The Knowles Collection: The far reaching influence of the Fordon Jews part 2

22 November 2010

The far reaching influence of the Fordon Jews part 2

As I have documented more than once in this blog, my great- great grandfather was from the small town of Fordon in Poland. As I am always looking for anything that has to do with the Jewish community there, I was quite happy to find not one, but two references to the homeland.
In the records of the Hebrew Cemetery, located at the corner of Canal and South Anthony streets in New Orleans, is found the following information taken from two headstones.

Moses Levy

Died Dec. 20, 1868

aged 30 years

Native of Fordon, Prussia

and

M.S. Marks

Born in Fordon, Prussia

May 6, 1799

Died Aug 27 1867

It always nice to find the names of those who could have had an influence upon your family. The search continues.

2 comments:

Fields of GraceMarch 27, 2016 at 3:31 PM
My 3rd Great grandfather was born in Fordon, Prussia. His name was Edward Joseph, born 15 May 1818, died 14 Jul 1882. He is buried at Beth Israel Cemetery in Woodville, MS.
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Growth and Change

In the 12 years since the Knowles Collection was first published, the numbers have climbed from 7,500 to over 1,4000,000. So many of our ancestors left their native lands for new homes. Because of that movement the collection will now be in 6 different databases. All of them will be under the Knowles Collection umbrella. They are Jews of The British Isles; Jews of the North America; Jews of Europe; Jews of South America and the Caribbean; and Jews of Africa and the Orient and the newest one, Jews of the Southern Pacific.. This is a great indication of how universal our families are, and of how much still needs to be done.