Sherlock Continues Searching for Leber/Laber Clues

 As I mentioned previously, I continually look for more information on the Leber family. I have found out a lot of new information on my great-grandmother Ida Leber Steuer’s family recently. I still have many questions ‘though.  Morris Leber was born ca 1888 in Tarnów, Galicia. I know he emigrated in1885. In he worked in a stationary store and lived with his brother William, as did their sister Sarah. I don’t know if Morris or Sarah ever married or if either of them had any children. William Laber and his family lived at 734 E Fifth Street, Manhattan Borough, New York City, New York, USA in 1910.  William moved to Yorktown Heights and opened Laber's Dept Store, ca 1915.  In May 1948, Laber Dept Store had a going out of business sale. 

LABER'S Department Store

Does anyone know anything about Morris or Sarah Leber (or Laber)?  

Leber - (pronounced Leiber), Yiddish, meaning "beloved".

Blema Leber married her first cousin, Max Krantz, 20 Mar 1900 in Manhattan.  His parents were Osias Kranz and Annie Leber. I definitely would love to uncover more information on Max, his parents and most definitely information on Annie Leber. I also found out that Annie and Yechiel Mechel (Max) Leber’s parents’ names were Henoch Leber and Cywie (Celia) Rosenblatt.  I would like to know if they had other children.

Blema "Bertha" & Max Krantz with Willie & Jenny Laber (L to R)

I found the 1888 Hamburg passenger list for Mechel "Max" Leber. Mechel lived in Rzepienik, Galicia, Austria before setting sail from Hamburg o 27 Apr 1888. He arrived at the port of New York City, New York on the German ship SS Hungaria. He traveled in steerage. He was a trader/dealer in Rzepienik.

More sagas of Sherlock the genealogist to come.

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My Cantor-Kaufman Family

 

After many years of not giving up, I was contacted by a cousin from great-grandma Sarah Kaufman’s family. The only cousins I have connected with have all come from great-grandma Sarah’s brother Samuel’s line. Samuel and his family moved to Fall River, Massachusetts about 6 months after their third child, Moshe Kapil Kaufman, was born.

Sarah Kaufman Kushner 

I was given a lot of information from Cousin Ruth (Gamson, z”l) many, many years ago via regular letters. She had told me that Beverly Gamson Melanson had the family recipes, but didn’t know where they ended up after her death. I still haven’t found out where the recipes ended up.

 

The cousin that contacted me is the granddaughter of Dora Kaufman Garonsky. She had asked me about her father’s side of the family, which I have tried to get her more information - I did already have information on his family, but I still haven’t been able to answer her question as to why they changed the family name from Shapiro to Superior.

 Dora Kaufman Garonsky

Since we have been communicating, I have gotten some family photos of her family. Wedding photos are always great, a start of a new union and the year is known and when there are group wedding photos, you get to see the extended family. I got two photos of Estelle Garonsky Superior, one was take after their marriage, so it is both Estelle and Richard.

 

I also got a nice photo of Estelle’s brother, Jordan Garonsky, later known as JayGaron, who was the literary agent for John Grisham. I previously only had a photo from the newspaper.

 Jay Garon on the right 

I was given a bit more information on Estelle, Richard and Dora. The best thing for me was getting Dora’s cookie recipe. I did know she kept a kosher home and this recipe had interesting liquid in this recipe, which keeps these cookies parve– cherry juice! The recipe seems to be a nice twist on a sugar cookie with cinnamon and sugar, along with cut cherries on cookie tops. I hope I will be up to being in the kitchen and baking soon so I can try this recipe!

 

I am still hoping I can find descendants of Max Kaufman Cantor. I only know he had a daughter named Gertrude Cantor. Max changed his surname back to the family’s original surname of Cantor after he immigrated to New York. My mom told me that she remembered that Cantor cousins visited them in Florida, but she didn’t remember their names or how exactly they were cousins. I was able to tell her the relationship to the Cantor family, but still haven’t found out who visited her and her family. I also still looking for descendants of Rose Kaufman Forman. I do know their other sister, Fanny Kaufman Cooperman never had any children.