Abraham Kadetsky (1885-1963) son of Isac Kadetsky Yahrzeit Plaque

Abraham Kadetsky's memorial plaque from Congregation Beth Shalom of the Bule Hills, Milton MA has been indexed and is listed on the Jewishgen Memorial Plaque database.  The following information is extracted: Avraham ben Yeshiah Ezrial, died on the 23 of Shevat 5723 (2/19/1963). Unfortunately
the original website with pictures of the plaque is no longer operating. 

Screenshot of the Jewishgen index

His brother, Samuel Kadets' (11/1/1879-2/4/1955), yahrzeit plaque in Beth Israel of Quincy, MA, lists his name as Shmuel ben Azriel Yeshaya, 12 of Shevat 5715. https://web.mit.edu/justom/Public/Erica/QuincyDisplay-to-press.pdf

Samuel and Abraham's parents were Isac Kadetsky (7/14/1854-7/11/1891) and Dora Frye (4/1861-?). These plaques show that Isac's Hebrew name was Yeshaya Azriel. Isac's cousin, Israel (Shaya Azriel) Kadetsky (my gggf) shared the same name. Based on Jewish naming custom, they were likely named after the same family member, potentially their grandmother, Nuchy Eliaszowicz's father, Azriel. 

Here are the results for the Kadtesky Yahrzeit plaue search: https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/jgdetail_2.php?df=M_MA&georegion=01memorial&srch1=kadetsky&srch1v=S&srch1t=Q&srchbool=AND&dates=all&newwindow=0&recstart=0&recjump=0&HttpVerb=Post One can find more family yahzriet plauqes by searching for the name Kadets/z and Kadet.

Jacob Kadetsky and Pauline Baruth Marriage Certificate, September 3, 1876 in New York City

Here is the September 3, 1876 marriage record for Jacob Kadetsky to Pauline Baruth in Manhattan. A few interesting things:

1. His name is recorded as Kardetzky. Item 6 on the second-page documents that he was born in Biezun, Poland.

2. There is an 1877 Boston Tax record for him.

3. His father, Ignatz, is Eliasz Kadecki. Jaocob's mother, Lina Jackson, is Gertrude Lina Lacinski, daughter of Jacob Lacinski.

4. Both witnesses on the back of the marriage certificate appear to have the surname Baruth. Only David Baruth appears with a different witness on the front.

Nisson Finkelstein: Apollo Space Suit Designer Oral History Interview

http://jhsdelaware.org/collections/digital/items/show/182

Nisson Finkelstein (1925-1989) was a physicist, businessman, and activist. He was the founder and former president of ILC Industries Inc., the company that designed and produced the spacesuits used in NASA’s Apollo program. He was heavily involved in the Delaware community and served as president of the Jewish Federation of Delaware.

"We made tracking systems for them with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, but I still had an idea it would be great to get involved with the very guts of this idea of walking on the moon. Which seemed to me to be a fantastic concept."

In the second tape, he discusses making all the Apollo Space suits and attending every launch. He discusses the excitement and nervousness of each launch.

Here is a link to the transcript of the first tape of the interview. The second tape is not transcribed.

https://jhsdelaware.org/collections/digital/files/original/2f4d4b8f40cd8cdb65fbd9ada46e8844.pdf

https://iriwebblog.org/2015/07/02/automation-automata-and-adam/