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The Pittsburgh
Zeligmans
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Simon Zeligman landed in Philadelphia in 1901 on
his way to Pittsburgh. His wife, Shana Miriam,
sailed to Baltimore four years later. Simon was
listed on the ship 's manifest as a locksmith,
but after his arrival found work as a plumber,
and eventually as a tinsmith.
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 illel
Seligman (1839-?), a great-grandson of
Yankel, never left Byelorussia. But
the four children he had with his
wife, Pesha Isakov (1839-?), all made
their way to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which was something of a haven for people from Shchedrin.For
many years, Pittsburgh had a Shchedrinner society
that got together for annual reunions. As far as
Hillel's children are concerned:
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 Simon
(ca. 1868-1941) married Shana Miriam Plotkin
(1866-1935) in Shchedrin. She bore him six
children before he emigrated in 1901, and a
seventh after the family joined him in 1905. |
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Ida
(ca. 1875-?) married Jacob Weiss in Russia
and had one daughter who emigrated to
Pittsburgh in 1913. |
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Julia
(ca. 1879-1959), or Zlata,
married Louis (Leiser) Kitman in Russia; the
first two of their five children were born
there. |
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Helen,
(1884-1975), the youngest, married Jacob
Rosenbaum and had three children, all in
Pennsylvania. |
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