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KarenM

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Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 6:53 pm Post subject: Looking for birth record Snejhaender (sp.?)

I am researching my family tree, and my paternal grandmother's maiden name was Snejhaender or similar. There are various spellings for this name, but none of the variations result in any records. I am unsure where she was born. According to her burial records, her birth date is 17 September 1909. Her date of death was 1996 in Australia. Her married name was Blutstein.

TedMack

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Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2025 1:31 am Post subject: Re: Looking for birth record Snejhaender (sp.?)

KarenM wrote:

G'day Karen

Not much info in your request - at a guess is your grandmother's Christian Name Sara? and her maiden name SZNAJCHENDLER? Husband Szmul?

Ted

KarenM

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Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2025 1:43 am Post subject:

Yes, the details are correct and the maiden name SZNAJCHENDLER looks very similar to Snejhaender

TedMack

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Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2025 1:56 am Post subject:

KarenM wrote:

Yes, the details are correct and the maiden name SZNAJCHENDLER looks very similar to Snejhaender

Have you searched and obtained records from Arolsen Archives (here is a record - https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/search/person/78945939?s=blutstein&t=2829470&p=6) Also have you obtained the immigration records into Australia from the National Archives (https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ListingReports/ItemsListing.aspx) - there is a record of their arrival, but you will need to request them to send you a copy (at cost). These documents should indicate a birthplace - have you also joined and searched JRI Poland (https://www.jri-poland.org/) which I understand has various Jewish records.

Cheers
Ted

KarenM

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Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2025 2:42 am Post subject:

Thank you! I have seen the immigration records and joined JRI Poland but was stuck on her maiden name. The records from the Arolsen Archives are brilliant and I'm so excited to see these!

thank you
Karen

Sophia
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Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2025 7:00 am Post subject:

Hi Karen and Ted,
I see from the Arolsen records that Sara's husband Szmul was a tailor. Perhaps Sara's father was, also? I believe her family's surname comes from this occupation. The German word for tailor is "Schneider." The word for dealer is "händler" and an alternative spelling (when you cannot use the umlaut) would be "haendler." So, together, perhaps a merchant or dealer in the clothing industry. If they had wanted to Polonize the name, by which I mean use the Polish rules of pronunciation to capture the sound of "Schneider" it would be "Sznajder." So I think the surname may have been something like Sznajchendler in Polish records.
That's my best guess at the moment.
Sophia

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Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2025 7:39 am Post subject:

P.S. I see that Sara is called "Schneiderin" in one of the Arolsen documents, so she was a tailor or seamstress as well. I also see the documents that include photos of Sara and of Szmul. What an incredible resource Arolsen is!

KarenM

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Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2025 4:29 pm Post subject:

Thank you Sophia. This is so helpful!

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