RAPP, Jacob (b. 6 FEB 1901, d. 28 APR 1994)

Source: (Birth)
Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1920 United States Federal Census - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Publication: [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001-.
Note: Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1920 U.S. Federal Decennial Census.1920 United States Federal Census. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1920 Fe
deral Population Census. T625, 2,076 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
Call number: T625
Media: Electronic
Repository:

Address: National Archives and Records Administration
201 Varick Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY

Source: (Individual)
Author: BIOGRAPHY: Donald Rapp
Title: conversation with Andrew Ira Sverdlove
Publication: 25-May-2005
Text: Theyliovedwithmymother'sfatheronGreenwoodAve,rooklyn.Ithadagrapevinewithpurple,ConcordgrapesthatIstillrememeafter67years.FromtheretheymovedtoRedHook.FromtheretoahousingpojectneartherookylnNavyYard,35DwightWay.MyfatherwokedtheirduingWWII.Afterthatt
heymovedto2931AveXinSheep'sHeaday.Aout1948-1949theymovedtoSheep'sHeaday.xs

Source: (Death)
Author: Social Security Administration
Title: Social Security Death Index, Master File
Publication: Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 2000; (2005) Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc.

Data:
Text: DEATH-BIRTH: Social Security Death Index; 1962-1993; FamilySearch, CD-ROM ver 1.23, SSN 112-12-7313; ; New York, NY FHC; NOTE: Birth date/Issuance state-06-Feb-1899/NY, Death date/state-25-Apr-1994/Brooklyn, Kings, NY.
Note: RESEARCHER-UPDATE: Andrew I. Sverdlove; 06-Jul-1996; Source Documentation.

Nickname: Jack

Immigration: Date: 1902

Naturalization: Date: 1910

Occupation: Machinery, Batteries
Date: 1920

Residence: Date: 1920
Place: 383 Pulaski Street, Brooklyn, NY

Residence: Date: 1930
Place: greenwood ave

Residence: Date: 1940
Place: 35 Dright St.

Residence: Place: Red Hook

Residence: Date: 1970 - 1994
Place: 2931 Avenue X, Brooklyn, NY 11235, Sheepshead ay

Note: 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].

Source: (Birth)
Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1920 United States Federal Census - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Publication: [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001-.
Note: Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1920 U.S. Federal Decennial Census.1920 United States Federal Census. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1920 Fe
deral Population Census. T625, 2,076 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
Call number: T625
Media: Electronic
Repository:

Address: National Archives and Records Administration
201 Varick Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY

Birth: 1870 - 1871 Brest, Byelorussia ?

Immigration: Date: 1902

Naturalization: Date: 1910

Residence: Date: abt 1900
Place: Brest-Litovsk, Brest, Grodno, Byelorussia

Residence: Date: 1920
Place: 383 Pulaski Street, Brooklyn, NY

Death: abt 1945 Manhattan, New York, NY ?

Reference: 1677.TXT

Note: today in Belarus

Note: HISTORY: The Rappoport family name goes back to Abraham Menachem ben Jacob ha-Kohen Rappa (Rapa), who lived in the town of Porto (Northern Italy) at the beginning of the 16th century. According to another version, the surname appeared after the marriage of persons names Rappa and Porto. ("A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames From the Russian Empire" by Alexander Beider, Avotanyu

The name Rappa is derived from Rappe' [Middle High German] raven. Members of the family Rap(p)oport are considered to be of Kohen origin. (EJ 13:1552 Encyclopeadia Judaica).

Brest-Litovsk had a Jewish population of 8,235 in 1847.
27,005 in 1889
30,608 in 1897
The city was almost completely destroyed by fire in 1895 and again in 1901. In the pogroms in the wake of the 1905 revolution several Jews in Brest Litovsk were wounded or killed. Jews comprised 70124f the population prior to World War I.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

In a letter, 17 July 1994, Audrey E. Berger's research stated that Paul manufactured Show Cases, he also invented a stamp dispensing machine. His brother, Meyer, was the infamous "B'yalestoka Magad."

"Bialystok (Russian - Belostok) is an industrial city in N.E. Poland; latterly one of the principal Russian/Polish Jewish centers; incorporated into Russia between 1807 and 1921 and administered by the U.S.S.R. between 1939 and 1941, reverting to Poland in 1945. ... Jewish settlement in the village of Bialystok was encouraged by the manorial overlords, the counts of Branicki.
In 1745 the Bialystok community became self-governing.

The position of the Jews deteriorated when Bialystok passed to Prussia (1795), and subsequently to Russia.

The development of the large textile industry in Bialystok after the Napoleonic wars owes much to Jewish enterprise.

The Jewish labor movement found strong support in Bialystok, and in 1897 many Jewish workers there became members of the Bund. The intensive activities of the labor movement in Bialystok during the Russian revolution of 1905-06 provoked savage acts of reprisal by the Russian authorities. The pogroms in Bialystok that occurred between June 1 and 3, 1906, were the most violent in the mob outbreaks against Russina Jewry that year, resulting in 70 Jews being killed and 90 gravely injured. The commission of inquiry later appointed by the Duma to investigate the circumstances surrounding the pogrom held both the local police and the central authorities to blame for the tragedy." [Encyclopaedia Judaica, Vol.4 B, 1973]

I am researching the "Maggid of Bialystok". The Hasidim did have one of the first centers in that town, NE of Warshaw.

Source: (Birth)
Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1920 United States Federal Census - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Publication: [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001-.
Note: Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1920 U.S. Federal Decennial Census.1920 United States Federal Census. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1920 Fe
deral Population Census. T625, 2,076 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
Call number: T625
Media: Electronic
Repository:

Address: National Archives and Records Administration
201 Varick Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY

Page: Roll: T625_1153; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 325; Image: 84.

Source: (Individual)
Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1920 United States Federal Census - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Publication: [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001-.
Note: Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1920 U.S. Federal Decennial Census.1920 United States Federal Census. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1920 Fe
deral Population Census. T625, 2,076 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
Call number: T625
Media: Electronic
Repository:

Address: National Archives and Records Administration
201 Varick Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY

Source: (Individual)
Author: RESI: City Directory
Title: UPINGTON'S GENERAL DIRECTORY OF THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN;
Publication: G. Upington; 1909-1910;
Note: Brooklyn Public Library; *ZZAN 772 Reel #26;
Media: Film
Repository:

Address: Brooklyn Public Library
Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY

Source: (Individual)
Author: NATURALIZATION: Index;
Title: Declaration of Intent for Naturalization 1907-1924 New York County Supreme Court
Publication: .
Media: Film
Repository:

Address: National Archives and Records Administration
201 Varick Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY

Birth: 1866 Brest-Litovsk, Brest, Grodno, Imperial Russia

Immigration: Date: abt 1902

Naturalization: Date: 1910

Occupation: Manufacturer, Showcases
Date: 1920

Occupation: Inventor & Manufacturer
Date: 1940

Residence: Date: 1909
Place: 1920 Pulaski Street, Brooklyn, NY

Residence: Date: 1920
Place: 383 Pulaski Street, Brooklyn, NY

Residence: Date: 1911
Place: 2 Orchard St.

Death: 1945 Brooklyn, Kings, NY?

Reference: 1516.TXT

Note: Was 1908 before 1920 Census. I combined information attributed to Ruth

Note: NAME: Gittel or Gittil from the transformation of Gutte to Gitta. Gutte is from the German translation Gšte. The name has it's origins in Hebrew. Non-biblical. "A good woman." Probably the equivalent of the male name Tobiyah. ["Jewish Personal Names...Their Origin, Derivation and Diminutive Forms", Rabbi Shmuel Gorr, edited by Chaim Freedman, Avotaynu, Inc. NJ 1992].

Source: (Birth)
Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1920 United States Federal Census - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Publication: [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001-.
Note: Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1920 U.S. Federal Decennial Census.1920 United States Federal Census. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1920 Fe
deral Population Census. T625, 2,076 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
Call number: T625
Media: Electronic
Repository:

Address: National Archives and Records Administration
201 Varick Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY

Source: (Individual)
Author: RESI: City Directory
Title: POLK'S BROOKLYN CITY DIRECTORY, 1933 - 1934
Publication: R. H. Polk & Co.
Note: Brooklyn Public Library; *ZZAN 772 Reel #26;
Media: Film
Repository:

Address: Brooklyn Public Library
Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY

Birth: 7 JUN 1908 Brooklyn, Kings, New York

Nickname: Gertie

Occupation: Civil Engineer
Date: 1933 - 1934

Residence: Date: 1920
Place: 383 Pulaski Street, Brooklyn, NY

Residence: Date: 1933 - 1934
Place: 67 Stanhope, Brooklyn, NY

Note: SOURCE: Lucy Levinson Warshaw, May 1994.

BIRTH: CENSUS; 1920; Listed in 1920 family census as "Ester (sic) 18 " years old as of 1 JAN 1920. Saleslady, Department Store. Also shows she was born in "Russia" But since the family Arrived 1902 could she have been born in route? Audrey E. Berger, Jul 1994 confirmed that she was born in Russia and came as an infant on board the steam ship.

Source: (Birth)
Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1920 United States Federal Census - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Publication: [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001-.
Note: Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1920 U.S. Federal Decennial Census.1920 United States Federal Census. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1920 Fe
deral Population Census. T625, 2,076 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
Call number: T625
Media: Electronic
Repository:

Address: National Archives and Records Administration
201 Varick Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY

Source: (Birth)
Author: Ancestry.com.
Title: 1930 United States Federal Census - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Publication: [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001-.
Note: Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1930 U.S. Federal Decennial Census.1930 United States Federal Census. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1930 Fe
deral Population Census. T626, 2,667 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
Call number: T626
Media: Electronic
Repository:

Address: National Archives and Records Administration
201 Varick Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY

Birth: 1902 - 1903 Brest-Litovsk, Brest, Grodno, Byelorussia

Immigration: Date: 1902 - 1903

Naturalization: Date: 1910

Occupation: Saleslady, Dept. Store

Residence: Date: 1920
Place: 383 Pulaski Street, Brooklyn, NY

Death: FEB 1994

Census: Date: 1 JAN 1920
Place: Brooklyn, Kings, New York

Source: (Birth)
Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1920 United States Federal Census - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Publication: [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001-.
Note: Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1920 U.S. Federal Decennial Census.1920 United States Federal Census. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1920 Fe
deral Population Census. T625, 2,076 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
Call number: T625
Media: Electronic
Repository:

Address: National Archives and Records Administration
201 Varick Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY

Source: (Birth)
Author: Ancestry.com.
Title: 1930 United States Federal Census - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Publication: [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001-.
Note: Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1930 U.S. Federal Decennial Census.1930 United States Federal Census. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1930 Fe
deral Population Census. T626, 2,667 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
Call number: T626
Media: Electronic
Repository:

Address: National Archives and Records Administration
201 Varick Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY

Source: (Individual)
Author: RESIDENCE: Telephone Directory
Title: Bell Telephone Brooklyn 1940
Publication: Aug 1940, New York Telephone Company
Note: *ZAN-G60 reel 12; pg 512; New York Public Library, Central Research Division, Microform Reading Rm 315M, 5th av & 42nd St
Media: Film
Repository:

Address: Brooklyn Public Library
Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY

Birth: 1900 Brest-Litovsk, Brest, Grodno, Byelorussia

Immigration: Date: 1902

Naturalization: Date: 1910
Place: U.S.A.

Occupation: Salesman, Music
Date: 1920

Residence: Date: 1920
Place: 383 Pulaski Street, Brooklyn, NY

Residence: Date: 1940
Place: 140 Bay 37

Death: bef ORE 1999

Source: (Individual)
Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1920 United States Federal Census - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Publication: [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001-.
Note: Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1920 U.S. Federal Decennial Census.1920 United States Federal Census. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1920 Fe
deral Population Census. T625, 2,076 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
Call number: T625
Media: Electronic
Repository:

Address: National Archives and Records Administration
201 Varick Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY

Source: (Death)
Author: Social Security Administration
Title: Social Security Death Index, Master File
Publication: Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 2000; (2005) Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc.

Data:
Text: Name: Arthur Rappaport SSN: 087-05-9894 Last Residence: 92653 Laguna Hills, Orange, California, United States of America Born: 14 Aug 1894 Died: Oct 1976 State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951 )

Birth: 1895 Brest-Litovsk, Brest, Grodno, Byelorussia

Immigration: Date: 1902

Naturalization: Date: 1910

Note: NATU-CONFLICT: 1930 Census stated 1905.

Occupation: clerk Army Base ?
Date: 1920

Occupation: Accountant - Jewelers
Date: 1930

Residence: Date: 1920
Place: 383 Pulaski Street, Brooklyn, NY

Residence: Date: 1930
Place: 245 Koscuisko Street, Brooklyn, NY

Residence: Date: 1933 -1934
Place: 81 Pulaski Street, Apt 22, Brooklyn, NY

Death: bef 1990 (do not know)

Note: BIRTH: Audrey E. Berger furnished 1896, rejecting 1897. July 1994.

Source: (Birth)
Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1920 United States Federal Census - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Publication: [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001-.
Note: Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1920 U.S. Federal Decennial Census.1920 United States Federal Census. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1920 Fe
deral Population Census. T625, 2,076 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
Call number: T625
Media: Electronic
Repository:

Address: National Archives and Records Administration
201 Varick Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY

Source: (Individual)
Author: Ancestry.com
Title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Publication: [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002
Note: National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 4,277 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
Call number: M1509
Repository:

Address: National Archives and Records Administration
201 Varick Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY

Source: (Death)
Author: Social Security Administration
Title: Social Security Death Index; 1962-1993
Publication: FamilySearch, CD-ROM ver 1.23

Data:
Text: Name: William Rappaport SSN: 059-01-0747 Last Residence: 11561 Long Beach, Nassau, New York, United States of America Born: 1 Jan 1896 Last Benefit: 11561 Long Beach, Nassau, New York, United States of America Died: Jan 1985 State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951)
Note: RESEARCHER-UPDATE: Andrew I. Sverdlove; 06-Jul-1996; Source Documentation.

Birth: 1 JAN 1896 Brest-Litovsk, Brest, Grodno, Byelorussia

Immigration: Date: 1902

Naturalization: Date: 1910

Note: CONFLICT: Naturalized 1907 in the 1930 Federal Census

Occupation: Draughtsman with own shop

Residence: Date: 1917 - 1918
Place: 172 First St, Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Residence: Date: 1920
Place: 383 Pulaski Street, Brooklyn, NY

Death: JAN-1985 Long Beach, Nassau, NY

Census: Date: 1 JAN 1920
Place: Brooklyn, Kings, New York

Source: (Birth)
Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1920 United States Federal Census - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Publication: [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001-.
Note: Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1920 U.S. Federal Decennial Census.1920 United States Federal Census. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1920 Fe
deral Population Census. T625, 2,076 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
Call number: T625
Media: Electronic
Repository:

Address: National Archives and Records Administration
201 Varick Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY

Source: (Birth)
Author: Ancestry.com.
Title: 1930 United States Federal Census - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Publication: [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001-.
Note: Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1930 U.S. Federal Decennial Census.1930 United States Federal Census. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1930 Fe
deral Population Census. T626, 2,667 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
Call number: T626
Media: Electronic
Repository:

Address: National Archives and Records Administration
201 Varick Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY

Source: (Birth)
Author: Social Security Administration
Title: Social Security Death Index, Master File
Publication: Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc.
Note: previously: Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 2000

Source: (Birth)
Author: Ancestry.com.
Title: Florida Death Index, 1936-1998
Publication: [database online] Provo, UT:Ancestry.com, 2001.
Note: Original data: State of Florida. Florida Death Index,1877-1998. Florida: Florida Health Department, Office of Vital Records,1998.

Source: (Death)
Author: Ancestry.com.
Title: Florida Death Index, 1936-1998
Publication: [database online] Provo, UT:Ancestry.com, 2001.
Note: Original data: State of Florida. Florida Death Index,1877-1998. Florida: Florida Health Department, Office of Vital Records,1998.

Data:
Text: Name: Lillyan Vernon Death Date: 25 Apr 1998 County of Death: Broward State of Death: Florida Age at Death: 87 Race: White Gender: Unknown Birth Date: 17 Sep 1910

Birth: 17 SEP 1910 Brooklyn, Kings, NY?

Nickname: Lillyan

Occupation: secretary
Date: 1930

Residence: Date: 1920
Place: 383 Pulaski Street, Brooklyn, NY

Death: 25 APR 1998 Broward, Florida

Census: Date: 1 JAN 1920
Place: Brooklyn, Kings, New York

Note: a Meyer Rappaport arrived at Ellis Island April 08, 1903 from Bremen. He was 27-yo

an Ester Rappaport arr 23-Apr-1909 from Bremen with mother Marienne 27 and 7-yo sister Tesse?
Ellis Island

Source: (Individual)
Note: First mentioned in a Jul 1994 letter from Audrey E. Berger. After writing about Paul. "His brother, Meyer, was the infamous 'B'yalestoka Magad.'"

Source: (Family)
Author: CENSUS: Russell Soundex Index R116;
Title: 1920 United States Federal Census Index
Publication: New York State
Media: Film
Repository:

Address: National Archives and Records Administration
201 Varick Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY

Source: (Family)
Author: Ancestry.com
Title: 1920 United States Federal Census - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Publication: [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001-.
Note: Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1920 U.S. Federal Decennial Census.1920 United States Federal Census. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1920 Fe
deral Population Census. T625, 2,076 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
Call number: T625
Media: Electronic
Repository:

Address: National Archives and Records Administration
201 Varick Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY

Census: Date: 1 JAN 1920
Place: Brooklyn, Kings, New York