| My Fishman ancestors | ||||||||||||
| NOTE:
The first 2 generations are not confirmed but rely on the assumption that Bessie Fischman referenced in generation #2 was a cousin of my grandfather Bert Fisher. My Aunt Barbara noted that she knew that Bessie's husband Theodore Blackman was a cousin of Bert but further research shows that Bessie's maiden name was Fischman and the connection must be with her line since none of Theodore's ancestors had that surname. Bessie's ancestor's names were found in other documents that are referenced below and are assumed to be shared with Morris Fishman. |
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| GENERATION #1 | ||||||||||||
| David Fishman was born abt. 1810, possibly in Romania. He married Maria. They had one known child, Mendel as listed in Municipal Death records. | ||||||||||||
| GENERATION #2 | ||||||||||||
Mendel
Fishman/Fischman, son of David and Maria was born. abt. 1834 in
Romania. He married
Pearl Brown (source). Their names are known from the
New York Index to Death Certificates in which son Hyman Fishman's death
is listed along with both parent's names. He was a merchant and
widowed at the time of his death at age 65. Mendel died on Jan 21,
1899 in Manhattan, NY according to the New York Extracted Death index.
Another
Municipal Death record shows the same death date and lists his parents
as David Fishman and Maria who were both born in Romania. He is buried
un Union Field Cemetery. They had 2 known sons:
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| GENERATION #3 | ||||||||||||
Morris Fishman
[1]
Morris married Esther Mikitinsky abt 1895. Her last name has been seen in records as Michtensky, Michtinsky, Mikitinsky, Maketinsy and Mackalinsky. However, the name mentioned in Bert's birth record is "Esther Michtensky. She was born on December 22, 1875 in Russia and her parents are listed as "George Macalinsky" and "Rosesarah Maketinsky" in her NYC Municipal Death Record. Their mother tongue was Yiddish. On January 20, 1898 Morris came to the United States from Bremen, Germany on the ship "Amayer." My Aunt claimed that Fishman was not their real last name but a Russian name that immigration officials could not pronounce, so they gave him the surname Fishman. According to family tradition, they settled in Toronto, Canada. They stayed there until Bert was about 4 years of age which would have been around 1911. On June 13, 1923, naturalization papers were written up on Morris and his family. At the time Morris was an operator working with women's clothing. In 1930, census records indicated that Morris, Esther and Arthur were living in the Bronx. At this time Morris was the proprietor of a dairy store. According to the New York City Municipal Death Records for Esther, she died on August 31, 1943 in Brooklyn, NY. Morris died around 1945. Both Morris and Esther are buried in Queens, NY in Montefiore Cemetery according to relatives but their plots are not referenced as memorials on that site. Census Records for family: 1900 Census , 1910 Census , 1920 Census , 1930 Census , 1940 Census Morris and Esther had the following children :
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| GENERATION #4 | ||||||||||||
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Benjamin Bertram "Bert" Fishman,
[1]
Census records:
1910 Census
(age 2), 1920
Census (age 12),
1930 Census
(age 23)
The children of Bert and Henrietta
are: |
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| GENERATION #5 | ||||||||||||
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Felice Fisher married William Marshall. |
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