Mears family
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Etting family collection
Contains the personal papers, including correspondence and documents, of Elijah Etting, his sons, Solomon and Reuben, and his three grandchildren, Samuel Etting, Kitty (Etting) Cohen, and Elijah Gratz Etting (frequently referred to as Gratz Etting).
Oppenheim Family genealogical charts
Contains 3 genealogical charts of the Oppenheim family going back twenty generations to the fifteenth century. Includes references to the Mears, Franks, Sabludowsky, Sable, Schulhofer, Steinfeld, and Goldenberg families.
Papers of Iyda Hirsh Levitt
The papers of Iyda Hirsh Levitt are composed of two sections: (1) Notes derived from Ms. Hirsh Levitt’s work serving as the secretary for Rev. Dr. David de Sola Pool and (2) genealogical family trees for five families dating back to the colonial period, prior to the Revolutionary War. Dr. Pool served as the spiritual leader for Congregation Shearith Israel-the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of New York from 1907 till his death in 1970. Ms. Hirsh Levitt worked as his secretary from 1935 till 1945.