Dear Members,
Thank you for welcoming me into your group which seems to me a lifeline to our family members. I am very eager to know more about my Czernowitz ancestors. My father, parents and siblings have all passed away. I have done as much research as I know how to do, but have reached a wall. My father, Rudolph Noachim Schrager, was born in Czernovitz on 28 Aug. 1900. His birth certificate states his name as Rudolf Medilenski. The family lived at 26 Bahnhofstrasse on the 3rd floor. His father was Abraham Moische Medilensky aka Moritz Avram Medilensky. He was born 16 Sept. 1868 in Bessarabia. I understand that his father owned a vineyard there. My grandfather was an opera singer in the Chernovitz Opera and was a cantor in the reform temple. His mother was Rosa Trichter Brambier, born in Czernovitz 14 Feb. 1871. She had two sisters and a brother. Her mother died when she was young, leaving Rosa to care for her younger siblings and her father who was a tailor. His name may have been Feibisch Brambier. He was found murdered in a park, the victim of a robbery. Her mother’s name may have been Chane Basie Trichter. My grandfather, known as Moritz Medilenski, had five brothers. The two elder brothers and his father were called Schrager and the two younger were called Medilenski. My father, Rudolf Schrager, wrote that when his father was ayoung man in Bessarabia, there was talk of war and that all young men were about to be inducted into the army. Not relishing Russian army life, they decided to move to Czernovitz. In order to cross the border, they needed certain papers. It happened that a family called Schrager, also in Bessarabia, who knew and liked his father, made the necessary papers available that had belonged to their dead son. Using the false papers, his father reached Czernovitz and decided to retain the name Schrager. When Moritz brought his wife and four daughters to the United States in 1912, they came as Abram M. Medilensky (Cantor), Rose (housewife), Bertha (millinary), Clara (schoolgirl) and Rudolf (schoolboy). For the rest of their lives, though, they all were called Schrager. Moritz became Morris A. Schrager and continued as a cantor. His brother, Herschel Meidilanski, lived at Strada Reg. Ferd 8, Cernauti. He was a watchmaker and was the cantor of the Orthodox temple. He had lived at Enserburger 41. Another brother, Leon Mediliansky was born in 1873 in Ungheni, Bessarabia. He came to the US in 1915. There was a third brother, Isaac. He may have been the one to move to Buenos Aires. I would love to know more about all of these people and their parents and grandparents, especially my grandmother and her family. We know nothing. Thank you so much. Susan Dr. Susan Schrager, Cohasset, MA ******************************************************************************* This moderated discussion group is for information exchange on the subject of Czernowitz and Sadagora Jewish History and Genealogy. The opinions expressed in these posts are the opinions of the original poster only and not necessarily the opinions of the List Owner, the Webmaster or any other members or entities connected with this mailing list. The Czernowitz-L list has an associated web site at http://czernowitz.ehpes.com that includes a searchable archive of all messages posted to this list. Beginning in 2021, archived messages can be found at: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To send mail to the list, address it to <[email protected]>. To remove your address from this e-list follow the directions at https://it.cornell.edu/lyris/leave-e-lists-lyris To receive assistance for this e-list send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
