M. ZAKON

D. married Doris BASS. Doris (daughter of William Benjamin (BASHKOVITZ) BASS and Linka (Lillian Ida) NEMZOFF) was born on 7 Oct 1921; died on 6 Mar 1997. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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According to Ship Passenger list, was going to his sister, Sore Basukewitz, at 1200 39th Street, NYC. He was listed as 5' 7", fair complexion, black hair and brown eyes. He had $25 in his pocket. His occupation is listed, but is too messy to tell what it says. He was able to read and write, and had left his father, Yankel Basukewitz in his hometown of Olkenici. The ship left Hamburg May 8th, 1914.

According to Irving Bass, the true surname is unkown. William Bass' father was a friend of the mayor. To protect his children, he gave them the mayor's surname which may have been Bashukovitz, Bashukevitz or something similar. William Benjamin had his name legally shortened to Bass when Irving was in about 2nd grade or so.

William married Linka (Lillian Ida) NEMZOFF on 28 May 1918 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. Linka (daughter of Samuel NEMZOW and Zelde (Jennie) LEAVITT OR LEBITSKY) was born on 17 Sep 1898 in Krolevets, Chernihiv, Ukraine; died on 14 Jan 1957 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Hebrew name was Chaye Liuba or Lyuba.
ALIA: PLAC Yiddish

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Was friends with the mayor of the town. To protect his children, he took the surname of the mayor which may have been Bashukovitz, Bashukevitz or something similar. Do not know the original surname.

Chaim married Musya SUSTIN. Musya (daughter of Iankel SHMUILA) was born about 1865; died in 1941-1945. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Nemzoff family (it was spelled Nemzow in Ukraine, but pronounced and therefore spelled as Nemzoff in America) was from a town pronounced Kralyevitz (actual spelling unkown) that was in the province of "Chenigeve", which is probably Chernigov, in the Ukraine, approximately 60 miles or so from Kiev. It was reportedly burned to the ground during WW2 so no longer exists. However, there are numerous towns in that area, in that province, that are spelled Krasnosil's'ke, Krasnoyil's'k, Kraslyani, Kraskivs'ke, Krasilivka, and Krasilivka. All of those have a little similarity to the pronunciation of Kralyevitz. As of 8/6/03, have been unable to find Kralyevitz on any previous WW2 maps. According to ship manifest from Zelda and children's arrival, it says they were from Krabnitz. But they boarded the ship in England, so probably the person taking their information did not understand their language and guessed at the spelling of their town name.

Never did find Samual Nemzow's arrival to the US. According to Herbert, his Hebrew and/or yiddish name was Chaim Shmaryohu, or Chaim Shmeryl. Will wait for the Naturalization papers to come to see what information that might have. As of 8/6/03 awaiting the microfilm that has index to Naturalizations for Boston.

Samuel married Zelde (Jennie) LEAVITT OR LEBITSKY. Zelde was born about 1877; died on 18 Jul 1945; was buried in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Immigrated to America on June 30, 1906. Traveled with her children Lillian, Samual, Rose and Alice. They were listed with their Hebrew names, Salman, Rosa, Elke and Limba (not spelled correctly). The ship departed Liverpool on June 23, 1906. Zelda had $18 with her, their tickets were paid for by her husband, and they were going to meet him, Mr. S. Nemzow is how he is listed, no address given. There is a line drawn through each of their names, which sometimes indicates that they were not admitted to the US on that trip, or they did not show up at the Port of Departure at all. However, they were not found anywhere else in the Ellis Island database so this may or may not be their final trip to the United States.