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SHEINAUS, Louis (Foff) Pinkas

SHEINAUS, Louis (Foff) Pinkas[1]

Male 1892 - 1979  (87 years)


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  • Name SHEINAUS, Louis (Foff) Pinkas
    Birth 11 May 1892  Russia (Kishinev, Moldava), then Roumania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Pinkas was probably his orig. name
    Gender Male
    Birth Jun 1893  [3] 
    Arrival 24 Jul 1893  NY (Baby “Plukas Shindeurg” with mom “Frume” and sis “Ester” Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    • “Anchoria” sailed Glasgow to NYC
    Arrival 28 Jul 1893 
    • Abraham told granddaughter Vivian Lerner in an undated letter that Fanny & Esther arrived then, Elissa Lerner Treuer emailed to Nan Asimov on 5.2.2018
    Arrival 1906  [4] 
    Occupation Pharmacist. Owned Gardens Pharmacy, 109-18 Farmers Blvd, corner Liberty Ave., Hollis, Queens, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Occupation Pharmacist  
    Religion Jewish  [5] 
    Residence 1920  Brooklyn Assembly District 18, Kings, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1930  190-20 111th Ave. Queens, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1940  190-20 111th Ave. Queens, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 7] 
    Death Oct 1979  Larchmont, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    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.''
    Person ID I736  Hugh Byrne and Nanette Asimov Lines
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2026

    Father SHEINAUS, Abraham,   b. Abt 1860, Romania (Kishinev, Moldava) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Mar 1957, 3919 45th St. Queens, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years)
    Mother OREL, Frima (Little Bubbe) (Fannie),   b. 1867, Tiraspol, Russia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 1949, Jewish Sanitarium & Hospital for Chronic Diseases, Brooklyn, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Marriage 26 Aug 1885  Russia Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • Elissa said Esther said that Abraham and Fannie celebrated their 50th on July 29, 1885
    Photos
    Fannie Orel (Sheinaus), Joan Karshmer, and Lou Karshmer
    Abraham Sheinaus & Fannie Orel Sheinaus at a resort
    Fannie Orel Sheinaus & Abraham Sheinaus
    1330 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, home of Abr and Fannie Sheinaus, and birthplace of Ruthy Sheinaus
    Family ID F282  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 LEVINE, Rachel (Rae),   b. 4 Feb 1897, Odessa Russia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1974, Miami Beach, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Marriage 1957 
    Photos
    Louis Sheinaus and Rae Levine Stang Sheinaus
    Rae and Foff
    Louis and Abraham Sheinaus with Danny Salz Asimov
    Foff and Rae-1
    Family ID F288  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Sep 2026

    Family 2 POLLAKOFF, Annette (Nettie) C.,   b. 26 May 1892, Oriv, near Odessa in Ukraine Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1955, Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Marriage 21 Mar 1917  68 St. Marks Pl. Manhattan Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Sholem Scheiner's home. Witnesses: Ben Scheiner & Izzy Pollakoff
    Children 
     1. SHEINAUS, Ph.D Harold Maurice,   b. 5 Sep 1918, 1409 St. John's Place, Brooklyn Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 2019, Arbor Glen Senior Residence, 231 Monroe St. Bridgewater NJ Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 100 years)
     2. SHEINAUS, Ruth Evelyn,   b. 31 Jul 1922, 938 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Feb 2018, New York (Manhattan), New York City-Greater, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
    Photos
    Louis Pincus Sheinaus, Nettie Pollakoff Sheinaus, Harold Sheinaus, Ruth Sheinaus
    The-Sheinaus-Family
    Minnie, Nettie and ? Pollakoff
    Moishe Pollakoff, his wife, Esther, and daughters Annette and Minnie
    Harold and Foff
    Nettie Pollakoff Sheinaus, Bessie Scheiner, Ben Sheiner, Louis Sheinaus
    c. 1906 in Russia; Mama Esther, Sister Minnie (Maley), Sister Nettie (Sheinaus), Papa Moishe Hersh Pollakoff
    Sheinaus family photo Foff, Nettie, Harold and Ruth abt. 1941
    The Smolensk passenger ship that brought Esther, Minnie and Nettie Pollakoff to NY iin 1906
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    Documents
    1917NettieLousMarriage    		1917NettieLousMarriage
    More arrival info on Esther, Minnie & Nettie Polinkowsky_Nov. 1906    		More arrival info on Esther, Minnie & Nettie Polinkowsky_Nov. 1906
    Family ID F40  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Oct 2022

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 May 1892 - Russia (Kishinev, Moldava), then Roumania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - - Pharmacist. Owned Gardens Pharmacy, 109-18 Farmers Blvd, corner Liberty Ave., Hollis, Queens, NY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 21 Mar 1917 - 68 St. Marks Pl. Manhattan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1920 - Brooklyn Assembly District 18, Kings, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1930 - 190-20 111th Ave. Queens, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1940 - 190-20 111th Ave. Queens, NY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Oct 1979 - Larchmont, NY Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Louis Pincus 'Foff' Sheinaus, age 6 mos
    Louis Pincus Sheinaus, Nettie Pollakoff Sheinaus, Harold Sheinaus, Ruth Sheinaus
    Rae and Foff
    Louis (Foff) Sheinaus
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

    Documents
    Louis Sheinaus WWII draft registration card    		Louis Sheinaus WWII draft registration card

  • Sources 
    1. [S1064] Louis Sheinaus Draft registration card.

    2. [S111] Ruth Sheinaus Asimov.

    3. [S1093] Anchoria passenger list.

    4. [S15] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2005. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1920 U.S. Federal Decennial Census. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration.1920 Federal Population Census. T625, 2,076 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.

    5. [S1047] Certificate and Record of Marriage for Louis Sheinaus and Nettie Pollakoff (written “Scheinhaus” & “Nellie).

    6. [S17] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002), Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001-. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1930 U.S. Federal Decennial Census. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. Queens, Queens, New York, ED 1245, roll 1600, page 7B, image 1021.0.

    7. [S557] 1940 US Federal Census.

    8. [S87] Nanette Asimov.

    9. [S267] Elissa Lerner Treuer.


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