Re: Benjamin Levy, New York City
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In reply to:
Re: Benjamin Levy, New York City
11/07/01
Benjamin Levy was my material grandfather, and not in the Deneroff line, but I AM looking for information about my paternal grandfather's family as well.
I can tell you that Samuel Deneroff (my grandfather) was born in Russia in 1890 and came to the U.S. in 1911. He had at least two brothers, Abraham and Morris. Their father's name was Jacob Deneroff and their mother's name was
Rose Segal (they never came to the U.S.). The only Russian information I have is Kopice and Mogilov, but I gather that translates as town and city, so it's probably not much help. Sam died in 1965. (Morris (original name
Moishe) Deneroff was born in 1895 and died in 1997.) I found Sam and Morris on the manifests at ellisisland.org!
I also know of a Paul Deneroff, who was born in 1913 and died in 1993. Even though I went to school with his son, Jan, I never knew how they were related to my family.
And when I went to the Municipal Archives in New York City, I found a Louis Deneroff, who was probably also born in 1890 (he was married in 1914 at age 24).
Anyway, if you can link your family to mine, that would be wonderful!
Linda Deneroff