Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameAbraham (Avram) Hershel Kartorzynski 
Birth1856, Russia
Immigration18 May 1906, Ellis Island, NY
MemoSS Caronia arrival
DeathRussia
OccupationTailor, Engineer
FatherIsrael Kartorzynski (~1835-)
MotherRose Gershowitz (~1835-)
Misc. Notes
Married a second time, after his first wife died. The children and his second wife, Ida, came over in two groups in 1903-1913 and 1921; Avram was elderly, had arthritis, and stayed behind. The first set of children to immigrate were literate, while the second set were not.
According to Hal, and Max’s marriage record, his name was Abraham Kartusinsky (wife Nittie) and he was a banker or money lender and a successful businessman with enough money to send his children to America. Other family stories say he was a tailor and an engineer.
According to Hal, and Max’s marriage record, his name was Abraham Kartusinsky (wife Nittie) and he was a banker or money lender and a successful businessman with enough money to send his children to America. Other family stories say he was a tailor and an engineer.
Spouses
Misc. Notes
Her name is listed as:
Tobie Simon on her son Max’s (1st) marriage record
Toibe Smulowitz on dau Mary’s marriage record
Anna Schmolowitz (Simonowitz) on Max’s (2nd) marriage record
Nechama Simon on son Charles marriage record.
Nettie Simon on Max’s 1952 SSN application and Rose’s marriage record
She was known as Nittie by her grandson, Hal.
May, daughter of Abraham and his second wife, Ida, said that Nettie’s maiden name was Sinensky.
She has been recorded with a variety of first and last names, including Tobie, Toibe, Anna, and Simonowitz, Smolowitz, & Shmulowitz.
Tobie Simon on her son Max’s (1st) marriage record
Toibe Smulowitz on dau Mary’s marriage record
Anna Schmolowitz (Simonowitz) on Max’s (2nd) marriage record
Nechama Simon on son Charles marriage record.
Nettie Simon on Max’s 1952 SSN application and Rose’s marriage record
She was known as Nittie by her grandson, Hal.
May, daughter of Abraham and his second wife, Ida, said that Nettie’s maiden name was Sinensky.
She has been recorded with a variety of first and last names, including Tobie, Toibe, Anna, and Simonowitz, Smolowitz, & Shmulowitz.
ChildrenSamuel “Sam” (1885-1959)
Mary (1886-1942)
Rose (1888-1976)
Max M. (1888-1975)
Charles (Shaye) (1891-1958)
Birth15 Jun 1877, Belarus, Russia
Death19 Mar 1932, Brooklyn, Kings Co, NY
Burial20 Mar 1932, Mt Judah Cem, Ridgewood, Queens Co, NY
MemoKARELITZER, plot 16
FatherPhilip Schiller
MotherHannah L. Stasinsky (1840-1914)
Misc. Notes
Ida was first listed as Khayka Shliomovitch Sinensky at age 5 in the 11 Jul 1874 Belarus Revision list, then as Chaja Kartorzynska age 48 (b. 1873) when she immigrated in 1921 and with her brother listed as Josef Simienski of Nies Plisa, Nowogrodski, then as 50 (1875) in 1925 census, and 50 (1880) in the 1930 census, and age 54 (1878) on her death record.
She and her children lived on a dairy farm near Negnewicze, Poland (now Belarus) before emigrating to the US aboard the SS Mount Cloud from Hamburg. It sailed on 21 Aug 1921 and arrived in New York on 5 Sep 1921. With her, as Chaja Kartorzynska (48) were Fawel (30), Anna (17), Etarea (15), Musea (13), Sonia (11) and Icek (9). It said their last residence was in Obiadowo, and her departing contact was her brother Josef Semienski of Wies Plisa, Nowogrodski (Navahrudak/Nowogrodek).
They are all listed together in the 1925 census for Manhattan, where Ida (50, RUS) is listed as their mother, next door to the Schiller’s and Usdansky’s.
They may have started out by living with Max in NYC, just before he remarried and moved to Reno.
She is listed in 1930 as Ida Carter (50, POL), a widow, living on Sterling Pl in Brooklyn, not naturalized or working, with her son Irving, daughter Ester, and married daughter Anna. Says she was first married at age 18. Her death record lists her parents as Philip and Anna Schuler (sic Schiller)
Her death record lists 19 Mar 1932, while the cemetery shows 20th of March (which may be burial date)
Buried in the Korelitzer Society section of a cemetery in NY, along with son Feivel.
She and her children lived on a dairy farm near Negnewicze, Poland (now Belarus) before emigrating to the US aboard the SS Mount Cloud from Hamburg. It sailed on 21 Aug 1921 and arrived in New York on 5 Sep 1921. With her, as Chaja Kartorzynska (48) were Fawel (30), Anna (17), Etarea (15), Musea (13), Sonia (11) and Icek (9). It said their last residence was in Obiadowo, and her departing contact was her brother Josef Semienski of Wies Plisa, Nowogrodski (Navahrudak/Nowogrodek).
They are all listed together in the 1925 census for Manhattan, where Ida (50, RUS) is listed as their mother, next door to the Schiller’s and Usdansky’s.
They may have started out by living with Max in NYC, just before he remarried and moved to Reno.
She is listed in 1930 as Ida Carter (50, POL), a widow, living on Sterling Pl in Brooklyn, not naturalized or working, with her son Irving, daughter Ester, and married daughter Anna. Says she was first married at age 18. Her death record lists her parents as Philip and Anna Schuler (sic Schiller)
Her death record lists 19 Mar 1932, while the cemetery shows 20th of March (which may be burial date)
Buried in the Korelitzer Society section of a cemetery in NY, along with son Feivel.
ChildrenPhilip (Feivel) (1894-1975)
Louis (Leib) (1897-1989)
Anna (1904-1990)
Esther (Goshera) (1906-1982)
May (Musia) (1907-1994)
Sadie (Shaindel) (1909-1988)
Irving (Yitzhak) (1911-1956)