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Michael and Abrahams Families |
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(click on thumbnails to view full images) ? NEW!! Web Family Cards--detailed information on individuals and family trees Newspaper and Obituary Archive Vital Records and Wills Archive Immigration, Naturalization, Passports, Travel New! Google Maps showing family locations ? Hamerschlag and Brummel Families
| The Michael and Abrahams families were from Wrzesnia, Poland (German spelling is Wreschen). Solomon Michael and Esther Abrahams were the parents of Bernard Michael. The Bebarfald family is another Wreschen family related to the Michaels through the marriages of two Bebarfald sons to two of Solomon Michael's daughters. Michael Family Solomon Michael, son of Pincus and Rebecca Michael, emigrated to NY in the early 1850s. He was a tailor in New York, at 9 Peck Slip (adjacent to today's South Street Seaport). He married Esther Abrahams before 1854. His son Bernard owned a printing business that printed programs and tickets for the Metropolitan Opera. Solomon had 4 brothers and sisters, all of whom were born in Prussia and lived in New York. Louis (1839-1901) and Abraham (abt. 1850-aft.1910) were tailors and in business together. Louis lived (and married) in California before settling in New York by 1966. Louis' first child Rebecca was born in California abt. 1865 (according to the 1870 census). Sarah (abt. 1827-1903) married Mendel Kempe, a tailor from Prussia. Hannah married Louis Corn or Cohn, a tailor from Poland/Russia. I have been particularly interested in tracing Solomon's siblings because I thought that their father Pincus might have resided with one of them at the time of the 1880 census. Pincus was born in 1799 or 1809, according to various sources, and may be found in the 1870 census living in New York with son Louis. He was buried at Salem Fields Cemetery (Solomon Michael's plot) on September 27, 1892. I am still looking for his death certificate and listings in other censuses or directories. He was probably in the U.S. in 1880 but I have not found him. I have not found evidence that his wife Rebecca ever came to the U.S. Solomon Michael's 1894 death certificate Esther Abrahams Michael's 1898 death certificate Bernard Michael's 1907 death certificate The Michaels were religious Jews; Aunt Dot called them ultra-Orthodox. NEW!! Web Family Cards--detailed information on individuals and family trees Handwritten Michael Family Tree from Alice Michael Gamer, c. 1955 Abrahams Family I have found what appears to be the ship's passenger list for the Abrahams family to New York. If so, Esther Abrahams and Ernestine Abrahamczyk were the same person. Samuel Abrahams was apparently also a tailor. Ship Leibnitz Hamburg to New York 4 May 1850 65 Samuel Abrahamczyk 50 man tailor Wreschen New York 3 66 Pauline Abrahamczyk 22 girl seamstress Wreschen New York 67 Hanna Abrahamczyk 19 girl seamstress Wreschen New York 68 Ernestine Abrahamczyk 17 girl seamstress Wreschen New York 69 Louis Abrahamczyk 16 boy clerk Wreschen New York 70 Isao Abrahamczyk 10 boy clerk Wreschen New York 71 Roschen Abrahamczyk * 7 girl seamstress Wreschen New York 72 Johanna Abrahamczyk 5 girl Wreschen New York NEW!! Web Family Cards--detailed information on individuals and family trees 1866 death certificate for Samuel Abrahams Children and Grandchildren of Solomon Michael and Esther Abrahams Annie Hamerschlag and Bernard Michael's marriage documents Opera Programs printed by Bernard Michael and Royal Hamerschlag Dorothea Michael's autobiography (with many pictures and information about the Hamerschlag and Michael families) Marriage Certificate of Edith Michael and Samuel Buyer Edith's Clippings and Documents Handwritten Family Tree Information
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Buyer, Stier, and Related Families Research is continuing and some information in this site is unproven. This site last updated on 03/12/2008 02:39 AM -0000 by Susan Patterson Buyer. I have added spaces to my email address to reduce spam. Please remove the spaces and substitute "@" for "at" when you email me. susanbuyer at gmail.com |
