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German / Gurman / Germaine - Edelstein Family History and Genealogy
The German / Gurman / Germaine + Edelstein
Family from Bessarabia
Louis German
Sarah German
(nee Edelstein)
Anna German
(nee Edelstein)
Brothers Samuel German and Louis German married sisters Sarah Edelstein and Anna
Edelstein. I am the great-grandson of Samuel German and Anna Edelstein. These two families
came to the US between 1898 and 1902. We can guess that the marriages of these two
brothers to two sisters was arranged. Samuel German was born circa 1876. He
entered the United States around 1898 and died on July 10, 1904 from an epidemic of spinal
meningitis. Anna Edelstein was born around 1884. She entered the United States in 1900 and
died on January 31, 1950. Samuel and Anna had three children. They were:
Rubin (aka Ruby) (could also be Ruben), born around 1901.
Sarah (aka Shirley) German, born around 1903.
Lena on 1910 census, Elinor on 1920 census (aka Lee), born around 1905.
Louis German was born June 20, 1877. He entered the United States in 1898 and died on
July 4, 1926. According to the 1920 census Louis became a naturalized citizen in 1915
however the record of his naturalization is yet to be found. His address at the time of
the 1920 census and at the time of his death six years later was 390 New Jersey Avenue,
which was a tenement in Brooklyn, NY. The birth date of his wife Sarah Edelstein is
unknown. She is believed to have entered the US in 1902, and her date of death is
approximately 1904. She may have died from the same epidemic that her brother-in-law
Samuel died from. Louis and Sarah had three children. They were:
Harry German (who later changed his name to Gurman) born around 1896.
Sam German born around 1898.
Blanche German born around 1899.
According to the 1910 US census, Harry and Sam entered the United States in 1902. Since
they were around 6 and 4 years old respectively, we can presume that they entered the US
with their mother Sarah and sister Blanche.
Each of these two families lost a parent due to the untimely deaths of Samuel and
Sarah. After the death of Blanche's mother Sarah, her father Louis sent Blanche to live
with her uncle Louis and aunt Katie Kaplan (nee Edelstein) who lived at 5th and McKean
Street in Philadelphia. This would explain why Blanche is not listed on the 1910 US census
with her father Louis German. It is believed that Katie Kaplan was a sister of Blanche's
mother Sarah. At some point Harry and Sam moved to Philadelphia apparently to live near
their sister.
Around 1906 surviving spouses Louis and Anna were married. In 1910 they lived at 350
Sheffield Avenue in Brooklyn, NY. Louis and Anna had the following children together:
Irene German.
Isadore (Ike) German.
Rachel (Ray) German born around 1907.
Benjamin German born around 1909.
Max German (who later changed his name to Germaine) born February 13, 1914.
The 1910 and 1920 census records provide little help in determining the European
origins of our family. Both census records simply state the families were from Russia.
However the burial plots of Louis, Anna and Sam provide more significant details that
indicate where they were from. Louis and Anna are buried on a plot purchased by the First
Bessarabian Benevolent Association of East New York, which was organized in 1909. Sam
German is buried on the grounds of the First Independent Sekuraner KUV. Sekurani (also
spelled Sokiryany, Secureni, Sokyrjany, and Sekiryany) is a town in northern Bessarabia.
From these two burial plots I believe that we can safely assume that the family originated
from Bessarabia, which is the present day country of Moldova in
south-eastern Europe bordered on the north, east, and south by Ukraine and on the west by
Romania. It is also known as Moldavia. It is likely that if they were not from Sekurani
they were from somewhere near this town, which is near Moldova's western border with
Romania.
At the time they lived there this area was part of Russia. Jews first emigrated to
Bessarabia from Poland and Germany in the 1500's. According to the Russian census there
were 225,637 Jews living in Bessarabia in 1897. The country was a center of Yiddish and
Hebrew literature. Widespread impoverishment and pogroms during the late nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries led to large-scale emigration. The names Edelstein and German
might indicate that these two families migrated from Germany to Bessarabia at some time in
the past. Follow the links below to articles on the 1910 Jewish Encyclopedia web site,
which provide a brief history of this area.
The death certificates of Sam, Louis and Anna provide the names of their parents.
Samuel and Louis were the children of Samuel German and his wife Bessie (or Beshie). Since
Samuel was apparently named after his father, we can presume that the elder Samuel German
passed away before the birth of his son. Anna and Sarah were the children of Abraham
Edelstein and his wife Rachel.
They certainly had a difficult life in Bessarabia. How unfortunate it is that Samuel
and Sarah met such untimely deaths so soon after reaching the US. And yet as fate would
have it the family structure was maintained as best it could be by the marriage of the
surviving spouses. From the three marriages eleven children were born. They stuck together
literally until the end. They started with next to nothing and overcame tremendous
hardship to have their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren live in the freedom
and prosperity that they certainly intended for us.
Source material
Photos:
Louis German, circa 1920
Anna German, circa 1947
Sarah German, circa 1903
Blanche German, circa 1920
Blanche German, 1942
Shirley German, circa 1925
Benjamin German
Harry Gurman, September 1958
Lena German
Outline descendant tree of Samuel and Bessie German.
1910 US Census record transcription for Louis and Anna German.
Image of 1910 US Census record (475kb - might take a minute or
two to download).
Sam German's death certificate.
Samuel German's grave site in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Maspeth
NY.
Anna German's grave site in Montefiore Cemetery, Queens,
NY.
Anna German's death certificate.
Louis German's grave site in Montefiore Cemetery, Queens,
NY.
Max Germaine's grave site, Wellwood Cemetery, Pinelawn, NY.
Harry Gurman's death certificate.
Maps showing location of Sekurani.
Page from the First Independent Securaner Relief Benevolent
Association.
Other surnames connected with this family are: Edelstein, German, Germaine, Gurman,
Weisberg, Abramowitz, Abrams, Bellow, Kopyt, Dorfman, Ferdman, Silverman.
If you are a descendant of Samuel and Bessie German or Abraham and Rachel Edelstein, or
their children Samuel German, Louis German, Sarah Edelstein or Anna Edelstein please |
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