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Welcome to the Newmark/Glusker Family Wiki

We are the descendants of Eliohu/Albion and Chana Newmark who lived in the Russian Pale of the Russian Empire in what is now Russia and Belarus. They sired 10 children, mostly in the shtetl of Samotevich, but later moved to Novozybkov.

Most of the children settled within 3 Oblasts (counties/governates) near the border between Belarus and Russia: Mogliev Oblast (Belarus), Bryansk Oblast (Russia), and Smolensk Oblast (Russia).

In the late 1800’s and the early 1900’s, almost all members of the families fled the Russian Pale and immigrated separately to the United States. By 1926, the families of all of the living children except one had immigrated to the U.S. Of the family that remained in Europe (descendants of Leiba Newmark), most were lost in the Holocaust when the Germans invaded Russia during WWII.

Our story mirrors the classic American dream story of the many East-European Jews who escaped the pogroms of Russia and immigrated to the U.S. Aided by other family members and friends along the way, the new immigrants settled primarily in the Midwest in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana. Eventually some *of the family moved to the West Coast, and others moved to the South. We are now spread throughout the United States from Miami to Seattle and from New York to Los Angeles. A few family members also live in Israel.

For the last 40 years, we have held a family reunion every two years across in locations across the country. We hope that family members, especially the newer generations, will be inspired by the stories of our ancestors and the important role of family bonds in our history.

For More Information

Information on the family is maintained in various locations throughout the Internet and in personal archives.

This Wiki Website

This website is primarily for public-facing archival information about our family. It supplants previous Newmark-Glusker public websites, so please be patient as information is transferred. And most importantly, please participate in extending and improving this website.

Hypertext links abound, so please take advantage of navigating through the site. Visit a random page on this site

Newmark-Glusker Family Facebook Group

Current information, including announcements and events are maintained on a private Facebook group page. Visit the Newmark-Glusker Family Facebook Group Page for more information.

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Family Tree

Genealogical information about our ancestors (e.g. family trees), is maintained on a private version of Family Tree Maker, and experimentally at Wikitree.com , a free, collaborative genealogical site. A login is required for many features, but there is no costs, and it follows the Wiki model of collaboration and respect for privacy, etc     Try out the interactive family tree on Wikitree.com

Our Ancestors

The oldest known patriarch/matriarch who gave rise to both Newmarks and Gluskers. Eliohu born in 1850 and raised by foster parents in Roslavl, Russia. He was a rabbi and shochat (Kosher butcher). He and his wife, Chana Rivka, lived in Samotevich but later moved to Novozybkov (or Novo Myesto or possibly just different spellings of the same place). Some of the children remained in Samotevich. Zelek is likely the first to immigrate to the U.S. [NOTE: Many have multiple name as most names were changed/anglicized upon immigration, as well as there being differing English spellings of cyrillic names. [

	Children of Eliohu and Chana Newmark (c 1865-1890)				More
Child	Spouse	# Children	Descendant Surnames	Immigration
Leah	Jacob Glusker	6	Wilensky, Kahn, Cherin, Newmark	Chicago. Before 1915.
Zalmon	Tsippe Chavkin	9	Fogel, Friedman, Slan, Newmark	Chicago July 4, 1925	wikipage
Sarah	Meyer Shulman	4	Shulman, Friedman, Kelber, Miller	Illinois. Before 1913
Rachel		none
Jacob "Zelek"	Yetta Yevelson	3	Shearer, Katz, Bookbinder, Newmark	Philadelphia, before 1907
Rose		none
Lieba	Feiga	8	Rosen, Levine, Newmark	Remained in Russian Empire
Morris ("Maisha")	Anna Agranat	1	Kesselman	U.S. Before 1913
Jacob		none
Anna	Harry (Getzel) Estrin	3	Estrin	Illinois. Before 1914

Newmarks and Gluskers

• Leah Newmark, daughter of Albion and Chana Newmark, wed her cousin, Jacob Glusker, and they had 5 Glusker daughters and one son.
• Leah's brother, Zalmon married Tsippe and they had 6 Newmark sons and 3 daughters.
• Two of the Newmark sons married two of the Glusker daughters. So, that explains why we refer to our family as the Newmark-Glusker family, even though there are many other surnames in the family. These two families are listed below.

Zalmon and Tsippe Newmark Descendants

Children of Zalmon and Tsippe Newmark (c 1893-1915)				More Info
Child	Spouse	# Children	Descendant Surnames
Max	Sophie Glusker	4	Schapiro, Greenstein, Newmark	wiki page
Sam	Mae Glusker	3	Fogel, Mendel
Lillian	Sam Fogel	3	Harwood, Newmark, Fogel	wiki page
Boris	Anna Krashen	2	Stein, Newmark
Louis	Sylvia Katch	2	Newmark
Irving	Lillian Nanus	3
Morris	Alyce Cern	6	Molvin, Newmark
Dorothy	Jack Freidman	2	Friedman
Sarah	Saul Slan	3	Slan

• This family lived in the village of Samotevich in what is now Belarus.
• The oldest, Max and Sam emigrated to the United States in 1913, predominately to avoid conscription into the Russian Army. With the help of relatives who had previously emigrated, Max and Sam made their way in the U.S.
• World War I cut off immigration mail between the U.S. and Russia, so for many years, there was no communication with the rest of their family.
• The family still in Russia, survived through the Russian Revolution of 1917, and subsequent civil war between the Red and White armies. Killings, robberies and starvation were common.
• . In 1921, mail resumed, in 1923 (or 1925) the family left their home in Samotevich for the United States.
  • After a 6 month wait spent in Latvia due to U.S. quota limits on Russian emigrees, the rest of the family either boarded the SS Polonia in Riga on June 10 and arrived in New York on July 4, 1923 (Lillian's memoir) or arrived on July 4, 1925 (likely the SS Volendam from Rotterdam) (Max's memoir).
  • The patriarch, Zalmon, died of cancer only 2 years after arriving in the U.S.
    

Leah Newmark and Jacob Glusker Descendants

Children of Leah Newmark and Jacob Glusker (c 1890-1903)
Child	Spouse	# Children	Descendant Surnames
Anna	Joseph Kahn	4	Bensman, Brodsky, Kahn
Jenny	Louis Wilensky	2	Wilensky
Sophie	Max Newmark	4	Schapiro, Greenstein, Newmark
Mary	Sam Cherin	4	Turim, Cherin
Albert	Anna Goldsmith	3	Berger, Glusker
Mae	Sam Newmark	3	Mendel, Fogel

• The Glusker family lived in Lipowka in what is now Belarus. Approximately TBD miles from Samotevich where much of the Newmark family mostly resided.
• They emigrated to the U.S. in TBD.
• Leah and Jacob boarded relatives in addition to their own children (at one time there were at least 12 living in the 3-bedroom, one bathroom flat.)
  • This is where Max and Sam met the two Glusker sisters (who were also their first cousins) Sophie and Mae. It is unclear if they had known each other in Belarus. If so, they would have been children at the time.
  • Boarders Sam Cherin and Joe Kahn, also met and married Glusker sisters, Mary and Anna. (TBD it is unclear if Joe and Sam were related to the Gluskers, but they were both immigrants from the Russian Pale).

Other Resources

• Visit the Website Info page for more information about this site, the Wiki Model, and how you can help expand and improve our content.

• If you have questions, for now, please direct them to Evan Schapiro (evan@mkat.com) or Nili Molvin (nmolvin@gmail.com).