Notes for: Rose SILVERSTEIN
Notes for: Rose SILVERSTEIN
#1677 Rose Silverstein
NAME: Rose Silverstein, if born in Eastern Europe, may have been Roza Zil'bershtejn [Yiddish] or Silberstein [German] from Zel'bershtejn.
Zil'bershtram and Zil'bershtrom were names found in Brest by Alexander Beider.
According the Alexender Beider (opus. cit.) the Yiddish name for a stone of
silver is "zilbershteyn" and the German is Silberstein
Roza may have been the Yiddish for redhead or rosy cheeks. Silverstein is
"litharge" or "lead monozide" and was a name assumed by a jeweler. ["A
Dictionary of Jewish Names and their History", Benzion C. Kaganoff].
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