  Poland