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| Are you interested in the history of the Pokross family? Do you want to be informed about upcoming events? You are in the right place. WHO ARE WE? Let's be more specific about our Pokross family. The members of this family are all descended from Meyer Pokross, who was from Gorodishche which is in the Cherkassy district(and was in the Kiev Gubernia when our mishpacha immigrated) of the Ukraine. We don't know enough about Meyer's wife to know about our relatives on her side. We know about three children of Meyer. It is likely that Meyer had siblings, and that he had more children than the three we know about. From oldest to youngest the known children of Meyer are Penny, Louis(Lemel), and a sister, Friedal. David Pokross states that his father Israel arrived in Fall River to join others immigrants from Gorodishche in 1893, and subsequently brought over his parents, Penny and Jennie, and his siblings, Moses, Jacob, and Bertha. What did they look like? Here are some pictures. FALL RIVER, NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, FLORIDA All three family branches appear to have passed through Fall River, Massachusetts although none of the family live in Fall River now. Our sojourn in Fall River resulted in a Pokross St., and numerous burials in the Jewish cemetery. Most descendants of Penny and Jennie stayed near Fall River and are still in Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Most members of the other two branches left Fall River very early, and settled in the New York City, Northern New Jersey area, and are now mostly in New Jersey. Some members of each branch are in South Florida, which now has one of the largest American Jewish communities. Although some Floridians are snowbirds, others have settled there at a much younger age. All the information you are reading is subject to change as we learn more.the discussion of our family continues... Aaron Israel Ginsburg Novvember 22, 2006 Sharon, Massachusetts Although I take full responsibility for these pages, David Guss has kept me on track and helped me get the facts straight. And it doesn't hurt to have a professor as a proof reader. In addition to David, Arthur Abramson, a retired professsor of linguistics, was helpful, as was Sidney Swidler, a retired architect. If there was a charge for every spelling mistake, it would amount to a lot of kopeks. AG |
