Earlier there was castle of local highly independent feudal that ruled the area. But the importance of the town diminished in the 19th century. The next 100 years still all rich Jews of Mir belong to the family. I have suspicions that all Minsk Gubernia (province) CHARNYs originated from Mir, but it was earlier than the middle of the 1700s. All those names appeared among Jews of Mir. The same in Russian that CHARNY in Polish or SCHWARTZ in Yiddish or SHOHOR in Hebrew. Look like CHERNY what was really with different E and pronounce CHORNY or CHYORNY. Now on I have an updated translation of the certificate as follow. The birth certificate was completed by the Public Rabbi of Sosnitz. Dad was born in White Russia and his birth certificate reads as follow At the township of Minna on the 1st January 1897 to the citizen of the township Mir of the district Minsk, sub-district of Novogrudok To Abraham Leib son of Moses Tcherny and his wife Debora daughter of Zalmon a son was born to whom the name Alexander was assigned. There was Hyam, and Dad, then Theodora Carmel (Dolly) and Harry, the atter two, were born in South Africa. In the next photo but in 1927 when we visited the grands in Rehovat Grandpa Abraham Leib aged about 57 and Dad Alex Cecil aged about 30 and Manfred Joseph 5 years old. The three brothers: Dr Max Tzerney, Abraham Leib (Ariel) Schwartz and Cecil Alexander Schwartz.Ĭarmel Dolly with Grandpa Abraham Leib and Grandmother Deborah in the them Palestine about 1925 or 1926 In any case they emigrated soon thereafter. For years to come I disliked soup with the consequence that I was not too keen on visiting that Grandmother. When you are two years old, hot is hotter than for adults. I never knew then how very expensive this spice was, otherwise I might have relished her special presentation. Grandma Schwartz used to put saffron in the soup. I often think of one very hot Sunday when given the traditional chicken soup for lunch.

His family followed him out and they reached Bloemfontein early in this century and had a house at l33 Zastron Street. My grandfather Abram Leib had emigrated from Beylarus during the 1890's, and lived initially in Cape Town. We needed and thrived on that belonging together feeling of not begrudging the other persons' success, hoping to one day to also reach that pinnacle.Īs a starting point, I choose Bloemfontein, seeing that I began there, having been born there three quarters of a century ago, at 6 Prettyman Road. There is the quaint explanation to the query 'what is the difference between sympathy and jealousy?' The reply being 'sympathy is a fellow feeling, while jealousy is another fellow feeling.' However no one can deny that our family consists of a very fine group of people, and there was that grand fellow feeling towards each other, which does not exist to the same extent The pferd fuss potkewah laymans' idea of relationship psychology, between the horse and the nail which attaches the horse-shoe to the horse's hoof (none at all) come into play very strongly. Our family was large, what with those of the families of the people who married into our core family, virtually everyone is a relative of ours, all the many machatonim. No other family can boast such an achievement, fortunately. I am part of an unique family, it has to be unique, if I am part of it. It is ironic that many who could not gain entry into either the Union or to Southern Rhodesia were able and lucky to get into Swaziland and Northern Rhodesia, but not in great numbers, by any means. They were referred to as the Polish and Russian Union) due to their having formed their own club to counteract their non-acceptance by the others, and were dominant till the early 30's, when the influx of mainly German Jews came to this country bringing their energy, skills, thoroughness and work ethic. We who have roots in Eastern Europe, the PARUvians, (from the early Kimberley days, when the English and German Jews dominated, and the other Jews were considered inferior. South Africa was a repository for so many people looking for a future.These people, our people, had left Europe for various reasons, hoping and succeeding, in creating a better life for themselves and others who lived, in this wonderful Sunny South Africa.

In deciding to compile a list of some of the people, who were in the business and commercial world, in the earlier portion of this century, I salute you, by way of this record. SA-SIG - Southern Africa Jewish Genealogy: Family Histories: Schwartz SOUTHERN AFRICAĬopyright © 2005 Saul Issroff, Mike Getz, SAfrica SIG

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