The WELLER's & the BENGIS & MORO Connection

 

Jacob’s Cousins? — no clues yet as to how they are related to us!

Sam & Celia Bengis: Sam Bengis and the Weller’s were cousins but how they are related has not yet been established. Sam immigrated to the US twice. He came when he was 15 but returned to Vilna as he didn’t like it here. He returned on a cattle ship and was responsible for watering the cows. Throughout his life he used the line “C’mon Sam, bring the bucket!” referring to his duties on the ship. He returned to the US when he was 19 and remained.

In 1930 Sam & Celia Bengis and their children lived on E. 171st Street in the Bronx, just several blocks from Jacob & Bessie Weller who lived on E. 174th Street. Shirley reports that when Rose Bengis was young, she put her mother’s freshly baked hamentashen in the bathtub to see if they would float. Rose said Frances Weller-Albertson helped get Freddy’s wife’s (her daughter-in-law's) wedding gown. Rose also reported that cousin Dora Turitz (?) lived downtown with her very handsome husband Joe and arranged all the shiddachs! It is unclear whether Dora and Joe were related to Jacob!

Sam Bengis was an operator in a cloaks factory and worked with Jacob Weller.

The Moros: Sol was a pharmacist and Libby’s husband Sid was an architect. Libby & Sid moved to the DC area. As Jennie died in Alexandria, VA perhaps she was living with or near Libby & Sid. In 1930, the family lived on Dawson Street in the Bronx.

Descendants of Unknown Bengis    

   1    Unknown Bengis  

..     +Rifka Unknown  

........   2    Joseph Bengis   1895 -

........   2    Sam Bengis   1895 -

............     +Celia Ulitowitz   1896 -

...................   3    Sonya Bengis   1916 -

...................   3    Rose Bengis   1918 -

.......................     +Unknown Newmark  

...................   3    Joseph Bengis   1927 -

........   2    Twin boy Bengis   1895 -

........   2    Michel Bengis   1895 -

 

Descendants of Sam Moro  

   1    Sam Moro   1886 - 1973

..     +Jennie Unknown   1891 - 1979

........   2    Soloman Moro   1911 - 1991

........   2    Lillian Moro   1914 -

............     +Sid Unknown  

........   2    Nathan Moro   1918 - 1989

............     +Shirley Unknown  

 

 

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