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Aaron and Lea Dubrovsky Immigrate to Israel and then to America

Jon Jaroker — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:56:30 +0000

Aaron Dubrovsky was born in Yurevichi, Belarus. He is the grandson of Itzhok Yankiv Schwartz. His mother is one of the Schwartz sisters. On the 1922 passenger list at Ellis Island, Aaron listed his father Chamon Lew Dubrovsky, living at Yurevichi Russia, as his nearest relative.

Aron is remembered as being tall and handsome. He was in the Czar’s army. He married Leah Edelman (possibly Edlin) who was born in Chornobyl, Ukraine.

The Dubrovsky family emigrated to Jaffa Palestine sometime before March 1921. Their emigration may have been related to the Russian Revolution (1917 – October 1922). Harry, being part of the Czar’s army, probably fought in the White Army and needed to leave the country.

Lea and Aaron’s daughter Shoshana was born in Jaffa Palestine on 10 March 1921. Palestine was under the British Mandate during this time. Between 1920 and 1921, Jaffa experienced many Arab attacks against Jews. These riots probably led to the family’s emigration in 1922.

The Dubrows arrived in Ellis Island in June 1922. Their host was Lea’s brother, Morris Edlin, a grocer living in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Morris would be a witness on Aaron’s naturalization application in 1929, at which time Aaron changed his name to Harry Dubrow.

The Dubrow family operated a grocery store in Philadelphia, then a small poultry and egg farm in Toms River, New Jersey, near Maple and Vermont Avenue. This was near the family farm of Sarah and Nathan Suchman. The Dubrows later moved to California.

Providence

The “Dubronwsky” family arrived in New York from Naples Italy on the ship Providence.

Built for Fabre Line, French flag, in 1915 and named Providence. Mediterranean-New York service. Scrapped in Italy in 1951.

Yossel Atlas Immigrates to America in 1904

Jon Jaroker — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:39:50 +0000

Boarding the S. S. Campania in Liverpool, Yossel Atlas sails alone to New York in May 1904, leaving behind his wife Bessie and children.

1904 Ship Manifest for Josef Atlas

The Ellis Island ship manifest lists him on line 11 as “Josef Atlas”, a 30-year-old merchant from “Pelzeuizne”. That is an unknown city and likely incorrect because it is ‘dittod’ from the lines above his.

The passenger manifest markings include 15743, which may be related to his naturalization years later, and “In Hospital ADMITTED”, which may apply to the passenger listed above his line.

Joseph was hosted by his cousin M Selenko of 119 East 103rd Street in New York.

S. S. Campania

Launched in 1892, the S. S. Campania was a Cunard Line ship that could cross the Atlantic in less than six days and became the first ship fitted with a Marconi Wireless Telegraph1.

http://www.titanicinquiry.org/ships/campania.php

Feige Kolik Immigrates to America in 1914

Jon Jaroker — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:06:11 +0000

Sailing on the steamship George Washington from the German port of Bremen, eighteen year old Feige Kolik arrived in New York on the 8th of June 1914. Ellis Island immigration officials recorded Abram Kolik from “Yurevics, Minsk” as her nearest relative, dressmaker as her occupation and uncle Yosself Atlas of 1562 Madison Avenue, New York as her American host.

Feige’s timing was good: World War I started on 28 July 1914. Feige arrived a few months before transatlantic commercial services from Germany stopped. Her ship, the SS George Washington, was at its Hoboken NJ terminal when war started and remained there until seized by the United States upon its entry into World War I in April 1917.

Immigration Record

Did 18 year old Feige Kolik make the journey from Yurevichi alone?

Yurevichi was a very small town in Imperial Russia, but on line 7 of the same manifest we see 17 year old Yurevichian Frume Kaufmann. Frume’s father was Mottel Kaufmann and her host was cousin Mase Landerboun of 31 Morgan Ave Hartford, Connecticut. Very likely, they were friends who made the journey together.

Feige Kolik is listed on line 29 of the SS George Washington’s manifest.

S.S. George Washington

Feige departed Bremen, Germany, on 30th of May 1914. In the 19th and 20th centuries, Bremen was the busiest port for embarkation for emigrants from Central Europe traveling to America.

The SS George Washington was build in 1907-1908 for North German Lloyd and launched under the German flag on 10 November 1908. Half of its 2,700 passengers sailed in steerage class.

Historic Ship Photos

Kupchik Family Expelled from USSR in 1957

Jon Jaroker — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:50:19 +0000

The Kupchik family emigrated from the USSR in 1957 as part of the Soviet Union’s forced repatriation of ethnic Poles. Chava Kupchik‘s (née Yaroker) husband, first name unknown, was born in Poland, permitting the entire family to leave.

They first immigrated to Poland and then to Israel, possibly settling in the city of Petah Tikva.

The family may have been living in Mazyr during the 1950s and just prior to the emigration. Chava’s children were Sonya, Abram and Moitya. Chava’s brother, Isaac Yaroker, is believed to have joined his sister in Israel sometime in 1969.