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

Does anyone recognize these new Sieprc Kadecki records?

Jacob Kadetsky b.1877 immigrated in 1904 Solved!

Hey everyone out there,
I just received an email from Marcia Sidney, that has resolved a genealogical brick wall. Of all my ggm's siblings, I have never been able to track down her brother, Jacob Kadetsky's descendants. He had four daughters who changed their names upon marriage and 1 son who did not have children. I have posted about the family on this blog. Today I received an email from Marcia through this blog! She gave me an update about this family. Thank you Marcia.
I did some quick research and came upon this interesting 1940 US Census for Schwartzwald-Kadetsky in the 1940 US Census. This entry cannot be found by looking for Pearl Kadetsky since her last name was misspelled by the census recorder. Kadetsky became Pedetsky! Sarah Schwartzwald and Pearl Kadetsky are 2 of Jacob Kadetsky's daughters.

Blum/Bloom is Back!

I found another Blum connection. Benjamin Kadetsky dob 12/10/1872 applied for a social security number on February 1937. (That was the first year of the social security program). He lists his parents as Harry Kadetsky and Rebecca Blum. here is the link; http://wiz2.ancestry.com/Records/LIHP_Reg~Records/8211627c-4169-404b-aa9d-25f44ac831ff#/IndexView This most closely matches Benjamin J. Kadetsky son of Hirsch Tzvi Kadetsky and Rebecca Ruchla Chliebowak. Benjamin married Adele Cohen and had the following children; Herman, Ida (Eisenberg), Henry, and Esther (Lerner).

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

Abraham Kadetzke Naturalization Papers with an assist from Marks Block

Again rummaging through Kadetsky records that I have collected over the years yields another surprise. Marks Block was the helpful uncle who coralled the wild child Isaac Kadetsky who went on an adventure from Boston to NY. See posts on Isaac's capture and escapades. I found another connection. He was the witness on Abraham Kadetzke's naturalization in Oct 18, 1884. Abraham Kadetzke was living at 67 Eldridge St in NYC. Marks Block was living at 23 Rutgers Place.

Here is page 1 of the naturalization:

Here is page 2:

Herman Kadetsky's family mystery grows.....Part 2

Google is amazing. I was researching a Kadetsky branch and google brought me back to my own post on this blog for the answer. I originally posted about Herman Kadetsky's family remarking about multiple wives, multiple Charles, a missing son and a new one and the consistent Rose Sherer. (http://kadetskyfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2013/10/herman-kadetskys-family-mystery.html) Herman was a brother of Sussman Kadetsky from the Israel MOshe Kadecki family tree.

Through the Pennsylvania Ancestry Archives I found the 1948 death certificate for Hyman Kadetsky. It lists his wife as Jennie Fried. His first wife, Hinda Kadetsky nee Neufeld, had died 2 years earlier in 1946. So it is evident that Jennie Fried was Hyman's second wife. Hence her obit lists Charles, Jacob and Rose Sherer as her children.

The second part of our mystery centers around the son, Jacob Kadetsky. Hyman and Hinda had four children, Abraham who died as a child, Charles (who I don't have much info about), Moses (who totally disappears by the 1940's Census), and Rose who marries Leonard Sherer owner of Sherer Oil Company. It turns out that Moses' high school yearbook in 1919 lists his nickname as "Jack" and his college yearbook from Penn State University in 1922 lists his name as Jacob Moses Kadetsky. A search on familysearch.org shows that Jacob Kadetsky of Cambria, PA has the same birthdate as Moses Kadetsky of Cambria, PA.

Looking back at the 1940 Census for Herman's family, I have a strong suspicion that the census taker or the person supplying the information to them made a mistake. Instead of Charles and Jacob being brothers to Herman Kadetsky, they were likely his sons, Charles and Jacob. They both were not married at that point (they may have never married). Just goes to show that the census could be misleading.....

Regarding Sherer Oil Company, you can read about it here http://www.sfc1959.com/files/CE_SHERER_S.doc It was located in South Fork PA. The writer describes the business dating back to around 1920. I like it when genealogy really becomes a story of family and local history. Its not much Kadetsky history but I have included it here since Rose Kadetsky Leonard Sherer who is described in the sketch.

Shades of Gray (Grakowitz) Part 3; Marvin, Theresa and Rena Gray Death Certificates

The familysearch.com Chicago vital records has provided a wealth of new information. I found the 3 Gray children's, Theresa, Rena and Marvin's death records.

Theresa Gary's death certificate is found at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV9K-9LNM She apparently was never married. She was born February 5, 1904 in Poland and died October 13, 1984 in Chicago. Her parents are listed as Helen Kadet and Harry Gray. She lived at 3114 W Jerome. She was buried in the West Lawn Cemetery. The informant was Jeannette Dimuzio.

Rena Gary's death certificate is found at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV9V-ND4S She apparently was never married. She was born April 19, 1905 in Poland and died October 18, 1981 in Chicago. Her parents are listed as Helen Kadetsky and Harry Gray. She lived at 3114 W Jerome. She was buried in the West Lawn Cemetery. The informant was Jeannette Steurich.

Marvin Gray's death certificate is found at https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9K-7XHM His parents are listed as Harry Gray and Helen Kadet. He lived at 2451 West Touhy. He was born on May 1, 1910 and died May 24, 1985 in Chicago Il and buried on May 28, 1985 in West Lawn Cemetery. His wife is listed as Beverly Kessler. The informant was Betty S Kravitz.

Join the Kadetsky Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/590281731035704/