Janet Wilson Sobel's Names

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I did not discover a manifest for Janet's arrival around 1906 until the following developments:
Here are some I had rejected
2/5/2025: today I received Janet's Petition for Naturalization and it turns out that one of the rejected manifests was hers!

see also Max and Janet Sobel Genealogy

How I found Janet's Manifest and Name
11/8/2024: Ellen sends Naturalization certificate

1/23/2025: I order Naturalization application which lists arrival.
Selde Olchowsky

Janet Sobel's original names seem to have been Chana AND Selde/Zelda
November 11, 1968: Janet Sobel stone: Chana daughter of Mr. Baruch
Alexander Beider, A Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names, Avotaynu, Bergenfield, NJ, 2001, p604 Alfred J. Kolatch, Complete Dictionary of English and Hebrew First Names, Jonathan David Publishers, Inc., Middle Village, NY, 1984, p414

Jews often carried 2 names. Chana Zelda was a common pairing, recalled in this humorous Hebrew song

Another collection of Chana Zelda performances and another



April 25, 1906: Liverpool to Philadelphia: Selde Olchowsky


April 16, 1910: Census: Boarders Max Zebulsky and Jennie Wilson: 730 Second Street, Manhattan
this says that they both arrived 1906; Janet was a dressmaker


June 9, 1910 State of New York Certificate and Record of Marriage Certificate No: 12658
Max Zebulsky, 1567 Lexington Ave., Age: 23  [; c 1887] Birthplace: Russia Occupation: engraverFather: Chaim Zebulsky; Mother: Aide Leshensky
Jennie Wilson, 182 Second St. Age: 21 [c 1889], Birthplace: Russia; Father: Bernard Wilson; Mother: Fannie Kahan


June 1, 1915: NY State Census: East 109, #10, New York, NY
Max Sobel, Engraver, 26; Jenie Sobel, 25; Bernard Sobel, 4; Jenie Barsky, 22 [c1893] (per Ricky, possibly Max's sister).
There is also a 1930 marriage record of a Miriam Sobel, age 23 [c1907], daughter of Hyman Sobel and Edith Lishensky, marrying a Boris Barsky.


May 19, 1922: Petition for Naturalization: Max Sobel, Engraver, 2022 West 22nd Street, Brooklyn, NY


April 3, 1930: US Census: 3316 Mermaid Ave, Coney Island, Brooklyn
Max Sobel, 39; Jennie Sobel, 36; Bernard Sobel, 19; Lillian Sobel, 15; Isadore Sobel, 13; Soloman Sobel, 10; Hubert Sobel, 3; Fanny Wilson (Jennie's mother), 52;


April 6, 1940: US Census: 138 West 32nd Street, NY, NY
Max Sobel, 48; Jeana Sobel, 46; Sal Sobel, 19; Herbert Sobel, 13; Fannie Wilson, 62;


1942 Draft Card Max Sobel 3260 Coney Island Ave., Brooklyn

August 24, 1949: Janet Sobel Petition for Naturalization
Selde Olchowsky arrived Philadelphia on April 25, 1906 on SS Haverford sailing from Liverpool


August 24, 1949: Union County, NJ: Janet Sobel Naturalization


December 7, 1953: Social Security Application (fragment) which appears in Will the Real Janet Sobel Please Stand Up? by Libby Seaberg, 2009.
Lists parents as Baruch Olechovsky and Fannie Kinchuk.
used without permission


November 11, 1968, Janet Sobel, Chana daughter of Baruch, Beth Israel Cemetery, Woodbridge, NJ
FindAGrave


November 12, 1968: The Courier-News

Janet Sobel's original names seem to have been Chana AND Selde/Zelda
November 11, 1968: Janet Sobel stone: Chana daughter of Mr. Baruch
Alexander Beider, A Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names, Avotaynu, Bergenfield, NJ, 2001, p604 Alfred J. Kolatch, Complete Dictionary of English and Hebrew First Names, Jonathan David Publishers, Inc., Middle Village, NY, 1984, p414 Jews often carried 2 names. Chana Zelda was a common pairing, recalled in this humorous Yiddish song

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