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Category: Translation - Yiddish
Approval Date: 3/20/2011 5:13 PM
Family Surname: Rosenberg, Bercovici, or Schlaicher?
Country: Romania
Town: Iase
Date of Image: before 1900

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I hope that if someone can read and translate the yiddish inscription on the back of this photo, it will tell us who this couple is and when the picture was taken. The likely surnames include Rosenberg, Bercovici, Schlaicher, Schwartz, or possibly Aaronsohn.

The brothers Itzaak and Avram Rosenberg immigrated from Tirgu Frumos, Romania to London, UK before 1900. It is not clear to whether they were married in Romania and came to London with their wives, The ran a furniture shop together in the East End. Their two younger sisters, Hannah and Brahnia (Beckie) came to London about 1904. Hannah married Aaron Schwartz who worked in the store, and they came to New York about a year later. In 1906, Brahnia followed them to NYC.

My guess is that this photo was taken of Avram Rosenberg and Rachel Winners OR Itzaak Rosenberg and Esther Malka Cohen as a wedding photo in Jassy before going to England. Any and all help will be most appreciated.

Marc M. Cohen

Response

3/21/2011 9:44 AM

Hi Marc,

Can't tell you about the picture as I've never seen any of my family from "the old country", but you've got an interesting combination of names there: BERCOVICI and SCHWARTZ. Of course my BERCOVICH surname was orIginally spelled BERCOVICI.

The SCWARTZ connection is as follows: Apparently my grand uncle (my BERCOVICI grandfather's brother) was named SCHWARTZ. (Long conjecture as to why that was.)

My BERCOVICI family came (about 1907) from Havarna, RO, about 140 km north of Tirgu Frumos, RO, not an impossible distance. My gf was apparently born in Darabani, RO, about 1859. I presume there were siblings but have never found any evidence of them.

Regards,

Shel BERCOVICI,
Calgary, AB, Canada
Researcher # 30689

3/22/2011 12:01 PM

Hi,
If you'd like to send me a high resolution copy of this photo I can do a lot to restore it. (I've received a lot of help on this forum and this is my way of returning the favor.) Contact me if you'd like me to work on the photo. Jim

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