First Generation  

1. Benjamin LAFSKY-[2557] died about 1935 in New York, New York Co., NY. Other names for Benjamin were Boruch KISCHILEWSKY, and Baruch KISIELEWSKI.¹

General Notes: He worked in the garment industry, having trained as a tailor, according to Nat Lefsky.

Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the Fourteenth census on 14 Jan 1920 in New York, New York Co., NY. ²

• He immigrated aboard the SS President Lincoln, arriving from Hamburg, Germany on 12 Nov 1912 to New York, New York Co., NY. ³

Benjamin married Leah SELSKY-[2558] [MRIN: 55], daughter of [Unknown] SELSKY-[2715] and Unknown. Leah died about 1935 in New York, New York Co., NY.

Noted events in her life were:

• She immigrated aboard the SS President Lincoln, arriving from Hamburg on 12 Nov 1912 to New York, New York Co., NY. ⁴

Children from this marriage were:

+ 2 M    i. Nathan-Follick LEFSKY-[2569] died about 1935 in New York, New York Co., NY.

+ 3 M    ii. Phillip LEFSKY

+ 4 M    iii. Abraham LEFSKY

+ 5 M    iv. Samuel LEFSKY-[60] was born on 25 Dec 1891 in Ukraine, , , Russia and died in Aug 1973 in New York, New York Co., NY at age 81.

+ 6 M    v. Harry "Dutch" LEFSKY

+ 7 M    vi. Sidney LEFSKY

1. National Archives, Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York (June 16, 1897 - December 31, 1942, Micropublication T715, Roll ___, Washington, DC.), The Southwark, arrived 7/25/1899 from Antwerp, p. 9, line 11.

2. Ancestry.com, Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920; Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Online images of census pages, Ancestry.com), Supervisor district 2, Enumeration District 123, Image #621, Roll T625_1134, line 22.

3. National Archives, Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York (June 16, 1897 - December 31, 1942, Micropublication T715, Roll ___, Washington, DC. Manifest for SS President Lincoln, arrived from Hamburg 11/12/1912; List J, pages 1140 and 1139 (images reversed)
), Line 3.

4. Ibid, Line 4.

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