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)
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)
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
8 Enid ANSELL b. 28 Feb 1929 d.Dec. 29, 2006
(first cousin)
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)
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)
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
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. .
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
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)
(first cousin, once removed)
Ben practices medicine
specializing in studying
The effect of cholesterol on
the heart.
(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
If you
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