Belina (Belyinda) Kreinick

Belina Kreinick founded a high-end dress emporium. She dressed the elite, the Jewish aristocracy and show business finest.

[Story from Tony Williams, husband of Belina's granddaughter, Pat Brauer, daughter of Raye Kreinick, Belina Melba Kreinick's daughter. William Kreinick separated, and was not really in the picture. Belina got out of Romania and worked sewing linings in fur coats in Paris. She went to New York. She was good, and someone encouraged her to open her own shop. So she did. Each daughter eventually ran one of the Kreinick 'drop shops,' where ladies would get measured; the garments were made at the original shop by a cadre of young women. The finished product would be delivered (dropped) back to the originating shop and a beautifully dressed lady would emerge.

Well, OK, I embellished a bit. But that's the story.]

Tony told me (David J) that he used to notice my grandmother Leah Kreinik Jacobowitz in the women's section of Agudath Sholem in Jersey City. He thought she was very fashionably dressed. This comes from a man who spent his live in the diamond and fine jewelry business. Tony joked that you wouldn't guess how Jewish he was from his name.

Belina is buried at Mount Zion Cemetery:
http://www.mountzioncemetery.com/search.asp

Last Name, First Name	Location	Society	Date of Burial
KREINICK, BELINA	75-13L	BUKARESTER	5/8/1956
KREINICK, FEMALE RES. GR.	76-13L	BUKARESTER	1/1/1800
KREINICK, MALE RES. GR.	76-13L	BUKARESTER	1/1/1800
KREINICK, WILLIAM	74-13L	BUKARESTER	7/29/1941

Bukarester refers to Bucharest, Romania.
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stephanie.comen@wellsfargo.com  10/30/2013

Hi David, I checked with my Dad on the name and he said that her real name was Belina, however it’s listed as Belinda/Belynda in some census document etc. My Dad confirmed the addresses in the documents you sent, and it is indeed his great-grandmother. She owned a dress making shop in NYC. William and Belina were from Romania and I’m not aware of anyone from Poland. My Dad wasn’t familiar with a Stanley Kreinik, but he’s going to ask his Mother about it. We have a lot of pictures dating back to the late 1800’s of our side of the Kreinick family. I will check out your Geni tree! I just discovered the website today. -Stephanie

From: David Jacobowitz [mailto:djacobow@uvm.edu] Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 6:02 PM To: Comen, Stephanie L. Cc: Andrew Kreinik Subject: Re: Dave Page/ Kreinik/ Kreinick Dear Stephanie, I am very curious about "Belina Kreinick." When I was looking for my Kreinik relatives in New York, I kept coming across Belinda Kreinick and Belynda Kreinick listed near my Kreiniks, also in the clothing business. I am attaching the clips from three City Directories that you might find useful. These Kreinik/Kreinicks must have known each other, but when I asked Stanley Kreinik, "Stanley Socks", who still lives in Manhattan, he said he didn't know Belynda/Belinda.

Stanley has sent me much material about the Kreinik origins in Sedziszow Mlp, Poland. He visited there and has a lot of documentation. In our family the Kreinick spelling came only in my great uncle Irving's part of the family, an addition by the school that Irving attended. http://www.geni.com/people/Irving-Israel-Kreinik/6000000001450241595 I will write to you from your new Geni profile and share the tree I have put up there. Maybe we are related. I think I found your profile entered today on Geni: http://www.geni.com/people/stephanie-comen/6000000023233636126. So we can try to link our families together.

 Best regards, David Jacobowitz

From Andrew Kreinik,  14 March 2014.

Here is a Romanian Kreinik who now lives in Hungary.  I believe that she may have a borther, Sandor, who still lives in Satu Mare, Romania. She may be related to Stephanie Comen.

Andrew

http://www.locatefamily.com/Street-Lists/Romania/SATU_MARE/SATU_MARE/index45.html

https://www.facebook.com/bereczky.monicastela/about

Yes, David.  There is a Sandor.  Here is his divorce record from 2007.

http://divort.ro/dosare/persoane/kreinik-sandor/

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http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=allgs&gsfn=Belina&gsln=Kreinick&gss=angs-i&ghc=20

http://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/25/classified/paid-notice-deaths-bachrach-shirley.htmlBACHRACH-Shirley Kreinick. On January 24, 2000. Beloved wife of the late Julius Bachrach. Adored mother of Hope Bachrach Johnson and Bruce Bachrach. Fond mother-in-law of Paul Johnson. Devoted grandmother of David and Arthur Johnson and Victoria Johnson Teta and their spouses Kathleen Johnson, Ed Teta, and Maryann Johnson. Affectionate great grandmother of Paul Phillip, Nathaniel, and Rachel Johnson, and Brian and Allison Teta. Dear sister of the late Lucille Furman, Rae Brauer, and Eva Moskowitz.

Belina/Belyinda and William Kreinick may have 4 daughters:

Shirley

Lucille

Rae

Eva  -  Obit: http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/obituaries/9601092672/eva-kreinick-moskowitz

Name:	Eva Moskowitz
SSN:	087-10-3337
Last Residence:	10021  New York, New York, New York, United States of America
Born:	17 Mar 1907
Died:	3 Dec 1995

Andrew Kreinik sent an article that may refer to the Belyinda Kreinick Dress shop that showed up in the April 2, 1921, article in the NYTimes: Kreinick's Shop Buys West Forty-Fifth Street Property.

In 1940 Belina is 57, listed as married, living in the same house since at least 1935, an executive in the 'Drenintang' industry (probably Dressmaking).

In 1990 she is listed at 62 E 55th St. If this is the same person, she would be 107 years old at least.

Looking for Belyinda Kreinick we found Belina who may also show up as Belleria Kreinich, married to William Kreinich in 1910 with children Rose, Sarah, Ray and Eva.

1910 United States Federal Census about William Kreinick

Name: William Kreinick Age in 1910: 42 Birth Year: abt 1868 [1868]  Birthplace: Romania Home in 1910: Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1902 Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) [Head]  Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Belleria Kreinick Father's Birthplace: Romania Mother's Birthplace: Romania Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age William Kreinick 42 Belleria Kreinick 29 Rose Kreinick 10 Sarah Kreinick 6 Ray Kreinick 5 Eva Kreinick 3

In 1930 Belina and Rae are living together in Manhattan. Belina is divorced and Rae is her daughter, probably unmarried.

Name: Belina Kreinick Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1882 Birthplace: Romania Race: White Home in 1930: Manhattan, New York, New York View Map Marital Status: Divorced Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birthplace: Romania Mother's Birthplace: Romania Occupation: Education: Military Service: Rent/home value: Age at first marriage: Parents' birthplace: View Image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Belina Kreinick 48 Rae Kreinick 24 New York, State Census, 1925 about Wm Kreinich  Name: Wm Kreinich  Birth Date: abt 1875  Birth Place: Romania  Age: 50  Gender: Male  Residence Place: New York, New York  Relationship: Head  Color or Race: White  Number of Years in US: 23  Assembly District: 19  House Number: 108  Line Number: 16  Page Number: 34  Household Members: Name Age  Wm Kreinich 50  Belina Kreinich 44  Shirley Kreinich 21  Ray Kreinich 20  Eva Kreinich 18