Torgovitsa – Hammer Family
Some of my cousins traveled here but I haven’t heard their stories yet!
Torhovytsia, Targowica, Torgovitsa, Trovits, Targowitz, Targovica, Targoviste, Targowitza, Tarovitz, Truvitz—in eastern Ukraine, west of Kiev—is the ancestral home of the Hammer (Gomehr) family.
Hammer Family c. 1945
Cousin Billy in uniform, Grandpa Ben, Mom, Uncle Charlie, Grandma, Cousin Ethel and Aunt Ida Rabinowitz.
Woodridge Gang
Uncle Eli and cousins in Woodridge, Sullivan County, NY c. 1936
Woodridge c. 1900
The London and Bookbinder families have ties to Woodridge (aka South Fallsburg), NY dating from the years the families first emigrated.
Battle Damage – Cologne
Results of Wednesday, January 24, 1945 raid on Cologne, Germany in which 91st Bomb Group, 401st Squadron participated.
Refer to this page for more information.
Berel Hammer
This is my great-grandfather Berel Hammer. He was a Hebrew teacher and a grocer in Newark, NJ. Like all the Hammers, he was from Torgovitsa, Ukraine.
B-17 Missions – Uncle Eli
Chart of 26 bombing missions flown by Lt. John E. (Jack) London, 91st Bomb Group, 401st Squadron, Bassingbourn, UK.
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White Lake – 1912
White Lake in 1912
The Londons have long connections to White Lake, NY.
100th Anniversary! Grandpa Morris’s Arrival in America June 19th!
This is the Passenger Manifest for the S.S. Ryndam departing June 8, 1912 from Rotterdam, Holland and arriving June 19, 1912 in NY. Click below to see detailed images.
Left-hand page of the Manifest showing “Moische London,” age 19, traveling alone to New York. His occupation is “cheesemaker” and he is from Poneweis, Russia. His closest relative is his father Meyer London, also of Poneweis, G. Kovno (Kovno Guberniya, or province). See the “Localities” page re: Panevežys, Lithuania.
Right-hand page of the Manifest showing Grandpa had a ticket which was paid by his brother. He is in possession of $25, and is going to join his brother “P. London” at 226 E. 6th St., New York, NY. This is oldest brother Phillip London (Pesach). Finally, Grandpa’s place of birth is Laba, a small railroad station west of Panevežys.