Posted by davina draizen on January 03, 19102 at 22:50:41:
In Reply to: ATTEMPTING TO FIND FAMILY posted by PATTIE DRAIZEN-LOUGHRAN on September 21, 19100 at 12:10:12:
: FATHER SEYMOUR DRAIZEN SON OF WILLIE DRAIZEN AND FANNIE LESSER. WILL LESSER IS THE SON OF JACOB LESSER, WHO HAS THREE BROTHERS; JOSEPH, MAURICE, AND CHAIM. JACOB MARRIED TOBY MANASHEVITZ IN THE UKRAINE, THEY HAD TO CHILDREN WILLIE AND PAULINE. EVENTUALLY THEY SETTLED IN THE BRONX. JACOB IS THE SON OF WOLF DRAIZEN, THE UKRAINE.
: FANNIE LESSER, SISTER OF MAX LESSER, AND OTHERS, IMMIGRATED WHEN SHE WS SIXTEEN TO THE USA. MOST OF HER FAMILY ENDED UP IN ISRAEL OR HAD BEEN KILLED DURING THE HOLOCUAST. FANNIE MARRIED WILLIE IN THE USA, DIVORCED, MARRIED BENJAMIN WERDINGER, THE MAN WHO WAS NY LOVING GRANDFATHER NOT BY BLOOD, AND LATER ABE BLACK. FANNIE DIED IN NJ IN 1987.
: THE WERE ABOUTS OF WILLIE AND HIS FAMILY IS LITTLE KNOWN. MY FATHER RECENTLY MEET RELATIVES, CHILDREN, OF JACOB'S BROTHERS. MANY HAD CHANGED THEIR SURNAMES, SOME TO LOBEL.
: ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MY FAMILY WAS MY MOTHER ANNA GERTRUDE SUSSMAN BORN 1931 TO SADIE DRALICH, SECOND WIFE OF HERMAN SUSSMAN. THEY ALSO HAVE A DAUGHTER NAMED SHEILA MARSIA. GERTRUDE MARRIED SEYMORE DRAIZEN, THEY ARE MY PARENTS. HERMAN HAD MANY SISTERS IN THE USA, LOTTIE, BESSIE, GUSSIE, AND JENNIE.
: JENNIE MARRIED A HARRY SUSSMAN AND HAD A MURIAL AND OTHER CHILDREN. GUSSIE AND BESSIE BOTH HAD CHILDREN, THE GIRLS WERE ALL GERTRUDES; GERTRUDE ACKERMAN, GERTRUDE HERSCHKOP. MY AUNT LOTTIE HAD TWO CHILD, MAX AND HIS WIFE AND A DAUGHTER GERTIE WHO UNFORTUNATELY DIED YOUNG. WE KNOW OF RELATIVES IN ARGENTINA, 1/2 BROTHERS OF SADIE. SADIE'S MOTHER WAS SARAH , SHE FIRST MARRIED A DRALICH, DIVORCED, AND MARRIED A BENJAMIN PALEY, WHO SHE DIVORCED WHILE CARRYING MY GRANDMOTHER. MY GRANDMOTHER CAME TO THE USA THROUGH CANADA WE BELIEVE AS SADIE DRALICH.
: ALL RELATIVES WERE EITHER FROM THE UKRAINE, SADIE WAS BORN IN ODESSA. THE UKRAINIAN MEMBERS WERE PART OF THE SOCIETY IN THE BRONX UNTERSTANESTIE BUKOVENIA. MANY ARE BURIED IN WOODBRIDGE, AT BETH ISRAEL CEMETARY, IN THE SOCIETY PLOT. I AM DESPERATLEY TRYING TO FIND LINKS TO MY FAMILY HISTORY. IF ANYONE OUT THERE HAS ANY KNOWLEDGE OR INFORMATION OR CONNECTION PLEASE LET ME KLNOW. THANK YOU
: PATTIE DRAIZEN-LOUGHRAN