Sophie
Hartman 1844 - 1914 | her
parents
& ca 1864 Marcus Popper 1834 - 1917 | his
parents
of Bieschin, Bohemia and New York City
This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it
as of this moment!!
1. Sophie Hartman 12 Nov 1844
Bieschin #30 - 27 June 1914 New York City
Fact 1: Resided in Polin, Bohemia w/
Marcus; Emigrated to NYC 1880/ 1881
Fact 2: Resided 200 W. 86th St.
Fact 3: Buried Linden Hill Cemetary
Fact 4: Archives say birthdate 11/10/1844
Sophie Hartman Popper
married Marcus Popper 28 July 1834
Jindrichovice, Bohemia
- 14 Feb 1917 NYC
emig. 1881
ancestors of
Joan Pollak
Fact 1: Moved from Jindrichovice to Kidlin where first child was
born
Fact 2: By 1869 Lived in Polin (Polen) House # 43
Fact 3: House to House Salesman (In Czech Records)
Fact 4: Emigrated April 1879 to USA (source NY Naturalization
Index); Liquor Merchant
Fact 5: Naturalized March 16, 1885; Witnessed by Bernard Hartman;
Resided 53 1st St.; Occupation Liquor Merchant; 1890 NY Directory
said Liquor merchant on 1718 Lexington Ave.; Home 501 E. Houston (1890
Directory)
Fact 6: Liquor Store 1718 Lexington Ave. (1890 Directory)
Fact 7: Buried Linden Hill Cemetary Fact 8: 1880 Census lived
at 53 First Street
Father: Joseph Israel Popper Mother: Theresia Krauskopf
10.11.1844 in Bieschin no. 30 was born Sophie Hartman, a legitimate daughter of
Karl Hartman, a house-to-house salesman (in German it is hausirer) from Bieschin
and Eva Hartman, daughter of Benedikt Stadler from Drosau.
from HBMa 209 Cachrov
(Csachrau
in German) births 1840 to 1860
includes also Horzakov, Tajanov, Strazov, Bieschin and other villages.
from research commissioned by
Joan Pollak
Children
of Sophie Hartman and Marcus Popper:
1. Theresia
(Antonia) (Toney) Popper 22 Sept 1865 Kidlin 26, Bohemia - 2 Jan 1942 NYC
Fact 1: Resided 175 W 93rd St.
(Amsterdam and 93rd St.)
Fact 2: Buried in Mausoleum, Linden Hill Cemetary
Fact 3: Emigrated to NY 1880/1881
Fact 4: Czech Archives DOB 11/1/1865
married Henry Arnstein 19 July 1861 Prague - 15 Nov 1928 NYC
Fact 1: In the milk
business and owned a Creamery in Upstate New York
Fact 2: Buried in Mausoleum, Linden Hill Cemetary
a. Clara Arnstein 1887 -19 Jan 1965 YC
Resided 120 West End Ave.
married
Douglas Kahn ca 1885 - 6 June 1973
1930: Occupation Garage
i.
Shirley Kahn
b. Belle Arnstein 20 Nov 1888 NYC - 7 Nov 1976 Manhatten
buried Linden Hill Cemetary
married Leonard
Josephie 18 Jan 1889 - 26 April 1961 Manhatten
Head of Brokerage Firm Josephie & Son - buried Linden Hill
Cemetary
i. Berenice H. Josephie 8 May 1913 -
Attended Columbia University; Berlitz School of Languages -resided in
New Rochelle
married Samuel Schain 13 Sept 1902 Dvinsk, Latvia - 1986
Attorney; Attended NYU Law School - Resided in New Rochelle - son of
Morris Lewis Schain
1. Barbara
Schain
married Edward Netter
a Vicky
Netter
b Donald Netter
2. Arthur Schain -
ii.
Paula J. Josephie 14 Feb 1916 - 21 Dec 1996
buried
Linden Hill Cemetary
married Ralph Cohen 2 Nov 1902 - 8 April 1968
buried Linden
Hill Cemetary
c. Ida Arnstein 2 July 1890 NYC - 20 June 1984 NYC
"always said her grandparents were from Pilsen"
married Harry Rosenthal
26 April 1884 NY - 8 April 1947
1930; Resided in New Rochelle, Salesman Mens Furnishings - Buried
Linden Hill Cemetary
"Ida and her husband, Harry, are also buried in Central Synagogue of NYC's
cemetery in Queens in the mausoleum"
i.
Barbara Rosenthal -
2. Moritz Popper 16 Aug 1867 Kidlin #26 - 11 Oct 1867 Polin, Bohemia d y
3.
Katherine [Katie] Popper 20 Mar 1869 Polin
#43 - 14 Dec 1961 NYC
emigrated to NYC 1881 with
parents - Family active in Central Synagogue - Resided 123 West 57th
St
buried Linden Hill Cemetary -
Czech archives give alt birth date 4/1/1869
married NYC 25 Mar 1888 William Pollak
1 Sept 1860 Janovice nad Uhlavou, Bohemia - 7 May
1942 Pinellas FL
emigrated age
17; Naturalized 7/30/1888 - Graduate of Gymnasium; award for business -
NYC 1890 Directory resided 967 first Ave.; Silberstaedter and Pollak Hosiery;
William Pollak Hosiery 315 Canal St. - Owner Dry Goods Store; Resided 973
1rst Ave.; 1900 Census Dry Goods Store, Servant from Bohemia - buried
Linden Hill Cemetery Father: Simon Pollak Mother:
Judith (Jitka) (Yetta) Steiner
a Max Pollak
Died as Infant Fact 2: Buried Linden Hill Cem
b. Irving Pollak 21 Sept 1889 - 27 Dec 1903
Buried Linden hill Cem.,
c. Joseph Pollak 15 Sept 1891 Manhatten - 10
Jan 1966 Manhatten
Salesman; WWI: US Army; 1917 Southern Rice Sales, Manhatten - buried Linden
Hill Cemetary
d. Charles (Carl) Pollak 14 July 1893 NYC - 4 Dec
1966 NYC
owned Kaye and Einstein Fur Company - 610 W. 11th St NYC; New
Rochelle, Hollywood, FL
married 15 June 1920 Fannie Jeannette
Heilbroner 13 Oct 1900 NYC - 2 Jan 1949 NYC
Teachers
College, Columbia University - Father: Alexander Heilbroner Mother: Bertha
(Birdie) Rund
i. Alexander
Heilbroner Pollak 14 Aug 1921 NYC - 21 April 2010 Rye NY
married
Lorraine Zuckerman
Father:
Jacob Isaac Zuckerman Mother: Jeanette (Janet) (Yetta) Reiter
1. Joan Frances
Pollak New Rochelle, NY
married
Tarrytown, NY 1976 Eisner
a. Benjamin Pollak Eisner
married Jessica Brandt
i.
Samuel Brandt Eisner 2011 -
b.
Helen Pollak Eisner
2.
William Lawrence Pollak -New Rochelle, NY
married Manhatten 1981 Maria Fisher
dau
of Robert Fisher & Angela-Maria Gelmi
a. Charles
Fisher Pollak - New York City
b. Katherine Elizabeth (Katie) Pollak - New York City
ii. Ruth Jean Pollak NYC
Mt. Holyoke College
married 1947
Joseph Robert Lasser - NYC
Father: Milton Lasser Mother:
Tessie Rosenthal
1. James
Francis Lasser
married 1st Nancy Ross
married 2nd Leila Novak
a. Jonathan Lasser
married Kathleen -
b. Joshua Milton Lasser
married 2003 Amishi Shah -
Father: Mahendra M. Shah Mother: Bharati
i. Sonya
Abigail Lasser
ii. Jeevon Joseph Lasser
married 3rd Emily
Stern 1951- 2005
- Father:
Alfred Stern Mother: Joan
a.
Jesse Alfred Lasser
b. Jonina Sera Lasser
married Joseph Sauer
i. Jackson Sauer
2. Carol
Susan Lasser
married Gary Kornblith -
Father: John Kornbluth Mother:
Ina Jean Russell
a. Russell
Kornblith
b. Simon Kornblith
c. Max Kornblith
3. Jean Margery Lasser
married Myles Kuwahara
married
1992 Don Santos
married Jeffrey P. Elkin
a. Tessa
Ning Chan Lasser Elkin
b. Pearl Qing Yi Lasser Elkin
married 2nd Gilda Deitch
e. Elsie Pollak 10 Aug 1899 New York City - 27
June 1994 Rye Brook NY
First Woman Grad Columbia Architecture - Teachers College, Columbia U. 1922 -
Buried Salem Fields, Queens
married NYC 23 Jan 1931 Julius V Bunzl 28
Sept 1891 Manhatten - 13 Nov 1979 NYC
Princeton
U.; Columbia Law School; PHD U of Vienna - Buried Salem Fields, Queens
Father: Victor Bunzl Mother:
Pauline Bookman
i. Victor
William Bunzl 5 May 1932 - 7 June 1971 NYC
4. Leopold Popper 1 Dec 1870 Polin #43 - 12 Jan 1871 Polin, Bohemia d y
5. Adolph Popper 21 Jan 1872 Polin - Manhattan
resided
219 W. 81st St., Manhatten - 1910 Census; Liquors - 1920 Census: Automobile
Salesman
married Rebecca [Becky] S ca 1880 NY -
a. Norma E. Popper 2 Feb 1907
NYC - Sept 1982 NY
Resided Manhatten
married Eric Loeb
owned Wholesale
Distributorship-Large Appliances
i. Robert
Loeb
b. Robert Popper
6. Josephine Popper Dec 1876 Polin, Bohemia - ?
1920 Census-Lived with husband next to parents - 1880 Census indicates born
abt. 1874
married Frederick Furth b. Vienna - bef 1930
a. Herbert Furth Jan 1898
1930 Lived with
mother and sister in NYC - 1930 Census: Proprieter, Garage
b. Anita Furth 20 Sept 1906 NYC - 28
Nov 1971
Resided 219 W. 81st St. NYC
7. Rose [Resi] Popper Nov 1879 - 26 Dec 1935 Manhattan
Resided 41
W. 72nd St. - buried Linden Hill Cemetary - 1880 Census indicates born
abt. 1876
married Morris Teller died 17 June 1934
- buried
Linden Hill Cemetary
8. Bertha [Birdie] Popper 31 Oct 1881 - 25 May 1956 Manhattan
buried
Linden Hill Cemetary - (Alternate info says died 1958) - resided 20 W.
77th St.
- Appears in 1880 Census; born abt. 1878
married Max Lindenberger 1 April 1873 - 15 Dec 1946
buried
in Linden Hill Cemetary -Father: Joseph Lindenberger Mother: Miriam
9. Arthur
Popper Sept 1883 NY -
Age 16, Clerk in Father's Store; Resided Northern New Jersey
married unknown
10. Julius Joseph Popper 11 Oct 1886 Manhatten, NY - 11 April 1974
SS Application 1951: Resided
85-26 239th St. Bellerose, SI, NY; Self Employed Jay & Jay Trading; 112 E.
11th St. - 1917 200 W. 86th; Self Employed Lawyer; Broadway -
marrued Amelia 31 March 1891 New York -
July 1989
a. Miles
Popper b: Abt. 1923
Bertha Hartman
1864 - aft 1920 | her
parents
& ca 1866 John Leffler 1844 - 1914|
his
parents
of Bieschin, Bohemia
& Manhattan, New York City
Bertha Hartman 24 March 1846
Bieschin, Bohemia - aft 1920 NYC
Adele knew this aunt she lived Manhattan -Resided
on 10th St. in NY; 1920 Resided E. 89th Fact 3: 1920 listed as
mother-in-law Edward Marx; Belle; (parents) Herbert; Beatrice Fact 4:
Age 56 (abt 1944) 1900 census
married ca 1866 John Leffler Mar 1844
Austria - 1914 NY
Received Naturalization Papers after fighting in the Civil War - A
founding member of Central Synagogue - Buried in Linden Hill Cemetery -
A John Leffler serving the Union, New York; enlisted 9/20/1864 -
Enlisted Company C, 188th Infantry Regiment New York; Mustered out July 1,
1865
1870 Census New York Ward 11,
Dist 7
John Lefler 28 m liquor dealer
Bohemia
Birtha Lefler 23
f
Bohenia
Moses
" 4
m
NY
Jacob
" 2
m
NY
Sarah
" 1
f
NY
Anna Hartman 20
f
Germany
Children
of Bertha Hartman and John Leffler:
1. Moses L Leffler Mar
1868 -
salesman - wholesale liquor 1900
married ca 1894 Emma [Anna] H ? ca 1874 NYC -
a. Edith H Leffler April 1896 NYC -
b. William J Leffler Mar 1900 NYC -
2. Jacob O Leffler March 1869 -
liquor store salesman 1900
married 1893 Annie Bauman May 1871 -
a. Bessie Leffler Jan 1895 -
b. Albert Leffler June 1896 -
3. Sarah Leffler 27 Dec 1872
NYC - 1956
Attended
High School at St. Bridgets Academy - Housewife; Resided E. 82 St.
Manhatten in 1900
married Max Hahn 5 Oct 1862 NY - 1953 NY
son of Henry Hahn and wife Sophie Arnstein
he was in the liquor business; buried
Mausoleum Linden Hill
a.
Sidney Hahn 11 Feb 1893 - 1972
Fact 1: President of Real Estate Company Fact
2: Death due to poor heart condition
married 18 June
1914 Florence Viola Hahn 9 Jan 1892 - 1956
daughter of George
Hahn & wife Lily
1. William Hahn 1921 NYC - 1973
married Lois E. Johnson b New York City
a. Betsy Jane Hahn
married Sedrac Diaz
2. George M. Hahn b NYC -
married Helen Maxine Rosenmann b Wilmington, NC -
a. Robert W. Hahn
b. Carol E. Hahn
b. Adele
Hahn 1896 New York City - 6 May 1980
Fact 1: NY County Commisioner-Republican
married
William Meisel
Newspaperman;
Thirty years with Herald Tribune in Advertising; WWI Second Lt
1. Mary Meisel NYC
married 19 Sept 1954 Francis Broida
2. Patricia Meisel NYC
married Bertrand Kohlmann
married 2nd Albert Bordon
4. Ruth Leffler d bef 1900
5. Arthur B Leffler Oct 1877 -
wholesale liquor business 1920;
1930 Builder
married Amy ca 1882 NY -
a. Elsie Leffler 1901 -
b. Dorothy Leffler 1911 -
c. Arthur Leffler Jr 1915 -
married Jean Meyer
1. Arthur Leffler 1946 lives Bethesda
married Nanci Neff
a. Ben Leffler 1984 -
b. Nick Leffler 1987 -
6. Bella J Leffler Sept 1883 -
Resided on E. 89th 1920 Census
married Edward Marx ca 1879 -
a. Herbert J Marx ca 1905 -
b. Beatrice Marx ca 1912 -
7. Leo H Leffler Feb 1885 -
publishing arts
married by 1910 Elsa L.
married 2nd Lillian B.
Katharina [Katie] Hartman 1852 - 1916 | her
parents
& Herman Schallek 1849 - 1916
his
parents
of Bohemia and New York City
Katharina (Katie) Hartman 16 June 1851/17 Aug
1852ts Bieschin - 2 June 1816ts
1880 Cenus Sixth Street; 1910 W. 187th St.
married Herman Schallek 15 Nov 1849ts
Bohemia - 1 Nov 1916ts
lived 6th Street 1880 and he is a truck driver; 1910 lived Manhattan West 187th
St.
both buried New Union Field Cemetery,
Queens NY
Children of Katie Hartman and Herman
Schallek:
1. Abraham Schallek ca 1876 NY -
2. Mark [Max Louis] Schallek 1878/9 NY - Lawyer
1910 Census Attorney;
General Practice; 1912 trip to Bermuda; resided 808 West End Ave.; 1920
Attorney; 1930 General Lawyer Resides W. 81st St. Fact 2: WWI
Registration 1917;
married Jeannette ca 1889 -
a. William Schallek ca 1913 -
3. Martha Schallek 24 May1884 NY - 07 Jan 1969 NY
Resided on West End Ave. with husband,
son and brothers, servant; WWII resided 529 W. 111th buried
Bethel Cemetery NY
married 12 Dec 1906
Joseph
S. Wallenstein 15 Dec 1869 NY - 01 May 1928 Manhattan
1920 Leather Merchant buried Bethel Cemetery NY
a.
Stanley Wallenstein 22 May 1909 - 28 June 1914 dy
b. Herbert Joseph Wallenstein 1 Aug 1917 New York - 18 Feb
1996 in Del Ray Bch FL
WWII Registration; College Educated; Attorney buried
Mt Carmel Cemetery NY
married 1947 Elaine Silverman 1924 -
1. John Stephen Wallenstein 1950 -
married 1974 Laurie Soroka; they divorced in 2003
a. Ross W 1978 -
b. Sari Beth W 1981 -
2. Ellen Wallenstein 1952 -
4. Julius Jacob Schallek 3 Aug 1886 New York
- 31 Jan 1948 Los Angeles CA
Fact 1: 1910 Salesman,
Embroidery Fact 2: WWI Registration 1917: Resided 541 W. 113th NYC;
employed Salesman
married Alice E. 1897
-
5. Edwin Clarence Schallek 21 June 1892 New
York
Clerk
for Stock Broker; WWI Registration 1917 Resided with brother Julius 541 W.
113th St.
WWII
Registration; Resided 201 W. 79th St.; Employed House of Tre-Jour W.
18th St. -
1930 Census; Perfume Salesman
27 January 2012
