Shades of Gray (Grakowitz)

Hey this is interesting stuff. So I was thinking about this Helen/Chaya Gray who is Abram Kadecki's daughter, Israel Moshe Kadecki's granddaughter. A couple of yrs ago I ordered some records from the Sierpc PSA through JRI and I received a marriage record for a Chaia Kadecki to Gersz Grabkowitz. Maybe they Americanized Grabkowitz to Gray. Right? I was interested in this record before because Chaskel Kadecki, Shaya Aziel Kadecki's son (my ggm's brother) married Gersz Grabkowitz's sister. Chaskel and his family were killed in the Holocaust.

Anyway, so I checked the translation for the marriage certificate and Chaya's father's name is Abram Icek Kadecki. Then I checked the Ellis Island database to see if the Grabkowitz family came to America. Sure enough Hersz Grabkowitz came to America and stayed by his Uncle (in-law) Sussman Kadetsky, at 709 Columbus ave in Manhattan. A yr later Chaya Grabkowitz and her 2 daughters left her father Abram Kadecki in Sierpc and joined her husband Hersz Grabkowitz in Buffalo, NY. Finally in Mandel Kadet's Chicago tribune obit it lists Helen Gray as his sister. Also when Aaron Kadet came to America he left his father Abram Kadet and joined his sister, Chaya Gray! Tada..meet the the Grays! Cool!

Friedman Kadetsky from Illinois to Buffalo

So it seems that Buffalo, NY was a destination visited and settled by Kadetskys. There are 3 Kadetsky's that I have come across who have a connection to Buffalo, NY. Freedman Kadetsky (b.1862/3), Benjamin Kadetsky (b.5/1870) lived there and Edward Joseph Kadetsky (b.4/1886) visited.

Freedman Kadetsky lived in Illinois with his children Edna (10/1883), Annie (8/1885), Bennie (8/1888) and Lillie (1/1893) as per the 1900 US census (see below). By the 1900 Census Friedman's wife, Jennie Sackowitz was out of the picture.

So in 1903 Friedman Kadetsky married married Esther Suger.


Then in 1905 Freedman (42 yo) and Esther (50 yo) show up in the NY 1905 Census with Ben (18 yo) and Lillie (12yo).


Edna Kadetsky's death certificate indictates that she was born 9/2/1882 and died 10/15/1940 (buried 10/17/1940). Her parents Freedman Kadetsky and Jennie Sackowitz were from Sierpc, Poland. She married Ike Chesler. (not shown)