POLLAKOFF, Isaac (Izzy)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Polakoff
• Eye color: gray
• Hair color: dark brown
• Height: 6’0”
• Occupation: presser for a clothing manufacturer
• Occupation: In 1917: business agent
• Religion: Jewish
• Residence: Bx, New York
• Residence: Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
• Weight: 150 lbs
• Birth: 1882, Circuit Court of the US, Southern District of NY
• Immigration: 1903, on the vessel Fornasia (Furnessia) via Glasgow, Scotland
• Arrival: Sep 1903, NY, USA
• Naturalization: 1917
• Residence: 1920, Brooklyn Assembly District 16, Kings, New York
• Residence: 1920, Brooklyn Assembly District 16, Kings, New York
• Residence: 1920, Brooklyn Assembly District 16, Kings, New York
• Residence: 1926, 320 E. 186 St. or E. 180th St., Bronx NY
• Residence: 1930, Bronx, Bronx, New York

Notes:

From his daughter, Marcelle Pollakoff London:
"In the Jewish religion, birthdays are (referred to as) so many days before or after, or in between, a holiday. So (Uncle Izzy's) fell on Valentine's Day one year, so that's the one he picked!
"He enjoyed being with people. He had all kinds of jokes to tell people. He was crazy about his granddaughter (Sue London).
"He came to the US because he didn't want to be a rabbi in Russia."

Izzy's niece, Ruth Sheinaus Asimov (daughter of Izzy’s younger sister Nettie) called her uncle "friendly."
Ruth's daughter, Nanette Asimov, also remembers him that way.

In her 1914 letters to fiance Louis Sheinaus, Nettie Pollakoff refers to her brother as Isidore, not Isaac.
But Izzy's daughter, Marcelle London, identified him as Isaac on his death certificate, and he is Isaac on census records.

Izzy also spelled his last name with one “l,” Polakoff. Others in the family spelled it with two, “Pollakoff,” which is how it appears on the grave of his mother, Esther Pollakoff.

Naturalization:
Or 1926?

Isaac married ROBINOVITCH, Mollie on 2 Jun 1917 in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA. Mollie (daughter of ROBINOVITCH, Sam and PENKAUROR, Sophie) was born about 1888; died in Aug 1973 in Bronx, New York, United States of America; was buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Queens, Otic Mohliva Lodge section. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Wedding performed by Rev. Solomon Scheiner of 337-41 St. Marks Pl NYC

1. POLLAKOFF, Marcelle was born on 18 Dec 1918 in Washington Heights, Manhattan, NY; died on 9 Jun 2007 in Bronx.

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]