1879 Abraham Joseph Kadetsky and family

The next arrival recorded is the one I know the most about, as they were my ancestors.

Abraham Joseph KADETSKY, aged 24, his wife, Celia (Shifra Kaufman), aged 22 and his sister Adeline (Hadel Esther), aged 13 entered the US in New York in 1879.  They lived at 108 Allen Street in the 1880 US Census (J Kaufman, brother in Law, lived with them) and by 1885 Adeline had married a man named WASSERZUG (changed later to WATERS) and had a son with him, named Simon WATERS, born in Massachusetts.  They later divorced and by 1890 Adeline was married to Israel HYMOFF and had five children with him, Dora (Nov 12, 1892- Jun 16, 1979), Gustave (Oct 27, 1895- Feb 6, 1946), Grace (Aug 24, 1898 - Sept. 4, 1955), Charlotte (Jul 2,1902- Dec. 24, 1987) and Sarah (April 6, 1904- May 18, 2000), Gustave Hymoff was my grandfather.

Having established where I fit into the Kadetsky tree, back to Abraham Joseph (born in Poland/Russia May 1855) and Celia (born Jan 1857 in Poland/Russia).

Abraham Joseph and Adeline's father was named R'Yitchak Yehoshua, according to their gravestones. We don't yet know if there were more siblings.

Unfortunately, the 1890 census was lost in a fire so we will never have that priceless information.  We have to look at other documents such as City Directories,  BMD (Birth, Marriage and Death) records, the press, obituaries, marriage announcements, etc...   

In the 1900 census, the Abraham Joseph Kadetskies were living in Boston: 

1900 United States Federal Census: Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston

27 Lowell Street
Abraham KADETSKY (born May 1855 in Poland/Russia) is the head of the household. He is married to Scillia/Celia/Schifra (born January 1857 in Poland/Russia). They were married in approximately 1879. Both of their parents were born in Poland/Russia. Abraham and Scillia both arrived in the United States in 1879 and Abraham is a naturalized citizen. Abraham’s occupation is listed as “Tailor (coats)”.   They have the following children:

1. Isaac (male born October 1879 in New York)
2. Jacob (male born June 1881 in New York)
3. Louis (male born February 1884 in New York)
4. Benjamin (male born May 1885 in New York)
5. Flora (female born February 1888 in Massachusetts)
6. Charles (male born May 1889 in Massachusetts)
7. Isidor (male born July 1892 in Massachusetts)
Morris is missing here - which led me up a wrong path searching for who he was!
8. Ro?? (male born October 1898 in Massachusetts). (Reuben?)

Also living with Abraham and Scillia is:
1. Abraham’s cousin, Simon HYMOF (male born May 1885 in Russia). probably Simon Waters

In the 1905 Boston Directory we find Kadetsky Abraham tailor 33 Otis h 217 Chambers

In greater detail, their children were: 

Isaac
(b Oct 1879 NY d Jan 3, 1983)
m Annie Rich
(Born 1883 in Russia)
(Their children were Irene, Martha, Ethel and Bernard)

Jacob (aka Jake)
(born June 1881 NY - d. Nov 14, 1974 NY)
m. Rebecca Wallockstein Aug 25, 1905
(b 1886 in Russia - died                  )
(Their children were Allan, Myron and David)

Louis
b June 1884 NY
m Sophia Sherman on Sep 11, 1906
(Their children were Marion, Rosa, Bernice, Eleanor)

Benjamin
(born May 1885 NY d. 1919?)
m. Ida Kesselman on Feb 15, 1908


Flora
b Feb 1888 MA . d.
m Benjamin Spellman May 1, 1914
b 1889 Russia
Their children were Irving and Louise)

Charles
(born May 1889 MA - died June 26, 1962)
m Anna Nietlich
(b 1895 Poland)
(their children were Jordan, Irving and I. (Paul) )

Isidor
(born Jul 1892 MA - died April 17, 1917)

Morris Kadetsky
(b MA 26 Apr 1894 - died October 16, 1969
married Bessie (possibly nee Selansky)
(born MA 9 Oct 1893 d Apr 1985)
Their daughter is Barbara Kadetsky Foster Saul)

Rueben
(born MA Sept 30 1898 - d. Sept 4 1902)

The information above is taken from Census records, Town Directories, BMD records, and is of course subject to correction.  More reliable information can be obtained from archives and from gravestones.  If anyone is willing to do the footwork, we can then complete the picture. 

So far I have been able to contact with descendents of ISAAC KADETSKY, JAKE KADETSKY and LOUIS KADETSKY-  I thought that MORRIS had no children, however I have been told that they had a daughter named Barbara who later became Barbara Foster/Saul.  Does anybody know her?