The Miller Family; Broken Miller Branches
The following is a list of Miller branches, and in some cases, just leaves, that have fallen from our tree. They are known to be related, but in most cases, the exact connection is no longer known.
A Miller branch is from Belarus. Samuel Müller was born in Korotichi, Belarus, on March 23, 1897. Korotichi was a very small town. It is 101 kilometers East of Pinsk. He married Chaya Weinreb, of Erfurt, Germany. They lived in Cologne, Germany, where they raised a family. They were last known to have been in Gorlice, Poland, during the war. They never returned. Chaskel Stengal gave me their pictures. He took the pictures from the police station in Gorlice, right after the war. I have written to Korotichi and Cologne. The officials at Cologne said there were no records of the Müller's. The Korotichi archives are in Minsk. They wanted an awful lot of money, just to see if they had any records from 1897. I have not pursued this further at this time.
2018 Update: a new researcher, Ariel Kornblit, emailed to me some new detail, alomg with a family tree. Subject: Re: Langsam Website: Meller genealogy From: Ariel Kornblit Pesach Dovid is a unique name, particular to the Miller family. The bearers of the name all have the namesake of Pesach Dovid Miller. In addition, a large part of the family lived in Saros county, in the Bardejov region. In the 1942 deportation records for Bardejov, there is a Pesach Dovid Friedman listed. These are the particulars I could piece together: Jozef Friedman, born 1866, of Bardejov, married Betty Hollander/Holender (born Sept 7, 1873 or Jun 20, 1875) of Zborov. They had several children. One of them, Pesach Dovid, was born Oct. 12, 1902, in Bardejov. He married Sarolta/Sara Beinhorn (b. Mar. 28, 1905) of Mukachevo. They had a son, Otto Aser Friedman (b. Sept. 16, 1933) in Kosice. He is living somewhere in the Boston area but I have not been able to locate him. Pesach Dovid did have a living brother, Samuel, who was not able to shed any light on his grandparents. A cursory check of the Bardejov records from 1852-1895, held by the Mormon Family History Center, did not reveal any more information.
Other members of the Shabsi Miller family
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?Asher? | | Zeesha + Chaya Serel Feige Miller + Yechiel Mechel Greenberg | | | | Mirel Neshe Meiller + Leib Greenberg, Asher, Yeedis, Tillie, Shifra (2d's, 1s: 1 d. has kids), Yankel Shmerel, Avrohm?, girl | (d. 1 tamuz, 1928, age 49-51, | of Lebeach, in Har Tzion Cemetery, | Williamsburg, Rava Russkaya society, | with his b-in-law, Usher Miller) | Pesach + Sara Langsam, Zeesha + Zelda Lind, + about 8 others that died young (1901-1955) (1892?-1987?) (1911-1996) | | Miriam Shifra Fortgang Leibish, Meyer, Mirel Nesha Floor, Yankel Shmerel, Velvel |
The Beigeleisen family is also from Lebeach. I checked with some of them, but was not able
to resolve any of the issues.
_________________________________________________________________ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 21:37:28 +0200 (IST) From: gershon lehrer <lehrer@avoda.jct.ac.il> To: moishe@langsam.com Subject: Lehrer Dear Mr. Langsam, I am Gershon Lehrer ,live in Antwerp,Belgium and study in Israel. I am being told (by Mr. Louis Schonfeld) of the existence of a discussion group for people who research after descendants of the Bnay Yissachar Zatsa"l.Could you please give me more information on the purpose of the discussion group. I am a grandson of the grandson of Yitschak Kallech who was a grandson of Yaakov Uri who was a grandson of the Bnay Yissachar Zatsa"l. By the way,I saw on your site that the name Avrohm Abba Miller is being mentioned. I am from my mother's site a descendant of Timberg whose family originally comes from Krakow,Poland and lived afterwards in the Netherlands/Belgium. In the Timberg family you find a few Abraham Abba's. May be the name comes originally from the same roots as the name of Avrohm Abba Miller comes? With Friendly Regards, Gershon Lehrer, Machon Lev, Jerushalayim, Erets Israel _________________________________________________________________ Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 23:53:24 -0500 To: gershon lehrer
Recently, I was at Klezkamp (that is a camp of Yiddish music and culture) and there was a musician there named Perry Sokolow. Anyway, he was wearing a kippah that said "Pesach Dovid" so based on what you said on the web site and went up to him and asked if maybe we were related. He said that a man named "Pesach Dovid Miller" had once asked him the same question (is this your brother? or cousin?) and that he was born on Pesach and his mother liked the name Dovid, so no there was no relationship.
To: moishe@langsam.com From: parnum@internet-zahav.net.il Subject: REBHUN DeliveredDate: 01/23/99 10:16:36 AM Dear Mr. Miller. By searching through the Internet (www.jewishgen.org) I found out that you have a REBHUN connection. My father's name is Moshe Aharon REBHUN born: 8/4/1919 in Nowy Sacz, POLAND. His parents names are:- -father Chune KELLER (REBHUN) -mother Baile Dvora Wagschal. From about 1920/1 they lived in Krakow, POLAND Do you have any info regarding this REBHUN family and its roots. Thank you very much Zviya PARNES (nee REBHUN) 3 Tamar Str. Haifa 34325, ISRAEL +972-4-838.2941 nauman@elbit.com.il or parnum@internet-zahav.net.il _____________________________________________________________ To: moishe@langsam.com From: parnum@internet-zahav.net.il Subject: Rebhun family DeliveredDate: 07/21/99 12:17:13 PM Moishe Miller Hi, Sorry for not answering till now. I know very little about my father's family. My father is 80 years old and does not remember many things, his brother, who still alive is even older. My father is Moshe Aharon Rebhun, he was born on 4.8.1919 in Nowy Sacz, Poland.They moved to Krakow at about 1920. His father name was Chune Keller. Latter the last name of Chune's children was chanced to Wagschal, my father's mother maiden name. According to my father the name was chanced because his parents were married only by Jewish marriage. Latter on the last name was chanced to Rebhun, supposedly the last name of Chune Keller mother. I do not know any further details about Chune Keller, not his parents names and not if he had brothers or sisters. Attached hereinbelow please find some data from the Family Tree. Best Regards. Should I find more info I shall certainly transfer this to you. Please do same to me. Zviya Parnes (Rebhun). Descendants of Chune (Rabbi Chanan) KELLER Generation No. 1 1. Chune (Rabbi Chanan)2 KELLER (KELLER-REBHUN1)1 my father told me that he was born in Mielec, POLAND according to my uncle Yitzchak (Iczek) Meir REBHUN he was born in Brzesko. He married Beila Dvora WAGSCHAL, daughter of Chief Rabbi WAGSCHAL. Chune, Beile and Taube were shot by the Germans. It might be that Dvora Beila Wagschal is one of the daughters of Israel Wagschal from Frysztak, Krosno, Lwow. Hence Itzchak Wagschal who served there as Av Beit Din at the beginning of the 19th century, than his son Yechiel Wagschal (1821-1883) Ch. Rabbi, his son Israel Wagschal. See Sefer Hakehilot Polin Vol. 3 page 296. Children of Chune KELLER and Beila WAGSCHAL are: + 2 i. Israel3 REBHUN, born January 1907. 3 ii. Naftali REBHUN, born 1909 in Nowy Sacz, POLAND; died Abt. 1940 in Killed 1941 in Don-Bas, RUSIA. He married Gizela (Giza) ERENHALT. More About Naftali REBHUN: Occupation: M.Dr. 4 iii. Shlomo (Salomon) REBHUN, born 1 September 1911 in Nowy Sacz, POLAND; died 18 December 1995 in Haifa, ISRAEL. He married Sofia (Zochiya) GREENBERG 15 June 1947 in Krakow, POLAND. 5 iv. Abraham REBHUN, born 1 January 1913 in Nowy Sacz, POLAND; deported from Paris, died 17 February 1942 in KZ, Auschwitz, POLAND. He married Mrs. Abraham REBHUN (have no first and maiden names) in Paris, FRANCE. More About Abraham REBHUN: Cause of Death: WW-2 Occupation: Electrical Engineer More About Mrs. Abraham REBHUN: Occupation: M.Dr in Dentistry 6 v. Taube Yona REBHUN, born 1916 in Nowy Sacz, POLAND; died Abt. 1940 in Gesko Nowa near Krakow during WW-2. More About Taube Yona REBHUN: Cause of Death: WW-2 + 7 vi. Yitzchak (Iczek) Meir REBHUN, born 5 August 1917 in Nowy Sacz, POLAND. + 8 vii. Moshe Aharon REBHUN, born 8 April 1919 in Nowy Sacz, POLAND.This is a letter I received from Joseph Rebhun: To: moishe@langsam.com From: Auke@aol.com Subject: Josef Chaim Rebhun in Mielec DeliveredDate: 07/04/99 04:24:14 PM Dear Mr. Miller, My name is the same as the subject's and I am his grandson. Through him or through his wife (?) Czarna I am probably related to rabbi Elimelech from Lezjansk. Do you know anything about this? How are you related to the Rebhuns? I am from Przemysl, Poland. I would appreciate a speedy reply. Please direct your answer to JRebhun@Worldnet.att.net This letter comes to you from the address of a friend, Auke@aol.com but please answer to my own address. Thank you very much, Joseph Rebhun This is a letter I received from Linda-Anne Rebhun: To: moishe@langsam.com From: Linda-Anne.Rebhun@yale.edu Subject: Rebhun family name DeliveredDate: 08/27/99 08:01:41 PM Hi Mr. Miller I found your website by putting my surname on a search engine. I don't know anything about the Millers, but my grandfather Samuel Rebhun was from Galicia. Could he have been a relative of the Rebhuns in your family tree? Linda-Anne Rebhun Linda-Anne Rebhun Dept. of Anthropology P.O. Box 208277 New Haven, CT 06520-8277 (203) 432-3675 FAX (203) 432-3669 This is a letter I received from Prof. Dan Hirschberg: To: moishe@langsam.com From: dan@verity.ics.uci.edu Subject: REBHUN DeliveredDate: 03/07/99 06:38:05 PM > All 3 please. Will do so. I expect to put them in the mail Monday afternoon. In looking at the JewishGen Family Finder, I noticed that you have research interest in REBHUN. My understanding is that Benjamin STERN (father of Moses STERN, who was my mother's father) had a sister, Malka STERN, who was married to a REBHUN. Malka had children Yankl (who married Lola) and another son (who married Ruth). Ruth had a couple of daughters: Rachel (who married TAUBER) and Esther (who married BRAUNSTEIN), both of whom lived in Brooklyn as of 10 years ago. Any additional information that you might have about the REBHUN family tree would be most welcome. It would be wonderful if there was overlap between the REBHUNs that I know about and those of whom you have knowledge. Dan _______________________________________________________ From: Rebspec@aol.com Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 00:22:30 EST Subject: REBHUN/REBHUHN Family To: moishe@langsam.com X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 45 Hi. Sorry it has taken me so long to respond to you. I looked at your website and forwarded the info to my cousin who was born in Przemysl. He reviewed the names and doesn't recognize any of them but the towns were very close. I am meeting with another cousin, Albert Rebhun also of Los Angeles this weekend. I will show him the info also and see if he recongnizes any connection. Do you know about the Rebhun/Rebhan family book self-published about 20 years ago in Georgia? I have seen a few pages of it and somehow must be related. I was told all REBHUN'S are related. My grandfather, Irving Rebhun came from Rozwadow and Tarnow Poland. He came to New York in 1926. I think his brother Efraim survived but haven't researched that yet. Please be in contact. By the way, where do you live? Indy Rebhun Spector Thousand Oaks, CA Rebspec@aol.com _______________________________________________ From: Rebspec@aol.com Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 00:24:28 EST Subject: Family Connection To: Moishe@langsam.com X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 45 By the way, I am also related to the Halberstam family. I know a branch survived the war and live in Paris. Do you know anything about this family? Indy Rebhun Spector ____________________________________________________
Salomon Muller + Esther Weiss (1905) Children: Herman 1932 Filip alive 1937, went from Antrwep to France, in France in 42, went to Switzerland, in 1946 in 1961 went to NYC, lived 15/16 and 59th street. Then moved to Lakewood. Gonklin? Ruch(el) Sabine (1939) Dovid (1940) all survived but Filip, who might also be Pinchus Muller who lived in Lakewood, may have passed away in the summer of 2023.
I would be very interested to hear from anyone with knowledge or an interest in the Miller family. Moishe Miller moishe@langsam.com My home address is 1374 East 28th Street Brooklyn NY 11210-5311 USA Last updated 25 Oct 2023
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