BERMAN, Joseph

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Factory knitter in 1920
• Occupation: Gas station operator in1930
• Occupation: Ladies cloth operator in 1940 at L.C. Shifreen Co., 106 Knickerbocker Ave. Brooklyn, NY
• Immigration: Between 1895 and 1900
• Immigration: 1904
• Residence: 1930, Connecticut
• Residence: 1940, 638 Willoughby Ave. Brooklyn, NY

Notes:

In 1920, Joseph Berman wrote a letter to the rabbi of Petrovichi, asking what had happened to his sister, Anna Berman. This led to a correspondence between Joseph and his younger half-sister, Anna, and her husband, Judah Asimov. Joseph invited his sister and brother-in-law to the US, and helped them settle in NY when they first arrived.

Joseph married SCHIFRAN, Pauline about 1900. Pauline was born about 1891. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BERMAN, Martin Leon was born on 30 Jul 1923 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA; died on 3 Aug 1942 in 638 Willoughby Ave. Brooklyn, NY; was buried on 3 Aug 1942.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: “A great Talmudic scholar among many great scholars that our hometown had.”
• Occupation: Had a business catering to peasants from surrounding villages
• Religion: Jewish

Notes:

Isaac Berman, loved his children very much, according to the recollections of his son-in-law, Judah (Jack) Asimov, 1896-1969, who named his first child after Isaac Berman.
Isaac Berman was a great Talmudic scholar, and Petrovichi residents spoke of him reverently. In an argument, for example, if someone remembered that Reb Isaac Berman had explained the point this way or that, the argument would come to an end -- and this in a town filled with great scholars.

Judah writes that with his first wife, Isaac Berman had "some sons and a daughter, from which I knew two: David and Uncle Joseph. I have heard about another son, Mordechai."

He refers to Anna Berman as the "little sister" of Mordechai. Anna Berman was the daughter of Isaac and his second wife, Tamara. Judah writes that Anna had "three brothers all younger than her."

Judah writes that Joseph Berman left Petrovichi when his younger half sister, Anna, was a baby. Isaac Berman, who apparently died in his 50s, had 8 children, possibly in this order: Unknown daughter, Mordechai, Joseph, David, Anna, Girsh, Natan, unknown son.

Isaac married UNKNOWN, Wife about 1874. Wife was born about 1850 in Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Husband married UNKNOWN, WifeRussia. Wife was born in Russia; died in Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]