Jewish Individuals and Families in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
Charles Town, Harpers Ferry & Martinsburg & Vicinity
1870 - 2005
If you know of Jewish Persons & Families that are not on this listing, please contact me at: jhp1963@yahoo.com
**Those persons not residing in or near Martinsburg have their residence listed in ( ).
The earliest known Jewish settlers in Martinsburg were Bostian Pigle and Abraham Goosman ca. 1790. There was no permanent Jewish settlement until the period 1870-1890 when the Fine, Gutman, Katz, Kirson, Levy, Lipsic, Lobenthal, Miller Snyder, & Weil families settled in Martinsburg. Most were engaged in the retail trade.
ADELSON, APFELDORF, BALSAR, BARLOW, BEHAR, BENNETT, BERKMAN, BERNSTEIN, BIRNBACH, BRENNER, BRODY, BROWN, BRONITSKY, BURNS, CHATKIN, COHEN, DIAMOND, ELINS, FINE, FINKELSTEIN, FRANK, GARNER, GOOSMAN, GREENSPOON, GRUENWALD, GUTMAN, HACK, HECHT?, HOFFMAN, HOROWITZ, JACOBS, KAHN, KAPLON, KATZ, KING, KIRSON, KLEBANSKY, KRUGMAN, KUSNER, KRUGMAN, KUEHL, LEAVEY, LEVIN, LEVINE, LEWIS, LIEBMAN, LIPSIC, LOBENTHAL, LURIA, MALIN, MARCUS, MILLER, NEIFENBERG, NIERENBERG?, PALMBAUM, PIGLE, PREISLER, RADOSH, RAPPAPORT, ROSENBERG, SALTZMAN, SILVERMAN, SMITH, SNYDER, VIENER, WEIL, WOLF, ZUCKERMAN
ADELSON, Louis & Sarah, Child: Lena ????
APFELDORF, Dr. Max and Winnie, Child: a daughter
BALSAR FAMILY
BARLOW, Buddy & Estelle (Essie)
BEHAR FAMILY
BENNETT, Moses Isaac & Bess Geraldine. Children: Annie Rosenbloom, Fannie, Max R., Abraham (Harpers Ferry)
BERKMAN, William & Louise
BERNSTEIN, Dr. Leo Herman Theodore and Dr. Jean (Lukas), Son: Johnny from previous marriage
BIRNBACH, Theodore "Ted" & Mary (Kirson), Child: Norman
BRODY, Alvin & Ellen
BROWN, Anna Raskin
BRONITSKY, Dr. Jacob & Hedy (Alexander), Children: Anne, Gordon, Ronald
BURNS, Norma
CHATKIN, Anne
COHEN, Morris "Max or Mendel" & Rebecca, Children: Solomon "Sol", Louis. The elder Cohen was originally from Russia
COHEN, Solomon & Irene; Children: Madalon, Nadia
DIAMOND, Gene & Bernice (Lipsic), Children: Douglas (Doug) and Barbara (Bobbie)
ELINS, Robert M. & Nadia (Cohen), Children: Anna Fredericka*, Michael, Daniel
FINE, Charles & Fannie, Children: Harry, Israel, Simon: Charles Fine came to the US in 1895 from Lithuania and arrived in Martinsburg in 1896.
FINE, Hannah S.
FINE, Harry C. & Mary (1) Bertha Shilman (2), Child: Sigmund Louis. The elder Fine was born in Martinsburg in 1897.
FINE, Israel, Daughter: Fay Ann. In Martinsburg since 1900
FINE, J.
FINE, Louis & Julia (Wolf), Child: Reuben, born 1892 in Martinsburg.
FINE, Reuben (1892-?) born at Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia, March 6, 1892, son of Louis and Julia (Wolf) Fine; attorney; graduate of West Virginia University, class of 1913, degree of LL.B.; admitted to the Bar in 1913; member of the American Bar Association and of the Berkeley Bar Association.
FINE, Moses (Harpers Ferry)
FINE, Solomon & Goldie (Snyder), Daughter: Frada Lois Fine
FINKELSTEIN, Morris & Ida
FRANK, Jacob (Jack) and Rosalie, Children: Maurice and Charles (Jack was born in the Netherlands)
GARNER, Emanuel & Edith., Children: Julius (wife: Lillian), Meyer, Anna, Lewis
GREENSPOON FAMILY
GRUENWALD, Dr. & wife?, Son: Charles (Chuck)
GUTMAN FAMILY
HACK, Philip & Nora
HECHT (could be mistaken for Hack)
HOFFMAN, Julia Fine
HOROWITZ, Mark N. (Charles Town)
JACOBS, Dr. Mark (Ph.D) and Florence (Stroh), Daughters: Alexandra and Julyette
JACOBS, Lena ?
KAHN, William (Charles Town)
KAPLON, Abram & Bessie (Harper’s Ferry). Children: 3 daughters
KATZ, George & Anna, Children: Allen, Herman and Nathan
KATZ, Allen B and Suchie, Children: Georgia and Albert
KATZ, Herman M and Marion, Child: Lois
KING, Hillel Raymond & Fannie R. Abramson: Hillel born 1897 in Richmond?, died in Martinsburg. Wife died in North Miami Beach. Family in Maryland
KIRSON, Noah & Gertrude, Children: Mary (marr. Theodore Birnbeck), Wolf, Daniel, Max, Ida (marr. Jacob Miller), Fanny, Sarah. The Elder Kirson was born in Kovno, Russia in 1848. Daniel & Fannie living in Martinsburg, WV in 1930. Max & Mary living in Chambersburg, PA in 1930
KIRSON, Daniel & Fannie, Child: Beverly
KIRSON, Max & Mary
KIRSON, Wolf & Fannie, Child: Lettie, Reva, Gerald
KLEBANSKEY, Benjamin W. & Fannie
KLABANSKEY, Louis & Anna, Child: Tevis David, Janet
KLABANSKEY, Cheri E.
KUSNER, Louis & Lillian Child: Jerry
KRUGMAN, Dr.
KUEHL, Katharina (Arendt): born in Berlin 1894, died in Martinsburg in 1976, married to Bernhard Kuehl
LEAVEY, Archie Harry
LEVIN, Lewis
LEVINE, Maurice "Murray" & Sarah (Rappaport), Daughter: Lorna
LEWIS, Max
LIEBMAN, Frances
LIPSIC, Louis & Dorothy, Children: Bernice, Myron
LIPSIC, Bessie, Children: Sarah, Louis
LIPSIC, Myron "Sonny" & Doris M.
LOBENTHAL FAMILY
LURIA FAMILY
MALIN, Dr. Howard Gerald
MARCUS, Solomon "Sol" & Jeanie, Daughter: Marlene
MILLER, Morris
MILLER, Abraham
NIERENBERG, M. B.
NIEFENBERG? FAMILY
PALMBAUM, Brothers, Paul & Ebbie Charles Town)
PALMBAUM, M. ?? (Charles Town)
PREISLER, Julian H. (Falling Waters)
RADOSH, Allis & Ron 2006
RAPPAPORT, Fanny
ROSENBERG, Abraham "Abe". Originally from Brooklyn, New York
SALTZMAN, Jacob & Jennie
SILVERMAN, Dan & Susan, Child: Adam (Berkeley Springs)
SMITH, Isaac "Ike" & Bessie (Snyder), Child: Osna Raskin - ca. 1935?-199?
SNYDER, Aaron Cecil & Sarah (Samet), Children: Isaac, Perry, Bessie, Goldie. Granchildren: Aaron Z.Snyder, Michela Harari-Raful, Frada Lois Fine, Osna Smith Raskin
SNYDER, Perry & Miriam (Lieber), Children: Michela & Aaron
VIENER - Hyman, Children: Saul (Charles Town)
WEIL, David & Sophie. Children: Ida E. (b. 8-23-1871 m. 4-19-1893 to William Kahn)); Theresa (b. 7-2-1873); Moses; Charles (b. 3-9-1877); Nathan (b. 12-15-1878); Norman (b. 6-1-1888); unamed child (b. 6-1-1875). The elder Weil was originally from Bavaria. In Martinsburg as early as 1870. Family appears to have left by the 1920's.
WEIL, Moses (brother? of David)
WEIL, William. Born 1883 in Martinsburg, relocated to Alabama before 1914, died in 1978 in Birmingham, AL
WOLF, Joseph,
WOLF, Harry & Mary. Children: Edith, Samuel, Sarah, Esther, Bessie
ZUCKERMAN