Klas and Mesharer Immigration dates
Alexander Klas (note spelling) is listed in the Hamburg port records as Passenger # 557589, with a indirect immigration from Bo(umlaut)hmen to New York with no attendant family members. This corresponds to the information in the family records which indicates he went alone to live with his Uncle Bruner. Uncle Bruner has not yet been located in any records.
Fannie Mesharer, the second wife of Alexander Klass, had an immigrant father, Harris or Harrie Mesharer. Harrie is thought to have been born in 1852 in Russia (according to Abraham Meshirer family records). Fannie's older brother Max H Mesharer is listed as having been born in Russia. His World War I draft card indicates his birthdate as 17 April 1881. The 1910 census is dated 20 April 1910 and lists Max as age 26, immigrating in 1888 from Russia with a language of Yiddish. If we assume that the 1910 census is accurate, and the draft card has erroneously listed an earlier birth date, this would place Max's birthdate as 1884. It is likely that Harris immigrated either before or at the same time as his son. This would place Harris's date of immigration between and August 1883 and April 1884.
Harrie Mesharer was the eldest of three children; he had a brother Abraham Meshirer (the spelling is that used most often in records regarding him) and a sister Rose, who married Nathan Rubenstein.
Harris's brother Abraham married Sarah Goldman, presumably in their native country. Abram Misharer (note spelling) is listed in the 1900 Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania census with a birthdate of Aug 1860, and an immigration date of 1882. His wife, Sarah, born in Feb 1863, and daughter, Mary, born in April of 1883, immigrated in 1884. This would imply an immigration time for Abraham no earlier than August of 1882. The immigration for Abraham is thus most probable between August 1882 and December 1882. Sylvia Bachman indicates that Abraham and Sarah were joining the Goldman family who had previously immigrated to Wilkes Barre, PA.
Harris's sister Rose married Nathan Rubenstein. It is not known in what country they were married. Richard L. Rubenstein advises that his grandfather "Nathan Rubenstein came from the Vilna area of Lithuania. It was known as Vilna Gobernia or the province of Vilna. Vilna and Lithuania was the great intellectual center of rabbinic, that is, Talmudic Judaism."
Vilna was the capital of Lithania, and also the name of a province of the Russian Empire. Vilna was the site of anti-Jewish riots in 1881, and emigration followed to the United States, South Africa, and to Palestine. More information on the history of Vilna may be found at http://www.bh.org.il/Communities/Archive/Vilna.asp
It is possible that this area, the Province of Vilna, Lithuania, could be the homeland for all of the Mesharers. Records for Vilna may be located either as part of datebases in Lithuania, Poland or Russia. Vilna is translated in Lithuanian as: Vilnius, in Polish as Wilno, in Russian as Vilna and in Yiddish as Vilne. The term Gobernia/Guberniya refers to a province of the Russian empire.
Rose Mesharer Rubenstein immigrated in 1886 (according to the 1920 New York City census) while Nathan is listed as having immigrated in 1885. Richard L. Rubenstein's book Power Struggle documents Rose's displeasure with the treatment of persons in the Port of Hamburg. Rose's immigration records should be available with a departure from the Port of Hamburg in 1885.
While none of the Mesharer/Misharer immigration records have been found as yet, it is likely that any one may be a key to understanding the pattern of emmigration from the Mesharer siblings homeland.
Fannie Mesharer, the second wife of Alexander Klass, had an immigrant father, Harris or Harrie Mesharer. Harrie is thought to have been born in 1852 in Russia (according to Abraham Meshirer family records). Fannie's older brother Max H Mesharer is listed as having been born in Russia. His World War I draft card indicates his birthdate as 17 April 1881. The 1910 census is dated 20 April 1910 and lists Max as age 26, immigrating in 1888 from Russia with a language of Yiddish. If we assume that the 1910 census is accurate, and the draft card has erroneously listed an earlier birth date, this would place Max's birthdate as 1884. It is likely that Harris immigrated either before or at the same time as his son. This would place Harris's date of immigration between and August 1883 and April 1884.
Harrie Mesharer was the eldest of three children; he had a brother Abraham Meshirer (the spelling is that used most often in records regarding him) and a sister Rose, who married Nathan Rubenstein.
Harris's brother Abraham married Sarah Goldman, presumably in their native country. Abram Misharer (note spelling) is listed in the 1900 Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania census with a birthdate of Aug 1860, and an immigration date of 1882. His wife, Sarah, born in Feb 1863, and daughter, Mary, born in April of 1883, immigrated in 1884. This would imply an immigration time for Abraham no earlier than August of 1882. The immigration for Abraham is thus most probable between August 1882 and December 1882. Sylvia Bachman indicates that Abraham and Sarah were joining the Goldman family who had previously immigrated to Wilkes Barre, PA.
Harris's sister Rose married Nathan Rubenstein. It is not known in what country they were married. Richard L. Rubenstein advises that his grandfather "Nathan Rubenstein came from the Vilna area of Lithuania. It was known as Vilna Gobernia or the province of Vilna. Vilna and Lithuania was the great intellectual center of rabbinic, that is, Talmudic Judaism."
Vilna was the capital of Lithania, and also the name of a province of the Russian Empire. Vilna was the site of anti-Jewish riots in 1881, and emigration followed to the United States, South Africa, and to Palestine. More information on the history of Vilna may be found at http://www.bh.org.il/Communities/Archive/Vilna.asp
It is possible that this area, the Province of Vilna, Lithuania, could be the homeland for all of the Mesharers. Records for Vilna may be located either as part of datebases in Lithuania, Poland or Russia. Vilna is translated in Lithuanian as: Vilnius, in Polish as Wilno, in Russian as Vilna and in Yiddish as Vilne. The term Gobernia/Guberniya refers to a province of the Russian empire.
Rose Mesharer Rubenstein immigrated in 1886 (according to the 1920 New York City census) while Nathan is listed as having immigrated in 1885. Richard L. Rubenstein's book Power Struggle documents Rose's displeasure with the treatment of persons in the Port of Hamburg. Rose's immigration records should be available with a departure from the Port of Hamburg in 1885.
While none of the Mesharer/Misharer immigration records have been found as yet, it is likely that any one may be a key to understanding the pattern of emmigration from the Mesharer siblings homeland.
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