SHEINAUS, Ruth Evelyn

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• Physical Description: Height: 5'9'' Weight: 1 Eye Clr: brown Hair Clr: brown and straight
• Education: PS 118 (grades 1-8 on 109th Ave, Hollis);
• Education: Almost 4 years at Queens College, Flushing, NY
• Education: BA in fine art, ceramics concentration, Hofstra University, (1980?)
• Occupation: Mother
• Residence: 190-20 111th Ave. Hollis, Queens, NY
• Cause of Death: Pneumonia
• Occupation: 1942, Draftsman with the Signal Corp., Eatontown, NJ

Notes:

Talented artist--inherited this gift from her father, Louis (Foff), and her grandfather, Abraham.
enjoyed making pottery on a wheel, painting and sculpting.

At PS 118, where Ruth attended school from grades 1-8 from (about 1928 to about 1936), she and her brother, Harold, and other children planted the trees behind the school on 109th Ave. In 2004, they were still there.

"The earliest movie I went to was King Kong. I remember covering my eyes, I was so scared. I was maybe 6 or 7 years old. I went with my (older) brother (Harold)."

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84835476/ruth-sheinaus-poem-age-8/

Residence:
Where Ruth Sheinaus lived from 1925 or '26 until about 1941.

Ruth married SALZ, Norman (Buddy) on 25 Dec 1941 in NY, and was divorced in 1951. Norman (son of SALZ, Simon and SPIEGELMAN, Eva) was born on 14 Mar 1920; died on 13 May 1976. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. ASIMOV, Daniel Alan

Ruth married ASIMOV, Stanley on 26 Nov 1955 in NY. Stanley (son of ASIMOV, Judah and BERMAN, Anna (Hana) Rachel) was born on 25 Jul 1929 in 501 New Lots Ave. Brooklyn, NY; died on 16 Aug 1995 in Mt. Sinai Hospital, Manhattan, NY; was cremated in 1995 in NYC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriage
Date: 26 NOV 1955
Place: St. Albans Jewish Center, Queens, NY

1. ASIMOV, Eric Donald
2. ASIMOV, Nanette Joan
3. ASIMOV, Daniel Alan

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Pharmacist. Owned Gardens Pharmacy, 109-18 Farmers Blvd, corner Liberty Ave., Hollis, Queens, NY
• Occupation: Pharmacist
• Religion: Jewish
• Birth: Jun 1893
• Arrival: 24 Jul 1893
• Arrival: 1906
• Residence: 1920, Brooklyn Assembly District 18, Kings, New York
• Residence: 1930, 190-20 111th Ave. Queens, New York
• Residence: 1940, 190-20 111th Ave. Queens, NY

Notes:

Talented artist and painter--inherited gift from his father, Abraham.

Owned the Garden Pharmacy in Hollis, Queens, NY from 1926 to 1957

From Ruth Sheinaus Asimov: "Of the three girls and one boy that Fanny and Abe had, only Louis, my
father, went to college, although the women married a doctor (Esther), a
dentist (Rosie) and a lawyer (Lizzie). My father took a pharmacy degree at
Columbia (they no longer have a college of pharmacy) and a pharm.d. degree at
some New Jersey college which I don't know. Abe's family knew the Scheiner
family in Europe, and when they came here, they lived near each other. (My mother,
Nettie, was a part of the Scheiner clan, 'tho her last name was Pollakoff."

Louis was known as "Foff" because when his daughter, Ruth, was little, she pronounced the word "father" as "foff.''

Louis married POLLAKOFF, Annette (Nettie) C. on 21 Mar 1917 in 68 St. Marks Pl. Manhattan. Annette (daughter of POLIANKOVSKY, Moishe Hersh and SPRINGBERG, Esther (Big Bubbe)) was born on 26 May 1892 in Oriv, near Odessa in Ukraine; died on 6 Dec 1955 in Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Color/Complexion: “Sallow”
• Hair color: “Reddish”
• Height: 5’4”
• Occupation: Milliner
• Birth: Abt 1889, Oriv, Ukraine
• Immigration: 23 Nov 1906, age 17
• Residence: 1940, 190-20 111th Ave. Queens, NY

Notes:

Nettie, who came to the US at age 14, was good at math and had wonderful, thick hair, said her daughter, Ruth. "She was a good seemstress and knitter." Back in Russia, she knitted two pairs of booties for her German Shepherd, "Tzigane," which meant Gypsy in Yiddish or Russian. The dog went out with the booties, and came back without them. "My mother never forgot that," Ruth said.

Nettie was part of the Scheiner clan "tho her last name was Pollakoff," said Ruth. Her half-sister, Kayla, married a Scheiner. And "Abe's family (Nettie's in-laws) knew the Scheiner family in Europe, and when they came here, they lived near each other."

Nettie lived on Ludlow in Manhattan when she first arrived. She worked as a hat-maker and went to high school at night, Ruth said.

From Nettie's niece, Marcelle Pollakoff London: "How we got to Pollakoff from Polliankofsky is that there was a cousin named Max Pollakoff who took (Nettie's brother) Izzy off the boat when he came to America under the name Pollakoff."

OBITUARY: Dec. 7, 1955 Newsday

Physical Description:
Height: 5'4'' Eyes: bluish gray. Hair: chestnut brown

Immigration:
“Milliner”

Died:
Cerebral hemmorage
Nettie took a lot of aspirin to treat painful arthritis. She fell into a coma during the honeymoon of her daughter, Ruth, who returned immediately with Stanley. Nettie died days later, but never woke up.

Notes:

Married:
Sholem Scheiner's home. Witnesses: Ben Scheiner & Izzy Pollakoff

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, 1893

Abraham 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]

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)

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 SPRINGBERG, Esther (Big Bubbe) about 1879 in Russia (Odessa?). Esther (daughter of SPRINGBERG, Nathan and SHEINHOUSE, Rebecca) was born in 1855 in Russia (Odessa?); died on 3 Dec 1931 in Jewish Sanitarium for Incurables; was buried on 4 Dec 1931 in Acacia Cemetery, Queens, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Cause of Death: Chronic myocarditis
• Immigration: 23 Nov 1906, NY
• Census: 1915, https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/10975556:2703?tid=&pid=&queryId=5265bb3e634f2dc6ea0f9784425ca534&_phsrc=zTw71&_phstart=successSource

Notes:

Her grandchildren called her Big Bubbe
One granddaughter, Ruth Sheinaus Asimov, said Big Bubbie was "loving, caring."
Discrepancy:
Esther's grave states that she was 76 at death;
her death certificate says that she was 65 and born in 1866.

Birth:
1915 Census says Esther was 59 on 6.1.1915

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]

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.

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]

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)

Other Events and Attributes:

• EARL: Y

Husband married UNKNOWN, Wife. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• EARL: Y

Nathan married SHEINHOUSE, Rebecca. Rebecca was born about 1830 in Russia; died in Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]