The First Post On The Bugle

After writing family history blogs on two other branches of my family, Dunns and Ornsteins, I felt it was high time I started this one about my paternal grandmothers family, The Herscovichs. My grandmother was known in English as Yvette Hurst, but was born, and known in Yiddish as Yetta Herscovich. She was born 27th March 1909, and died 16th December 1997.





Yetta Herscovich later Hurst, later Dunn, later still Westbrook.
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The family originate from Eastern Europe, Romania also spelt Rumania and Roumania) in the 19th century. That's all we know, presently. No district. No town. No Shtetl or Dorph. It is however likely they lived in Galatia, the region of Romania which had a large Jewish population.

The geographical origins of my branch of the Herscovich family is one of the things I aim to establish with the publication of this geneological blog.






Samuel Herscovich and his wife Annie / Hannah (nee Dubosky) came to settle in London, England and had laid down roots in Whitechapel, East London at least by 1911. It is likely they left Romania due to the dangers of the Jewish persecutions or Pogroms.

They would anglicise their name to the more English sounding surname Hurst. This is where their UK history begins...

www.herscovitzhistories.blogspot.com

Location:Galatia, Romania

Rosalyn's Obituary

Below follows the obituary of Rosalyn Charter, who was one of my mum's American first cousins.

Rosalyn (Ornstein) Charter
CHARTER, Rosalyn (Ornstein) Of Mattapan and Randolph. Entered into rest February 4, 2011. Beloved wife of David Charter. Dear daughter of the late Harry and Leah Ornstein. Devoted mother of Harvey Charter and wife Barbara of Ft. Meyers, FL; Edward Charter and wife Eileen of Vineyard Haven, MA; Michael Charter and wife Coral of El Paso, TX; and Steven Charter and wife Yulia of Israel. Loving sister of Jerome Ornstein and the late Melvin Ornstein; sister-in-law of Leona Ornstein. Cherished grandmother of Paul Charter, Matthew (Motti) Charter, Jonathan Charter, Gabriel Charter, Zachary Charter, Seth Charter, Daniel Charter, Joseph Charter, Hank Charter, Aaron Charter, Lana Charter, Dan Charter, Matan Charter and Tamara Charter. Adored great-grandmother of Eliya, Gavriel, Aravah and Benjamin. Rosalyn was very involved in the activities at Young Israel Kehillath Jacob of Mattapan and Randolph where she was a member of the sisterhood. She was a retired den mother for Cub Scout Pack 13 of Mattapan and an amazing cook. Funeral services will be held at Stanetsky Memorial Chapels, 1668 Beacon Street, BROOKLINE, on Monday, February 7 at 12:00 noon. Interment will be at Agudath Israel Cemetery, 776 Baker Street, West Roxbury. Memorial observance will be at the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, 1200 Centre Street, Roslindale, MA 02131 following interment until 5:00PM and on Tuesday and Wednesday until 5:00 PM. Contributions in Rosalyn's memory may be made to the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center.

Stanetsky Memorial Chapels 800-842-4280 www.stanetsky.com

Source cited 24th May 2011:
http://m.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=rosalyn-charter-ornstein&pid=148361359

Location:Boston MA

Leah's Obituary

Below follows the obituary of Leah, who was my grandfathers eldest sister. Born in Plymouth, England on 20th December 1902, she emigrated to Boston, America in September 1924. More information on Leah, such as her school report card and immigatory ships log can be seen several pages back in this blog.

LEAH ORNSTEIN
Funeral Friday, January 11, 2002
Memorial observance will be private.
Ornstein, on Wednesday, January 9, 2002, Leah (Ornstein) of West Roxbury. Beloved wife of the late Harry Ornstein. Devoted mother of Rosalyn Charter of El Paso, TX, Jerome Ornstein of Martha's Vineyard and the late Melvin Ornstein. Dear grandmother of one granddaughter, five grandsons and 11 great grandsons. Graveside services will be at the Liberty Progressive Cemetery, Fuller St., Everett on Friday, January 11th at 11:00 AM. Remembrances may be made to the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for the Aged, 1200 Centre St., Roslindale, MA 02131.

Source cited 24th May 2011:
http://www.obitcentral.com/obitsearch/obits/ma/ma-norfolk6.htm

Location:Boston MA.