Smith (Smolsky)

Yale Smolsky (Smolski) born in Koidanov, Russia in 1820 (d. 1863) and married Rebecca (Smolsky/i, can’t find her maiden name) in Russia. They had one child Isidore Isaac Smolsky/Smolski (spelling of Smolski is interchangeable).

Isidore Isaac Smolsky (Smolski) born 1842 in Koidanov, Russia and married Sarah Tirtza Schmitt (b. 1853) in Koidanov, Russia. The two of them immigrated to the United States with their children and the two died in New York City, Isidore in 1914 and Sarah in 1917. They had six children born in Koidanov and Minsk, Russia: Dvorah (Smolski) Smith (b.1884) (Dora, her American name, and Merein her married name to Yitzak Merein in New York City, New York, USA. He was b. 1876 in Chabunastad, Russia.)   Sam (Smolski) Smith (b. 1880, d. 1971), Peter (Smolski) Smith born 1890 in Minsk, Russia, Morris N (Smolski) Smith, Hyman and Rebecca (Golda Riva) born 1877. Their Russian Papers were in Cyrillic and other papers in Hebrew, all of them including the children, had their last names changed to Smith either at Ellis Island or when they went through the UK to take a ship to the United States Of America. The phonetic pronunciation of Schmitt sounds closer to Smith than Smolski to me but they all used their Russian Hebrew names at their Synagogue in New York City, because more than just them immigrated from Russia and they had friends come over at the same time. The Synagogues had a directory for Hebrew names and addresses of members so they could find each other when they got settled.

 

 

Peter Smith (Smolsky) 1890 –  married, in New York, NY, Eva Susnitsky born 1893 in Brenham, Texas. They had one child Grace Sarah born in 1925.  Letter to Grace PeterSmith 2

 

 

 

 

 

Grace Sarah Smith married Leonard Cluck born in 1923. They were married at the Waldorf Astoria in New York, NY on July 8, 1945. They had four children; Peter Smith, Kenneth Alan, Laurie Ann, and William Joseph. Grace married Morton Dropkin in 1978 in Teaneck, NJ.