Jacob Kadetski part 1: Jake Kadetski son of Jacob Kadetski?!?!

Some records are just unbelievable.  Here is an example of a "huh?" moment: Jake Kadetski son of Jacob Kadetski?!?!

Naming customs vary for Ashkenazi vs Sephardic Jews. Sephardic Jews name after the living while Ashkenazi Jews do not name after living people. There is a joke about the parents of the couple getting married. The groom's family is Ashkenazi and the bride's family is Sephardic. The families are attempting to resolve a conflict that made tempers flare. As a token of peace, the Sephardic father offers that Ashkenazi father, that the firstborn son should be named after the Ashkenazi father.  The Ashkenazi father is severely insulted and storms off. The Sephardic father is befuddled that the Ashkenazi father is so angered by the offering of this prestigious honor. Meanwhile, the Ashkenazi father, understands that the Sephardic in law has just wished him to die....

Regarding Jake and his father Jacob, this is a case of an immigrant Americanizing his name. (Click here for the geni tree, I'll explain how this branch was created over the next several posts) Jake's ship manifest records his name as Itzchok Kadecky who immigrated on July 29, 1903. (see Kadetsky Manifest list line 16). He stayed with his brother-in-law, Albert Given. (Albert Given was a wealthy department store owner.)

In 1910 we find Jake Kadetski listed as a servant for the Givens. He lists his immigration as 1906. Since he was not the head of the household, he is unlikely to be the source of the information. 

In the 1920 Census, Jake Kadetski is living on his own and lists his immigration year as 1901. He owned his own tailoring shop.

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Lillian Kadetsky Brown

 As mentioned in the previous post Lillian Kadestky (b. 1892) married Isadore Brown (b. 1894). The is the second Brown Kadetsky marriage, as Sussman Kadetsky married Augusta Braun. Lillian's parents are transcribed as Jake and Celia Kadetsky and Isadore's parents are Morris and Eva Brown. They married on November 9, 1914. 

By the 1920 US Census, they had moved to Chicago. Sussman Kadetsky had brothers in Chicago as well. Isadore (b. 1885?, nat. 1905) and Lilly Brown (b. 1893, nat. 1905) had Morris (b. 1915), Freida (b. 1917) and Francis (b. 1918).  Isadore worked as a Tailor. They lived at 726 Paulina Street, Chicago, Il. 

In 1930 they had moved to 1266 South St. Louis Street in Chicago. Isadore was b. 1890 im. 1905 and Lillian was b. 1894, im, 1909. Children; Morris 14 yo, Freida 13 yo , Francis 11 yo and Jenny 9 yo.

In 1940 they loved at 1630 Lawrence Ave in Chicago. Isadore is 55 yo (b. 1885), Lillian is 40 (b.1900). Children: Frieda (b. 1919), Francis (b. 1920), and Jean (b. 1922).

Kadetski Wolfe Weinstein

 It's been a long time. I have been collaborating with a researcher on geni.com on the Wolfe-Kadetsky tree. Sarah Sadie Wolfe's parents were Jacob Kadetsky and Chane Kalma as per her death record. Through various records on this blog, I have shown that Sarah had a sister Bertha and brother Abraham. Today, I reviewed some old notes and found a marriage record for Bertha Kadetzki and Judah Weinstein. Bertha's parents are listed and Jacob and Chanah Kadetzki.  Searching on FamilySearch I located Julius Weinstein's naturalization. One of his witnesses his Sarah Wolfe's husband Solomon Wolfe, who also was a witness for Sussman Kadetsky's naturalization in the 1880s! Following this lead, the 1910 Census shows a niece Lillian Kadedsky, 17 yo, who immigrated in 1904. I located a 1914 marriage record for Lillie Kadetzky to Isadore Brown who moved to Chicago, Ill. Her parents are listed as Jake and Celia Kadetzky. I am unsure if this is the same Lillie listed in the 1910 Census. 

Sarah Wolfe Death Record records her parents Jacob Reditzky and Hannah Kalma

Sarah Wolfe, the wife of Solomon Wolfe, died Jan 2, 1920. The transcription of her death record indicates that Jacob Reditzky (K and R in script look very similar) and Hannah Kalma. She was buried in Mt Zion Cemetery. You can see her headstone here.

Breina Kadecky connects Wolfe Family to Kadetskys from Sierpc!

Breina Kadecky arrived at Ellis Island from Sierpc on June 4, 1900. (Line 27 on the manifest below.) She went to her brother-in-law's house, illegible first name, last name Wolf 246 Second Street, in NY. She was 21 at the time. See line 10 of the Kadetsky Family Ellis Island excel file. (Sarah Kadetzky Wolfe fits line 5 on the Kadetsky Manifest list, also of Sierpc. I have designated that line of Kadetsky as F on the excel spreadsheet.)

Four days later....

The 1900 US Census (bottom of the first page and the top of the next census record) records that Solomon (born 1/1865) and Sarah (born 6/1869) had immigrated in 1888 and were married for 12 years. they lived at 246 Second Street. Solomon was a window cleaner. Sarah had given birth to 5 children, who were all living; Rachel (10/1889), Isadore (7/1891), Alexander (10/1894), Martha (10/1896), and Abraham (11/1899). Interestingly they had a boarder, Bertha Kadetzky (11/1879), who had immigrated in 1900. The census was taken on June 8, 1900, so she had just arrived. In four days her name was Americanized from Breina to Bertha!

Kadetsky-Wolfe family in the 1910 US Census gets interesting....

I found the Wolfe family in the 1910 US Census and there were a few Kadetsky surprises. Here are the people living in their household in 1910;
Solomon Wolfe Head M 55 Russia
Sarah Wolfe Wife F 45 Russia
Rae Wolfe Daughter F 20 New York
Isadore Wolfe Son M 18 New York
Alexander Wolfe Son M 15 New York
Martha Wolfe Daughter F 13 New York
Abraham Wolfe Son M 10 New York
Rose L Wolfe Daughter F 8 New York
Benjamin Wolfe Son M 5 New York

Solomon was a street sweeper. They immigrated in 1888. (Which would mean that this is not the Solomon Wolf who witnessed Sussman Kadetsky's naturalization in 1882.) Sarah and Solomon were married for 22 years. Sarah had delivered 8 children, 7 of whom were living. Bertha was born in 1905 and is not on this census. It is possible that Rose L. is Lily for whom there is a birth record.

Here's the surprise. Living with them at the time was Abraham Kaletzky a 38 yo (1872) widower and his 16 yo (1894) son Isaac. Abraham was a tailor. Abraham's immigration year is documented as 1899 and Isaac arrived in 1901.

Who is Sarah Kadetsky Wolf born about 1874?

I found the following records for Sarah Kadetsky Wolf born about 1874. I have never heard of her or a Wolf family. She appears to have been born around 1874. She was married to Solomon Wolf and had the following children; Rose, Lily, Benjamin, and Bertha. Rose’s marriage doc has her parents as Sadie Kadetsky and Solomon Wolfe. Benjamin is buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery. Interestingly a Solomon Wolf was a witness for Sussman Kadetsky’s naturalization on 10/21/1882.

Sierpc JRI Poland index updated to include births, marriages and deaths from 1869-1879

Does anyone recognize these new Sieprc Kadecki records?

Sierpc Jewish Community Facebook page.

I have setup a Sierpc Jewish Community Facebook page. You can see over 90 pictures of Sierpc mostly prewar and photos that descendants have posted of their Sierpc ancestors. There are over 90 members.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/sierpcjewishcommunity/

Anyone is invited to join.

Sierpc Jewish Community is a group to crowdsource the Jewish history, customs, records and news of descendants of the town of Sierpc. The generation that lived through the Holocaust is passing and we need to share the stories of Sierpc Holocaust survivors and memorials of those murdered by the Nazis. Members are invited to share their connection to Sierpc. Sierpc had a long Jewish history leading up to the Holocaust. Under the files tab you will find the scan of an early Yizkor book, and a necrology from that book. Please feel free to share more files the Sierpc Jewish Community would find helpful. I have also created a google excel file for BMD records that I have received from Poland and entered the extracts. Feel free to add any extracts you have.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TyLc-KJkuY1DuAEPtyDg7NfSg4wPGRIN-KUItdyUo9I/edit?usp=sharing

Check out the Sierpc Yizkor book which records the history of the Jews of Sierpc at http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Sierpc/Sierpc.html

Sierpc Yizkor Book Translation Complete!!!!

I received the following email from Sandra Kirsch, regarding the completion of the project to translate the Sierpc Yizkor Book. Sandra Kirsch and Dorothy Lipsky have been fundraising and coordinating the translation. Sierpc's history is important to me as my grandfather, Charles Lelonek was born in Sierpc. The Israel Moshe Kadetsky family line lists Sierpc as there city of origin. Charles Lelonek's mother Pesa Kadecki was originally from Biezun before she married Yitzchak Meyer Lelonek of Sierpc and moved to Sierpc. Her brother, Yechezkel Kadecki also moved to Sierpc and he and his family perished in the Holocaust. Charles Lelonek was one of the 5 editors for the first edition of the Sierpc Yizkor Book in 1948, Zaml-Bukh Fun Sherptser Sheyres Hakhurbn, published in the US Zone in Germany. Later Ephraim Talmi (Wluka) expanded the Yizkor book and published a second edition in 1959 in Israel. That Yizkor Book's translation is now completed and available online. There will be an opportunity to buy a hard copy of the book and I will share details when they become available. The book offers a complete perspective on the typical lives of our ancestors in the 200 years leading up to Holocaust and the immigration to America, Israel and Argentina.

Here is the email from Sandra Kirsch, one of the translation coordinators:
"Dear friends,

I am delighted to share wonderful news about the Yizkor Book for Sierpc,
Poland. Translation of this 600-plus page volume is now complete and it
is online in its entirety at
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Sierpc/Sierpc.html

I am indebted to Dorothy Lipsky, who shared with me the project
coordination and editing of this extraordinary volume. We had the
benefit of the masterful translations of Alex Weingarten (Hebrew
sections) and Jerrold Landau (Yiddish sections), each a joy to work with.
We are deeply indebted to Perry Rosenstein and the Puffin Foundation
(Teaneck, NJ) for financial support. And of course we acknowledge the
incomparable support of Lance Ackerfeld and his team in making our
work available to all.

If you have ancestral roots in Sierpc or nearby communities (e.g.,
Zuromin, Rypin, Raciaz, Plock) I encourage you to access the translation.
The amount of detail and the quality of the writing are superb. Much of
it is heartbreaking, but all is illuminating.

Sandra Krisch
Carefree, AZ"

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.

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.

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.

Benjamin Kadetsky in Buffalo ,NY

There is a Benjmain Kadetsky who lived in Buffalo, NY who immigrated from Sierpc, Poland. I am unsure how he is related to any of the known Kadetsky lines. Every once in a while google book search yields interesting biographical information that would otherwise be lost. Here is a good example.

Bulletin by American Newspaper Publisher Association: 1904, p. 212
Glasgow Woolen, Mills, Buffalo NY
"The above is conducted by Benjamin Kadetsky. He is a married man about 46 years old, and has been in business at the present location since Decemeber last, at that time succedding the Siham Taylor Company.
On interviewing the above is stated that he is doing a prosperous business and is meeting all his obligations promptly. He has two stores in Buffalo and one factory which was his former talyoer shop. He also has a store in Akron, Ohio. He declines to give any information further than this. Locally, he is regarded as a man of good reputation and ability."

I think it's nice that 100+ years later we know that he was known to be "a man of good reputation and ability."

Israel Moshe Kadecki update

In July the JRI Poland website updated their Sierpc index with records dating back to the 1850s. Included in these new records is a 1853 marriage record between Izrael Hersz Kadecki and Maria Sobol.  Izrael's parents are listed as Jakob and Frymet Kadecki and Maria's parents are Bajnis amd Chia Sobol. This record connects Israel Kadecki and Miriam Sobol to the Kadetsky Tree of Jacob and Frymet Kadecki from Biezun, Poland. Biezun and Sierpc are very close to each other. Interestingly my Kadetsky branch also moved from Biezun to Sierpc and eventually my grandfather came to America after WW2. I am in contact with a descendant of Israel Moshe Kadetsky. He will hopefully be able to fill in some information about the family. Maybe this new info will help connect the Boston Kadetsky line that Jenni has been researching.......

Israel Moshe Kadetsky Tree

This is a tree for Israel Moshe Kadetsky of Sierpc, Poland/Russia and his children, Abram, Sussman, Friedman and Chaim Kadetsky. Abram as far as I can tell stayed in Sierpc, Poland. His children lived in Buffalo and then moved to Chicago. Sussman and his family lived in Manhattan. Friedman and his children lived in Buffalo and Chicago, Il. Chaim and his family lived in PA.

Undated photo of Pessia (Kadetsky) Lelonek

My father shared this picture of his grandparents Pessia (Kadetsky) and Izak Majer Lelonek. Likely taken after WW2 in Israel.