Timeline · year by year
Year by Year
The family’s story in dates, from the eighteenth century to today, as the family book gives it.
| c. 1764 | R’ Yaakov Zeev ben Aryeh, later Av Beit Din of Sereth, is born (he dies in 1844 “aged eighty”). |
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| 4 Jun 1789 | Samuel Kohen, son of family 117 (Isaac Kohan’s family) of the Suczawa Jewish community, is born (DAChO f. 1, op. 1, spr. 183, p. 30) Confirmed (record); tie to our family Possible |
| Jul–Sep 1789 | Isaac Kohan, family 117, pays the quarter’s toleration tax in the Suczawa Jewish community, which then included the Jews of Sereth (DAChO f. 1, op. 1, spr. 183, p. 40) Confirmed (record); tie to our family Possible |
| 11 Dec 1793 | Meir son of Eliezer Katz, a Kohen (priestly hands carved on his stone), dies at Siret, 8 Tevet 5554 — 11 December 1793 by the Hebrew date (the cemetery survey files the stone under 1794); Siret Old Cemetery, Sanie no. 186. A Possible brother of Aizik son of Eliezer Katz (d. 1828) Possible |
| 1797 | Eva Fronerin of Sadagura is on the Bukovina Jewish tax list; the Frohner surname (kinship Possible) Confirmed |
| 1797 | Michael Korber, Jewish farmer at Muschenitza (Mușenița), near Siret, is on the Suczawa community’s tax list, family 68 (DAChO f. 1, op. 1, spr. 925, p. 29) Confirmed (record); tie to Reize Korber Possible |
| c. 1799 | Isaac Kahan of Sereth is on the list of foreign Jews found at the visitation (link to our family Possible) Confirmed |
| 26 Feb 1799 | “Isaac Kahan”, lodging with Joseph Achenwal, is listed at Sereth among Jews found off the registers during the community inspections (DAChO f. 1, op. 1, spr. 925, p. 46) Confirmed (record); same man as Isaac Kohan of 1789 Likely; tie to our family Possible |
| 1836 | The earliest printed list naming Sereth Jews yet found: seven Sereth subscribers to Limudei HaTeva (Czernowitz 1836); none is a Kohen or a family member Confirmed (record) |
| 4 Aug 1838 | David, son of Hoschia Brecher and Malke Adelstein, is born at Sereth; he and his sister Roza are entered in the Bistrița register in 1889 (the Brechers of Sereth in Bistrița, a Kohen family not linked to the tree; kinship to Reuven Mordechai Possible) Confirmed |
| 26 Apr 1841 | Zvi Hirsh, son of R’ Yitzchak Aizik HaKohen, dies in Siret. |
| 28 Dec 1841 | Aizik, son of Avraham HaKohen and grandson of Zvi Hirsh, dies young in Siret |
| 4 May 1844 | R’ Yaakov Zeev ben Aryeh, Av Beit Din of Sereth, dies in Siret. |
| 17 Jan 1845 | Reuven, son of the late Zvi HaKohen, dies in Siret |
| 31 Oct 1845 | Froim and Fischel Brecher of Suczawa give to flood relief (Lemberger Zeitung, p. 668) Confirmed (print); kinship Possible |
| Dec 1850 | Jakob and Kolman Ungar listed at house no. 87, Dobromil, in an 1850 Dobromil town list in the official gazette Possible |
| 8 Apr 1863 | Hersch Glasberg, son of Samuel Glasberg and Hinde née Wahrsager (daughter of Jacob Lische Wahrsager), is born at Drohobycz Confirmed |
| 1864 | Abraham Brecher, son of Eisig and Lea, is born in Rădăuți. |
| 18 Jan 1864 | Czili Ferencz, daughter of Hersch Ferencz and Ilona Novi, is born at Kováskápolnok (registered 1897) Confirmed (kinship to Háni Possible) |
| 1866 | R’ Yaakov Zeev Wolf Brecher HaKohen, son of Zvi, is born in Banila. |
| 24 Oct 1866 | The Rădăuți stud-farm estate offers its 14 flour mills, among them the newly built mill at Volovăț, for lease 1867–1869 Confirmed |
| 1867 | Chyrów voters' list: Schabs (Mordche Schabse) Oher at house 29, the Oher family house Likely |
| Sep 1868 / Sep 1867 | Reuven Mordechai (Ruben Mordko) Brecher HaKohen dies in Siret (28 Elul 5628, or 5627). |
| 1868 | R’ Avraham Brecher, born in Sereth, settles in Safed |
| 1 Mar 1869 | Riwen Mordche (Reuven Mordechai), son of Eisig Brecher and Lea Bernstein, is born at Volovăț, near Rădăuți. |
| 27 Apr 1869 | The firm “Rifka Brecher”, a mixed-goods business in Czernowitz, is registered with Juda Brecher as manager (Czernowitzer Zeitung, p. 3) Confirmed (print); kinship Possible |
| 16 Aug 1869 | The Volovăț mill is offered for a new lease, taken back from the present lessee Juda Brecher of Siret (kinship to Eisig Possible) Confirmed |
| 29 Aug 1870 | Ester Michla, daughter of the rabbi of Sereth, dies in Siret. |
| 19 May 1872 | A great fire in Chyrów; Salamon Wahrsager is among those compensated Confirmed |
| 20 Apr 1873 | Hersch Gottesdiener, son of Nuta and Sura Gottesdiener, is born in Chyrów Possible |
| 1875 | R’ Avraham Brecher, aged 75, in the Montefiore census of Safed |
| 4 Oct 1875 | Todres Gottesdiener, son of Gavriel and Sura, born in Chyrów (1914 Vienna marriage record) Confirmed |
| 1877 | Samuel (Sámuel) Klein born 22 Jul 1877 at Nagysomkút Confirmed |
| 18 Jan 1877 | Eigye Eilender née Katz, Samuel’s mother, dies at Felsővisó aged 36, ten days after his birth Confirmed |
| 4 Apr 1878 | Freida Gottesdiener, daughter of Nuta and Sura, is born in Chyrów Possible |
| 2 Mar 1880 | Malka Unger is born in Dobromil, Galicia. |
| 23 May 1880 | Elias Wahrsager is born in Chyrów, Galicia. |
| 20 Jul 1881 | David Brecher is born in Siret, Bukovina. |
| 10 Dec 1881 | Pesel Kupferman, later R’ Asher’s wife, is born at Szurdok (Strâmtura) to Izsák Kupferman and Chaya Rivka (Háni) Lebovits Confirmed |
| 1 Jul 1882 | Leib Jojna Dominitz born at Chyrów to Feiga Dominitz, “married by Jewish rite to Gawriel Gottesdiener”, daughter of Abraham and Ester Dominitz Confirmed |
| 10 Apr 1885 | Chana Marya, daughter of Gabryel Gottesdiener and Feigel née Dominitz, born in Kraków Confirmed |
| 25 Dec 1886 / 1887 | Esther Klein is born in Felsőbánya (1886 in David’s naturalization papers; 1887 on her stone, marker and Social Security record). |
| 24 Feb 1887 | Chaje Szure Junger (Bak), likely Pessel Lebovits’s sister, and Marku Tabak register their marriage at Bárdfalu Likely |
| 26 Aug 1887 | Bluma, daughter of Gabryel Gottesdiener and Feigel née Dominitz, born in Kraków Confirmed |
| 8 Dec 1887 | A Chajim Juda is born in Nagybánya to Majer and Freide Brecher (birth register) Likely |
| 22 Jan 1888 | Israel Feiwisch Knobler and Sure Judith Frenkel, both of Buczacz, the parents of Chana Itte Brecher née Knobler, marry civilly at Gura Humorului Confirmed |
| 25 Jan 1888 | Chaje Bruche Knobler, Chana Itte’s elder sister, marries Dawid Zellermajer of Rădăuți at Gura Humorului Confirmed |
| c. 1889 | Chaje Brecher, daughter of Jankel Wolf Brecher and Edel Fischler, is born (year from her age); she later marries Mechel Bernstein Confirmed |
| 1889 | Feige Oher née Gartenberg, wife of Schmil Elias Oher, dies at Schodnica Confirmed |
| 22 Dec 1889 | R’ Shmuel Leib (Shmuel Aryeh) Bach, also written Bak and Junger, Pesel’s great-grandfather, dies at Bárdfalu (Berbești), aged 78 Likely |
| 15 Mar 1890 | Eisig Leib Brecher and Lea Bernstein re-register their marriage in Rădăuți. |
| 5 Jul 1890 | Feige Rachel, daughter of Meir Brecher of Kapnikbánya and Freide née Frohner, is born in Nagybánya (birth register) Confirmed |
| 1891 | Samuel Wahrsager is listed as a wood dealer in Chyrów Likely |
| 11 Mar 1891 | R’ Chaim Leib Lebovits’s death at Szurdok is entered in the civil register, aged 49 Confirmed |
| 14 Sep 1891 | Chajem Leb Kupferman, Pesel’s brother, is born at Szurdok and named for his late grandfather Likely |
| 1892 | Meir Brecher is listed among the tradesmen of Kapnikbánya. |
| 1893 | Ciwie Goldberg born at Gródek to Chaje Leie née Unger, “daughter of Leibisch and Rifke Unger, merchants in Dobromil” — Malka’s parents Confirmed |
| 13 Apr 1893 | Jakob, son of Meir Brecher and Freide née Frohner, is born in Nagybánya (birth register) Confirmed |
| 27 May 1893 | Avraham Gottesdiener, later Dr Avraham Ovadia, is born in Chyrów, son of Gavriel and Feige. |
| 27 May 1893 | Abraham (later Dr Avraham Ovadia) is entered in the Chyrów birth register, vol. III, p. 80, no. 31 Confirmed |
| 21 Nov 1893 | Hersch Brecher of Naszód, son of the late Hoschia Brecher of Sereth, marries again at Kolozsvár (the Brechers of Sereth in Bistrița) Confirmed (index) |
| 14 Sep 1894 | Jakob Fogel, son of Mihály Fogel and Berta (Klein), is born at Nagybánya Likely |
| 14 Jan 1895 | Yitzchak (Isak) Brecher is born at Sinăuții de Jos, son of Yaakov HaKohen and Liba, very likely R’ Yaakov Zeev Wolf’s son Likely |
| 17 Mar 1895 | Riwen Mordche Brecher, son of Eisig, marries Chana Itte Knobler of Buczacz at Gura Humorului |
| 6 May 1896 | Szlova Kupferman, Pesel’s sister, is born at Szurdok; her father Izsák is entered as born at Kolomea, Galicia Confirmed |
| 24 Nov 1896 | Sándor Fogel, son of Esther’s sister Berta and Mihály Fogel, is born in Felsőbánya Confirmed |
| 25 Apr 1897 | Ch. Joel Brecher is listed among the donors to Siret’s Passover-bread collection for the poor Confirmed |
| 13 Dec 1897 | Isak Zellermajer, Chana Itte’s nephew, is born at Poiana Micului; the witness is Riwen Mordche Brecher Confirmed |
| 7 Jan 1898 | Chane Pessel Wahrsager née Oher, widow of Jacob Lische Wahrsager — very probably Elias’s grandmother — dies at Drohobycz, aged 86 Likely |
| 22 Feb 1898 | Mordke, son of Abraham and Miriam, dies at Rădăuți, aged eight months (Rădăuți burial register) Confirmed |
| 4 Jun 1898 | József Jánkú Kupferman, Pesel’s brother, is born at Szurdok Confirmed |
| Dec 1899 | Abraham Bercie (Bernhard) Fränkel of Buczacz, son of Leibisch and Lea, a Possible brother of Sure Judith Knobler née Frenkel, marries Hinde Mineles at Zabłotów Confirmed (record) |
| 1900 | Nusen Glasberg, son of Hinde née Wahrsager, marries Beile Leichtmann of Gródek at Drohobycz (civil marriage) Confirmed |
| 13 Jan 1900 | Debora Limmer née Unger, daughter of the late Salamon and Marjema Unger of Chyrów, dies in Drohobycz aged 60 Confirmed |
| 19 Jun 1900 | Freide Brecher née Frohner dies in Sighet. |
| 19 Jul 1900 | Emanuel, son of Todres Gottesdiener, born in Kraków |
| 5 Aug 1900 | Amália Kupferman, Pesel’s sister, is born at Szurdok Confirmed |
| 30 Aug 1900 | Jakob Wolf Brecher, son of Abraham, born in Rădăuți (d. 13 Jun 1903) |
| 1901 | Machle Glasberg, Hinde’s daughter, marries Markus Josef Neger at Drohobycz Confirmed |
| 20 Jul 1901 | Samuel Wahrsager is a joint owner of the Rozłucz and Rypiany forest estates Confirmed |
| 1902 | R’ Yaakov Zeev Wolf writes of “my wife Mrs. Liba” in Refuot HaTugah (Lemberg) Confirmed |
| 8 Jul 1902 | Asher Brecher marries Pesel Kupferman in Szurdok. |
| 8 Jul 1902 | R’ Asher Brecher, innkeeper of Kapnikbánya, and Pesel (Pepi) Kupferman marry in a civil ceremony at Szurdok Confirmed |
| 19 Nov 1902 | “Eisig Brecher” signs as witness at a marriage in the Rădăuți register — perhaps our Eisig, then about 70 (leaning Likely) Possible |
| 1904–1919 | Samuel Klein’s children are born in Felsőbánya; Asher Brecher’s children are born in Szurdok (1904–1914) and Felsőbánya (1916). |
| 1904–1906 | Herman Klein, Esther’s father, sits in the Felsőbánya town assembly. |
| 1 Mar 1904 | Samuel and Moritz Wahrsager open a timber-export firm in Chyrów Confirmed |
| 18 May 1904 | Izrael Áron Fogel, son of Mihály Fogel and Berta née Klein (Esther’s sister), is born at Felsőbánya Confirmed |
| 22 Jun 1904 | Mihály Fogel, innkeeper, husband of Esther’s sister Berta, is admitted to the Felsőbánya town community Confirmed |
| 13 Apr 1905 | Samuel Gottesdiener, son of David and Elka (Ryfka) née Spira, is born at Lesko Possible |
| 1906 | Israel Oher, son of the late Schmil Eliasz Oher and Feige née Gartenberg, marries Freida Bruck at Borysław Confirmed |
| 15 Apr 1906 | Malka Frenkel, daughter of R’ Aryeh, dies at Buczacz on the 4th day of Chol HaMoed Pesach 5666; her gravestone survives (BB 29) Confirmed (kinship Possible) |
| 24 May 1906 | Abraham Peisach Nagel, grandson of Nuta Gottesdiener, is born at Mościska Possible |
| 1 Sep 1906 | Sabina (Sara) Wahrsager is born, probably in Dobromil (1 May 1908, Berlin, in her husband’s papers) Likely |
| 21 Nov 1906 | David Brecher marries Esther Klein in Felsőbánya. |
| 17 Jan 1907 | Abraham Bercie (Bernhard) Fränkel dies at Zabłotów, aged 48 Confirmed (record); kinship Possible |
| 21 Feb 1907 | Zoltán Fogel, son of Mihály Fogel and Berta née Klein, is born at Felsőbánya; he dies in May 1907 Confirmed |
| 18 Apr 1907 | Elemér Eilender, son of Rosa Brecher and Samuel Eilender, is born in Kapnikbánya. |
| 8 Jun 1907 | Miriam Brecher arrives in New York with her daughters Chaje (Ida) and Rosa, to join Abraham |
| Jan 1908 | Chaim Jona Wahrsager of Chyrów, son of Feiga, marries Masza Mund recte Ringel at Przemyśl Possible |
| 29 Apr 1908 | Röschen, daughter of Elias and Malka, born in Berlin, registered “Gottesdiener recte Wahrsager” Confirmed |
| 10 Jun 1908 | Aaron Farkas of Gödényháza arrives in New York on the Slavonia with his wife Rosie and their sons (passenger manifest) Confirmed |
| 9 Aug 1908 | R’ Zvi (Hersch) Brecher HaKohen leaves for the Land of Israel, 12 Av 5668 = 9 Aug 1908 (Shiloh p. 43) Confirmed |
| 1 Nov 1908 | Jenő (Eugene) Brecher is born in Felsőbánya. |
| 20 Oct 1908 | Zvi (Hersch) Brecher HaKohen, son of Reuven Mordechai, dies in Jerusalem. |
| 1909–1919 | Elias Wahrsager is listed in the Berlin address books at Saarbrücker Straße 33. |
| 1909 | Röschen Gottesdiener (Wahrsager) dies as a baby in Berlin Confirmed |
| 25 Jul 1909 | Samuel Eilender arrives at Ellis Island. |
| 26 Jul 1909 | Samuel Eilender arrives at New York (Ellis Island) on the Cleveland from Hamburg, as recorded in his certificate of arrival no. 814011 Confirmed |
| 18 Sep 1909 | Chaim Joel Brecher’s Kamenka firm is struck from the commercial register, the business wound up Confirmed |
| 30 Sep 1909 | Kallmann (Charles) Wahrsager is born in Berlin. |
| 3 Nov 1909 | Mátyás Brecher of Kapnikbánya — very probably Meir’s son Markus (Mátyás) — is a witness at a Jewish civil marriage at Szurdok (Strâmtura), act 19 Likely |
| 16 May 1910 | Abraham Gottesdiener of Chyrów, son of Wello and Chana-Lea Gottesdiener (not of Gavriel), marries in Kraków Confirmed |
| 4 Sep 1910 / 11 Jul 1912 | Shimshon (Alex) Brecher is born in Felsőbánya (1910 in his birth act; 1912 in his American papers and the death index). |
| Jul 1910 | David Brecher elected an alternate member of the Felsőbánya town council |
| 28 May 1910 | Harry (Hersch) Brecher arrives in New York, naming his grandfather Eisig Brecher of Rădăuți |
| 27 Sep 1910 | Dawid Oher, son of the late Samuel Eliasz and Feiga Oher, dies at Drohobycz, aged 77 Confirmed |
| 21 Nov 1910 | Harry Brecher, tailor of 106 Ludlow Street, files his first papers in New York County (no. 22368) Confirmed |
| 9 Dec 1910 | Samuel Eilender, of Kapnik, files his first papers in New York County (no. 24099) Confirmed |
| 29 Dec 1910 | Samuel Eilender’s declaration of intention, New York County, no. 24099, is dated 29 December 1910 on the copy in his Bronx naturalization file and in his petition. The New York County copy reads 9 Dec Confirmed |
| 19 Jan 1911 | Eisig Brecher HaKohen dies in Rădăuți, aged 79. |
| Nov 1911 | Leo Brecher and Ulrich Frohner found a Jewish social club in Gura Humorului; Leo Brecher is its chairman (kinship Possible) Confirmed |
| 12 Nov 1911 | Dora (Dara) Gensler, Fanny’s sister, marries Joseph Dulberg in Brooklyn; her parents are Hyman Gensler and Hanna Herzog Confirmed |
| 11 Jul 1912 | Ilona (Lucy) Brecher is born in Felsőbánya. |
| 17 Oct 1912 | David Brecher is admitted to the municipal community of Felsőbánya. |
| 23 Mar 1913 | Selig Rudich, Mollie Brecher’s father, and her sister Ella arrive at New York on the Niagara from Havre, going to his son-in-law on 2nd Street (passenger list, both pages) Confirmed |
| 3 Jul 1913 | Rosa Eilender and her three children arrive in New York. |
| 1 Nov 1913 | Anne Wahrsager is born in Germany, according to her father’s 1926 petition. |
| 1914 | E. Wahrsager, leather worker, and H. Safern are tenants together at Saarbrücker Straße 33, Berlin Confirmed |
| 24 Jan 1914 | Yute bat Baruch, granddaughter of the rabbi of Sereth, dies in Siret. |
| 18 Apr 1914 | Ilona Klein, daughter of Esther’s brother Jenő Klein, is born at Felsőbánya Confirmed |
| 11 Jul 1914 | Gabriella Farkas, sister of Margaret Brecher (Mickey’s wife), is born in Hungary Likely |
| 17 Aug 1914 | Hersch Gottesdiener of Chyrów marries Chaja Lea Tink at Lesko Possible |
| 6 Sep 1914 | Todres Gottesdiener marries Feige Kleinmann at the Vienna Stadttempel; the register names his parents Gawriel Gottesdiener and Sura Confirmed |
| 1 Nov 1914 | Anne (Chana Pesel) Wahrsager is born in Berlin. |
| 1915 | David Brecher and his father-in-law Yaakov Tzvi Klein subscribe to the sefer Mevaser Tov in Felsőbánya Likely |
| 1915 | Samuel and Rose Eilender and their children Alex, Frieda and Joseph are counted in the Bronx in the New York State census Likely |
| 25 May 1915 | Mihály Fogel, widower of Esther’s sister Berta, dies at Felsőbánya Confirmed |
| 8 Jun 1915 | Samuel Eilender, a rabbi of 169 Brook Avenue, the Bronx, files his petition for naturalization (no. 3671, Supreme Court, Bronx County). It names his wife Rosa (Brecher), born in Bukovina, and their children Elmer (Alex), Josef and Freida Confirmed |
| 22 Nov 1915 | Miklós (Nicholas) Brecher is born in Felsőbánya. |
| 16 Aug 1915 | David Brecher called up for military service, Felsőbánya |
| 23 Aug 1915 | Chaja Lea Unger of Chyrów, very probably Malka’s older sister, marries Szulim Leiba Goldberg at Przemyśl Likely |
| 27 Aug 1915 | Harry Brecher marries Mollie Rudich, Manhattan |
| 28 Dec 1915 | Samuel Eilender is admitted a citizen of the United States by the Supreme Court, Bronx County, and receives certificate of naturalization no. 647339 Confirmed |
| 1916 | In the refugee years, Atilie (Etil) Brecher of Óradna, a native of Bukovina, opens her house to Bukovina refugees (kinship Possible) Confirmed |
| 1916 | R’ Yaakov Zeev Wolf, a refugee, buys half-boots for his little daughter (Katuv Yosher p. 19) Confirmed |
| 1916 | Erna Wahrsager, daughter of Elias and Malka, dies as an infant in Berlin Confirmed |
| 1916 | Juda Hersch Frenkel, aged 85, dies at Buczacz (late registration of 1937); very probably the man of stone BH-28 Likely |
| 16 Jan 1916 | Lea Brecher, wife of Eisig, dies in Rădăuți, aged 85. |
| 18 Jun 1916 | R’ Yaakov Zeev Wolf Brecher leaves Banila with his household, fleeing the Cossacks (Katuv Yosher). |
| 21 Jul 1916 | Army officers vouch for R’ Yaakov Zeev Wolf of Banila, a refugee, and he is allowed to stay at Óradna (Rodna) in Hungary (Katuv Yosher p. 13) Confirmed |
| 4 Sep 1916 | After Romania enters the war, R’ Yaakov Zeev Wolf moves to Năsăud, where he lives for about a year (Katuv Yosher p. 14) Confirmed |
| Sep 1917 | R’ Yaakov Zeev Wolf comes home to Banila, about 15 months after he fled, and finds his house empty (Katuv Yosher pp. 14–15) Confirmed |
| 15 Sep 1917 | Reuven Mordechai Brecher, son of R’ Yaakov Zeev Wolf of Banila, dies (28 Elul 5677). |
| 1918 | Elizabeth Zelig born 19 Jun 1918 in Romania, daughter of Israel Zelig Confirmed |
| 1918 | Aaron Farkas, tailor at 78 Stanton Street, registers for the First World War draft Likely |
| 3 Jan 1918 | Leib Unger, Malka’s father, dies at Kniażpol, aged 66 Likely |
| 27 Feb 1918 | Markus Brecher marries Frida Moskovics at Taraczköz (Teresva) Likely |
| 12 Sep 1918 | Samuel Eilender registers for the First World War draft in the Bronx: 1034 Tiffany Street, insurance agent for New York Life, already a citizen Confirmed |
| 1919 | Frajem (Frojim) Samuel Kupferman, Pesel’s brother, a merchant of Szurdok, marries Feiga Basch at Szurdok (civil act 61); his father is written as the late Izsák Kupferman; the first witness is Usher (Asher) Brecher of Szurdok (Likely) Confirmed |
| 18 Apr 1919 | Ethel (Ella) Shapiro née Rudich, Mollie Brecher’s sister, dies in Manhattan, aged 30 (deaths index) Likely |
| 1920 | Harry and Mollie Brecher in Manhattan with Rachel and Sarah (U.S. census) Confirmed |
| 1920 | Harry, Mollie and baby Rachel Brecher in the census in Manhattan; Harry sells dress goods Confirmed |
| 1920 | Selig Rudich’s naturalization petition, New York County, names his wife Bertha and six children: Bertha, Minnie, Yetta, Louis, Samuel and Isidore Confirmed |
| 7 Apr 1920 | Bluma Gottesdiener, Elias’s half-sister, marries Hersch Karpel (Surkis) at the Vienna Stadttempel Confirmed |
| 24 Jun 1920 | Isidor Rudich, Mollie Brecher’s youngest brother, dies at 91 Second Street, Manhattan, aged 13; buried at United Hebrew Cemetery, Staten Island Confirmed |
| 26 Aug 1920 | Rubin Markus Fischler, son of Jankel Wolf Brecher and Edel Fischler, marries Amalia Klotz Confirmed |
| 31 Oct 1920 | Jochwed Unger marries Izak Sauer at Dobromil Likely |
| 30 Dec 1920 | Elias Wahrsager lands in Canada from the S.S. Grampian, going to his brother-in-law in Montreal; nearest relative at home: “Gawriel Warsager, Chyrów” Confirmed |
| 8 Jan 1921 | Fanny Gensler sails from Rotterdam on the S.S. Rotterdam with Chaim and Heine Gensler of Draczinetz Confirmed |
| 27 Jan 1921 | Elias Wahrsager crosses from Canada at St. John, New Brunswick. |
| 19 Jan 1921 | Jakob Leib (Leon) Brecher, son of Riwen Mordko, arrives in New York from Siret |
| 19 Jan 1921 | Fanny Gensler and her parents Chaim and Heine (Confirmed) land at Ellis Island; Leon (“Jacob Brecher”, born at Gura Humora) is on the same ship; all go to Josef Dulberg in Brooklyn Confirmed |
| 27 Jan 1921 | Elias Wahrsager’s U.S. border card at Saint John West, New Brunswick: wife Malka at Chyrów, bound for his cousin Samuel Alexander in New York Confirmed |
| 29 Jan 1921 | Elias Wahrsager enters the United States at Vanceboro, Maine, by railroad from Montreal (his 1926 petition) Confirmed |
| 17 Apr 1921 | Yetta Rudich, Mollie’s sister, marries Louis Steff in Manhattan; Harry Brecher signs as a witness Confirmed |
| 29 Jun 1921 | Max Isaac Brecher, son of Leon and Fanny, is born in Brooklyn (21 June in his father’s 1927 petition) Confirmed |
| 31 Aug 1921 | Bertha Rudich, Mollie’s sister, marries Chaim Szimon Lobel, butcher, at Bronx Borough Hall; her sister Minnie Feldman is the witness Confirmed |
| 1922 | HaRav Gavriel Gottesdiener dies, probably in Chyrów (between January and October) Likely |
| 26 Jan 1922 | Elias Wahrsager files his declaration of intention (no. 270571), New York County; living at 136 East Broadway Confirmed |
| 3 Feb 1922 | Avraham Gottesdiener (later Dr Avraham Ovadia), rabbinical candidate of Chyrów, marries Marjem Wachs at Sambor; Rabbi Aharon Lewin officiates Confirmed |
| 13 Jun 1922 | Leon declares his intention to become a citizen in Brooklyn as Leo Brecher, of 665 Sackman Street Confirmed |
| 1924–25 | R’ Asher Brecher keeps a tavern and a shop at Strâmtura Likely |
| 4 Feb 1924 | Izrael, son of Miksa (Chaim Yehuda) Brecher and Zali née Grunberg, dies at Munkács, aged two and a half Confirmed |
| 1925 | R’ Yaakov Zeev Wolf Brecher’s Katuv Yosher is printed in Czernowitz. |
| 1925 | The Wahrsager household is still listed at Saarbrücker Straße 33, four years after Elias left Confirmed |
| 1925 | Katuv Yosher opens on the yahrzeit, 28 Menachem Av, of R’ Yaakov Zeev Wolf’s first wife Liba Confirmed |
| 1925 | R’ Yaakov Zeev Wolf Brecher HaKohen’s book Ohalim is printed in Czernowitz Likely |
| 16 Apr 1925 | At Banila’s celebration of the Hebrew University, “Jacob Brecher, a notable Talmudist” speaks (Likely R’ Yaakov Zeev Wolf, back in Banila) Likely |
| 1926 | S. Safern of Saarbrücker Straße 33, the Wahrsagers’ house in Berlin, sits on the Zeirei Mizrachi youth committee Confirmed |
| 15 Nov 1926 | Elias Wahrsager petitions for naturalization in New York, naming his children Sabina, Kalman and Annchen (Anne) Confirmed |
| 1927 | Hirsch Safern, ship’s cook, still lives at Saarbrücker Straße 33 — the household of Malka’s “friend L. Saffern” Likely |
| 2 Mar 1927 | Leon files his naturalization petition in Baltimore as Jacob Brecher, asking to be named Leo Brecher Confirmed |
| 7 Mar 1927 | Hannah Brecher (later Rudman), daughter of Leon and Fanny, is born Confirmed |
| 14 Mar 1927 | Elias Wahrsager becomes a United States citizen. |
| 13 Jun 1927 | Leon is admitted as a U.S. citizen in Baltimore, as Leo Brecher Confirmed |
| Jul 1927 | Selig Rudich, Mollie Brecher’s father, is buried in the First Independent Strozynetzer society plot, United Hebrew Cemetery, Staten Island (Find a Grave gives his death as 24 Jul 1927; this site 23 Jul) Likely |
| 14 Sep 1927 | Malka sails from Southampton on the S.S. Majestic with Sabina, Kallmann and Anne, to join Elias in New York Confirmed |
| 20 Sep 1927 | Malka Wahrsager arrives in New York with Sabina (Sara), Kallmann and Anne. |
| 26 Dec 1927 | Paul Schiff, Sabina’s future husband, arrives at New York on the S.S. Deutschland as “Josef Brawer” Confirmed |
| Av 1928 | Etil, second wife of R’ Yaakov Zeev Wolf Brecher HaKohen of Banila, dies; a eulogy for her said to be in his book Ohalim is unverified (the book found is dated 1925) Likely |
| 26 Feb 1928 | Louis Rudich, Mollie’s brother, a butcher, marries Lillian Shapiro in Brooklyn Confirmed |
| 28 Mar 1928 | Arthur S. Brecher, son of Harry and Mollie, is born; he grows up in the Bronx Likely |
| 20 Jul 1928 | Ottilie (Ettel) Brecher née Weissbach, second wife of R’ Yaakov Zeev Wolf, dies at Banila (3 Av 5688); her husband gives the eulogy Confirmed (second wife: Likely) |
| 22 Nov 1928 | David Brecher, entered as a rabbi born at Sereth, receives non-quota US visa no. 344 at Budapest (Vulcania list, 1928) Confirmed |
| 19 Dec 1928 | The Brecher family sails from Trieste on the SS Vulcania, on the ship’s maiden voyage; New York, 31 December 1928 (ship’s list) / 2 January 1929 (naturalization papers). |
| 1929 | Paul Schiff’s marriage certificate names his parents Markus Schiff and [Genta?] née Brawer Confirmed |
| 6 Sep 1929 | Gizela Farkas arrives in New York on the Aquitania with her children, Margit (Margaret, later Margaret Brecher) among them, to join her husband Morris Farkas in the Bronx Confirmed |
| 14 Dec 1929 | Sabina (Sara) Wahrsager marries Paul Schiff in the Bronx. |
| 1930 | Harry and Mollie in the Bronx with Rachael, Sarah, Ruth and Seymour (Arthur); Leon and Fanny in Baltimore with Max and Hanna Confirmed |
| Apr 1930 | The Brechers are counted at 972 Fox Street, Bronx. |
| Apr 1930 | The Wahrsagers at 1035 Tiffany Street, Bronx (1930 census); Paul and Sabina Schiff counted nearby Confirmed |
| 1931/32 | Maria Wahrsager is listed at Saarbrücker Straße 33, Berlin Confirmed |
| 1931 | Chaim Jakób Dominitz, son of the late HaRav Gavriel Gottesdiener and Feige Dominitz, marries at Medenice — very probably Elias’s half-brother Likely |
| 1931 | Dr Avraham Ovadia (Gottesdiener) directs the movement’s counselors’ camp in the Carpathians (Dov Knohl’s memoir, Bamishor 1941) Likely |
| 23 Apr 1931 | Feige Gottesdiener née Kleinmann dies in Vienna |
| 1932 | David Brecher declares his intention to become a citizen; his petition follows in March 1934. |
| 4 Jul 1932 | Jakob Brecher chairs a community meeting at Banila p. S. (Likely R’ Yaakov Zeev Wolf) Likely |
| 1934 | Chaja Lea Glasberg, Hinde’s daughter, dies at Drohobycz aged 67 Confirmed |
| 6 Feb 1934 | Paul Schiff’s declaration of intention (no. 117029), Bronx, with his photograph Confirmed |
| 23 Mar 1934 | David Brecher, a neckwear manufacturer of 972 Fox Street, the Bronx, swears his petition for citizenship (no. 229724, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York). It gives his last foreign residence as Budapest; his witnesses are Morris Chanales and Sam Kaufman Confirmed |
| 27 Jun 1934 | Lucy Brecher marries Paul Friedman in the Bronx. |
| 25 Jun 1934 | David Brecher becomes a citizen of the United States (certificate no. 3819630). |
| 28 Nov 1936 | Gabriella Farkas marries Leonard A. Creizman in the Bronx; the record names her parents Morris and Gizella Weiss Likely |
| 4 May 1937 | Alex Brecher files his declaration of intention in the Bronx. |
| 14 May 1937 | Amália Kupferman, Pesel’s sister, marries Pinkas Zelig Fruchter at Strâmtura Confirmed |
| 7 Jul 1937 | Samuel Eilender dies in Brooklyn. |
| 8 Oct 1937 | Dos Yudishe Vort in Czernowitz advertises Chedvat Yaakov with novellae by the author’s grandson R’ Yaakov Zeev HaKohen |
| 16 Mar 1938 | Alex Brecher and Anne Wahrsager take out their marriage licence in the Bronx. |
| 1938 | Chedvat Yaakov, the teachings of the rabbi of Sereth, is printed in Marghita. |
| 1938 | Eugene Brecher and Elizabeth Zelig take out their Brooklyn marriage licence, 1 Mar 1938 Confirmed |
| 1938 | Alex (Shimshon) Brecher and Anne Wahrsager married, 3 Apr 1938, Burnside Manor, Bronx Confirmed |
| 1938 | R’ Yaakov Zeev’s surviving Torah notes (to parashat Va’era), copied by his great-grandson, are printed as Chedvat Yaakov in Marghita Confirmed |
| 6 Mar 1938 | Samuel Gottesdiener of Chyrów marries Beile Süss at Stary Sambor Possible |
| 1939 | Yosef Brecher of Sighet, son of R’ Asher, is engaged; the greeting is printed in Satu Mare Likely |
| 28 Apr 1939 | Paul Friedman petitions for naturalization in New York. |
| 1940 | Harry and Mollie at 1310 Morris Avenue, the Bronx, with Rachel, Sarah, Ruth and Arthur Confirmed |
| 1940 | Usher (Asher) Brecher is born in Grosswardein (Oradea) to Nachum Ze’ev and his first wife Minda, named for his grandfather R’ Asher (a memorial record) Confirmed |
| 10 Feb 1940 | Chaim Yehuda (Miksa) Brecher dies in Satu Mare, aged 52; his stone names his father, R’ Meir HaKohen Brecher Likely |
| Apr 1940 | Elias, Malka and Charles still at 1035 Tiffany Street, Bronx (1940 census) Confirmed |
| Apr 1940 | 1940 census: Eugene and Elizabeth Brecher at 305 East Mount Eden Avenue, Bronx; Lucy and Paul Friedman on Monroe Avenue with Paul’s parents Confirmed |
| Apr 1940 | Alex and Anna Brecher in the census in the Bronx; Alex sells textiles on his own account Confirmed |
| Apr 1940 | Leon and Fannie Brecher in Baltimore with their children; Leon keeps his own bar-restaurant at 1800 Orleans Street Confirmed |
| 16 Oct 1940 | Solomon Farkas registers for the draft in the Bronx, living with his mother Gizella at 888 Fox Street Confirmed |
| 20 Oct 1940 | Meir (Myron), son of Alex and Anne, is born. |
| 31 Oct 1940 | R’ Asher Brecher dies in Sighet (29 Tishrei 5701). |
| 1941 | R’ Yaakov Zeev Wolf Brecher HaKohen dies in Banila. |
| 1941 | Chana Itte Brecher née Knobler dies in Moghilev, Transnistria Likely |
| 1941 | R’ Yaakov Zeev Wolf Brecher HaKohen, Banila, 1941 — very probably among the Holocaust victims Likely |
| 18 Jun 1941 | Dr Avraham Ovadia (Gottesdiener), son of the dayan of Chyrów, dies in Jerusalem (23 Sivan 5701). |
| 1 Aug 1941 | Dr Avraham Ovadia’s essay series “Darkhei HaMusar BeYisrael” runs in Bamishor after his death, installments to 5 Sep 1941 Confirmed |
| 26 Aug 1941 | Mickey (Nicholas) Brecher marries Margaret Farkas at the Borough Hall, Bronx (licence no. 8896) Confirmed |
| 30 Oct 1941 | Todres (Theodor) Gottesdiener dies in Vienna |
| 1942–1945 | Nicholas Brecher serves in the United States Army. |
| 1942–43 | Rabbi Yaakov Zeev Wolf Brecher of Banila’s Pshuto shel Mikra printed in Marghita |
| 1942 | Reuven Mordechai Brecher, Meir’s brother, dies in Moghilev, Transnistria Likely |
| 1942 | Meilech (Emil) Gottesdiener, Holocaust victim, 16 Apr 1942 (French Ministry of Defence record) Likely |
| 1942 | Michael Goldberg, Holocaust victim, 1942, Bełżec Likely |
| 1942 | Elias Wahrsager registers for the draft at 1702 Clay Avenue, Bronx Confirmed |
| 1942 | Morris Farkas’s registration card names David Brecher of 1640 Topping Avenue as the person who will always know his address Confirmed |
| 1942 | Dr Avraham Ovadia’s selected writings, “Ketavim nivharim”, are published in Jerusalem in two volumes, the year after his death Confirmed |
| 1 Apr 1942 | Mickey (Nicholas) Brecher and Margaret Farkas marry a second time, in a religious ceremony in the Bronx performed by Rabbi Solomon Teitelbaum of 961 Simpson Street, on the same licence no. 8896, seven months after their civil wedding Confirmed |
| 26 Apr 1942 | Leon Brecher registers for the draft in Baltimore, running a liquor store of his own Confirmed |
| 8 Jun 1942 | Nicholas Brecher enlists in the U.S. Army |
| 30 Jul 1942 | Brecher Brothers, Inc. incorporated in New York County, 1220 Broadway |
| 5 Dec 1942 | Aaron Farkas, very probably the brother of Margaret Brecher’s father Morris, dies in Brooklyn; his death certificate names his parents Solomon Farkas and Goldie Fuchs Likely |
| 1943 | Chaja Lea (Unger) Goldberg, Holocaust victim, 5 Jan 1943, Lwów Likely |
| 26 Nov 1943 | Hersch Safern, the Wahrsagers’ Berlin neighbour, dies in the Bronx; buried at Mount Zion, Queens Confirmed |
| 1944 | Pesel Brecher and many of Asher’s children die. |
| 1944 | R’ Asher’s household — Pesel and the families of Freida, Yitzchak, Yosef, Simcha Eliezer and Tema, with Chaim Yehuda and Leah — perish at Auschwitz Confirmed |
| 1944 | R’ Asher’s family at Auschwitz: Pesel; Leah; Simcha Eliezer with his wife Devora née Josef (their baby of about six months perished in the ghetto); Yosef with his wife and their two children, both born in Grosswardein; Yitzchak and Frimet with their three children; Tema and Chaim Tabak with their four children, among them Motti; Freida and her family; Nachum Ze’ev’s first wife Minda and their children, among them Usher (memorial records, archive file 25052022_9244) Confirmed |
| Feb 1944 | Miriam (Langsner) Brecher is buried in the Bukaczowce society plot, Mount Zion, Queens Likely |
| 6 Feb 1944 | Miriam Brecher née Langsner dies a widow in Manhattan; her son Harry names her parents as Mordcha Langsner and Bela (death certificate) Confirmed |
| 16 Mar 1944 | Anne Eilender née Kwiat, first wife of Alex Eilender, dies. |
| Apr 1944 | Feige (Fagie) Rudich is buried beside Selig at United Hebrew Cemetery, Staten Island Likely |
| 22 May 1944 | Eugene (Jenő) Brecher takes the oath of allegiance and becomes an American citizen (certificate 5955119) Confirmed |
| 31 Jul 1944 | Brecher Bros. begin using the TOMMY TRAVELER mark for luggage Likely |
| 1945 | Chaim Leib Brecher (b. Sighet 1921), son of R’ Asher and Pesel, dies; his wife and their four children also perished (a memorial record, item 15040134) Confirmed |
| 1946 | Nachum Ze’ev Brecher sits on the Agudath Israel board in Oradea; his portrait is printed Likely |
| 1946 | David Brecher heads the list of the Sighet youth committee of Agudath Israel (Agudath Israel Romania report, 1946, p. 36) Likely |
| 10 Mar 1946 | Kallmann (Charles) Wahrsager marries Ruth Seltzer at 1440 Plimpton Avenue, Bronx; David Brecher signs as witness Confirmed |
| 8 Sep 1946 | Neve Ovadia at Kfar Etzion dedicated in memory of Dr Avraham Ovadia (Gottesdiener) Confirmed |
| Jul 1948 | Rose Eilender née Brecher is buried at Beth David Cemetery; her death certificate names her parents as Meyer Brecher and Frieda Froner Confirmed |
| 7 Jul 1948 | Rose Eilender née Brecher dies in Brooklyn. |
| Aug 1948 | Brecher Bros. launch their “four-in-one” nesting luggage set at the New York luggage show Likely |
| 14 Feb 1949 | Hugo Brecher sails from Hamburg on the SS Marine Tiger |
| 30 Nov 1949 | Brecher Bros. begin using the PICO mark for leather coats Likely |
| Apr 1950 | 1950 census: Leon and Fannie Brecher’s household in Baltimore (Confirmed); Harry and Mollie Brecher’s in the Bronx (Likely) |
| Apr 1950 | Elias and Malka at 1702 Clay Avenue, Bronx (1950 census) Confirmed |
| 7 May 1951 | A memorial notice for Dr Avraham Ovadia Gottesdiener in Netiva recalls his work for the Bnei Akiva and HaShomer HaDati youth movements and Torah va-Avodah Confirmed |
| 7 May 1951 | Netiva prints a memorial notice for Dr Avraham Ovadia (Gottesdiener), with his portrait (p. 18) Confirmed |
| 16 Aug 1951 | Eugene and Elizabeth Brecher and Lucy and Paul Friedman are welcomed as newcomers on Lenore Avenue, Monsey Confirmed |
| 1952 | Nicholas (Mickey) Brecher becomes president of Plus Marketing Likely |
| Jan 1953 | Brecher Bros., 708 Broadway, make the physician’s case for the Steraject kit Likely |
| Oct 1953 | Eugene Brecher is elected president of the Yeshiva of Spring Valley Confirmed |
| 1954 | R’ David HaKohen Brecher supports the printing of Shem Eliezer in New York, beside the Sigheter Rav Likely |
| Feb 1954 | David Brecher receives Beth Medrosh Elyon’s outstanding-citizen award in Monsey. |
| Oct 1954 | David and Eugene Brecher are on the board of directors of the Yeshiva of Spring Valley Confirmed |
| 11 Dec 1954 | Elias Wahrsager dies in the Bronx (17 Kislev 5715; an earlier reading of the stone gave December 1955) Confirmed |
| 26 Apr 1955 | Hugo Chaim Brecher, son of Markus, becomes a citizen in Brooklyn. |
| 3 Mar 1955 | David Brecher dies in Suffern, New York (9 Adar 5715). |
| 3 Mar 1955 | David Brecher buried at Beth Moses Cemetery, West Babylon: Section 2, Block 18, Row 6, Grave 18 |
| 19 Apr 1955 | Solomon Farkas, Margaret Brecher’s brother, dies at Albany, New York, aged 39 (state death index) Likely |
| 1958 | R’ Shimshon (Alex) HaKohen Brecher appears on a Monsey subscribers’ list — the family’s earliest dated Monsey record Likely |
| 23 Oct 1958 | Anne Brecher is president of the Yeshiva of Spring Valley PTA Confirmed |
| 26 Oct 1961 | Eugene (Yosef) Brecher dies (15 Cheshvan 5722). |
| 3 Sep 1962 | Harry Brecher dies, New York |
| 23 Sep 1962 | About this day: the Bais Yaakov High School of Spring Valley honours Esther Brecher at its fifth annual dinner; Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik speaks Confirmed (date Likely) |
| 25 Jun 1963 | Malka Wahrsager (née Unger) dies (3 Tammuz 5723). |
| 7 Mar 1967 | Mickey Brecher of Lawrence, N.Y., is granted his first U.S. patent, for a packaging and merchandising device Likely |
| 18 Jul 1967 | Lea Yetta Safern, very likely Malka’s “friend L. Saffern”, is buried at Mount Zion, Queens Confirmed |
| 1969 | Mickey registers his Brevoni brand for wallets and pocketbooks Likely |
| 30 Jul 1974 | Mickey’s second packaging patent is granted Likely |
| 1975 | Dr Avraham Ovadia’s life of the Maharal of Prague (first printed in Jerusalem 1937–38, Likely) is reprinted in Jerusalem as “ha-Maharal mi-Prag” Confirmed |
| 6 Feb 1976 | Charles B. Schwartz, Ida Brecher’s husband (born 16 Dec 1876), is buried — the date his memorial gives as the interment Likely |
| 27 Mar 1976 | Ida (Chaje) Schwartz née Brecher dies |
| 9 Dec 1978 | Yitzchak (Isak) Brecher dies “in his 84th year”; buried at Holon Likely |
| 1 Nov 1980 | Esther Brecher dies in Florida (22 Cheshvan 5741). |
| 8 Apr 1983 | Paul Friedman dies in Dade County, Florida Confirmed |
| 19 Sep 1983 | Alex (Shimshon) Brecher dies (12 Tishrei 5744). |
| Dec 1983 | Mickey founds Marketing Systems of America in West Palm Beach Likely |
| 31 May 1984 | Fanny (Gensler) Brecher, Leon’s wife, dies in Baltimore Likely |
| 21 Dec 1984 | Lucy (Ilona) Friedman née Brecher dies in Dade County, Florida Confirmed |
| 22 Dec 1984 | Lucy Friedman née Brecher dies. |
| 25 Jul 1986 | Hannah Brecher Rudman dies Confirmed |
| 10 Oct 1988 | Leon Brecher dies, Baltimore |
| 22 Apr 1993 | Devorah (Dora) Brecher née Haber, Isak’s wife, dies; buried at Holon Likely |
| 23 Jan 1997 | Anne (Chana Pessel) Brecher dies (15 Shevat 5757). |
| 2001 | Mossad HaRav Kook, Jerusalem, publishes Dr Avraham Ovadia’s life of the Maharal of Prague, “ha-Ari shebe-hakhme Prag” (269 pp.) Confirmed |
| 26 Dec 2003 | Albert Rudman, Hannah’s husband, dies Confirmed |
| 1 Oct 2010 | Chaim Shaul Schondorf, husband of Freidy Brecher, dies (23 Tishrei 5771). |
| 18 Oct 2010 | Nicholas (Mickey) Brecher records his Veterans History Project interview, Surfside, Florida |
| 11 Nov 2010 | CBS Miami reports on Mickey’s war diary, his Purple Heart and Bronze Star Confirmed |
| 13 Dec 2011 | Yehuda Aryeh Brecher dies; he is buried on Har HaMenuchot, Jerusalem. |
| 14 Feb 2012 | Max Isaac Brecher dies in Baltimore Confirmed |
| 31 May 2013 | Laura Alma Brecher née Lyman, Arthur’s wife, dies; buried at Toledo Hebrew Cemetery Likely |
| 12 Aug 2013 | Gabriella Rothenberg née Farkas dies at Monsey, New York, aged 99 Likely |
| 18 Oct 2014 | Nicholas Brecher dies. |
| 5/6 Jan 2020 | Meir Brecher dies (9 Tevet 5780). |
| 14 Jan 2020 | Margaret Brecher’s graveside service at Lakeside Memorial Park, Miami Confirmed |
| 11 Feb 2021 | Arthur S. Brecher, chemistry professor at Bowling Green, dies; buried at Toledo Hebrew Cemetery beside his wife Laura Confirmed |