Goldfoot Genealogy

 Nadene Goldfoot                                            

Map of Lithuania around 1867–1914, with visible Polish–Russian border (Lithuania did not exist at that time)

Lazdijai in Lithuania and Suwalki in Poland .  

Bubba insisted that she was a Litvak.  On the map above is Telsiai, Lithuania where the Goldfus/foot came from.  Suwalki became Polish territory.  Lazdijai  is a small town in Lithuania located about seven kilometres 4+1/2 mile east of the border with Poland. All of Bubba's records

have been found in Poland.   

Bubba, (Zlata or Hattie) Jermulowske, was born on January 11,

1886 to Joshua and Esther:Descendants of Joshua Charles "Hatzkel" Isaiahel Jermulowskie

1  [1] Joshua Charles "Hatzkel" Isaiahel Jermulowskie b: 1850 in Lazdzieje, Suwalk Gubernia, Lithuania/Poland,  Lazdijai, Suwalki, Russia/Lithuania d: Bet. 1895 - 1950 in Lazdzieje, Suwalk Gubernia, Lithuania Age at death: 45 est.

. +Esther "Essie" Decatsky Decad Frank b: Abt. 1860 

in Lazdzieje, Suwalk Gubernia, Lithuania d: Abt. 1886 in 

Stellingen, Eimsbüttel, Hamburg, Germany/ Lazdzieje, Suwalk 

Gubernia, Lithuania m: Abt. 1876 in prob. Suwalki, Poland Age at death:6 est. m: Abt. 1876 in prob. Suwalki, Poland

*2nd Wife of [1] Joshua Charles "Hatzkel" Isaiahel Jermulowskie:

. +Dora Leah "Deborah" b: Abt. 1850 in "Russia" d:

 Bet. 1895 - 1950 in Poland/, Russia m: Abt. 1888 in prob. 

Suwalki, Poland/Russia Age at death: 45 est. m: 

Abt. 1888 in prob. Suwalki, Poland/Russia

I have found a DNA match to Esther, Joshua's 1st wife, and it is Decatsky or Decad.

He turned out to be a friend already through genealogy, fantastic surprise.

Actually, Lazdijai (Lazdey) was parat of the Polish Lithuanian Kingdom until 1795, 

when a 3rd division of Poland by the 3 superpowers occurred:  Russia, Prussia and

Austria.  It was then that Lithuania became part Russian and part Prussian. Laszdy 

lay on the left side of the Nieman River went to Prussia (ruled from 1795-1807).

Lazdey was the country administrative center.  

After 1815,all of Lithuania was annexed to Russia.  Lazdey was included in the

 Augustowa Province (Gubernia)  and in 1866 became part of the Suwalk Gubernia

as an administrative center. 

In 1872 was the Great Famine.  

 The city suffered from many fires.  In the summer of 1879, about 200 houses were

ravished by fire and owners were then homeless.  In 1888,70 houses burnt down and

 a Jewish woman was a victim.  1886 was the birth of our grandmother!  The town's

Jews suffered economically, which by 1887 amounted to about 1,500 souls. 

Out of Bubba's siblings and half-siblings, she was the only one that could not read or 

write.  She had been the chief baby-sitter of her growing family.  

      People of Lazdijai mentioned in References

Altshuler, Eliezer Mordehai;  established moving to Israel 

Aranzon, Yosef-Mosheh (1805-1875) Rabbi, died in Chicago

Blumental, Hayim-Yehoshua HaCohen, 1853, Rabbi for several years

Decatsky (Decad) 

Gershon, son of Moshe d: 1910: cemetery

Ginsburg, Yehudah-Leib, Rabbi

Glikman, Yehudah; money donation, (I had a Dr. Gluckman, is that close enough?)

Hayah, daughter of Rabbi Yudi Rosh HaGalil, d: 1897:  cemetery

Kahana, Tsevi-Hirsh, Rabbi (interesting because our 3rd cousin, Stanley Goldfoot,

became close to Rabbi Kahana, who became infamous in Israel.

Meir, Rabbi Avraha;m Tsevi ben, 

 Reuven, son of Yehudah Frid, d: 1895: cemetery

Yaffe, Avraham-Eiver (1823-1908) Rabbi in Lazdey 1873-74)

  Yehuda-Leib Yaffe, b:1842..? Rabbi from 1908 in Lazdey.  

Yekhezkel, Rabbi Avraham ben; d: 1798, father- in -law of Yehudah-Leib,

 son of the  "Gaon" from  Vilna  (Stanley Goldfoot always thought we were related to the Gaon.  )

Zilberman, Simkha; money donation.  

                                             Immigration

Our Bubba immigrated May 6, 1903 and wound up in Council, Idaho or near it in 

a little mining town.

My grandmother Hattie"Zlotta" came over from  "Russia" on May 6, 1903 along with

 her sisters Jenny and Bessie.  She was 17.  Bessie was  21 or 20.  Jenny must

 have been about 11 years old.  I have not found them in the Ellis Island Port yet.

  On the Declaration of Intention paper, she said she came here via Hamburg, 

Germany on the ship Altverten and landed in New York.  

Her name was spelled Zlate Jemulosky on Dad's birth certificate.  He was born at 

277 Baker St, the residence his parents lived in.  His name was Moses Goldfoot.

Resource:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania%E2%80%93Poland_border

Preserving Our Litvak Heritage, a history of 31 Jewish communities in Lithuania by Josef Rosin, by JewishGen.inc.  (Book) p. 234--

https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/telsiai/tel034.html:  full of rabbis, etc.  

Labels: history, immigration, Lithuania, Suwalki, Telsiai, Zlata Jermuilowske

# posted by Nadene Goldfoot @ 12:05 PM