Sierpc Yizkor Book part 2- the Argentina Connection

See my last post regarding the Sierpc yizkor book.

In a previous post titled "From Poland to Argentina" I found records of Kadeckis who emigrated from Poland to Argentina before World War 2. Here are the records of interest:
The first hit for is for 3 immigration manifestw:
Name Age Marital Status Occupation Religion Nationality Ship Procedence Arrival - Port
1. KADECKI, JANKIEL JOSEF 30 C SASTRE Israelita POLACA ARLANZA CHERBURGO 05/10/1923 - BUENOS AIRES BIEZUN

2. KADECKA, BONCIA 4 S NO ISRAELITA POLACA ARLANZA CHERBURGO 18/11/1926 - BUENOS AIRES BONZINI

3. KADECKA, TAUBA SURA 30 C DOMESTICA ISRAELITA POLACA ARLANZA CHERBURGO 18/11/1926 - BUENOS AIRES SIERPACK

The second is a marriage reference:
KADECKI JACOBO JOSE KADECKI SARA TAUBA RZESZOT

The third was a cemetery record:
1. SARA TAUBA RZESZOTKACemetery: TABLADABirth Date: Death Date: 29/03/1973Block: 65 | Section: 296 | Tombstone: 15
2. KADECKI JACOBO JOSECemetery: TABLADABirth Date: Death Date: 02/02/1974Block: 65 | Section: 296 | Tombstone: 15


In that post I surmised that:
"Meaning JACOBO JOSE married SARA TAUBA RZESZOTKA.
In the post Biezun Kadecki/a Records from Polish State Archives 1877-1902 there are records for Jankef Icek Kadecki b. 1893 to Benjamin Kadecki and Malka Nusyn and Rafajel Chaim Kadecki b. 1989 to Benjamin Kadecki and Malka Nusyn." Could Jacobo Jose b. 1893 who moved to Argentina be the same Jankef Icek b. 1893 in Biezun?

In the Sierpc Yizkor Book page 592, there is a Sarah Toba Kadetsky from Argentina, along with 2 brothers, Mordechai Reshotka from New York (see page 585) and Eliezer Meyeri from Israel, record the murder of their grandparents, Baruch and Chanah RZEJSOTKO, their parents Yosef and Tzipporah RZEJSOTKO and their siblings.

Does anyone know any of the decsendants of the Kadecki in Argentina?

Sierpc Yizkor Book- Moshe Kadetsky Shoah Holocaust Victims

The New York Public Library has a wonderful collection of Yizkor Books that has been digitalized and post online. The Sierpc Yizkor book can be found at by clicking here or by copying the following url http://yizkor.nypl.org/index.php?id=2590

Thank you to the The Communirty of Sierpc; Memorial Book, Kehilat Sierpc; Sefer zikaron project coordinators, Sandra Krisch and Dorothy Lipsky for organizing the translation for the yizkor book. It is an ongoing project. Donations can be made through the Jewishgen website by clicking here. For anyone interested in volunteering with the translation can contact the project coordinators on the Sierpc Yizkor book page where the chapter translations have been posted. http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Sierpc/Sierpc.html

Efraim Talmi Vaaluka (Wloka), the editor of the yizkor book, records the murder of his brother in law Moshe Kadetsky and sister Shaania Rivka Vaaluka on page 591 along with his parents and 2 other siblings. Charles Lelonek records on the Yad Vashem Daf Ed page for Moshe Kadetsky that Moshe was his cousin. Moshe's parents, Yechzkiel and Rivka Kadetsky were murdered by the Nazis. Yechzkiel's father was Shaya Aziel Kadecki of Biezun, Poland.

For a full necrology of the Kadetskys from Sierpc who were murdered in the Holocaust click here.

Alexander M Shapiro and Lillian Kadet

Lillian Shapiro, is listed as Friedman Kadet's daughter on his obituary. Lillian Kadetsky is listed in the 1900 United States Federal Census and 1905 New York Census as daughter of Friedman Kadetsky in Buffalo, NY.

This is a bio for Alexander M. Shapiro in "The history of medicine and surgery and physicians and surgeons of Chicago" page 76
Born June 19, 1888, in New York, N. Y. Graduate of Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery, 1914. Practice: surgery and gynecology. Associate in surgery and gynecology at West End Hospital, 1921-22. Member of house staff at City and County Hospital, St. Paul, Minn., 1914-15. School Health Officer, Chicago, 1918-20. Married Lillian Kadet, February 23, 1919, at Chicago. Member of American Medical Association, also Masonic Orders, B. P. O. E. No. 4, and Knights of Pythias. Residence, 1110 Independence Boulevard, Chicago.

Friedman Kadet

Here is the "Chicago Daily Tribune" obituary for Friedman Kadet from June 3, 1936.

Interestingly Friedman's children, Jack and Rose are not listed on his 1900 United States Federal Census or the 1905 New York State Census.

Here is the link from familysearch.com for the death records of Friedman Kadet. It lists Friedman's parents as Israel M. and Sarah Mariam Kadet of Sierps, Poland. his wife is listed as Pauline. he was buried in O.B.A. cemetery in Forest Park, Cook, Ill.

Perla Berk of Buffalo

Ancestry.com has indexed the 1892, 1915 and 1925 New York State Census. In the 1915 NY Census, Aaron Kadetsky (23 yo), a tailor, was a nephew to the head of the household, Morris Berk (47 yo). Morris Berk was a tailor. Living with Morris was his wife, Pearl (47 yo) and children; Abraham (19 yo), Isadore (15 yo) and Arthur (7 yo).

In the Sierpc JRI poland results there is a marriage record for Perla Kadecka and Moszek Berk in 1888.

Since Aaron Kadetsky is identified as a nephew, Perla would be the daughter of Israel Moshe Kadecki and a sister to Abram, Sussman, Friedman, Chaim and Benjamin Kadetsky.

Menashe (Max) Kadetsky and Berko (Benjamin) Kadetsky

I have been mystified about the connection between Benjamin Kadetsky b. 1870 who lived in Buffalo, NY and other Kadetsky who lived there including Friedman Kadetsky b.1862, Chaia (b. 1878) and Gersz (b.1877) Grabkowitz/Gary, and Max Kadet (b. 1883/1880). Over the weekend I was looking at Ancestry's immigration records and came across the Ellis Island Manifest for Menashe Kadetsky who arrived 1/2/1904 on the St. Louis and joined his Uncle Berko Kadetsky at 259 Main St. in Buffalo, NY. According to multiple business records that can be found doing a google search using keywords Kadetsky Buffalo NY, it is documented that Benjamin B. Kadetsky owned a tailoring company at that address. Jenni Hymoff had documented this manifest years ago, I have just rediscovered it now. This is the first document that connects Benjamin Kadetsky to anyone but his immediate family! I have not yet found a record to indicate exactly who Menashe Kadetsky is, but there is a Max Kadet, the brother of Chaia Grabkowitz, Mendel Kadet, Benjamin (a different Benjamin from the subject of this post), and Aaron Kadet who lived in Buffalo as well. (Much info about this family can be found by searching for the surname Kadet on findagrave.com) I have never found his Ellis Island manifest, but I strongly believe that Max Kadet and Menashe Kadetsky are the same person due to proximity of birth years and that in the 1930 census Max Kadet is listed as immigrated in 1903. Based on this relationship, Benjamin Kadetsky is the brother of Friedman Kadetsky and Sussman Kadetsky among others including Abram Icek Kadecki, Perla Kadetsky, and Hyman (Chaim) Kadetsky. Retrospectively, I see that when Chaya Grabkovitz immigrated she stayed at at Hersz Grabkowitz at 257 Main Str in Buffalo, the address of Benjamin Kadetsky's business.

He served as the synagogue president in Buffalo for congregation Ahavath Scholem.

Here is Benjamin Kadetsky's Ellis Island manifest from 11/30/1886, that lists his home town as Sierpc. According to Benjamin Kadetsky's passport application from 1910 his was bron in Shirtz, Poland and immigrated on 11/1885.

Nisson Finkelstein; NASA Spacesuit designer for the Apollo program

Nisson A. Finkelstein was the son of Benjamin H. Finkelstein and Tena Kadetsky. Benjamin and Tena married on August 1, 1915 in Boston, Mass. Benjamin's parents are listed as Nathan Finkelstein and Phoebe Levenson and Tena's parents are Jacob Kadtesky and Pauline Baruth. Marriage register part 1, part 2.

12 Sierpc PSA JRI Poland records

I have acquired 12 records from the Sierpc Polish State Archives. The records are from Sierpc PSA BMD 1886-1903, Plock Gubernia/Warszawa Province (records in Fond 203 in Plock Archive), Located at 52°53’ 19°40’. Special thanks to viewmate genealogists who translated the documents. All the scans can be found on viewmate. A google spreadsheet with all the transcribed information can be viewed with this link. Feel free to correct any mistakes I made or add information from records you have, The following surnames are found on these records: APELBAUM BURGANT CZARNA GECEL GOLDRAJCH GRABKIEWICZ (changed to Gray) GRAUBART GREENBAUM GRES KADECKI (changed to Kay, Kadet, Kadets, Kadetz and Kadetsky) KON KORNINSKI KRYSHZAL (changed to Crystal or Krystal) LAWENDA LELONEK PILNIKEWICZ PLOTKA PLOTNIARZ POKORSKI RACJCHGOD (changed to Richgat) TYPRIS WLUCKA (variation of Vlucka)

Here is the link to the extracted Biezun record for the Kadecki family.

Memorial Day- Gary Steven Kadetz

In honor of memorial day I wanted to remember our fallen Kadetz. Here is the bio of Gary Steven Kadetz provided by west-point.org For eulogies on west-point click here.

Gary Steven Kadetz Cullum: 25877 Class: '65 Cadet Company: B1 Date of Birth: June 24, 1943 Date of Death: May 19, 1966 Age: 22 years, 11 months and 25 days young Killed in action, Vietnam, 19 May 1966. Interment: New York, New York THE 1ST BATFALION, 8th Artillery, held memorial services at Cu Chi, Vietnam for Second Lieutenant Gary S. Kadetz. Lieutenant Kadetz was killed on 19 May 1966 by enemy fire during Operation “Wahiawa” while acting as a forward observer with Company A, 2d Battalion, 27th Infantry. The service, conducted by Rabbi Greenspan from Saigon, began at 10:00 a.m. and was attended by 125 men who had known and respected Lieutenant Kadetz. Major General Fred C. Weyand, Division Commander, Brigadier General Edward H. de Saussure, Assistant Division Commander ( Support), and Lieutenant Colonel James W. Cannon, Battalion Commander, were among those present. Gary Kadetz was born on 24 June 1943 in Brooklyn, New York. At the time of his death, he was survived by his wife, Norma, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Kadetz. When he first entered West Point in the summer of 1961, his name “New Cadet Kadetz” gave him more attention than he deserved. It was his first military experience, though, so it took a “normal” adjustment period before he became a good plebe. Classmates always remembered his determination during Beast Barracks to make it through, no matter how tough it was. He was a constant source of encouragement to his classmates. Even through the toughest times as a cadet, e.g., Beast Barracks and Plebe Year, he was never reluctant to show friendliness and a smile to his classmates and even the upper class. We remember well the difficulty Gary had in learning Russian because of his Long Island accent. But as was typical of him, he overcame this problem and eventually even enrolled in advanced Russian courses. He also volunteered to fight in the Yearling Open boxing tournament at Camp Buckner in the tough heavyweight division. He lost in a close match, but it was not because he quit— as usual, he gave it all he had. Gary was very active in football as a lineman for four years, participated in track as a shot putter, belonged to the Russian Club, and was an active member of the Jewish Choir. One particular asset Gary had was perseverance; he never would quit, no matter what. We can still recall the beatings he would take as a third team lineman taking on the first team in football to better prepare them for the big game the following Saturday. Not once would he complain or quit! He was admired by all who knew him for this noble trait. There was no doubt that Gary cared for his classmates. He was always willing to do more than his share of company duties as a plebe. Even as an upperciass cadet, he continued to assist his friends and classmates in academics, as well as in setting them up with some very attractive “drags” from New York City. We can still remember how happy and satisfied he was at both recognition and graduation. Although not the most gifted cadet, he was certainly one of the most determined to succeed and he did! Gary became a member of The Long Gray Line on 3 June 1965, graduating in the second third of his class. Gary enjoyed discussing the virtues of duty, honor, and country. He could win just about everyone over to his way of thinking on this very important subject. His integrity was impeccable! His parents lived in Queens, Long Island while he was a cadet, and they really made his friends feel at home when we visited. They are special people, as Gary was. Gary Kadetz's desire to follow the “sound of the guns” was no accident. He was very patriotic and felt strongly that it was his duty to fight if our Nation was engaged in a conflict. He felt pride in defending our freedom and in preserving the freedom of other nations like South Vietnam. In doing this, Gary made the ultimate sacrifice— he gave his life for his country! —Classmate, Joseph P. Koz

Two Kadecki Shoah victims

Israel Kadecki, born 1901 and died 1942 and Rywka Kadecka, born 1902 and died 1942, are honoured at :
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=29513267&PIpi=13166297

1940 Census: William and Dora Kadetsky!

So the 1940 census is here. Ancestry has uploaded the NY section. Using the New Yorl public library tool, http://directme.nypl.org/, to find NY residents in 1940, I found William Kadetsky. The nypl developed the tool with Stephen Morse, http://stephenmorse.com/census/unified.html. I then "flipped through the enumeration districts that the Stephen Morse tool listed and found the following: