Cherlin Family: Hirsch Carfin

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Biographical information:

Ellis Island immigration records, see p. 152, line 9. Arriving from Hamburg, Germany on the Patricia, November 23, 1907.

Passenger Record Text Manifest Scanned Manifest

Passenger Record:
First Name: Hirsch
Last Name: Carfin
Ethnicity: Russia, Hebrew
Last Place of Residence: Smilowitz, Russia
Date of Arrival: May 22, 1907
Age at Arrival: 16y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Nieuw Amsterdam
Port of Departure: Rotterdam
Manifest Line Number: 0009

Smilovitz is Smilovichi, Igumen uyezd, Minsk gubernia; now Smilavicy, Belarus.

This name is not a variant of Chervin. It may be Tsarfin, a Russianized form of Tsorfan.

His brother Feiwe, aged 18, was on the same boat. See pp. 793-794, line 14. He was going to his brother in law S. Clibanov at 306 Cherry St. NY.

Created November 2003