Reply-To: "David Simon Bendory" From: "David Simon Bendory" To: "Romania SIG" , "Hungarian SIG" Subject: Re: No words to describe Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 20:03:55 -0400 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Many of you responded to my earlier message regarding my great-grandmother's siddur, locked in my desk at One Liberty Plaza. One Liberty Plaza has at least partially collapsed now. The part remaining standing is teetering. I have little hope of ever recovering the siddur. Thank you all for your kind words at this time. If you are interested in seeing the siddur, the inside cover can be viewed here: http://members.home.net/dbendory/siddur/cover.jpg I previously scanned about 20 pages of the siddur, which I may have privately republished. If you are interested in following this project, please contact me privately. If there is sufficient interest, perhaps I will publish it as a fund raiser for JewishGen.org. David "David Simon Bendory" wrote in message news:Z4An7.4902$tL2.397510@news1.rdc1.nj.home.com... > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > To post a message to this mailing list please > address it to jewishgen@lyris.jewishgen.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Encylopedia of Jewish Life - available for shipping > WORLDWIDE > http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgenmall > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > I work across the street from the World Trade Center in One Liberty > Plaza. My office windows were blown in by the blast when the southern > tower collapsed. Thank God I was already on my way home. > > Thank God I made it home safely today, without a scratch. I will be > bensching gomel in shul on Thursday. > > Locked in my desk sits my great-grandmother's siddur, published in > Vienna in 1878. I had an appointment to meet with a book conservator > tomorrow to have it properly preserved. Inside the cover, my GGM, then > my GM, listed the births, marriages, and deaths in our family from the > death of my GGGM and GGGF in 1893 through the marriage of Uncle Charlie > in 1932. The text is below. > > This siddur survived pogroms in Hungary, the journey to America, and > 3 generations. I won't know if it survived today's tragedy until I > can get back into my office, and I don't know when that will be. > Thank God I have a scan of the writing inside the cover. > > My unforgettable blessed late Mother died on May 4, 1895. > Father - January 3. > My unforgettable blessed Mother died on May 16, 1893. > My unforgettable blessed Father died on July 18, 1893. > Married on August 17, 1901. > My dear daughter Fanni was born on May 2, 1902. > My dear Filip was born on January 2, 1905. > My dear Karl Moritz was born on February 9, 1906. > My dear daughter Teresine was born on March 3, 1908. Harrison > Tess > My dear daughter Rose was born on August 7, 1910. Harrison > My dear son Leopold was born on March 9, 1914. > My dear daughter Bertha was born on September 7. > Fanny got married on August 21, 1926. > Katherin was born on June 6, 1927. > Elaine was born on November 11, 1930. > My dear husband died on December 28, 1931. > Tessi got married on April 30, 1932. > Cha... got married on June 12, 1932. > > Please say a prayer for peace. > > David Simon Bendory > Livingston, NJ > david90@alumni.princeton.edu > Looking for Hungarian KOHN, POPPER, BRAUCH, HECHT in Resita, Timisoara, > Anina > Looking for Romanian SCHWARTZ or SIEGAL, VACSMAN in Botosani or Braila, > Romania > Looking for Romanian HARR near Bucharest, Romania > Looking for SIMON and GOETZ from Germany > http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/i/m/David-E-Simon/index.html > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Pledge your support or make a gift to JewishGen today > YOU make it all happen! > http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen-erosity/ > > JewishGen is a public service 501(c)3 institution > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > mailto:david90@alumni.princeton.edu > --- >