Jeff...
Welcome to the group and please check for Engler's in the Czernowitz City Directories, here available as
downloadable Excel file: http://czernowitz.blogspot.com/
html format: http://czernowitz.ehpes.com/new/hauster/1909czernowitz.html
and you'll identify dozens of entries for "Engler". Success for your research and warmest wishes from the Netherlands!
Edgar Hauster
Lent - The Netherlands
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> From: pibajeffal_at_gmail.com
> Subject: [Cz-L] Englers in Czernowitz inquiry
> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:52:16 -0800
> To: czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu
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> Greetings from a newcomer! Yes, I'm seeking family information, but considering the first post I read was about period music and one of the next was Shula's essay... I can't tell you how excited I am for the richness this list adds to our family history.
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> I grew up a secular farm boy from Illinois. I'm now a marine biologist in Washington and was graced with marrying an Argentinean of Jewish/Catholic descent. Now that we have two great young boys, we hope to share as much of their cultural and historical context as possible.
>
> My side is a cake walk compared to my wife's. Her dad was a poor, fatherless Catholic child in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with little known history. He died shortly after our wedding, and before my Spanish was good enough to have a conversation with him. Having fled the Dirty War in the 1970's, he didn't seem to spend much time talking to anyone about history. Her mom has shared a bit of her Jewish ancestry, but not beyond her parents' generation. Among the few names she shared, she also shared a single point of geography - Chernowitz.
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> My wife's grandmother was Sara Engler (b. 3/22/1904). She and her brother Felipe immigrated (possibly from Czernowitz) to Buenos Aires. I'm not sure when, but she married her husband Benjamin Landes (b. 10/7/1909 in Rumania?) there in 1932. Benjamin immigrated to San Pablo, Brazil before arriving in Buenos Aires. I think Sara and Felipe had a brother Joseph who married a woman named Fanny and may have immigrated to Israel from Czernowitz. She wasn't sure of the town of her mother's origin, but recalls hearing "Chernowitz".
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> I searched the list for Engler and didn't come up with much. Any family leads or tips would be hugely appreciated.
>
> A recent post mentioned the Habsburgs. That reminded me that my wife joked about being royalty because of the slight underbite she shares with her grandmother Sara. Many thanks to all of you, and have a great day! JEff
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