Rena Weilder Kreinik Wattenberg

Copies of correspondence about Joe Kreinik's wife, Rena, who was hidden in Poland by the Zamorski family.

On 1/2/19 5:37 AM, maria.sehen@yadvashem.org.il wrote:

Dear Mr. Jacobowitz,

 

I work in Yad Vashem Institute in Jerusalem, Israel in the Department of Righteous Among the Nations.

According to the law of the establishment of Yad Vashem, the Righteous Among the Nations are those non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. The title is awarded by a special public commission, chaired by a retired Supreme Court Justice, according to a well-defined set of rules and criteria. Every case is thoroughly researched and all the material is gathered before it is submitted to the Commission. One of the basic requirements is to have testimonies of the survivors or persons that were helped that describe the circumstances of the rescue and the nature of the help that was extended. Based on that the commission goes on to examine whether the aid falls within the criteria for awarding the title.

 

Someone brought to our attention a story of Rena Wattenberg (primo voto Kreinik, nee Weilder) born in Stanislawow (Poland) to Joachim and Regina (Tannenbaum). She survived the war with help she received from Zamorski family and later married Joe Kreinik and lived in Toronto, Canada. I have found some documents but I am now searching for some family of Rena to find out more details about the story. I am writing to you cause I saw on your blog some posts about Kreinik family and I am hoping you might know something or could help me getting in touch with someone, who could maybe provide me with some more details / additional documents regarding her survival story and the role of Zamorski family.

I will greatly appreciate your help.

Best regards,

Maria Sehen

 

Ms. Maria Sehen   | מריה סחן

Polish Desk | דסק פולין

Righteous Among the Nations dept. | Yad Vashem

מחלקת חסידי אומות העולם | יד ושם

Tel. +972-(0)2-6443459 / Fax. +972-(0)2-6443743

maria.sehen@yadvashem.org.il

From: David Jacobowitz [mailto:djacobow@uvm.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2019 9:40 PM
To: סחן מריה
Cc: Arthur Friedlander ; Andrew Kreinik ; Ruth Kreinik ; Ruth Knoll ; Stanley Kreinik ; Steve Maskell
Subject: Re: Kreinik family

Dear Ms. Sehen,

I am so glad you found my notes on Rena. Those few family members who met her did not know much about her, but you have provided her maiden name and those of her parents and the last name of her second husband. Thank you for that information.

I have posted your letter on a Google Group for people interested in the Kreinik family: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/the-kreinikle and have made other inquiries to Ida Kreinik Friedlander, Stanley Kreinik, Ruth Kreinik, Andrew Kreinik and Ruth Knoll.

Here are the genealogy pages I have made for Rena:

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/63720955/person/40110778504/facts .

https://www.geni.com/people/Rena-Kreinik/6000000010841959232 .

Where can we find out more about the Zamorski family and Mr. Wattenberg's first name?

Thank you for getting in touch. This will certainly increase our knowledge of our family as well as help to honor those who have helped Rena, and thus the Kreinik family.

Best wishes,

David Jacobowitz

South Burlington, Vermont, USA

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 Wednesday, January 02, 2019 11:12 PM
Dear Mrs. Sehen,

I met and spoke with Rena Kreinik Wattenburg when I was in Toronto about 40 years ago.  At that time she told me about how she was hidden/saved by a Polish family but she did not give me any names.  Her second husband, Mr. Wattenburg, told me that he was hidden underground on a farm in Poland by a Christian friend but again, there were no names discussed.

If I can be of more assistance, please let me know.

Best regards,

Andrew Kreinik

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On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 5:20 AM 

Dear Mr. Kreinik,

Thank you for contacting me so fast!

I wonder, did Rena have any children? Do you know or could you find out if she left any documents behind? Maybe some diary, memoirs, letters that somehow relate to the story (where she talks about her war experiences or some correspondence with the rescuers)? If there's anything of that sort I would much appreciate receiving a copy. The language is not a problem for us – I am a native Polish speaker and collectively we know all the necessary languages.

Also, do you remember anything from what she told you then? I understand that after so many years it's impossible to remember all the details, but it could be helpful to know how she was talking about her rescuers, if they knew she was Jewish while they were hiding her, what were her experiences there etc. Basically, anything you might remember.

Best regards,

Maria Sehen

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From: andrew kreinik [mailto:akreinik@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2019 3:19 PM
To: סחן מריה
Cc: Arthur Friedlander ; Ruth Kreinik ; Ruth Knoll ; Stanley Kreinik ; Steve Maskell ; David Jacobowitz
Subject: Re: Kreinik family

Dear Ms. Sehen,

Rena did not go into much detail about being hidden.  She spoke more about meeting her first husband Joe and the move to Canada.  They had laundromats.  Just when they really started making money and felt successful, Joe died.  She felt that it was one of the ironies of life. She did miss having family.  I don't believe that there were any children as I am sure she would have mentioned it.  Perhaps, you could learn from the Ontario government who the executor of her estate was...or that of Syzmon.  Any papers or diaries would have passed to that person.  Or, perhaps, a nearby synagogue has papers in its archives.

Her second husband, Syzmon, was very clear that his friend who hid him underground at the farm knew that he was Jewish.

Sorry, I can't be more helpful.  I was just moving from Canada back to the US when I met Rena.

Best regards,

Andrew Kreinik

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1/2/19, 3:41 PM

Dear David,

I wish you a Happy & Healthy New Year. Thanks for this new info about my Aunt Rena. I got the same this morning from my cousin Ida Friedlander and have forwarded same to my brother Herb.

As you know I've given you as much as I remembered about Rena. This new information is interesting. Every little bit counts.

Ruth

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3 Jan 2018 5:06 AM EST

Dear Mr. Jackobowitz,

Thank you for getting back to me so fast. I really appreciate that a lot.

The documents (letters from Rena and a testimony of Mr. Zamorski) are available in Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw. All the personal data is from ITS. The name of Mr. Wattenberg was Szymon. I did not research him, as I am focused on the survival story only. However, if you are interested you can also ask about him (and all the others) in the Jewish Historical Institute. They also have a genealogical department there and maybe can find out more about the whole family.

Best regards,

Maria Sehen

When Did Mary DANZIGER Paris Immigrate?

November 14, 2017. 

I think we still don't have any record of Mary coming over. It appears that Abe and Mary were married in Poland before 1912, when Abe came over and before Mary gave birth to Lillian on 01 Nov 1913 in Ohio.

There are two pages from a ship manifest arrival document in English and one departure document in German. 

On the German departure document, dated 2-Aug-1912 on line 12, I see only "Paris, Abram" then a slash under männlich (man) and no slash nearby under weiblich (woman).

Under age there is "23" and then in column 7 (indicating family land) is a ditto mark which is assume means P as above, for Poland.

Then column 8 says "Radom" and 9 has another ditto mark. 

Columns 10 and 11 I can't read, but it doesn't seem to be Marien.

(The page to the right starts the column numbers over at 2 and is more of the list of passengers, not a continuation of Abe's information.)

D1. The German departure document is headed: "... Prinz Oskar n. 2/8.12. Phila" or 2 August 1912.

A1. The Header on this one is "S.S. Prinz Oskar sailing from Hamburg" dated 

Paris on far left

Sheet A.1, "Arriving at the Port of Philadelphia"  on 20 August 1912, in English, shows Marien listed as the person closest in the old country along with Meyer, his father-in-law.

Detail: Radom, Myer, Marien Paris, Cleveland, Radom 

Mentioned in the area for closest contact in country from whence: Radom, Myer, Marien Paris, Cleveland, Radom

Here is the transcription of the arrival document A.1:

Abram Paris 
in the Pennsylvania, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1800-1962 
Name: Abram Paris 
Gender: Male 
Race: Hebrew 
Nationality: Hebrew 
Arrival Age: 23 
Birth Date: abt 1889 
Birth Place: Siedlowec, Russia 
Last Residence: Russia- Radom 
Departure Place: Hamburg, Germany 
Arrival Date: 20 Aug 1912 
Arrival Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 
Spouse: Marien Paris 
Friend or Relative: Marien Paris - in old country, Radom -- maybe she didn't come with Abe. 
Relationship to Passenger: Wife 
Ship: Prinz Oskar

A2. The arrival document Susan Paris found in the Cleveland Library has the header: "Arriving at Port of Philadelphia, Pa" dated Aug. 20, 1912. There are two separate files for page 1 and page 2.

Clip from A.2

Abram Paris cites his sister-in-law Chana Danziger as his destination at  4882 East 35th. Street Cleveland. 

So it is clear that Anna/Chana was the first to immigrate. How did she pick Cleveland?

More things to be considered.

Joseph (Yussel Flum) Kreinik Passport Application 1921, Denied

https://www.geni.com/people/Joseph-Yussel-Flum-Kreinik/6000000008229814597
https://www.geni.com/profile/6000000008229814597/events/6000000015129007944
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/63720955/person/40110778979/facts

AFFIDAVIT

State of New York
County of New York as:
   I, the undersigned, an applicant for a passport, solemnly swear that I have not in the past and will not in the future, either directly or indirectly, solicit or advertise for money to be used in bringing immigrants or aid any emigrant, other than the members of my immediate family, to come to the United States, and will in no manner engage in or assist others engaged in inducing emigration to the United States; that in case I enter countries or sections of countries where disturbed conditions exist I will do so upon my own responsibility; that I will not digress from the purposes for which a passport is issued to me, unless such passport is properly amended; and that I will scrupulously observe the laws and regulations of the countries through which I may travel or in which I may reside.
   I take this obligation freely, without mental reservation or purpose of evasion.

(signed) Joseph Kreinik

   Sworn to before me, a Notary Public, within and for the county of NY and State of NY, on this the SEP 21 1921.

(seal) Nathan S Moore, Notary Public

Mr Hirt. Custom Passport Bureau>p> U.S. Custom House New York, N.Y. My dear Mr. Hirt: I am taking the privilege of presenting to you Mr. Joseph Kreinik and his daughter. They desire to make application for a passport, expecting to sail for Europe shortly I would appreciate very much any courtesy that you may extend to them. Very sincerely yours, H. L Superintendent. Passport Examiners:- Applicant desired application of his daughter and self be forwarded in the usual way without submitting letter received from Poland translated to English, as he was unable to produce same. He was told of the little chance of receiving passport without the necessary requirements, but insisted on filing application and having it go forward as Congressman Pearlman will attend to the matter. Application was accepted also for the reason that Mr. Lippmann, Supt of the New York Post Office addressed a letter to Mr. Hoyt asking to extend all courtesy to applicant. H.W.L

Translation of a letter from Joseph's father, Jacob, encouraging him to come home.

*"If you had come home last year, then you would have see your mother Selig. Remember, My dear Son, that I am 87 years old ad that a person does not live forever, and if you care to see me again, you must without fail come as quickly as possible, as I am feeling very weak of late. Secondly I would like you to be at the Unveiling of the Monument of your dear departed mother."

Yiddish Letter that was Translated

ליב ברידער

Odeda Zlotnick: The heading says: "Dear Brothers!"

This text is a request for donations to get a new roof for the synagogue in "Shendishov" - it's ruined, its roof is letting the rain in. A committee of 6 has been established to take care of the issue.

Apparently it was previously destroyed by "the Russians" and repaired with donations - from "your parents and ours". 

The appeal it specifically to the American brothers.

The last name in the list of committee members (bottom of the left column) is Notte Kreinik. The order of the names is not alphabetical.

I looked at the passport application: in the handwritten text preceding this printed page you can see Yaakov Kreinkik written in Hebrew - it looks like it could be a signature.

I can also see "your Mother Selig" in the English handwriting. "Selig" is the Yiddish expression for "the late" or "may her memory be blessed". Not a name.

Joseph Kreinik Born 11 August 1869

Who is this Joseph Kreinik?
Name: Joseph Kreinik
Event Type: Petition for Naturalization
Event Place: New York
Age: [Birthyear]
Nationality: Austrian
Birth Year: 1869
Immigration Year: 1885
Event Year: 1904
Court Type: District Court
Witness Name: Samuel Levy
Witness 2 Name: [Blank]
Affiliate Publication Number: M1676
Affiliate Publication Title: Alphabetical Index to Petitions for Naturalization of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1824-1941
Affiliate Film Number: 12



Citing this Record:
"New York, Southern District Index to Petitions for Naturalization, 1824-1941," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XGD8-429 : 6 December 2014), Joseph Kreinik, 1824-1941; from "Alphabetical Index to Petitions for Naturalization of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1824-1941," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M1676 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 12.

Could this Samuel Levy be Joseph's brother-in-law?

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No 893790                        Issued Mar 19 1904
United States of America.
State of New York
County of New York

I Joseph Kreinik, a naturalized and loyal citizen of the United States, do hereby apply to the Department of State at Washington for a passport for himself & family (wife & 2 children). born at Schendischewer (Austria) on the 11th day of August 1869 and

          I do solemnly swear that I was born at Schendischow in Austria on or about the 11th day of August 1869; that I emigrated to the United States, sailing on board the Kaiser Maria Teresa from Bremen ; that I resided 19 years, uninterruptedly,  in the United States from 1885 to 1904 at New York City that I was naturalized as a citizen of the United States before the N.E. District Court of New York City on the 18th day of March 1904 as shown by the accompanying Certificate of Naturalization; that I am the identical person described in said Certificate; that I am domiciled in the United States, my permanent residence being at 200 Henry St in the State of N.Y. where I follow the occupation of a clothier; that I am about to go abroad temporarily; and that I intend to return to the United States within one year with the purpose of residing and performing the duties of citizenship therein.

     Oath of Allegiance
Sworn to me this 18th day of March, 1904 ) Alex. Gilchris (Notary Public)  (signed) JOSEPH KREINIK

Description of Applicant.
Age, 35 years
Stature, 5 feet 6 inches, Eng.
Forehead, High
Eyes, Hazel
Nose, Small
Mouth, Small
Chin, Receding
Hair, Sandy
Complexion, Fair
Face, Long / Scarred

Identification
 I Hereby Certify that I know the above named Joseph Kreinik personally, and know him to be the identical person referred to in the within described Certificate of Naturalization, and that the facts stated in his affidavit are true to the best of my knowledge and belief (signed) Samuel Levi. Address of witness, 282 Broome St. NYC.

Applicant desires passport sent to following address: Joseph Kreinik, 200 Henry St, New York City, N.Y.

These papers say he was born in 1869.

On his Naturalization in 1904, he lived at 200 Henry Street in New York.

• He is not S. Joseph Kreinik (1857-1934), Leah K Jacobowitz's father:
• https://www.geni.com/people/S-Josef-Kreinik/6000000001450335297
• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/63720955/family?cfpid=40110779772
• He is not Josef Krainik (1867-1904), father of Sarah who married Isadore, who died young:
• https://www.geni.com/people/Joseph-Krainik/6000000007823559233
• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/63720955/family?cfpid=40110781456
• He is not Yussel Flum, Joseph Kreinik (1868-1937), the family benefactor:
• https://www.geni.com/people/Joseph-Yussel-Flum-Kreinik/6000000008229814597
• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/63720955/family?cfpid=40110778979
• He is not Joseph Murray Kreinik (1902-1959), Zalmon's son:
• https://www.geni.com/people/Joseph-Kreinik/6000000008199692529
• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/63720955/family?cfpid=40110778596
• He is not Joe Kreinik in Canada (1907-1968), Ida's uncle:
• https://www.geni.com/people/Joe-Kreinik-Canada/6000000010841577617
• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/63720955/family?cfpid=40110781504

This is probably Yussel Flum, although he gives his birth at 1866. He is with his daughter Jenny, born in Aug 1889. Other evidence shows that she was born in 1891. Perhaps he wanted to pass her as older in 1907; She would have been only 16 if she had been born in 1891. This way she would be 18, had Joseph given his birth as 1868, he would have been only 21 when she was born, and he

Joseph Kreinik

Passport Application

1907

New York, United States

birth 10 Aug 1866

Austria

Alternative Births for Joseph Kreinik/Yussel Flum, his birthmark confirms his identity.

FamilySearch gives access to many of these documents:

https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AJoseph%20%2Bsurname%3AKreinik%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1857-1900~

Grandpa Abraham Danziger's Death Certificate

Well, the death certificate finally arrived. Grandpa Abe was in the Riverdale Nursing Home in the Bronx when he died, 2 April 1962, of natural causes at age 83.

Death Certificate No 156-62-203792
Abraham Danziger
Riverdale Nursing Home
Room 321 April 2 1962 at 9:30 PM age 83 years.
of Natural Causes; Witness: Maurice J. Stone, MD

Usual Residence: 520 Broad Ave, Englewood, NJ
Length of stay in City of New York, 50 years.
Married; Merchant; Confectionary
Birthplace: Poland
Citizen of US at time of death
Never in Armed Forces
Informant: Ella Danziger, Wife, 520 Broad Ave, Englewood, NJ
Burial: Beth Moses, Farmingdale, LI; April 4, 1962
Riverside Memorial Chapel, 180 West 16th St, NYC

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Riverdale+Nursing+Home/@40.8837175,-73.9210047,15z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x89c2f3eaf362e29d:0xd5ce336e0fb07c71!2sRiverdale+Nursing+Home!8m2!3d40.882435!4d-73.9148636!3m4!1s0x89c2f3eaf362e29d:0xd5ce336e0fb07c71!8m2!3d40.882435!4d-73.9148636?hl=en

Joseph Kreinik Immigration and Naturalization

Josef Kreinik 

Dudu has a story about her father that he travelled to England to try his fortune before coming to America. Did he return to Poland to father his son Irving? or did he go directly to America from England.
Since there here are several people named Joseph Kreinik it is hard to pin down when my great grandfather came over.. The name may be spelled Joseph, Josef or Jozef. Krainik or Kreinik or Kreinick. I had a copy of an index card for Josef Kreinik, Naturalized 20 Oct 1893. Was this the right guy?

Here is where I started on 12 June 2017.
Josef S Kreinik Nat. Request NT1-3332531390E
Dear National Archives, 

I spoke with a women today at 1-(866) 840-1752 about additional information on my request for my G-Grandfather's Naturalization records.

My G-Grandfather was named Josef Kreinik, but he was renamed Shmuel when he was sickly as a child so as to fool the angel of death. He survived, and now I use Shmuel as his middle name.

The attached index card image shows the number K652 in the upper right; Copy of Record No. 421 or 427 on the right; and Volume or ???? number 59 in the middle box. The other fields for 'regs. no.', Occupation, Birth Date or Age; Port of Arrival and Date of Arrival are blank.

My best guesses for these data are:

Naturalization: 20 October 1893 (from attached card)

Court US District Court in Brooklyn (from attached card)

Birth: 1857 near Sedziszow Malopolski, Poland

Death: 25 October 1934 in Brooklyn

Residence at Naturalization: Watkins Street near Belmont Avenue, Brooklyn (from the attached card).

Port of Arrival: New York. He may have traveled to London in 1883 before coming to America certainly by 1886. He probably returned to Poland before finally coming to America.

I applied on-line for this record and charged the $10 fee to a credit card. I hope that if that request is rejected, that  the charge can be applied to this on any new request.

Thank you for your help.
David Jacobowitz
South Burlington, VT

(802) 658-6536

-- Researching JACOBOWITZ in (now) Slovakia
KREINIK in Sedziszow Malopolski, Poland
DANZIGER in Radom, Rawa and Warsaw, Poland

You can see that this index card has only a Date of Naturalization. No birth information or arrival.

The address is in Brooklyn, not far from where Josef Kreinik is buried.

Ancestry has Immigration and Naturalization records, including Intent and Petition for Naturalization.

Josef Kreinik Oath_25 Oct 1898 New York

"I Josef Kreinik ... do solemnly swear that ... support the Constitution of the United States; and that I do absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatever, and in particular to the Empire of Austria and the Kingdom Hungary of whom I have been heretofore a subject So help me God.

Sworn in open Court this 25th day of October 1898; [signed] Josef Kreinik. Applicant.

R.S. Morle, Clerk

25th day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety eight.

495

The two signatures support that the two documents above are by the same person.

Josef Kreinik_Petition_24_Oct_1898

The above two records are the same.

Is the record below is for a different Jozef Kreinik such as Yussel Flum? The witness is Baruch Mille; same as the index card. The address is Osborn St, near Belmont Ave. The index card says Josef lives at Watkins St, near Belmont Ave. These addresses are only a couple of blocks away from each other.

Jozef Kreinik Oath_20 Oct 1893 Brooklyn, Kings

Abraham Isaac Danziger's Papers

For a long while I fretted that I did not have solid documentation of my grandfather's coming to the US, nor do I have his death certificate. That is an unfinished story.

I did have an index to his Naturalization papers. Charlie Hollander told me how to get the original. Go to the National Archives branch in the city where he was naturalized. It turns out that the Archives are housed in the Hamilton Customs House in lower Manhattan at the Bowling Green subway stop. This is a three-minute walk from where Eli works.

When I was researching the instructions for someone to get the records, I noticed that one could ask for them on line for $10. Less than a week later I got an email with what I had been looking for.
I know I have seen this photo before, but where?

This is from the documents below. It looks like he has a mustache.

Declaration of Intention, 2 Oct 1936.

I Abraham Danziger now residing at 1566 Union St., Brooklyn, Kings, NY, occupation carpenter, aged 58 years, do declare on oath that my personal description is: Sex male, color white, complexion fair, color of eyes blue, color of hair grey, height 5 feet 10 inches; weight 174 pounds; visible distinctive marks, scar on chin, race Hebrew; nationality Polish.

I was born in Scernievitz, Poland, on September 25, 1878

 [That town name does not match any town in the JewishGen Town Finder or Gazeteer.] 

I am married. The name of my wife is Ellen,we were married on March 15, 1903, at Radom. Poland.

She was born at Radom, Poland, on July 10, 1882, entered the United States at Baltimore, on December, 1913, for permanent residence therein, and now resides at 1566 Union St., Bklyn, NY.

I have 8 children, and the name, date and place of birth and place of residence of each of said children are as follows: Frances, Mar. 1904; Ethel, May 1905; Morris, Aug. 1906; Howard, Dec. 1908; Helen, April 1913; Laura, Sept. 1915; Ralph, June 1918; Renae, Mar. 1927. Laura was born in Russelton, Penn., Ralph and Renae were born in Cleveland, Ohio; The others were born in Poland. Ethel lives in Cleveland, Ohio, and the others live in Brooklyn, NY. I have heretofore made a declaration of intention; Number ___ 1923 at Cleveland, Ohio, City Hall. My last foreign residence was Warsaw, Poland. I emigrated to the United States of America from Rotterdam, Holland.; my lawful entry for permanent residence in the United States was at New York, NY under the name of Dantziger, Abram I., on August 4, 1913 on the vessel Rotterdam.

I will, before being admitted to citizenship, renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, and particularly, by name,  to the prince, potentate, state or sovereignty of whch I may be at the time of admission a citizen or subject; I am not an anarchist; I am not a golygamils nor a believer in the practice of polygamy; and it is my intention in good faith to become a citizen of the United States of America and to reside permanently therein; and I certify that the photograph affixed to the duplicate and triplicate hereof is a likeness of me: So help me God.  

[Signed] Abraham Danziger.

Subscribed and sworn to before me in the office of the Clerk of said Court at Brooklyn, NY this 2nd day of October anno Domini 1936. Certificate No. 3?4473814 from the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization showing the lawful entry of the declarant for permanent residence on the date stated above, has been received by me. The photograph affixed to the duplicate and triplicate hereof is a likeness of the declarant. [signed] Daniel J Lusfens, Deputy Clerk of the US District Court

Petition for Naturalization, 29 August 1940. 

Another thing that was cleared up was when he arrived.

This Certificate of Arrival was attached to the papers.

It shows that he arrived on the SS Rotterdam on the 4th of August 1913, about 6 months before Maer and Ella and the 5 Danziger children. 

I had seen that record before but had rejected it because the Abraham Dantziger had been travelling with Wolf Dantziger, age 18. I thought I knew that William Danziger, Abe's brother, had come over in 1902, that according to the 1930 US Census. 1902 is clearly wrong, since Bill would have been only 7 years old, a possibility but not likely. With whom would he have come at that age? I also hadn't figured out that Wolf was Wewe, Bill's Yiddish name. We ought to be able to find Bill's Certificate of Arrival, too.

Here is the entry on the Rotterdam's manifest showing that they sailed from 26 July to 4 August, 1913. On the same record under the heading of nearest relative or friend in country from whence they came. Named is wife, Elka Dantziger and Father, Elia Meyer Dantziger from Radom.

There is information here that conflicts with or confirms what we knew before. Let me know what you find.

Date of Admission Index Card