Scher, Rayman, and Brumer Family Trees

Szer Family Tree

The Szer family came from Strykow, Poland. Most of this information is courtesy of the Jewish Records Indexing - Poland project. 

A simplified Scher family tree. Click to enlarge. 

Aron Jakob Szer (c.1764-1836) the tailor 

First, Aron married Raca Uszerowna (c.1754-1814). Their children included: 

• 1) Fayga Szer (c.1793) married Abram Benkiel (c.1775) the tailor

Their children included: Zysa Benkiel (1811), Faytka Benkiel (c.1811), Ester Benkiel (c.1818-1888), Frumeta Benkiel (1821), Fiszel Benkiel (1823-1824), Raca Benkiel (1823-1824), Uszer Benkiel (1825-1894?), Wolek Benkiel (1828-1874?).

a.) Faytka Benkiel (c.1811) the tailor married Glika Naparsztek (c.1824-1875?) in 1842 in Strykow.
Their children included: Sura Malka Benkiel (c.1844-1857), Aron Benkiel (1846-1849), Fewel Benkiel (1849) who married Sura Blatman in 1870, Gitla Benkiel (1851), Abram Mosiek Benkiel (1857-1859), Majer Benkiel (1859-1863), Nuchym Benkiel (1865).

b.) Ester Benkiel (c.1818-1888) married Mordka Fryc-Helman (c.1807-1871), they lived in Lodz, and their children included: Frymet Helman (1851), Michail Helman (1852-1916) who married twice and had children with both wives, and Rojza Helman (1855)

c.) Uszer Benkiel (1825-1894?) the tailor
He first married Rayzla Milich (c.1824-1851) in 1844 in Strykow. They had one son, Uryn Benkiel (1849), who married Mindla Szerla Glucha (c.1846) in 1869 in Strykow.
Then, Uszer married Ruchla Katz and their children included: Abram Moszek Benkiel (1853), Sura Frymeta Benkiel (1856), Nachman Benkiel (1856-1857), Chaim Benkiel (1858), Rafal Benkiel (1860-1863), Fojwel Benkiel (1862), Nuchym Benkiel (1864).

d.) Wolek Benkiel (1828-1874?) the tailor married Brayna Lustro (c.1824-1890?) in 1846 in Strykow.
Their children included: Henoch Benkiel (1847), Sura Benkiel (1850-1851), Alte Benkiel (c.1859-1860), Fiszel Josek Benkiel (1860), Mojsie Nuchem Benkiel (1863-1864), Chaja Bina Benkiel (1865).

• 2) Abram Szer (c.1798-1877) the tailor 

First, Abram married Laia Lewek (c.1798-1843)

Their children included: Jakob Szer (1823-1827), Moszek Szer (1823) the tailor, Fiszel Szer (c.1825) the tailor, Hersz Szer (1828-1829), Raca Kujawski (c.1830), Sura Jta Kaminski (c.1839)
Second, Abram married the young widow Laia Rayman (1813) in 1843 in Strykow. 

Their children included: Szmul Michail Szer (1846-1880) the tailor, Aron Szer (c.1847-1850).

a.) Moszek Szer (1823) the tailor married Rywka Hosszpigel (c.1825-1849) in 1843 in Strykow and they had at least one son: Laib Manel Szer (1844-1848),

b.) Fiszel Szer (c.1825) the tailor married Toba Ruchla Bliboym (c.1824) in 1844 in Strykow.
Their children included: Laia Klajman (1846), Wigdor Lajb Szer (1853-1856), Chaia Sura Szer (1853-1854), Hersz Layb Szer (1855-1857), Kalma Szer (1856-1857), Jsrael Szer (1861-1864), Frajda Szer (1861-1862), and Liba Szer (d.1867).

c.) Raca Szer (c.1830) married the tailor Jakob Kujawski (c.1834) in 1853 in Strykow.
Their children included: Hersz Lajb Kujawski (1855-1857), Szmul Kujawski (1859), Aron Kujawski (1860), Szlama Kujawski (1862), and Abram Kujawski (1864-1865).

d.) Sura Jta Szer (c.1839) married the shoemaker Abram Josef Kaminski in 1861 in Strykow.

e.) Szmul Michal Szer (1846-1880) married Hana Brumer (1844-1923) in 1866 in Glowno.
They had four children, who all immigrated to the United States.
- Morris [Mosiek Lajb] Scher (1867-1943) immigrated around 1891, shortly after marrying Esther Kaltz in Zgierz, Poland.  Morris and Esther had five children and settled in Paterson, NJ.
- Dina Gela Feitlowitz (1871-1936) married Gershon Feitlowitz in Lodz, Poland in 1894. Gershon immigrated in 1900 and Dina immigrated in 1903. They had seven children and settled in Paterson, NJ.
- Fannie [Feige] Davis (c.1876-1956) immigrated in 1893, and then married Paul Davis, a fellow resident of Manhattan's Lower East Side, in 1896. They had seven children and eventually settled in Spokane, WA.
- Abraham Scher (1881-1949) immigrated in 1903 and married Regina Epstein, his neighbor on Avenue D in Manhattan, in 1910. They had two children and lived in the Bronx and then White Plains, NY.
See information on Szmul & Hana Szer's descendants, the Scher, Feitlowitz, and Davis families. 

• 3) Szyia Szer (c.1803-1809)

Second, Aron married Toba Aidel Lisinski (c.1784), the widow of the furrier Hersz Fraimand, in 1814 in Strykow. Their children included: 

• 1) Jankiew Szer (1815)

• 2. Szymsia Szer (c.1816) the tailor married Malka Lejzer (c.1815-1847) and their children included:

a) Chana Szer (1840) who married Wolek Naparsztek (c.1830) in 1862 in Strykow. Their children included: Estera Malka Naparsztek (1863), Gitla Laja Naparsztek (1864-1867).
b) Aron Szer (1842-1846)
c) Gitkind Szer (1844-1847)

Rayman Family Tree

The Rayman family came from Strykow, Poland. Most of this information is courtesy of the Jewish Records Indexing - Poland project. 

Moszek Szmul Rayman (c.1783-1855) the tailor married Chana Haskiel/Michal (c.1777-1847). Their children included: 

• 1) Laia Rayman (c.1813)
She first married Mendel Tusz (c.1814) in 1837 in Strykow.
Then, widowed, she married the tailor Abram Szer (c.1798-1877) in 1843 in Strykow. 

Their children included: the tailor Szmul Michail Szer (1846-1880), who was mentioned above, and Aron Szer (c.1847-1850).

• 2) Szmul Rayman (1814) was at various times a tailor, hawker, or dealer.
He married Perla Tryper (c.1817) in 1837 in Strykow and their children included:

a) Chaia Rayman (1840) who married Mendel Miedzinski (c.1835) and their children included: Mosiek Majer Miedzinski (1861-1864), Symela Miedzinski (1862), Abram and Chaja Miedzinski (1865).

b) Pessa Rayman (c.1842-1851)
c) Sura Toba Rayman (1845)
d) Abram Rayman (1848), who married Chaja Gitla, had at least one daughter, Chana Ester Rayman (1869).

• 3) Gela Rayman (c.1824-1862) who married Leyser Sender (1824) the tanner in 1844 in Strykow.
Their children included: Mortke Sender (1845), Hana Sender (1848-1848), Michal Leyb Sender (1849-1850), Pinkus Dawid (1853-1862), Moisek (1856), Chaim (1862). 

• 4) Josef Michal Rayman (1826)

• 5) Mordka Rayman (1829-1859)

Brumer Family Tree

The Brumer and Gundalia families came from Glowno, Poland. A simplified Brumer family tree is below. Click to enlarge. 

The last names are probably patronymic, as Brumer may be derived from "Abraham" and Gundalia may be in reference to Gindelia Lewkowicz (c.1756), a Glowno-born man who had a daughter named Golda Gindeliwiczowna (c.1793). 

Szaia and Golda had a daughter, Fayga Szaiów (c.1784-1831),
who married Abram Brumer (c.1770-1847) and their children included:

1) Dwayrel Brumer (1802), who married Litman Herszkowicz in 1822 in Glowno.
2) Szajwe Brumer (1804), who married Uszer Grynbaum in 1825 in Glowno.
3) Szaia Brumer (c.1805), whose family continues below.
4) Malka Brumer (1810)
5) Falek Brumer (1812), who married Malki Krala in 1837 in Glowno.
6) Ester Brumer (1814)
7) Herszek Jankiel Brumer (1816-1820)
8) Josek Brumer (1819)
9) Haje Szura Brumer (1821), who married Iciek Olsztein in 1840 in Glowno.
10) Eyzyk Brumer (1827)
 

Gindalia Frum (c.1756-1819) and Hana Bendkowska (born c.1770?; died between 1829-1844)  mentioned above, had several children who used a variation of the patronym "Gindalia" as a surname:

1) Dwayret Gindalia (born c.1788), who married Enzel Hasse in 1813 in Głowno.

2) Iciek Gendalia (born c.1789), who married Ryfka Sugacz in 1814 in Stryków.

3) (possibly) Golda Gindelaiowicz (born c.1793), who married Izrael Szliten (aka Izrael Jakubowicz) in 1816 in Głowno. Golda's father is named "Gindalia Lewkowicz" on her marriage record, which could mean that Gindalia Frum's father was named Lewek.

4) Sura Giendal (died 1815 in Głowno)

5) Dyna Gindalia (born c.1809)

Szaia Brumer (c.1805) and Dyna Gindalia (c.1809) married in 1829 in Glowno, and their children included:

1) Szlama Brumer (1831), who married Baila Opatowska in 1849 in Glowno.
2) Fayga Sura Brumer (1833-1836)

3) Estera Dobrysz Brumer (1836-1895), who married Becalel Frum.
4) Yenta Brumer (1840-1908), who married Leyzer Sender around 1862 in Strykow.
5) Hana Brumer (1844-1923)
6) Abram Mosiek Brumer (1848)

Hana Brumer (1844-1923), aka Anna Scher, married Szmul Michal Szer (1846-1880) in 1866 in Glowno. They had four children, who all immigrated to the United States:

1) Morris Scher (1867-1945), who settled in Paterson, NJ.
2) Dina Feitlowitz (1871-1936), who settled in Paterson, NJ.
3) Fannie Davis [born Feige Scher] (c.1875-1956), who settled in Spokane, WA.
4) Abraham Scher (1881-1949), who settled in the Bronx.

These immigrants' descendants include women with the names "Anita" or "Dianne/Deanna," who have kept the family names of Hana and Dyna alive for more than 200 years.

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