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Personal data Eliezer (Leiser) Scheinkin 


Household of Eliezer (Leiser) Scheinkin

He had a relationship with Elka Altschuller ? Zolotnitzky ?.


Child(ren):

  1. Zalman Shaynkin  1892-1979 


Notes about Eliezer (Leiser) Scheinkin


Leiser died relatively young in 1915 according to note from his son Zalman that includes his photo and date of death. His sons immigrated to the USA a few years beforehand. In a 1917 world war I draft his son Abraham said he was supporting his mother, and didn't mention a father, and that's because the father had already been dead by then. His son Ben named his own son Leonard after his father Leiser. Leonard was born around 1918. Ben referred to his father as Leonard in the SSN application (an American version of Leiser which is actually Eliezer).
I'm quite sure that Leiser and Abraham were brothers. Both were living in Nezhin and born around the same years, and Leiser's son Abraham (Albert) and Abraham's son Hirsch (Henry) were living together in St. Marks 1641 in New York in the 1925 NY census, which surely indicates they were cousins. Henry's daughter Zelda visited the Sheinkin's in Bnei Atarot, Israel (Tami still remembers her). Because I know Abraham's father was Iosel, that makes the name of the father of Leiser, Iosel.
Another reason why I think Leiser and Abraham were brothers is that Leiser's son Ben and Abraham's son Mendel immigrated to the USA together on the same ship, and both were going to their aunt Beila in Bristol Street 52. I suspect this Beila could have been sister to Leiser and Abraham, living in the USA at the time (before Oct 17 1911) when the two cousins immigrated). Two other cousins, Hirsh and Abraham, also immigrated together, see below.

Overview of situation:
Abraham's sons
Mendel immigrated oct 17 1911 on ship Birma with cousin Ben
Hirsh immigrated mar 4 1913 on ship Czar wish cousin Abraham
Samuel: didn't find him on Ellis Island
Leiser's sons
Ben immigrated oct 17 1911 on ship Birma with cousin Mendel
Abraham immigrated March 4 1913 on ship Czar with cousin Hirsh.
Zalman immigrated on his own june 26 1914 on ship President Lincoln
In 1925 NY census, Hirsh (Henry) and Ben and their families were living together, even though these two did not immigrate together.
These families were close. Hence Zelda (daughter of Henry) was close to her cousin Arthur (son of Ben).

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Historical events

Day of death July 15, 1915

  • The temperature on July 15, 1915 was between 11.4 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 11.9 mm of rain. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • March 27 » Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
    • May 1 » The RMSLusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
    • May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
    • May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
    • May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
    • September 12 » French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.


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