GJ Tree » Jacob (Jankeil) Rounick (± 1856-1924)

Personal data Jacob (Jankeil) Rounick 

  • He was born about 1856.
  • Resident: 4848 N. Hutchinson Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  • (Fact 6) .
    Death Certificate details were given by H. Widermann, 4905 N. Hutchinson St.
  • (Fact 1) .
    Immigrated to the USA in 1923 with his wife and children Philip, Charles and Selma
  • (Fact 2) .
    Joining his son Max Rounick who lived in Philadelphia
  • (Fact 3) .
    May have had additional children who did not immigrate to the USA
  • (Fact 4) .
    Jacob died Sept 11 1924 at age 62, of a brain tumor
  • (Fact 5) .
    His father: Herman Rounick, Mother maiden name: not known. Occupation: Retired
  • He died on September 11, 1924 in Mt. Sinai Hospital, Philadelphia.
  • He is buried in Mt. Carmel, Philadelphia.
  • A child of Chaim Eliyahu Chwojnik and Sheyneh Esther

Household of Jacob (Jankeil) Rounick

He has/had a relationship with Ella (Elka) Rubin.


Child(ren):

  3. Sara (Selma) Rounick  ± 1902- 
  4. Max Rounick  1895-1984 
  5. Deborah (Dora) Rounick  ± 1887-???? 
  6. Rebecca (Eva) Rounick  ± 1891-1956 
  7. Edna Rounick  1900-1975 


Notes about Jacob (Jankeil) Rounick

Yankel son of Khaim, from Porozovo, is listed in the Grodno Voter List of 1912

From Ellis Island immigration database:
Jankeil, Elka, Zolke, Sora and Fishel immigrated on Sept 19 1923 on board ship Laconia sailing from Southampton, England. All were residents of Porozowo and born there.

Jankeil Chwonik, male, married, 67, farmer. His wife Elka, female, married, 62, housewife. And their children:
Sora, female, single, 21, "Domestic".
Zolke, male, single, 16, farmer.
Fishel, male, single, 13, "school"

Nearest relative in country of origin: Jankeil's brother: Samual Chwonik, Lyskowa near Volkowysk
Going to: Philadelphia, PA to Jankeil's son Max Chwonk (Max Rounick)

According to Jack Josephson, his mother told him that Jankeil was in the lumber business.

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Day of death September 11, 1924

  • The temperature on September 11, 1924 was between 5.0 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
    • February 1 » Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
    • February 14 » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
    • March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
    • April 15 » Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
    • May 10 » J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
    • December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.


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