Descendants of Sander and Hadassah Sitz

Sources of Information:
Encyclopedia Judaica (1971), Keter Publishing House: Jerusalem, Vol. 4, p. 806, "Bialystok."
1900 Census of the U.S., Somerville, Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, Supv. Dist. No. 4, E.D. No. 79, Sheet 1A, Dwelling No. 3, Family No. 3, W. Main St. (recorded 1 June 1900).
Birth, marriage and death certificates of the children of Barnett and Anne Woldin, and various others, New Jersey Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics.
Petition for Naturalization by Barnett Woldin, Somerset County Court House, Somerville, NJ, 19 August 1902, No. 173. Ordered, 5 September 1902.
1905 Census of New Jersey, Somerville, Somerset County, E.D. No. 4 (recorded 6 June 1905).
1915 Census of New Jersey, Somerville, Somerset County, E.D. No. 2 (recorded 15 June 1915), Sheet 5B, Dwelling No. 100, Family No. 121.
"Scrapbook of Yesterday" columns, Somerset Messenger Gazette, describing early 20th century Somerville athletic activities involving Samuel Woldin, 29 November 1962, p. 16; undated clipping labeled "May or June 1976;" and undated clipping without inscription.
"Baseball never struck out here," column by Jessie Havens, Somerset Messenger Gazette, 6 October 1994. Reminiscences of John Beekman, former Rutgers first-baseman naming Sam Woldin.
Marriage license and certificate of Samuel Woldin and Mary Cruise, Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, 26 November 1930, Reg. No. 26406. Respecting subsequent controversy over the validity of marriages performed under the authority of a disputed City Clerk, see The New York Times, 1 January 1939, Section 1, p. 12, col. 1, "Holds marriages valid - Counsel says ceremonies by Tudor were valid."
Certificate of Incorporation of Woldins, Inc., Office of Commercial Recording, Secretary of State, State of New Jersey, Trenton, filed 24 July 1928; Annual Report by a Domestic Corporation, filed 19 September 1928; Certificate of Dissolution, filed 3 November 1937.
Somerville directories, 1936-37, 1959, 1961, 1966, NJ State Library, Bureau of Archives & History.
Trenton Masonic Temple - 5th Anniversary, commemorative booklet, 18 September 1976, copy at West Library, Special Collections, The College of New Jersey (NJ HS387 .T7F7).
"Barnett Woldin, local merchant, dies at his home - Had operated retail shoe business in borough for past 40 years," Somerset Messenger Gazette, 14 May 1935, p. 1.
Birth announcement of a female child of Samuel and Mary Woldin at Somerset Hospital, Somerset Messenger Gazette, 7 July 1936.
"Samuel E. [sic] Woldin, 75, founded rec committee," The Princeton Packet, 22 March 1978.
Social Security Death Index, for Samuel Woldin (144-07-6612, NJ), confirmed by death certificate. SSDI also lists a Frank Woldin (273-10-6718, OH), b. 30 November 1898, d. October 1963, last residence Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, who may be the brother of Barnett Woldin by that name.

Oral Interviews by Thomas Rue:
Mr. Samuel I. Woldin at his home in Cranbury, NJ, various dates in 1970s.
Miss Gertrude J. Woldin at her home in Somerville, NJ, various dates in 1970s.
Mrs. Pauline B. Meyer at her home in Bridgeport, Connecticut, 5 June 1974.
Mr. and Mrs. Gershon and Ida Kirshner at their home in Tel Aviv, Israel, 7 August 1977; and letter from Ida Kirshner dated 5 June 1974.
Mrs. Hariet S. Findysz in Jerusalem, Israel, 12 September 1977.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellen and David Bullock at their home in Nes Ziyyona, Israel, 5-6 December 1977.

Other:
E-mail regarding his own family from Joanne Fischer, 2 June 1997.
E-mail regarding Balinky family, from Judi Langer Caplan , commencing 21 June 1997. See also Jewish Family and Life for matzevot of Joseph and Miriam Balinky.
E-mail regarding family of Edwin Judd Woldin, from John Woldin, 16 July 1997.
E-mail regarding family of Raymond Samuel Woldin, from Barbara Woldin, 27 March 1998.



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