> > > > > > I have a 1920 census record which says a specific man > > > > > > was born in Russia/Poland and emigrated in 1905. His > > > > > > parents were both also born in Russia/Poland, and the > > > > > > native language of both is Hebrew. His wife was born > > > > > > in Pa, her father in Russia/Poland native language > > > > > > Hebrew and her mother born in Hungary native language > > > > > > Hungarian (struck-through and Magyar written above). > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheryl Singhals <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > As usual for me, I'm not sure what exactly you are > > > > > asking, > > > > > > > > > > Lisa Lepore > > > > > > > > I was hoping for an itemized list of the things that > > > > could deduced from the information quoted. > > > > > > > > Cheryl Singhals <[email protected]> > > > > > > Cheryl, why don't you list what you think could be deduced > > > and let us critique. > > > > > > bob gillis > > > > I wanted to know where others came out independently without > > the influence of my thoughts. > > > > I see several have mentioned the conclusion I drew -- that > > the family is Jewish -- and so the next opinion wanted is: > > > > How credible is it that this family is *descended* from > > German Lutherans who arrived in Philadelphia in the early > > 1740s? > > > > It's immaterial to my research whether they are *related*, > > only whether they are DESCENDED. > > > > Cheryl Singhals <[email protected]> > > What I see is a family who was reported as being recent > immigrants and were probably of Jewish religion orgins. The > wife's mother was Hungarian so it is possible she was not of > Jewish origin especially as she did not speak Hebrew. It is > possible that by Hebrew they meant Yiddish. I would have to > look up whether Hebrew was actually spoken in Russian. > > However, if someone has entered any of these people as having > had ancestors that settled in Pennsylvania in the early 1700s > I would have to see how it went. I have seen a few who move > back to Europe for various reason. I have a women of early PA > descent who had a society marriage in Washington in 1905 to a > Jewish diplomat and then had a son born in Iran before > probably dying in the death camps with her husband during > WWII. > > So how does the website think it happened? > > You know a lot of the stuff on line is done by people with no > basis in reality. I have a site that consistantly talks about > a son born in 1781 to a father who died in 1759. There must > be over 30 messages discussing the son's family. They all > parrot the connection to the father and not one of them said > wait a minute something is wrong here. The son was born 22 > years after the father died. > > [email protected] My grandmother went on and on about how her great-great grandmother's husband built a house for her, and that the house was still standing, and all sorts of other "facts." My research reveals - conclusively - that she lived in a completely different town married to the BROTHER of the man who built the house. Family lore isn't always a reliable source of information. -- }:-) Christopher Jahn {:-( http://home.comcast.net/~xjahn/Main.html "Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat." - Samuel Clemens Christopher Jahn <[email protected]>