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Mears family

 Family

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Etting family collection

 Collection
Identifier: P-143
Abstract

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).

Dates: undated, 1755-1769, 1787-1830, 1836, 1913

Oppenheim Family genealogical charts

 Collection
Identifier: P-370
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1981

Papers of Iyda Hirsh Levitt

 Collection
Identifier: ASF AR 65
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1864-1950; Majority of material found within 1935-1945