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