My brick walls are:
SCHWEISS, Harry->Poland or Germany
(?)>Liverpool, Eng>NY
b 12-15-1892
arrived NY bet 1907-1916 (name misspelled
by immigration as SWISS)
married 2x
and has 2 children, (1 from each) Lorriane
& Thelma. He is listed in the SSDI as Harry POMPER
GRESS, Henrietta (Harriet)>NY
b 09-05-1901 - 8 siblings married 3x,
(Finkelstein in 1918 son Harold b 1/16/19,/ Reitman in 1924? sons twins Gerald & Keith, & Evans/ Swiss (Schweiss) in 1938 daughter Lorraine b8-24-39)
Her parents were supposedly from Russia
Father Abraham mother possibly named Kate
Her mother died and father remarried--> all the children from 1st marriage;
siblings
are:
Anna, Sara, Moe, Nate, Rose, Maxi,
Minerva, Ida
LEE, Bernard b 04-17-1917 in Balt, Md
parents Wilbur Brown & Palestine Lee (illegitimate birth as listed on the original birth certificate) Both parents listed as Black but it is known that Palestine was Chinese.
Can't find any info on either.
I am stalled in my research of my direct
line but wont give up.
Anyone who can help or who has a connection
please e-mail me directly with surname in
subject area to:
ISTACEYLEE@aol.com