Descendants of: Sarah LYON

As Related to: Paul BIRMAN

 

This lineage is from Sarah Lyon to me (Paul Birman) and to my immediate family.   . There is also a simple ancestors list showing just the presumed lineage from Sarah Lyon to me (Paul Birman).  Click here.

 

The research on which this is based was done by Mrs. Judy Wolkovitch, Ben Ansell's mother-in-law, her.

research notes are in italics.  This chart was updated February 2007.

 

 

 

1 Sarah LYON b. 1703 Amsterdam, HOLLAND d. 1808 Ipswich, ENGLAND (5th great grand mother)

  m. Abraham TITTERMAN* Click here for Constable’s portrait            

  Her surname has been variously printed as Titterman, Ezekiel, Abraham and

  and Levy According to notes found in the Hyamson papers - Raphael - Sarah Lyon went to

  England when her son was nine months old 

  2 Rabbi Isaac TITTERMAN b. C.1733* HOLLAND d. C.1823 (5th great uncle)

    Click here for portrait  

    m. Unknown _____

    From An Ipswich Worthy portrayed by John Constable by Malcolm Brown

    which cites inscription "And Isaac was seventy years old" in the month of

    Nisan in the year 1803.  

    Apparently was brought to England when nine months old in 1732

    Was apparently in nineties when he died 

  2 Daughter TITTERMAN (RC?) (4th great grand mother) 

    3 Ansell (Asher?) ANSELL b. 1761 HOLLAND d. 1838 Ipswich, ENGLAND

      (great-great-great-grand father)

      m. Martha (Ansell) d. 15 Dec 1838 London, Middx. ENGLAND

      P125 of Jews of Ireland states he was native of Holland

      Hyamson says he he is mentioned in the Ipswich Jewish Cemetery

      as Ansell Ansell but on his tree lists him as Asher

      Died at Rope (Hope?) Lane, St. Clements

      Jews of Ireland uses dates of 1758 to 1835 but death cert. says he died in

      1838 at age of 77.

      4 Myer ANSELL b. 1809 London, ENGLAND d. 1 Nov 1875 Leeds, ENGLAND

  (great-great-grand father)

        m. Jessie POLLACK b. 1810 London, ENGLAND d. 22 Jul 1887

        1850 Lived at  17 Copenhagen St, LEEDS

        5 David ANSELL b. 1840 Middlesex, LONDON d. 15 Nov 1878 (great-grand father)

          m. 26 Jul 1866 ENGLAND Amelia BOOTH b. 21 Jun 1846 Selby, East Anglia, ENGLAND

    d. 19 Jun 1914 Leeds, ENGLAND

          Lived at 10 Belgrave Street, Leeds, ENGLAND

          Secretary to the Duke's Place Synagogue - JC 11/22/1861

          6 George Asher ANSELL b. 24 Feb 1867 Leeds, ENGLAND

           d. 26 Dec 1954 New York,                  

U.S.A. (grand father)  Click here for photo

            m. C.1890 New York, U.S.A.  Sophie BELASCO click here for photo

b. C.1872 N.Y., U.S.A. d. 1933

            Orphaned as a child.  Ran away from home and lived with uncle in Leeds.

            Lived at 10 Belgrave Street, Leeds

            At age of 13 (acc. to 1881 census) was at Olive Hospital and Orphan Asylum

            which later became Norwood Orphanage.  Leonard Ansell was 10 yrs old when

            Sophie died of Pneumonia.  Harold Morrison remembers that she was visiting

            his daughter, (Harold’s mother) Addie Morrison, in Springfield Mass. When

            she became ill and was driven back to Manhattan. 

            George and Sophie were friends with Samuel Gompers, president of the AF of L

            labor union and often entertained him at the Ansell home. (Jean Ansell, and

            Leonard Ansell – source)

            7 David ANSELL b. 20 Aug 1892 d. 7 Dec 1947 NY (uncle)

              m. MARCH 25 1922 Jean SPITZER b. 25 Mar 1900 d. 23 Feb 1989 NY

              8 Leonard ANSELL b. 5 Aug 1923 d. Oct. 29, 2006(first cousin)

Leonard Ansell

                m. 18 Feb 1951 Harriett MUNT b. 30 Nov 1928

                Leonard, was a sportswriter and owned a public relations firm in New York

                before retirement.  He and Harriet celebrated their 50th wedding

                anniversary in 2001.

                9 David ANSELL b. 2 Apr 1954 (first cousin, once removed)

                  m. 5 May 1985 Ginger SHUFORD b. 17 Feb 1951

                  David practices law in the DC area

                  10 Benson ANSELL b. 29 Jun 1988 (first cousin, twice removed)

                  10 Jacob ANSELL b. 2 Aug 1991 (first cousin, twice removed)

                9 Pamela ANSELL b. 7 Sep 1957 (first cousin, once removed)

                  m. James MORRISON

                  10 Lena Ansell MORRISON b. 11 Jul 1990 (first cousin, twice removed)

                  10 Zachary Paul MORRISON b. 8 Apr 1992 (first cousin, twice removed)

                  10 Samuel Heath MORRISON b. 27 Nov 1994 (first cousin, twice removed)

                9 Jeff ANSELL b. 17 Jun 1959 (first cousin, once removed)

                  m. 8 Jun 1985 Lynne ENGLE

                  Jeffrey is the CEO of Pinacle Foods.  

                  He and his family live in Mountain Lakes NJ.

                  10 Elizabeth ANSELL b. 4 Aug 1987 (first cousin, twice removed)

                  10 Jordan ANSELL b. 12 Apr 1990 (first cousin, twice removed)

                  10 Jacqueline ANSELL b. 22 Oct 1991

                     (first cousin, twice removed)                

              8 Enid ANSELL b. 28 Feb 1929 d.Dec. 29, 2006 (first cousin)

Enid Geisler

                m. Lawrence FRIEDMAN

                m. 1973 Morty (Mortimer) GEISLER b. MAY 1918

                Morty continues to live in Tamarac FL

                9 Danny FRIEDMAN (first cousin, once removed)

                  m. Holly ?

                  10 Lindsay FRIEDMAN b. 24 Jun 1988 (first cousin, twice removed)

                  10 Amanda FRIEDMAN b. JULY 1991 (first cousin, twice removed)

                  10 Paul FRIEDMAN b. 6 Jun 1995 (first cousin, twice removed)

                9 Paul FRIEDMAN b. 2 Mar 1959 d. *1/5/83 (first cousin, once removed)

                   Died at young age of cancer

                9 Iris FRIEDMAN (first cousin, once removed)

                  m. Steve HOROWITZ

                  Steve Horowitz,

                  .  They live in Yorba Linda California.

                  10 Lee HOROWITZ b. JULY 1987 (first cousin, twice removed)

                  10 Pamela HOROWITZ b. 23 Sep 1989 (first cousin, twice removed)

            7 Leo ANSELL b. 1894 d. 1913 (uncle)

              E-mail 7/31/98

            7 Addie ANSELL b. _____ d. 1978? (aunt)

              m. Irving MORRISON                                      

              Irving was a professional photographer in Springfield Ma.

              8 Harold MORRISON b.19 Feb 1930 (first cousin)

                m. Amy Simons d. 1991

                9 Louis MORRISON b.14 December 1959 (first cousin, once removed)

                  m. Brenda Wilson

                  10 Evan MORRISON b. 28 Aug 1995 (first cousin, twice removed)

                9 Jennifer MORRISON b. _____ d. * (first cousin, once removed)

                  Died as an infant

                9 Jodie MORRISON 30 May 1967

(first cousin, once removed)                             

                  Jodie teaches school and lives in Tampa FL.

                  m. Mel WILSON

                  m. Greg KROUSE

                  10 Amy WILSON b. 24 Feb 1994 (first cousin, twice removed)

                  10 Cory Christopher b. 13 Sept 1998 (first cousin, twice removed)

                9 Tracy MORRISON b. 12 May 1968 (first cousin, once removed)

                9 Greg MORRISON b. 12 Feb 1970 (first cousin, once removed)

            7 Jean ANSELL b. 16 Jan 1903 d. JAN 1963 Flushing, Queens, NY (mother)

              m. 1933 Max BIRMAN b. 16 Apr 1897 d. DEC 1966 Flushing, Queens NY

              8 Paul BIRMAN b. 3 Aug 1935 (myself)

                Paul is a retired Electrical Engineer who worked in the marketing of

                electronic instruments.

                m. 1968 Rosemarie VAN D'ELDEN b. 22 Dec 1935

                Rosemarie is a retired Systems Analyst who got her computer training

                on mainframes with Univac and had a data processing consulting business.

              8 Sylvia Lenore BIRMAN b. 9 Jan 1940 (sister)

                Sylvia Cooper retired from teaching Chemistry at Morgantown (West Virginia) High School

                m. 21 Jan 1961 Bernard (Barry) COOPER                   

                Barry Cooper is retired as Benedum Professor of Physics at West Virginia University.

                9 Jean Alane COOPER b. 22 Dec 1963 (niece)

                  m. Daron TOOCH                                          

                  Jean and Daron both practice law in Los Angeles, CA.

                  10 Erica TOOCH b. 22 Mar 1994 (grand niece)

                  10 Arielle TOOCH b. 2 Feb 1997 (grand niece)

                9 David Jacob COOPER b. 13 Jan 1967 (nephew)             

                  David is a Professor of Economics at Florida State University,

                  Tallahassee, FL. .

                  m. Katrina SCHOCHET

                  10 Rebecca COOPER b. 23 Jan 1997 (grand niece)          

                  10 Jacob (Jack) COOPER b. May 24 2002 (grand nephew)          

                  10 Sarah Isabel Cooper b. April 29, 2006 2002 (grand neice)          

                9 Marilyn Clyta COOPER b. 3 Jun 1970 (niece)              

            7 Frederick Jesse ANSELL b. APRIL 1905 N.Y., U.S.A. d. 1944 N.J., U.S.A.

 (uncle)

              m. 15 Apr 1927 New York, U.S.A.  Fanny SOLETSKY b. 10 Dec 1902 N.Y., U.S.A.

  d. 1982 Florida, U.S.A.  click here for link to Soletsky family website

              8 Lawrence ANSELL b. 4 Feb 1929 d. MAY 1970 (first cousin)

                Larry was the chief of the perfume div of Hoffman La Roche,

                Geneva Switzerland.

                m. Martha Ann YOUNG

                9 Kathy ANSELL b. 25 Jan 1953 (first cousin, once removed)

                  m. Roger YANOW b. 4/29/56?

                  10 Arielle YANOW b. 18 Feb 1983 d. 22 Nov 1987

   (first cousin, twice removed)

                  10 Rachel Leah YANOW b. 1 May 1993 (first cousin, twice removed)

                9 Ruth ANSELL b. 26 Feb 1954 (first cousin, once removed)

                  m. Frances MURPHY

                  10 Gerard F. MURPHY b. 1980? (first cousin, twice removed)

                  10 Lauren Ansell MURPHY b. 4 Jun 1983 (first cousin, twice removed)

                9 Barbara ANSELL b. MARCH 1956 (first cousin, once removed)

                  m. 1976 Eugene STEINHILBER

                  10 James STEINHILBER b. 26 May 1983 (first cousin, twice removed)

                  10 Rebecca STEINHILBER b. 5 Feb 1985 (first cousin, twice removed)

                  10 Scott STEINHILBER b. 13 Sep 1987 (first cousin, twice removed)

              8 George Stephen ANSELL b. 1 Apr 1934 Akron, OHIO (first cousin)

                m. 18 Dec 1960 Albany, NEW YORK  Marjorie BORIS b. 8 Jan 1937

                Brooklyn, New York

                George was dean of RPI and retired as president of the Colorado

                School of Mines.                                      

                9 Frederick Stuart ANSELL b. 6 Jun 1962 Troy, NEW YORK

(first cousin, once removed)

                 

                9 Laura Ruth ANSELL b. 24 Jul 1964 Troy, NEW YORK

(first cousin, once removed)

                9 Benjamin Jesse ANSELL

(first cousin, once removed)

                  Ben practices medicine specializing in studying

                  The effect of cholesterol on the heart.

                    Debra Nancy WOLKOVITCH

                  10 Nathan Julian ANSELL

   (first cousin, twice removed) (If you click on his name you’ll go

                      the website Ben and Debra maintain for him.) Debra’s mom,

                      Judy Wolkovitch did the research that resulted in this family tree.

            7 Millie (Amelia) ANSELL b. _____ d. C.1950 (aunt)

              m. Leonard HENNY

              8 Billy HENNEY (first cousin)

            7 Harold ANSELL b. 1907 d. 1914 (uncle)

              E-mail 7/31/98

            7 Jack ANSELL b. 3 May 1909 d. 28 May 1955 (uncle)

              m. 1936 Millie (Mildred) LEWITZ b. 24 Feb 1912 d. 1988

              8 Iris ANSELL b. 4 Apr 1941 (first cousin)

                m. Takara IWAMOTO

                Iris and Iwa currently live in London.

              8 Jessica ANSELL b. 23 May 1945 (first cousin)

                Jessica practices law in New York

                m. Melvyn HAUSER b. 5 Feb 1945

 

 

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