SCHEINER, Toni Esther
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1. SCHEINER, Toni Esther was born on 19 May 1930 in Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, NY (daughter of SCHEINER, Frank Samuel and SHEINAUS, Elizabeth); died about 1997 in North Carolina.
Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Photographer & romance novelist
Notes:
Middle name named for Esther Sheinaus
Toni married HANDY, Rollo Leroy Kispert about 1955 in Great Barrington, Mass.. Rollo was born on 20 Feb 1927 in Kenyon, Minnesota; died on 14 Dec 2021 in North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
2. SCHEINER, Frank Samuel was born on 17 Jul 1898 in Clinton St., Manhattan, New York City, USA (son of SCHEINER, Reb Solomon "Sholem" and POLLAKOFF, Kayla); died in Aug 1978 in Sunnyside Queens, NY.
Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Labor lawyer for United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers
- Occupation: labor lawyer (was an “advertiser” when he got married)
- Residence: Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
- Residence: 1910, Manhattan Ward 17, New York, New York
- Residence: 1940, 3919 45th St. Queens NY
- Residence: 1940, 3919 45th St. Queens, NY
- Public activity: Nov 1950, Ran for NY Atty General, Labor Party (Unsuccessfull)
Notes:
Well-known labor attorney. Mild-mannered and smart.
Was both 1st cousin and uncle to Ruth Sheinaus Asimov. The son of her mother's older half sister, Frank married Ruth's aunt.
Ran for NY State Attorney General, American Labor Party, 1950; didn't win.
As a child, Frank Scheiner was given medicine accidently that affected his vocal cords and caused him to speak in a raspy voice for the rest of his life.Frank married SHEINAUS, Elizabeth on 24 Dec 1921 in 1019 Bushwick Ave. Brooklyn, NY. Elizabeth (daughter of SHEINAUS, Abraham and OREL, Frima (Little Bubbe) (Fannie)) was born on 16 Aug 1901 in Elizabeth, New Jersey; died about 1980 in Sunnyside, Queens, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. SHEINAUS, Elizabeth was born on 16 Aug 1901 in Elizabeth, New Jersey (daughter of SHEINAUS, Abraham and OREL, Frima (Little Bubbe) (Fannie)); died about 1980 in Sunnyside, Queens, NY.
Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1940, 3919 45th St. NY
Notes:
Liz was an air-raid warden during WW II, according to Bill Wolf, next-door neighbor and family friend. During black-outs, Liz made sure that everyone's lights were turned out. She'd patrol the neighborhood to make sure the blackout was complete. Had a white helmet. Bill's parents were friends.
Notes:
Married:
Marriage performed by Rev. Solomon Scheiner, witnessed by Henry Lerner and Benny Scheiner andChildren:
- 1. SCHEINER, Toni Esther was born on 19 May 1930 in Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, NY; died about 1997 in North Carolina.
- SCHEINER, Peter
Generation: 3
4. SCHEINER, Reb Solomon "Sholem" was born in 1865 in Kishinev, Moldava, Bessarabia (son of SCHEINER, Chaim (Hyman) and UNKNOWN, Sabina); died on 11 Sep 1945 in Kings County Hospital; was buried in Acacia Cemetery, NY.
Other Events and Attributes:
- Place of Employment: Rabbi
- Occupation: School Principal
- Occupation: Rabbi
- Religion: Jewish
- Cause of Death: Arteriosclerosis, bronchopneumonia
- Arrival: 1893
- Immigration: 1894, Russia to New York
- Residence: 1910, Manhattan Ward 17, New York, New York
- Residence: 1910, Manhattan Ward 17, New York, New York
- Residence: 1910, Manhattan Ward 17, New York, New York
- Residence: 1930, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
Solomon married POLLAKOFF, Kayla about 1886 in Russia. Kayla (daughter of POLIANKOVSKY, Moishe Hersh and RASHKOFF, Wife) was born in 1865 in Oriv, Ukraine, near Odessa; died on 6 Aug 1945 in New York City, New York; was buried in Acacia Cemetery, Queens, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. POLLAKOFF, Kayla was born in 1865 in Oriv, Ukraine, near Odessa (daughter of POLIANKOVSKY, Moishe Hersh and RASHKOFF, Wife); died on 6 Aug 1945 in New York City, New York; was buried in Acacia Cemetery, Queens, NY.
Other Events and Attributes:
- Cause of Death: cerebral hemorrage, as a result of arteriosclerosis beginning in 1935.
- Arrival: 1893
- Immigration: 1894, Ukraine to New York
- Residence: 1910, Manhattan Ward 17, New York, New York
- Residence: 1915, 68 St. Marks Pl. Manhattan
- Residence: 1930, 31 Madison St. Apt. 57 Brooklyn, Kings, New York
Notes:
Tante Kayla.
Birth:
was 81 at death, says death certificate
Died:
cerebral hemorrageChildren:
- SCHEINER, Fanny was born about 1887 in Russia; died on 8 May 1903 in New York.
- SCHEINER, Jacob Michael was born in 1890 in Kishinev, Bessarabia; died on 9 Mar 1935.
- SCHEINER, Dr. Benjamin Emanuel was born on 20 Jul 1893 in Kishinev, Russia; died in Jan 1978 in Pleasantville, Westchester, New York, United States of America; was buried in Acacia Cemetery, Queens NY.
- 2. SCHEINER, Frank Samuel was born on 17 Jul 1898 in Clinton St., Manhattan, New York City, USA; died in Aug 1978 in Sunnyside Queens, NY.
6. SHEINAUS, Abraham was born about 1860 in Romania (Kishinev, Moldava) (son of SCHINDER, Israel Alte and UNKNOWN, Rosa); died on 23 Mar 1957 in New York; was buried in Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY.
Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Electrical engineer. Worked w/ Thomas Edison
- Occupation: Portrait artist. Same source lists him as a manufacturer whose business is at 49 Essex St., NY in 1897
- Residence: 451 Van Buren P, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
- Birth: 1867, Kishinev, Russia
- Arrival: 18 Aug 1891
- Arrival: 1893
- Arrival: 1894
- Immigration: 1896
- Occupation: 1897, Portrait artist
- Naturalization: 3 Mar 1897
- Naturalization: 3 Mar 1897, Supreme Court, NYC
- Occupation: 1900, "Factory Head" in Hartford, CT
- Residence: 1900, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
- Residence: 1910, 194 Audobon Ave. #78 Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York
- Residence: 1910, 506 W. 179th St. 12-Wd Manhattan, New York, New York
- Residence: 1920, 481 Van Buren St. apt. 78. Brooklyn Assembly District 6, Kings, New York
- Residence: 1930, 1330 Eastern Parkway #408 Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Arrival: 31 Mar 1936, New York, New York, New York
Notes:
When he arrived in the United States -- through Castle Garden, not Ellis Island, he told his grandson, Pete Scheiner -- he recalled walking across a bridge into Manhattan "and didn't know what the hell he was doing."
In the 1940s, Abraham wrote his memories of meeting his wife, Fannie Orel (Little Bubbe). He also published a series of paperback pamphlets called "Hodge Podge," filled with useful advice, like Poor Richard's Almanac.
He was an inventor, an artist, and electrical engineer. He worked with Thomas Edison, who is said to have given Abraham a gold watch when he retired (although Edison, born in 1847, was older).
Abraham invented a car battery.
In addition to painting, Abraham carved beautiful walking sticks, the best of which were stolen from the nursing home where is son, Louis, lived in the late 1970s.
His granddaughter, Ruth Sheinaus Asimov, said that when Abraham arrived in the US, "he opened a little art store doing portraits...eventually he sent for his family. I don't know the chronology, but eventually, I know he gave up the art store and worked on electic automobiles in Hartford, where my father went to elementary school. (Either the "Brown School" on Darling street, or the "Darling School" on Brown St.) Abraham's collaborator was Mr. Landau," after whom a style of car was named.
Also from Ruth:
"They also lived in Elizabeth, NJ, where Lizzie was born, and Washington Heights where Rosie
was born. (Liz was the youngest.) Abraham worked for the Edison company, had
met Thomas Edison on a number of occasions, and became foreman of the battery
department. He invented some kind of storage battery that they used there. When he
retired, he got either a gold medal or a gold watch, neither of which are
around."
"After he retired, he and his wife, Fannie took a trip back to Kishinev. (1936) They traveled to Europe on the Ile de France, via Rome. I still have the bracelet they brought me from Rome."
Where did the name Sheinaus come from? Ruth says that Abraham made it up. He was originally "Schinder," and changed his name apparently to avoid being conscripted into the Russian Army. By taking the name Sheinaus, he could pretend to be a family's only son, and the Russian Army was thought not to take only sons.
CENSUS ADDRESSES:
1920: 481 Van Buren St. Brooklyn. With Fannie, Esther Sheinaus Lerner, Henry Lerner, Louis Sheinaus (sp Schanaus), Nettie Pollakoff Sheinaus (sp Schnaus) Rose Sheinaus Karshmer (sp Kosmer), Louis Karshmer (sp Kosmer)
1925: 481 Van Buren St. Booklyn. With Fannie and Elizabeth
1930: 1330 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn. With Fannie.
Arrival:
But his wife and family arrived July 24, 1893
Immigration:
But his wife and family arrived July 24, 1893Abraham married OREL, Frima (Little Bubbe) (Fannie) on 26 Aug 1884 in Russia. Frima (daughter of OREL, Saul and ADLER, Rose) was born in 1867 in Tiraspol, Russia; died on 15 Aug 1949 in Jewish Sanitarium & Hospital for Chronic Diseases, Brooklyn, NY; was buried in Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn, N. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. OREL, Frima (Little Bubbe) (Fannie) was born in 1867 in Tiraspol, Russia (daughter of OREL, Saul and ADLER, Rose); died on 15 Aug 1949 in Jewish Sanitarium & Hospital for Chronic Diseases, Brooklyn, NY; was buried in Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.
Other Events and Attributes:
- Also Known As: Fannie
- Occupation: wife and mother
- Religion: Jewish
- Arrival: 1892
- Arrival: 24 Jul 1893, New York
- Immigration: 1898
- Residence: 1900, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
- Residence: 1910, Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York
- Residence: 1930, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
- Arrival: 31 Mar 1936, New York, New York, New York
Notes:
Yiddish name was Frima. Her grandchildren called her Little Bubbie.
Two different ages for Fannie appear on her death certificate: 79 and 81. Of course, this was filled out by husband Abraham Sheinaus, who has since proven how little appreciation he had for consistent and realistic dates.
Let's assume that Abraham was born around 1860 (which would make his age at death 97).
If Fannie were 81, she would have been born around 1868.
If Fannie were 79, she would have been born around 1870.
The passenger list of the Anchoria on which she immigrated with her mom, Rose Adler Orel, and daughter “Ester,” 7, and son “Pinkas” (Louis/Foff), 1 month, arrived July 24, 1893 and lists her as 26 years old — meaning she was born around 1867.
Arrival:
Arrived on the Anchoria with her mom, Esther and ‘Pinkas’ (Louis/Foff)Children:
- SHEINAUS, Esther was born in Jul 1887 in Russia; died on 22 Nov 1972 in Miami, Florida, USA.
- SHEINAUS, Louis (Foff) Pinkas was born on 11 May 1892 in Russia (Kishinev, Moldava), then Roumania; died in Oct 1979 in Larchmont, NY.
- SHEINAUS, Rose was born on 16 Dec 1895 in New York; died on 27 Jul 1987 in Los Angeles, California.
- 3. SHEINAUS, Elizabeth was born on 16 Aug 1901 in Elizabeth, New Jersey; died about 1980 in Sunnyside, Queens, NY.
Generation: 4
8. SCHEINER, Chaim (Hyman) Other Events and Attributes:
- EARL: Y
Notes:
The Scheiners and Schinder/Sheinauses were friends in Kishinev. One of the elder Scheiners referenced in Abraham Sheinaus’ written recollections was “Mr. Chaim Scheiner.” I’ve added him as the father of Solomon/Sholom Scheiner because it’s a likely guess — but it is a guess.
Chaim married UNKNOWN, Sabina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. UNKNOWN, Sabina Other Events and Attributes:
- EARL: Y
Children:
- 4. SCHEINER, Reb Solomon "Sholem" was born in 1865 in Kishinev, Moldava, Bessarabia; died on 11 Sep 1945 in Kings County Hospital; was buried in Acacia Cemetery, NY.
10. POLIANKOVSKY, Moishe Hersh was born about 1845 in Russia (near Odessa? Oriv?) (son of POLIANKOVSKY, Husband and UNKNOWN, Wife); died about 1905 in Russia (near Odessa?).
Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Miller
- Occupation: took care of the shul
Notes:
Moishe Hersh did not immigrate to the U.S., though his wife, Esther ("Big Bubbe") and children did come to the US.
His granddaughter, Marcelle Pollakoff London, said that he wanted to come but he was barred from receiving a visa because of cataracts. So, apparently, Esther came only after he died.
His grandson, Harold Maurice Sheinaus, was named for Moishe Hersh.Moishe married RASHKOFF, Wife. Wife was born about 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. RASHKOFF, Wife was born about 1840. Children:
- 5. POLLAKOFF, Kayla was born in 1865 in Oriv, Ukraine, near Odessa; died on 6 Aug 1945 in New York City, New York; was buried in Acacia Cemetery, Queens, NY.
- UNNAMED
12. SCHINDER, Israel Alte was born about 1840 in Kishinev, Moldava. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: ? 1870, Pryluky, Ukraine
Notes:
"Alte" means "father." His son, Abraham, changed his name to Sheinaus after arriving in the U.S.
Residence:
He built a nice house there. Not clear how long he kept it.Israel married UNKNOWN, Rosa about 1855 in Kishinev, Moldava. Rosa was born about 1840 in Kishinev, Moldava. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. UNKNOWN, Rosa was born about 1840 in Kishinev, Moldava. Notes:
Birth:
Though it's not known when Rosa was born, her younger child, Faiga, was born about 1880, according to the 1940 federal census. Her son, Abraham, was born sometime between 1857 and 1870, depending on which document he filled out. So a guess of 1840 for their mother's birth seems possible.Children:
- SCHINDER, Issachar was born about 1856 in Russia.
- SCHINDER, Paya was born about 1858 in Russia.
- 6. SHEINAUS, Abraham was born about 1860 in Romania (Kishinev, Moldava); died on 23 Mar 1957 in New York; was buried in Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY.
- SCHINDER (SHEINAUS), "Mima" Fayga was born about 1880 in Russia.
14. OREL, Saul was born about 1830 in Grigaropel, state of Cherson (40 vierst from Tiraspol) [Tiraspol: 2nd largest city in Moldova] (son of OREL, Husband); died before Jul 1893. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: a “cohen” / “priest”
- Occupation: Abt 1850, worked in a liquor store in the German colony, Glikstall, in Russia (Moldova?)
Notes:
Here is an entry from Saul's son-in-law Abraham Sheinaus' memoir:
"Mr. S. Cohen, my present uncle by marriage, did not miss a day inquiring whether I was released from the engagment, and to me he said plainly that he would do everything possible under the sun to get me in into his family circle.
"As soon as he found that I am released, it came to pass that with a political maneuver he attained his goal, by a prearrangement. He wrote to his brother in law Mr. Saul Orel who resided in Grigaropel, state of Cherson (40 vierst from Tiraspol) [Tiraspol: 2nd largest city in Moldova] that he proposed to my father to meet Mr. S. Orel with his daugther Frime ñ in Tiraspol, and my [father?] accepted the proposition, therefore at a moment's notice they shall leave for Tiraspol and immediately send a telegram to him stating their arrival as per arrangement."
"Their answer was: Being the girl is nice and her father a lernd and a witty man, both of them made a good impression on them and if the cash dowery was not high enough, it will be counter balanced by the obligation of Mr. Orel to give to the married couple unlimited support (Eibige Kest), and I will be the sole manager of his established wholesale and retail licquor buisiness, aside from his eight thousant ruble, outstanding among the inhabitants of the German colony, Glikstall, because all his children are married and the girl is the only child living with her parents.*
Died:
Wife Rosa immigrated w/o him.Saul married ADLER, Rose about 1855 in Russia. Rose (daughter of COHEN, Husband) was born in 1843 in Romania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. ADLER, Rose was born in 1843 in Romania (daughter of COHEN, Husband). Other Events and Attributes:
- Immigration: 24 Jul 1893, New York City, NY USA
Notes:
Immigration:
Arrived on the Anchoria with her daughter Frima and grandkids Esther and ‘Pinkas’ (Louis/Foff)Children:
- OREL, Faege was born about 1854 in Russia; died on 15 Mar 1927 in Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY.
- 7. OREL, Frima (Little Bubbe) (Fannie) was born in 1867 in Tiraspol, Russia; died on 15 Aug 1949 in Jewish Sanitarium & Hospital for Chronic Diseases, Brooklyn, NY; was buried in Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.
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