Goldfoot Genealogy

 Nadene Goldfoot                                       

Our name in Lithuania was Goldfus, and I found our relatives in Telsiai, Lithuania.  

Usually, Goldfus is the Yiddish spelling, and Goldfuss in the German spelling.  

I found the following in Rehovot רחובות, Israel.  Rehovot is a city in the Central District of Israel, about 20 kilometers south of Tel Aviv. In 2019 it had a population of 143,904.

Aryeh Goldfuss b: 1903  d: 28 November 1997.  age 90,parents-Chaim, and Elka

Yechiel Goldfuss  b: 1915  d: 28 November 1997  age 82, parents-Chaim, Hella (Elka, maybe ?) 

By chance, I have in my tree, the family:  

Descendants of Chaim Goldfus

1  Chaim Goldfus b: 1885 in Laukuva, Telsiai uesd, Kovno Gubernia, Lithuania-Russian Empire d: 1942 in WWII Holocaust Age at death: 57 est.

. +Elka Sacks b: Abt. 1885 in prob. Laukuva, Telsiai uesd, Kovno, Gubernia, Lithuania-Russia d: Abt. 1942 in WWII Holocaust m: 1903 in Laukuva, Telsiai uesd, Kovno gubernia Age at death: 57 est. m: 1903 in Laukuva, Telsiai uesd, Kovno gubernia

.. 2  Samuel Shmuel Moses Moshe Goldfus b: March 17, 1911 in Laukuva, Telsiai uesd, Kovno Gubenia, Lithuania-Russian Empire d: December 01, 2001 in Cape Town, South Africa Immigration: 1927 Cape Town, South Africa Age at death: 90

...... +Frieda Hotz b: January 28, 1921 in Klerksdorp, Orange Free State, South Africa d: November 05, 1977 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa m: Bet. March 17, 1943 - 1945 in Bothaville, Orange Free State, South Africa Age at death: 56 m: Bet. March 17, 1943 - 1945 in Bothaville, Orange Free State, South Africa

.. 2  Yechiel Goldfus b: Abt. 1912 in Laukuva, Telsiai uesd, Kovno Gubenia, Lithuania-Russian Empire d: in Rehovoth, Israel Immigration: 1934 Palestine

...... +Esther Armband

.. 2  Aryeh Leib Leon Goldfus b: 1913 in Laukuva, Telsiai uesd, Kovno Gubenia, Lithuania-Russian Empire d: in Rehovoth, Israel

...... +Gitta b: in Budapest, Hungary m: 1946 in Italy m: 1946 in Italy

.. 2  Etta Goldfus b: Abt. 1914 in Laukuva, Telsiai uesd, Kovno Gubenia, Lithuania-Russian Empire d: 1942 Age at death: 28 est.

.. 2  Benyamin Goldfus b: Abt. 1915 in Laukuva, Telsiai uesd, Kovno Gubenia, Lithuania-Russian Empire d: Abt. 1942 Age at death: 27 est.

.. 2  David Goldfus b: 1923 in Laukuva, Telsiai uesd, Kovno Gubenia, Lithuania-Russian Empire Immigration: Israel

...... +Esther b: Abt. 1923

Chaim Goldfus b: 1951Rehovot, Israel, married to Rochael Benziman,  and children-Yuval b: Jan 10, 1983; Tal Yechiel b: July  1989, and Gili b: abt. 1990.  They could be descendants. Chaim is the son of David Goldfus b: 1923 of Laukava,, Lithuania and David is the son of Chaim Goldfus b: 1885 d: 1942 in the Holocaust.  Chaim's wife was Elka.   

We do name using family names already deceased.  This could be a family connection, especially since both sets were from Rehovot, Israel.               

My father, Maurice Goldfoot's line has a direct line to Jonah "Iones" Goldfoot b: 1730 in Telsiai, Lithuania.  Evidently our surname was anglicized when our grandfather, Nathan Abraham Goldfus b: 1871, immigrated to England for a short spell, then moved onward to the states and our state of Oregon. 

The interesting fact to me is that I made aliyah  in 1980 but returned to Oregon at the very end of November 1985.  I lived in Haifa for a year and then settled down in Safed (Tzfat).  I was in Tel Aviv, but didn't get to Rehovot.  I did get to meet and know the famous Stanley Goldfoot of South Africa and Jerusalem, though, former chief of intelligence for the Stern Group before Israel's birth in 1948.  He was either a 2nd or 3rd cousin. I've also met and knew quite well our 2nd cousin, Ian Goldfoot of South Africa who moved to Houston, Texas and his sister, Denise, who is an email pen pal.                

How Rehovot is growing

Resource:

Jewishgen.org

Wikipedia, Rehovot

Labels: genealogy, Goldfoot, Goldfus, Rehovot Israel

# posted by Nadene Goldfoot @ 6:55 AM 0 comments

 Nadene Goldfoot                                               

As I traveled on my very short walk today, being I'm going to  be 88 in a few weeks, I thought of Moses who started his very long walk at age 8o.  I realized that he never went back home after arriving in Egypt and meeting up with Aaron, his long forgotten brother.  To make such a move, he had to travel with a large entourage of all his family for safety reasons, for an 80 year old man 4,000 years ago would be as much in danger on the road as one would today if alone.  So he had to have traveled with his wife and 2 sons and servants from Midian to Egypt.  

Midian is way south of the Dead Sea and across from the Sinai Peninsula in today's Jordan.  Did Moses cross water to get to Egypt?  

In recent days, Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has been a sparsely populated desert region between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. On its southern tip, Sharm el-Sheikh resort is a base for diving and snorkeling around the reefs of Ras Mohammed National Park. Inland, 6th-century St. Catherine’s Monastery is near biblical Mount Sinai, where the 2,285m summit is renowned for its sunrise views. 

85% of Israel's land is made of the Negev Desert.  

    What we see of Israel is the Negev Desert land, and then there's the Sinai Desert of Egypt.  Desert, desert, desert; lots of sand.  

Midian was the location of Moses’ 40-year exile from Egypt, circa 1486-1446 BC (based on biblical chronology). During that time, he married the daughter of the priest of Midian (Jethro), and tended his flocks. He also visited the Mountain of God, later called Mount Sinai. (cf. Exod. 2:15-3:1; 4:18-20; 18:1-5).

Moses traveling like Abraham before him , no improvement in transportation from Midian to Egypt 

Moses and company must have walked in heat at least 150 miles.  How did he do it?  Walking, riding donkeys and or camels,  and maybe in a wagon now and then.  For an 80 year old that must have been 81 by the time he arrived in Egypt, that was pretty hard riding on the tush.  He must have had a very healthy heart, as he died at 120 years.  

Moses was on the move for 40 years starting at age 80.  He was awesome!  I hope he traveled in some sort of conveyance.  

Incidently, Beersheba or Beer Sheva, officially Be'er Sheva is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", It's a city that goes back to Bible days to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, a big, important Jewish center.  

Resource:

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/sinai

Labels: Egypt, Midian, Moses, Negev Desert, Sinai Desert, travel, walking

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