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Brodsky and Winokur Family Trees |
Updated 3/29/2020 |
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Moische Nuchen Winokur was born in Ukraine around 1862. He was later known as Morris Nathan Winokur in America. He worked as a finisher in ladies' tailoring. He married Baehle Conturick in Ukraine around 1884, though the marriage may have been earlier because they had a child before that time. Baehle was born in Ukraine on March 7, 1860. They had 10 children but three of them died in Ukraine in childhood. Seven of their children came to America.
Morris came to America in 1906 on the SS Haverford from Liverpool to Philadelphia, the same trip that brought three of the Brodsky brothers to America, though Morris did not travel with the Brodsky brothers and it is not clear if they knew each other at the time. Morris traveled with two of his daughters: Liza (Elizabeth) and Rosa. Their tickets were purchased through the Rosenbaum Bank by Ike Winokur, probably Morris's son Itzchak who was his contact in America on the passenger list. Baehle came later in the year on the SS Oldham with three more children: Selig (Samuel), Rachel (Ray) and Leib (Louis). Their tickets were also purchased by Ike through Rosenbaum Bank.
Baehle died in Philadelphia on October 1, 1935 of myocarditis and was buried at Montefiore Cemetery, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. Morris died in Philadelphia on May 2, 1940 of myocardial degeneration and was buried with Baehle at Montefiore.
Tillie Winokur was born in Russia around 1882. This birth is earlier than I thought Morris and Baehle married but not too early to be their child. She married Nathan Cohen in Ukraine around 1900. Nathan was born around 1880. Tillie and Nathan came to America around 1907. They had one child in Ukraine, three in the United States, and two from an unknown location who had died by 1910.
Tillie and Nathan initially lived with Morris and Baehle in Philadelphia, but they moved to Baltimore in the 1910s, where they lived for the rest of their lives. Nathan worked as a machinist in a railroad shop.
It is not clear when Nathan passed. He did not appear in the census with Tillie in 1930, but her marital status was still M (married). Her marital status was unclear in the 1940 census. Tillie died on October 18, 1950, and her obituary indicates that Nathan had passed before that time. She was buried at Hebrew Mount Carmel Cemetery in Baltimore, though it is unclear which of the four cemeteries now in that location that she is buried in.
Selik Winokur was born in Ukraine on January 6, 1886. He worked as a sign painter. He came to America in September 1906 with his mother and two of his siblings. In America, he was known as Samuel. Samuel married Anna Teller in Philadelphia in 1916. Anna was born in Russia around 1889. Anna worked as a pharmacist, operating Winokur's Pharmacy. They had one child.
Anna died of a coronary occlusion on February 15, 1948 in Philadelphia and was buried at Har Nebo Cemetery in Philadelphia. A year later, in 1949, Samuel remarried to Bessie Shane Weyman, a widow with two adult children from her first marriage. Bessie was a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Sciences and had operated her own family's pharmacy for many years before marrying Samuel. Bessie operated Winokur's Pharmacy with Samuel for the rest of his life.
Samuel died on January 14, 1967 and was buried at Har Nebo with Anna. Bessie died at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia on December 20, 1980 and was buried at Montefiore Cemetery in Jenkintown with her first husband, John Weyman. She was buried under the name Bessie Weyman Winokur.
Liza Winokur was born in Ukraine on April 9, 1889. Later, she was known as Lizzie or Elizabeth. She came to America with her father and a sister in 1906 on the SS Haverford from Liverpool to Philadelphia, the same ship that brought her future husband, Harry Brodsky. 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. Elizabeth and Harry had four children.
For more information about Elizabeth, Harry and their descendants, see Harry's page.
Rosa Winokur was born in Ukraine on September 12, 1890. Later she was known as Rose. She came to America with her father and a sister in 1906 on the SS Haverford from Liverpool to Philadelphia. She worked for a time as a shirt maker. She married Morris Grenspan in Philadelphia in 1910. Morris's surname was very much in flux and appears as Grenon, Grenoff and Grenow.
Rose became pregnant late in 1918, while the influenza epidemic was sweeping across the country. Rose contracted the disease and lost the child at 5 months gestation on March 18, 1919. After the miscarriage, Rose's condition worsened into double pneumonia. Her illness and the miscarriage led to her death on March 22, 1919. She was buried alone at Montefiore Cemetery in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. Rose and Morris may have had additional children because her tombstone describes her as "Beloved Wife and Mother," but I have found no record of Morris or any children after Rose's death.
Rochel Winokur was born in Ukraine on February 15, 1894. She came to America in September 1906 with her mother and two of her siblings. In America she was known as Rochelle, and later as Ray. For a time, she worked as a shirt maker. In 1916, she married Louis Waldman in Philadelphia. Louis was born in Russia in 1891. He worked as a tailor with his own shop. They had two children.
Ray died on February 10, 1961 in Philadelphia of cachexia due to cancer and was buried at Mount Lebanon, Collingdale, Pennsylvania. Louis died a month later, on March 30, 1961 in Philadelphia of coronary thrombosis due to advanced coronary disease and was buried with Ray at Mount Lebanon.
Leib Winokur was born in Ukraine on September 30, 1898. He came to America in September 1906 with his mother and two of his siblings. In America he was known as Louis, and later changed his surname to Vinicoff. He served as a private in the Army during World War I. After the war, he lived in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he owned Vinicoff Electric Co selling electrical supplies.
He married Fannie S Cohen in Harrisburg on March 28, 1920. Fannie was born in Harrisburg on January 16, 1898. They had two children.
Fannie died on November 3, 1962 in Harrisburg of ventricular standstill and acute myocardial infarct and was buried at Beth El Cemetery in Harrisburg. Louis died in Harrisburg on June 2, 1967 and was buried with Fannie at Beth El Cemetery.
Morris and Baehle were each met in Philadelphia by a son Itzchak or Itzig, a merchant tailor living at 768 South 4th Street, who had come to America in 1903. He appeared before the board when his mother and siblings were held for inquiry at the port in Philadelphia. He is probably the Ike Winokur who purchased passage for both Morris's group and Baehle's group through the Rosenbaum Bank.
Unfortunately, I have found no other record of this person. The nearest match I have found for the name was an Ike Winokur, a carpenter born in the late 1870s who came to America in the early 1890s. He is a little too old to be Morris and Baehle's son, came too early and has a different occupation. But even if the reported information were incorrect, his death certificate makes the relationship extremely unlikely: this Ike died in 1937, while Morris was still living and only two years after Baehle died, but the death certificate informed by Ike's son says that Ike's parents' names are unknown. I find it hard to believe that a man in his 20s would not know the names of his own grandparents living in the same city all of his life, so this must be the wrong Ike Winokur. Unfortunately, I have found no other likely candidate.
Goldie Cohen was born in Ukraine on August 1, 1903, the daughter of Nathan Cohen and Tillie Winokur. She came to America with her parents around 1907 and lived with her grandparents, Morris and Baehle, in 1910. She moved to Baltimore with her parents in the 1910s and worked there as a seamstress. She married Jesse Levy in Maryland around 1927. Jesse was born in Baltimore on March 16, 1902 and worked as a fireman. They had three children.
Jesse died on February 9, 1954 and was buried at Radomer Verein Oldest Cemetery in Rosedale, Maryland. Goldie died on December 28, 1981 and was buried wih Jesse at Radomer Verein Oldest.
Rebecca Cohen was born in Philadelphia on May 16, 1909, the daughter of Nathan Cohen and Tillie Winokur. She moved to Baltimore with her family. Later in life, she was known as Rhea. Rhea married Morris Harold Feinberg around 1930. Morris was born in Manhattan on December 28, 1904. Morris worked as an electrician. They had three children, who may be living.
Morris died of a heart attack while having dinner at a steak house at the age of 65. He was buried at Brith Abraham Bnai Zion Cemetery in South Plainfield, New Jersey. Rhea does not appear to be buried with him. Rhea remarried in the 1970s to someone named Shostak. She died in South Bound Brook, New Jersey at the age of 80.
Harry Cohen was born in Philadelphia on July 11, 1911, the son of Nathan Cohen and Tillie Winokur. He served in the Army during World War II. Later in life, he married Emma Kessler, a divorcee with a daughter. Emma was born in Maryland on September 13, 1911. Harry died on November 25, 1995 in Clearwater, Florida. Emma died on September 19, 2009 in Oldsmar, Florida.
Sara Cohen was born in Baltimore on December 29, 1917, the daughter of Nathan Cohen and Tillie Winokur. She married Eugene Jacobs. Eugene was born on December 22, 1916. They had three children, who may be living.
Eugene died on January 4, 1990 and was buried at Beth Isaac Adath Israel Cemetery in Dundalk, Maryland. Sara died on April 17, 2006 and was buried with Eugene at Beth Isaac Adath Israel.
Rosine Winokur was born in Philadelphia on September 2, 1919, the daughter of Samuel Winokur and Anna Teller. She was probably named for her aunt Rose, who died in the influenza epidemic six months before Rosine was born. She married Maurice Bender in Manhattan on December 13, 1941. Maurice was born in Brooklyn on July 22, 1918. He attended Johns Hopkins University at the age of 15, and graduated in 1938 with a degree in Biology. He served in the Army in World War II, then earned a Masters degree in Pharmacology from Temple University and earned a Ph.D from Georgetown University in 1950. He worked in Public Health Service. Rosine and Maurice had two children.
They lived in Fairbanks, Alaska for a time, where Rosine was a founder of the STAR Club (Social Times for Adult Retardates), an organization created to provide an outlet for physically and mentally handicapped people aged 15-25. During their retirement, they split their time between Seattle and Tucson.
Maurice died on September 15, 2008 in Seattle. Rosine survived him, and may still be living, though she would be 98 years old.
William Waldman was born in Philadelphia on November 8, 1920, the son of Louis Waldman and Ray Winokur. He served in the Army during World War II. He married Hannah Alvarez in Bedfordshire, England in 1944, while he was in the service. Hannah was born in Prestwich, Lancashire, England in 1920. They had a daughter in Bedfordshire.
Hannah and their daughter came to America from England on the Washington in 1946, a ship admitted under the War Brides Act. In America, Hannah was naturalized as Ann Waldman in 1949. They had a second child in America.
William died on March 14, 1998. I have found no record of when Ann died, and she may still be living at the age of 97.
Alan Ross Vinicoff was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on August 21, 1921, the son of Louis Vinicoff and Fannie S Cohen. As a child, he was a talented piano player and continued to play piano throughout his life, but he worked as a physician. He served in the naval reserve during World War II, rising from Ensign to Lieutenant Junior Grade.
He was briefly married to a Catholic woman who may still be living and they had two children, but they divorced after a short time. The children were raised by Alan's parents until Fannie's death in 1962, then they were raised by Alan until his death, and finally by their mother.
Alan died on March 21, 1968 in Alameda, California and was buried at Beth El Cemetery in Harrisburg, where his parents were buried.
Paul J. Vinicoff was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on December 18, 1925, the son of Louis Vinicoff and Fannie S Cohen. He served in World War II in the Battle of the Bulge with the Army Corps of Engineers. He earned a bachelor's degree in arts and letters at Penn State University and a degree in architecture at Carnegie Institute of Technology. He worked as architect in Philadelphia. He never married.
Paul died on January 26, 1997 in Philadelphia of heart attack and was buried at Beth El Cemetery in Harrisburg, where his parents were buried.
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