Shades of Gray (Grakowitz) Part 2; Helen Gray Death Certificate

Funny how a search for Abraham Kadetsky in Chicago on family search turns up new records on dead ends. Helen Gray's parents were Abraham and Shana Kadetsky. Abraham was Sussman Kadetsky's brother. Helen married Hersz Grabkovitz. They changed their name to Gray after coming to America from Sierpc, Poland. (see http://kadetskyfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2011/06/shades-of-gray-grakowitz.html) They immigrated to Buffalo to Benjamin Kadetsky before moving west to Chicago. After the Holocaust they bought a page in the Sierpc Yizkor gathering. Hersz was Americanized to Harry. Harry and Helen had three children; Thressa, Rena and Marvin. I have been unable to trace the family beyond that. I just found Helen's death certificate. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVRN-WFYY She died December 27, 1957 and was buried at the West Lawn Cemetery in Chicago on December 29, 1957. She last lived at 3114 Jerome Avenue. Her parents are listed as Abraham and Shaina Kadetsky. The informant was Laura Felles. Anyone know how to find Helen and Harry Gray's children.

Hyman Kadetsky Reappears!

I don't understand why I can't find something when I look for it directly, but find it instead when searching for a different individual. Huh? I just don't get it. Anyway, I wanted to know more about Hyman's father, Abraham Kadetsky and searched for him and Hyman's death record pops up as the first search result on familysearch.com. Here is a link to the record, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRN-7TCQ This record shows that the Hyman Kadetsky in Chicago was Abraham Kadetsky and Pesa Karneson's son. He died on October 13, 1957 and is listed as 60 years old. His birth records from Biezun indicate that he was born January 29, 1889 and would be 68 years old. I don't know who the informant, Rosemary Wells is. Hyman lived at 5335 N California Avenue, which is the same address that is listed on Ruth Kadetsky's death certificate. Ta-Da. Hyman Kadetsky has reappeared!

Who is Hyman Kadetsky and where did he go?

Over the snowday on Tuesday January 27, 2015, the misforcast "Snowmagedon" I came across an unknown Hyman Kadetsky living in Chicago. I have only uncovered hints of him but no census records for him and his family. The first hint of his existence is a death certificate for his son, Arthur Kadet on https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9V-7X6F. From this record we learn that a Hyman Kadetsky was married to Ruth Lent. They had a son, Arthur Kadet who was born October 17, 1926 in Illinois and died April 17, 1979 in Chicago Illinois. Arthur married Marilyn Hoffman. He was buried at the Westlawn Jewish Cemetery in Chicago. On the death certificate is a M. Bradbury.
The second record of Hyman's existence comes from his wife's death certificate, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9J-V1S2 . Ruth Kadetsky nee Lent died on January 4, 1976 and was buried on January 6 at the Westlawn Cemetery. Her parents names were Wolf Lent and Tzivia Karneson. She was a widow. She was born December 27, 1900 in Poland. Named on her death certificate is Arthur Kadet.
I have a strong suspicion that this Hyman Kadetsky is in fact the son of Abraham Kadetsky and Necca Karniszyn of Everett, Massachusetts. They had a son Hyman Kadetsky, born February 28, 1891 in Biezun, Poland. On the 1920 Census he lived with his parents in Everett Massachusetts but then all traces all him disappeared. Until now? Did he marry and move to Chicago. Was his wife a relative through his mother's family (Karneson vs Karniszyn)? Here is his World War 1 draft registration card. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-25977-7654-53?cc=1968530

Jacob Kadetsky and Pauline Baruth 1876 marriage record reveals new information!

HI Everyone, Happy Snowday for Northeastoners!
I found this interesting marriage record for Pauline Baruth and Jacob Kadetsky. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6QG-TYK
Although they don't have the original scan there are several interesting facts that we can learn from the record. First, this is their September 3, 1876 marriage record. From Jacob's 1906 death record we know that his parents were Gerturde Lazinsky and Elias Kadetsky (my gggggf through Jacob's brother Shaya Aziel!). This is the earliest American record I have confirmed for my Kadetsky family. Second we see that Jacob's father's name in americanized to Ignatz from Elias and his mother to Lina (her hebrew name was Gitel Leah). In the record Lina has the surname of Jackson. We already know that her surname is Lazinsky from the original polish records. This is an example of a patronymic naming as her father's first name was Jacob, hence Jacobson. For those who are descended from Jacob and Pauline Kadetsky, we learn Pauline's parents names of Meyer and Sarah Baruth. Finally we see early spellings of Kadetsky as Kadetzky and Kardetzky, as well as early spelling of Baruth as Bakuth (or poor transcriptions...)

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"

Who is Isaac Kadetsky's uncle Marks Block?

Boston Herald, December 15, 1892:

Who is uncle Marks Block of 158 Rivington Street in Manhattan? Great uncle he is getting his nephew arrested! The kid had alot of gall to accuse the cop of stealing his money. I'm sure the parents were very "relieved" that the chutz-pah-dick child was located :).

Pauline Kadetsky (wife of Jacob Kadetsky b. 1851) Obituary

Published in "The Jewish Advocate" in Boston, MA on Sep 19, 1930.
She seems like she was a really sweet lady. We see from the article that all her daughters had married by this time. I knew about the marriages of everyone except Martha Kadetsky marriage to Harry Cooper. Jacob and Pauline had 7 daughter and one son. The son Abraham died when he was 1 year old. There 7 daughter were Augusta married Samuel DeHaan, Fannie married Harry Porcelain, Rosa married Abraham Kalish, Annette married Henry Bowman, Tena married Benjamin Finkelstein, Martha married Harry Cooper, and Edna died on April 3, 1919 at 20 years old.