Uman
Kiev gubernia
Uman was a sizable city in Kiev Gubernia and it must have sent tens of thousands
of its favorite sons and daughters abroad in the period of the Great
Emigration 1880-1920.
Emigrants thru Ellis Island with Last Residence of Uman
Deborah Glassman pored through the Ellis Island Database, and extracted
any immigrants who noted a "Last Residence" of Uman, or a town
that could be Uman. You can browse the list here.
(Note: There are over 1300 immigrants listed. The page may take several
moments to load.)
Photos of Uman Residents
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The back in inscribed (in Russian): "To our dear uncle and aunt
M.U. and N.N. Sklaeveuskill (???) to remember, from Nina and Sasha".
Photo courtesy of Ray Cannata, JGen researcher #63228. |
Personal Stories
Bella Nussbaum
My mother, aleha hashalom, Bella
Yapha Teplitzky Nussbaum, was born in Ukrainia in the early part of
the last century. After living through the Russian revolution in Ukrainia,
which was considered the worst thing to ever happen to the Jewish people
until the Holocaust, she escaped with her parents and sisters by walking
across the Dniester River on the ice.
To read the rest of the story, click here.