Brichaner Immigrants
In Massachusetts, USA
Samuel CHOLFIN, paternal grandfather
of JewishGenner Barbara Cholfin Johnson
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Date of birth: 15 May 1879 or 1881 in "Brichany" to Joseph
CHOLFIN and Sarah ROSEMAN (possibly from Chisinau) (deceased 1957)
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Arrived in New York on Goethe from Trieste: dep. 12/22/1904
arr. 1/15/1905
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Note in 1904, Moldova was under the control of Nicholas II,
Emperor of Russia
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Samuel arrived in Boston on 2/24/1905
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Samuel lived in Cambridge (the earliest years) and Somerville
and Brookline (the latest years), Massachusetts
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Naturalized at U.S. 1st Circuit Court. (Petition 4116,
applied 9/18/1911; Certificate 208725; Naturalization Certificate 2283492,
dated 12/17/26)
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Samuel. when asked, said he was from Romania
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Samuel's brother (the only one known about) went to Brazil
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Samuel became a hay and grain dealer and a retail store owner
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Most memorable physical feature: blue blue eyes
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Married Ida Lugoch (her brother spelled it Dlugach) from
Odessa
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Had three sons, Isadore (dec.), Joseph (dec.), and Harvey
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Isadore had one daughter and one son (dec. 1992); Harvey
had one daughter (dec.), who had three sons
Solomon and Esther ROSENTHAL, friends of Samuel CHOLFIN
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Solomon was born in "Brychany" on 5/25/1882
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Left on SS Amsterdam from Rotterdam: dep. 1/18/1905
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Solomon was naturalized on the same
day as CHOLFIN and lived in Somerville and Winthrop, Massachusetts
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Esther was automatically naturalized when her husband became
naturalized
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Hay and grain dealer and printer with black hair and gray
eyes
Sluwa DORFMAN, wife of Samuel Dorfman
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Born in "Brichany"
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Her husband, Samuel DORFMAN, born on
10/1/1869 in Lipkany, was naturalized on the same day as CHOLFIN
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Arrived on SS Goethe from Trieste: dep. 2/16/1904 arr.
3/10/1904
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Sluwa and Samuel's three daughters, Sarah (b. 9/12/1900),
Lena (b. 3/15/1902), and Blanche (b. 11/27/1904), arrived with their
parents
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Sluwa and Samuel had a fourth child, Ratie, born here on
4/23/10 in Cambridge
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"Pedlar"
Max ROSENMAN, also known as ROSEMAN
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Believed to be Samuel CHOLFIN's maternal uncle (possibly
brother of Sarah Roseman, CHOLFIN's mother)
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Born (11/15/1869) in Chisinau [Roseman, himself, wrote, "Kishenif"
on his naturalization papers.]
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Arrived in New York on Spaarndam from Rotterdam: dep: 7/6/1900
arr. 7/17/1900
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Max was naturalized (Petition
4114, U.S.1st Cir.Ct.; Certificate 206692) on the same day as CHOLFIN
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Wife, Fanny, from Zaslav, Russia (directly north of Brichany),
and their two sons, Benjamin (b. 7/15/1889) and Louis (b. 3/20/1895) arrived
with them
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Settled in Somerville, Massachusetts and was a bottle dealer
at time of his Declaration of Intention
In Brazil
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Samuel CHOLFIN's brother (the only one known about) went
to Brazil circa 1900
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It is believed that Samuel CHOLFIN's brother had a child
named after Samuel and that child was an executive for American Machine
& Foundry in Brazil (JewishGenner BCJ is searching for him)
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It is believed that he lived in or in the environs of Sao
Paolo
Soon you will be able to add Brichaner
information here.
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