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2. Isidore & Bella

Confirmed Isidore Bald’s photograph and signature on his 1936 declaration of intention.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Isidore Bald’s declaration of intention, SDNY no. 383489, 24 Aug 1936: born Świrz; wife Bella born Rzeszów; married 20 Nov 1926. Cropped above the children’s lines.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Isidore Bald’s petition for naturalization, SDNY no. 419846, 1942: dry-goods merchant at 432 East Houston Street, born Świrz 16 Jul 1903; Bella born Rzeszów 15 Jun 1903. Cropped above the children’s lines.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed 1940 census, Manhattan ED 31-512, sheet 5A: Isidore and Bella Bald, proprietors in dry goods. Cropped to their two lines only.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed SS Mount Clinton, Hamburg to New York, September 1923: the head of the passenger list.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Line 12: “Beila Wang”, 20, housemaid, last residence Wulka; her mother “Dudora Wang” still there.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Sheet 2, line 12: going to her father Kalman Wank, 272 Rivington Street; born “Walka”.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Isidore Bald’s WWII draft card, 15 Feb 1942: employer “Bald Dry Goods, 702 E. 5th St.”; contact Bella Bald.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Marriage certificate of Isidore Bald and Bella Wank, Manhattan, 20 Nov 1926, certificate 34117. Isidore, 23, of 134 Columbia Street, son of Isaac Bald and Taybe M. Ochs; Bella, 20, of 242 Rivington Street, daughter of Kalmen Wank and Dora Weinstein. Married by Rabbi Michel Leiter.NYC Municipal Archives, historical vital records

3. Isaac (Yitzchak Eizik) & Tillie (Toba Miriam) of Świrz

Confirmed Isaac Bald’s petition for citizenship, SDNY no. 176343, 1931: merchant at 260 Rivington Street.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Isak Bald’s declaration of intention, New York County no. 214394, 1920.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Świrz register of deaths, 9 May 1898: Scheindel Freide, daughter of Eizyk Bald and Taube Oks.AGAD Warsaw, fond 300, sygn. 4346
Confirmed Świrz register of deaths, 11 Feb 1899: a stillborn son of Taube Oks and Eizyk Bald, house 260.AGAD Warsaw, fond 300, sygn. 4346
Confirmed SS Niagara, arrived New York 20 Sep 1920: Tillie (“Tanly”) Bald and her four children, Israel (Isidore) among them.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed The same list: nearest relative left behind, “brother” Jacob Bald of Świrz.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Sheet 2: going to her husband “Erick” (Isaac) Bald, 247 Rivington Street.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Tillie Bald’s petition for naturalization, SDNY no. 441505, 1943: born Świrz, 28 Aug 1875.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Tillie Bald’s 1943 petition: arrival on the Niagara, 20 Sep 1920.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Gravestone of Zisel (Sylvia) Bick, Beth David Cemetery: “daughter of haRav Moreinu haRav Yitzchak Eizik”.Photo: David Wieder, Find a Grave memorial 249482903
Confirmed Świrz register of deaths, 23 Jul 1909: an unnamed daughter of Eizyk Bald and Taube Oks, one month old, house 28.AGAD Warsaw, fond 300, sygn. 4346
Confirmed Isak Bald’s declaration of intention, New York County no. 214394, 5 Mar 1920: peddler, born Galicia 1 Mar 1877, living at 94 Lewis Street; signed “Esik Bald”.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Isaac Bald’s petition for citizenship, SDNY no. 176343, sworn 14 Jan 1931: his wife Tillie, their children’s birth dates, and his witnesses Jacob Altman and David Ax.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Isaac Bald’s photograph, about 1930, on the copy of his declaration filed with his 1931 petition.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Certificate of arrival filed with Isaac Bald’s petition: the Vaterland from Hamburg, New York, 5 Jul 1914.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed SS Niagara, Le Havre to New York, arrived 20 Sep 1920, list 16, lines 25–29: “Tanly” (Taube) Bald and her four children.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Max Bald’s WWII draft card, 16 Oct 1940: born 5 Apr 1910 at “Shwiritch” (Świrz); contact his sister Mrs. Zisel Bick.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Gravestone of Meir Chaim son of R’ Yitzchak Eizik Bald, Har HaMenuchot, Jerusalem: died 8 Shevat 5744 (12 Jan 1984). Contrast enhanced for reading.Photo: N, Find a Grave memorial 286454961
Possible Świrz register of deaths, 11 Oct 1913: Chana Bald, born Grünwetter (readings uncertain), ritual wife of Aron Bald, aged 70.AGAD Warsaw, fond 300, sygn. 4346
Confirmed Death certificate of Isaac Bald, Bronx, 20 Nov 1939, certificate 10542: of 924 East 169th Street, a peddler of dry goods; father Pincus Bald, mother Sylvia (surname hard to read); details given by his son Harry; burial at Mount Zion. The medical section is blanked out.NYC Municipal Archives, historical vital records
Confirmed Marriage certificate of Harry Bald and Celia Wietschner, Manhattan, 18 Jun 1933, certificate 12810: Harry, 25, son of Isaac Bald and Tobe Ochs. Married by Rabbi Chaim M. Bick.NYC Municipal Archives, historical vital records

4. The Ochs family

Confirmed David Ax’s petition for naturalization, SDNY no. 5382, 1910: born Świrz, 25 Apr 1877.FamilySearch / NARA
Likely Świrz register of deaths, 6 Dec 1919: Szapsa Ochs, merchant of Świrz, ritual husband of Pesie Ochs, aged 75.AGAD Warsaw, fond 300, sygn. 4346
Possible Świrz register of deaths, January 1910: Nuta Oks, aged 93, son of Szapse and Taube Oks of Świrz.AGAD Warsaw, fond 300, sygn. 4346
Possible Świrz marriage book: Luser Ochs, son of David and Gittel Ochs, marries Chaje Warem, daughter of Schilem and Tyle.AGAD Warsaw, fond 300, sygn. 4345
Confirmed Death certificate of Elkuny (Elkunah) Ochs, Tillie’s brother, Manhattan, 20 Jan 1920, certificate 2053: a carpenter of 124 Goerck Street, born 20 Jul 1886 in Austria; father Shapse Ochs, mother Frieda Schleider. The medical section is blanked out.NYC Municipal Archives, historical vital records

5. Kalman bar Reuven Wank & Dwojra Weinstein

Confirmed SS Main, Bremen to New York, March 1912: the head of the passenger list.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Line 22: Kalman Wang, tailor, last residence Wulka; his wife Dwojre Wank left in Wulka.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Sheet 2, line 22: in the US before, 1907–11; born Wulka, Galicia.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Kalman Vank’s petition for naturalization, Supreme Court, New York County, no. 154658, 1923: wife Dora; children Bella and Sarah.FamilySearch / New York County Supreme Court
Confirmed SS Albert Ballin, January 1925, lines 4–5: Dwojre and Sara Wang from “Wulka pod[leśna]”; nearest relative cousin Samuel Weinstein of Stobierna.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Sheet 2: going to husband and father Kalmann Wang, 242 Rivington Street; born Sokołów and Pogwizdów.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Dora (Dwojra) Wank’s petition for naturalization, SDNY no. 337588, 1939: children Bella and Sarah.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Gravestone of Kalman son of Reuven Wank, Mount Zion Cemetery, Dunajewer plot: died 9 Elul 5709.Photo: David Wieder, Find a Grave memorial 146643386
Confirmed Marriage certificate of Samuel Fisch and Sarah Wang (Wank), Bella’s sister, Manhattan, 8 Nov 1930, certificate 27032: Sarah, 22, of 242 Rivington Street, daughter of Kalmen and Dora Weinstein.NYC Municipal Archives, historical vital records
Confirmed Gate of the First Congregation Dunajewer society (Dunajewer Kranken Unt. Verein), Mount Zion Cemetery, Maspeth, path 14 left, Gate Road: the plot where Kalman Wank lies. Officers’ names on the gate include Mayer Gottlieb and Isidor Gottlieb.JGSNY burial-society database (Jewish Genealogical Society of New York)

6. Weinsteins & Schlangers of Sokołów

Likely Sokołów births 1878, entry 112: “Dwore”, born 11 Nov 1878, daughter of Boruch Weinstein and Chane Chaje, “daughter of Feiwel & Malke Schlanger”.Archiwum Państwowe w Rzeszowie, fond 990 (szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl)
Likely Sokołów births 1878, Blatt 43, entries 109–115: the whole page holding Dwore Weinstein’s birth.Archiwum Państwowe w Rzeszowie, fond 990 (szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl)
Possible Sokołów marriages 1894, entry 1, 11 Jun 1894: Boruch Weinstein, a widower, son of Jakob and Pesla.Archiwum Państwowe w Rzeszowie, fond 990 (szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl)
Possible Sokołów marriages 1901, entry 3: Samuel Hersch Weinstein, merchant of Medynia Głogowska, son of Mendel and Roisa.Archiwum Państwowe w Rzeszowie, fond 990 (szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl)
Likely Sokołów Jewish births 1900–1911, entry 62: Sara, born 9 Aug 1902 at house 584, daughter of Boruch Weinstein, merchant, and Dwojra, daughter of Salomon and Sara Goldfarb. Likely a half-sister of Dora (Dwojra) Wank.Archiwum Państwowe w Rzeszowie, 59/990/0/-/6 (szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl)

Schron side

7. Benjamin & Eva Schron

Confirmed Gravestone of Benjamin Schron, Eliezer Dov son of Chaim Moshe, Mount Lebanon Cemetery: died 17 Cheshvan 5731.Photo: David Wieder, Find a Grave memorial 99401473
Confirmed Gravestone of Eva Schron, Chava daughter of R’ Shimon, Mount Lebanon Cemetery: died 3 Cheshvan 5737.Photo: David Wieder, Find a Grave memorial 99401474
Confirmed Gravestone of Murray Schron, Chaim Moshe son of Eliezer Dov, Mount Lebanon Cemetery: died 28 Adar I 5717.Photo: David Wieder, Find a Grave memorial 99401475
Confirmed Benjamin Schron’s WWII draft registration card, 15 Feb 1942: 32 Ridge Street, born 15 Mar 1897 in Warsaw, contact Eva A. Schron, with his signature.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Marriage certificate of Benjamin Schron and Eva Simkowitz, Manhattan, 4 Mar 1923, certificate 6205: Benjamin, 25, a newsdealer of 130 Broome Street; Eva, 18, of 183 Clinton Street; both born in Warsaw.NYC Municipal Archives, historical vital records
Confirmed The same certificate, page 2: the signatures, Rabbi Fishel Newman of 184 Henry Street, and the witnesses Abram Bromberg and S. Blum.NYC Municipal Archives, historical vital records
Confirmed Eva Schron’s petition for naturalization, SDNY no. 279571, 21 Aug 1936: born 15 Jan 1903 in Maków; arrived 20 Dec 1920 on the Nieuw Amsterdam as Chawa Szymkowicz; witness Joseph Schron, her brother-in-law. The children’s lines are blanked.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Eva Schron’s oath of allegiance, 2 Feb 1937, certificate 4138752, with her signature.FamilySearch / NARA

8. Morris the tailor & Frieda

Confirmed 1910 census, Manhattan ED 874, sheet 16B, lines 51–58: Morris Shron, tailor, and his household.FamilySearch / NARA
Likely SS Rotterdam, arrived New York 30 Aug 1904, line 7: Moische Schron, 40, shoemaker, from Goworowo, going to his “brother A. Schron, 80½ Attorney St”.FamilySearch / NARA
Likely Ellis Island, 7 Nov 1907, lines 25–26: Chnike (16) and Feige (14) Schron from Warsaw; nearest relative “mother Ester Schron”, Franciszkańska 29, Warsaw.FamilySearch / NARA
Likely The same list, right-hand page, lines 25–26: going to their “father Moische Schron”, Attorney Street, New York.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Marriage of Max Shron and Minnie Yavitz, Manhattan, 13 Feb 1909, certificate 3396: his mother “Frieda Kshinok Mandels”.NYC Municipal Archives
Confirmed Marriage of Abe Shron and Soffia Jawitz, Manhattan, 20 Jan 1912, certificate 2026: groom of 127 Broome Street.NYC Municipal Archives
Confirmed Marriage of Lena Shron, Manhattan, 16 Jul 1916, certificate 17005: the wedding at 127 Broome Street.NYC Municipal Archives
Confirmed Civil marriage of Beatrice Schron and Paul Goldstein, Manhattan, December 1921, certificate 11682.NYC Municipal Archives
Confirmed Marriage of Beatrice Schrom and Paul Goldstein, 31 Dec 1921, at home at 130 Broome Street, Manhattan, certificate 451.NYC Municipal Archives
Confirmed Marriage of Joseph Schron and Bertha Goldstein, Manhattan, 24 Jan 1925, certificate 5997: of 127 Broome Street; his mother “Frieda Schemitzky”.NYC Municipal Archives
Confirmed Death record of Abraham Shron, Manhattan, 1924, certificate 17509: of 127 Broome Street; father Joseph Shron.NYC Municipal Archives
Confirmed Death record of Frieda Schrom, Manhattan, 1944, certificate 24810: father Mendel Chenick, mother Deborah Chiniak.NYC Municipal Archives
Possible Gate of the Sons of Aaron Solomon of Govorow (the Goworowo society), Mount Zion Cemetery, Maspeth: the officers’ panel. One line reads ר' חיים משה בר יואל עקס פרעז, “Chaim Moshe son of Yoel, ex-president”: possibly Morris (Chaim Moshe) Shron. The gate carries no surnames.Museum of Family History, museumoffamilyhistory.com/lia-sg-goworowo.htm
Possible The same gate: the members’ panel. One line reads פריידא אסתר בר מנחם, “Frayda Ester daughter of Menachem”: possibly Frieda Schron. The gate carries no surnames.Museum of Family History, museumoffamilyhistory.com/lia-sg-goworowo.htm
Confirmed 1920 US census, Manhattan, lines 72–76: Morris Shron, 64, with Freda, 50, Benny, 22, Clara, 20, and Bessie, 18.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Marriage certificate of Clara Schron and Ralph (Desralia) Kobac, Manhattan, 5 Feb 1921, certificate 4710: Clara, 21, of 150 Broome Street. Married by Rabbi Jacob Eskolsky.NYC Municipal Archives, historical vital records
Likely Marriage certificate of “Fannie Schror” and Sigmund Okin, Manhattan, 10 Aug 1912, certificate 18640: Fannie, 21, of 127 Broome Street; Julius Silberman officiating. Her age here does not agree with the 1910 census.NYC Municipal Archives, historical vital records
Likely Abe Shron’s petition for naturalization, EDNY no. 35624, 29 Jan 1925: a tailor, born 20 Jan 1890 in Warsaw; arrived 23 Jun 1906 on the Vaderland from Antwerp; wife Sophie; witness Abraham Yawitz. One child’s line is blanked.FamilySearch / NARA
Likely “Abie” Shron’s WWI draft registration card, 5 Jun 1917: 98 Grand Street Extension, Brooklyn, born 20 Jan 1890 in Warsaw, a tailor; signed.FamilySearch / NARA
Likely Abe Shron’s WWII draft registration card: 188 South 2nd Street, Brooklyn, born 23 Jan 1891 in Russia, contact Mrs Sophie Schron; employer at 45 West 18th Street, as on his brother Max’s card.FamilySearch / NARA
Likely 1930 US census, Brooklyn: Abe and Sophie Shron with Benjamin, Louis and Emanuel. Other households on the page are blanked.FamilySearch / NARA
Likely Sophie Shron’s petition for naturalization, EDNY no. 123984, 1929: born 6 Apr 1892 in Austria; married Abe Shron 20 Jan 1912 in New York; sons Bennie, Louis and Morris.FamilySearch / NARA
Likely Death certificate of Sophie Shron, Brooklyn, 25 Nov 1939, certificate 23579: aged 49, of 188 South 2nd Street, wife of Abe; father Mendel Jawitz; details given by her son Benjamin; burial at Beth David. The medical section is blanked out.NYC Municipal Archives, historical vital records
Likely Max Shron’s WWII draft registration card: 1809 Elder Avenue, the Bronx, born 15 Sep 1888 in Warsaw, contact Louis Shron; employer at 45 West 18th Street, as on his brother Abe’s card.FamilySearch / NARA
Likely 1920 US census, the Bronx: Max Shron, 31, and Minnie, 31, with their children Bennie, Louis and Dora. One child’s age is blanked.FamilySearch / NARA
Likely Death certificate of Sarah Breine Shron, Brooklyn, 21 Oct 1944, certificate 20534: aged 86, widow of Abraham; father Zalva Bressler, mother Ida; burial at Mount Zion. The medical section is blanked out.NYC Municipal Archives, historical vital records
Likely 1900 US census, Manhattan ED 274, lines 21–23: Abraham Shron, born May 1855, arrived 1898; his wife “Brina”; their daughter Fannie, a ladies’ tailor.FamilySearch / NARA
Likely 1905 New York State census, Manhattan AD 12, ED 15, Jackson Street: Abram Shron, a tailor, and Sarha.FamilySearch / New York State Archives

9. Szymek the shoemaker of Bazar & Tauba Ryfka

Confirmed 1920 census, Manhattan ED 115, sheet 6B: “Tillie Simkowitch” and her daughter Freeda.FamilySearch / NARA
Confirmed Death record of Shimon Simkowitz, Manhattan, 1927, certificate 11218: born 1 Apr 1862; burial at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery.NYC Municipal Archives
Likely Marriage certificate of Freda Simkowitz and Isidor Galin, Manhattan, 7 Jan 1926, certificate 5008: Freda, 22, of 183 Clinton Street; parents Samuel and Lillie (Rakower).NYC Municipal Archives, historical vital records
Confirmed Death certificate of Toba R. (Tauba) Simkowitch, Manhattan, 13 Dec 1937, certificate 26532: of 26 Suffolk Street, a widow; father Nachmon Loeb Rakower, mother Malka Kirshenbaum; details given by her brother Hyman Rakower. The medical section is blanked out.NYC Municipal Archives, historical vital records

10. The Rakowers & Kerszenbaums of Maków

Confirmed Maków, 1911, death act 62: Malka Mindla Rykower, widow, 67, daughter of Boruch and Tauba Kerszenbaum.Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie, fond 643 (metryki.genealodzy.pl)
Confirmed Maków, 1911, death act 30: Josek Gersz Kerszenbaum, 78, son of Boruch and Tauba.Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie, fond 643 (metryki.genealodzy.pl)
Confirmed Warsaw district V marriages 1894, entry 228: Chaim-Boruch Rakower, son of Nachman-Lejb and Malka-Mindla, of Maków.Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie, fond 200 (szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl)
Possible Warsaw district IV deaths 1878, entry 609: a Nachman Lejb Rakower of Maków, son of Abram and Ita, leaving a widow Fejga.Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie, fond 200 (szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl)

11. Goworowo roots

Confirmed Ostrów Mazowiecka Jewish marriages 1846, act 29: Mendel Szron, 21, a tanner born in Czerwin, son of “Chaim Julkowicz and Judyta Jakubówna”, labourers of Goworowo, marries Chana Szylc of Jelonki. The record is read in the original; any link to Morris is only possible.Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie, Oddział w Pułtusku, fond 94 (metryki.genealodzy.pl)
Confirmed Ostrów Mazowiecka Jewish marriages 1851, act 23: Chana Szrom, 18, born in Czerwin, daughter of “Chaim Jakubowicz and Judyta Julkówna”, labourers of Goworowo, marries Szymcha Czarka of Ostrów. Any link to Morris is only possible.Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie, Oddział w Pułtusku, fond 94 (metryki.genealodzy.pl)

Left out on purpose: census pages that show the ages of living family members (the 1950 Bald household and the 1940 Schron household; the 1940 Bald household is cropped to Isidore and Bella’s lines), and one death certificate that is not shown here.