So my question is, was Doris Stackowitz, my first cousin and daughter of Jack, Hebrew name Doba, born 23 March 1928,
named after Debby Oldstein her great aunt?
Doris was the granddaughter of Ethel
Oldstein Stachowitz, Debby's sister, who lived in the same town as Doris' parents.
I do know for sure that my sister's younger daughter was named after my father and cousin Doris.
I am witness on her naming certificate! |
Beth Yeshurun Cemetery, Houston, TX, USA, Section E, Lot 0038, Space 005
I've not yet succeeded in finding any documents with Doris' Hebrew name.
I'd been wondering whether Doris might have been named for someone in her mother Ida's family.
Ida had a sister Dorothy and I just found the certificate of her death in 1930.
I was, by the way, a flower girl at Doris and Don Rosenberg's wedding!
My niece, in the modern fashion, wishes to keep her name off the internet.
I also note that there was a Doba Drozdowicz (1799-1844) (who married Szmul Holtz)
She was a sister of Elka/Ella/Elli Drozdowicz (b: 1803 Nowy Dwor), who married David Altsztein.
This Doba was a great aunt to
Doba/Debby Tsipra Altstein Oldstein, born 1857.
And on 12/11/2012 Valerie Kent emailed me that her mother Freda Bialick Kaye told her that
"her close cousin Doris Greenbaum who became Doris Kennard, was named for Doba Tsipra."
September 6, 1986: Rainham Jewish Cemetery, London FindAGrave
