SCHWEISS/Swiss>Warsaw Russia>Liverpool>New York Isaac Schweiss and Harry Schweiss I found on ships records 1905 traveling from Liverpool to NY , and again in 1910 Liverpool to NY as Isaac Swiss and Harry Swiss both said Hebrew race, born Russia (a photo of my grandfather as a child on back says warsawza(sp?) The only Schwiess' I find are from Germany and all seem to have settled in Minnesota and out that way. Anybody come across or have Schweiss' in their tree? My grandfather Harry was a deckhand in British Merchant marines think he was 13. He also had a SS card that has his name as Harry Pomper, headstone says Harry Pomper Swiss. Any ideas or pointers would be greatly appreciated, I have been on this list for many years hoping that someone else will post looking for same family. Thanks in advance Stacey Lee-McDonald SCHWEISS/Swiss>Warsaw Russia>Liverpool>New York GRUSKY/Gress>Russia(keiv)>NY

I have found some discrepancies in what you have posted, or perhaps, I have found a totally different Harry Swiss. All of the mentioned records were found listed at Ancestry.com. 1st Harry Swiss arrived by himself in 1906 at the age of 18 as a single man: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Name: Harry Swiss Arrival Date: 22 Sep 1906 Estimated birth year: abt 1888 Age: 18 Gender: Male Port of Departure: Southampton Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: Hebrew Ship Name: St Louis Port of Arrival: New York, New York Line: 15 Microfilm Serial: T715 Microfilm Roll: T715_769 Page Number: 51 He was going to the home of a sister, who was married to a man named Isaac Akerman, who was living at 280 Stanton Street, NY, NY 2nd Harry Swiss arrived by himself in 1909 at that age of 21, as a married man: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about Harry Swiss Name: Harry Swiss Arrival Date: 7 Feb 1909 Estimated birth year: abt 1888 Age: 21 Gender: Female (must be an error - he had a wife named R. Swiss in London) Port of Departure: Southampton Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: Hebrew Ship Name: Philadelphia Port of Arrival: New York, New York NATIVITY: Russia Line: 10 Microfilm Serial: T715 Microfilm Roll: T715_1197 Birth Location: Russia Birth Location Other: Warsaw Page Number: 16 This time he was going to the home of a brother listed as P. Swiss, with an address of c/o Kleinman, 124 Orchard Street, NY, NY. His wife is listed as R. Swiss, who is living in London at 14 ____field (Can't read all the letters). Marriage record: England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915 Name: Harry Woolf Swiss Year of Registration: 1909 Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar District: Mile End Old Town County: London, Middlesex Volume: 1c Page: 468 Looks like he also filed to become a citizen of the US: Index to Declaration of Intent for Naturalization: New York County, 1907-1924 Name: Harry Swiss Petition Volume: 398 Petition Page: 340 In 1917 he filled out his WW I draft card stating he was born April 23, 1888 in Warsaw. Since all indications are that he was born in Warsaw, have you tried searching records from Warsaw? That is the best place to begin to further your research. The archives in Warsaw has the Warsaw Jewish birth records for 1888. http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pradziad.php?l=en&miejscowosc=Warszawa&gmina=&wojewodztwo_id=0&wyznanie_id=0&rodzajaktu_id=0&search=search Tina Ellis On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 11:57 AM, <SeekerOfLostKin@aol.com> wrote: > SCHWEISS/Swiss>Warsaw Russia>Liverpool>New York > > Isaac Schweiss and Harry Schweiss I found on ships records 1905 traveling > from Liverpool to NY , and again in 1910 Liverpool to NY as Isaac Swiss and > Harry Swiss both said Hebrew race, born Russia (a photo of my grandfather > as a child on back says warsawza(sp?) The only Schwiess' I find are from > Germany and all seem to have settled in Minnesota and out that way. > > Anybody come across or have Schweiss' in their tree? My grandfather Harry > was a deckhand in British Merchant marines think he was 13. He also had a > SS > card that has his name as Harry Pomper, headstone says Harry Pomper > Swiss. > > Any ideas or pointers would be greatly appreciated, I have been on this > list for many years hoping that someone else will post looking for same > family. > > Thanks in advance > Stacey Lee-McDonald > SCHWEISS/Swiss>Warsaw Russia>Liverpool>New York > GRUSKY/Gress>Russia(keiv)>NY > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Seeker, You may also like to see who shows up as born in Warsaw gubernia in 1888 on this site: http://www.jewishgen.org/jri-pl/jriplweb.htm Good luck, Bronwyn. On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 6:53 PM, Tina Ellis <polska.research@gmail.com>wrote: > I have found some discrepancies in what you have posted, or perhaps, I have > found a totally different Harry Swiss. All of the mentioned records were > found listed at Ancestry.com. > > 1st Harry Swiss arrived by himself in 1906 at the age of 18 as a single > man: > > New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 > Name: Harry Swiss > Arrival Date: 22 Sep 1906 > Estimated birth year: abt 1888 > Age: 18 > Gender: Male > Port of Departure: Southampton > Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: Hebrew > Ship Name: St Louis > Port of Arrival: New York, New York > Line: 15 > Microfilm Serial: T715 > Microfilm Roll: T715_769 > Page Number: 51 > > He was going to the home of a sister, who was married to a man named Isaac > Akerman, who was living at 280 Stanton Street, NY, NY > > 2nd Harry Swiss arrived by himself in 1909 at that age of 21, as a married > man: > > New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 > about Harry Swiss > Name: Harry Swiss > Arrival Date: 7 Feb 1909 > Estimated birth year: abt 1888 > Age: 21 > Gender: Female (must be an error - he had a wife named R. Swiss in London) > Port of Departure: Southampton > Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: Hebrew > Ship Name: Philadelphia > Port of Arrival: New York, New York > NATIVITY: Russia > Line: 10 > Microfilm Serial: T715 > Microfilm Roll: T715_1197 > Birth Location: Russia > Birth Location Other: Warsaw > Page Number: 16 > > This time he was going to the home of a brother listed as P. Swiss, with an > address of c/o Kleinman, 124 Orchard Street, NY, NY. His wife is listed as > R. Swiss, who is living in London at 14 ____field (Can't read all the > letters). > > Marriage record: > > England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915 > Name: Harry Woolf Swiss > Year of Registration: 1909 > Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar > District: Mile End Old Town > County: London, Middlesex > Volume: 1c > Page: 468 > > Looks like he also filed to become a citizen of the US: > > Index to Declaration of Intent for Naturalization: New York County, > 1907-1924 > Name: Harry Swiss > Petition > Volume: 398 > Petition > Page: 340 > > In 1917 he filled out his WW I draft card stating he was born April 23, > 1888 > in Warsaw. Since all indications are that he was born in Warsaw, have you > tried searching records from Warsaw? That is the best place to begin to > further your research. The archives in Warsaw has the Warsaw Jewish birth > records for 1888. > > http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pradziad.php?l=en&miejscowosc=Warszawa&gmina=&wojewodztwo_id=0&wyznanie_id=0&rodzajaktu_id=0&search=search > > Tina Ellis > > > On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 11:57 AM, <SeekerOfLostKin@aol.com> wrote: > > > SCHWEISS/Swiss>Warsaw Russia>Liverpool>New York > > > > Isaac Schweiss and Harry Schweiss I found on ships records 1905 traveling > > from Liverpool to NY , and again in 1910 Liverpool to NY as Isaac Swiss > and > > Harry Swiss both said Hebrew race, born Russia (a photo of my grandfather > > as a child on back says warsawza(sp?) The only Schwiess' I find are > from > > Germany and all seem to have settled in Minnesota and out that way. > > > > Anybody come across or have Schweiss' in their tree? My grandfather Harry > > was a deckhand in British Merchant marines think he was 13. He also had a > > SS > > card that has his name as Harry Pomper, headstone says Harry Pomper > > Swiss. > > > > Any ideas or pointers would be greatly appreciated, I have been on this > > list for many years hoping that someone else will post looking for same > > family. > > > > Thanks in advance > > Stacey Lee-McDonald > > SCHWEISS/Swiss>Warsaw Russia>Liverpool>New York > > GRUSKY/Gress>Russia(keiv)>NY > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >