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A GELB FAMILY GATHERING, POSSIBLY AT THE GELB BROTHERS’ KOSHER HOTEL, THE LAKE VIEW HOUSE, IN ELLENVILLE, NEW YORK. HENRY GELB IS 2ND FROM THE LEFT. HIS UNCLE JOSEPH GELB WORE A HAT, TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE PICTURE. JOSEPH’S DAUGHTER, TILLIE, IS THE LAST ONE SEATED ON THE RIGHT. ELIAS, HENRY’S FATHER, IS ON THE FAR RIGHT. TILLIE’S BROTHER, GUSSIE PRINCE, IS THE 2ND FROM THE RIGHT. TILLIE’S SON, ARTHUR, IS KNEELING IN THE CENTER. PLEASE HELP TO IDENTIFY EVERYONE ELSE IN THIS PICTURE.

I can trace our Gelb family to two brothers, Avram Gelb, born in 1842, and his younger brother, Aaron Baer Gelb, born in 1848. The Gelbs lived in a cluster of small villages - Onyck, Nagyszollos (also called Navojselo), Salish (Sevlesh in Hebrew), Medzilaborce and Hummene (Today both are in Zemplen County, Slovakia.), Munkacs (Mukachevo), Nagysollous (Vinogradov), Sarospotak, and Chust - in what used to be the northeastern part of Hungary. At the conclusion of World War I, that part of Hungary was given to the new state of Czechoslovakia. The Soviet Union claimed the territory after World War II, and today, it is part of the Ukraine.

Avram Gelb and his Descendants

Avram and Chana (or Anna) Gelb had seven children: Joseph, Elias, Shia, Shloyma, Yankel (or Jacob), Moshe, and Riesel (or Ruth). Joseph lived in Rokivka. Elias, Shia and Moshe lived in Onyck. Elias seems to have also lived in Nagyszollis. We know this because his son, Charles, was born there. (Nagyszollis can be translated as “big grapes” and is now part of the Ukraine. It was re-named as Vinograd, or Vinogradov by the Russians and Ukrainians.) Yankel, Shloyma and Riesel either lived in Onyck or in such nearby towns and villages as Salish, Ongward, Orsheva, Chengova, Minghartz and Zareisch.

 

Avram’s granddaughter, Jeanette recalls the family home in Onyck as consisting of three rooms and an attic. The house had a dirt floor. There was no running water in the house, but the family owned a well a short distance away, and they carried water to the house for cooking and washing. Life in Onyck was difficult. The family lived off what they could grow -- potatoes, cabbage, onions, beans, wheat and corn. There was a small stream nearby and the children could sometimes catch fish, scooping them up in a basket. The family also had chickens and two cows, but eggs, milk and butter were for selling to the village store, never for family consumption.

 

Avram’s great-grandson, Albert Gelb, and his wife, Pat, visited Onyck in 1998. The town was empty of Jews but they did find the Jewish cemetery and, in fact, located Shia’s grave. They also found the house in which Shia’s son, Mendel, had lived. Today, the town has electricity and running water, but the town’s main street is still a dirt road.

2ND Generation: Children of Avram and Chana (or Anna) Gelb

Elias was born in Onyck, Ugosca, Hungary in 1868. He married Blimah Weisberger (the daughter of Esther Brown and Sam Weisberger) in 1884 and had six children: Henry, Helen, Max, Samuel, Sadie and Charles. Elias and his family came to the United States after the turn of the century and settled in New York. Because of his dignity and wisdom, Elias was known as “the Prince” to the rest of the family. When Blimah died, Elias moved in with his daughter, Helen in Swoyersville, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1936.

Shia was born in 1869 and is remembered as a tall man with a little beard who married Fayge Weiss in 1892 from the nearby village of Salish, where her father, Elimelekh Weiss, was reputed to be the “wealthiest Jew in town.” Her mother was named Reizl. Legend has it that Fayge was blind in one eye. They had eight children: Moitya, Lynhe, Elyah, Pinchas, Harry, Pessel, Mendel and Riesel. Shia and Fayge never came to the United States, but most of their children did. Shia died in Szollos, Ugocsa, Hungary (Czechoslovakia) before World War II. Fayge died in Auschwitz. His niece, Rose (Joseph’s daughter), remembers Shia with great fondness because he once saved her from drowning in the village well which she had fallen into while chasing a cat.

Shloyma (also known as Charles) was born in 1872 in Onyck, Ugosca, Hungary. He married Chana Dvorya (from Szollos, Ugocsa, Hungary) in 1896 and had four children, Sam, Max, Morris and Rose. He never came to the United States and died in Szollos, Ugocsa, Hungary.

 

Yankel (also known as Jacob) was born in 1874 in Onyck, Ugosca, Hungary. He married Yenta Weiss (from Salish, Ugosca, Hungary) of the Weiss family from Salish in 1900 and had two children, Harry and Ann. He never came to the United States and died in Europe.

 

Joseph was born in 1875 in Rokivka, Hungary. His residence is listed as Honek (Houck, Husgh), Hungary. As a young man, he married Frances Steinberg in 1894 in Szollos, Ugocsa, Hungary. Together they had seven children: Tillie, Harry, Gussie, Rose, Charles, Anna and Moshe.

Frances died giving birth to Moshe in 1908. His son, Beryl, a merchant, married a woman named Sprinta. Beryl, Sprinta, and their daughter, Blima, a seamstress, died in Auschwitz. One of their daughters, Dubrish, married a man named Berger from Israel and moved to Canada after the War. They went into the trash disposal business and were very successful.

DENA FELDMAN DENA FELDMAN’S MOM

Joseph entered the United States on March 3, of that year aboard the SS Kroonland, traveling from Antwerp, Belgium. He arrived at Ellis Island with a friend J. Lebovitz (age 22) and is listed as a 33-year-old tailor on the manifest. He met his wife, Dena Feldman, in Brooklyn, NY. In 1911 he married her when she was only fifteen-years old! They had five more children: Abe, Rose, Jeanette, Jacob and Ruth. In New York Joseph lived in a rooming house owned by his mother-in-law. Starting sometime after the turn of the century, Joseph made several trips to Europe, bringing some of his older children back with him each time he returned to the United States. Dena’s mother, with the financial support of Joseph’s nephew (and son-in-law), Henry, brought over Dena and the younger children, Jeanette, Jacob, Rose, and Ruth. This last group left Czechoslovakia in the early 1930s, and traveled to the United States on the Bremen, the last ship to carry Jews from that part of the world to the United States. Joseph settled his family in the Hopkins Street area of New York City, and made a small living operating a fruit and vegetable store. Joseph died in 1951. Dena continued to live in Brooklyn until her death at age 92.

 

These soldiers of the Austro - Hungarian Imperial army include Moshe Gelb and Paul Gelb.

Moshe was born in 1876 and is remembered as an old, short, very strong man. He was married twice. He married Rose Keller (from Szollos, Ugocsa, Hungary) in 1900. They had three children, Dora, Hencha and Yossuf Hersh. When Rose died, Moshe married Meryl (from Szollos, Ugocsa, Hungary) and had four more children, Max, Hinda, Beryl and Abe. I don’t think that Moshe ever came to the United States. At least some of his children did immigrate, however.

 

Riesel (also known as Ruth) was born in 1903. She married a man named Shlomo in 1922 and had seven children, Fanny, Srul/Izzy, Schmiel, Yankel, Charles, Max, and Helen. Ruth died in 1944 in the Holocaust.

 

3RD Generation: Grandchildren of Avram and Chana (or Anna) Gelb

Children of Joseph Gelb and Frances Steinberg and Dena Feldman

Children of Joseph Gelb and Dena Feldman: Jeanette, Jack, Rose and Ruth.

Tillie, born June 20, 1892, was the eldest daughter. In 1910 she married her 1ST cousin, Henry (Elias’s son), in New York City around 1910. For a while, Henry and Tillie’s brother Charles were partners in the Lake View House, a kosher summer resort in Ellenville, New York. Henry and Charles took a mortgage on this property to help bring Joseph’s wife Dena and her younger children to the United States.

Later, Henry and Tillie moved around frequently as Henry’s job as a general manager for the Consolidated Cigar Company took him to such places as Memphis, Tennessee, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey. Henry also owned a store on the boardwalk in Wildwood, New Jersey. He also owned two rooming houses there. The 1ST, the Til-Anna, was owned in partnership with his brother-in-law Charles. Henry and Tillie owned the 2ND one, the New Chalfont, by themselves. Henry and Tillie had three children, Victor, Frances and Arthur. Henry and Tille finally settled in Camden, New Jersey where Henry entered the neon sign business. Tillie died March 5, 1959. Henry married again (Fanny), and moved to Philadelphia, where he died in 1963.

 

Harry was born in 1896 and came to the United States around 1912. His address was listed on his sister Anna’s travel documents as 103rd Street, New York. He was much loved and known for his generosity and great sense of humor. He married Lillian [born in 1899] in 1919 and had four children, Milton, Frances, Ruth and Eleanor. Years later, Harry operated a delicatessen in Washington, DC and also owned and operated the White Ash Cigar Company. Unfortunately, he died of Hodgkin’s Disease in 1939.

 

Rose was born in 1898. She married William Gorewitz in 1924 and initially lived in that same Williamsburg area of New York, where Bill owned a cleaning store. Around the time of World War II, they moved to Washington, DC, where they opened a combination cleaning-sewing-pawn shop. They had two daughters, Frances and Lillian. Rose and Bill have both died.

 

Gussie was born in 1901. In 1919 she married Samuel Prince, who came to the United States from Kiev in 1913. They lived in the same Williamsburg, New York area as the rest of the Gelb family. Sam ran a small grocery store there, 1ST on Hopkins Street and then in East New York. Sam wasn’t a well man. He gave up the grocery business in New York and, with the help of Gussie’s sister Rose, Sam and his family moved to Washington, D.C., where he opened another grocery store. Gussie and Sam had four children, Morris, William, Frances and Ruth. Sam passed away in 1956, Gussie in 1963.

 

Charles was born in 1905. He married Anna in 1929. Like the rest of the Gelb family, she lived in the Williamsburg section of New York, where Charles was a shoemaker. They had four daughters, Frances, Ruth, Rosalie and Shirley. Charles, Anna and the younger children moved to Washington, D.C. where Charles opened a small grocery store. As his store became more successful, the older children joined them.

 

In 1951, Charles bought Claude Neon Lights, a neon sign company from Charles Katz (the son-in-law of Tillie and Henry Gelb) and moved to Philadelphia. Charles was active in helping his Gelb relatives who had survived the war. He assisted Holocaust survivors, including Jack and Harriet Roth and their son, David, to come to the United States. He pleaded with his younger brother Moshe to come to the United States, but Moshe preferred to remain in Czechoslovakia. Charles died in 1967 from a heart attack while playing cards. His wife, Anna, has also passed away.

 

Anna was born in Onyck, Ugosca, Hungary. She appears to have entered the United States at Ellis Island on July 25th, 1942 aboard the SS Mt. Clinton with her brother “Mendel” (Moshe), age 17. Her age is listed as 22, making her born in 1900. The manifest states the father as Josef Gelb and that the two were going to visit their brother Harry Gelb living at 304 103rd Street, New York. She married Isadore Pearl (from New York) in 1928 and had three children, Gertrude, Ruth, and Pearl who died from whooping cough as a young child. Isadore had been gassed during World War I and suffered permanent injury. Both Anna and Isadore have died.

Moshe Gelb, his 1st wife, Esther, and their 4 kids. Esther and the kids died in the Holocaust.MOSHE GELB WITH RACHEL’S FAMILY IN 1947.

Moshe was born in 1908 in Szollos, Ugocsa, Hungary. He was the one child that Joseph was unable to bring to the United States. When his brother, Charles, was about to be drafted into the army, he was given Moshe’s papers and fled to the United States. Thus, Moshe was left without papers and was trapped in Czechoslovakia when the Nazis invaded. His wife, Esther, and their four children died in Auschwitz but Moshe survived the camps. He married Rachel in 1946 and began a new life and family. Their children were Abe, Joseph, and Toby. After Moshe’s death in 1975, Rachel and the children went 1ST to Italy and then moved to Brooklyn, New York. Rachel’s brother helped them to immigrate.

ABE GELB AS A YOUNG MAN ABE GELB, THE BAKER IN NEW YORK

Abe was born in 1912 in Szollos, Ugocsa, Hungary. He married Rose in 1934 and had two daughters, Sandra and Elaine. Abe was a cake baker and lived most of his life in the Bronx, New York. In the early 1950s, he owned a bakery on Haddon Avenue in Camden, New Jersey for a short time. Abe died at an early age from the effects of diabetes. Rose has also passed away.

 

Jeanette was born in 1915. She married Sol Steinman in 1936, and they had four children, Howard, Esther, Marilyn and Myra. Sol’s primary occupation was as a cutter in the clothing industry, but after he retired, he continued to work as a truck and bus driver and as a liquor store clerk. He died of a sudden heart attack in 1972. Jeanette lives in Jersey City, New Jersey with her daughters, Esther and Marilyn.

Rose was born in 1921. She remembers that as a child, she fell into the village well and was rescued by her uncle Shia. She married Julius Haber and had three children, Howard, Ilene and Jeffrey. Julius died in February 1979 in Reseda, Los Angeles, California. Later, she married Michael Wiz. They live in Las Vegas, Nevada.

 

Jacob, or Jack, was born in 1925. He served in the European Theatre during WWII. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge with the 106th Infantry and suffered severe frostbite. After the War, he lived with his sister Tille in Camden for a month or so, where he tried working with Henry and Arthur Gelb in the neon sign business. He returned to Brooklyn and married Ruth Prague in 1949. They had two children, Michael and Alice. In search of a warmer climate, he moved to El Paso, Texas where he worked for the government. After Ruth’s death from breast cancer in 1984, Jack moved to southern Florida. Jack had provided many of the black and white pictures that are on this page. He had died in October of 2014.

RUTH AND JACK GELB IN LINDSEY PARK, NEW YORKRuth was born in 1927. She married Alex “Ellie” Gold in 1946 and had three children, Mark, Jane and Phyllis. Ellie was in the tool business. Ruth died from breast cancer in 1984. Meanwhile, Ellie had retired and lived in southern Florida until his death in 2009.

 Children of Elias Gelb and Blimah Weisberger

Edward Henry (or Henrik) was born November 14, 1891 in either Onek or the smaller nearby town of Nyekujfalu. He arrived at Ellis Island on January 5th, 1907. He married his 1ST cousin, Tillie (Joseph’s eldest daughter) in New York City around 1910. For a while, Henry and Tillie’s brother, Charles, were partners in the Lake View House, a kosher summer resort in Ellenville, New York. Henry and Charles took a mortgage on this property to help bring Joseph’s wife Dena and her younger children to the United States. Later, Henry and Tillie moved around frequently as Henry’s job as a general manager for the Consolidated Cigar Company took him to such places as Memphis, Tennessee, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey. Henry also owned a store on the boardwalk in Wildwood, New Jersey. He also owned two rooming houses there. The 1ST, the Til-Anna, was owned in partnership with his brother-in-law Charles. Henry and Tillie owned the 2ND one, the New Chalfont, by themselves. Henry and Tillie had three children, Victor, Frances and Arthur. Henry and Tillie finally settled in Camden, New Jersey where Henry entered the neon sign business. Tillie died around 1960. A year later Henry married again (Fanny, born in 1900), and moved to Philadelphia, where he died June 6, 1963.

 

Max was born in 1885 in Szollos, Ugocsa, Hungary and married Rose Mittleman in 1909 in New York. They lived at 23 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. They had three children, Sylvia, Edna and Estelle. They later moved to Wilkes Barre on Sullivan Street and owned a grocery store next door to their house. Max tended a great garden, terraced on a hill, and was a beekeeper. He died in 1967. They both died in New York.

 

Samuel was born in 1887. He married, but later divorced Anne Friedman. They were married in 1911 in Brooklyn, New York. They had had two children, Ruth and Selma.

 

Sadie (also known as Shirley) was born in 1893. She married Benjamin “Buddy” Basch (Baschinsky) in 1917 and lived in New York. They had two children, Estelle (also known as Stella) and Herbert. Buddy became blind and Sadie worked as a waitress. This is when she took on the more American name, Shirley.

Helen was born February 2, 1899 in Szollos, Ugocsa, Hungary. in 1925 she married Abe Reiff, who owned a combination grocery-general store in Swoyersville, Pennsylvania. They had two children, Esther and Bernard. Abe died November 1971 in Kingston, Pennsylvania. After Abe’s death, Helen moved to Florida. She died November 1987 in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.

 

Charles GelbCharles was born in Nyekujfalu, Hungary in 1897. In 1922 he married Sobel (Sophie) Bernhardt and had two children, Reva and Bennett Israel (also known as Bernard and Benji). Charles worked as a cigar factory foreman in both Tampa, Florida and Cleveland, Ohio. He’s also remembered for the pigeons he raised. Charles died of cancer in 1960. Sobel passed away in 1999.

Children of Shia Gelb and Fayge Weiss

Moitya (also known as Max) was born in 1890 in Salish, Ugosca, Hungary. He married Pauline Solomon in 1916. They had three children, Sylvia, Selma and Albert. He was the first of Shia's children to come to the United States - sometime in the 1890s - and later helped some of his brothers and sisters to immigrate as well. They lived in a house on Harvey's lake, near Wilkes Barre and had a garden on the hill. He died in Pennsylvania.

 

Lynhe (also known as Lena) was born in 1892. In 1920 she married Meyer Moskowitz from the nearby village of Salish where he was in the produce business. They and had four children, Janet, Ann, Ruth and Gussie.

 

Elyah (also known as Eddie), born around 1897, was a bachelor for much of his life and lived with his brother Paul at his sister Lena’s house in Wilkes Barre. Eddie was a very successful businessman and his Chrysler dealership in Kingston, Pennsylvania was reputed to be the largest on the East Coast. He was the largest Imperial dealer in the country. When Lena died, Eddie, who by then was in his 50s or 60s, married Florence Sykes in 1960. They had no children. Eddie passed away in 1988, but Florence lived until 2000.

 

Harry was born August 2, 1895. In 1919 he married Anna Lieberman from the nearby town of Salish, and they had three children, Jack, Albert, and Marvin, who died as an infant, thought to have been from pyloric stenosis. Harry owned several businesses, including a children’s clothing store in Wilkes Barre. Several of Harry’s nieces worked in the store. He died in June, 1992, in Kingston, Pennsylvania.

 

Pessel was born in 1899. He married in 1924 in Europe and had three daughters, Rifka, Leah and Pessel. Pessel and her husband, Herman Weiss were killed in Auschwitz in 1944. However, their daughter, Ruth came to the United States, with the help of her Uncle Max.

 

Mendel was born in 1901. He made several trips back and forth between Onyck and the United States, bringing some of his children to America. He died in Onyck.

Paul Gelb at age 97 [son of Shia Gelb and Fayge Weiss].

Pinchas (also known as Paul) was born in 1904. In 1931, he came to the United States as a stowaway, hiding in the ship’s coal bins. He was discovered by the United States immigration authorities and threatened with deportation. Just before his deportation, he married an American woman, Fanny Gordon. He was deported shortly after his marriage, but because he was now married to an American citizen, he was allowed to return to the United States within a few months. Upon his return he divorced Fanny and lived with his brother Eddie at his sister Lena’s home. When Lena died, Paul, then in his 50s or 60s, married Bertha. Paul became a successful businessman, sometimes in business with his brother Eddie, and sometimes with his nephew Albert. Paul Gelb died in August 2002, at age 97. Bertha is still living in Kingston, Pennsylvania. They have no children.

 

Reisel, the youngest child, was born in 1906. She remained in Europe and never married. She was killed in the Holocaust.

Children of Moshe Gelb

Dora was born February 2, 1899 in Szollos, Ugocsa, Hungary She married Sam Gelb. Dora died April 1977 in Brooklyn, New York.

 

Hencha was born in 1904 in Salish, Ugosca, Hungary.

 

Yossuf Hersh was born in 1906 in Szollos, Ugocsa, Hungary. He married and had two children, Harry and Fayge.

 

Max was born in 1908 in Szollos, Ugocsa, Hungary. I believe he married Helen in 1932 and had two children, Sidney and Charles.

 

Hinda was born in 1910 in Szollos, Ugocsa, Hungary. She married Max Hans and had one son. Max was a furrier.

 

Beryl, a merchant, was born in 1912. He married Sprinta and had eight children, including Paul, Dubrish and Blima. Blima and her parents died in Auschwitz. Fortunately, Dubrish and Paul had survived.

 

Abe was born in 1914 in Szollos, Ugocsa, Hungary. His European wife died in the Holocaust. He came to the United States after the War and married a woman named Chana. They had at least one son.

Children of Yankel Gelb and Yenta Weiss

Harry was born in 1902 in Szollos, Ugocsa, Hungary.

 

Ann was born in 1904 in Szollos, Ugocsa, Hungary

Children of Reisel Gelb and Shlomo

Fanny was born in 1923. She married a man named Robinson in 1947. They had three children, Victor, Joseph and Arthur.

 

Srul (also known as Izzy) was born in 1924. He married a woman named Devorah in 1949 and had two children, Arthur and Ruth.

 

Schmiel was born in 1926.

 

Yankel was born in 1928.

 

Charles was born in 1930.

 

Max was born in 1933. He came to the United States, worked in or owned a coat factory, married a woman named Betty, and had two daughters, Hilda and Jacqueline.

 

Helen married Sam Blubstein, a tailor, and had six children: Seymour, Dottie, Rubin [her twin], Anna, Ted, and Abe.

Children of Shloyma Gelb and Chana Dvorya

Sam was born in 1897 in Szollos, Ugocsa, Hungary. He married Doris/Dora and had two children, Morris and May. She died April, 1977 in Brooklyn, New York.

 

Max was born in 1899.

 

Morris was born in 1901.

 

Rose was born in 1903.

 4TH Generation: Great-Great Grandchildren of Avram and Chana (or Anna) Gelb

Children of Tillie and Henry Gelb

Victor, born in 1911, died in 1912, as a young child.

Tillie and Henry Gelb with their children, Arthur and Frances.Frances was born March 10, 1913. She married Charles Katz, also from Camden, in 1934. They had three sons, Sidney, Ellis and Nathan. In 1941, they moved to Philadelphia where Charles owned and operated Claude Neon Lights, a neon sign company. Charles sold the neon sign company to Frances’ uncle Charles Gelb, and the family moved to Florida. They lived there for a short time and then moved to Camden, where Charles started another neon sign company. After Charles died in August 1972, Frances worked for a travel agency and traveled extensively. She died in May 1996.

 

Arthur was born around 1920 in Camden, New Jersey and served in the Pacific Theater with the Army during World War II. After the War, he worked with his father in the neon sign business in Camden. He married Ruth and they had one son, Bruce Elliott. Ruth suffered from arthritis and the family moved to Miami for its warmth. Arthur died of a heart attack around 1955, and Ruth and Bruce moved to California.

Children of Harry and Lillian Gelb

Frances was born in 1921. She married George Rogosin, a stockbroker, in 1940, and lived in New York. They had two children, Michael and Patti. After George died of Parkinson’s Disease in 1984, Frances moved to southern Florida where she currently lives.

Milton “Sonny” Gelb, son of Harry and Lillian Gelb.

Milton (also known as Sonny) was born in 1925. He served with the 28th Infantry Division during World War II, one of the main units that fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He was awarded the Bronze Star. After the War, he married Rae Gottein, who was born in 1927. When Rae died, Milton married Bella, who was born in 1925. When she also passed away, Milton married Helen [born in 1927], with whom he now lives in southern Florida. Earlier, Milton lived in Washington, DC where he owned an electrical supply company. Milton had three children, Richard, Daniel, and Linda. Sonny died in 2016.

 

Ruth was born in 1927. She married Al Goldstein in 1948, but later divorced him. She has two sons, Gary and Joel, and a daughter, Barbara. Ruth moved to Las Vegas. She died in 2013.

 

Eleanor was born in 1931. She married Eugene Friedman and had three children, Joel, Mark, and Melanie. Eleanor currently lives in Arizona.

Children of Gussie Gelb and Samuel Prince

Marty Prince, son of Gussie Gelb and Samuel Prince.

Morris (better known as Marty) was born in 1919 and served in the Army Rangers during World War II. He was in one of the first units to land on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. He was the company historian and wrote a book describing his war experiences. In 1947, he married Esther Cohen and owned a grocery store in Washington, DC with his brother Willy. Later, Marty and Esther moved to St. Louis where Marty was a furniture salesman. They have four children, Gary, Ronnie, Tammy and Kenneth. Marty and Esther later moved to southern Florida. Morris died on August 3, 2007. Then, Esther died on April twenty seven, 2009 of a heart attack.

 

William (Willy) was born in 1921 and served in Italy with the army during World War II. In 1946, he married Frieda and had two children, Stephen and Pamela. Willy died in Maryland on May 1 2007. Frieda died in a nursing home.

 

Frances was born in 1927. She married Howard Penenburgh in 1950 and lived in the Washington, DC area, where Howard was a civilian employee of the Marine Corps. They have six children, Brenda, Celia, Joel, Robert, Dale and Gordon. Howard died April 25, 1991 . Frances lived in Maryland until April 2018.

 

Ruth was born in 1935. She married Bud Howell in 1956, but later divorced him. They had four children, Debbie, Bryan, Sandy and Tammy. Ruth continues to live in Maryland.

Children of Rose Gelb and William Gorewitz

JOSEPH GELB WITH BILL AND ROSE GOREWITZ AND THEIR DAUGHTER, FRANCES.Frances was born in 1926. She married Samuel Spiegel (son of Mischa Spiegal) in 1944 and lived in Tustin, California. They have three children, Victor Allan, Shelah Ann and Russell Adam. Frances passed away April 5th, 2004.

Lillian was born in 1932. She married Ernest Stedman. They are both artists and live in Jacksonville, Oregon. They have two children, Gary and Elyse.

Children of Charles and Anne Gelb

Frances was born in 1930. She married Abe Wool and has a son, Steve, and a daughter.

 

Ruth was born in 1928. She married Andrew Fekete in 1957 and has three children, Janet, Sharon and David. Ruth and Andrew live in Virginia. Ruth is active in Holocaust affairs and established the Hampton Roads Area Holocaust Commission. Andrew is a medical doctor.

 

Rosalyn was born in 1933. She married Stanley Schwartz and lives in the suburban Philadelphia area. They have two children.

 

Shirley was born in 1935.

Children of Anna Gelb and Isadore Pearl

Gertrude was born in 1929. She married Daniel Kitaeff and had two children, Jack and a girl. Gertrude is a recent widow and now lives in Jamesburg, New Jersey.

 

Ruth Pearl was born in 1931, but she died in 1933.

 

Pearl was born in 1933. Unfortunately, she died of whooping cough within a year.

Children of Abe and Rose Gelb

Sandra was born in 1942. She married Eddie Danziger, a taxi driver in New York in 1956, and later divorced him. They had four children, Mitchell, Richard, Brian and Jacqueline. Like her father, Sandra was a baker. She has passed away.

 

Elaine was born in 1949. She was married, divorced, and widowed. They had two children, Robert and Naomi. Elaine continues to live in New York.

Children of Jeanette Gelb and Sol Steinman

Howard was born in 1938. He married Eleanor in 1959 and later divorced her. He has two children, Jeffrey and Sharon. Howard currently lives in Jersey City.

 

Esther was born in 1941. In 1962 she married Arthur Kleinman. They had two children, Jason and Dawn. Since he had passed away, Esther has been living with her mother, Jeanette, in Jersey City.

 

Marilyn was born in 1942. In 1962 she married Phil Werber, who has since passed away. There are no children. She currently lives with her mother, Jeanette, in Jersey City.

 

Myra was born in 1947. She married Robert Gabor from Denmark, whom she met while on a backpacking trip through India in 1968. They live in Ashkelon, Israel where Myra works for the government and Robert is a boilermaker. They have two children, Andre and Naomi.

Children of Rose Gelb and Julius Haber

Harold (or Howard) was born in 1946. He married Pauline in 1970. They had three children, Nicole, Jennifer and Benjamin. They live in Los Angeles. Ilene was born in 1948. She married Bob Slapin in 1970 and has two children, Nicole and Jody. They live in San Diego.

 

Jeffrey was born in 1950. He married Theresa and has two sons. They live in Tennessee.

Children of Jack Gelb and Ruth Prague

Michael was born in 1951. He married Luidmilla (a widow from Russia with one child) in 1976 and lives in the Washington, DC area. Michael had a P.H.D. in Russian history and works for the Holocaust Museum. They have no children. Sadly, Luidmilla died of a heart attack in March, 2004.

                                                                                                                                

Alice was born in 1954. She married Peter Simmons in 1987 and had two children, Roxanne and Skippy. She divorced Peter and married Donald Frenk. Alice’s an electrical engineer, and Don works for the telephone company. They live in Austin, Texas.

Children of Ruth Gelb and Alex Gold

Mark was born in 1948. He married Sherri Kline in 1970. They had two children, Bonnie and Michael. Mark is in the tool business and lives in New York. Sherri passed away in 2000.

 

Jane was born in 1951. In 1973 she married Henry Posner, who owned an environmental monitoring business. They have one child, Lindsay, and live in Lutherville, Maryland.

                                                                                                                  

Phyllis (now known as Carrie) was born in 1957. She married Oded Nachmani in 1980. He’s in the garment business and they live in Old Westbury, New York. They have three children, Danielle, Arielle, and Michaela.

Children of Max and Rose Gelb

ROSE AND MAX GELB WITH THEIR 3 DAUGHTERS: ESSIE STEELE, EDNA ROME, AND SYLVIA KESSLER.

Sylvia was born in 1915. She married Hy Kessler in 1952 and lived in the Wilkes Barre area. They had two children, Lee and Gary. Hy has passed away. Sylvia lived in Lake Worth, Florida until 2007. Since then, she had passed away.

                                                                                                                

Edna was born September 20, 1910. She married Bernard Rome in 1936 and had three children, Linda, Donna and Harolyn. She died February 1974 in Kingston, Pennsylvania. Bernard died December 26, 1989.

 

Essie was born November 30, 1916. She married Melvin Steele in 1940. They had one daughter, Debbie. Essie died on August 20th, 1989, of esophageal cancer in Cape May, New Jersey. He died December 1992, in North Cape May, NJ. He was out buying a lottery ticket. Apparently, it was not his lucky day.

Children of Samuel Gelb and Anne Friedman

Ruth was born in 1912 in Brooklyn, New York. She married Gershon “Geshie” Berezow in 1933, who was in the ladies clothing business. They had three children, Barbara, Marvin, and Sheila. They moved to southern New Jersey in the 1950s. Geshie has passed away, and Ruth continues to live in southern New Jersey.

 

Selma was born in 1916. She had spinal meningitis as a child and suffered both physical and mental damage. She has passed away.

Children of Helen Gelb and Abe Reiff

Esther (also known as Essie) was born in 1928. She married Lou Ullman, an appliance salesman, in 1953. They have one daughter, Paula. Lou died on 7/22/05. Essie lives in Kingston, Pennsylvania in the summer and in southern Florida in the winter.

 

Bernard was born in 1930. He married Leonore Savitz in 1956 and had three children, Elliott, Devon and Charlene. Bernard, a dentist, and was killed in an automobile accident.

Children of Sadie Gelb and Benjamin Basch

Estelle was born in 1918. She married Jack Lipsitz in 1941. They had two children, a son, Louis, and a daughter, Barbara.

 

Herbert was born in 1920. He married Helen Black in 1948 and has three children, Stephen, Judith and Randy.

Children of Charles Gelb and Sophie Bernhardt

Bennett Israel was born on October 10, 1924. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and later started a wholesale egg and poultry business, Ohio Framers, which grew into one of Cleveland’s largest restaurant suppliers. He married Gloria Solomon of Detroit, Michigan in 1948. In the early years of Ohio Farmers, Gloria worked as the company bookkeeper. They had three children, Elliott, Stuart and Mary.

 

Reva was born on June 30, 1926. She married Ray Laureno in 1944 and had three children, Robert, Kenneth and Gary. Ray served in the Army Corps of Engineers and later became an architectural and structural steel draftsman. He lost his job because of a broken finger and consequently started his own successful business in Cleveland, the Academy Blue Printing Company. Ray had retired from the business and died in July of 2008.

Children of Max Gelb and Pauline Solomon

Sylvia was born in 1922. In 1944 she married Carl Weiss (from Szollos, Ugocsa, Hungary). They have two daughters, Judy and Barbara.

 

Selma was born July 7, 1917 in Indiana. She married Frank Lurie in 1944. They have a son, Steven. Frank died May 1982 in Delray Beach, Florida. She died June 1982 in Baltimore, Maryland.

 

Albert was born in 1926. He married his cousin Janet Moskowitz (daughter of Meyer Moskowitz and Lynhe Gelb) in 1942 and has three daughters, Gail, Shelly and Lisa. Albert died in 1975.

Children of Lena Gelb and Meyer Moskowitz

STANDING: AL GELB AND ELLIS KATZ. SEATED: JANET MOSKOWITZ, ANN COHEN, PAUL GELB [AT AGE 97], ESSIE ULLMAN. PICTURE FROM 2001.

Janet was born in 1922. She married her cousin, Albert Gelb and had three children, Gail, Shelly and Lisa. Albert has passed away and Janet lived in Kingston, Pennsylvania.

 

Ann was born in 1924. She married Joe Cohen in 1949 and has two sons, Harvey and Gary. Joe has passed away and Ann lives in Kingston, Pennsylvania, next door to her sister Janet.

 

Ruth was born in 1926. She married Sheldon Morris in 1950 and had two children, Howard and Carol. Ruth died in 1998.

 

Gussie was born in 1928. She married Aaron Rolnick in 1952 and has three daughters, Frances, Susan and Joan. Both Gussie and Aaron passed away in 1990.

Children of Harry Gelb and Anne Lieberman

Jack was born in 1920. He married Ruth and had two sons, Jack, Jr. and Jeffrey Alan. He was a medical doctor, practicing in Wilmington, Delaware. After Ruth’s death in 1962, he married Pat, who was his medical assistant. Jack passed away in 1983 of metastatic renal cell cancer.

Albert Gelb, and his wife, Pat

Albert was born in 1925. He married Marilyn Jacobson, a lawyer from Carbondale, in 1953, but he divorced her around 1990. They had four children Jeremy, Deborah, Daniel and Judith. Albert was a surgeon (now retired) practicing in cooperation with his brother Jack. In 1998, he married Pat Gelb, Jack’s widow. Al and Pat lived in suburban Wilmington. Marilyn succumbed to Alzheimer’s disease in May, 2002, at age 75. Al had passed away on September 7, 2021.

 

Marvin died as an infant, thought to have been from pyloric stenosis.

Children of Pessel Gelb

 

Ruth was born in 1925. With the help of her uncle Max, she came to the United States in 1938. She lived with her aunt Lena in Wilkes Barre until she married Martin Elias, an immigrant from Germany. They had two children, including a daughter named Phyllis. Ruth had three siblings: Moshe, Miriam, and Beryl. We don´t yet know what had happened to them.

 

Leah was born in 1927. She remained in Onyck, married and had five children. Her husband and all of her children were killed in the Holocaust. She survived and after the War she married another survivor, Toyve Weiss, of the Weiss family in Salish. Together, they had three sons, Michael, Greg and Paul. Toyve had lost his family during the Holocaust and became a member of the Resistance. After the War, he became active in politics and even became the mayor of a local town. Leah, Toyve and their children immigrated to the United States in the 1960s and settled in Brooklyn, New York.

Children of Yossuf Hersh Gelb

Harry was born in 1929.

 

Fayge was born in 1931.

Children of Max and Helen Gelb

Sidney was born in 1934.

 

Charles was born in 1936.

Children of Hinda Gelb and Max Hans

son

Children of Beryl Gelb and Sprinta

Blima, a seamstress, and her parents died in Auschwitz.

 

Dubrish married Berger, a man from Israel, and moved to Canada after the War. They went into the trash disposal business and were very successful.

 

Paul came to the United States after the War. He had been a guard at one of the camps during World War II. His Uncle Max, who was then a coat manufacturer in New Jersey, brought him to the United States. He gave Paul a job there. Paul immediately unionized the place, almost driving his Uncle Max out of business. Paul then joined his sister, Dubrish and Berger in Canada, where he married his 2ND wife, Loretta. He and Loretta enjoyed the winters in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, where Paul eventually passed away.

Child of Abe Gelb and Chana

son

Children of Max and Betty Gelb

Hilda was born in 1961. She was married and had children. Tragically, her husband and daughter were killed in an automobile accident.

 

Jacqueline, was born in 1963.

Children of Helen and Sam Blubstein

Dottie was married to Ralph Sandler. They had two children, Linda and Arlene.

 

Rubin, Dottie’s twin, was married and had a daughter.

 

Anna was born in 1911 in Brooklyn, New York. She had married a man with the last name of Bergenholtz in 1939. He was a grocer, and the couple had two sons, Ivan and Harvey.

 

Abe had married Sylvia Berger. They had 2 daughters, Toby and Brenda.

 

Ted was born in 1916 in Brooklyn, New York. He changed his name to Bluestein and married Sylvia. They had three children.

 

Seymour had changed his last name to Burnette. He has two children, Gale and Howard.

Children of Fanny Gelb and Robinson

Victor was born in 1948.

 

Joseph was born in 1950.

 

Arthur was born in 1952.

Children of Srul/Izzy and Devorah

Arthur was born in 1943. He married Edith (or Bunny) and had four sons, Robert, Steven, Jamie, and Mike. She later divorced him and married someone named Rubin. They have two daughters. They live in Boca Raton, Florida. Arthur passed away from a heart attack in 1995.

 

Ruth was born in 1945. She got married and later passed away.

Children of Sam and Doris/Dora Gelb

Morris

 

May

Children of Anna Blubstein and Bergenholtz

Ivan was born in Brooklyn, New York. He’s married Elaine and has three children: Donna, Stephen, and Michael.

 

Harvey’s married Adele and has a family. They have a daughter, Lisa, who is married.

Children of Ted Bluestein

Ellen Wolfson lives in Marlboro, New Jersey.

 

Sharon Goldman lives in Freehold, New Jersey.

 

Laura Gilbert

Children of Abe Blubstein and Sylvia Berger

Toby has a son, David Bach.

Brenda married a man named Stevens. They have a son named Jeff.

Steven

Children of Seymour Blubstein [Burnette]

Gale

Howard

Children of Arthur and Edith Gelb

Robert became a doctor and married Judy. They live in Encinitas, California. Their children are Rachel and Rebecca.

 

Steven and Margaret live in San Diego, California. Their child is Areala.

 

Jamie and Andrea live in Merrick, New York. Their child is Areala.

 

Mike and Kamal live in Lynwood, Washington. Their son is Elijah.

5TH Generation: Great-Great-Great Grandchildren of Avram and Chana (or Anna) Gelb

Children of Frances Gelb and Charles Katz

Sidney was born June 4, 1935. He married Sheila Krivitz of Camden, New Jersey in 1959. They have two sons, Craig and Jeffrey. Sidney was a Professor of Chemistry at Rutgers University in Camden. Sidney and Sheila lived in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Sheila had died in June of 2016.

                                                                                                                                                    

Ellis was born November 1, 1938. He married Barbara “Bobby” Usatch of Philadelphia, PA in June of 1961. They have two children, Cindy Arla and Eric. Ellis retired as a Professor of Political Science at Temple University. Ellis did most of the research for this page. Bobby recently retired from her position as a speech therapist with the Philadelphia public schools. They lived in the Philadelphia area for many years. In 2004 they and their children had moved to Florida. Ellis and Bobby live in Boynton Beach, Florida. Ellis died in September of 2023.

 

Nathan was born August 11, 1948. He married Eileen Aguera in 1972 and divorced in 1978. He then married Ellen Goldberg of Boston in 1982. They have one son, Rafael. Nathan is Professor of Religious Studies at Florida International University, and Ellen works for the Jewish Federation. Natham and Ellen live in Miami Beach. Rafael now lives in Colorado.

Children of Arthur and Ruth Gelb

Bruce Gelb, son of Arthur and Ruth Gelb.Bruce Elliot was born in 1947. I don’t know if he’s married. He has lived in Pennsylvania and possibly Alexandria, Virginia. He may have worked for the American Association for The Study of Liver Diseases.

James

Children of Milton Gelb

 

Richard Alan died as a child.

 

Daniel Howard has also passed away.

 

Linda Harriet married and has four children, Bryan, Rachel, Brett, and Emily.

Children of Eleanor Gelb and Eugene Friedman

Joel married Sheryl and has a son, Benjamin. Joel is a psychologist and lives in New Jersey.

 

Mark married Janet and has two children, Marissa and Josh. Mark is an executive with an HMO.

 

Melanie is married and has three children, Trevor, and twins Nichole and Jordan. Melanie is a veterinarian and lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Children of Ruth Gelb and Al Goldstein

Gary was born in 1950. He married in 1974 and has 2 children, Alex and Kristi. They got divorced in 1990. He married Cheryll in 1991. Alex died in 2008.

 

Joel was born in 1951. He’s married and has two children, Mark and Ross.

 

Barbara was born in 1952. She married Dan McLoughlin and has a daughter, Caitlin.

Children of Frances Gelb and George Rogosin

Michael was born in 1941. He had married, but later divorced Marilyn. In 1960, he married Barbara. They have one son, Todd. They live in Nice, France, where Michael was Vice President of Venture.com.

 

Patti was born in 1942. She married a man with the last name of Gelb in 1961 and has two children, Melissa and Paul. They live in New York, where Gelb is a furrier.

Children of Marty and Esther Prince

Gary was born in 1954. He married Jan Mohr in 1982, but later divorced her. Then, he married is Jacqueline Rose Connell in 2004. They have two children, Gregory and Hannah. Gary is a Certified Public Accountant for Automotive Resources, Inc. (ARI), a Virginia based mobile lift manufacturer owned by his cousin, Robert Penenburgh. Gary lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

 

Ronnie (or Ron. B. Prince) was born in 1957. He’s single and VP Marketing for In Style magazine in Ney York City.

 

Tammy was born in 1960. She married Bob Baird in 1986, but later divorced him. They have two sons, Michael and Jason. Tammy is a computer programmer and Bob is an accountant. She’s now married to Allen Andrews. They live in Maryland.

 

Kenneth was born in 1961. He married Mary Lou Williams in 1994 and has one son, Samuel. Kenneth also works for Automotive Resources, Inc. They live in Maryland.

Children of William and Frieda Prince

Stephen was born in 1956, but died in from a congenital heart defect in 1974.

 

Pamela was born in 1958. She married Scott Martin in 1979 and has two children, Eric Steven and Nicole Nadia. They live in Maryland.

Children of Frances Prince and Howard Penenburgh

Brenda was born in 1951. She married, but later divorced Jerre Ott. They had no children. Brenda lives in Maryland and works for Automotive Resources, Inc.

 

Celia was born in 1953. She married Joseph "Ben” Benjamin in 1978. They have two sons, Peter James and Robert Edward, and live in Maryland.

 

Joel was born in 1952. He married Abby in 1977 and has a daughter, Randi Clair. They live in Maryland.

 

Robert was born in 1956. He married Debbie in 1988 and they have two daughters, Samantha Christina and Lauren. He owns Automotive Resources, Inc. (ARI) a mobile lift manufacturer, located in Manassas, Virginia.

 

Gordon was born in 1959. He married Veronica in 1985, and they have three children, Victoria Ilene, Jessica Laurene and Ari Braedon. Gordon had later divorced Veronica and married Tiffany. They and their son, Austin, live in Maryland.

 

Dale was born in 1958. He has a son, Timothy Jay, from his first marriage. In 1995 he married Diana. Dale also works for Automotive Resources, Inc. They and their five children, Coleman Howard, Shelby Lynn, Catelyn, Ethan and Alexis live in Virginia.

Children of Ruth Prince and Bud Howell

Debbie was born in 1957. She married Jerry Eddy in 1982, but later divorced him. They have two sons, Tyler Frederick and Evan Samuel. They live in Maryland.

 

Bryan was born in 1959. He married Christine in 1984 and has two children, Ashley Marie and Bryan Keith, Jr. They live in Maryland.

 

Sandy was born in 1961. She married Carl Burcham in 1984 and has two children, Brennan and Austin. They live in Texas.

 

Tammy was born in 1963. She married Mark Gray in 1985. They have two children, Andrew Clayton and Morgan Amanda, and live in Maryland.

Children of Frances Gorewitz and Samuel Spiegel

Victor Allan was born on January 23, 1948. He’s divorced and has one son, Mischa. He’s an educational marketing specialist and lives in Berkeley, California.

 

Shelah Ann was born on August 14, 1953. She married Paul Leonard Weinreich March 4, 1984 and has two children, Nicole Rose and Gregory Aaron. Shelah is a legal assistant and part-time professional musician playing and teaching bluegrass and country fiddle. The family lives in Fountain Valley, California.

 

Russell Adam was born on March 30, 1961. He’s a musician and lives in Frankfurt, Germany. He’s single.

Children of Lillian Gorewitz and Ernest Stedman

Gary was born in 1956. He’s single and is a psychiatric nurse in Mill Valley, California.

 

Elyse was born in 1959 and married Mark St. George in 1990. They have three children, Ashley, Brittany and Caytlin. Elyse is an electrical designer and lives in Mission Viejo in southern California.

Children of Moshe and Rachel Gelb

Abe was born in 1948. He married a woman in Italy. She was a widow with one child. They had another child together. I understand that they live in Brooklyn.

 

Joseph was born in 1950. He lives with his mother, Rachel, in Brooklyn.

 

Toby was born in 1952. He married someone with the last name of Schaeffer. They have three children and live in Brooklyn.

Children of Ruth Gelb and Andrew Fekete

Janet, a freelance graphic design artist, was born in 1958. She lives in New York City.

 

Sharon was born in 1961 and married Kevin Tabaac. They both work for the Disney Company and live in the Orlando, Florida area.

 

David was born in 1963.

Child of Gertrude Pearl and Daniel Kitaeff

Jack married Teresa Merideth. They have three children: Isaiah born February, 1995, Moriah born November, 1996, and Mordechai born February, 2003.

Children of Mitchell and Caroline Danziger

Samuel

 

Josh

 

Hannah

Children of Sandra Gelb and Eddie Danziger

Mitchell was born in 1962. He married Caroline. Their children are Samuel, Josh and Hannah.

 

Richard was born in 1964.

 

Brian was born in 1970.

 

Jacqueline was born in 1971.

Children of Elaine Gelb

Naomi, a lawyer, was born in 1971.

Robert, a doctor, was born in 1974.

 

Children of Myra Steinman and Robert Gabor

Andre was born in 1970.

 

Naomi was born in 1978. She’s studying at the University of Jerusalem.

Children of Esther Steinman and Arthur Kleinman

Jason was born in 1963.

 

Dawn was born in 1965. She’s married and has twins, Jacob and Shana. The family lives in Eldora, Pennsylvania.

Children of Howard and Eleanor Steinman

Jeffrey was born in 1960. He married Mindi and has two sons.

 

Sharon, a doctor, was born in 1962.

Children of Harold (or Howard) and Pauline Haber

Nicole was born in 1971.

 

Jennifer was born in 1973.

 

Benjamin was born in 1975.

Children of Eileen Haber and Bob Slapin

Nicole was born in 1972.

 

Jody was born in 1973.

Children of Jeffrey and Theresa Haber

son #1

 

son #2

Children of Alice Gelb and Peter Simmons and Donald Frenk

Roxanne was born in 1988.

 

Skippy was born in 1992.

Child of Jane Gold and Henry Posner

Lindsay was born in 1974.

Children of Carrie Gold and Oded Nachmani

Danielle was born in 1981.

 

Arielle was born in 1983.

 

Michaela was born in 1985.

Children of Mark Gold and Sherri Kline

Bonnie was born in 1971.

 

Michael was born in 1972.

Children of Bernard Reiff and Leonore Savitz

Elliott was born in 1958. He lives in Columbus, Ohio.

 

Devon was born in 1960. He married Lisa Lomas and is in the real estate business. They have three children and live in New York City.

 

Charlene was born in 1962. She lives in the Boca Raton area of Florida.

Child of Esther Reiff and Lou Ullman

Paula was born in 1952. She lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. She’s single.

Children of Edna Gelb and Bernard Rome

Harolyn (also known as Honey) was born in 1938. in 1960 she married Dr. Mitchell Goldenberg, a plastic surgeon, and has three children, Susan, Eric and Amy. They lived in Indiana. Honey died in 1991.

 

Donna was born in 1946. She married Ron Eckert in 1971, but later divorced him. They had one son, Ronnie. Donna later married Chris Johnson and works for Blue Cross.

 

Linda was born in 1954. She married Keith Sills in 1990 and had one daughter, Emily. Keith retired from Inland Steel, but still works part time. Linda worked in the insurance industry but more recently worked part time for Walgreen’s Home Health. They have recently moved to Ovieda, Florida, near Orlando.

Children of Sylvia Gelb and Hy Kessler

Lee was born in 1953 in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. She married, but later divorced Duane Dura. She later married Carmen Salvato and lives in Alexandria, Virginia. She’s the executive director of a nonprofit organization that provides relief for needy children internationally.

 

Gary was born in 1955. He married Ruth Levy in 1980 and has three children, Edna Branch, Nathaniel and Chava. He’s a rabbi in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Child of Essie Gelb and Melvin Steele

Debbie was born in 1962. She’s an Anesthesiologist and married John Lippman. They have two daughters, Jane Elizabeth and Sara. They live in Philadelphia, PA.

Children of Ruth Gelb and Gershon Berezow

Barbara, Marvin and Sheila Berezow, 12/54 [Children of Ruth Gelb and Gershon Berezow].

Marvin was born in 1934 in Brooklyn. He married Jane Wiener in 1962, and they have two children, Holly and Deena. They live in southern New Jersey.

Barbara Berezow was born June 25, 1938. She attended Temple University with a B.A. in Home Economics. She also earned her Master’s degree in Special Education from Kean College of NJ. She made her career as a home economics teacher, changing over to special education. She married Alan Harold Master June 7, 1959. They have three children, Laurie, Stephanie and Jackie. Barbara was active in volunteer work and tutored children, once retired. Barbara and Alan lived in Arizona for a while and then came back East, settling lakefront in the Poconos [in Pennsylania] for the last few years of their lives. Barbara passed away from a massive stroke incurred on the night of the big 2003 blackout (no relationship). She died 3 days later on August 17, 2003. Alan succumbed to a staph infection that hit suddenly after a pic-line was changed for his dialysis. He died May 2, 2004.

 

Sheila was born in 1944 and had married Errol Reich in 1969. They have three children, Andrew, Gail and Ellen.

Children of Estelle Basch and Jack Lipsitz

Louiswas born in 1938. He married Joan Scheff in 1959 and later divorced her. They had two children, a daughter, Anne, and a son, Jonathan. Lou is retired from the University of North Carolina but still lives in Chapel Hill.

 

Barbara was born in 1944. She married Jack Geller in 1970. She got divorced and then married Ted Baldwin. They adopted Jake & Sadie named for her father and grandmother.

Children of Herbert Basch and Helen Black

Steve was born in 1935 and lives in New Jersey.

JUDY BASCH AND LOU ULLMAN.

Judy was born in 1951 and lives in Florida.

 

Randy was born in 1952 and lives in Connecticut.

Children of Bennett Gelb and Gloria Solomon

Stuart Allen was born in Detroit Michigan on August 25, 1949. He attended Ohio State University where he met and married Nanci Lynn Group from New York City in 1974. They have two daughters, Brooke Wendy and Emily Ilyse. Stuart is a clothing manufacturer in New York.

 

Elliott Steven was born in Cleveland on May 3, 1952. He married Helene Kessler in 1980. Helene, who was born in 1954 in Cleveland, Ohio. They have two children, Hallie Dyan and Carly Rose. Elliott is president of Ohio Farmers, and Helene worked as an event planner for the Marriott hotel chain.

 

Ellen Lorie (known as Lorie) was born in Cleveland on April 28, 1957. She married Mark Steven Silverman from Philadelphia in 1996. They have one child, Arielle Nicole Gelb-Silverman. Lorie is vice president of Ohio Farmers, and Mark is a businessman.

Children of Reva Gelb and Ray Laureno

Robert was born on March 2nd, 1945. He attended Cornell University where he majored in History. He later went on to Cornell Medical School and became a neurologist. While still in medical school, in 1970, he married Karen Jayne Knoller from Little Neck, New York. They have three children, a daughter, Caroline Amy, and twin girls, Rachel Allison and Meredith Anne. Bob is on the staff of the Washington Hospital Center and the family lives in Rockville, Maryland.

 

Kenneth was born on August 5, 1951. He attended Ohio State University and studied zoology. He later did graduate work at Syracuse University. Still later, he became a registered nurse. Ken married Krista Louise Wohlers from Brockport, New York in 1983. They have three children, Daniel Evan, Jennifer Michele and Joshua David. In 1995, Ken went to work in the family business, and the family lives in Lyndhurst, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland.

 

Gary was born on July 5, 1954. He briefly attended Ohio State, and then returned to the family business, which he eventually bought from his father. He married Lisa Anne Belkin in 1989 and has two sons, Kevin Charles and Edward Phillip. Lisa is an attorney who works in her family’s business, Concert and Event Promotions. They live in Moreland Hills, Ohio.

Children of Sylvia Gelb and Carl Weiss

Judy was born in 1945 in Indiana. She married Irv Moskow in 1969 and has three children, David, Lisa and Debbie.

 

Barbara was born in 1946 in Indiana. She married Burton Karmiel in 1970 and later divorced him. In 1974 she then married and divorced Ron Farris. Barbara and Ron have two children, Allison and Susan. Barbara currently lives in Florida.

Child of Selma Gelb and Frank Lurie

Steven was born in 1946. He married Marcia in 1970 and has one son, Paul. They live in the Baltimore area.

Children of Albert Gelb and Janet Moskowitz

Gail was born in 1944. She lives in Whitehall, Pennsylvania and works for Verizon Communications.

 

Shelly was born in 1946. She passed away some years ago, before 2000.

 

Lisa was born in 1948. She married David Lever, an attorney, and has one daughter, Allison Sara born in August 2001. They live in Katonah, New York.

Children of Ann Moskowitz and Joe Cohen

Harvey, who was born in 1946, married Marilyn and has one daughter, Julie. Harvey is a CPA and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

 

Gary, who was born in 1953, married Joan Webster and has two daughters, Jessica and Brittany. Gary is a stockbroker and lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Children of Ruth Moskowitz and Sheldon Morris

 

Howard, who was born in 1952, is a lawyer/developer in suburban Philadelphia.

 

Carol, who was born in 1954, is a stockbroker in Philadelphia. She’s single.

 

Children of Gussie Moskowitz and Aaron Rolnick

 

Frances, who was born in 1953, married Robert Sherman in 1979 and has two daughters, Lisa and Judy. Robert is a former president of Nathan’s Hot Dogs.

Joan, who was born in 1958, married and later divorced a man with the last name of Hudanich. They had one daughter, Amy. Later, Joan married Eric Kaplan and has a son. They live in Florida.

 

Susan, who was born in 1955, married Bob Costa and has two children, Gregg and Allison. Susan and Bob live in Richardson, Texas.

Children of Jack and Ruth Gelb

Jack, Jr. was born in 1952. He married Becky and has two children, Jamie and Jack.

 

Jeffrey Alan married and later divorced Cindy. He later married Linda. He has four children, Jesse, Andrea, Jason, and Amanda.

Children of Albert Gelb and Marilyn Jacobson

Jeremy Charles was born in 1954. He married Ruth Poland in 1980 and has two daughters, Rachel and Leah. Jeremy is a lawyer and the family lives in Philadelphia.

 

Deborah Sara was born in 1955. She’s a lawyer and married John Pranicoff, a stockbroker. They gave up their respective professions and now live in Red Lodge, Montana, where they have a ranch. They have no children.

 

Daniel Joshua was born in 1957. He went to Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia and became an obstetrician in Peterborough, New Hampshire, but had since gotten out of medicine. They presently live in Westmoreland, NH, between Keene, NH and Brattleboro, VT. He married Laurie Morelli in 1985 and has five children, Rebecca, Emily, Samuel, Benjamin and Hanna.

 

Judith Fredda was born in 1958. She’s a sous chef and studied at the Sorbonne. She’s single and lives in New Hope, Pennsylvania. She works for an investment group in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Children of Ruth Gelb and Martin Elias

Phyllis was born in 1952. She married her cousin, Greg Weiss, the son of Leah and Toyve Weiss, and has one daughter.

 

Daughter #2 was born in 1985.

Children of Leah Gelb and Toyve Weiss

Michael, who was born in 1948, is married and has two children. He’s in the jewelry business in New York with his brothers Greg and Paul.

 

Greg, who was born in 1950, married the oldest daughter of Rifka Gelb and Martin Elias. They have one daughter. Greg is in the jewelry business in New York with his brothers Michael and Paul.

 

Paul, who was born in 1952, is in the jewelry business in New York with his brothers Michael and Greg.

Children of Brenda Bluestein and Stevens

 

Jeff and his wife, Beverly live in FL. Beverly had her first child in Feb 2005.

Karen and her husband, Hall, live in NC. She is expecting her first child in Aug 2004.

Children of Toby Blubstein and David Bach

Daniel

Jason

Children of Ivan and Elaine Bergenholtz

Donna lives in San Diego and has a child.

Stephen lives in Plano, TX. He is married to Josie and has two children, Zachary and Seth.

Michael lives in Plano, Texas. He is married to Diamond and has a son, Camden.

Children of Harvey and Adele Bergenholtz

Lisa is married.

Children of Linda Sandler

Stephanie

Howard

Child of Steven Gelb and Margaret

Areala

Child of Jamie Gelb and Andrea

Areala

Child of Mike Gelb and Kamal

Elijah

 6TH Generation: Great-Great- Great Grandchildren of Avram and Chana (or Anna) Gelb

Children of Sidney Katz and Sheila Krivitz

Craig was born January 15, 1959. He married Roya Behbahani of Iran and had one son, Kevin. After Craig and Roya divorced, Craig married Ji Lee of Korea. Craig and Ji have one daughter, Hana. Craig teaches International Programs at New Jersey City University. Ji is a translator for the federal and state courts. Later, he divorced Ji and married Yan. They live in Mt. Holly, New Jersey.

 

Jeffrey was born December 15, 1962. He’s married to Wendy Heineken and they have two children, one daughter, Sydney, and a son, Daniel. Jeffrey works for a computer company in Princeton, New Jersey and Wendy is a teacher at a day care center. They live in Westhampton, New Jersey.

Children of Ellis Katz and Bobby Usatch

Cindy Arla was born August 13, 1965. She married William Samuels of San Francisco in both Pennsylvania and California in 1997. They have one son, Jeffrey Hershel, born on March 16, 2001. They lived in northern California where Bill graduated from Humboldt State University. Then, they moved in Washington. Then they lived near her parents and brother in Florida for 2 years. Then they moved back to California. Jeffrey currently attends Purdue University.

 

Eric David was born December 13, 1966. He had been both a Cub Scout and a Webelos Scout when he was a boy. He lived in Philadelphia and is single. He earned an Associate in Applied Science Degree [Data Processing-PC Applications] from the Community College of Philadelphia. He’s the current Webmaster for this Website. In 2004 he moved to West Palm Beach, Florida with his relatives. In 2011 he moved to Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. He is the webmaster for this page. Please email him with additional information about his relatives on this page and their descendants.

Child of Nathan Katz and Ellen Goldberg

Rafael Charles was born September 25, 1991. His Bar Mitzvah was in October of 2004. He married Adina in June 2014. They got divorced in 2016. He now lives in Colorado.

Children of Linda Harriet Gelb

Bryan

 

Rachel

 

Brett

 

Emily

Child of Joel and Sheryl Friedman

Benjamin

Children of Mark and Janet Friedman

Marissa

 

Josh

Children of Melanie Friedman and Trevor

Nichole

 

Jordan

Children of Gary and Cheryll Goldstein

Alex

 

Kristi

Children of Joel Goldstein

Mark Ross is his stepson.

 

Ross

Child of Barbara Goldstein and Dan McLoughlin

Caitlin

Child of Michael and Barbara Rogosin

Todd was born in 1962.

Children of Patti Rogosin and Gelb

Melissa was born in 1962.

 

Paul was born in 1963.

Children of Gary Prince and Jan Mohr

Gregory Charles was born on April 14, 1985.

 

Hannah Ruth was born on July 28, 1988.

Children of Tammy Prince and Bob Baird

Michael Samuel was born on January 3, 1987.

 

Jason Daniel was born on June 21, 1988.

Children of Kenneth Prince and Mary Lou Williams

Samuel Jacob was born on July 5, 1996.

Children of Pamela Prince and Scott Martin

Eric Steven was born on March 31, 1980.

 

Nicole Nadia was born on January 25, 1981.

Children of Celia Penenburgh and Ben Benjamin

Peter James was born on December 30, 1979.

 

Robert Edward was born on July 12, 1988.

Child of Joel and Abby Penenburgh

Randi Clair was born on February 10, 1978.

Children of Robert and Debbie Penenburgh

Samantha was born on February 18, 1990.

 

Lauren was born in March 16, 1992.

Children of Gordon Penenburgh

Victoria Ilene was born on May 31, 1986.

 

Jessica Laurene was born on June 28, 1988.

 

Ari Braedon was born November 19, 1999.

Children of Dale and Diana Penenburgh

Timothy was born on June 17, 1990.

 

Coleman Howard was born in 1997.

 

Shelby Lynn was born in December 1999.

 

Katelyn was born January 8, 2002.

 

Ethan was born October 14, 20003.

 

Alexis was born June 28, 2007.

 

Austin was born September 27, 2007.

Children of Debbie Howell and Jerry Eddie

Tyler was born on September 6, 1984.

 

Evan was born on September 22, 1987.

Children of Bryan and Chris Howell

Ashley was born on May 9, 1985.

 

Bryan, Jr. was born on February 9, 1989.

Children of Sandy Howell and Carl Burcham

Brennan was born in 1986.

 

Austin was born in 1988.

Children of Tammy Howell and Mark Gray

Andrew was born on September 20, 1986. He and his wife, June, have a daughter, Shelby Gray, who was born in May 2009.

 

Morgan was born on December 17, 1988.

Child of Victor Allan Spiegel

Mischa was born in 1975.

Children of Shelah Ann Spiegel and Paul Leonard Weinreich

Nicole Rose was born on February 26, 1987.

 

Gregory Adam was born on June 21, 1990.

Children of Elyse Stedman and Mark St. George

Ashley was born on October 9, 1992.

                                                                

Brittany was born on May 23, 1995.

 

Caytlin was born on September 28, 1998.

Children of Jack Kitaeff and Teresa Merideth.

Isaiah was born February, 1995.

 

Moriah was born November, 1996.

 

Mordechai was born February, 2003.

Children of Dawn Kleinman

Jacob was born in 1995.

 

Shana was born in 1995.

Children of Harolyn Rome and Mitchell Goldenberg

Eric was born in 1964. He married Hope in 1989 and has three sons, Benjamin, Michael and Harrison. Eric works for an investment company in Chicago. The family lives in Munster, Indiana.

 

Susan was born in 1962. She’s an attorney and lives in Chicago. She’s not married.

 

Amy was born in 1965. She married Mark Pagani and lives in Chicago, where she works for the Chicago Board of Education while pursuing a doctoral degree.

Child of Donna Rome and Chris Johnson

Ron was born in 1972. He graduated from Ball State, and he’s in sales. His wife, Heidi, is a Purdue graduate, and is a Cardiac Ultrasound Technician. They have one son, Evan, and live in Valparaiso Indiana.

Child of Linda Rome and Keith Sills

Emily was born June 24, 1994.

Children of Gary Kessler and Ruth Levy

Edna was born in 1982.

 

Nathaniel was born in 1984.

 

Chava was born in 1986.

Children of Debbie Steele and John Lippman

Jane Elizabeth was born in 1969.

                                                 

Sara was born in 1971.

Children of Marvin Berezow and Jane Weiner

Holly was born in 1959. She married Raymond Ricker in 1982 and has two children, Stewart and Ahrens.

                                                                                                                                                 

Deena was born in 1965. She married Brian Betze in 1991 and has two children, Jordan Rose and Spencer.

Children of Barbara Berezow and Alan Master

Jacqueline Marci was born March 251960. She earned a BA in History from Lafayette College in Easton, PA in 1980. She’s the Assistant to the Administrator for Temple Emanu-El Reformed Synagogue in Westfield, NJ. She’s divorced with one daughter, Emily Hannah Carey, born in 1995. She and Emily are very active in community theater and in the temple (a conservative Temple – B’Nai Tikvah).

 

Lori Elizabeth was born in April 30, 1962. She spent 5 years focusing on project management/product development on the financial services technology start-up sector. she oversaw both the front and back end application build processes and design as a Co-Founder and Vice President of Operations for eFrontiers, Inc., a web based application portal enabling institutional investors to navigate the search, Request for Proposal and selection process in hiring new investment managers. She received a B.A. degree in the dual majors of Foreign Service International Politics and Speech Communications Broadcasting from The Pennsylvania State University and an M.B.A. in International Finance Portfolio Management from The Fordham University Graduate School of Business. She’s President of the Alumni Interest Group for an organization she helped to start while in college. She has been in the financial services industry for over 18 years. She was the Director of Product Development for Emphasis Software Development; a hedge fund administration software technology firm now a part of CITCO Fund Services. After she moved to New York, she joined Random Walk Computing in 2004.

                                                                  

Stephanie Lynn Master was born September 12, 1963. She went back to West Virginia University to receive her BA in Recreation & Parks with a Gerontology concentration. After several years in the area of personal fitness training, she became a Licensed Message Therapist in 2004 and has her own business located in Scottsdale, Arizona.

 

Children of Sheila Berezow and Errol Rich

Andrew was born in 1970. He owns a record company.

 

Gail was born in 1972. She’s an artist.

 

Ellen was born in 1974. She’s currently a law student at Rutgers University.

Children of Louis Lipsitz and Joan Scheff

Anne was born in 1961. She married William Malloch in 1992 and has two children, Lucy Kate and Samuel. They live in Portland, Oregon. Anne was an elementary school teacher, an assistant principal and even did marketing and personnel management for Nike, but has given it up to take care of her two young children.

                                                                                                     

Jonathan was born in 1963. He married Kathryn Hastings in 1994 and has one son, Zachary Tanner. They live in Columbus, Ohio where Jonathan is an assistant women’s soccer coach at Ohio State University.

Children of Barbara Lipsitz and Jack Geller

Jake was born in 1971.

 

Sam was born in 1973.

Children of Stuart Allen Gelb and Nanci Lynn Group

Brooke Wendy was born on May 13, 1975.

 

Emily Ilyse was born on August 5, 1978.

Children of Elliott Steven Gelb and Helene Kessler

Hallie Dyan was born on September 18, 1981.

 

Carly Rose was born on December 3, 1985. She’s named after her great grandfather, Charles Gelb.

Child of Ellen Lorie Gelb and Mark Steven Silverman

Arielle Nicole Gelb-Silverman was born on February 21, 1998. Her grandmother tells me that “she has curly black hair and is as cute as a button.”

Children of Bob Laureno and Karen Knoller

Caroline was born on July 11, 1973. She’s a graduate of Princeton University and is working in New York City. She’s single.

 

Rachel was born on May 30, 1974. She’s a graduate of Princeton University and is working in New York City. She’s single.

 

Meredith was born on May 30, 1974. She’s a graduate of Princeton University and is working in New York City. She’s single.

Children of Ken Laureno and Krista Wohlers

Daniel was born on April 22nd, 1985.

 

Jennifer was born on November 30, 1989.

 

Joshua was born on May 5, 1994.

Children of Gary Laureno and Lisa Belkin

Kevin was born on November 7, 1991.

 

Edward was born on April 23, 1994.

Children of Judy Weiss and Irv Moskow

David was born in 1970. He married Rho in 1990 and has one son, Joshua.

 

Lisa was born in 1972. She married Corey Kirshner in 1995 and has three children, Noah, Samuel and Lindsey.

 

Debbie was born in 1974. She married Howard Maunus in 1996 and has two daughters, Lauren and Rachel.

Children of Barbara Weiss and Ron Farris

Allison was born in 1975. She married Tony Berman and lives in suburban Philadelphia. They have one son, Gerald.

 

Susan was born in 1976. She’s in the entertainment business and lives in both Los Angeles and New York. She’s single.

Child of Stephen Lurie and Marcia

Paul was born in 1972.

Child of Harvey and Marilyn Cohen

Julie was born 5/13/1973. She’s single and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Children of Gary Cohen and Joan Webster

Jessica

 

Brittany

Children of Jack Gelb, Jr. and Becky

Jamie

 

Jack III

Children of Frances Rolnick and Robert Sherman

Lisa married Bob Angelo and has three children, Jennifer, Susan and Justin. They live in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

 

Judy has one daughter, Annie, and lives in Arizona.

Children of Joan Rolnick and Ron Kaplan

Amy married Eric Roth.

 

Son

Children of Susan Rolnick and Bob Costa

Gregg is a Clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist.

                                                                                             

Allison lives in Maryland and works for AOL.

Children of Jeffrey Alan Gelb and Linda

Jesse

 

Andrea

 

Jason was born in 1978

 

Amanda was born in 1983

Children of Jeremy Gelb and Ruth Poland

Rachel was born in 1982. She’s a student at Wellesley College.

                                                                                    

Leah was born in 1985. She’s a student at Friends Central School in Philadelphia.

Children of Daniel Joshua Gelb and Laurie Morelli

Rebecca Anne was born in 1987.

 

Emily Elizabeth was born in 1989.                    

 

Samuel Abraham was born in 1991.

 

Benjamin Herschel was born in 1993.

 

Hannah Ruth was born in 1995.                     

Children of Stephen [Bergenholtz] and Josie

Zachary

 

Seth

Child of Michael and Diamond Bergenholtz

Camden

Children of Linda Sandler

Stephanie

 7TH Generation: Great-Great- Great-Great Grandchildren of Avram and Chana (or Anna) Gelb

Children of Craig Katz and Roya Behbahani and Ji Lee

Kevin was born in 1990. He married Brittani Wright on 5/14/2022.  

 

Hana was born in 1998.

Children of Jeffrey Katz and Wendy Heineken

Sydney Kioni was born June 6, 1999.

 

Daniel John was born September 27, 2002.

Child of Arla Katz and William Samuels

Jeffrey Hershel was born on March 16, 2001. He attends Purdue University.

Children of Eric and Hope Goldenberg

Benjamin was born in 1990.

 

Michael was born in 1992.

 

Harrison was born in 1994.

Child of Ron and Heidi Johnson

Evan was born January 25, 2000.

Children of Holly Berezow and Raymond Ricker

Stewart was born in 1983.

 

Ahren was born in 1985.

Children of Deena Berezow and Brian Betze

Jordan Rose was born in 1995.

 

Spencer was born in 2000.

Child of Jackie and Mark Master

Emily Hannah Carey was born June 30, 1995 in North Brunswick, New Jersey. She and her mother are very active in community theater and in a conservative Temple – B’Nai Tikvah.

Children of Anne Lipsitz and William Malloch

Lucy Kate was born in 1994.

 

Samuel was born in 1998.

Child of Jonathan Lipsitz and Kathryn Hastings

Zachary Tanner was born in 1996.

Child of David and Rho Moskow

Joshua was born in 1991.

Children of Lisa Moskow and Corey Kirshner

Noah was born in 1996.

 

Samuel was born in 1998.

 

Lindsey was born in 1999.

Children of Debbie Moskow and Howard Maunus

Lauren was born in 1997.

 

Rachel was born in 1999.

Descendants of Aaron Baer Gelb

Aaron Baer Gelb, born in 1848, was married twice. His first wife was born in 1850 in Szollos, Ugocsa, Hungary, and died Before 1876 in Beregnagyalmas, Ugozca, Hungary. He had four children with his first wife: Rachel, Schmiel Leib, a 2ND daughter whose name we don’t know, and Avram. After the death of his first wife, Aaron married Zlota Rifka from the town of Szollos. They were married in the town of Mukachevo, Hungary. They had three children: Moisha, born in 1877, Beila, born in 1878, and Samuel, born in 1885. Neither Aaron nor his wives ever came to the United States. Aaron died in Beregnagyalmas, Ugozca, Hungary.

 2ND Generation: Children of Aaron Baer & Zlota Rifka Gelb

Rachel was born in 1871. She married Samuel Schwartz and had four children, Samuel, Joseph, Lena and Dora. Samuel is referred to on the immigration ship manifest for Samuel Herskowitz, and his wife Beila as being the nephew they were going to visit immediately after their arrival at Ellis Island on March 31, 1903. Samuel Gelb’s address is given as 622 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. Rachel never came to the United States and died in Europe.

 

Schmiel Leib was born in 1872. He made several trips to the United States, finally settling in Brooklyn around 1914. Schmiel Lieb traveled to the United States several times according to Bette Hershkowitz Sondike. Ships’ manifests for 1906 and 1914 show him arriving at Ellis Island on May 12, 1914. He arrived under the name of Samull Gelb in the company of Beni Grunstein (Benjamin Greenstein), the Rabbi who performed the marriage of Samuel Hershkovitz and Beila Gelb.

 

Daughter was born in 1873. Nothing is known about this person except that she did come to the United States and apparently settled in Pennsylvania.

 

Abraham was born in 1874. He married but never came to the United States. He may have been the father of two Gelbs who died in Auschwitz, Yosef and Dov.

 

Moisha (or Moshe or Moishe) was born in 1877 in Szollos, Ugocsa, Hungary and married Roiza (or Rosa or Ruth, born in 1879) from the town of Onyck. They had three children, Chana (or Hannah), Avigdor (or Victor) and Yacov. Moshe had immigrated to the United States, but returned to Hungary/Czechoslovakia. The ship manifest states that he had come to the United States in 1902 and that the purpose of his trip was to join his wife. Moisha Gelb appears to have entered the United States as Moris Gelb on May 9, 1909 aboard the SS Amerika, arriving at Ellis Island. He’s also listed a friend that he was to visit at 610 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. The manifest lists his occupation as “day laborer” and states that he resided in Honek (Houck), Hungary. Moshe came to the United States with his daughter, then he returned to the Szollos area. When Roiza died, Moshe re-married around 1921. He died in 1938.

 

Beila (or Bertha) Gelb was born in September 1878 in Ugocsa, Hungary. She married Shmuel (or Sam) Hershkowitz (son of Avrom Hershkovitz and Channah Klein) in Schmiel Lieb’s home at Beregnagyalmas, Ugocsa, Hungary on January 13, 1903. They departed Hamburg, Germany on February 13, 1903 aboard the SS Pennsylvania and arrived at Ellis Island, New York on March 1, 1903. On the ship manifest, both are listed as residents of Munkacz (Mukacheve), Hunagry which is now located in Ukraine. They had stated on the manifest that the couple was to visit Beila’s nephew Samuel Schwartz, who lived at 622 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. They settled in Brooklyn where Sam was a baker and she was a bookkeeper. Their 1920 residence was 65 Boerum Street, Brooklyn, New York. They had nine children: Benjamin, Helene, Jean, Bette, Abraham, Harry, Malka, Victor and Shirley. Sam became a U.S. citizen in September, 1937. Sam died in 1969, and Beila on April 28, 1975 in Queens, New York.

 

Samuel was born in 1885 in Szollos, Ugocsa, Hungary. He married his first cousin, Lena Schwartz (from Szollos, Ugocsa, Hungary). who was the daughter of Sam Schwartz and Rachel Gelb. They came to the United States, settling in Brooklyn. They had four children, Charlie, Abraham, Edith and Edna. Samuel owned the Diamond West Wash Laundry Company in Brooklyn. Lena died in 1921, but Sam lived to be over 100 years old.

 3RD Generation: Grandchildren of Aaron Baer & Zlota Rifka Gelb

Children of Rachel Gelb and Samuel Schwartz

Samuel was born in 1898. He married a woman named Lena and appears to have lived at 622 Manhattan Avenue in Brooklyn. They had five children, Harry, Lily, Sidney, Bernard and Jeffrey.

 

Joseph was born in 1899 and was married to a woman named Helen. They had four children, Benjamin, Edward, Sissy and Jeffrey.

 

Lena was born in 1889 in Szollos, Ugocsa, Hungary. She married her first cousin, Samuel Gelb. See above for details. She died in 1921.

 

Dora was born in 1903. She married Max Rosner and had two children, Emma, and a 2ND child who later became a doctor. Max was a cigar maker and also owned a minor league baseball team in Brooklyn.

Child of Schmiel Leib Gelb

Esther was born in 1903. She married Chiam Greenstein (son of Benjamin Greenstein, born in 1898 in Beregnagyalmas, Ugozca, Hungary), and they migrated to the United States. They had two children whose names we don’t know. She died in Brooklyn, New York.

Children of Moshe and Roiza Gelb

MAX LEIBOWITZ, RUTH GELB, AND CHARLES GELB IN FEBRUARY 1964.

Chana (or Hannah) was born on July 8, 1903 in the United States. She married Max Leibowitz from Romania. They came to the United States where Max became a cantor at a synagogue in Brooklyn. They had four children, Victor, Rose, Sidney and Bernard. Anna died January 1982, Max in 1984. She was buried in the Steve Lawrence family plot in the Montifiore Cemetery, located on Main Street, Queens, New York.

 

Victor was born in 1913 in Salish, Hungary. In Europe, Victor had been a baker. He was married twice. His first wife and two children died in the Holocaust in 1944. Victor then married Helen Jung (from Mukachevo, Ugocsa, Hungary), who was liberated from the Auschwitz concentration camp and went to Hungary. She didn’t return to Muchachevo. They immigrated to the United States in 1946. They had three children, Irving, Murray and Ruthie. He worked for a religious baker in Brooklyn named Moshe Gelb. Later, he owned Victor’s Hungarian Bakery in the Bronx. Victor died in Cleveland 1990. Helen continues to live in Cleveland.

                                                                        

Yacov was born in 1906. He died in the Holocaust in 1944, in Auschwitz, Poland.

Children of Beila Gelb and Schmuel Hershkowitz

Benjamin was born on April 9, 1904 in Brooklyn and married Esther Taub. Ben appears to have been a knitter in the garment industry. Both Ben and Esther have passed away. He died July 1984. They had no children.

 

Helene was born on May 30, 1905 in Brooklyn. She married Louis Favor and had one son, Robert. Helene, a teacher with school PS189, owned a flower shop in Brooklyn in the early 1950s. After Louis passed away in June 1976, Helene married Dominic Cesare. She died August 28, 1999 in Massapequa, New York.

 

Jean/Jennie was born on June 12, 1907 in Brooklyn. She took care of her parents, Beila and Schmuel, as they grew older. Later in life, she married David Novick. They had no children. She died December 1968.

 

Bette was born on March 21, 1909 in Brooklyn and married Joseph Sondike. Bette and Joseph lived in Oceanside. They had no children. He died January 10, 1993, and Bette passed away October 31, 2000.

 

Abraham was born on December 28, 1910 in Brooklyn. He never married and passed away February 5, 1995 in Long Beach, New York.

                                                   

Harry was born on October 12, 1912 in Brooklyn. He married Rose Cesare and had three children, twin daughters Margaret and Barbara, and a son, Michael. Harry worked in the garment industry and died on November 12, 1950.

 

Malka was born in either 1914 or 1915. Unfortunately, she died of a broken neck when she was three years old after falling down a flight of steps.

                                        

Victor was born on October 5, 1918 in Brooklyn. He first married Eleodora Serradilla (from East Manhattan, New York) June 5, 1941. They had four children, Lawrence, Arthur, Frank and Rachel. Victor worked for the NYC Fire Department, but was better known as a champion handball player. Victor married Jennie Tartaglia (from White Plains, New York) October 15, 1988 in Plantation, Florida, and lived in Davie, Florida. He died in June of 2008.

 

Shirley was born between 1922 and 1923 in Brooklyn. She died in 1924 as a very young child.

Children of Samuel Gelb and Lena Schwartz

Charlie was born in 1916 in Brooklyn and once owned a liquor store on John Street in New York City during the late 1930s.

                                                                    

Abraham was born in 1917 in Brooklyn. He never married and was a Battalion Chief for the NYC Fire Department.

 

Edna was born in September 24, 1918. She married a man named Herbert Loffmin and had one daughter, Mildred Dee. Edna and Herbert have passed away. She died May 1980 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

4TH Generation: Great Grandchildren of Aaron Baer & Zlota Rifka Gelb

Children of Samuel and Lena Schwartz

Harry was born in 1928.

 

Lily was born in 1930. She married a man with the last name of Baron and currently lives in Tamarac, Florida.

 

Sidney was born in 1932. He currently lives in Tamarac, Florida.

 

Bernard was born in 1934.

 

Jeffrey was born in 1936.

Children of Joseph and Helen Schwartz

Benjamin was born in 1928.

 

Edward was born in 1930 and married Evelyn Spitz. They had three children, Michael, Ronald and William. Both Edward and Evelyn have passed away.

 

Sissy was born in 1932.

 

Jeffrey was born in 1934.

Children of Dora Schwartz and Max Rosner

Emma was born in 1927.

 

A son was born in 1929. He later became a doctor.

Children of Esther Gelb and Chiam Greenstrin

Child #1 was born in 1926.

 

Child #2 was born in 1928.

Children of Anna Gelb and Max Leibowitz

VICTOR LEIBOWITZ CIRCA 1936Victor was born in 1932. He married Shirley and had one child, Roberta. Victor died in 1998.

Rose was born in 1934. She married Harvey Ascher. Rose and Harvey passed away, Rose in 1975.

Sidney was born on July 8, 1935. He became a popular singer and changed his name to Steve Lawrence. He made his recording debut for King Records at the age of 16. He took his professional name from the first names of two nephews, Steven and Lawrence. While a regular on Steve Allen’s Tonight Show in the mid-50s, he met, sang with, and later married Edith Gormezano, who changed her name to Eydie Gorme. In Las Vegas, Nevada they married at the home of Beldon Kettleman, the owner of the El Rancho Vegas hotel and casino. Steve and Eydie had two children, David Nissin and Robert Michael. They moved from Beverly Hills, California to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1996. Eydie died on August 10, 2013. Steve died in March 2024.

                                                                                                                                

Bernard was born in 1937. He married someone named Shirley and later changed his last name to Lawrence. They had three children, but I don’t know their names.

Children of Victor Gelb and Helen Jung

Irving was born in 1948 in Brooklyn. He married Parry Jordan. They have no children.

Murray was born in 1945. He married Laura Baden and has two sons, Robert and Adam.

Ruthie was born in 1952. She married Samuel Salamon (from New York) and has three children, Rachel Sora. Yosef Meir, and Yehuda Eliezer.

Child of Helene Hershkowitz and Dominic Cesare

Robert was born on June 2nd, 1948.

Children of Harry Hershkowitz and Rose Cesare

Margaret was born on June 5, 1946 in Brooklyn, New York and married Mickey Puorro.

Barbara, her twin sister, married Nick Legakis.

Michael was born in 1940.

Children of Victor Hershkowitz and Eleodora Serradilla

Lawrence was born on February 18, 1942 and married Ronelle Lanton (daughter of Harry Lanton and Annie Vernick) in 1963. They had three children, Sharysse Eliz, Tyffani Pam, and Drew. Lawrence died from lung cancer February 25, 2000 in Plainview, New York. He’s buried in Wellwood Cemetery.

Arthur was born on February 9, 1943 in Brooklyn. He first married Ellen Rosenberg in 1966 and had two children, Andrew and Dawn. Sometime after 1975, he married Susan Steingesser, but is now divorced from her. He has married Clara Varhanyovsky (daughter of Robert Varhanyovsky and Verona Balazs from Viseu De Sus, Maramures, Romania) January 19, 2001 in Fort Lauderdale, Broward, Florida. They currently live in Margate, Florida.

Frank was born on January 28, 1952 and died on March 3rd as an infant from a heart defect.

Rachel was born on May 5, 1953 and married Allen Eugene Rizzi from Salt Lake City, Utah on January 1, 1982, in Woodland Hills, California. They lived in Eugene Oregon, but recently moved to Italy.

Children of Edna Gelb and Herbert Loffmin

Mildred Dee was born in 1953 and married a man named Lester. They currently live in Sunrise, Florida.

 5TH Generation: Great-Great Grandchildren of Aaron Baer & Zlota Rifka Gelb

Children of Ruth Gelb and Samuel Salamon

Rachel Sora was born in 1978. She married Aton Holzer and has one daughter, Rivka Atara, born in 2001.

Yosef Meir was born in 1980.

Yehuda Eliezer was born in 1983.

Children of Edward Schwartz and Evelyn Spitz

Michael was born in 1953.

Ronald was born in 1955. He was a swimmer with the U.S. Olympic team and later immigrated to Israel.

William was born in 1958.                    

Child of Victor and Shirley Leibowitz

Roberta was born in 1958.

Children of Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme

David Nissen was born in January 1960. He’s scored many movies.

Robert Michael was born in May 19, 1962 and died from complications of a tonsilectomy February 5, 1986 in Los Angeles, California.

Children of Bernard and Shirley Lawrence

Child #1 was born in 1962.

Child #2 was born in 1964.

Child #3 was born in 1966.

Children of Lawrence Hershkowitz and Ronelle Lanton

Sharysse Eliz was born May 5, 1965 and married someone named Frasco.

Tyffani Pam was born on December 16, 1967.

Drew was born on July 29, 1970 in Plainview, New York. He married Susan Haurin March 25, 2000 in Pennsylvania. They have a child named Maya.

 

Children of Arthur Hershkowitz and Ellen Rosenberg

Andrew was born in 1969. He’s married, has two children, and lives in Miami Florida.

Dawn was born on May 27, 1970 and married Richard Ritter in Coco Beach Florida. Dawn has two children, Ryan Nicholas and Jason Lee, and lives in Loxahatchee, Florida.

6TH Generation: Great-Great- Great Grandchildren of Aaron Baer & Zlota Rifka Gelb

Child of Drew Hershkowitz and Susan Haurin

Maya was born July 12, 2001 in New York.

Children of Dawn Hershkowitz and Richard Ritter

Ryan Nicholas was born February 1, 1998.

Jason Lee Ritter was born on May 15, 2002 in Loxahatchee, Florida.

Children of Rachel Sora Salamon and Aton Holzer

Rivka Atara was born on November 3, 2001 in New York, New York.

Prepared by Ellis Katz and Eric David Katz, 3/24.