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Barnett (Berko, Dov Ber) Lifschitz  1858 - 1910

• Birth	Abt 1858	possibly Lithuania
  Sex	Male
  Died	Between 1910 and 1920	Bayonne, Hudson Co., NJ
  Person ID	I4436
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2007
  Father	Living
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet
  Family	Mary (Merka) Gorlin, b. Abt 1858, possibly Lithuania
  Married	Abt 1880	Russia
  Children	1. Ida (Tobe) Lifschitz\Lipton, b. 16 Aug 1883, possibly Lithuania   2. Anna "Annie" (Chave) Lifschitz, b. 5 Jun 1884, possibly Lithuania   3. Louis (Herschal Lifschitz) Lipton, b. 27 Aug 1890, Berdyansk, Ukraine   4. Eva (Reva Leah) Lifschitz, b. 15 Nov 1893, Berdyansk, Ukraine   5. Sally (Sarah) Lifschitz, b. 1897, Berdyansk, Ukraine   6. Roseka (Rosa) Lifschitz, b. Abt 1899, Berdyansk, Ukraine   7. Morris (Moische Lifschitz) Lipton, b. 23 Aug 1900, Berdyansk, Ukraine
  Photos		Lifschitz Family - 1895, Berdyansk, Russia Photograph taken about 1895 probably in Berdiansk, Ukraine (Berdyansk, Russia at that time). Left to right are: Merka (Mary) Gorlin Lifschitz, holding daughter Eva (Reva Leah - b. 15 Nov 1893). Standing with the book is Ida (Tobe) Lifschitz, b. 16 Aug 1883 (who married Sam Levine). Sitting is Herschal Lifschitz (later Louis Lipton), b. 27 Aug 1890 (who married Esther Hugo). Next to him is the father, Barnett Lifschitz (Berko in Russian, Dov Ber in Hebrew). Then Anna (Chave) Lifschitz, b. 5 Jun 1884 (who married Harry Lipkind)
  Documents		Ship Manifest - Vaderland Left Antwerp 2 Aug 1902 Arrived New York 11 Aug 1902
  		Ship Manifest - Phoenicia Left Hamburg 2 Mar 1902 Arrived New York 17 Mar 1902
  Notes	Married: According to Arnold Lipkind, Annie's (Chave's) grandson, the family was originally from "European Russia" and were uprooted and relocated to the Sea of Azov (in the Ukraine) when she was a girl. Louis (Herschal) states on his WWI draft registration that he was born in Berdyansk. It sounds like in the late 1880's they may have been relocated from Lithuania to the Ukraine when Russia was establishing the "agricultural colonies" in that area. Also, some the Lifschitz children married Lithuanian Jews. (note: transcriptions from Ellis Island passenger records are full of errors on names and locations. The "last residence" for the records below is present day Berdyansk, Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov) Ellis Island Passenger Records 17 Mar 1902, ship Phoenicia from Hamburg, page 257, manifest line 20 Lifschitz, Berko M 43y M Russian Hebrew Berdjanck Lifschitz, Tobe F 19y S Russian Hebrew Berdjanck Lifschitz, Chave F 17y S Russian Hebrew Berdjanck Berko's occupation Tailor passage paid by brother - (looks like) Lisset (Lumel) Lifschitz 7 Cottage St, Bayonne, NJ Ellis Island Passenger Records 2 Aug 1902, ship Vaderland from Antwerp, page 567, manifest line 16 Lifschitz, Merke F 45 M Russian Hebr Jarg Berzionsky Lifschitz, Herschal M 10 S Russian Hebr Jarg Berzionsky Lifschitz, Lea F 8 S Russian Hebr Jarg Berzionsky Lifschitz, Sara F 6 S Russian Hebr Jarg Berzionsky Lifschitz, Rosebke F 3 S Russian Hebr Jarg Berzionsky Lifschitz, Moische M 11m S Russian Hebr Jarg Berzionsky Merke had $25 passage paid by husband/father - Berl Lifschitz 489 Avenue C, Bayonne, NJ pictures of the Vaderland http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/RedStar.html#anchor369454 1910 US Census, Bayonne, Hudson Co., NJ - 28 Apr 1920 Street - Broadway Barnett Lipshitz, Head, 50, married 30 years, Tailor, owns shop Mary Lipshitz, wife, 50, married 30 years Louis Lipshitz, son, 20, no occupation Eva Lipshitz, daughter, 16, operator in waist factory Sarah Lipshitz, daughter, 14 Rosie Lipshitz, daughter, 12 Morris Lipshitz, son, 10 lived in same house on Broadway with Harry and Annie Lipkind (Annie was Barnett and Mary Lifschitz' daughter) 1920 US Census, 4th Ward, Bayonne, Hudson Co., NJ - 21 Jan 1920 Mary Lipshitz, widow, 62, immigrated 1903, Russia / Jewish, Alien, can't read/write or speak English, no occupation Eva Lipshitz, daughter, single, 25, immigrated 1903, Russia / Jewish, Naturalized, can read/write and speak English, dressmaker in sewing factory Rosa Lipshitz, daughter, single, 22, immigrated 1903, Russia / Jewish, Naturalized, can read/write and speak English, bookkeeper in a store Mauris Lipshitz, son, single, 19, immigrated 1903, Russia / Jewish, Alien, can read/write and speak English, no occupation
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2009
  Family ID	F107	Group Sheet

• Photos		Berko (Barnett) Lifschitz

• Notes	Barnett's Jewish name was "Dov Ber" - it was common for the Eastern European Yiddish speaking Jews to give bi-lingual names. Dov means "bear" in Hebrew and Ber means "bear" in Yiddish. In everyday usage he went by "Berko" which is the Yiddish Ber with the diminutive suffix "ko" added to form a nickname. He became "Barnett" upon Anglicizing his name in America.