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
....................... 4 Fred Newmark
....................... 4 Marlene Newmark
....................... + Robert Engel
....................... 4 Burton Newmark
................. 3 Joseph Bengis (1927 - )
........... 2 Twin boy Bengis (1895 - )
........... 2 Michel Bengis (1895 - )

Descendants of Sam Moro  

 ..... 1 Louis Moro
..... + Dora Siegel
........... 2 Sam Moro (1886 - 1973)
........... + Jennie Bergman (1891 - 1979)
................. 3 Soloman Moro (1911 - 1991)
................. + Sylvia Gold
....................... 4 Donald Moro
....................... + Mary Jo Anderle
....................... 4 Stephen Moro
....................... 4 Cynthia Moro
................. 3 Lillian Moro (1914 - )
................. + Sidney Baken
....................... 4 Sara Baken
....................... 4 Allen Baken
................. 3 Nathan Moro (1918 - 1989)
................. + Shirley Unknown
....................... 4 Steve Moro
....................... + Marsha UNKNOWN
....................... 4 Debra Moro
....................... + Malcom Rothman
....................... 4 Alan Moro
....................... + Jenny UNKNOWN

 

 

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