FROM JOHN CORK, 1/17/06: Part of our family also originates from Klodawa, Lewis Nichinski who I believe born and died in Klodawa and his wife Annie born 1849 Poland, died 1932 London, England. I know also there is a link to David Lubin but at present but I believe at present its not from this side of the family. I know my great uncle contributed to a book about David Lubin but have yet failed to locate which book. I would be interested for any more information.
FROM PAUL DAVISON 2/17/07:
Hello, I have just seen your e.mails enquiring about the nichinski family.
Hinda was my maternal grandmother, she and her sister Nacha were two out of three survivors from this part of my family that I have traced. The papers I have indicate that, in fact, they were born and lived in a town called Kolo. Kolo is only 8km along the road from Klodawa. My grandmother married Meyer Hanc (Hants in the UK and spelt completely differently again when the Russians were in control). Meyer was born in Klodawa. The family spanned the two towns.
My grandmothers siblings included: Sharna, Nacha, Moishe Israel. Their parents were: Sivia (Wilpret single name) and Jacob/Jankwa Mordechai Nichinski. Jacob/Jankwa Mordechai was born in klodawa.
Do any of these names have any connection for you? Any more information you can provide would be very interesting as I have only limited details myself.
FROM TANYA JONES 2/17/07: Hi my name is Tanya I live in London England and Annie & Lewis Nicinski Are my Grt-Grt Grandparents.
.FROM JOHN CORK 3/15/07: I would like to thank Judy Muratore for putting me in contact with Tanya Jones and her mother Elaine.
It has been great to exchange family stories and information. It's funny, we have the same old photo's and was spooky to
discover we live only a few miles apart, despite how far the family has travelled in both distance and generations.
We both only know of six children that Lewis and Annie Nichinski had:-
Harry, Hyman, Barnet, Eva, Marks and Joseph. We know Annie was a widow when she escaped Klodawa about 1890 with the children
to London and changed the family name to Cohen, so would love to know who the seventh child is, as referenced on
the Klodawa Town Roster.
We are also researching if Lewis was killed by Cossacks and what conflict it was in.
FROM LEN LEVIN 6/15/07: Hi Judy,
My maternal grandfather , Hyman Nichinsky (i?) came to England from Klodawa
late in the
1880s, changing his name to Cohen His anglicized parents' names were Lewis &
Annie. Lewis, a tailor & retired soldier, is reputed to have been murdered
by cossacks, so Annie , her daughter Eva & the 4 other sons followed Hyman
to England . Eva , Harry & Barnet lived out their lives in England, while
Hyman & Joe went to live in Australia, & Marks went to Canada.
I gave the family tree details to Elaine Herrett, who gave me your email
address, also to Honey Bot in Toronto.
My g-grandmother was also from Klodawa. She was Hyman's mother-in-law, &
her name was Yetta Cymber, ( or Simber). I have a tree of her parents &
siblings, if this is of value to you. She married in Klodawa Jacob Czerniak
from neighbouring Przedecz.
Regards Len Levin.
ADDITIONALLY FROM LEN LEVIN 1/7/08: Hi Judy,
You have some photos of our Nichinsky family who lived in England. I will
add a few who went to Australia & Canada.
Top left is Joe & top right is Hyman, my grandfather, who both went to
Sydney, but lived most of their lives in Melbourne.
The middle brother is Marx, who brought his family up in Toronto.
The couple pictured on the 68th. anniversary of their wedding in Klodawa are
Yetta (nee) Cymber & her husband Jacob Czerniak, who came from the
neighbouring stetl of Przedecz, Hyman's wife Sarah's parents, who lived with
my grandparents for many years.
All these families changed their names to Cohen to make our lives easy -
Smith was too common!
I hope these may be of some interest to you.Best regards. Len. SEE PHOTOS BELOW OF JOE, MARKS AND HYMAN. YETTA CYMBER AND JACOB CZERNIAK PHOTOS ON WEB PAGE WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE NAME.
Three of the four sons of Annie and Lewis Nichinsky-Cohen:
JOE NICHINSKY-Cohen |
MARKS NICHINSKY-Cohen |
HYMAN NICHINSKY -Cohen |
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Per Email from Shalom Cohen 10/27/07 regarding potential tombstone of Lewis Nichinsky:(see photo below)
I am the grandson of Harry Cohen, one of the children of Lewis and Annie Nichinsky from Klodawa. I live in England. I have been doing some family research and came across the email written to you by Len Levin. Do you happen to have his email address as it would be really interesting getting in touch. Also, I wasn't too clear about it all - are we related? Shalom Cohen.
Additonal Email from Shalom Cohen 11/22/07:
Hello Judy, I've received a very fascinating email from a cousin on my father Mark's side. What do you think about the possibility that the tombstone photo might well be that of my great grandfather Lewis? Anyway, here it is copied. Do you know whether some tombstones of that period came without surnames? It's dated as 1883 so that would indeed fit into the time period around the birth of the last child of Lewis and Annie, Lewis's death and the end of the 1880's when Annie came over to England with her children. What do you think? Is there any way to check local Klodawa tombstone information armed with these first names? Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.Take care. Shalom.
DEAR SHALOM
WHEN I FIRST SAW THE TOMBSTONE PHOTO I AUTOMATICALLY ASSUMED LEIBUSH WAS A FIRST NAME – I DON’T THINK THERE ARE ANY SURNAMES.
IT SAYS:YEHUDAH LEIBUSH BEN REB TZVI THE COHEN. I THINK YEHUDAH, LEIBUSH AND TZVI ARE ALL FIRST NAMES.
LEWIS WOULD BE THE ENGLISH EQUIVALENT OF THE YIDDISH LEIBUSH.
ALISA.
PER EMAIL FROM ROBIN NICHINSKY: Hi Judy. If your uncle was close with Mark Burdowski he must have known the Nichinsky family! My dad Sam and Mark were very close (in NY too). When I went to Klodawa this summer, I discovered there were two Nicinski families in Klodawa in the 1930's/40's: my grandfather Yosef Zelig Nihinski and Avraham Chaim Nicinski. They were both tailors and I don't know if either were related to each other or to Lewis & Annie Nichinsky, who had moved to England earlier (although I do know that my grandmother, Henrietta Nichinsky/Cohen, must have been related to Annie because her ancestors changed their name from Nichinsky to Cohen). This is all such a puzzle!