Segal Family

While researching my Segal relatives, I found the names, Masinistru, Cotiugariu and Mogistru in the Botosani Spreadsheets.

Whileas Zisel Steinberg was Marcu Segal's wife and mother of the children in Montreal, the Botosani Marriage  Record has Marcu with an Unknown woman, Haia Ruhal. Who is she and what happened to her?

The Quebec Drouin Records has Zisel Steinberg as the mother in her identified childrens' marriages. Marcu Segal is Zisel's husband and the childrens' father.

In the Botosani Records' spreadsheets, a mystery emerges. Marcu, son of Iosef Smil and Bruha Sigal married Haia Ruhal daughter of Zeilig and Mariem, An alternative name, Cotiugariu is also given. In the spreadsheets, a range of dates is given. The marriage was between 1876-1885. What is the meaning of an alternative name and the significance of the name Cotiugariu?

I have not found any marriage of Marcu to Zisel Steinberg. Nor do I see any family name of Steinberg related to Zisel.

Zisel was found with the name Zisla  and she and Marcu were the parents of 4 children. Surname was Masinistru in Avram's Birth Record. Where does the name Masinistru come from and what is the relationship to the name Segal?

Avram, born 1881-1885; witness, Smil Sigal (father of Marcu)

Fisel, born 1881-1885; father signed M. Mogistru. What is the reason for Mogistru and not Segal?

Ude, born 1886-1890

Feiga Ruhlea, born 1886-1890

Ude and Feiga Ruhlea were twins; witness, Leiba Sigal

I also found 5 children for Marcu and his wife Haia Ruhal, in light of the above Marriage Record.

Pinhas, born 1881-1885

Estera, 1881-1885

Freida, 1886-1890

Noiah, Noeh, 1896-1900; died 1896-1900

Pesia, 1901-1905; Mother is Haia, mother's surname is Cotiugariu, as mentioned above

Seven of the above children do not match the children in names or birthdates of those who immigrated to Montreal. The two who may match: Avram may be my grandfather. Pesia may be Bessie but her mother was Zisel Steinberg according to her Montreal Marriage Record.
So what happened to these children?

The family members who lived in Montreal as evidenced by childrens' Quebec Marriage Records were parents Marcu Segal and Zisel Steinberg and 8 children.

Abraham, born 1885

Lena, born 1891

Phillip Pinchas, born 1894

Adela Adiyl, born 1896

Esther Ruchel, born 1897

Tilly, born 1899

Julius Adel, born 1899

Bessie Pesia, born 1902

The Canadian Passenger List for the ship S.S. Mount Temple included Marcu Segall, age 52, wife Sisel, age 40 and 3 sons, Pinchas, age 16, Edel, age 9 and Tobia, age 4. They arrived 28 Nov 1910 in St John, New Brunswick. Departure from Antwerp. A column noted that all family were in a hospital. Destination relative was son, brother, Adolph (presumably Abraham).

Zisel died 15 Jul 1915. Her gravestone had her name inscribed, Zicel Sigal. Translation : Religious and modest woman Mrs. Zisel daughter of Yeruham Fishel wife of Mordechai Sigal died (Hebrew date = July 7 1915) (Acronym תנצבה = may her soul be bound in the bundle of life)

Pinchas, age 16, on the 1910 Passenger List, married Sophie Levine 21 Mar 1920. They had 3 children, Jack Jacob, Sylvia and Harry Mark.

Edel, age 9, on the 1910 Passenger List, could be Julius Adel. The translation on his gravestone, Here lies Adel, son of Mr. Mordechai Died on the 2nd of Cheshvan, 5721. May his soul be bound up for life eternal. His age transcribed is 61.

Julius married Rachel Ray Segal 12 Jun 1927. They were first cousins. Rachel Ray was the daughter of David Hirsh Tzvi Hers Herscu, brother of Marcu, and Blima Weis. Julius and Rachel Ray had one son, Mark Segal.

Tobia, age 4, is listed as a male on the 1910 Passenger List. I asked for a translation of a gravestone for Tillie Segal. Translation: Toibe daughter of Mr. Mordechai the Levite, died 9th of Cheshvan 5696

I wasn't sure whether this Tillie was a sister to my grandfather. However her father's name is Mordechai which does fit. Also Tillie was married briefly to David Goldberg, Quebec Marriage Certificate, 28 Oct 1923. I wasn't sure whether she reverted to her maiden name. The Passenger Record from 1910 is where a "Tobia" is listed as male with parents and 2 brothers. Tobia was age 7, so born about 1903. It seems like there is an error in gender.

The 1921 Census has Marcu, age 50, wife with the name of Rachel, age 50, children, Tilly, age 22, Julius, age 20 and Bessie, age 18. The family lived at 1349 Clark St in Montreal.The Census has Marcu, many years younger. His age varies widely depending on each document and his gravestone.

On 19 Dec 1915, Marcus, age 53, married Czerna Schaffer. Czerna's gravestone is inscribed with the name of Charna, died at the age of 74, 1 May 1946. The translation: Here lies dear woman, woman of valor and housewife Tzerna daughter of Avraham Nuta, died 30 Nissan 5706.

So there is another mystery. Who is Rachel, the wife of Marcu, listed in the 1921 Census?

Marcu died 5 Mar 1929. Translation of his gravestone: Here lies Our dear father Mordechai son of Yosef Shmuel HaLevi Died 23 Adar 1 5689 May his soul be bound up in the bond of (everlasting) life.
Continuing with Marcu and Zisel's 5 other children in Montreal:

Abraham Segal married Leah Goldberg 1 Jun 1912 in Montreal.

In 1921, Abraham, age 34 and Leah, age 32, lived on 447 Laval in Montreal with 4 children, Samuel, age 8, Benny, age 6, Suzanne, age 4 and Libah, age 3.Their other children born were Bertha, Jack and Harry.

Lena Segal married Jules Peter, Pinchas Yehuda, Pincu Segall 19 Mar 1916 in Montreal. They were first cousins. Jules Peter was the son of David Hirsh Tzvi Hers Herscu, brother of Marcu, and Blima Weis. Lena and Jules Peter had 2 children, Sydney and Byrdie

Brothers Marcu and Herscu had 2 children who married 2 children in each other's family:

Lena and Jules Peter and Julius and Rachel Ray.

Herscu and Blima had a third child, a daughter Clara. Clara married Joe Gershonberg, 21 Jun 1931 in Montreal, They had a son Stanley.

In the Botosani Spreadsheets, I found 2 more births for Herscu and Blima Sigal

Sura, born 1891-1895

Simon Hers, born 1896-1900; Witnesses: Marcu Segal, Simon son of Iancu

Adela Adyil Segal also married a Segal: Jake Jacob Yaakov Dovid Segall, 10 Sep 1918 Jacob was the son of Simcha Simon Segall and Gitel Graziella Pascal. I don't know how Simcha is related to Marcu and Herscu. Adela and Jake had 5 children, Louis, Cecile, Sadie, Rose and Maurice.

Esther Ruchel Segal married Louis Yehuda Leib Rotstein Rothstein 17 Jun 1917 in Montreal. They had one known daughter, Fannie Fayga Bayla who died at age 10.

Bessie Pesia Segal married Jack J Light 9 Sep 1925 in Montreal. Jack died 14 Nov 1959. They had one daughter, Sylvia. Bessie married Max Horovitz 27 Aug 1960.

Marcu and Herscu had another brother Idel. In the Botosani spreadsheets, I found Idel, son of Smil and Bruha Sigal, married Pesia, daughter of Ioina Aron and Haia, between 1886-1895. Between 1896-1900, Idal Sigal died, spouse Pesia.

Breaking Down Brick Walls

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Border Crossing leads to Canadian Passenger List

How a Border Crossing Can Help in Finding an Ocean Crossing

Kaufman Walder's Border Crossing Record was found with the name Wm Kauffman. Again the name was wrong and his given and surnames were in the wrong order.  He was 20 years old. His entry was through St Alban's Vermont in Dec 1916. His Petition for Naturalization had his Point of Entry as Rouses Point.

There is a variation of the location where he is from: Staro (Old ) Uschitsa, Podolia. Then there is a notation father with letters that don't look like the known name of his father, Moshe. 

The very important point is to realize that there is a second page to this Border Crossing. Here I found Kaufman's contact, a friend, Sam Bobchik, an unknown person to me. The first time I looked at this page, I hadn't paid attention to the headings of the next section and what the little numbers represent. Here was the secret to the clues in finding the Canadian passenger List!

Kaufman's information is on the bottom line in the list

Number 12/ 13 ( Heading was Date of Landing): Dec 1913

This was different from the 1930 Census: Immigration Year: 1908

Ship’s name: S.S. Teutonic

Port of Landing I couldn't make it out. When I looked at other places in the column, I saw Mont , abbreviated for Montreal but these letters didn't look like Montreal.

What I later found out was that it was Port for Portland ( Seaport landing in his Passenger List )

I then went to Canadian Passenger Lists

I did NOT search under name because for Kaufman, it was always problematic.

Since I had found out the date notation and the ship’s name Teutonic, I used that in Search in the Canadian Passengers Lists 

Name of Vessel (Teutonic )

I had 1898 for Birth; Russia for location and that is it.

Scrolling down, I found:

NAME ERROR AGAIN: This time, the name was :  

Walter Kaufman    Abt 1896    Russia    7 Dec 1913    Teutonic    Portland, Maine      Liverpool

Looking further in that record, there is a column, that has a destination contact. This time, it says his brother, who is a tailor ( spelled taylor ) and has been here for 8 years.

This is another puzzle as his only known brother, Louis was born about 1903. Since the year was 1913, this would make the brother's arrival at 1905. Impossible.

As well , the record has the info that the ticket was prepaid by his brother.

 

Could he be considering his contact, "brother" Jacob Goldberg whom I had heard had sent him money for a ticket? However as I had  discovered, Jacob had arrived in 1900

Adding to the confusion, Kaufman's 1930 census had indicated his arrival date as 1908.

Another type of Record that I had not seen seen before had Kaufman's border crossing information but the record was called Record of Registry and was dated 11 Dec 1930. This Record has Rouses Point as the Entry Point.

I want to pass on my genealogy friend, Deb's strategy in finding this record and what this type of record is. This is her explanation.

I found the photo card border crossing right on Ancestry and just did a general search in border crossings and passports for the first name K*fm*n. It is not a rare name but it is not terribly common in the context of this record set. Because there were only 25 results on 3 pages for Canada to US crossings it was easy to find him as Koffman Woelder.

This is part of an Alien Registration. The law was implemented in 1929 and additional laws were made part of it through the 1940s. Was administered by the US Department of Labor. These kind of documents were in the "A file" of aliens who had come to the US on visas and had not yet become citizens. Alien Registration usually included a photo.

It was great adding to what I know about Kaufman Walder but there is conflicting and puzzling information.

Eliahu Endler, Link for Aaron Solomon and to the Quebec City Community

Eliahu Endler, A Destination Relative and Leader in His Community

   

There is so much value in finding and noting the names of the people our relatives are heading for in their new country.  The Border Crossing of Aaron Solomon showed that he gave my great grandfather's brother, Eliahu Endler as his cousin, his contact relative, in Canada. This was a surprise as Aaron's wife's brother  lived in Bathurst, New Brunswick.

That curiosity about her great grandfather's contact led Deb to e-mail me.! How great it is when our relatives connect us to special people we would never have encountered otherwise!! I am incredibly grateful to her for sharing so much of her genealogy skills and knowledge with me.

The research that Deb did resulted in finding out more about what Eliahu's life was like. It is the out of the ordinary articles like these below that deepen our understanding of what our ancestors were interested in. It goes beyond the names and dates that we begin with. This sure adds an extra dimension to what genealogy is all about!

In Feb 1908, Eli and other Quebec merchants were going to apply at the next session of the Legislature of the Province of Quebec for an act incorporating them as a religious corporation, a synagogue in Quebec City.

Eli was a subscriber to books such as one called, " Great Epochs in American History: Described by Famous Writers" I wonder what languages he was able to speak and read.

He was one of the Canadian buyers at a Fur Auction in 1918 in New York City.

He was part of a meeting at the synagogue in Quebec City in May 1920. Eli was a committee member offering support for the rebuilding of Israel. The Jews of the Quebec City synagogue gave $8000 to the Restoration Fund for Palestine.

My great grandfather didn't immigrate and I don't know anything about him. Eliahu Endler, his brother, was the closest I got to that generation.

Goldenberg Name in Canadian Passenger Lists

Jacob Goldberg Arrived with the Name of Goldenberg

The Botosani Records surprised me with the name of Goldenberg. Goldberg was the name that was used by my great grandfather and his descendants in Canada. The 1911 Census listed the family under Goldberg. That was my mindset and the name that was familiar.

The Passenger Record for the family had eluded me since 2010 when I started this genealogy journey. 

I was trying  to help someone find his relative with the given name of Israel. I thought I would try a browsing strategy that my genealogy friend had suggested. I tended to include both given and surname in the search.This time, I searched:

First Name: Israel ( no surname )

Birth: Russia ( no year )

Arrival : 1899 (+or- 5 years )

Despite using Russia, meant for the other person, the result came up with my great grandparents' family who lived in Romania.

There I saw it; Israel Goldenberg  rather than Goldberg

Israel, age 9,  arrived 2 Nov 1901 on the ship, S.S. Simcoe

His UK Outward Passenger Record from Liverpool showed that the family left 24 Oct 1901

The address that Jacob was living at was 1039 St Dominique St.

In the left margin, there was a note.  To husband, no money"

The other names had transcription errors, alternate spelling or different names

The children were with their mother, with the spelling, Pine, age 30 ( transcription error, Perie )

Etta/ Yetta was under the name Jette, age 18

Leah was under the spelling Lea, age 13

Esther was under her second name, Rochel, age 11

Max was under the name  Morache, age 6 ( transcription error, Moracke )

Max's name in the UK Outward Passenger Record was Mordche ( transcription error, Mordelie )

Moe was under the name of  Moses, age 5

Moe's name in the UK Outward Passenger Record was Moses ( transcription error, Moser )

I knew that Jacob had arrived earlier with his oldest son, Benjamin Itzhak

Different versions were: that it took about 3 years until they found a home for his family, alternately, about a year later. The year had varied as well, 1902 or 1904.

I found the record for Jacob under the name, Jacob Goldenberg, age 40,  with his son with the name Itzig, age 17 ( transcription error, Marie )

They arrived 4 Aug 1900. The UK Outward Passenger Record from Liverpool had their departure on 17 Jul 1900 on the ship, S.S. Montfort. Jacob's name had a transcription error of Jant and Itzig's transcription error was Wm.

What an incredible challenge it is to find these Passenger Crossing Records!  It is really fantastic when I do find them. 

I wish I could talk to some one about the name change from Goldenberg to Goldberg. What were the reasons? Was there a legal change? Why didn't my great grandfather change his name back to Newman, the name he was born with? 

I would really like to find the family whose name Jacob adopted when he arrived in Romania from Russia. Was their name Goldenberg, not Goldberg? Did they immigrate also?

Barney Oscar Rich

An Enterprising Man who Took Care of His Family

Barney Oscar Rich was born 8 Oct 1883 in Starow Cinavo, Volhynnia, Russia.




Travelling under the name of Berl Reitzman, he was 17 when he arrived in New York, 18 Mar 1901 on the S.S. Potsdam (NY Passenger List). The arrival date differs in his Naturalization Record by one year, 19 Mar 1900. He left Proskurow in Podolia ( now Khmelnitzky, Ukraine ). He was going to Philadelphia to his father M. Reitzman ( NY Passenger List ) who was known as Michael Rich in the US. His father lived at 1033 S. 3rd St.

  
When I started this genealogy journey, I was really fortunate to have contact with a great granddaughter of Barney's. It is she who gave me access to many of these marvellous pictures that I have on my Family Tree. Her grandparents  had told her that Michael had been working as a Hebrew teacher, earning just pennies a day.

"A day after arriving in the US, Barney got a job delivering meat for a kosher butcher. He got beat up daily as he went through a bad neigbourhood, delivering meat. He didn't quit his job, but bought a bull whip with his first pay check. The next time he went through the neighbourhood, he whipped the kids who were tormenting him. They wouldn't steal his money, just wanted to beat hi up because he was foreign.

Barney signed up for correspondence courses as soon as he got to America. He spoke 7 languages.

 In Russia, his family lived near the water. The story goes that Barney's mom was mad at him for something and chased him into a lake or river.

Barney took care of his siblings. He saved money and brought them all over from Russia. He later put them through school.

Barney put his brother through pharmacy school and made him the pharmacist at his drug store. He never could teach him to 'turn off the lights' so he could never be left to run the shop by himself."

Barney was the owner of a drugstore






 

Rose Rich Camlot
Mollie Rich Hopkins
Bessie Rich
Ruth Rich Goldstein

Photo taken by J.A.Walk Studios - post card printing on back - labeled "Souvenir of Atlantic City" Names on back are labeled as: Barney Rich's Sisters Aunt Rose Camlot, Aunt Mollie Hopkins, Aunt Bess Polansky, Ruth (Rich) Goldstein

Atlantic City, NJ

Michael's wife Sophie arrived in Philadelphia with their children, Bessie, Morris and Rose Lillian, 7 Sep 1903 on the ship, S.S. Nottingham. The names for the family were Sossie Raich, age 38, Bessie, age 11,  Mojche, 7 and Rochel, age 5. The tickets had been bought 31 May 1903 through the Rosenbaum Ticket Agency and sent to an address in Proskurov at the home of Shmuel Wolf Kaplan. The name of the person who bought the tickets was Michael Richman.

 




Bessie was born 25 Dec 1890 in Proskurov, Russia.  Bessie worked in her brother Barney's pharmacy as a cashier   (1940 Census). 

 

She lived with her brother Morris and his family in 1940. Her grand niece, Charlene, remembers Bessie living with her family for what seemed like years. Then Bessie, Rose Rich Camlot ( Charlene's grandmother, Bessie's sister ) and Charlene's mother's sister, Bernice moved to a house in Levitttown, Pennsylvania about 1963. Bessie had a common-law relationship with someone named Barney. Bessie had a child called Arthur who died as a child.

 

Bessie died 25 May 1964 in Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania

  Morris was born 12 Jul 1896 in Ostropol, Volhynnia, Russia. He married Pauline, born 1903. They had 2 children , Roselle and June. Morris died Oct 1967 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware.


 

Mollie/ Malka was born 6 Jan 1907 in Pennsylvania, died 29 Mar 1985 in Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania. She married Martin J Hopkins, born 6 Mar 1904, died 16 May 1973 in Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania. He was an owner of a cut-rate supply store. He was also the President and Secretary of the Bristol Jewish Center, President of Mill St Businessmen's Association and Bristol Lions Club. They had one daughter Lorraine, born 14 Oct 1928, died 24 Dec 2002 in Morrisville, Bucks, Pennsylvania. She married Bill Goldfarb and they had one daughter Shelley.(Bill Lynde)

Bessie Rich
Pop Hopkins
Martin Hopkins
Mollie Rich Hopkins
Richard Handloff
Laurie Hopkins Goldfarb
Bill Goldfarb
Rose Rich Camlot

Rose Lillian ( Ruchel Leah ) connects me to this family. She married her first cousin Charlie Camlot. Click the names, Rose and Charlie to link to my other blogposts to read about them.

Barney married Fannie Goldich 5 Jan 1912 in Philadelphia. They had 3 children, Beatrice Bebe, born 11 Mar 1917 in Philadelphia, died 8 Jul 2010 in Greenville, Delaware. (Alvin I Handloff ), Ruth, born 4 Nov 1912 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, died 9 May 2005, in Warrington, Bucks, Pennsylvania ( Morris D. Goldstein ), Gladys, born 25 Sep 1921 in Wilmington, Newcastle, Delaware, died 18 Mar 2005, in Delray Beach, Florida ( Harry Zutz )

Barney died 14 Apr 1965 in Delaware. Fannie died 27 Mar 1977 in Wilmington, Delaware.

Kaufman Walder, The Challenge of a Name

Fabulous Records When You Find Them

Kaufman Walder had a particular interest to me because my great grandfather sent money to his cousin in Russia so that he could come to Montreal.

From Kate Newman Mehlman, the oldest woman, going clock-wise:
William Mehlman
Irene Esses Mehlman
Ruby Mehlman
Marian Hartman Mehlman
Sally Mehlman
Yetta Franckel Walder
Kaufman Walder
Unknown man
Mary Mehlman

 I have been finding out so much about the Newman and Walder family since discovering the Family Tree on Ancestry of a grandson of one of my great grandfather's nieces.

I had learned that Kaufman had first stayed in Montreal before moving on to New York

One of the best American records to find for the amount of information it contains is the

Petition for Naturalization Certificate.

I found his certificate under a different spelling of his name, Koffman Wolder. His wife Yetta Franckel's Petition for Naturalization had different information. So even though it is all very valuable, it really reinforces that you can't consider one date in isolation. Each is a piece of a puzzle.

Kaufman Walder's Petition For Naturalization

Born in Stasa, Russia

Last foreign residence: Montreal, Quebec

Lawful entry into the US was at Rouses Point, New York was under the name WOELDER KOUFMAN, 15 Dec 1916 This was a "winner" piece of info not only for the spelling but for the order at which his name was written, surname first. I don't know if the order was a mistake of the person who wrote the Naturalization document. I have yet to find his Border Crossing Record into the US and Passenger Record for his arrival in Canada. This date was given in Kaufman's naturalization Record and differs from the info that is written for him in his wife's Record.

Marriage date, 13 Jun 1925 is the same date as in the actual Marriage Record but different from what is stated in Yetta's.

This record has Kaufman's Date of Birth as 15 Apr 1898 ( different from what is stated in Yetta's Record )

Yetta's Date of Birth is 15 Mar 1904  ( different from what is stated in Yetta's )

Her Date of  Entry into the US is different in Kaufman's Record: 1 May 1920

Kaufman declared his intention to become a citizen, 8 Apr 1931

The witnesses, Jacob Greenberg and Isidor Epstein signed 20 Jul 1934.

Yetta Franckel's Petition for Naturalization

Yetta declared her intention to become a citizen 24 Jun 1929

They lived at 562 Georgia St in Brooklyn, New York

Here Yetta's maiden name is Frankel which is also the name stated in the Census info. However in the Marriage Index Record, her maiden name is given as Greenberg. Interestingly, one of the witnesses in both her and Kaufman's Naturalization Records is Jacob Greenberg

Each of the dates are different from that stated in Kaufman's Record

The Date of Marriage is one year earlier than in the Marriage Index and Kaufman's Naturalization Record.

Kaufman: born 20 Jun 1898 in Podolia, Russia. This Birth Date differs from 15 Apr 1896, in the 1940 Census and his SS Death Index and the 15 Apr 1898 in Kaufman's Naturalization Record

Kaufman immigrated Jun 1916, Russia

Yetta was born 15 Mar 1903 in Kaminetz

She immigrated 3 Jul 1921 on the ship S.S. Berengeria

Her last residence was Hotin, Romania before she immigrated.

The 1930 Census for Kaufman and Yetta has each of their info on consecutive pages. Here the Census takers recorded it completely wrong

For both Kaufman and Yetta, the Surname was written as Kaufman. The Given name was recorded as Walter

His immigration year is given as 1908 which would probably be reflecting the fact that he first immigrated to Montreal. Yetta's is given as 1921

They both lived at the same address in other records, 562 Georgia Ave, Kings, Brooklyn. 

The 1940 Census indicates that they had moved to 564 Bradford St, Kings, New York

They had one son, Henry E Walder, born 7 Mar 1933 in Brooklyn, New York and died 30 Aug 1985 in Huntington Station, New York. He married Harriet and they had 2 children.

Both Kaufman and Yetta are buried in Mt Hebron Cemetery. Kaufman died 30 May 1966. Yetta died 31 Aug 1983.

The translation of Kaufman's gravestone gives more information. I now knew Moshe was the name of the father of Kaufman and his brother  Louis Walder.  He  could be the brother of Benish/ Baynush, the first husband of Rebecca Newman, Jacob Goldberg's niece.

Thanks to the Viewmate, Jewishgen, I received this translation:

 Here lies Koipman Meshulem son of Moshe
 died 11 Sivan 5726
 May his soul be bound up in the bond of  everlasting life

Another one of my favorite resources is the Jewish Given Names Database, also part of Jewishgen. This gave the variations in Hebrew, Yiddish, Yiddish Nickname and US.

 Legal/Hebrew: Meshulam Koyfman    Gender: M    Legal Origin: Chronicles I 5:13

Yiddish: Meshulem / Meshulom / / Kofman / Kokhman / Koyfman

Yiddish Nickname: Meshl / Shalem / Shilem / Shulam / Shulman / / Keyfe / Keyfke / Koftse

US Name: Meshullam

I am hoping to find out more about the Walder Family and the link to my great grandfather and the Newmans. I am wondering if there is a direct ancestral link between the 2 families. All I know now is the marriage link of Benish Walder being the first husband of Rebecca Newman.