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b: c.1854, Minsk m: 1872 Russia Anna Wesoky i: August 1890 d: May 28, 1928, Brooklyn,NY Hebrew name(s): Yehudah ben Moshe b: c.1854, Russia m: 1892 Russia i: 1892 d: October 27, 1917, Pittsburgh,PA Maiden name: Chatak, Chetau, Gietof |
b: c.1871 m: September 13, 1892 NY,NY Max Goodman i: 1891 d: November 7, 1927, Brooklyn,NY Maiden name: Wesoky |
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b: December 15, 1875, Russia m: January 26, 1897 NY,NY Anna Wesoky i: January 18, 1891 d: April 28, 1929, Pittsburgh,PA Middle name: Mortimer Hebrew name(s): Yaakov Mordecai ben Yehuda |
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b: 1877 m: June 5, 1895 NY,NY Abraham Herman m2: October 2, 1899 NY,NY Isaac Fine i: c.1892 d: October 28, 1932, Brooklyn,NY Maiden name: Wesoky |
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b: c.1879, Russia m: November 1, 1905 Pittsburgh,PA Lena Wesoky i: September 15, 1891 d: September 20, 1937, Pittsburgh,PA |
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b: c.1884, Russia m: 1906 PA Max Luskin i: 1892 Maiden name: Wesoky Nickname(s): Becca,Beckie,Bettie |
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| Morris Wesoky |
| Esther Wesoky |
The Real Estate Record is a weekly report of building activity in New York City and its environs. It has the earliest records of the family in the U.S. starting with a mention of Julius in 1892!
The Max Goodman mentioned above is Julius' son-in-law. His name shows up often. He signed Julius' petition for naturalization in 1905, and he is Jacob's business partner in the butter (or should I say "butter") business in Pgh. When Jacob was in Leavenworth, his story of his crime on his Trusty Prisoner's Agreement implicates Max for shipping the oleo from Chicago.
In May 2010 I visited the New York Historical Society and looked for them in the 1888-1907 volumes. Here's what came up:
For context, Jacob's first child, Samuel, was born 12/21/1897 in Brooklyn. His second child, my grandmother Mary, was born 3/14/1900 in Bayonne, NJ. Jacob's first margarine run-in was documented in the papers in early 1902. By October 1903 he was in Pittsburgh, where he was naturalized.
(There's also a reference to a grocer named Abraham Wesoky (1901-2) and a milliner named Bertha Wesoky (1903-4), but I don't know who they are. Given that "Beckie" shows up as a milliner in Pittsburgh in 1904 (see below), I am going to assume this is yet another experiment with the American name she wished to take for herself.)
The online directories continue through 1930, though I am not transcribing them all here as they mostly continue the previous patterns. As the years go by, more and more Wesokys show up -- both the grown children (male and female) of Jacob and Louis as well as their mother and Jacob's wife. Highlights: Mary Wesoky starting showing up in 1917 as a stenographer and later a bookkeeper. Her brother Samuel starts as an agent in 1917 and eventually starts (?) the National Extract Co, which remains his business. In 1918-9 Louis is listed with the Natl Butter & Egg Co. with David Dickman. Jacob's family shows up on Callowhill for the first time in 1922. His real estate company is referred to as A & S Real Estate Co. starting 1927. In 1929 it is The Centre Ave Real Estate Co, and the people listed are Saml and and Mrs. Annie Wesoky, though in 1930 it is just Annie, and she is listed as Jacob's widow. (Jacob died 4/28/29; his last listing is in the 1928 book.)
Incidentally, there are a lot of ads for the "Center Real Estate Company, Samuel Wesoky, Broker" in the Pittsburgh Jewish Criterion, for example this. There may be many more business records of interest here.
Minsker Independent Benevolent Association of the City of New York (also), incorporated 1902, though frame is dated 1901 and says 12/27/1892 at the top. MBIA photo index.
Cong Orach Chaim is where Jacob & Anna Wesoky were married. Does this reveal anything?
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 09:07:00 -0400
From:
Subject: Re: WESOKY / Vysokoye
WESOKY (in my transliteration from Ryssuan VYSOKY with meaning "tall") was rare name in Minsk Gubernia. I am familiar with references to the name from town of Minsk and Samokhvalovichi of Minsk uyezd (district). Samokhvalovichi is Minsk suburb now. Most possibly it is one extended family lived in both locations.
Vitaly Charny
Birmingham, AL
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 10:30:25 -0400
From:
Subject: Re: X-Message-Number: 2, May 8, re Vysokoye
In regards to Adar Belinkoff's question of May 8, I was told that my family name, Wesoky, means "long" or "tall" in some eastern European languages. And, in fact, while visiting Cracow, Poland two years ago, my wife and I stumbled upon a bank building that was formally the high synagogue and incorporated a name similar to Wesoky. It was certainly a pleasure to have my name pronounced correctly throughout that part of the world.
My father believed that his father came from Minsk; however, Minsk is, of course, a region as well as a city. Therefore, I've felt that my grandfather may have come from one of the many Vysokoyes that Adar Belinkoff notes. I believe that all with the family name spelled Wesoky are related because of an incident or incidents at a port of entry. This information does not directly help Mr. Belinkoff, but it does certainly indicate that there are possibly many others with similar questions of genealogy.
Howard Wesoky
Springfield, VA
hwesoky@verizon.net
| Question | Answer-in-progress | People |
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| Doctors to the czar? | ||
| Where from? | Minsk! | |
| Overall immigration story -- who/when? | Mystery of the immigration records -- none of the dates matches and can't find matches for name under other times | |
| Annie Wesoky's family? Anything? | ||
| Get proper image of Jacob Wesoky's WWI draft reg card | Fixed now on Ancestry |
| c. 1854 | Birth of Julius Wesoky |
| c. 1854 | Birth of Anna (Chatak, Chetau, Gietof) Wesoky |
| c. 1871 | Birth of Sarah (Wesoky) Goodman |
| 1872 | Marriage of Anna Wesoky & Julius Wesoky |
| 1875-12 | Birth of Jacob Wesoky |
| 1877 | Birth of Minnie (Wesoky) Fine |
| c. 1879 | Birth of Louis Wesoky |
| c. 1884 | Birth of Rebecca (Wesoky) Luskin |
| 1890-08 | Immigration of Julius Wesoky |
| 1891 | Immigration of Sarah Goodman |
| 1891-01 | Immigration of Jacob Wesoky |
| 1891-09 | Immigration of Louis Wesoky |
| 1892 | Immigration of Anna Wesoky |
| c. 1892 | Immigration of Minnie Fine |
| 1892 | Immigration of Rebecca Luskin |
| 1892-09 | Marriage of Max Goodman & Sarah Goodman |
| 1893-06 | Birth of Esther Siegal |
| 1895-06 | Marriage of Abraham Herman & Minnie Fine |
| 1897-01 | Marriage of Jacob Wesoky & Anna Wesoky |
| 1897-12 | Birth of Fannie (Goodman) Scheinblum |
| 1897-12 | Birth of Samuel Wesoky |
| 1899-10 | Marriage of Isaac Fine & Minnie Fine |
| 1900-03 | Birth of Mary (Wesoky) Hepps |
| 1900-06 | Address of Julius Wesoky family |
| 1900-06 | Address of Kopasac |
| 1900-06 | Address of Goodman family |
| 1900-06 | Address of Fine family |
| 1902-02 | New York Tribune |
| 1902-02 | Brooklyn Eagle article |
| 1902-04 | Trenton Evening Times |
| 1903 | Birth of Helen (Goodman) Rafshoon |
| 1903-10 | Petition for Naturalization for Jacob Wesoky |
| 1903-10 | Petition for Naturalization for Louis Wesoky |
| 1904-01 | Birth of Estella (Fine) Elster |
| 1905 | Birth of Jessie Goodman |
| 1905-05 | Birth of Maurice Wesoky |
| 1905-06 | Address of Fine family |
| 1905-09 | Petition for Citizenship for Julius Wesoky |
| 1905-11 | Marriage of Lena Wesoky & Louis Wesoky |
| 1906 | Marriage of Rebecca Luskin & --- |
| 1907 | Birth of Lillian (Fine) Shookoff |
| 1907 | Birth of Howard Wesoky |
| 1908 | Birth of Morris Wesoky |
| 1908-11 | Birth of Esther (Wesoky) Silver |
| 1909 | Birth of Morris Fine |
| 1909 | Birth of Jessie Wesoky |
| 1909-03 | National Labor Tribune |
| 1910 | Birth of Gertrude Wesoky |
| 1910-01 | Court Records |
| 1910-01 | The Washington Times |
| 1910-01 | The Baltimore Sun |
| 1910-04 | Address of Jacob Wesoky family |
| 1910-04 | Address of Julius Wesoky family |
| 1910-04 | Address of Goodman and Fine families |
| 1910-05 | Court Records |
| 1910-06 | Court Records |
| 1911 | Birth of Helen Fine |
| 1911 | Birth of Morris Luskin |
| 1912 | Marriage of George Siegal & Esther Siegal |
| 1912-11 | Birth of Joseph Wesoky |
| 1912-12 | Birth of Helen (Wesoky) Charlson |
| 1913-02 | Death of Joseph Wesoky |
| 1915 | Birth of Esther Wesoky |
| 1915-06 | Address of Fine family |
| 1915-11 | Birth of Joseph Wesoky |
| 1916 | Birth of Bernice (Siegal) Shullman |
| 1916-01 | Marriage of Sam Scheinblum & Fannie Scheinblum |
| 1917 | Birth of Daisy (Goodman) Fleishhaker |
| 1917 | Birth of William Wesoky |
| 1917-01 | WWI draft registration for Louis Wesoky |
| 1917-10 | Death of Anna Wesoky |
| 1918-09 | WWI draft registration for Sam Wesoky |
| 1918-09 | WWI draft registration for Jacob Wesoky |
| 1918-11 | Birth of Abraham Wesoky |
| 1918-12 | Death of Abraham Wesoky |
| 1920 | Birth of Anna Wesoky |
| 1920-01 | Address of Jacob Wesoky family |
| 1920-01 | Address of Julius Wesoky family |
| 1920-01 | Address of Fine family |
| 1920-01 | Address of Goodman family |
| 1921 | Birth of Annella (Siegal) Leibel |
| 1923-06 | Marriage of Max Elster & Estella Elster |
| 1924 | Birth of Norman Wesoky |
| 1924-07 | Birth of Claire Elster |
| 1925-06 | Address of Elster familly |
| 1925-09 | Marriage of Jacob Rafshoon & Helen Rafshoon |
| 1925-12 | Marriage of Rhea Wesoky & Samuel Wesoky |
| 1926 | Birth of Rosalyn Wesoky |
| 1926-08 | Marriage of Mary Hepps & Jacob Hepps |
| 1926-10 | Birth |
| 1927 | Birth of Charles Maurice Rafshoon |
| 1927-11 | Death of Sarah Goodman |
| 1928 | Birth |
| 1928-04 | Birth |
| 1928-05 | Death of Julius Wesoky |
| 1928-06 | Marriage of Lena Nesvisky & Maurice Wesoky |
| 1928-12 | Birth of Jerome Wesoky |
| 1929-04 | Death of Jacob Wesoky |
| 1929-12 | Birth of Sanford Siegal |
| 1930-04 | Address of Fine family |
| 1930-04 | Address of George H. Siegal family |
| 1930-04 | Address |
| 1930-04 | Birth |
| 1930-04 | Address of Louis Wesoky family |
| 1930-04 | Address of Hepps and Wesokys |
| 1931-02 | Marriage of William Shookoff & Lillian Shookoff |
| 1932 | Birth |
| 1932-10 | Death of Minnie Fine |
| 1933-06 | Birth |
| 1936-03 | Marriage of Joseph Silver & Esther Silver |
| 1936-08 | Birth |
| 1937-09 | Death of Louis Wesoky |
| 1939-03 | Marriage of Lena Wesoky & Joseph Wesoky |
| 1939-05 | Marriage of Raymond Charlson & Helen Charlson |
| 1940-02 | Birth |
| 1940-04 | Address of Jacob Hepps family |
| 1940-04 | Address of Elster family |
| 1940-04 | Address |
| 1940-04 | Address |
| 1942-05 | Birth |
| 1944-12 | Birth |
| 1946-06 | Birth |
| 1947-05 | Birth |
| 1949-12 | Birth |
| 1965-10 | Death of Samuel Wesoky |
| 1971-05 | Death of Maurice Wesoky |
| 1978-07 | Death of Joseph Wesoky |
| 1981-02 | Death of Esther Silver |
| 1986-02 | Death of Mary Hepps |
| 1991-01 | Death of Helen Rafshoon |
| 1997-02 | Death of Estella Elster |