ASIMOV, Nanette Joan

ASIMOV, Nanette Joan



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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  ASIMOV, Nanette JoanASIMOV, Nanette Joan

    Nanette married SPINDOLA, Julio [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Nanette married BYRNE, Hugh Drennan [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  ASIMOV, StanleyASIMOV, Stanley was born on 25 Jul 1929 in 501 New Lots Ave. Brooklyn, NY (son of ASIMOV, Judah and BERMAN, Anna (Hana) Rachel); died on 16 Aug 1995 in Mt. Sinai Hospital, Manhattan, NY; was cremated in 1995 in NYC.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Physical Description: Height: 5'9'' Eye Clr: hazel Hair Clr: bald Blood Type: B+
    • Occupation: Newspaperman, Newsday
    • Occupation: Vice President, editorial, Newsday
    • Residence: 1940, 103 10th Ave. Brooklyn, NY

    Stanley married SHEINAUS, Ruth Evelyn on 26 Nov 1955 in NY. Ruth (daughter of SHEINAUS, Louis (Foff) Pinkas and POLLAKOFF, Annette (Nettie) C.) was born on 31 Jul 1922 in 938 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY; died on 18 Feb 2018 in New York (Manhattan), New York City-Greater, New York, United States; was cremated in 2018 in NYC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  SHEINAUS, Ruth EvelynSHEINAUS, Ruth Evelyn was born on 31 Jul 1922 in 938 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY (daughter of SHEINAUS, Louis (Foff) Pinkas and POLLAKOFF, Annette (Nettie) C.); died on 18 Feb 2018 in New York (Manhattan), New York City-Greater, New York, United States; was cremated in 2018 in NYC.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 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.

    Notes:

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

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


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  ASIMOV, JudahASIMOV, Judah was born on 21 Dec 1896 in Petrovichi, Russia, 53.58 deg N lat; 32.10 E long. (son of ASIMOV, Aaron Menachem and LEIKIN, Hanna); died on 4 Aug 1969 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA; was buried in Mt. Golda Cemetery, Huntington, Long Island.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As: Jack
    • Education: Started school at age 5, Petrovichi, Russia
    • Occupation: Owned, operated candy stores at or near each home address.
    • Occupation: Candy store owner, Brooklyn, NY
    • Occupation: Dealer in rye, oats, barley, buckwheat in Petrovichi, Russia. The family mill was 2,450 square feet. Made kasha from buckwheat
    • Immigration: 13 Feb 1923, NY, USA
    • Naturalization: 6 Sep 1928, District Court, Brooklyn, NY

    Notes:

    The Asimovs were leading citizens in Petrovichi, socially & economically. There, Judah set up a co-operative organization for buying and distributing food, which he ran for 5 years.

    He helped organize a library in the town, and he and his wife, Anna Berman Asimov, took up amateur theatre. She was apparently a good actress.

    He also brought the first real doctor to Petrovichi in 1915, named Dr. Gugel. There had been no doctor in Petrovichi at the time -- only a registered nurse called a "feldsher."

    Judah's Grandfather Mendel loved him very much. Judah was his first-born grandchild. (There had been a girl born earlier, who died in infancy.) Mendel used to hold Judah in shul, and Judah felt that Mendel would have given his life for him.

    Judah was one of eight children, though two died in infancy: a girl in 1894, and a boy in who died at 6 months in 1904.

    Judah was born about a block away from Anna Rachel Berman. (See notes in their wedding section.)

    Judah and Anna left Petrovitchi for Moscow on Dec. 24, 1922, by a hired horse and buggy. They traveled to the Pochinok Station with their 2-year-old son, Isaac, and their nearly 6-month-old daughter, Marcia, who had a bad cough. The family went to Liverpool and boarded the USS Baltic, which landed at Ellis Island in Feb. 1923.

    Judah's recollections, written in 1969, say they arrived on Feb 3 1923 and were allowed to leave the ship on Feb 7. The electronic record of the ship's manifest (ellisisland.org) (https://tinyurl.com/35tsy2sn) erroneously says they arrived on Feb. 13, 1923. But the record itself has a Feb. 3 date. Judah said it took them four days to leave the ship, so they set foot in NY for the first time on Feb. 7, 1923.

    The Baltic's manifest lists the family from "Petrowitschi" as follows: Juda, Hana Rochel, Aisik & Manis Asimy. https://tinyurl.com/35tsy2sn

    As for the ship:
    BALTIC 1903
    The BALTIC was a 23,876 gross ton ship built in 1903 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for the White Star Line. Her details were - length 709.2ft x beam 75.6ft, two funnels, four masts, twin screw and a speed of 17 knots. There was accommodation for 425-1st, 450-2nd and 2,000-3rd class passengers. Launched on 21st Nov.1903, she sailed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to New York on 29th Jun.1904. In 1909 she rescued survivors of the collision between the REPUBLIC and the FLORIDA off the US coast, in which the REPUBLIC sank. On 12th Dec.1918 she commenced her first voyage after the Armistice, from Liverpool to New York and in 1927 her accommodation was altered to carry 393-cabin class, 339-tourist class and 1,150-3rd class passengers. On 17th Sep.1932 she commenced her last voyage from Liverpool to New York and Liverpool and on 17th Feb.1933 sailed for Osaka, Japan where she was scrapped. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.763]

    In "In Memory Yet Green," Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) writes of Judah: "When I was young, my father, who loved to tell me stories and parables designed to improve my mind and spirit, would occasionally expound on a biblical verse. (He knew the Bible by heart -- for he was a very very great scholar, too, in the shtetl sense--but in Hebrew, of course.) He would recite the verse in Hebrew, then translate it into English--or Yiddish, if he couldn't think of an English word..."


    1st apt: 425 Van Siclen Ave., Brooklyn betw Sutter & Black
    1925: 434 Miller Ave., corner Sutter
    1926, 1st candy store: 751 Sutter Ave. between Miller and Bradford
    Dec. 1928, Apt: 651 Essex Street, above the second candy store, corner New Lots Ave.
    1933: Church Ave candy store for about 1 month
    1933: Apt: 1312 Decatur St, with candy store
    Dec. 1936: 4th candy store: 174 Windsor Pl, between Fuller Place and 10th Avenue
    Apt: 192 Windsor Pl.

    Immigration:
    Ship: Baltic

    Buried:
    JPG, Genealogy/Reunion/headstones/Asimov Headstone.jpg, Anna Berman and Judah Asimov Headstone, HEADSTONE

    Judah married BERMAN, Anna (Hana) Rachel in Jun 1918 in Petrovichi, Russia. Anna (daughter of BERMAN, Isaac and UNKNOWN, Tamara) was born on 5 Sep 1895 in Petrovichi, Russia; died on 6 Aug 1973 in Ila Hotel, Long Beach, NY, USA; was buried in Mt. Golda Cemetery, Huntington, Long Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  BERMAN, Anna (Hana) RachelBERMAN, Anna (Hana) Rachel was born on 5 Sep 1895 in Petrovichi, Russia (daughter of BERMAN, Isaac and UNKNOWN, Tamara); died on 6 Aug 1973 in Ila Hotel, Long Beach, NY, USA; was buried in Mt. Golda Cemetery, Huntington, Long Island.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Height: 4'10"
    • Occupation: owned candy stores
    • Immigration: 3 Feb 1923, NY, USA
    • Residence: 1938, 1624 10th Ave., Brooklyn, NY
    • Naturalization: 5 Jul 1938, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA

    Notes:

    Anna Berman Asimov proved to be a talented actress, according to the written recollections of her husband, Judah (Jack) Asimov.

    In 1917, Judah wrote, "For the first show, they selected a play by the name of ìFamily Zvi,î by [the well-known Yiddish playright] David Pinsky. ... We played as amateurs in more than 10 plays, and we were so good that people used to come from the surrounding villages and towns to see us play. Mamma [Anna Berman Asimov] even played in Jacob Gordonís play (ìCHASIE DI YETOMEî) while she was in her seventh month with a baby that we later named Isaac. And nobody could have told that she was pregnant
    at that time.

    [Note: Jacob Gordon ñ also spelled Gordin -- (1853-1909), was regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the Yiddish American theater, circa 1895 in NY. His most successful play was ìThe Jewish King Lear,î about a pious immigrant father abused by his heartless American-born daughters. He also wrote ì Mirele Efrosî (1898), known as The Jewish Queen Lear, and ìGod, Man and Devilî (1900), based on the story of Faust.]

    "Mamma learned her lines easily, and she did not depend on the box man who used to read in a low voice so that the players did not make mistakes. For some, it was no help at all. But Mamma did not need anybodyís help. She learned the lines and did not make any mistakes because she used to live the life of Pesenue, the pious wife of Hershele Dubrovner in ìGot, Mentsh un Teiflî [ìGod, Man and Devilî]. I am reminded now that she was the best. She never imitated anything, and when it came to laughter she was always first. She used to inspire the whole crowd."

    [Note: The play ìGot, Mentch un Teiflî ìexplores whether or not a good and pious man will be corrupted by money. Satan makes a wager with God that he can tempt Hershele Dubrovneróa poor, religious Torah scribeóby handing him a lottery ticket which will win a fortune. Satan then disguises himself and becomes Hersheleís business partner, advising Hershele to open a tallis [prayer shawl] factory and hire the community men to work for a pittance. The disguised Satan also tells Hershele to divorce his barren wife of 22 years [Pesenue] and marry the young and beautiful niece that Hershele and his wife had raised. Hershele follows all of the advice he is givenóand in the process destroys his family, his friendships, and any spiritual values he once had. He learns that life holds no remedies for the damage he has caused.î And the story ends tragically.î]

    Anna was born just one block away from Judah, on an opposite corner. In his written recollections, Judah also writes that Anna's mother was the second wife of Anna's father, Isaac Berman. Isaac had "some sons and a daughter, from which I knew two David and Uncle Joseph. I have heard about another son, Mordechai."

    Judah also writes, Anna had "three brothers all younger than her." He refers to Anna as the "little sister" of Mordechai.

    He says that her older brother, Joseph, had left Petrovichi when Ann was a baby.

    The manifest of the Baltic (arriving from Liverpool) lists the family as follows: Juda, Hana Rochel, Aisik & Manis Asimy. It says they are from Petrowitschi.
    https://tinyurl.com/35tsy2sn (Baltic’s passenger list)
    Arrived on Feb. 3, 1923, and, according to Judah’s written memories, it took them four days to get off the ship. They entered NY on Feb. 7, 1923. (I am writing this on Feb. 7, 2023. (!) )

    Here's a bit about the ship:
    BALTIC 1903
    The BALTIC was a 23,876 gross ton ship built in 1903 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for the White Star Line. Her details were - length 709.2ft x beam 75.6ft, two funnels, four masts, twin screw and a speed of 17 knots. There was accommodation for 425-1st, 450-2nd and 2,000-3rd class passengers. Launched on 21st Nov.1903, she sailed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to New York on 29th Jun.1904. In 1909 she rescued survivors of the collision between the REPUBLIC and the FLORIDA off the US coast, in which the REPUBLIC sank. On 12th Dec.1918 she commenced her first voyage after the Armistice, from Liverpool to New York and in 1927 her accommodation was altered to carry 393-cabin class, 339-tourist class and 1,150-3rd class passengers. On 17th Sep.1932 she commenced her last voyage from Liverpool to New York and Liverpool and on 17th Feb.1933 sailed for Osaka, Japan where she was scrapped. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.763]


    1st apt: 425 Van Siclen Ave., Brooklyn betw Sutter & Black
    1925: 434 Miller Ave., corner Sutter
    1926, 1st candy store: 751 Sutter Ave. between Miller and Bradford
    Dec. 1928, Apt: 651 Essex Street, above the second candy store, corner New Lots Ave.
    1933: Church Ave candy store for about 1 month
    1933: Apt: 1312 Decatur St, with candy store
    Dec. 1936: 4th candy store: 174 Windsor Pl, between Fuller Place and 10th Avenue
    Apt: 192 Windsor Pl.

    Immigration:
    The Baltic https://tinyurl.com/35tsy2sn

    Buried:
    JPG, Genealogy/Reunion/headstones/Asimov Headstone.jpg, Anna Berman and Judah Asimov Headstone, HEADSTONE

    Notes:

    From Judah's recollections, written in 1969:

    "I was very young when I started to like to talk to her (Anna), but she used to dress up and go away with or to girl friends, giving me the impression that she doesn't care for me, until a little over 50 years ago we got married.

    "That was right after the Communist revolution. But regardless, we had a truly Jewish wedding, where the whole town's people Jew and Gentile came to the front of the shul where our wedding took place under the open sky."

    Judah's niece, Serafima Asimova, later wrote an email to her cousins in the United States dispelling a rumor in Petrovichi that Judah and Anna left for the U.S. because the Bermans and Asimovs were not happy about the marriage. (Note: Serafima refers to Anna as Hanna, and to Judah's mother as Hanna, as well) The rumor was "...that Judah and Hanna Berman there have left far away from my grandmother Hanna which did not like the wife of the son. It is a lie."

    She writes: "Judah - the first-born Hanna and Aaron Asimov. The grandmother of Hanna (Berman) very much liked Judah. When he began to meet about Hanna Berman, the grandmother asked the son to not hurry up. He was high and beautiful, and Hanna very small. But to a place there has come a typhus and Judah was ill the Typhus. For days and nights stayed about his bed of Hanna Berman and heart of the grandmother at a kind of such love and fidelity has trembled and she has recognized to Hanna and was glad to their marriage."

    Children:
    1. ASIMOV, Isaac was born on 2 Jan 1920 in Petrovichi, Russian SFSR, 10 miles East of Belorussian SSR border (near Smolensk); died in 1992.
    2. ASIMOV, Marcia was born on 17 Jun 1922 in Petrovichi, Russia, Soviet Union; died on 2 Apr 2011 in Plainview, Long Island, NY.
    3. 2. ASIMOV, Stanley 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.

  3. 6.  SHEINAUS, Louis (Foff) PinkasSHEINAUS, Louis (Foff) Pinkas was born on 11 May 1892 in Russia (Kishinev, Moldava), then Roumania (son of SHEINAUS, Abraham and OREL, Frima (Little Bubbe) (Fannie)); died in Oct 1979 in Larchmont, NY.

    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]


  4. 7.  POLLAKOFF, Annette (Nettie) C.POLLAKOFF, Annette (Nettie) C. was born on 26 May 1892 in Oriv, near Odessa in Ukraine (daughter of POLIANKOVSKY, Moishe Hersh and SPRINGBERG, Esther (Big Bubbe)); died on 6 Dec 1955 in Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 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

    Children:
    1. SHEINAUS, Ph.D Harold Maurice was born on 5 Sep 1918 in 1409 St. John's Place, Brooklyn; died on 20 May 2019 in Arbor Glen Senior Residence, 231 Monroe St. Bridgewater NJ; was cremated on 14 Oct 2019 in Somerset Hills Memorial Park, New Jersey.
    2. 3. SHEINAUS, Ruth Evelyn was born on 31 Jul 1922 in 938 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY; died on 18 Feb 2018 in New York (Manhattan), New York City-Greater, New York, United States; was cremated in 2018 in NYC.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  ASIMOV, Aaron MenachemASIMOV, Aaron Menachem was born about 1865 in Petrovichi, Smolensk, Russia (son of ASIMOV, Mendel and UNKNOWN, Wife); died in 1939 in Russian hospital, St. Petersburg.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Dealer in grain: rye, oats, barley, buckwheat. In the family mill they prepared it to be cooked and eaten.
    • Occupation: Dealer in raw linen:“penka,” “len,” and “poskany.” Able to sort out the linen by grade and quality.
    • Religion: Jewish
    • Residence: Petrovich, Russia

    Notes:

    In 1979, Serafima Asimova wrote to her cousin, Isaac Asimov, from Leningrad, and said that her Grandfather Aaron Asimov and Grandmother Hana Leikin Asimov had six children: Judah, Rachel, Dvosja, Boris, Ephraim and her father, Samuel.

    Judah (1896 -1969) wrote a recollection of years in Russia and said that Aaron Asimov had been a grain dealer who sold rye, oats, barley and buckwheat.

    Judah wrote that his father was a great believer in G-d.

    He wrote that Aaron did not hit his children--except once. Judah was about 18 when he and his father asked the local rabbi to rule in a business dispute between them and another man whom they believed had deceived them. When the Rabbi ruled against Aaron and Judah, Judah objected. Aaron slapped Jack, saying that the decision was the Rabbi's to make and that they would abide by it.

    Aaron was smart. When a new tax collector came to town, it was Aaron who noticed that the townspeople weren't being given receipts for the money they paid. Instead, the tax collector had them sign a paper after they paid. So Aaron asked for a receipt. The tax collector refused, so Aaron said he would neither pay nor sign.

    It turned out that the paper everyone was signing was a lease that turned over their property to the tax collector and permitted him to raise their rent at will. So Aaron and the other townspeople took the tax collector to court in a case that went up to the Russian Duma. No one knows how the judge would have decided, however, because the year was 1917, and the Russian Revolution turned everything upside down.

    Here is an excerpt from a 2006 email from Serafima Asimova, the daughter of Aaron's youngest son, Samuel, referring to the aftermath of the Russian Revolution in the 1920s:

    "By then, it is the middle of 20 years [1920s], family of grandfather Aaron have deprived with all earned, mills, have forced to go to work ( hi there were 70 years) in collective farm."

    Serafima also wrote that Aaron went to live in Leningrad with his son, Boris, in later years, and died in a hospital after an operation.

    Died:
    In an email much later, 2019, Serafima says Aron died in 1937

    Aaron married LEIKIN, Hanna about 1893 in Petrovichi, Russia. Hanna (daughter of LEIKIN, Husband and UNKNOWN, Ziva) was born about 1870 in Hislavichi near Petrovichi, Russia; died about 1936 in Petrovichi, Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  LEIKIN, Hanna was born about 1870 in Hislavichi near Petrovichi, Russia (daughter of LEIKIN, Husband and UNKNOWN, Ziva); died about 1936 in Petrovichi, Russia.

    Notes:

    In his written recollections, Hana's son, Judah "Jack" Asimov (1896-1969) writes that his mother (whom he doesn't name) was the eldest of 8, with 2 sisters and 5 brothers.

    Here is what Judah Asimov wrote:
    "The eight children were all very smart people."
    "The oldest brother was NOCHUM JACOB." (clever. grew a cucumber inside a bottle, then cut off the stem. Surprised the neighbors).
    "Another brother was SCHMEREL." (ordained to be a rabbi, but preferred to be a businessman.)
    "Another brother was ELIE." (great scholar. Had a Russian high school diploma -- a tough course of study. From 1912-14, he was a salesman for a coal mining co, and a newspaper correspondent in the city of Bachmut which has a new name now. )

    Judah writes that his mother was well versed in Jewish ritual and prayed all the time with other women who didn't know how as much as she did. She was also very generous, and known for giving more food to beggars than the typical slice of bread or half kopek. She also gave yogurt, cheese and a piece of "shave" or herring. The family also had a couple of cows.

    Judah also writes:
    "I traveled to CHISLAVITCHI. That is the town where my mother’s mother and her brother lived..."

    Irina Leikin, who is descended from Moshe Leikin (a brother of Hana?), also said the Leikins were from Hislavitchi.

    Hana's granddaughter, Serafima Asimov, the daughter of Hana's son Samuel, writes in a 2006 email that "Anna Leikin [wife of Isaac Leikin] who came, too, either from Petrovitch or from Hislavitch.”

    Serafima also wrote in that email: "My grandmother Hanna who…was very beautiful - was never photographed."

    And in a 2016 email: “She was very beautiful, blue-eyed little woman. She had never been photographed. Children of (her were) loved and treasured. Hana Leikin explains when another's people kiss and father mother - scolds - is unequally. I this know on the memories of my dad Samuel Asimov. It is necessary to somehow write everything .... Time flies very quickly ….”

    Here is what Judah wrote about his mother:

    "My Father & Mother

    To talk about my father (ZL), I must start with my mother.

    She came from a family in which her mother counted more than her father, who was a very simple man but also very honest and pious. My grandmother, his wife, lived to a great old age. I believe she passed the hundred mark. She had 8 children. My mother was the oldest, and she had two sisters and five brothers.

    They where all very smart people. For example, when the oldest of the brothers, Nochum Jacob, was about 11 years old, he made a little box and polished it and painted it. Inside, he fit a quart bottle and took it to their garden where they grew all kinds of vegetables for their use. He took a bud from a cucumber, placed it inside the bottle, and watched it grow. When he decided it was big enough, he cut the stem off, leaving that cucumber inside the bottle. He then filled it with preserves to make it last, and startled the neighborhood. How did he put such a cucumber inside such a small hole?

    This was an example of how all of them were smart people. But my motherís brother Schmerel had (SMICHO OF HEIROO), which means he was ordained to be a rabbi but he preferred to be a businessman.

    Her brother Elie, besides being a great scholar in Talmud, also had a Russian high school diploma. That was more education than at an American high school. From 1912 to 1914, he was a salesman for a coal mining company and a correspondent with a paper in the city of Bachmut, which now has a new name that I donít know.

    That is the family my mother descended from. My mother was well versed in Jewish ritual. She used to pray all kind of prayers with other women who did not know how. In her charities, she was the most outstanding woman. In my time, there were poor Jews who used to go from town to town begging. The usual donation was half a kopek or a piece of bread. But my mother did not give the usual. All the beggars knew that. They used to come to her not when they were in the neighborhood but when they felt hungry. And my mother used to feed them with what you would call here yogurt, and cheese.

    To make all of her preparations, we used to have our own two cows. Of course, sometimes she would give a plate of ìschave,î or a piece of herring. But she always fed everybody who came to here door. Besides, my father (ZL) used to bring an ìoirech,î a guest, for Saturday for three meals.

    I remember once a preacher came to our town and my father (ZL) liked his preaching, so he invited him to come for Pesach [Passover]. But usually before Pesach the snow started melting, so he told the preacher to come two weeks before. And two weeks after Pesach, it was impossible to leave. So we had him for five weeks living with us in our house.

    One more thing happened, while I am telling how my mother was charitable. A preacher came to our town, and for the first time in my 10 or 11 years, I saw a preacher, dressed in a white shirt with a tie and good clothes, who wouldnít sting unless somebody guaranteed 15 rubles, an unheard of sum of money at that time. But his name meant something to my father (ZL), and he guaranteed the sum of money. But when he went collecting, the townspeople did not want to give more for this preacher than for any other one. My mother thought over the situation and told my father (zl) to pay the full sum himself because she said the people would think now that if they gave, they would be giving for [my father]. The people had no obligation, and she said we would somehow get along if we paid out that much money ourselves and we would no longer ask for anything from anybody else. There were many times when she could have spent the charity money she divided for her own needs. But to her, a kopec was never better spent than for charity."

    Children:
    1. ASIMOV, Girl was born in 1894 in Petrovichi, Russia; died in 1894 in Petrovichi, Russia.
    2. 4. ASIMOV, Judah was born on 21 Dec 1896 in Petrovichi, Russia, 53.58 deg N lat; 32.10 E long.; died on 4 Aug 1969 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA; was buried in Mt. Golda Cemetery, Huntington, Long Island.
    3. ASIMOV, Rachel was born about 1900 in Petrovichi, Russia; died about 1939 in Russia.
    4. ASIMOV, Dvosja was born about 1901 in Russia; died in 1977 in Leningrad.
    5. ASIMOV, Abraham Ber (Boris) was born in 1902 in Petrovichi, Russia; died on 30 Aug 1986 in Hadera, Israel; was buried in Netanya Cemetery on Shikun Vatikim Street, Israel.
    6. ASIMOV, Ephraim (Afoim) (Avram) was born in 1907 in Russia; died about 1943 in Missing in action.
    7. ASIMOV, Boy was born in 1904 in Petrovichi, Russia; died about 1904 in Petrovichi, Russia.
    8. ASIMOV, Samuel Aronovich was born on 7 Nov 1909 in Petrovichi, Russia; died in 1963 in Leningrad, USSR.

  3. 10.  BERMAN, Isaac was born about 1850 in Petrovichi, Russia (son of BERMAN, Husband and UNKNOWN, Wife); died in 1901 in Petrovichi, Russia.

    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, Tamara about 1890 in Russia. Tamara was born about 1870 in Russia; died in Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  UNKNOWN, Tamara was born about 1870 in Russia; died in Russia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Took over the “business with the Russian peasants from the surrounding villages.” when her husband died.

    Notes:

    Up to now, I have not mentioned anything about Mamma’s Mother [Tamara] because I cannot say much about her. She was like any other Jewish woman of that time. She was not educated because Jewish education was for men. But she had one qualification – she was very smart. In town, if they wanted to compare some women in cleverness, they used to have two sayings. “She is another Tamara.” Or, “Would you like her to be another Tamara?” I think this is proof enough that Mamma’s mother was a clever woman. She was, under the circumstances, then quite comfortable.

    Children:
    1. 5. BERMAN, Anna (Hana) Rachel was born on 5 Sep 1895 in Petrovichi, Russia; died on 6 Aug 1973 in Ila Hotel, Long Beach, NY, USA; was buried in Mt. Golda Cemetery, Huntington, Long Island.
    2. BERMAN, Natan was born about 1896 in Petrovichi, Russia; died in Russia.
    3. BERMAN, Grigory (Girsh) was born about 1897 in Petrovichi, Russia; died in Russia.
    4. BERMAN, Unknown son was born about 1898 in Petrovichi, Russia; died in Russia.

  5. 12.  SHEINAUS, AbrahamSHEINAUS, 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, 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]


  6. 13.  OREL, Frima (Little Bubbe) (Fannie)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:
    1. SHEINAUS, Esther was born in Jul 1887 in Russia; died on 22 Nov 1972 in Miami, Florida, USA.
    2. 6. SHEINAUS, Louis (Foff) Pinkas was born on 11 May 1892 in Russia (Kishinev, Moldava), then Roumania; died in Oct 1979 in Larchmont, NY.
    3. SHEINAUS, Rose was born on 16 Dec 1895 in New York; died on 27 Jul 1987 in Los Angeles, California.
    4. SHEINAUS, Elizabeth was born on 16 Aug 1901 in Elizabeth, New Jersey; died about 1980 in Sunnyside, Queens, NY.

  7. 14.  POLIANKOVSKY, Moishe HershPOLIANKOVSKY, 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 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]


  8. 15.  SPRINGBERG, Esther (Big Bubbe)SPRINGBERG, Esther (Big Bubbe) was born in 1855 in Russia (Odessa?) (daughter of SPRINGBERG, Nathan and SHEINHOUSE, Rebecca); died on 3 Dec 1931 in Jewish Sanitarium for Incurables; was buried on 4 Dec 1931 in Acacia Cemetery, Queens, NY.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 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

    Children:
    1. POLLAKOFF, Shoile (or Shaul) was born about 1870 in Russia (Odessa?); died in Russia.
    2. POLLAKOFF, Isaac (Izzy) was born on 15 Feb 1886 in Oriv, Ukraine, near Odessa; died on 10 Feb 1976 in The Bronx, at the Hebrew Home in Riverdale; was buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Queens, Otic Mohliva Lodge section.
    3. POLLAKOFF, Minnie was born in 1890 in Oriv, Ukraine; died on 20 Aug 1971; was buried in Mount Hebrron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, NY.
    4. 7. POLLAKOFF, Annette (Nettie) C. was born on 26 May 1892 in Oriv, near Odessa in Ukraine; died on 6 Dec 1955 in Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY.



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