Dear Ervin
I don't know the broad picture but I know my father (Naftali
Tillinger) was a furrier and he and his brother (Hendel Tillinger)
ran a fur business in Czernowitz pre WWll. He said when the Russians
came small businesses had to join co-operatives.
Warm regards
Ethel
[Moderator's note: Please post in Plain Text. Moderator Bruce]
On 08/08/2008, at 12:46 AM, Ervin Spinner wrote:
> Considering the depth of expertise of this group, let me ask you a
> question (or two?)
> I went over the list of small businesses in Bucovina to get a feel
> for what people were doing early in the Twentieth Century. There
> are some 900 entries and I am hard pressed to find any non Jewish
> names. This is not advertised as a list of "Jewish" businesses.
> Should I draw the obvious conclusion. On a more personal note,
> there are two Spinner entries in Czernowitz, one is clearly my
> grandfather Nuchim Spinner, the other, E. Spinner could be my
> grandmother. There are very few entries where the first name is
> simply an initial. Does anybody know why an initial would be used.
> Is there another data base somewhere where I could corroborate this
> entry, if not, I will simply claim E. Spinner as my bubby.
>
> Ervin Spinner
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