The Family of Hirsch Focsaner and Dwora (Naftulovitz) Focsaner

Note: In 1964 in a visit to Paris, met with one of Simon's brothers. He was quite elderly. They spoke no English, just French and Romanian. He and his wife were very kind. I met their son who must have been in his 20's. The lived near the Paris Bourse (stock exchange).

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Email 18 Jun 2001 S7-5

Parents: Hirsch Focsaner and Dwora (Naftulovitz) Focsaner FOC-1

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3. ??? Focsaner

Parents: Hirsch Focsaner and Dwora (Naftulovitz) Focsaner FOC-1

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4. ??? Focsaner

Parents: Hirsch Focsaner and Dwora (Naftulovitz) Focsaner FOC-1

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5. Sigmund Focshaner

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Marriage Certificate: Sigmund Focshaner & Fanny Barad - Email 10 Apr 2015 S3-12

Birth: 1850

Note: This date is now presumed incorrect.

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Email 29 Dec 2003 S3-8

Birth: between 1870 and 1875

Note: According to US Census reports from 1910 to 1930.

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Email 30 Oct 2007 S3-9

Object: This is a cigar cutter he owned. PATH: romania-objects/Cigar cutter.jpg

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Email 29 Dec 2003 S3-8

Object: This is the reverse of the token. It says CAFENEA CEAINEREI MODERNA. PATH: romania-objects/Token B.jpg

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Email 29 Dec 2003 S3-8

Object: This was a token that belonged to Sigmund. It says: ISAK FOCSANER BUCURESCI1 SOUR @JK@. PATH: romania-objects/Token A.jpg

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Email 29 Dec 2003 S3-8

Parents: Hirsch Focsaner and Dwora (Naftulovitz) Focsaner FOC-1

m. Fanny (Barad) Focshaner

Birth: 1872

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Email 30 Oct 2007 S3-9

Object: Fanny Barad Focsaner. PATH: romania-objects/Fanny Barad Focsaner.jpg

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Email 19 Jan 2004 S3-5

Parents: Aron Barad and Sarah (???) Barad RM-1

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Email 29 Dec 2003 S3-8

Marriage: 1888 in Botosani, Romania

Note: When she was 16 years old.

Note: Sigmund and Fanny were married in Botosani and then remarried in 1891 in Manhattan (New York) after they immigrated.

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Email 30 Oct 2007 S3-10

Immigration: about 1890

Note: Sigmund and Fanny had already arrived in the US, and her parents Aron and Sara Barad arrived the next year (1891).

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Document: "Barad Family History" S3-2

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Email 26 Dec 2003 S3-6

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Email 4 Dec 2007 S3-11

Marriage: Fri 23 Jan 1891 in New York, NY Address: 193 Orchard St.

Note: Sigmund and Fanny are buried somewhere on Long Island, New York.

Object: Sigmund and Fanny taken in Botosani in the 1870s or 1880s. PATH: romania-objects/Sigmund and Fanny.jpg

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Email 18 Jan 2004 S3-4

Children: Ida Focsaner FOC-13 Mervin Focsaner FOC-14

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1. Ida Focsaner

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Email 26 Dec 2003 S3-6

Name: Ida /Focsaner/.

Parents: Sigmund Focshaner and Fanny (Barad) Focshaner FOC-12

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2. Mervin Focsaner

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Email 29 Dec 2003 S3-8

Name: Mike /Focsaner/.

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Email 18 Jan 2004 S3-4

Name: Mervin /Focsaner/.

Birth: 1895

Note: Mike (Mervin) passed away in 1994 when he was 99.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Email 30 Dec 2003 S7-8

Parents: Sigmund Focshaner and Fanny (Barad) Focshaner FOC-12

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6. Isac Focsaner

Occupation: May have been involved in the fur trading business and made frequent trips to Russia.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Email 12 Jun 2001 S7-4

Occupation: Had a bank in Bucharest, Romania.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Document: "A Family Remembered" about Caroline Gerber Focsaner S7-1

Occupation: Had a cafe in Bucharest.

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Email 28 Dec 2003 S3-7

Death: 1934

Source: Document: Zvoristeanu Family Tree from Israel S10

Note: Was a known brother of Josub. He had a son (a lawyer) who stayed in Romania and other family that emigrated to New York. (Comment: The lawyer son may have been Simon's son - LK).

Source: Contact: Louis Kessler - Interview 25 Nov 1978 with his Great Aunt Shava Zelickson, daughter of Josub Focsaner. S4-6

Note: Isac had 5 children, some of whom emigrated to Israel.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Email 12 Jun 2001 S7-4

Note: Was a most dignified, brilliant man.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Document: "A Family Remembered" about Caroline Gerber Focsaner S7-1

Note: Isac stayed in Romania since his daughters kept the very same house that they grew up in. Cousin Renee made a trip to visit them and said this.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Email 12 Jun 2001 S7-4

Parents: Hirsch Focsaner and Dwora (Naftulovitz) Focsaner FOC-1

m. Carolina (Zvoristeanu) Focsaner

Source: Document: Zvoristeanu Family Tree from Israel S10

Name: Carolina /Zvoristeanu/.

Parents: Herscu Zvoristeanu RM-20

Note: Discovered another son Joseph, so now 4 daughters and 2 sons.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Email 19 Jun 2001 S7-7

Note: Had 4 daughters and 1 son. The daughters were extremely bright (3 of them later became doctors), but the son Baruch (Bernard) was of average intelligence. When the Focsaners left for America, they wanted to take the son with them. The family declined the offer. Baruch was about 12 at the time. Two years later, at the age of 14, he received poor grades at school and couldn't face his family. He hanged himself. This had a profound effect on the 4 sisters. Sixty years later, they spoke of their tragedy as if it happened yesterday. This may be the reason that 3 of the sisters never married and lived in the same house their father Isaac built so many years ago. They kept the same furniture and maintained everything in the house the way it was from years ago.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Document: "A Family Remembered" about Caroline Gerber Focsaner S7-1

Children: Beca Focsaner FOC-16 Otilea Focsaner FOC-17 Ema (Focsaner) Istraelvici FOC-18 Sofia Focsaner FOC-20 Baruch (Bernard) Focsaner FOC-21 Joseph Focsaner FOC-22

FOC-16

1. Beca Focsaner

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Email 19 Jun 2001 S7-7

Name: Beca /Focsaner/.

Birth: 1903

Source: Document: Zvoristeanu Family Tree from Israel S10

Death: 1997

Source: Document: Zvoristeanu Family Tree from Israel S10

Parents: Carolina (Zvoristeanu) Focsaner and Isac Focsaner FOC-15

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2. Otilea Focsaner

Birth: 1904

Source: Document: Zvoristeanu Family Tree from Israel S10

Occupation: Doctor.

Source: Document: Zvoristeanu Family Tree from Israel S10

Death: 1986

Source: Document: Zvoristeanu Family Tree from Israel S10

Parents: Carolina (Zvoristeanu) Focsaner and Isac Focsaner FOC-15

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3. Ema (Focsaner) Istraelvici

Birth: 1906

Source: Document: Zvoristeanu Family Tree from Israel S10

Death: 1990

Source: Document: Zvoristeanu Family Tree from Israel S10

Parents: Carolina (Zvoristeanu) Focsaner and Isac Focsaner FOC-15

m. Lazarica Istraelvici

Source: Document: Zvoristeanu Family Tree from Israel S10

Name: Lazarica /Istraelvici/.

Children: Coletsi Mihai FOC-19

FOC-19

1. Coletsi Mihai

Source: Document: Zvoristeanu Family Tree from Israel S10

Name: Coletsi /Mihai/.

Residence: in Canada

Parents: Lazarica Istraelvici and Ema (Focsaner) Istraelvici FOC-18

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4. Sofia Focsaner

Birth: 1913

Source: Document: Zvoristeanu Family Tree from Israel S10

Occupation: Doctor.

Emigration: to Israel.

Death: 1990

Source: Document: Zvoristeanu Family Tree from Israel S10

Parents: Carolina (Zvoristeanu) Focsaner and Isac Focsaner FOC-15

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5. Baruch (Bernard) Focsaner

Birth: (Approx 1901)

Death: (Approx 1915) Age: 14

Note: About 2 years after his uncle Simon Focsaner's family left Romania.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Document: "A Family Remembered" about Caroline Gerber Focsaner S7-1

Death: (Approx 1920)

Source: Document: Zvoristeanu Family Tree from Israel S10

Parents: Carolina (Zvoristeanu) Focsaner and Isac Focsaner FOC-15

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6. Joseph Focsaner

Note: Apparently there was also a brother named Joseph who died recently.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Email 19 Jun 2001 S7-7

Parents: Carolina (Zvoristeanu) Focsaner and Isac Focsaner FOC-15

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7. Simon Focsaner

Birth: Mon 14 Oct 1878 in Dorohoi, Romania 1869

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Email 12 Jun 2001 S7-4

Source: Online: Ellis Island website - Search for Focsaner arrival 1913 S11-3

Residence: in Bucharest, Romania

Note: Simon left Dorohoi to live in Bucharest where he got married to his sweetheart (also from Dorohoi). They were both highly educated. He became President of his temple.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Email 12 Jun 2001 S7-4

Parents: Hirsch Focsaner and Dwora (Naftulovitz) Focsaner FOC-1

m. Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Document: "A Family Remembered" about Caroline Gerber Focsaner S7-1

Name: Caroline /Gerber/.

Note: Carolina changed her name to Caroline.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Email 18 Jun 2001 S7-5

Name: Carolina /Gerber/.

Birth: 1876

Source: Online: Ellis Island website - Search for Focsaner arrival 1913 S11-3

Birth: 1881 in Dorohoi, Romania

Note: From her passport. It is believed she added a few years to appear older.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Document: "A Family Remembered" about Caroline Gerber Focsaner S7-1

Residence: in Dorohoi, Romania

Note: Caroline grew up in Dorohoi.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Document: "A Family Remembered" about Caroline Gerber Focsaner S7-1

Note: Caroline made 4 trips from the US to Romania by ship to see her family back in Dorohoi between 1920 and 1932.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Document: "A Family Remembered" about Caroline Gerber Focsaner S7-1

Note: She took the trips back to Romania without Simon. Simon never wanted to go back to Romania and hated to travel.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Email 18 Jun 2001 S7-5

Note: She travelled in Sep 1924 on the Mauritania.

Source: Online: Ellis Island website - Search for Caroline Fossaner S11-1

Note: Caroline was the 3rd youngest of the 9 children in her family.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Document: "A Family Remembered" about Caroline Gerber Focsaner S7-1

Note: A family story was that around 1887 or 1888, when Caroline was a young girl in Dorohoi, she was kidnapped by gypsies. She was held captive for a while and then let go. According to the story, her reputation was ruined, and her prospects for marriage were dimmed. But she eventually found someone (Simon) willing to marry her.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Email 30 May 2006 S7-9

Note: Caroline was known to be quite self-sufficient, independent and strong willed. She was musically inclinded as she played the piano and loved to sing and dance.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Document: "A Family Remembered" about Caroline Gerber Focsaner S7-1

Parents: Isaac Kirsh Gerber and Sura Rifka (Gerber) Gerber RM-5

Residence: in Bucharest, Romania

Source: Online: Ellis Island website - Search for Focsaner arrival 1913 S11-3

Marriage: 1897 in Bucharest, Romania

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Document: "A Family Remembered" about Caroline Gerber Focsaner S7-1

Emigration: Oct 1913 in Bremen, Germany

Note: Arrived at Ellis Island 8 Oct 1913

Note: The ship was the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse

Source: Contact: Louis Kessler - Email 14 Jun 2001 S4-3

Object: PATH: romania-objects/simonfocsanerfamily.jpg

Note: Simon and Caroline Focsaner's family

back row, l to r: Leonard, Simon, Dora, Bernie, Caroline

front row, Ethel, Harvey

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Document: "A Family Remembered" about Caroline Gerber Focsaner S7-1

Children: Dora (Debora) (Focsaner) Rossen FOC-24 Siegmund Focsaner FOC-25 Leon Focsaner FOC-26 Otelia Ethel Focsaner FOC-27 Samuel Focsaner FOC-28

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1. Dora (Debora) (Focsaner) Rossen

Birth: 1897

Source: Online: Ellis Island website - Search for Focsaner arrival 1913 S11-3

Parents: Simon Focsaner and Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner FOC-23

Witness: WITN._ROLE: Sponsored WITN.NOTE: Following the war Dora Focsaner and her daughter hosted a young man from Romania named Harry Focsaner and helped him come to America. He was from Dorohoi Romania and was born in 1922. At the end of World War II, he was freed from the ghetto/camp in Cernauti District, Romania. This is from the Yad Vashem Archive Documentation on Romania, page Jm-11.342 # 3. We do not yet know how Harry was related.

Person: Harry Focsaner XXX-1

m. Adolf Rossen

Birth: 1894

Source: Online: Ellis Island website - Search for Focsaner arrival 1913 S11-3

Marriage: 1910

Note: Dora was married at a very young age as was the custom then. She was about 13 when she got married. Adolf emigrated with Dora's family, and the family obviously had reasons to include him as their child.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Email 18 Jun 2001 S7-5

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2. Siegmund Focsaner

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Email 18 Jun 2001 S7-5

Name: Siegmund /Focsaner/.

Birth: 1901

Source: Online: Ellis Island website - Search for Focsaner arrival 1913 S11-3

Parents: Simon Focsaner and Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner FOC-23

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3. Leon Focsaner

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Email 18 Jun 2001 S7-5

Name: Leon /Focsaner/.

Birth: 1903

Source: Online: Ellis Island website - Search for Focsaner arrival 1913 S11-3

Parents: Simon Focsaner and Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner FOC-23

FOC-27

4. Otelia Ethel Focsaner

Note: Was born at Otelia and change it to Natalie but was known as Ethel.

Source: Contact: Elaine Silverman - Email 1 Nov 2007 S2-1

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Email 18 Jun 2001 S7-5

Name: Otelia Ethel /Focsaner/.

Birth: Fri 16 Mar 1906 in Romania

Source: Contact: Elaine Silverman - Email 1 Nov 2007 S2-1

Parents: Simon Focsaner and Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner FOC-23

FOC-28

5. Samuel Focsaner

Note: This was the name he used in America as an adult.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Email 18 Jun 2001 S7-5

Name: Samuel /Focsaner/.

Note: His first name is not known for sure, but his school yearbooks list him as Samuel. It is unclear why the ship manifest lists him as Soni.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Email 18 Jun 2001 S7-5

Birth: 1900 in Bucharest, Romania

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Document: "S. Harvey Fosner, My Father, Remembered" S7-2

Birth: 1909 in Bucharest, Romania

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Email 11 Jun 2001 S7-3

Source: Online: Ellis Island website - Search for Focsaner arrival 1913 S11-2

Birth: Sun 9 Jan 1910 in Bucharest, Romania

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Email 5 Dec 2007 S7-10

Parents: Simon Focsaner and Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner FOC-23

Family of Dwora (Naftulovitz) Focsaner, see above FOC-1

Others Related Through Marriage

Descendants of Aron Barad and Sarah (???) Barad

RM-1

Aron Barad

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Document: "Barad Family History" S3-2

Name: Aron /Barad/.

Birth: about 1844

Note: Joel Koenig, Stephen Koenig amd Alvin Fossner are interested in the Barad family.

Source: Contact: Alvin Fossner S1

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig S3

Source: Contact: Stephen Koenig S6

Sarah (???) Barad

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Document: "Barad Family History" S3-2

Name: Sarah //.

Birth: 1848

Birth: between 1850 and 1852 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Death Record: Sarah Barat - Email 13 Apr 2015 S3-1 in Romania

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Death Record: Sarah Barat - Email 13 Apr 2015 S3-1

Death: Sat 29 Mar 1924

Burial: in Mount Zion Cemetery, New York, New York

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Death Record: Sarah Barat - Email 13 Apr 2015 S3-1

Marriage: in ???

Immigration: 1891

Note: Sigmund Focsaner and Fanny had already arrived in the US.

Note: Aron and Sara left Hamburg August 31, 1891 with two younger people, Asne (Annie?) and Meier, who were probably their children.

Note: Aron left Hamburg August 31, 1891 on the HMS Warrington with his wife Sara, son Meier and daughter Asne. The ages for Sara and Asne (Annie) match those known for our relatives.

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Document: "Barad Family History" S3-2

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Email 4 Dec 2007 S3-11

Note: The family was orthodox.

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Email 29 Dec 2003 S3-8

Children: Fanny (Barad) Focshaner FOC-12 Annie Barad RM-3 Meier Barad RM-4

RM-2

1. Fanny (Barad) Focshaner, see above FOC-12

RM-3

2. Annie Barad

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig - Email 1 Jun 2006 S3-3

Name: Annie /Barad/.

Parents: Aron Barad and Sarah (???) Barad RM-1

RM-4

3. Meier Barad

Parents: Aron Barad and Sarah (???) Barad RM-1

Descendants of Isaac Kirsh Gerber and Sura Rifka (Gerber) Gerber

RM-5

Isaac Kirsh Gerber

Occupation: Had a large farm and tannery.

Note: He was considered prosperous and was well respected iwthin the community. They leased the land, since Jews were not allowed to own the land. There were peasants living on the land and they had a synagogue on the land for the Jews as well as a Romanian Orthodox Church.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Document: "A Family Remembered" about Caroline Gerber Focsaner S7-1

Note: Wendy Ceracche and Elaine Silverman are interested in the Gerber family.

Source: Contact: Elaine Silverman S2

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche S7

Sura Rifka (Gerber) Gerber

Occupation: Had a large farm and tannery.

Note: He was considered prosperous and was well respected within the community. They leased the land, since Jews were not allowed to own the land. There were peasants living on the land and they had a synagogue on the land for the Jews as well as a Romanian Orthodox Church.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Document: "A Family Remembered" about Caroline Gerber Focsaner S7-1

Note: One day a young Christian man killed his girlfriend and threw here body into the backyard of the Gerber household. The body was then discovered by three of the Gerber sons, Ziegmund, Nachman and Aaron aged 15, 13, and 11. The authorities came and arrested the 3 boys. Thier mother went with gold and silver to the governor in Iasi, the capital of the area Moldaavia. Nothing could be done and the boys were sent to jail. At the time there was much anti-Semitism and pogroms against the Jews. They were unsuccessful at getting help from Germany and France and spent a great deal of time and money. After 3 years, the murderer was caught and he confessed. The brothers were then released. They were so embittered that they never lived in Dorohoi agian. Aaron went to Turkey, changed his name, and they never heard from him again. Nachman changed his last name to Zvoristeanu and went to Bacau Romania. Aaron changed his last name to Uftaro and also left Dorohoi.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Document: "A Family Remembered" about Caroline Gerber Focsaner S7-1

Note: The family was religious and lived in Dorohoi, Romania. They had 5 sons and 4 daughters.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Document: "A Family Remembered" about Caroline Gerber Focsaner S7-1

Children: Ziegmund Gerber RM-6 Nachman Gerber RM-7 Aaron Gerber RM-8 ??? Gerber RM-9 ??? Gerber RM-10 ??? Gerber RM-11 Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner FOC-23 Jean Gerber RM-13 ??? Gerber RM-14

RM-6

1. Ziegmund Gerber

Name: Ziegmund /Gerber/.

Note: Changed his name and left Romania for Turkey.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Document: "A Family Remembered" about Caroline Gerber Focsaner S7-1

Parents: Isaac Kirsh Gerber and Sura Rifka (Gerber) Gerber RM-5

RM-7

2. Nachman Gerber

Name: Nachman /Gerber/.

Residence: in Bacau, Romania

Note: Changed his name and went to Bacau

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Document: "A Family Remembered" about Caroline Gerber Focsaner S7-1

Parents: Isaac Kirsh Gerber and Sura Rifka (Gerber) Gerber RM-5

RM-8

3. Aaron Gerber

Name: Aaron /Gerber/.

Note: Changed his name and left Dorohoi.

Source: Contact: Wendy Ceracche - Document: "A Family Remembered" about Caroline Gerber Focsaner S7-1

Parents: Isaac Kirsh Gerber and Sura Rifka (Gerber) Gerber RM-5

RM-9

4. ??? Gerber

Parents: Isaac Kirsh Gerber and Sura Rifka (Gerber) Gerber RM-5

RM-10

5. ??? Gerber

Parents: Isaac Kirsh Gerber and Sura Rifka (Gerber) Gerber RM-5

RM-11

6. ??? Gerber

Parents: Isaac Kirsh Gerber and Sura Rifka (Gerber) Gerber RM-5

RM-12

7. Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner, see above FOC-23

RM-13

8. Jean Gerber

Parents: Isaac Kirsh Gerber and Sura Rifka (Gerber) Gerber RM-5

RM-14

9. ??? Gerber

Parents: Isaac Kirsh Gerber and Sura Rifka (Gerber) Gerber RM-5

Descendants of Chayim Hertzan or Segal

RM-15

Chayim Hertzan or Segal

Note: It is still not known why two children had last name Segal and one was Hertzan.

Name: Chayim /Hertzan or Segal/.

Note: Louis Kessler is interested in the Hertzan and Segal families.

Source: Contact: Louis Kessler S4

Note: The name Chayim was obtained from Zalmon Hertzan's cemetery stone.

Source: Contact: Louis Kessler - Cemetery Stone of Zalmon Hertzan, B'nai Abraham Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba. S4-2

Children: Toba (Segal) Focsaner FOC-2 Zalmon Hertzan RM-17 Louis Segal RM-18

RM-16

1. Toba (Segal) Focsaner, see above FOC-2

RM-17

2. Zalmon Hertzan

Name: Zalmon /Hertzan/.

Birth: 1884

Note: Died 8 May 1944 aged 60.

Source: Contact: Louis Kessler - Cemetery Stone of Zalmon Hertzan, B'nai Abraham Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba. S4-2

Source: Contact: Louis Kessler - Interview 4 Sep 1978 with his Great Aunt Simma Jacobs, youngest daughter of Josub Focsaner. S4-7

Marriage: N.

Immigration: Apr 1902

Note: Came with his sister Toba and her family.

Source: Contact: Louis Kessler - Ship Records, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada S4-8

Note: Was a younger brother of Toba.

Note: It is still unknown why his last name was Hertzan but his sister Toba's maiden name was Segal.

Parents: Chayim Hertzan or Segal RM-15

RM-18

3. Louis Segal

Note: Came from London England just before WW I to Lipton Saskatchewan and stayed with Sol Sinclair's family and left right after the war. He was said to be a brother of Toba and Zalmon.

Source: Contact: Louis Kessler - Interview 18 May 1987 with Sol Sinclair, who resided in Lipton Saskatchewan when he was young. S4-5

Parents: Chayim Hertzan or Segal RM-15

m. Shifra (???) Segal

Children: ??? Segal RM-19

RM-19

1. ??? Segal

Source: Contact: Louis Kessler - Interview 18 May 1987 with Sol Sinclair, who resided in Lipton Saskatchewan when he was young. S4-5

Parents: Louis Segal and Shifra (???) Segal RM-18

Descendants of Herscu Zvoristeanu

RM-20

Herscu Zvoristeanu

Birth: 1826 Death: 1916

Source: Document: Zvoristeanu Family Tree from Israel S10

Children: Carolina (Zvoristeanu) Focsaner FOC-15 Strul Zvoristeanu RM-22

RM-21

1. Carolina (Zvoristeanu) Focsaner, see above FOC-15

RM-22

2. Strul Zvoristeanu

Birth: 1865 Death: 1938

Source: Document: Zvoristeanu Family Tree from Israel S10

Parents: Herscu Zvoristeanu RM-20

m. Mirca (Zelingher) Zvoristeanu

Birth: 1870 Death: 1938

Source: Document: Zvoristeanu Family Tree from Israel S10

Children: Debora Zvoristeanu RM-23 Lazar Zvoristeanu RM-24 David Zvoristeanu RM-25 Moritz Zvoristeanu RM-26 Iancu Zvoristeanu RM-27 Gogu Zvoristeanu RM-28 Fogal Zvoristeanu RM-29

RM-23

1. Debora Zvoristeanu

Birth: 1894 Death: 1966

Source: Document: Zvoristeanu Family Tree from Israel S10

Parents: Strul Zvoristeanu and Mirca (Zelingher) Zvoristeanu RM-22

RM-24

2. Lazar Zvoristeanu

Birth: 1897 Death: 1973

Source: Document: Zvoristeanu Family Tree from Israel S10

Parents: Strul Zvoristeanu and Mirca (Zelingher) Zvoristeanu RM-22

RM-25

3. David Zvoristeanu

Birth: 1899 Death: 1957

Source: Document: Zvoristeanu Family Tree from Israel S10

Parents: Strul Zvoristeanu and Mirca (Zelingher) Zvoristeanu RM-22

RM-26

4. Moritz Zvoristeanu

Birth: 1902 Death: 1964

Source: Document: Zvoristeanu Family Tree from Israel S10

Parents: Strul Zvoristeanu and Mirca (Zelingher) Zvoristeanu RM-22

RM-27

5. Iancu Zvoristeanu

Birth: 1908 Death: 1957

Source: Document: Zvoristeanu Family Tree from Israel S10

Parents: Strul Zvoristeanu and Mirca (Zelingher) Zvoristeanu RM-22

RM-28

6. Gogu Zvoristeanu

Birth: 1913

Source: Document: Zvoristeanu Family Tree from Israel S10

Parents: Strul Zvoristeanu and Mirca (Zelingher) Zvoristeanu RM-22

RM-29

7. Fogal Zvoristeanu

Residence: 1947 in Str. Elev Stefaneanu Stefan 42, Bucarest, Romania

Note: He survived the war times after the war were tough, so he wrote to Mervin Focsaner ask for monetary assistance. He obtained Mervin's address through his cousin Bernard (Siegmund) Fossaner.

Source: Document: Letter from Fogal Zvorasteanu to Alvin Fossner's father, 5 May 1947. S8

Note: He was the youngest son of Strul.

Source: Document: Letter from Fogal Zvorasteanu to Alvin Fossner's father, 5 May 1947. S8

Parents: Strul Zvoristeanu and Mirca (Zelingher) Zvoristeanu RM-22

Everyone Else

Descendants of Morris (Moritz) Zvoristeanu

EE-1

Morris (Moritz) Zvoristeanu

Source: Contact: Phil Rodd - Email 4 Dec 2007 S5-4

Birth: 1873 in Dorohoi, Romania

Source: Contact: Phil Rodd - Email 4 Dec 2007 S5-4

Emigration: Jul 1903

Note: Left Antwerp on the ship "Finland" and arrived at Ellis Island 13 JUL 1903. Name given on ship's record was "Melech".

Note: It lists his residence was Botosani and Age was 30.

Source: Online: Ellis Island website - Search for Zvoristeanu S11-6

Note: Later changed his last name to Zvorist. Email 17 Dec 2002

Parents: Jonas Zvoristeanu and Rachelle (Focsaner) Zvoristeanu EE-35

Descendants of Leon Zvoristeanu

EE-2

Leon Zvoristeanu

Source: Contact: Phil Rodd - Email 4 Dec 2007 S5-4

Name: Leon /Zvoristeanu/.

Parents: Jonas Zvoristeanu and Rachelle (Focsaner) Zvoristeanu EE-35

Descendants of Regina Zvoristeanu

EE-3

Regina Zvoristeanu

Source: Contact: Phil Rodd - Email 4 Dec 2007 S5-4

Name: Regina /Zvoristeanu/.

Parents: Jonas Zvoristeanu and Rachelle (Focsaner) Zvoristeanu EE-35

Descendants of Antoinette Zvoristeanu

EE-4

Antoinette Zvoristeanu

Source: Contact: Phil Rodd - Email 4 Dec 2007 S5-4

Name: Antoinette /Zvoristeanu/.

Parents: Jonas Zvoristeanu and Rachelle (Focsaner) Zvoristeanu EE-35

Descendants of Carol Zvoristeanu

EE-5

Carol Zvoristeanu

Source: Contact: Phil Rodd - Email 4 Dec 2007 S5-4

Name: Carol /Zvoristeanu/.

Parents: Jonas Zvoristeanu and Rachelle (Focsaner) Zvoristeanu EE-35

Descendants of Janetta Zvoristeanu

EE-6

Janetta Zvoristeanu

Source: Contact: Phil Rodd - Email 4 Dec 2007 S5-4

Name: Janetta /Zvoristeanu/.

Parents: Jonas Zvoristeanu and Rachelle (Focsaner) Zvoristeanu EE-35

Descendants of Max Zvoristeanu

EE-7

Max Zvoristeanu

Source: Contact: Phil Rodd - Email 4 Dec 2007 S5-4

Name: Max /Zvoristeanu/.

Parents: Jonas Zvoristeanu and Rachelle (Focsaner) Zvoristeanu EE-35

Descendants of Sophie Zvoristeanu

EE-8

Sophie Zvoristeanu

Source: Contact: Phil Rodd - Email 4 Dec 2007 S5-4

Name: Sophie /Zvoristeanu/.

Parents: Jonas Zvoristeanu and Rachelle (Focsaner) Zvoristeanu EE-35

Descendants of Louis Zvoristeanu

EE-9

Louis Zvoristeanu

Source: Contact: Phil Rodd - Email 4 Dec 2007 S5-4

Name: Louis /Zvoristeanu/.

Parents: Jonas Zvoristeanu and Rachelle (Focsaner) Zvoristeanu EE-35

Descendants of Glitza Zvoristeanu

EE-10

Glitza Zvoristeanu

Source: Contact: Phil Rodd - Email 4 Dec 2007 S5-4

Name: Glitza /Zvoristeanu/.

Name: Gilitza /Zvoristeanu/.

Parents: Jonas Zvoristeanu and Rachelle (Focsaner) Zvoristeanu EE-35

Descendants of Kopa Fossaner

EE-11

Kopa Fossaner

Source: Online: Ellis Island website - Search for Fossaner arrival 1901 S11-5

Name: Kopa /Fossaner/.

Parents: Zisse Fossaner and Sima (Fossaner) Fossaner EE-24

Descendants of Ester Fossaner

EE-12

Ester Fossaner

Birth: 1885

Source: Online: Ellis Island website - Search for Fossaner arrival 1901 S11-5

Parents: Zisse Fossaner and Sima (Fossaner) Fossaner EE-24

Descendants of Arnt Fossaner

EE-13

Arnt Fossaner

Birth: 1891

Source: Online: Ellis Island website - Search for Fossaner arrival 1901 S11-5

Parents: Zisse Fossaner and Sima (Fossaner) Fossaner EE-24

Descendants of Lea Fossaner

EE-14

Lea Fossaner

Birth: 1892

Source: Online: Ellis Island website - Search for Fossaner arrival 1901 S11-5

Parents: Zisse Fossaner and Sima (Fossaner) Fossaner EE-24

Descendants of Haxel Fossaner

EE-15

Haxel Fossaner

Birth: 1893

Source: Online: Ellis Island website - Search for Fossaner arrival 1901 S11-5

Parents: Zisse Fossaner and Sima (Fossaner) Fossaner EE-24

Descendants of Clara Focsaner

EE-16

Clara Focsaner

Birth: 1889

Source: Online: Ellis Island website - Search for Focsaner from Paris S11-4

Parents: Max Focsaner and Jeannette (Focsaner) Focsaner EE-21

Descendants of Regina Focsaner

EE-17

Regina Focsaner

Birth: 1892

Source: Online: Ellis Island website - Search for Focsaner from Paris S11-4

Parents: Max Focsaner and Jeannette (Focsaner) Focsaner EE-21

Descendants of Marcu Focsaneanu

EE-18

Marcu Focsaneanu

Parents: The Sudits EE-30

Descendants of Mendel Focsaner

EE-19

Mendel Focsaner

Parents: The Sudits EE-30

Descendants of Avram Focsaner

EE-20

Avram Focsaner

Parents: The Sudits EE-30

Descendants of Max Focsaner and Jeannette (Focsaner) Focsaner

EE-21

Max Focsaner

Birth: 1861

Source: Online: Ellis Island website - Search for Focsaner from Paris S11-4

Jeannette (Focsaner) Focsaner

Birth: 1866

Source: Online: Ellis Island website - Search for Focsaner from Paris S11-4

Note: This family currently has no known connection to our Focsaners. They come from Paris France via Romania which gives the possibility of being related.

Children: Clara Focsaner EE-16 Regina Focsaner EE-17

EE-22

1. Clara Focsaner, see above EE-16

EE-23

2. Regina Focsaner, see above EE-17

Descendants of Zisse Fossaner and Sima (Fossaner) Fossaner

EE-24

Zisse Fossaner

Birth: 1847

Source: Online: Ellis Island website - Search for Fossaner arrival 1901 S11-5

Sima (Fossaner) Fossaner

Birth: 1849

Source: Online: Ellis Island website - Search for Fossaner arrival 1901 S11-5

Residence: in Iasi, Romania

Note: This family currently has no known connection to our Focsaners. We don't know of any relatives from Iasi, which is about 100 km southeast of Botosani.

Source: Online: Ellis Island website - Search for Fossaner arrival 1901 S11-5

Children: Kopa Fossaner EE-11 Ester Fossaner EE-12 Arnt Fossaner EE-13 Lea Fossaner EE-14 Haxel Fossaner EE-15

EE-25

1. Kopa Fossaner, see above EE-11

EE-26

2. Ester Fossaner, see above EE-12

EE-27

3. Arnt Fossaner, see above EE-13

EE-28

4. Lea Fossaner, see above EE-14

EE-29

5. Haxel Fossaner, see above EE-15

Descendants of The Sudits

EE-30

The Sudits

Source: Document: The Sudits of Romania, by Stela Maries. S9

Name: The /Sudits/.

Note: The Sudits were a group of foreign residents living on Romanian soil in the 19th century, who were given certain special economic privileges by the Romanian government, and who had the diplomatic and legal protection of a foreign power. Among the 25 Austrian Sudits from Falticenti who signed the 5 Dec 1845 petition were three with a Focsaner name.

Note: This is just a placeholder for the people who were mentioned as Sudits.

Children: Marcu Focsaneanu EE-18 Mendel Focsaner EE-19 Avram Focsaner EE-20

EE-31

1. Marcu Focsaneanu, see above EE-18

EE-32

2. Mendel Focsaner, see above EE-19

EE-33

3. Avram Focsaner, see above EE-20

Descendants of Isaac Zvoristeanu and Freda (Naftolovitch) Zvoristeanu

EE-34

Isaac Zvoristeanu

Name: Isak /Zvoristeanu/.

Name: Isaac /Zvoristeanu/.

Immigration: 1805

Note: Came from Russia. Original family name was Gold or Guld. He took the name Zvoristeanu upon arriving in Romania.

Source: Contact: Phil Rodd - Email 4 Dec 2007 S5-4

Note: Phil Rodd is interested in the Zvoristeanu family.

Source: Contact: Phil Rodd S5

Freda (Naftolovitch) Zvoristeanu

Source: Contact: Phil Rodd - Email 4 Dec 2007 S5-4

Name: Freda /Naftolovitch/.

Note: Phil Rodd is interested in the Naftolovitch family.

Source: Contact: Phil Rodd S5

Children: Jonas Zvoristeanu EE-35 Abraham(?) (Zvoristeanu) Pompan(?) EE-46 Hunah(?) (Zvoristeanu) Pompan(?) EE-46

EE-35

1. Jonas Zvoristeanu

Parents: Isaac Zvoristeanu and Freda (Naftolovitch) Zvoristeanu EE-34

m. Rachelle (Focsaner) Zvoristeanu

Source: Contact: Phil Rodd - Email 20 Dec 2002 S5-3

Name: Rachelle /Focsaner/.

Name: Esther /Focsaner/.

Note: Not sure if the name was Rachelle or Esther. Also the last name was spelled Fochaner in our family records, but that may have been phonetic.

Note: Don't have positive documentation on her last name.

Source: Contact: Phil Rodd - Email 17 Dec 2002 S5-1

Source: Contact: Phil Rodd - Email 4 Dec 2007 S5-4

Note: We believe she may have been Hirsch Focsaner's sister.

Note:

Source: Contact: Phil Rodd - Email 20 Dec 2002 S5-3

Residence: in Batranesti, Romania

Residence: in Stephanesti, Romania

Children: Morris (Moritz) Zvoristeanu EE-1 Leon Zvoristeanu EE-2 Regina Zvoristeanu EE-3 Antoinette Zvoristeanu EE-4 Carol Zvoristeanu EE-5 Janetta Zvoristeanu EE-6 Max Zvoristeanu EE-7 Sophie Zvoristeanu EE-8 Louis Zvoristeanu EE-9 Glitza Zvoristeanu EE-10

EE-36

1. Morris (Moritz) Zvoristeanu, see above EE-1

EE-37

2. Leon Zvoristeanu, see above EE-2

EE-38

3. Regina Zvoristeanu, see above EE-3

EE-39

4. Antoinette Zvoristeanu, see above EE-4

EE-40

5. Carol Zvoristeanu, see above EE-5

EE-41

6. Janetta Zvoristeanu, see above EE-6

EE-42

7. Max Zvoristeanu, see above EE-7

EE-43

8. Sophie Zvoristeanu, see above EE-8

EE-44

9. Louis Zvoristeanu, see above EE-9

EE-45

10. Glitza Zvoristeanu, see above EE-10

EE-46

2. Abraham(?) (Zvoristeanu) Pompan(?)

Source: Contact: Phil Rodd - Email 4 Dec 2007 S5-4

Name: Abraham(?) /Zvoristeanu/.

Parents: Isaac Zvoristeanu and Freda (Naftolovitch) Zvoristeanu EE-34

Other spouses: ??? Pompan(?) and Hunah(?) (Zvoristeanu) Pompan(?) EE-46

m. ??? Pompan(?)

Source: Contact: Phil Rodd - Email 4 Dec 2007 S5-4

Name: ??? /Pompan(?)/.

Other spouses: Abraham(?) (Zvoristeanu) Pompan(?) and Hunah(?) (Zvoristeanu) Pompan(?) EE-46

m. Hunah(?) (Zvoristeanu) Pompan(?)

Source: Contact: Phil Rodd - Email 4 Dec 2007 S5-4

Name: Hunah(?) /Zvoristeanu/.

Parents: Isaac Zvoristeanu and Freda (Naftolovitch) Zvoristeanu EE-34

Other spouses: Abraham(?) (Zvoristeanu) Pompan(?) and ??? Pompan(?) EE-46

EE-47

3. Hunah(?) (Zvoristeanu) Pompan(?), see above EE-46

Unconnected Individuals

XXX-1

Harry Focsaner

Birth: 1922

Witness: WITN._ROLE: Sponsored. WITN.NOTE: Following the war Dora Focsaner and her daughter hosted a young man from Romania named Harry Focsaner and helped him come to America. He was from Dorohoi Romania and was born in 1922. At the end of World War II, he was freed from the ghetto/camp in Cernauti District, Romania. This is from the Yad Vashem Archive Documentation on Romania, page Jm-11.342 # 3. We do not yet know how Harry was related. Dora (Debora) (Focsaner) Rossen FOC-24

Residence: in Dorohoi, Romania

Index of Names

???

Sarah (???) Barad (1848-1924) RM-1

Shifra (???) Segal RM-18

Ziegmund ??? RM-6

Barad

Annie Barad RM-3

Aron Barad (1844) RM-1

Fanny (Barad) Focshaner (1872) FOC-12, RM-2

Meier Barad RM-4

Sarah (???) Barad (1848-1924) RM-1

Focsaneanu

Marcu Focsaneanu EE-18, EE-31

Focsaner

??? Focsaner FOC-9

??? Focsaner FOC-10

??? Focsaner FOC-11

Avram Focsaner EE-20, EE-33

Baruch (Bernard) Focsaner FOC-21

Beca Focsaner (1903-1997) FOC-16

Bernie Focsaner (1901) FOC-25

Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner (1876) FOC-23, RM-12

Carolina (Zvoristeanu) Focsaner FOC-15, RM-21

Clara Focsaner (1889) EE-16, EE-22

Dora (Debora) (Focsaner) Rossen (1897) FOC-24

Dwora (Naftulovitz) Focsaner FOC-1

Ema (Focsaner) Istraelvici (1906-1990) FOC-18

Esther (Focsaner) Zvoristeanu EE-35

Harry Focsaner (1922) XXX-1

Hirsch Focsaner FOC-1

Ida Focsaner FOC-13

Isac Focsaner (-1934) FOC-15

Jeannette (Focsaner) Focsaner (1866) EE-21

Joseph Focsaner FOC-22

Josub Focsaner (1859) FOC-2

Leon Focsaner (1903) FOC-26

Leonard Focsaner (1903) FOC-26

Max Focsaner (1861) EE-21

Mendel Focsaner EE-19, EE-32

Mervin Focsaner (1895) FOC-14

Mike Focsaner (1895) FOC-14

Natalie Ethel Focsaner (1906) FOC-27

Otelia Ethel Focsaner (1906) FOC-27

Otilea Focsaner (1904-1986) FOC-17

Rachelle (Focsaner) Zvoristeanu EE-35

Rebecca Focsaner (1903-1997) FOC-16

Regina Focsaner (1892) EE-17, EE-23

Samuel Focsaner (1910) FOC-28

Siegmund Focsaner (1901) FOC-25

Simon Focsaner (1878) FOC-23

Sofia Focsaner (1913-1990) FOC-20

Toba (Segal) Focsaner (1868) FOC-2, RM-16

Focshaner

Fanny (Barad) Focshaner (1872) FOC-12, RM-2

Sigmund Focshaner (1870) FOC-12

Fosner

S. Harvey Fosner (1910) FOC-28

Fossaner

Arnt Fossaner (1891) EE-13, EE-27

Dora Fossaner (1895) FOC-5

Ester Fossaner (1885) EE-12, EE-26

Goldie Fossaner (1893) FOC-4

Haxel Fossaner (1893) EE-15, EE-29

Hyman Fossaner (1888) FOC-3

Kopa Fossaner EE-11, EE-25

Lea Fossaner (1892) EE-14, EE-28

Max Fossaner (1901) FOC-7

Rebecca Fossaner (1903) FOC-8

Shava Fossaner (1899) FOC-6

Sima (Fossaner) Fossaner (1849) EE-24

Zisse Fossaner (1847) EE-24

Gerber

??? Gerber RM-9

??? Gerber RM-10

??? Gerber RM-11

??? Gerber RM-14

Aaron Gerber RM-8

Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner (1876) FOC-23, RM-12

Carolina Kirsh (Gerber) Focsaner Dubaler Taube (1876) FOC-23, RM-12

Caroline (Gerber) Focsaner (1876) FOC-23, RM-12

Isaac Kirsh Gerber RM-5

Jean Gerber RM-13

Nachman Gerber RM-7

Sura Rifka (Gerber) Gerber RM-5

Ziegmund Gerber RM-6

Gold (Guld)

Isak Gold (Guld) EE-34

Hertzan

Shlomo Hertzan (1884) RM-17

Zalmon Hertzan (1884) RM-17

Hertzan or Segal

Chayim Hertzan or Segal RM-15

Istraelvici

Ema (Focsaner) Istraelvici (1906-1990) FOC-18

Lazarica Istraelvici FOC-18

Mihai

Coletsi Mihai FOC-19

Naftolovitch

Freda (Naftolovitch) Zvoristeanu EE-34

Naftulovitz

Dwora (Naftulovitz) Focsaner FOC-1

Pompan(?)

??? Pompan(?) EE-46

Abraham(?) (Zvoristeanu) Pompan(?) EE-46

Hunah(?) (Zvoristeanu) Pompan(?) EE-46, EE-47

Rossen

Adolf Rossen (1894) FOC-24

Dora (Debora) (Focsaner) Rossen (1897) FOC-24

Segal

??? Segal RM-15

??? Segal RM-19

Louis Segal RM-18

Shifra (???) Segal RM-18

Taube (Segal) Focsaner (1868) FOC-2, RM-16

Toba (Segal) Focsaner (1868) FOC-2, RM-16

Sudits

The Sudits EE-30

Uftaro

Aaron Uftaro RM-8

Zelingher

Mirca (Zelingher) Zvoristeanu (1870) RM-22

Zvoristeanu

Abraham(?) (Zvoristeanu) Pompan(?) EE-46

Antoinette Zvoristeanu EE-4, EE-39

Carol Zvoristeanu EE-5, EE-40

Carolina (Zvoristeanu) Focsaner FOC-15, RM-21

David Zvoristeanu (1899) RM-25

Debora Zvoristeanu (1894) RM-23

Fogal Zvoristeanu RM-29

Freda (Naftolovitch) Zvoristeanu EE-34

Gilitza Zvoristeanu EE-10, EE-45

Glitza Zvoristeanu EE-10, EE-45

Gogu Zvoristeanu (1913) RM-28

Herscu Zvoristeanu (1826) RM-20

Hunah(?) (Zvoristeanu) Pompan(?) EE-46, EE-47

Iancu Zvoristeanu (1908) RM-27

Isaac Zvoristeanu EE-34

Isak Zvoristeanu EE-34

Janetta Zvoristeanu EE-6, EE-41

Jonas Zvoristeanu EE-35

Lazar Zvoristeanu (1897) RM-24

Leon Zvoristeanu EE-2, EE-37

Louis Zvoristeanu EE-9, EE-44

Max Zvoristeanu EE-7, EE-42

Mirca (Zelingher) Zvoristeanu (1870) RM-22

Moritz Zvoristeanu (1902) RM-26

Morris (Moritz) Zvoristeanu (1873) EE-1, EE-36

Nachman Zvoristeanu RM-7

Rachelle (Focsaner) Zvoristeanu EE-35

Regina Zvoristeanu EE-3, EE-38

Sophie Zvoristeanu EE-8, EE-43

Strul Zvoristeanu (1865) RM-22

Place Details

???

Marriage: Aron Barad and Sarah (???) Barad RM-1

Bucharest@, @Romania

Bucharest was known as a sophisticated and cultured city and many young people left their small towns to live in the more exciting city of Bucharest, which was known as the "Little Paris".

Note: Bucharest was known as a sophisticated and cultured city and many young people left their small towns to live in the more exciting city of Bucharest, which was known as the "Little Paris".

--unreferenced--

Canada

Residence: Coletsi Mihai FOC-19

France, Paris

Residence: ??? Focsaner FOC-9

Germany, Bremen

Emigration: Oct 1913 --> Simon Focsaner and Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner FOC-23

New York, New York, Mount Zion Cemetery

Burial: Sarah (???) Barad RM-1

NY, New York

Marriage: Fri 23 Jan 1891 --> Sigmund Focshaner and Fanny (Barad) Focshaner FOC-12

Romania

in: Sarah (???) Barad RM-1

Birth: Fri 16 Mar 1906 --> Otelia Ethel Focsaner FOC-27

Romania, Bacau

Residence: Nachman Gerber RM-7

Romania, Batranesti

Residence: Jonas Zvoristeanu and Rachelle (Focsaner) Zvoristeanu EE-35

Romania, Botosani

Marriage: 1888 --> Sigmund Focshaner and Fanny (Barad) Focshaner FOC-12

Romania, Botosani, Jewish Cemetery, Block F; Row 4; Number 7

Burial: Sun 1 Jun 1913 --> Hirsch Focsaner FOC-1

Romania, Bucarest, Str. Elev Stefaneanu Stefan 42

Residence: 1947 --> Fogal Zvoristeanu RM-29

Romania, Bucharest

Residence: Simon Focsaner FOC-23, Simon Focsaner and Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner FOC-23

Marriage: 1897 --> Simon Focsaner and Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner FOC-23

Birth: 1900 --> Samuel Focsaner FOC-28

Birth: 1909 --> Samuel Focsaner FOC-28

Birth: Sun 9 Jan 1910 --> Samuel Focsaner FOC-28

Romania, Dorohoi

Residence: Josub Focsaner FOC-2, Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner FOC-23, Harry Focsaner XXX-1

Birth: 1873 --> Morris (Moritz) Zvoristeanu EE-1

Birth: Mon 14 Oct 1878 --> Simon Focsaner FOC-23

Birth: 1881 --> Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner FOC-23

Romania, Iasi

Residence: Zisse Fossaner and Sima (Fossaner) Fossaner EE-24

Romania, Stephanesti

Residence: Jonas Zvoristeanu and Rachelle (Focsaner) Zvoristeanu EE-35

United States, New York, Kings, Brooklyn

in: Sarah (???) Barad RM-1

Source Details

S1 Contact: Alvin Fossner

Residence: New Jersey.

Note: Alvin is a grandson of Sigmund Focsaner. Sigmund -> Mervin (Mike) Focsaner -> Alvin.

Note: Aron Barad RM-1

S2 Contact: Elaine Silverman

Residence: Philadelphia.

Note: Elaine is a granddaughter of Simon Focsaner. Simon -> Ethel [Focsaner] Pierce -> Elaine.

Note: Isaac Kirsh Gerber RM-5

S2-1 Email 1 Nov 2007

Name: Otelia Ethel Focsaner FOC-27

Birth: Fri 16 Mar 1906 in Romania --> Otelia Ethel Focsaner FOC-27

S3 Contact: Joel Koenig

Residence: St Louis.

Note: Joel is a great-grandson of Sigmund Focsaner. Sigmund -> Ida [Focsaner] Koenig -> Leonard Koenig -> Joel.

Note: Aron Barad RM-1

S3-1 Death Record: Sarah Barat - Email 13 Apr 2015

Burial: in Mount Zion Cemetery, New York, New York --> Sarah (???) Barad RM-1

in: Sarah (???) Barad RM-1, Sarah (???) Barad RM-1

S3-2 Document: "Barad Family History"

Person: Aron Barad RM-1, Sarah (???) Barad RM-1

Sex: Meier Barad RM-4

Source: Contact: Joel Koenig ‑ Email 30 Oct 2007 S3-10

Immigration: about 1890 --> Sigmund Focshaner and Fanny (Barad) Focshaner FOC-12

Immigration: 1891 --> Aron Barad and Sarah (???) Barad RM-1

S3-3 Email 1 Jun 2006

Person: Annie Barad RM-3

S3-4 Email 18 Jan 2004

Name: Mervin Focsaner FOC-14

Object: Sigmund Focshaner and Fanny (Barad) Focshaner FOC-12

S3-5 Email 19 Jan 2004

Object: Fanny (Barad) Focshaner FOC-12

S3-6 Email 26 Dec 2003

Person: Ida Focsaner FOC-13

Immigration: about 1890 --> Sigmund Focshaner and Fanny (Barad) Focshaner FOC-12

S3-7 Email 28 Dec 2003

Occupation: Isac Focsaner FOC-15

S3-8 Email 29 Dec 2003

Family: Sigmund Focshaner and Fanny (Barad) Focshaner FOC-12

Note: Aron Barad and Sarah (???) Barad RM-1

Object: Sigmund Focshaner FOC-12, Sigmund Focshaner FOC-12, Sigmund Focshaner FOC-12

Person: Mervin Focsaner FOC-14

Birth: 1850 --> Sigmund Focshaner FOC-12

S3-9 Email 30 Oct 2007

Birth: between 1870 and 1875 --> Sigmund Focshaner FOC-12

Birth: 1872 --> Fanny (Barad) Focshaner FOC-12

S3-10 Email 30 Oct 2007

Marriage: 1888 in Botosani, Romania --> Sigmund Focshaner and Fanny (Barad) Focshaner FOC-12

S3-11 Email 4 Dec 2007

Immigration: about 1890 --> Sigmund Focshaner and Fanny (Barad) Focshaner FOC-12

Immigration: 1891 --> Aron Barad and Sarah (???) Barad RM-1, Aron Barad and Sarah (???) Barad RM-1

S3-12 Marriage Certificate: Sigmund Focshaner & Fanny Barad - Email 10 Apr 2015

Name: Dwora (Naftulovitz) Focsaner FOC-1, Sigmund Focshaner FOC-12

Marriage: Fri 23 Jan 1891 in New York, NY --> Sigmund Focshaner and Fanny (Barad) Focshaner FOC-12

S4 Contact: Louis Kessler

Residence: Winnipeg Manitoba.

Note: Louis is a great-grandson of Josub Focsaner. Josub -> Goldie [Fossaner] Kessler -> Toby Kessler -> Louis.

Note: Chayim Hertzan or Segal RM-15

S4-1 Cemetery Stone of Josub Focsaner, Lipton Jewish Cemetery, Saskatchewan.

Note: Hirsch Focsaner FOC-1

S4-2 Cemetery Stone of Zalmon Hertzan, B'nai Abraham Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Note: Chayim Hertzan or Segal RM-15

Birth: 1884 --> Zalmon Hertzan RM-17

S4-3 Email 14 Jun 2001

Emigration: Oct 1913 in Bremen, Germany --> Simon Focsaner and Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner FOC-23

S4-4 Homestead Records, Saskatchewan, Josub's Application

Residence: in Dorohoi, Romania --> Josub Focsaner FOC-2

S4-5 Interview 18 May 1987 with Sol Sinclair, who resided in Lipton Saskatchewan when he was young.

Name: ??? Segal RM-19

Note: Louis Segal RM-18

S4-6 Interview 25 Nov 1978 with his Great Aunt Shava Zelickson, daughter of Josub Focsaner.

Note: Hirsch Focsaner FOC-1, Josub Focsaner FOC-2, Isac Focsaner FOC-15

Residence: Hirsch Focsaner FOC-1

S4-7 Interview 4 Sep 1978 with his Great Aunt Simma Jacobs, youngest daughter of Josub Focsaner.

Note: Simma was born in Canada.

Birth: 1884 --> Zalmon Hertzan RM-17

S4-8 Ship Records, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Immigration: Apr 1902 --> Josub Focsaner and Toba (Segal) Focsaner FOC-2, Zalmon Hertzan RM-17

S5 Contact: Phil Rodd

Residence: Los Angeles.

Note: Phil is a great-grandson of Jonas Zvoristeanu and Rachelle Focsaner.

Note: Isaac Zvoristeanu EE-34, Freda (Naftolovitch) Zvoristeanu EE-34

S5-1 Email 17 Dec 2002

Name: Rachelle (Focsaner) Zvoristeanu EE-35

S5-2 Email 18 Jun 2001

Source: Document: Zvoristeanu Family Tree from Israel S10

S5-3 Email 20 Dec 2002

Family: Jonas Zvoristeanu and Rachelle (Focsaner) Zvoristeanu EE-35

Person: Rachelle (Focsaner) Zvoristeanu EE-35

S5-4 Email 4 Dec 2007

Name: Morris (Moritz) Zvoristeanu EE-1, Rachelle (Focsaner) Zvoristeanu EE-35

Person: Leon Zvoristeanu EE-2, Regina Zvoristeanu EE-3, Antoinette Zvoristeanu EE-4, Carol Zvoristeanu EE-5, Janetta Zvoristeanu EE-6, Max Zvoristeanu EE-7, Sophie Zvoristeanu EE-8, Louis Zvoristeanu EE-9, Glitza Zvoristeanu EE-10, Freda (Naftolovitch) Zvoristeanu EE-34, Abraham(?) (Zvoristeanu) Pompan(?) EE-46, ??? Pompan(?) EE-46, Hunah(?) (Zvoristeanu) Pompan(?) EE-46

Immigration: 1805 --> Isaac Zvoristeanu EE-34

Birth: 1873 in Dorohoi, Romania --> Morris (Moritz) Zvoristeanu EE-1

S6 Contact: Stephen Koenig

Residence: Maryland.

Note: Stephen is a great-grandson of Sigmund Focsaner. Sigmund -> Ida [Focsaner] Koenig -> Leonard Koenig -> Stephen.

Note: Aron Barad RM-1

S7 Contact: Wendy Ceracche

Residence: New York City.

Note: Wendy is a granddaughter of Simon Focsaner. Simon -> Harvey Fosner -> Wendy.

Note: Isaac Kirsh Gerber RM-5

S7-1 Document: "A Family Remembered" about Caroline Gerber Focsaner

Death: (Approx 1915) --> Baruch (Bernard) Focsaner FOC-21

Name: Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner FOC-23

Note: Hirsch Focsaner and Dwora (Naftulovitz) Focsaner FOC-1, Isac Focsaner FOC-15, Carolina (Zvoristeanu) Focsaner and Isac Focsaner FOC-15, Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner FOC-23, Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner FOC-23, Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner FOC-23, Isaac Kirsh Gerber and Sura Rifka (Gerber) Gerber RM-5, Isaac Kirsh Gerber and Sura Rifka (Gerber) Gerber RM-5, Ziegmund Gerber RM-6, Aaron Gerber RM-8

Object: Simon Focsaner and Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner FOC-23

Occupation: Isac Focsaner FOC-15, Isaac Kirsh Gerber RM-5, Sura Rifka (Gerber) Gerber RM-5

Residence: in Dorohoi, Romania --> Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner FOC-23

Residence: in Bacau, Romania --> Nachman Gerber RM-7

Birth: 1881 in Dorohoi, Romania --> Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner FOC-23

Marriage: 1897 in Bucharest, Romania --> Simon Focsaner and Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner FOC-23

S7-2 Document: "S. Harvey Fosner, My Father, Remembered"

Birth: 1900 in Bucharest, Romania --> Samuel Focsaner FOC-28

S7-3 Email 11 Jun 2001

Note: Hirsch Focsaner FOC-1

Birth: 1909 in Bucharest, Romania --> Samuel Focsaner FOC-28

S7-4 Email 12 Jun 2001

Note: Isac Focsaner FOC-15, Isac Focsaner FOC-15, Simon Focsaner FOC-23, Bucharest was known as a sophisticated and cultured city and many young people left their small towns to live in the more exciting city of Bucharest, which was known as the "Little Paris". PLAC2

Occupation: Isac Focsaner FOC-15

Birth: Mon 14 Oct 1878 in Dorohoi, Romania --> Simon Focsaner FOC-23

S7-5 Email 18 Jun 2001

Name: Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner FOC-23, Siegmund Focsaner FOC-25, Leon Focsaner FOC-26, Otelia Ethel Focsaner FOC-27, Samuel Focsaner FOC-28, Samuel Focsaner FOC-28

Note: Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner FOC-23

Residence: in Paris, France --> ??? Focsaner FOC-9

Marriage: 1910 --> Adolf Rossen and Dora (Debora) (Focsaner) Rossen FOC-24

S7-6 Email 19 Dec 2002

Source: Document: The Sudits of Romania, by Stela Maries. S9

S7-7 Email 19 Jun 2001

Name: Beca Focsaner FOC-16

Note: Carolina (Zvoristeanu) Focsaner and Isac Focsaner FOC-15, Joseph Focsaner FOC-22

S7-8 Email 30 Dec 2003

Birth: 1895 --> Mervin Focsaner FOC-14

S7-9 Email 30 May 2006

Note: Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner FOC-23

S7-10 Email 5 Dec 2007

Birth: Sun 9 Jan 1910 in Bucharest, Romania --> Samuel Focsaner FOC-28

S8 Document: Letter from Fogal Zvorasteanu to Alvin Fossner's father, 5 May 1947.

Object: romania-objects/Romanian Letter.gif

Note: Fogal Zvoristeanu RM-29

Residence: 1947 in Str. Elev Stefaneanu Stefan 42, Bucarest, Romania --> Fogal Zvoristeanu RM-29

S9 Document: The Sudits of Romania, by Stela Maries.

Object: romania-objects/The Sudits of Romania.doc

Person: The Sudits EE-30

S10 Document: Zvoristeanu Family Tree from Israel

Note: This is a genealogy sent to Phil Rodd by the Israeli branch of the family, a grandchild of Strul Zvoristeanu. The top line shows the ancestors of the Zvoristeanu and Zelingher families. The next line shows the next generation, including the Zelinghers (Michel, Rasel and Mirca) and the Zvoristeanus (Carolina) and Strul and their spouses. Below each of them are their children.

Object: romania-objects/Israeli Genealogy.jpg

Death: (Approx 1920) --> Baruch (Bernard) Focsaner FOC-21

Occupation: Otilea Focsaner FOC-17

Person: Carolina (Zvoristeanu) Focsaner FOC-15, Lazarica Istraelvici FOC-18, Coletsi Mihai FOC-19

Birth: 1826 --> Herscu Zvoristeanu RM-20, Herscu Zvoristeanu RM-20

Birth: 1865 --> Strul Zvoristeanu RM-22, Strul Zvoristeanu RM-22

Birth: 1870 --> Mirca (Zelingher) Zvoristeanu RM-22, Mirca (Zelingher) Zvoristeanu RM-22

Birth: 1894 --> Debora Zvoristeanu RM-23, Debora Zvoristeanu RM-23

Birth: 1897 --> Lazar Zvoristeanu RM-24, Lazar Zvoristeanu RM-24

Birth: 1899 --> David Zvoristeanu RM-25, David Zvoristeanu RM-25

Birth: 1902 --> Moritz Zvoristeanu RM-26, Moritz Zvoristeanu RM-26

Birth: 1903 --> Beca Focsaner FOC-16

Birth: 1904 --> Otilea Focsaner FOC-17

Birth: 1906 --> Ema (Focsaner) Istraelvici FOC-18

Birth: 1908 --> Iancu Zvoristeanu RM-27, Iancu Zvoristeanu RM-27

Birth: 1913 --> Sofia Focsaner FOC-20, Gogu Zvoristeanu RM-28

Death: 1934 --> Isac Focsaner FOC-15

Death: 1986 --> Otilea Focsaner FOC-17

Death: 1990 --> Ema (Focsaner) Istraelvici FOC-18, Sofia Focsaner FOC-20

Death: 1997 --> Beca Focsaner FOC-16

S11 Online: Ellis Island website

URL: http://www.ellisisland.org/.

S11-1 Search for Caroline Fossaner

URL: http://www.ellisisland.org/search/matchMore.asp?FNM=CAROLINE&LNM=FOSSANER&PLNM=FOSSANER&first_kind=0&last_kind=0&town_kind=0&ship_kind=0&RF=1&kind=exact&offset=0&dwpdone=1.

Note: Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner FOC-23

S11-2 Search for Focsaner arrival 1913

URL: http://www.ellisisland.org/search/matchMore.asp?LNM=FOCSANER&PLNM=FOCSANER&SYR=1913&EYR=1913&last_kind=0&town_kind=0&ship_kind=0&RF=8&kind=exact&offset=0&dwpdone=1.

Note: The manifest states that Simon is going to join his brother and that appears to be: I Focsaner living at 272 Kirling Cres, Brooklyn. It also gives the height, hair color and eye color of each person.

Name of Passenger Residence Arrived Age on Arrival

1 Simon Focsaner Bukarest, Roumania 1913 43

2 Carolina Focsaner Bukarest, Roumania 1913 36

3 Adolf Focsaner Bukarest, Roumania 1913 18

4 Debora Focsaner Bukarest, Roumania 1913 15

5 Siegmund Focsaner Bukarest, Roumania 1913 11

6 Leon Focsaner Bukarest, Roumania 1913 9

7 Natalie Focsaner Bukarest, Roumania 1913 6

8 Soni Focsaner Bukarest, Roumania 1913 3

Birth: 1909 --> Samuel Focsaner FOC-28

S11-3 Search for Focsaner arrival 1913

URL: http://www.ellisisland.org/search/matchMore.asp?LNM=FOCSANER&PLNM=FOCSANER&SYR=1913&EYR=1913&last_kind=0&town_kind=0&ship_kind=0&RF=8&kind=exact&offset=0&dwpdone=1.

Note: The manifest states that Simon is going to join his brother and that looks like: I Focsaner living at 272 Kirling Cres, Brooklyn. It also gives the height, hair color and eye color of each person.

Name of Passenger Residence Arrived Age on Arrival

1 Simon Focsaner Bukarest, Roumania 1913 43

2 Carolina Focsaner Bukarest, Roumania 1913 36

3 Adolf Focsaner Bukarest, Roumania 1913 18

4 Debora Focsaner Bukarest, Roumania 1913 15

5 Siegmund Focsaner Bukarest, Roumania 1913 11

6 Leon Focsaner Bukarest, Roumania 1913 9

7 Natalie Focsaner Bukarest, Roumania 1913 6

8 Soni Focsaner Bukarest, Roumania 1913 3

Residence: in Bucharest, Romania --> Simon Focsaner and Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner FOC-23

Birth: 1876 --> Carolina (Gerber) Focsaner FOC-23

Birth: Mon 14 Oct 1878 in Dorohoi, Romania --> Simon Focsaner FOC-23

Birth: 1894 --> Adolf Rossen FOC-24

Birth: 1897 --> Dora (Debora) (Focsaner) Rossen FOC-24

Birth: 1901 --> Siegmund Focsaner FOC-25

Birth: 1903 --> Leon Focsaner FOC-26

S11-4 Search for Focsaner from Paris

URL: http://www.ellisisland.org/search/matchMore.asp?LNM=FOCSANER&PLNM=FOCSANER&last_kind=0&town_kind=0&ship_kind=0&TOWN=PARIS&RF=4&TWN=paris&kind=exact&offset=0&dwpdone=1.

Note: Date of Arrival 27 Sep 1902, Departure from Havre. The manifest states they resided in Paris but were Roumanian. They were going to join their relative James Rosenthal at 137 Broome Str.

Name of Passenger Residence Arrived Age on Arrival

1 Max Focsaner, Paris 1902 40

2 Jeannette Focsaner, Paris 1902 35

3 Clara Focsaner, Paris 1902 12

4 Regina Focsaner, Paris 1902 9

Birth: 1861 --> Max Focsaner EE-21

Birth: 1866 --> Jeannette (Focsaner) Focsaner EE-21

Birth: 1889 --> Clara Focsaner EE-16

Birth: 1892 --> Regina Focsaner EE-17

S11-5 Search for Fossaner arrival 1901

URL: http://www.ellisisland.org/search/matchMore.asp?LNM=FOSSANER&PLNM=FOSSANER&SYR=1901&EYR=1901&last_kind=0&town_kind=0&ship_kind=0&RF=6&kind=exact&offset=0&dwpdone=1.

Note: Date of Arrival 11 Aug 1902, Departure from Rotterdam. The manifest states he was going to join his son in New York with last name Fossoner, but it is hard to read the son's first name. It is something like: Kopa.

Name of Passenger Residence Arrived Age on Arrival

1 Zisse Fossaner, Iassy 1901 53

2 Sima Fossaner, Iassy 1901 51

3 Ester Fossaner, Iassy 1901 15

4 Arnt Fossaner, Iassy 1901 9

5 Lea Fossaner, Iassy 1901 8

6 Haxel Fossaner, Iassy 1901 7

Person: Kopa Fossaner EE-11

Residence: in Iasi, Romania --> Zisse Fossaner and Sima (Fossaner) Fossaner EE-24

Birth: 1847 --> Zisse Fossaner EE-24

Birth: 1849 --> Sima (Fossaner) Fossaner EE-24

Birth: 1885 --> Ester Fossaner EE-12

Birth: 1891 --> Arnt Fossaner EE-13

Birth: 1892 --> Lea Fossaner EE-14

Birth: 1893 --> Haxel Fossaner EE-15

S11-6 Search for Zvoristeanu URL: http://www.ellisisland.org/search/matchMore.asp?LNM=ZVORISTEANU&PLNM=ZVORISTEANU&last_kind=1&town_kind=0&ship_kind=0&RF=1&kind=exact&offset=0&dwpdone=1

Emigration: Jul 1903 --> Morris (Moritz) Zvoristeanu EE-1

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