Sunday, April 12, 2020
Eerie Goldfoot Genealogy: Goldfoot and Goldfarb in Portland, Oregon
Nadene Goldfoot
It all started when I typed "Goldfoot" into Family Search, the LDS website, and up came a Mildred Goldfoot that turned out to be as shown on census data to be Mildred Goldfarb. The eye deceives upon first notice.
Mildred Robinson b: June 29, 1913 in Tigard/Portland, Oregon , married Maurice Goldfoot on April 29, 1932 in Kelso, Cowlitz, Washington. Keep this in mind. She has a great grandson named Dustin. She died October 5, 2005 at age 92 in Ontario, Malheur, Oregon. My father, Maurice (Moshe) Goldfoot, born on July 1, 1908, was a divorcee.
Just look what else I saw. I found:
Mildred R. Goldfarb b: 1912 living at 135 SW Lincoln, Portland, Oregon (near my father's Lincoln Wholesale Meats) on the 1920 census . She was the daughter of Harry Goldfarb born in Russia and wife Leah born in New York. She had a brother named Justin, 6 years younger than she. Harry had to be Jewish. Mildred was a divorcee. (If the R stands for Robinson, I'll pass out. There are many Jewish Robinsons with their own Y haplotype. I match Jewish Robinsons from my father's side and Gentile Robinsons from my mother's side. Life is not that easy doing genealogy. Luckily, FTDNA shows which side they are on with a pink or blue icon by the name.
Mildred married Harold Blanck (maybe Blank?) who was born in 1910 living at 218 SW Salmon, and married in Vancouver, Clark, Washington. Harold Blanck's father was Jacob Blanck and his wife was Dorothy Larsonean, born in Russia. Mildred Goldfarb and Harold Blank married on 17 March 1943. She was 31. Harold must have been Jewish as well. Mel Blank was.
My father went to Failing Grade school in SW Portland being he lived in that area. He remembers Mel Blank in his class, who invented all the Walt Disney characters: Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, etc. Jacob and Harold must be a relation to Mel Blank.
Mildred R. Goldfarb was on the 1920 and 1930 census and 1940 census. She was later listed on Social Security as being born 16 Feb 1919 and spent her last years living in the Bronx, New York, dying there in March 1995..
How much do you want to bet that we are connected through DNA to Goldfarbs? I'd find out right now but got the message, Hello Houston, we've got a problem at FTDNA. I'll wait. This is enough information to blow my mind.
Problem was fixed and yes, my brother and I match some Goldfarbs on FTDNA.
I matched one man and three women. One man who has Goldfarb in his ancestors is my 2nd cousin.
My brother, David, matched the same man and three other men and one of my women matches. They are 4th and 5th cousins.
Resource:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Blanc
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| My mother, Mildred Elizabeth Goldfoot nee Robinson Or: Mildred R. Goldfoot Mom converted to Judaism when she married my father. She was the daughter of Frank Hugh Robinson b: Illinois. |
Mildred Robinson b: June 29, 1913 in Tigard/Portland, Oregon , married Maurice Goldfoot on April 29, 1932 in Kelso, Cowlitz, Washington. Keep this in mind. She has a great grandson named Dustin. She died October 5, 2005 at age 92 in Ontario, Malheur, Oregon. My father, Maurice (Moshe) Goldfoot, born on July 1, 1908, was a divorcee.
Just look what else I saw. I found:
Mildred R. Goldfarb b: 1912 living at 135 SW Lincoln, Portland, Oregon (near my father's Lincoln Wholesale Meats) on the 1920 census . She was the daughter of Harry Goldfarb born in Russia and wife Leah born in New York. She had a brother named Justin, 6 years younger than she. Harry had to be Jewish. Mildred was a divorcee. (If the R stands for Robinson, I'll pass out. There are many Jewish Robinsons with their own Y haplotype. I match Jewish Robinsons from my father's side and Gentile Robinsons from my mother's side. Life is not that easy doing genealogy. Luckily, FTDNA shows which side they are on with a pink or blue icon by the name.
Mildred married Harold Blanck (maybe Blank?) who was born in 1910 living at 218 SW Salmon, and married in Vancouver, Clark, Washington. Harold Blanck's father was Jacob Blanck and his wife was Dorothy Larsonean, born in Russia. Mildred Goldfarb and Harold Blank married on 17 March 1943. She was 31. Harold must have been Jewish as well. Mel Blank was.
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| Mel Blank b: May 30, 1908 in San Francisco, CA Son of Frederick and Eva Blanck of Russia. |
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| Dad, AKA Billy Meshke, fought at the Neighborhood House in South Portland. |
My father went to Failing Grade school in SW Portland being he lived in that area. He remembers Mel Blank in his class, who invented all the Walt Disney characters: Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, etc. Jacob and Harold must be a relation to Mel Blank.
Mildred R. Goldfarb was on the 1920 and 1930 census and 1940 census. She was later listed on Social Security as being born 16 Feb 1919 and spent her last years living in the Bronx, New York, dying there in March 1995..
How much do you want to bet that we are connected through DNA to Goldfarbs? I'd find out right now but got the message, Hello Houston, we've got a problem at FTDNA. I'll wait. This is enough information to blow my mind.
Problem was fixed and yes, my brother and I match some Goldfarbs on FTDNA.
I matched one man and three women. One man who has Goldfarb in his ancestors is my 2nd cousin.
My brother, David, matched the same man and three other men and one of my women matches. They are 4th and 5th cousins.
Resource:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Blanc
Labels: Blanck, Goldfarb, Goldfoot, Mel BlanK, Oregon, Portland, Russia
