SCHEINER, Susan Laurie

Susan married RYAN, William [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. RYAN, Nicholas Scheiner
2. RYAN, Peter Quenon

Peter married QUENON, Carolyn [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Labor lawyer for United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers
• Occupation: labor lawyer (was an “advertiser” when he got married)
• Residence: Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
• Residence: 1910, Manhattan Ward 17, New York, New York
• Residence: 1940, 3919 45th St. Queens NY
• Residence: 1940, 3919 45th St. Queens, NY
• Public activity: Nov 1950, Ran for NY Atty General, Labor Party (Unsuccessfull)

Notes:

Well-known labor attorney. Mild-mannered and smart.
Was both 1st cousin and uncle to Ruth Sheinaus Asimov. The son of her mother's older half sister, Frank married Ruth's aunt.

Ran for NY State Attorney General, American Labor Party, 1950; didn't win.

As a child, Frank Scheiner was given medicine accidently that affected his vocal cords and caused him to speak in a raspy voice for the rest of his life.

Frank married SHEINAUS, Elizabeth on 24 Dec 1921 in 1019 Bushwick Ave. Brooklyn, NY. Elizabeth (daughter of SHEINAUS, Abraham and OREL, Frima (Little Bubbe) (Fannie)) was born on 16 Aug 1901 in Elizabeth, New Jersey; died about 1980 in Sunnyside, Queens, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1940, 3919 45th St. NY

Notes:

Liz was an air-raid warden during WW II, according to Bill Wolf, next-door neighbor and family friend. During black-outs, Liz made sure that everyone's lights were turned out. She'd patrol the neighborhood to make sure the blackout was complete. Had a white helmet. Bill's parents were friends.

Notes:

Married:
Marriage performed by Rev. Solomon Scheiner, witnessed by Henry Lerner and Benny Scheiner and

Other Events and Attributes:

• Place of Employment: Rabbi
• Occupation: School Principal
• Occupation: Rabbi
• Religion: Jewish
• Cause of Death: Arteriosclerosis, bronchopneumonia
• Arrival: 1893
• Immigration: 1894, Russia to New York
• Residence: 1910, Manhattan Ward 17, New York, New York
• Residence: 1910, Manhattan Ward 17, New York, New York
• Residence: 1910, Manhattan Ward 17, New York, New York
• Residence: 1930, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA

Solomon married POLLAKOFF, Kayla about 1886 in Russia. Kayla (daughter of POLIANKOVSKY, Moishe Hersh and RASHKOFF, Wife) was born in 1865 in Oriv, Ukraine, near Odessa; died on 6 Aug 1945 in New York City, New York; was buried in Acacia Cemetery, Queens, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Cause of Death: cerebral hemorrage, as a result of arteriosclerosis beginning in 1935.
• Arrival: 1893
• Immigration: 1894, Ukraine to New York
• Residence: 1910, Manhattan Ward 17, New York, New York
• Residence: 1915, 68 St. Marks Pl. Manhattan
• Residence: 1930, 31 Madison St. Apt. 57 Brooklyn, Kings, New York

Notes:

Tante Kayla.

Birth:
was 81 at death, says death certificate

Died:
cerebral hemorrage

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)