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Scheine Riwe or Sarah “Shenka” BLOCK

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Name Scheine Riwe or Sarah “Shenka” BLOCK Born Abt 1888 Asvieja, Viciebskaja, Belarus Gender Female Notes - Numerous versions of the name for this town exist, given its political history. They include: Osveya, Asvieja, Oswiej, Osvei, Asveja, Asveya. At the time of Scheine’s birth, her birthplace was called: Osveya, Vitebsk, Russia.
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957:
Arrived January 12, 1911, on the S. S. Ryndam, departing from Rotterdam:
Family name: Bursak
Given Name: Scheine Riwe
Age: 23
Female, married
Occupation: Housewife
Nationality: Russia
Race: Hebrew
Last permanent address: Russia, Oswe
Name and complete address of nearest relative or friend in country whence alien came:
Father: Iossel Blach, Oswe, Russie
Final destination: Brooklyn, New York
Going to join her husband: Robert Bursak, 492 Central Ave., Brooklyn, NY
Birthplace: Oswe, Russia
Immigration Detention Record:
Bursak, Scheine
Cause of detention: To Husband
Husb: Max 492 Central Ave., Brooklyn
Discharged: January 12, 4:20 p.m.
Person ID I2190 Lowell&Block Last Modified 22 Apr 2022
Father Yosef Benjamin “Iossel” BLOCK Mother Sarah CHERNOMORDAK Photos Block, Yosef Benjamin "Iossel". Family portrait.
Date and place of photograph unknown. Given estimates of age of children, photo was most likely taken sometime between 1905-1910. Back row, standing, L. to R.: Scheine Riwe, Ische Leib, and Gussie. Front row, seated: Iuda, father Yosef Benjamin, mother Sarah Chernomordak. (Note: one son, Lazarus, not included in photograph, unless Iuda is misidentified and is instead, Lazarus.)Family ID F974 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Max Samuel BURSACK, b. 3 Dec 1890, Polotsk, Vitsebsk, Belarus , d. Abt 1954 (Age 63 years)
Married Abt 1909 Children 1. Sidney Isiah BURSACK, b. 28 Oct 1911, Manhattan (New York Co.), New York City, New York, USA , d. 16 Apr 1990, Brooklyn (Kings Co.), New York City, New York, USA
(Age 78 years)
2. Isadore “Irving” BURSACK 3. Michael “Mike” BURSACK, b. 6 Mar 1915, Manhattan (New York Co.), New York City, New York, USA , d. Feb 1987, Brooklyn (Kings Co.), New York City, New York, USA
(Age 71 years)
4. Barnet BURSACK Last Modified 22 Apr 2022 Family ID F980 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Numerous versions of the name for this town exist, given its political history. They include: Osveya, Asvieja, Oswiej, Osvei, Asveja, Asveya. At the time of Scheine’s birth, her birthplace was called: Osveya, Vitebsk, Russia.
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Event Map = Link to Google Earth
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Histories Religion. Block, Mitchell. Bar Mitzvah Album. Photo 24.
Paternal Grandmother, Bella Block, and great aunt, Sarah "Shenka" Block, lighting a candle.Religion. Block, Mitchell. Bar Mitzvah Album. Photo 42.
Senior relatives: Standing, back row, left side, L to R: Bella Block, Mrs. Kolb (Arthur Kolb's mother), Sarah Hershkowitz, Samuel Hershkowitz, David Block, Marion Block; Standing, back row, right side, Mrs. Rose Shapiro (Aaron Shapiro's mother), Herman Balowitz. Seated, L to R: Anna Krimsky, William Krimsky, Sarah "Shenka" Block, Mr. & Mrs. Serkin (good friends of the Block family), and May Balowitz.