Eliahu Endler


Who is Eliahu Endler in the 1911 Quebec City Census?


It is Eliahu  Endler who sparked my interest in genealogy. My maiden name is Endler. I had not heard of this man. The only Eli I knew of was my grandfather's brother Eli. I had a studio picture of him taken in 1902. This really intrigued me. How was he related to my family? 

Eliahu Endler was  born in Polonnoye, Ukraine on June 1869. He was the son of Yitzhak Yaakov ( Isaac Jacob ) Felhendler and Chaia Sosia. He had a brother Nuchem Shlemah who married Machle Schwartzman and a sister Tema Felhendler who married Hershel Tzvi Puguz known as Hirsch or Joseph Pugach.


Elia married Rebecca Leah Lurstin, born on 20 Jun 1870. Leah was the daughter of Sherga Faivish Lurstein and his wife Feiga. She died 20 Feb 1937 in Quebec City.




The 1911 Census showed the members  of Elia's family, Lea, Solomon (Samuel David Endler), known as Sam Endler and Ida Endler and a person who seemed unrelated to the family with the name of Francois Dermeskey as written in the record.
 With the help of Family Finder in Jewishgen, I found out that Francois Dermesky was Frank Dermansky. His name was Faivish/ Philip and was known as Frank. He was the son of Rebecca Leah and her first husband Isaac Leib Dermansky ( Itzhak Yehuda ) who died in 1888 in Polonnoye, Ukraine.
Frank was born on 30 Sep 1886 and was only 2 when his father died.  Eliahu was a suitor of Leah Rebecca before she married Isaac.

According to the 1911 Census below, Eliahu had arrived in 1901. 


The Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists below show Lea Felhandler left Liverpool on 29 Dec 1906 on S.S. Canada with her 2 children, Schloma and Chaja and arrived on 8 Jan 1907 in Portland, Cumberland Maine.


Schloma Felhendler, known as Samuel David Endler was born 1 Aug 1897 and died in Dade, Florida, 19 Sep 1975. He married Edith Richards 28 Jun 1932 in New York. She was born 27 Dec 1907 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island and died 5 Nov 1996 in Palm Beach, Florida.

Chaje Felhendler, known as Ida was born 27 Mar 1901 and died Jan 1981 in New York. She married Benjamin Eliasoph, 11 Mar 1925 in Quebec City. Benjamin was born 23 Jul 1899 in Quebec City and died 7 Jun 1970 in New York.

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