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Brodsky and Winokur Family Trees |
Updated 3/29/2020 |
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Aron Brodsky was born in Kremenchuk, Poltava, Ukraine on August 22, 1884. He was later known as Harry in America. Harry worked as a painter and interior decorator with his brothers. In 1906, he came to America on the SS Haverford from Liverpool to Philadelphia with his brothers Morris and William and Morris's wife and children. He was naturalized in Philadelphia on June 27, 1922. In America, Harry decorated theater interiors. He mostly lived in Philadelphia, though he lived in the Bronx for a while, where two of his children were born. Harry was described as fair-skinned, 5'4, 138 lbs, with brown hair and blue eyes.
Harry married Elizabeth Winokur in Philadelphia on January 1, 1908. She was known variously as Lizzie and Liza. Elizabeth was born in Kiev, Ukraine on April 9, 1889, the daughter of Morris Nathan Winokur and Baehle Conturick. Harry gave his mother's maiden name as Winokur in 1944, but I think he may have given his wife's maiden name by mistake, because Sarah's maiden name appeared as Goldberg on Fannie's marriage record and Sarah was present to sign that document.
Elizabeth came to America from Radomyshl, Ukraine with her father Morris and sister Rose, on the same ship that Harry did. They may well have met on the ship and had a shipboard romance; they married less than two years after they arrived in America. Elizabeth wrote home telling a friend of her marriage, and the friend wrote back very impressed with the great love between Harry and Elizabeth that she perceived in the letter. Harry and Elizabeth had four children.
Harry died on December 28, 1948 in Philadelphia of cerebral hemorrhage and was buried at Montefiore Cemetery in Jenkintown. Elizabeth died on August 5, 1960 in Haverford, Pennsylvania of a pulmonary embolism and was buried with Harry at Montefiore.
Anne Rosalee Brodsky was born in Philadelphia on December 3, 1908. She married Hymen Nathan Hecht in Philadelphia in 1940. Nat was born in Philadelphia on December 25, 1911. He graduated from Drexel Institute of Technology in 1936 and worked as an electrical engineer for his father's business manufacturing store fixtures. Nat also taught radio classes at the Franklin Institute. Later, he worked as an aerospace engineer for General Electric. They had two children.
Nat died on May 13, 1968 and was buried at Mount Lebanon Cemetery in Collingdale. Anne survived him by more than 30 years but she never remarried. She died on July 30, 2000 and was buried with Nat at Mount Lebanon.
Henry Hillel Brodsky was born in Philadelphia on July 14, 1911 He worked for a while as a painter in his father's decorating business. He served as a private in the army during World War II.
Henry married Beatrice Pearlman in Philadelphia in 1943. Beatrice was born in Russia on June 28, 1913 and fled the Soviet revolution with her mother as a child. They did not have any children. Bea told me that Henry had very high blood pressure and a doctor recommended against having children. Later he developed Parkinson's Disease.
After the war, Henry taught Spanish at West Philadelphia High School from 1943 to 1948. Later, he worked for many years in the Marine Corps auditing department.
Henry died on April 29, 1975 at his home in Northeast Philadelphia and was buried at Montefiore Cemetery in Jenkintown. Beatrice survived him by almost 40 years but never remarried, and lived out her life in the same house that they bought at the time they married, visited frequently by nieces and nephews. She died on August 15, 2014 and was buried with Henry at Montefiore.
Beatrice Brodsky was born in New York City on April 8, 1913 with her twin brother Sam, but the family moved back to Philadelphia in a few years and she lived out her life there. She worked for a time as a saleslady in a department store.
She married Albert R Halbkram in Philadelphia in 1940. Albert was born in Philadelphia on April 19, 1901. One of Albert's brothers married a Mary Lederhandler, but it is not clear how or if Mary was related to Emanuel Lederhandler who married Beatrice's cousin, Yetta Brodsky. Albert worked as furniture salesman for the John Wanamaker department store. They had one child.
Albert died on May 1, 1985 and was buried in his family's plot at Montefiore Cemetery in Jenkintown. Beatrice died on February 4, 1994 and was buried with Albert at Montefiore.
Samuel Sidney Brodsky was born in New York City on April 8, 1913 with his twin sister Beatrice, but the family moved back to Philadelphia in a few years and he lived out his life there. He served as private in the Army during World War II, including 18 months of service overseas. After the war, he worked as a wholesale paint salesman.
Sam married Regina Estelle Spigler in Philadelphia in 1940. Regina was born in Philadelphia on February 4, 1915, the daughter of Romanian immigrants. Regina was a young widow, whose first husband died of typhoid fever and pneumonia within a year after their marriage. Sam and Regina had two children.
Samuel died in Philadelphia on March 2, 1971. Regina died on December 6, 1993.
Lee Martin Hecht was born on May 11, 1942, the son of Hymen Nathan Hecht and Anne Rosalee Brodsky. Lee moved to California. In 1967, he married a woman who is still living and they had one child. They divorced in 1976.
Lee died on January 19, 2009.
Barry Joel Hecht was born on June 29, 1945, the son of Hymen Nathan Hecht and Anne Rosalee Brodsky. He died on October 23, 2013.
Bonnie Spigler Brodsky was born in Philadelphia on September 29, 1946, the daughter of Samuel Sidney Brodsky and Regina Estelle Spigler. She attended Michigan State University for a semester in 1964, took a semester off and then resumed her studies at University of Pennsylvania in the fall of 1965. She earned a BA in Linguistics in 1969. She later worked as an editor.
She married a man who is still living in October 1968, and they had two children. They divorced and she adopted the name Bonnie Falconer.
Bonnie died of pancreatic cancer on May 28, 1998 in London, England.
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