Rose-Marie Rosenberg - July 3, 1930 - July 23, 2009

I was deeply saddened to learn of Rose-Marie's passing and wish to pay a short tribute to her: I remember her throughout my childhood as a very dignified, elegant lady, who kept an impeccable home and whose love for her family was always visible. Whenever I was in the Boston area Rose-Marie, Bobby and I met, and kept up our relationship via correspondence and those visits that were not as frequent as I would have liked.

Her official obituary states:

"Rose-Marie ROSENBERG, Age 79, of Brookline. Entered into rest July 23, 2009. Beloved wife of Robert Rosenberg. Devoted mother of Dina and Lee. Nine members of her family perished in the Holocaust, but Rose-Marie and her sister survived by hiding in various locations. She received her Baccalaureate Degree from College Littre in France. Graveside services at Lindwood Memorial Park, 497 North Street, Randolph, MA on Sunday July 26 at 12:00 noon. Memorial observance at her late residence on Sunday only. Expressions of sympathy in her memory may be made to Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 10 Brookline Place West, 6th floor, Brookline, MA 02445 Stanetsky Memorial Chapels

How to summarise 79 years into a short blog entry? Her life was a hard one, she survived the loss of her family and was forced to leave her homeland, she travelled to another country where she formed a family, yet I never heard her complain - more obvious was her desire to live life in love and forgiveness. She spent years fighting illness, yet did not want to show her pain or struggle. Even during her long battle with cancer, she managed to keep her cheerful spirit!

In short, I will remember her, always elegant, always beautiful, always smiling and always sharing loving looks with her husband, my cousin Bobby**, as they stood side by side, in sickness and in health, an example to us all.

Rest in peace Rose-Marie, you made this world a better place for those who knew you, despite the suffering you bore so valiantly. You will be remembered by those nearest, and by us who are far away as an example of courage in the face of adversity!! Au Revoir, Rose-Marie!

The genealogical tie-ín of this obituary: 
** Bobby Rosenberg is son of Sara Ross Hymoff Rosenberg (youngest daughter of Israel Hymoff and Adeline Kadetsky Waters Hymoff).

WASSERZUG- WATERS

Si Waters and his Hymoff sisters, Dora, Grace, Charlotte and Sarah, at a family wedding in 1950.

Adeline (Hadel Esther) KADETSKY married a man named WASSERZUG in the US and later divorced him. They had a son, Simon, born in 1885, who is called "Simon Hymoff" in some census records. He later changed the name to WATERS. Adeline soon after married Israel Hymoff and they had five surviving children, the four ladies in the picture above and my grandfather Gustave.

We have been unable to find Simon's father's first name anywhere. I hope a visit to the Archives might turn it up, or even yield the marriage information of Adeline and Mr. Wasserzug.

- 1900 United States Federal Census: Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston
27 Lowell Street home of Abraham KADETSKY. Living with him, was

* Abraham’s cousin, Simon HYMOF (male born May 1885 in Russia).

- 1910 Census: "Technology Chambers - 8 Livingston Street" Boston"Simon Waters was in Boston in the 1910 Census. He was 23 in 1910, born abt 1886, single, lodger, wool salesman. He was born in Massachusetts, but his mother and father were born in Poland/Russ/Yiddish. " (info sent me by a helpful fellow genner) .

1925 Boston Business Directory:
Waters Simon, wool 263 Summer rm 506 h at B'line

1930 census:

Simon Waters (aged 43) was living on number 9, Rawson (Sp?) Road with his wife, Minna Coles (aged 39 and born in Pennsylvania of Russian parents), his son Richard N (age 7) and his daughter Esther (Waters Bovarnick) ( age 4.5) and their servant Margaret Kelly, aged 29.


I'd like to develop this line a little further and hope the Waters family will contribute pictures and more information...

HYMOFFs and KADETSKIES in the Census

All Kadetskies are in RED
First of all, I have the following Naturalisation information on Israel Hymoff:

Declaration of Intention
1 document 3 pages – Israel Hymoff
Petition for Naturalisation
Born Lublin Russian Poland Sept 11 1871
Arrived NY, NY June 26 1889

I have looked several times for a ship that arrived in NYC on that date without any luck.

The 1890 census was destroyed in a fire, so we will never know what it said.

CENSUS RECORDS:

1900 United States Federal Census: Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Chelsea
102 Everett Avenue
Israel Hymuth (male born in January 1869 in Russia) is living with his wife Adaline (female born in January 1866 in Poland). They have four children: Simon (male born January 1885 in Massachusetts), Dora (female born December 1891 in Massachusetts), Getchel (male born September 1893 in Massachusetts), and Rachael (female born August 1894 in Massachusetts). Isreal and Adaline have been married for nine years.

Israel arrived in the United States in 1890 and is a naturalized citizen. His parents were born in Russia. Adaline arrived in 1879. Her parents were born in Poland (Russia).

1910 United States Federal Census: Massachusetts
Israel is listed in the census records as an inmate a Sanatorium in Rutland MA.:
Massachusetts, Worcester County, Rutland: Rutland State Sanatorium: Israel HYMOFF is a patient in the sanatorium. He was born in about 1868 in Germany. He has been married for 17 years. His parents were both born in Germany. Israel arrived in the United States in 1887 and is a naturalized citizen. He speaks English. His occupation is listed as “Merchant”

The remaining "HYMASS" family was found as follows:
191 Magnolia Street, Suffolk County: Israel Hymas or Hymov, aged 47, Adeline, aged 46, Gustave, son aged 15, Dora, daughter aged 17, Grace, aged 11, Lottie age 8 and Sarah age 6.

1920 United States Federal Census: Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston
5 Otisfield Street
Max Cohen (male born about 1884 in Ohio) is living with his wife Dora (female born about 1893 in Massachusetts). They have three children: Sydney (male born about 1915 in Massachusetts), Melvin (male born about 1917 in Massachusetts), and Selma B. (female born about 1919 in Massachusetts). The entire Cohen family is listed as being Jewish. Max’s occupation is listed as “Cutter” in store.

Also living with Max and his family are:

· His father-in-law, Israel Hymoff (male born about 1868 in Russia). Israel is listed as a widower and is listed as being Jewish. Both of his parents are listed as being born in Russia. Israel’s occupation is listed as “Florist” in a florist store.
· His (Max's) brother-in-law, Gustave Hymoff (male born about 1895 in Massachusetts). Gustave is listed as being single and Jewish.
· His sister-in-law, Grace Hymoff (female born about 1916 in Massachusetts). Listed as single and Jewish. Grace’s occupation is listed as working in a dress factory·
* His sister-in-law, Charlotte Hymoff (female born about 1903 in Massachusetts). Listed as single and Jewish.
· His sister-in-law, Sarah Hymoff (female born about 1905 in Massachusetts). Listed as single and Jewish.
· His cousin, Moses Kadetsky (male born about 1894 in Massachusetts). Listed as married and Jewish. Parents were born in Russia. His occupation is a Salesman in shoe store.
· His cousin, Bessie Kadetsky (female born about 1895 in Massachusetts). Listed as married and Jewish. Parents were born in Russia.

1930 United States Federal Census: Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston5 Otisfield Street
Max Cohen (male born about 1885 in Ohio) is living with his wife Dora (female born about 1893 in Masschusetts). They have four children: Sydney (male born about 1914 in Massachusetts), Melvin (male born about 1917 in Massachusetts), S*** (female born about 1919 in Massachusetts) and Henry (male born about 1918 in Massachusetts and since identified as belonging to another Cohen family). The entire Cohen family is listed as being Jewish. Max was 28 years old when he married Dora, who was 19 years old. The family owned a radio. Max’s occupation is listed as a “Cutter” for ladies' garments.

Also living with Max and his family are:

· His father-in-law, Israel Hymoff (male born about 1870 in Russia). Israel is listed as being a widower and Jewish. Israel’s occupation is listed as “Florist” jobbing. His native tongue is Hebrew. He arrived in the United States in 1891 and is a naturalized citizen.

760 Montana StreetGustave Hymoff (male born about 1896 in Massachusetts) is living with his wife Gertrude E. (female born about 1898 in Russia). They have two children: Edward (male born about 1924 in Massachusetts) and P**** (female born about 1929 in Massachusetts). Gertrude’s native tongue is listed as Yiddish and she arrived in the United States in 1906. She is a naturalized citizen. Gustave’s occupation is listed as “Florist.” The family owns a radio.

The 1940 census will be made public in 2012, meanwhile.....

Many details in the census information are incorrect - this can be due to sloppy filling out by the census taker, bad English communication skills by the informant, mistaken interpretation by the person introducing the data into the indexing system, or any other factor. And his grandchildren tell us that Israel tended to tell everyone different things about his origins, so we will never know if he was listed as "German" at Rutland by a mistaken staff member or if he himself made it up, maybe stating that where he was from was at the time actually Germany and no longer Poland.....   Borders did shift a lot back then!

Indirect relatives - The Books

Etta's father Arthur Book married Dora Hymoff Cohen, bringing his children Etta, Gertrude and Joseph, from his previous marriage into the family. Ed and Etta were very close friends all their lives and they lived nearby when Ed lived in Yonkers and we met frequently I visited Etta in Florida last in 1992. Her two children are great and now have children of their own.

Dora had first been married to Max Cohen, with whom she had three children, one of whom is still with us. I coincided with Melvin and Sidney and his wife Tammy at several family gatherings in the 70's but haven't found any pictures of them yet.


These pictures were taken at the Bohm's home in Hartsdale NY, cerca 1975.
After taking a look at those old pictures and saying "OH MY !!!!, Matt Bohm sent me these much more recent pictures of himself and his family and gave me permission to tell you who they are: Matt and his wife Jill, daughter Hally and son Zach.


Confused as to the relationship? Take a look at the tree posted at
http://hymoffkoeppelfamily.blogspot.com/2007/11/hymoff-family-tree.html

1910 census HYMOFF

In the 1910 census, the Hymoff family (recorded as the "Hymass" family) was living at 191 Magnolia Street in Suffolk County, MA. They were: Israel, Adeline, Gustave (the son first although he was not the oldest!) Dora, Grace, Lottie (Charlotte) and Sarah. It took me some time to find them and am extremely grateful to the helpful Genner who found the record and scanned it for us!

Adeline and Israel Hymoff's unsurviving children

This is the original death record of Lena Hymoff, born to Adeline and Israel Hymoff in Boston and died aged 7 months on January 6, 1897.

There was another child named Rachel who must have died as she did not reach adulthood. She is mentioned in the 1900 census as having been born in 1899. Although she could be a mistake and really be Grace Rebecca with a wrong birth date. Census are filled with errors.

A boy named Getchel is also named in the 1900 census, as having been born in Boston in 1893. Unless it is an error and it is really Gustave born in 1895, Adeline then had three children who did not survive childhood. This was unfortunately frequent back then.

Adeline's children would have been the following:

Simon Waters - born 1885

Dora Hymoff - born 1892

Getchel born 1893 - death date unknown

Gustave - born 1895

Lena - born 1896 - died 1897

Grace Rebecca - born 1898

Rachel - born 1899 - death date unknown

Charlotte - born 1902

Sarah - born 1904

This tree will help sort matters out:

http://hymoffkoeppelfamily.blogspot.com/2007/11/hymoff-family-tree.html

Sarah Ross Hymoff Rosenberg

My great-Aunt Sarah was born in Boston on April 6, 1904 (above is her original birth record in the Boston Archives) and died in 2000. She married Sam Rosenberg and they had two sons. Sarah and my mother shared a great interest for health and nutrition and were both pioneers in organic food and were great friends until 1982, when Sarah visited us here on the Canary Islands and saw how ill my mother was yet refused to stop smoking. It was not as friendly a visit as it should have been and I know both of them were saddened by it. Sarah remained in excellent health and lived to the ripe age of 96! I did remain in contact with Sarah and with Sam too, until they died and know how fond my father was of them both.

A family wedding in 1950

A cousin recently sent me this picture with the people identified. They are the cousins on the Hymoff side: back row left to right: Melvin Cohen and his wife Edna; Eddie Hymoff; Bobbie Schildmeier and his wife Nettie; Sarah Hymoff's son; Adeline Schildmeier Bagget and her husband Charles; front row, left to right: Charlotte's son; Dora's daughter; the newlyweds (Gustave's daughter and her husband) ; Sara's son; Tammy and Sidney Cohen. Except for one of Charlotte's sons, all the Hymoff descendents are present in this picture.

Confused???: check out the tree to see who is who:
http://hymoffkoeppelfamily.blogspot.com/2007/11/hymoff-family-tree.html


This wedding took place in 1950. Do let me know if you see yourself or your sister, mother, grandmother here.....

















Israel Hymoff and my father, Eddie in the front, as grandfather and brother of the bride. Help us identify the rest of the gentlemen!

The Hymoff side of the family: back row, left to right: Eddie, Arthur Book, Ben Schildmeier, Gertrude, Sam Rosenberg, Dave Lesser. Front row: Gracie, the happy couple, Sara, Dora and behind her, Charlotte.


The Kravetsky side of the family: Israel, Gersha, Eddie all the way in the back, Abraham between his two daughters, Millie seated on the armrest. Front Row, Toby, Ida, the happy couple and Gertrude.
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There are several families all gathered here for a Hymoff family wedding. Kravetskies, Hymoffs, Waters, Kadetskies... I need your help to identify them all....
Left to right, Izzie, Toby, BZ, standing up in back : Millie and Abe and Ida. Who are seated in front of them?



With your help we'll get everyone identified...

Remember, I will not post the names of anyone still alive without their permission. If you want me to add your name, please just tell me!

A Family Celebration

I've been told this was a Bar Mitzvah gathering. It was around 1945, soon after my grandfather Gustave had died (which is why Nanny Gert looks so sad. She is in front there on the right). My father was in the army.

Front to back, left to right (only people deceased are named - none of those still alive have given me permission yet):

left: Israel Hymoff, far right: , Gertrude Hymoff. The three boys in front are still with us, as is Gertrude's daughter, sitting at her side...
Row of ladies in the middle (left to right): Sara, Charlotte, Dora, Gracie.
All the way in back: Dave Lesser, Arthur Book, Sam Rosenberg, Etta Book (Dora's stepdaughter), Bobbie Schildmeier and Sara's son.

Corrections are welcome...

"our" Kadetsky BMD records and census data

The earliest mention in Boston is:
1900 United States Federal Census: Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston -27 Lowell Street
Abraham J. KADETSKY (born May 1855 in Poland/Russia) is the head of the household. He is married to Shifra/Scillia/Celia (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 1878 and Abraham is a naturalized citizen. Abraham’s occupation is listed as “Tailor (coats).” They have the following children (I have colour-coded them to match them to later census records):

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)
8. Ro?? (Reuben?) (male born October 1898 in Massachusetts).

Also living with Abraham and Scillia is:

1. Abraham’s cousin, Simon HYMOF (male born May 1885 in Russia). maybe Simon Waters?

1910 United States Federal Census- Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston: 28 Lambert Street
Isaac KADETSKY (born about 1881 in New York) is the head of the household. He is married to Annie A. (born about 1883 in Russia/Yiddish). Isaac and Annie were married in about 1901. Both of their parents are listed as being born in Russia/Yiddish. By 1910, Annie had three children but only two were still living. Annie arrived in the United States in 1884. Isaac’s occupation is listed as “Collector of furniture.” Isaac and Annie have two children living with them:

1. Martha (female born about 1903 in Massachusetts)
2. Ethel F. (female born about 1908 in Massachusetts).

Note: Isaac KADETSKY and family are found in the 1920 census. Information included later in this document.

1910 Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston: 20 Normandy Street
Jacob KADETSKY (born about 1882 in New York) is the head of the household. He is married to Rebecca (Wallockstein) (born about 1886 in Russia/Yiddish). Both of their parents were born in Russia/Yiddish. Jacob and Rebecca were married in about 1905. They have two children:

1. Allen (male born about 1907 in Massachusetts)
2. David (male born about 1909 in Massachusetts).

Note: Jacob KADETSKY and family are found in the 1920 census. Information included later in this document.

1920 Masschusetts, Suffolk County, Roxbury: 112 Brunswick Street
Benjamin SPELLMAN (born about 1889 in Russia) is the head of the household. He arrived in the United States in 1898. He is married to Flora (born about 1889 in Massachusetts). Living with Benjamin and Flora is their daughter:

1. Louise R. (female born about 1916 in Massachusetts).
Also living with Benjamin and Flora are:
1. Benjamin’s father-in-law, Abraham J. KADETSKY (born about 1860 in Russia). Abraham arrived in the United States in 1880 and became a naturalized citizen in 1885.
2. Benjamin’s mother-in-law, Shifra/ Celia (born about 1858 in Russia). She arrived in the United States in 1880.

1920 Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston: Street address is not readable
Charles KADETSKY (born about 1890 in Massachusetts) is the head of the household. He is married to Anna (born about 1895 in Russia/Poland). Anna arrived in the United States in 1901. Living with Charles and Anna are their two children:
1. Jordan (male born about 1917 in Massachusetts) (Irving)?
2. Isabelle (female born about 1920 in Massachusetts).
Also living with Charles and Anna are:
1. Charles’ brother-in-law, Samuel FINKELSTEIN (born about 1891 in Russia). Samuel arrived in the United States in 1905 and became a naturalized citizen in 1917.
2. Charles’ sister-in-law, Lena (born about 1899 in Poland). Lena arrived in the United States in 1901.
3. Charles’ nephew, Joseph FINKELSTEIN (born about 1919 in Massachusetts).

1920 Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston: 89 Intervale Street
Louis KADETSKY (born about 1884 in Massachusetts) is the head of the household. He is married to Sophie (born about 1889 in Russia). Sophie arrived in the United States in 1889. Their children, as listed below, are living with them:
1. Marian (female born about 1908 in Massachusetts)
2. Rose (female born about 1913 in Massachusetts)
3. Bernice (female born about 1920 in Massachusetts).

Also living with Louis and Sophie is:

1. Louis’ mother-in-law, Lena SHERMAN (born about 1860 in Russia). Lena is listed as a widow and arrived in the United States in 1895.
2. Louis’ brother-in-law, Edward SHERMAN (born about 1888 in Russia). Edward arrived in the United States in 1895.
3. Louis’ sister-in-law, Esther SHERMAN (born about 1890 in Russia). Esther arrived in the United States in 1899.
4. Louis’ nephew, Manuel SHERMAN (born about 1911 in Massachusetts)
5. Louis’ nephew, Henry SHERMAN (born about 1917 in Massachusetts).

1920 Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston: 91 Intervale Street
Isaac KADETSKY (born about 1881 in New York) is the head of the household. He is married to Annie A. (born about 1892 in Massachusetts). Annie arrived in the United States in 1892 Their children, as listed below, live with them:
1. Martha (female born about 1904 in Massachusetts).
2. Ethel (female born about 1908 in Massachusetts).

Also living with Isaac and Annie are:
1. Isaac’s father-in-law, David RICH (born about 1847 in Western Poland). David arrived in the United States in 1890.
2. Isaac’s mother-in-law, Annie P. RICH (born about 1840 in Warsaw, Poland). She arrived in the United States in 1883.

1920 Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston: 484 Blue Hill Avenue
Jacob KADETSKY (born about 1883 in New York) is the head of the household. He is married to Rebecca (born about 1886 in Russia/Poland). Rebecca arrived in the United States in 1890. Their children, as listed below, are living with them:

1. Allan (male born about 1907 in Massachusetts)
2. David (male born about 1910 in Massachusetts)
3. Myron (male born about 1916 in New York).

Here the Hymoff and Kadetsky familes interconnect again:
1920 Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston 5 Otisfield Street
Max Cohen (male born about 1884 in Ohio) is living with his wife Dora Hymoff Cohen (female born about 1893 in Massachusetts). They have three children: Sydney (male born about 1915 in Massachusetts), Melvin (male born about 1917 in Massachusetts), and Selma B. (female born about 1919 in Massachusetts). The entire Cohen family is listed as being Jewish. Max’s occupation is listed as “Cutter” in store.

Also living with Max and his family are:

· His father-in-law, Israel Hymoff (male born about 1868 in Russia). Israel is listed as a widower and is listed as being Jewish. Both of his parent’s are listed as being born in Russia. Israel’s occupation is listed as “Florist” in a florist store.
· His brother-in-law, Gustave Hymoff (male born about 1895 in Massachusetts). Gustave is listed as being single and Jewish.
· His sister-in-law, Grace Hymoff (female born about 1898 in Massachusetts). Listed as single and Jewish. Grace’s occupation is listed as working in a dress factory
· His sister-in-law, Charlotte Hymoff (female born about 1903 in Massachusetts). Listed as single and Jewish.
· His sister-in-law, Sarah Hymoff (female born about 1905 in Massachusetts). Listed as single and Jewish.
· His cousin, Moses (or Morris) Kadetsky (male born about 1894 in Massachusetts). Listed as married and Jewish. Parents were born in Russia. His occupation is a Salesman in shoe store.
· His cousin, Bessie Kadetsky (female born about 1895 in Massachusetts). Listed as married and Jewish. Parents were born in Russia.

1930 Masschusetts, Suffolk County, Roxbury: 112 Brunswick Street
Benjamin SPELLMAN (born about 1889 in Russia) is the head of the household. He arrived in the United States in 1898. He is married to Flora (born about 1889 in Massachusetts). Living with Benjamin and Flora is their daughter:

1. Louise R. (female born about 1916 in Massachusetts).
Also living with Benjamin and Flora are:
1. Irving, age 9 (male born around 1921 in MA) .
2. Benjamin’s mother-in-law, Shifra/Celia (born about 1858 in Russia). She arrived in the United States in 1880.

1930 Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Roxbury: 110 Brunswick Street
Louis Kadetsky, male born in NY around 1884, married to Sophia (Sherman) in 1906
and their daughters:

Marion age 22
Rose age 18
Bernice 10
Eleanor age 4

I'll eventually get to organising all this better, but meanwhile, at least you can see the information.

The 1940 census will not be available to the public until 2012, so meanwhile we have other data, such as marrriage announcements, obituaries, etc. , as well as personal reporting from each family branch. If you have any to add, please scan as a jpg and e-mail to the address above.

KADETSKY surname in Poland

Thanks to Wlodek Malinowsky, we have a list of towns in whose archives the Surname KADECKI (in English KADETSKY) can be found. JRI Poland has a very good search system that you can go through if you want the exact details, however, after reading through the lists, I find nothing resembling our known ancestors, Abraham Josef and Hadel Esther and their father R'Yitchak Yehoshua.

Here is a map where all the towns mentioned are marked. I'd been meaning to put this up for a long time but finally have got around to it, since Wlodek kindly sent the lists along and I hope it is as interesting to you as it is to me.

The towns where we've found Kadecki listings are (keep in mind that OUR direct Kadetsky ancestors all emigrated before 1880):

Biezun (86 entries, between 1828 and 1894)
Drobin (One entry, 1837, the death record for Iciek Abramowicz KADECKI)
Golub Dobrzyn (6 entries, all after 1890)
Plock (2 entries, 1869 and 1876, a marriage - Szulim- and the death of Chana Ruchla)
Plonsk (one entry, 1892 the marriage of Chenoch KADECKI)
Warsaw (4 entries, between 1887 and 1904)
Zakroczym (20 entries between 1862 and 1897)
Zuromin (one entry: 1898 marriage of Zurech)
Ciechanow (Katacki - possible variation in spelling) (2 entries from 1841)

Mlawa: the town where other listings are recorded.
Torun: the Archives where the Biezun records are located.

We also found an entry in Zychlin, for a Wasercug. The town is close enough to indicate that the Waters family and the Kadetsky family may have known each other in Poland already. There are several Hymoffs/Chaimows in the area but that is a more common surname and thus may or may not be related to us. Lublin, where Israel Hymoff reportedly was born, is in the lower right hand corner and close enough to leave the possibility open that there is a pre-USA link.

All comments are welcome!

Map of area around Poland

This is a map of the area from which the Kadetsky and Hymoff families seem to have originated. I have marked certain cities in green.

On the far left, Plock Gubernia is where Biezun is located, according to a Kadetsky descendent in Poland, the place all Kadetskies originated from.

Israel Hymoff claimed to come from Lublin, Poland, there is another Hymoff family in the US that came from Minsk (spelling on First Papers: Cheyemow) and a Hymoff family in England that came from L'vov. Other spellings that could be related are Chaimow, Heimoff, Chamove, Khaimovitz.

There is another Hymoff family in Brockton, MA, that came from Iasi, Romania. So far we have found no connection.

Hymoff family tree

This is the Israel HYMOFF family tree, showing the descendents of Israel and Adeline, according to the information available to me right now. Please feel free to update and improve on it. Recent contact with newly found relatives will soon yield new data, meanwhile, do share your ideas with me!

As authorisations come in, I will slowly add full names and birthdate to those who wish me to. The rest will remain as they are now, unless the person her/himself requests any change.

The three names in red in the lower left side are children who died in infancy, found in the Boston Vital Records Archives. All were born to Adeline and Israel.

The Hymoff siblings

The Hymoff sisters, Dora, Charlotte, Sara and Grace and half-brother Si Waters - at their late brother Gustave's daughter's wedding in 1950. Si died in September that year, so this is possibly the last picture of him.

These are the children of Adeline (Hadel Esther) KADETSKY WATERS HYMOFF and Israel HYMOFF.

The Hymoff sisters, Dora, Charlotte, Grace and Sara and their brother Gustave, between 1900 and 1905

Kadetsky gravestones in Chevra Kaduscha Cemetery, Woburn MA and Ohavey Sedek Cem. in W Roxbury MA

 Abraham Joseph and Shifra

Avrohom Yosef son of Yitzchok Hoshua

Shifra daughter of Binyamin

Flora, Abraham and Shifra's only daughter

Annie Rich Kadetsky, wife of Isaac Kadetsky (oldest son of Abraham Joseph)

BENJAMIN KADETSKY our dear father Binyamin Tzvi b Avraham Yosef, d 28 nissan 5679, age 33

Martha Kadetsky Bornstein (oldest daughter of Isaac and Annie Kadetsky) and her husband Jacob Bornstein.

We just found (Pesach 2010) this gravestone at Ohavey Sedek cemetery in West Roxbury, MA, the same cemetery where the Jacob (1817) Kadetsky family plot is - could that be another clue to our connection?   Elijah Rueben Kadetsky died in 1902 aged 4,  from head injuries.  His parents were Abraham Joseph and Celia (Shifra) Kadetsky. 

  

The oldest gravestone in the Kadetsky family plot at Chevra Kaduscha in Woburn:  my great-grandmother:

Adeline Hymoff

here lies buried

our beloved mother Hadel

Ester daughter of R'Yitchak Yehoshua

died 22 Tevet 5679 (12/25/1918)

at the age of 54 years

may her soul be bound in the bond of everlasting life

Adeline KADETSKY / WATERS / HYMOFF

My great grandmother Adeline (Esther Hadel) KADETSKY was born in 1866 in Poland, we think in or near the town of Biezun in Plock Gubernia, as it seems that is where all Kadetskies originated. She emigrated to the US with her brother Abraham and his wife Shifra, Scillia or Celia, in 1879 and they lived first in NY and later in Boston.

According to Adeline and Abraham's gravestones, their father was named R'Yitchak Yehoshua.  We have no further information on  him to date.

Adeline married a man surnamed Joseph WASSERZUG and in 1885 had a son called Simon, known as SI WATERS or HYMOFF depending on the sources. She later divorced her husband and in 1889 or 1890 married my great-grandfather Israel HYMOFF. They married in a civil ceremony in 1903, I assume because she still had to finalise her civil divorce . They had five surviving children: Dora (b. 1891) , Gustave (b. 1895), Grace (b. 1898), Charlotte (b. 1903) , Sara (b. 1904), and the Boston vital records bureau has records for other Hymoffs, a baby girl who died in 1897 aged 7 months called Lena, and Rachel born in 1894 for whom no further records have been found to date but we know she didn't survive.

Hymoff children c. 1905

The civil marriage between Adeline and Israel took place in April 1903 (see above marriage record). In 1910 Israel is recorded in the census as being an imate of Rutland State Sanatorium in Massachusetts and Adeline and her children living on Magnolia Street in Boston (see census record on later post) . It gives her maiden name as Zettock, but nowhere else does that name appear, so we will just keep looking for documents. 

Adeline died on Christmas Day in the Flu Epidemic of 1918 leaving her children in the care of her oldest daughter Dora. Simon helped the family out financially, reportedly having inherited a considerable fortune from his biological father.  

Finding information on her has been quite a chore: Adeline's daughters were sad that they did not know where their mother was buried and could not visit her grave, however, we were able to find it, when we least expected to.

Adeline's brother Abraham and his wife had an extensive family and after several years of trying I was finally able to find some of his great-grandchildren and take up contact with them. We are now exchanging information and I am happy to have reconnected the family, which over the generations grew apart. We might set up a reunion one of these days, if we can agree on where on earth to do it!

Why I got into genealogy

Both of my parents kept me well informed on their family history, my mother made up a photo album of family pics for each of her children and we have copied our albums for each other (back then one couldn't scan or copy photos easily). Once I got seriously interested in genealogy I began scanning and e-mailing pictures around and getting other pictures from relatives and compiled quite a few different albums for the different lines. I'll be putting all that stuff on here as I get around to it.

But I want to start with my favourites: My father gave me a box of ancient photographs, but didn't really know who all those people were. One picture always haunted me. I wanted to know who they were and what their names were. Since my great-grandmother Tobei REDLER KRAVETSKY is a family legend (although nobody has been able to tell me exactly why...but almost all her grandchildren have a child named after her, as I also am) and there are good pictures of her and since the woman in my mystery picture is so obviously related to her, I took a good guess that those were her parents. It took five years and a cousin's visit to Odessa to finally find out the names of these two people with the sad eyes: my paternal great great grandparents,

Berko and Iosya REDLER from Kherson Gubernia in the Ukraine.

The other reason I got involved in all this is because my father always told me that I was the last of our name: that his grandfather was an orphan, his father an only son as he was, and so I was the last of the HYMOFFs, except for some relative of that name in Paris, whose connection my father did not know and who we have not been able to find yet.

Since my father was a professional historian, I assumed he had all the facts and that was that. One day I googled him, expecting to only find lots of entries for him and his work. Well , I was right about that, there were over 14.000. Five of me. And, surprise: lots of other Hymoffs!

That of course was a total shock and I began to try to find out who those other Hymoffs were! Since my great grandfather was widowered early, it could have been that he married again and had a new family, but someone would have told me about that, I hope. Or a family feud split up some brothers who never spoke to each other again... and maybe I had lots of cousins I had never met....

Fate would have it that it has been easier to trace those other Hymoffs than it has been to trace mine. So far I have been able to establish that we are not related in the 5 generations since they all emigrated to the US. My ggf Israel Hymoff claimed to be from Lublin, Poland - whereas the other Hymoffs are respectively from Minsk, Belarus; Iasi, Romania and Volhynia Oblast, Lutsk. Technically speaking, they are geographically close enough for some family connection to be possible. But we're working on finding out if that is so.

Israel Hymoff arrived in the USA in June of 1889, as he claims on his "First Papers" for US Citizenship. The other Hymoff families arrived after 1906. I've been in touch with several members of each one of those families (genealogy is great for making new friends) and we have exchanged a lot of information (and jokes).

 

Then there are alterative spellings - that is a whole other matter...

I've also had a lot of help from more experienced genealogists and would like to once again thank you all for teaching me, sharing your experience with me, getting me over rough spots, giving me tips to get information faster, translating documents from Polish and Russian and gravestones in Hebrew for me and bearing with me in this exasperating, but extremely rewarding, hobby!

Israel Hymoff married Adeline (Hadel Esther) Kadetsky Waters around 1890 (civil ceremony in 1903) which links in the Kadetskies - a large tribe that have been very helpful in providing information, although we still have not managed to link "My" Kadetskies to Gary and Mark's.

Happy Hunting to us all!   

Please contact us at:    Kadetskyfamilyhistory@gmail.com