Independent Drohobycz Young Men's Sick and Benevolent Association The Independent Drohobycz Young Men's Sick and Benevolent Association was incorporated on May 2, 1904 in Manhattan by immigrants from the Drohobycz area. It was dissolved in 1993. The society was formed "to hold meetings for the spiritual and intellectual advancement of its members also for charitable and benevolent purposes". The original seven directors (the addresses date to 1904) were: Gustav BRATSPIS, 40 Clinton Street Julius BLEIBERG, 170 Suffolk Street Moses SEMMEL, 182 Stanton Street Louis FLASHENBERG, 202 Delancey Street Wolf RUDERMAN, 182 Stanton Street Sam STONE, 182 Stanton Street Charles WEISSER, 117 Broome Street

Drohobycz Society 1925 Committee of the Independent Drohobyczer Young Men's Benevolent Society This montage of eleven individual photos constitutes the committee that arranged the celebration of the 20th Anniversary of this Society founded in New York in 1904 (not the 15th as the photo states). The occasion was a "full dress and civil ball" held on January 3, 1925 in New York City at the Lenox Assembly Rooms, 254-56 Second Street. Joe Kamerman portrayed here was the last president of the society. With him are his brother Bernard Kammerman and their first cousin, Max Lerner (about 1892-1951). Hyman Turenshine (1883-1945) was the husband of Max’s first cousin, Kale Lerner. These men and their friends Willie Wagner and his brother Abe were born and grew up in Drohobycz before coming to New York.

Chronological List of Members

This list, probably compiled by the secretary of the society in the 1930’s, with some names added later, includes over 200 members. Some listings consist only of a name; some have more information, including age, occupation, address, wife (Almost all the members are men; most women belonged to the women's auxiliary for which there are no surviving records), date of marriage, names of children, length of residence in the U.S.A., and when they joined the organization. Most of the marriages listed occurred in New York, not Europe, so it is difficult to ascertain if the wives were from Drohobycz.

Most of these men were born between 1890 and 1910, although some are older. Some members, the sons or sons-in-law of older members, were born in the U.S.A. They joined between 1934 and 1950, the year this list ended.

Member's Surname	Given name	Age/Year	Wife's Given name	Wife's Maiden Name
GOLDSTEIN	Max	30/1933	L.	Sacks
APPELDORF	Osias	41/1934	Frede	WEBER
APPELSTEIN	Barry
ASCHENDORF	Sam	31/1934	Minnie	SCHWARTZBERG
APFELROTH	Sam	38/1934	Sylvia	GREENINGER
AUERBACH	Dr. Samuel	30/1937	Gertrude	STEINBERG
BERNSTEIN	Isidore	56/1934	Widower
BERNSTEIN	Sam	42/1934	Fannie	WASSER
BITTNER	Max
BORKAN	Bennie
BETTER	Sol	44/1937	Sally
BERG	Dr. Samuel
BLITZER	Ben	42/1934	Ida	GREENBERG
BERGER	Louis
BROSS	David
BLUMGOLD	Max	36/1934	Lillian	BEGAN
BELLE	David
BADIAN	Abraham	41/1948
COOPER	Samuel
COOPER	Sig.
COOPER	Saul	51/1934	Annie	LUX
COHEN	Ph
DAVIDSON	Wm.	25/1934	Ruth	WEINER
DICHTER	Joseph
DICHTER	Nathan
DICHTER	Touby	46/1935	widower
DENGER	Samuel	34/1934	Sophie	FREEDMAN
DAVIDSON	Wm.	25/1934	Ruth	WEINER
DYM	Abraham
EICHEL	Louis
EICHEL	Sol	30/1934	Frieda	SCHWARTZMAN
ENGEL	David
EISSMAN	Samuel
EICHNER	Samuel J.
ERNST	M
EHRENZWEIG	Morris	38/1935	Yetta	BADER
EHRENZWEIG	Sidney	30/1934	Evelyn	PULATNIK
FELDSTEIN	Jake	43/1934	Helen	SCHULTZ
FEINSILBER	David
FISCHER	Abe	39/1934	Mollie	FREILICH
FERN	Kalman	43/1934	Annie	NESTLER
FRIEDMAN	Nathan
FRIEDMAN	Leo	35/1935	Tessie	OLIVER
FISCHELBERG	Samuel
FERMEGLICH	Jacob	50/1934	Mollie	KONIGSBERG
FERMEGLICH	Louis	25/1934	Goldie	SCHILDHAUS
GRUMER	Meyer	52/1934	Regina	WEXLER
GREENBERG	Louis	48/1934	Freda	FREIFELD
GREENBERG	Wm.	v	Yetta	WASSER
GERSTEN	Mendel	49/1934	Rose	HERMAN
GOLIGER	Jacob David	49/1933	Sadie	ROTHENBERG
GREENINGER	Morris	40/1934	Clara	RAPKIN
GLASSBERG	Max	40/1934	Minnie	APPLEGREEN
GORDON	Abe	40/1936	Fay	FASS
GREENSPAN	Joseph
GOTTHOFFER	Abraham	37/1934	Freda	KLUGER
GROSSMAN	Morris	39/1934	Anna	WEISELTHIER
HACK	Louis	40/1934	Jennie	SCHNEIDER
HOLZMAN	Mayer	54/1937	Clara	COOPER
HEIMBERG	Gustaw
HERSCHDORFER	Sol
HERZLINGER	Harry	46/1934	Yetta	BENDITSON
HOFFMAN	Max	40/1934	Mollie	KREPPEL
HANDEL	Paul
JOSEFSBERG	Mendel
KUPFERBERG	Harry	70/1935	Sarah	SASSER
KUPFERBERG	Nathan	36/1936	Fannie	WEITZ
KORNHABER	Jake	49/1934	Cellia	REITER
KLINGHOFFER	David
KLINGHOFFER	Jake	44/1934	Cellia	TURNSCHEIN
KREPPEL	Jonas	48/1934	Genie	LUSTIG
KREPPEL	Jacob	61/1949	Jennie	WACHTEL
KREPPEL	Nathan	41/1934	Sarah	ASCHENDORF
KRISS	Meyer	45/1934	Annie	LERNER
KRISS	Rubin	41/1934	Sophie	SEINFELD
KORNHABER	Benjamin
KAMERMAN	Bernard	41/1934	Tessie	KATZ
KAMERMAN	Joe	37/1935	Lola	TUCHFELD
KLEIN	M.
KIRSCHEN	Elias	35/1934	Freda	WASSER
LERNER	Harry W.
LAMBERG	Joe	49/1936	Fannie	GOLDBERG
LEVY	Morris	44/1934	Helen	FRIEDLANDER
LEVY	Sam
LERNER	Max	40/1934	Vera	ELSKY
LUSTIG	Louis	46/1934	Esther	SIMON
LICHTBLAU	Jacob	48/1937	Mollie	BUCHWALTER
LANTNER	Isidore	41/1934	Bella	WOLF
LANGER	Morris	37/1933	Goldie	STEMPLER
LOW	Dr. Siegfried	43/1935	Rose	ZAHN
LERNER			Gitel(widow)
LERNER	Joe		Shirley
LERNER	Jack	28/1934	Anna	LATES
LAMPEL	Joe
MAAS	Harry
MENKES	Joe	46/1933	Lena	GROSSMAN
MILLER	Nathan
MELLOWITZ	Hyman	45/1935	Sadie	LINDER
MEISTER	Dr. G.S
MINTZER	Max	40/1934
NASSAN	Louis
NASSAN	Abe
NAPHTAL	Max	45/1936	Lillian	BORDEN
NAPHTAL	Harry	47/1937	Yetta	APPELDORF
NESTLER	Emanuel S
NESTLER	Isidore	39/1934	Mariam	SCHNEEBOLK
OPPERMAN	Harry
OPPERMAN	Martin	24/1936
OPPERMAN	Mendel	56/1934
OPPERMAN	T.
ORNSTEIN	Sam	49/1934	Dolphie	WULKAN
ROTH	Paul	57/1934	Gussie	ALBERT
ROTH	Al
ROTH	Sam	49/1934	Bessie	TAUB
R EINER	Osias	52/1934	Ethel	GERBER
ROSENBERG	Ben
RUHRBERG	Ira	49/1934	Annie	DURCHNITT
ROSENBLATT	Joe	43/1935	Anna	STEINHAUSER
RUDORFER	Sam	48/1936	Gussie	GLASBERG
RUDORFER	Harry	35/1934	Betty	ZIPPERSTEIN
RAPPAPORT	Sam#1	43/1935	Lena	RAPPAPORT
RAPPAPORT	Sam#2
RAPPAPORT
RASHKIN	William W.	29/1933
SCHWARTZ	Samuel	44/1934
SCHWARTZ	Abe
SPANDORFER	Louis	43/1937	Pearl
SCHNEIDER	Isaac Leib	65/1933
SCHECHNER	David
SPRUNG	Louis
STEINHAUSER	Sam	43/1934	Sophie	FISCHLER
STEINHAUSER	Isidore	48/1935	Rose	FEINBERG
SUSSMAN	Morris
SUSSMAN	Abel		Rose	GLAZER
STRANG	David
SINGER	Morris	46/1941	Clara	BADIAN
SPERBER	Ch.#1
SPERBER	Sam			SONTAG
SPERBER	Ch.#2
SPERBERBERG	I.
SONTAG	Louis	55/1943	Esther	HOROWITZ
STEINBERG	Sam
SCHINDLER	Sam
SHIMBERG	Harry
STANGER	Samuel	36/1934	Freda	WEINER
STANGER	Morris	29/1934
TURNSCHEIN aka TURENSHINE	Hyman	51/1934	Keile	LERNER
TURNSCHEIN	Sam
THALER	Louis	40/1934	Rose	ROTHENBERG
WEISS	Max#1	47/1934	Anna	FALICK
WEISS	N. L.	55/1935	Widower
WEISS	Max #2
WEISS	David	44/1934	Gussie	EICHENHOLZ
WOLF	Joe
WAGNER	Abe	39/1935
WAGNER	Willie	36/1934	Idith	GELLER
WEINER	Jake	53/1934	Anna	STUTZER
WEINER	Max	28/1935	Fay	TREGER
WEINER	Sol	41/1936	Helen	SHULWOLF
WEISSMAN	Meyer	44/1935	Bessie	RUSKIN
WEINGARTEN	Morris
WEITZEN	Dr. S. J.
ZEISEL	Hyman	45/1933	Esther	SPERBER
ZEISEL G.
ZEISEL	Morris	39/1934	Jennie	KLINGHOFFER
ZUCKERBERG	Morris
ROSCH	Sidney	24/1934	Tillie	GREENBERG
DRUCKER	Jacob	25/1934	Dorothy	BLUM
WAGENFELD	Isadore	34/1934	Tillie	OLIVER
RUDOLPH	Abraham	34/1934	Anna	EHRLICHMAN
KREPPEL	Harry	21/1935
GOETZ	Solomon	31/1935	Bertha	AUERBACH
ROSENBERG	Dr. Leo	34/1935	Miriam	LONG
GELLER	Mac	26/1935	Tillie	TURNSCHEIN
GOLDBERG	William	26/1935	Helen	DICHTER
HERSCHDORFER	Max	24/1936
STARR	Dr. Saul	28/1935	Sarah	BUZEN
LEVINE	Rabbi David	34/1936	Rose	HIRSCHMAN
SCHEFTLER	Irving	29/1936	Mathilda	SCHRANG
BERMAN	Albert	25/1936	Ruth	FERN
WULKAN	Adolph	44/1934	Beckie	EICHEL
WULKAN	Morris	23/1936
WULKAN	Sidney	21/1936
GERSTEN	Lester	25/1936
EICHEL	Morris	25/1937
LITTELL	David	29/1937	Bertha	APPELDORF
KRISS	Emanuel	24/1937	Ann	MENDELSON
FISCHELBERG	Abraham	34/1937	Betty	RUBIN
LEVENSTEIN	Barney	23/1937	Rebecca	MELLOWITZ
FERMOGLICH	Max	25/1937
REINER	Osias	56/1938	Rose	LEINWAND
WEISS	Henry	32/1938
WECHTER	Dr. Nathan	31/1938	Vivian	ROSENTHAL
FISCHER	Harry	35/1939	Freda	RUCHMAN
BOXER	Dr. Max	32/1939
MACHLOWITZ	Irving	22/1939	Rebecca	KATZ
POSNER	Irving	31/1939	Mollie	BEGAN
OPPERMAN	Jacob	25/1939
FREILICH	Max	20/1939
NEWMAN	Maurice	23/1939	Anna	ZEISEL
JASSIN	Herman	22/1939	Beatrice	GREENBERG
OLIVER	William	29/1939
SETLESS	Morris	23/1939	Sylvia	SPARBER
MAYER	Robert	22/1940
GERSTEN	Lester	28/1940	Esther	BERMAN
GOLDSTEIN	Samuel	33/1941	Frieda	BADIAN
KROLL	Henry	30/1941	Ruth	DICHTER
KRISS	Emanuel	31/1942	Anne	MENDELSOHON
ZEIDMAN	Hyman	33/1945	Hilda	LERNER
WEINER	Jack	19/1940
DUCHINGER	Henry	22/1946
SPERBER	Daniel	25/1946	Annette	KORN
FERMAGLICH	Sidney	30/1946	Rosalind G.	BIEDERBERGER
FERMAGLICH	Hyman B.	27/1946	Ida	STERNBACH
FERMAGLICH	Stanley	22/1946
SCHECHTER	Louis	37/1947	Nettie	SACKS
BEIN	Henry	40/1947	Dora	TRAUBER
KLINGHOFFER	Samuel	35/1947	Lillian	DWORKIN
KLINGHOFFER	Abraham	32/1947	Harriet	GRUBER
SELINGER	Herman	46/1949	Katie	LERNER
GOLLIGER	Jacob D.	64/1949	Dinah	SCHENKER
SCHNALL	Max	44/1949	Minnie	LERNER
SUSSMAN	Simon	35/1949	Edna	GENIZDA?
SCHREINER	Martin	34/1950
KLINGHOFFER	Joseph	38/1951	Mary	STERNBERG
GREEN	Albert	32/1956	Esther	LANGER

This material was compiled and contributed by Mark Jacobson.

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