Michael A. Stecker
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Sadie Weiss Bergold
 
Dohobobyes/Drohobych/Drohobycz, Galicia (now western Ukraine) at:
Lat: 49 degrees, 21 minutes North,  Long: 23 degrees, 30.5 minutes East
is most likely the home of the Weiss family.  Here are web-sites devoted to the region:
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/drohobycz/history/GaliciaTheLostLand.asp
http://www.personal.ceu.hu/students/97/Roman_Zakharii/drohobych.htm
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/drohobycz/generalInfo/GeneralInfo_Resources.asp

 

Sadie Weiss Bergold
Given Name: Sarah Weiss
Birth date: March 16, 1886
Ethnicity: Austria
Last place of residence: Diobobyes
Immigration arrival date to USA/Ellis Island: June 7, 1883
Age at immigration: 7 years old
Ship: Gellert (Hamburg to NYC)

 


http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passRecord.asp?MID=08172789310933999296&FNM=SARAH&LNM=WEISS&PLNM=WEISS&CGD=F&bSYR=1881&bEYR=1891&first_kind=1&last_kind=0&TOWN=null&SHIP=null&RF=12&pID=104387150245

 

 

1900 Census. Manhattan, New York, New York
Solomon Weiss; Age: 44; b 1855, Austria; Immigration Year: 1888; Head; Father's b Austria; Mother's b Austria; 11 years in US; Alien; occupation Presser; can read can write, does not speak English. Spouse Louisa Weiss, Marriage 1875. Years Married: 25

Louisa Weiss 43, b Aug 1857;  wife; b Austria; no occupation listed

Ester Weiss 20;  b Nov 1879 Austria; button hole maker

Harry Weiss 18;  b Dec 1881 Austria; plumber

David Weiss 16;  b Apr 1884 Austria; machinist

Sarah Weiss 14;  b Mar 1886 Austria; at school (this could be Sadie)

Lena Weiss 12;  b Jun 1887 Austria; at school

Joseph Weiss 8; b July 1891 NY; at school

Isidor Weiss 6; b Jan 1894 NY

Aaron J Weiss 4; b Feb 1896 NY

Barney Weiss  2; b Jan 1898 NY [aka Barnard, Barnett]

Sydney Weiss  3/12; b Feb 1900  NY
 

1910 Census. New York, Brooklyn
 [37? or 57?] South First St. ILLEGIBLE CENSUS SHEET

Solomon Weiss; head; Age: 53?; tailor shop

Louisa H Weiss; wife; 53?

Esther Weiss; dau; 30; [Lizator?] shop

Harry Weiss; son; 28; Salesman Dry Goods House

Sadie Weiss; dau; 26?; Book keeping Drygoods House (this could be Sarah)

Lena Weiss; dau; 24? [Tuspemter?] Insurance office (this could be Lilly)

Joseph Weiss; son; 18; NY; Clerk Grocery

Isador Weiss; son 16; NY   

Aaron Weiss; son 14? NY

Bernard Weiss; son 12? NY [aka Barney, Barnett]

Sydney Weiss; son 10; NY

[Hralf?] Hollander; grandson 2? NY
 

U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes
1791-1992. Record for Solomon Weiss. US Dist Court Brooklyn NY.
Naturalized 1-28-1905. Res 504 Wyeth Ave Brooklyn NY.  Occupation Presser. B Aug 1858; Arrived NY, NY, 12-15-1889.
 

1920 Census. Brooklyn Assembly District 14, Kings, New York.
87 South 1st Street.  Solomon Weiss 64 (head); (b abt 1855) immigrated 1898. naturalized 1903[5?].  b
Austria; Yiddish; fath b Austria; moth b Austria; tailor clothing factory; home owned.

Anna Weiss 63 (wife); (b abt 1857) immigrated 1890, naturalized 1905. b Austria;
Yiddish; fath b Austria; moth b Austria; housekeeper

Esther Weiss 38 (dau); immigrated 1890, naturalized 1905. b Austria; Yiddish; fath b Austria; moth b Austria;

Irving Weiss 25 (son) b NY (abt 1895); fath b Austria; moth b Austria; salesman silk company

Barnett Weiss [aka Barney, Barnard] 22 (son) b NY (abt 1898); fath b Austria; moth b Austria; salesman, clothing co.

Sidney Weiss 20 (son) b NY (abt 1900); fath b Austria; moth b Austria; shipping clerk fur co.

Malclon Weiss 16 (grandson) b NY (abt 1904); fath b Austria; moth b Austria;

Minnie Weiss 5 (granddaughter) b NY (abt 1915); fath b Austria; moth b Austria?