Dana posted this same request to the JewishGen discussion group. Barbara
Zimmer responded with two excellent suggestions which should lead Dana to
living family very quickly, and I thought her reply was so useful, the
rest of the Cz-L list would likely benefit as well.
*****
1. Try <multiculturalcanada.ca>. Searching on "Bertha Dermer" bring up
about 100 hits in the database. The 2nd one is a biographical article
about Bertha, including mention of immediate family, and should lead quite
quickly to her daughter.
2. The 2nd suggestion from Barbara was to search in the online archive of
Toronto's Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel funeral home.
<http://www.benjaminsparkmemorialchapel.ca>. There you will find
obituaries for Clara and Walter Engel, as well as Angel Dermer (husband of
Bertha). Again, names of children and other family members are mentioned.
I hope this is helpful to others as well!
Bruce
On 9/2/11 12:44, "dana.dimitriu_at_web.de" <dana.dimitriu_at_web.de> wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>I am trying to find relatives / their descendants in Toronto, Canada and
>hope someone will be so kind to help me. Or - even better - perhaps
>someone out there knows them!
>
>The people in question are two sisters and the daughter of one of them,
>all of them from Bucovina, Unter-Stanesti / Stanestii de Jos (not sure),
>who survived the Holocaust in Transnistria in a place called Jedinetz.
>After the end of the war I am assuming that they went to Romania first,
>then to Israel, and from there to Canada.
>
>1. Berta born DERMER, who was married TAMLER before WWII
>
>On the Page of Testimony which Berta filled in for her mother-in-law Sali
>TAMLER and also on other POTs she submitted, she signed her name as Berta
>DERMER.
>The date of the POTs was October 1956 - so she must have arrived in
>Israel before 1956 and moved from there to Canada later.
>[ The reason I am almost 100% sure that Berta had immigrated to Israel is
>that during that period people from the Eastern Block were not allowed to
>travel, so in my eyes I can exlude the possibility of the POTs being
>submitted during a visit to Israel. ]
>
>Berta's husband, Victor TAMLER, born ca. 1912, was killed in 1942 and as
>far as I know, the couple had no children.
>Judging by Victor's birth year, I am assuming Berta to have been born in
>the interval 1910 - 1920.
>I do not know if Berta remarried after 1956.
>
>2. Clara born DERMER, who was married TAMLER before WWII; apparently
>remarried after WWII to Walter ENGEL
>
>Clara (sister of Berta), was married to Samuel (Sami) TAMLER (brother of
>Victor). Sami was born 1914 so I am assuming Clara to have been born 1910
>- 1920.
>The couple had a daughter, called Anita (see further down).
>Clara did not submit any POTs at Yad Vashem so I do not know if she ever
>immigrated to Israel or perhaps took another route to Canada.
>
>3. Anita / Hanny TAMLER
>
>Anita was born shortly before WWII - around 1937-1938. She survived
>Transnistria together with her mother Clara and aunt Berta.
>From what I know, she was married MARKS - no further details here. I
>think she had at least one son (?).
>
>I know all three ladies were living in Toronto because they had been
>corresponding irregularly with my great-aunt Edith (Medi) TAMLER, who
>passed away last year in Tel Aviv.
>
>A certain Pinkhas DERMER submitted a bunch of POTs at Yad Vashem on the
>same date as Berta so I am supposing he was closely related to her -
>perhaps a brother? or father? On ancestry.com there is a record of
>arrival in April 1957 in New York for Pinchas and Berta DERMER, both
>identified with an Israeli passport. I have no other information but
>perhaps it rings a bell with someone.
>
>While Clara and Berta might have passed away, Anita / Hanny would be in
>her 70s and I am hoping she still lives. Victor and Sami TAMLER were
>first cousins of my maternal grandfather. We know very little about what
>happened to this branch of the family and I am trying to find out as much
>as I can.
>
>I have tried to find online directories of Jewish cemeteries in Toronto
>but so far was unsuccesful. I would be grateful for any assistance you
>might be able to offer to help me make contact - thank you in advance!
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Dana Dimitriu
>
>Wiesbaden, DE
>Email dana.dimitriu_at_web.de
>Fax +49-3212-3262367
>--
>Researching: BRECHMAN, BOLCHOVER, FISCHMAN(N), HALPERN, MIZRACH,
>NEUMAN(N), RABINOVICI, SCHERZ, TAMLER
>in: Ataki, Gan Yavne, Husiatyn, Kopyczynce, Kozmin, New York, Prague,
>Putila, Rhode Island, Salvador de Bahia, Sereth, Tel-Aviv/Jaffa, Vienna,
>Zastavna
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