KURTZMAN FAMILY ARRIVES IN USA (1910 - 1913)

Information Derived From Ellis Island Website (www.ellisislandrecords.org)

(Initial Research Provided By Rhona Schreck)

Date of Arrival at Ellis Island	USA Name (commonly known as)	Actual Name on Ships Manifest	Sex, Age Marital Status (upon arrival)	Race	City/Town of Origin	Name of Ship, Sailed from (ships manifest #) (Note 4)
Jan. 20, 1910	Morris (aka Moshe) David Kurtzman	Moishe Kertsman (Note 1)	Male, 44 Married	Heb. for Hebrew	Berczan, Russia	Rotterdam, Rotterdam (# 0001)
Jan. 20, 1910	Sadie Kurtzman	Sure Kertzmann (Note 1)	Female, 18 Single	Same	Bereczan, Russia	Rotterdam, Rotterdam (# 0025)
Aug. 5, 1912	Joseph Kurtzman	Josep Kertzman (Note 2)	Male, 20 Single	Same	Mechilpol, Russia	Rotterdam, Rotterdam (# 0004)
Jul. 14, 1913	Rose Kurtzman	Risie Kertzmann (Note 3)	Female, 40 Married	Same	Briczany, Russia	Noordam, Rotterdam (#0013)
Jul. 14, 1913	Gussie Kurtzman	Gittle Kertzmann (Note 3)	Female, 18 Single	Same	Briczany, Russia	Noordam, Rotterdam (#0014)
Jul. 14, 1913	Rebecca Kurtzman	Rifke Kertzmann (Note 3)	Female, 11 Single	Same	Briczany, Russia	Noordam, Rotterdam (#0015)
Jul. 14, 1913	Max Kurtzman	Mordche Kertzmann (Note 3)	Male, 9 Single	Same	Briczany, Russia	Noordam, Rotterdam (#0016)

Notes:

1) Father, Moishe (Morris) and daughter, Sure (Sadie) arrive together but last names, and town of origin are spelled differently. My guess is, the ship's agent and/or the Ellis Island immigration officer wrote it down as they heard it (phonetically?) The same for the town names?

2) Josep (Joseph) arrives alone, 2 years after father and sister. His last name is spelled differently too. Was he born in Mechilpol or just working there when he left Russia? His occupation on ship's manifest is listed as "tailor". No other family members have their occupations listed.

3) Mother Risie (Rose) arrives with Gittle (Gussie), Rifke (Rebecca) and Mordche (Max). Their last names are spelled the same as Sure's, but different from husband/father, Moishe and brother Josep. Town names of Briczany, Berczan, and Bereczan, although spelled differently, they are the same place now in the country of Moldova.

4) The manifest number is the line listed on the ship's hand written manifest of passenger names.

Prepared by Mike Kurtzman 01/10/2007