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Nancy J. Cohen

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  • Title Personal knowledge of the author, Nancy J. Cohen, [address for private use]. 
    Short Title Nancy J. Cohen 
    Call Number 01101 
    Repository Nancy J. Cohen 
    Bibliography Cohen, Nancy J. Personal knowledge. [address for private use].
    Short Footnote Personal knowledge of the author, Nancy J. Cohen.
    Source ID S1257 
    Text Do you know how the name Ginsberg came about? The name at first was Krisselman until the family moved to Denver. And then it changed. When the Ginsberg family moved to Denver as Krisselman, Uncle Buchhalter's wife Tante Leah  told Tante Golde that people were making fun of the name Krisselman saying it sounded a lot like Christ.  Well that was most upsetting and so Tante Golde said they had to change to a more sounding Jewish name and what could she suggest.  So Tante Leah said her maiden name was a very Jewish name and to take it.  And so Krisselman became Ginsberg just like that.  When the Ginsberg family moved back to Brooklyn they could not find jobs with a Jewish name of Ginsberg and now the rest is history. They all had their names changed legally to Krissel and found good jobs. 

    Also the relationships are a bit confusing.  In Europe the family name was Miodeck entirely but here in the U.S. they spelled it Maydeck. Golde Maydeck married Mendel Krisselman.  Sarah Maydeck married Usher Weinstock.  Buchhalter (not his real name) married Leah Ginsberg.   Rueben Maydeck married Leah (a first cousin).  Now I will explain why 2 brothers had different last names: In Russia if a family had 2 sons both had to serve the Tsar for two years.  If a family had just 1 son he was not taken. So in a far away shtetle lived a childless couple and arrangements were made for one son to  live with them as their only son and from then on he kept the name Buchhalter and entered Ellis Island as such. 

    Here’s some more info from cousin Janice Sklar based on Vicki’s research:


    The original name of Max Ginsberg was Hersh Lait Krizelman.
    The spelling on the manifest of the ships that they came here on was
    Kreiselmann.
     
    Mendel Kreiselmann (seems there were many name changes back then)
    arrived in NYC on Oct. 25th, 1904.  He traveled on the SS Statendam which left Holland on Oct. 15th.
    Married
    Watchmaker
    Could read and write.
    Nationality:  Russian
    Race: Hebrew
    Last Residence: Brest Lithuania
    Destination: NY
    Passage paid by: Brother-in-law
    In Possession-$3.50
    140 Norfolk St.
    Cousin Jos. Kindracki
     
    Golde Kreiselmann arrived in NY on Feb. 27, 1906
    (She had 2 children there:  Mary and Hyman (Jack)
    Ethnicicity: Russian, Hebrew
    Residence: Sakretzin
    Age 30
    Ship:  SS Rotterdam
     
     The story I had always been told was that the original last name was Krizelman. I was also told that Krizelman was changed to Ginsberg at Ellis Island when they entered the US.  I was told that the authorities there were giving out ethnic sounding names that they considered "American" and easy to pronounce and spell. 
    Linked to
    Individuals: 5    		 Leia Riwka Ginsberg
    Max Krizelman
    Leah Maydeck
    Reuben Maydeck
    Golde Rivka Miodeck 
    Linked to
    Families: 2    		 Family: Max Krizelman / Golde Rivka Miodeck
    Family: Reuben Maydeck / Leah Maydeck