Abraham Berk son of Pauline Kadetsky of the Israel Moshe Kadetskys, Purple Heart Recipient

I found this obit for Abe Berk. His mother, Pauline Berk is Sussman Kadetsky's sister. The Berks were married in Sieprc in 1887 and immigrated to Buffalo NY. Enlisted in the army National Guard in 1915 for 3 yrs of service. Worked in the Benson Tailoring Company. Wounded “severely” in action on 10/15/1918. Engagement included “Ypres; St Quentin; St Souplet; Dichelmoch. He was honorably discharged on 10/1/1919 with “25% disability.” Source NY Abstracts of WW1 Military Service. He served in the Mexican Border War 1916-17 and was wounded in action in WW1. He received a purple heart for his service.

New info extracted from Adeline Kadetsky's marriage to Joseph Wasserzug marriage certficate!

My friend and relative through marriage, Judith Caplan, looked at Adeline Kadetsky's marriage certificate at the NYC archives. Here is what she extracted. She is a Jewish genealogy expert. The information is very confusing. Her mother and Joseph's mother had the same last name or same father's first name. Who are the witnesses H. Goldstain and Harris Wolff?

Hi, Gary,

I was at the NYC Municipal Archives yesterday, and I retrieved, examined, and transcribed the Wasserzug record you were interested in from Reel #165 containing 1884 Manhattan Marriage Records 40001-41000. This is the data I saw:

I don't know if this was the style back then, but on the Certificate side I saw:

Mr. Joseph Wasserzug and Mrs. Adeline Wasserzug joined in Marriage Sat, Dec. 7, 1884

On the data "Return of Marriage" side:

Joseph Wasserzug
180 (or 80?) Henry St
39 (age next birthday)
Peddler
born: Russ-Poland
Father: Davis Wasserzug
Mother: Rosie Josephs
2nd marriage
married: Sun, Dec. 7,1884

Adeline Wasserzug
(maiden name if widow line was blank)
80 Henry St
20 (age next birthday)
born: Russ-Poland
Father: Isaac Yishai
Mother: Bluma Josephs (?)
1st marriage

Witnesses: H. Goldstain (?)
Harris Wolff

Officiant: David Wolff, Minister

I was a bit surprised that her surname was written as Wasserzug. I am not sure if her father's last name was Yishai, or they just wrote his full given name without giving his surname.
Since the bride's mother's surname was given as what looked to be Josephs, and the groom's mother's name also appeared to be Josephs, possibly they were related through their mothers....

Jennie Hershkowitz nee Kadetsky daughter of Abraham Kadetsky and Chaya Schwartz

Every once in a while I come across a new Kadetsky. While looking for new info on Abraham Joseph and Adeline Kadetsky I came across Jennie Herschkowitz nee Kadetsky. According to her Manhattan death certificate her parents were Abraham Kadetsky and Chaya Schwartz. She was born approximately 1865 in Poland and died April 28, 1932 in Manhattan. She was married to Philip Herschkowitz born in 1864. They had the following children; Lina b.1885, Sarah b. 1887, Yettie b. 1890, Saul b. 1893, Frida b. 1896, George (Gershon)b. 1897 and Louis (b. 1902- d. 1904). Lina married Benjamin Wohhtader. Sarah married Joe Davis and had a son Arthur b. 1906.

Has anyone heard of the Herschkowitz, Wohhtader or Davis?

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WG8-RGM

Simon Waters; names changes, birthday irregularities, patronymic surnames and changing documentation of parents names.

Simon Waters is Adeline Kadetsky's son from her first marriage to Joseph Wasserzug. Adeline's marriage 12/7/1884 certificate to Joseph Wasserzug in Manhattan, NY indicates that her parents' names were Isaac Yishai and Bluma Jacobs. This is the earliest record of her parents and therefore is likely to most the accurate as opposed to her death certificate and gravestone which she did not supply the information for. On her marriage registration to Israel Hymoff, her parents are listed as lists parents name as Simon Zettock and Rosie Jacoboff. Her death certificate, 12/25/1918 lists her parents as Isaac Kadetsky and Bloomie Jackson. Abraham Joseph Kadetsky and Adeline Hymoff's gravestones record their father's names as Yitzchak Yehoshua on Adeline's and Yitzchak Hoshaya on Abraham's. In my family there are several ealry generations with the name Shaya Aziel. There is no name in judaism of Aziel. Aziel is likely to be a bastardization of Isaac.


Simon Waters lists his parents as Adeline Kadetsky and Joseph Wassercuj on his Brazil registration cards:

On his passport application, he explains his name change and the variance of his birthday from records in an affidavit.