POLLAKOFF, Annette (Nettie) C.

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.

Annette married SHEINAUS, Louis (Foff) Pinkas on 21 Mar 1917 in 68 St. Marks Pl. Manhattan. Louis (son of SHEINAUS, Abraham and OREL, Frima (Little Bubbe) (Fannie)) was born on 11 May 1892 in Russia (Kishinev, Moldava), then Roumania; died in Oct 1979 in Larchmont, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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

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. 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.

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]

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• EARL: Y

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• EARL: Y

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