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Goldstein, Battalen, Challov & Ronen Family Histories

Locations: Terespol, Piszczac, Miedzyrzec Podlaski, Brest, Kiev, Fastov, Loyev, Voronezh, Krivoye Ozero. Other family names: Goldsztern, Herszenfeld, Rozenzumen, Chalewsky, Goldberg, Pashkov, Popkov, Ben-Dov, Lopushanskiy.
  • Battalen
    • Battalen Intro
    • Voronezh
    • Louis Battalen, with Descendant Chart
    • Battalen Immigration & Naturalization
    • Battalen Photos
    • The Sisters & Their Families
    • “Paper Life”
      • The Letters between Lev & Fenya
      • The Russian Military Draft
      • Relations between the Two Families
      • Romance and Plans for the Future
      • And Then…?
  • Challov
    • Challov Intro
    • Krivoye Ozero
      • Krivoye-Ozero – “Curve/Crooked Lake”
      • The Pogroms of 1919 in Krivoye Ozero
      • “Thirty Days of a Jewish Pogrom in Krivoye Ozero”
    • Harry Challov with Descendant Chart
      • Harry Challov’s Story
      • Harry Challov Documents
      • Harry Challov Immigration & Naturalization
    • Ida Challov with Descendant Chart
      • Ida Challov’s Story
      • Ida Challov Photos
      • Celia Zlotnick & Benjamin Klotz
        • Lewis Klotz
    • Mollie Challov with Descendant Chart
      • Mollie Challov’s Story
      • Mollie Challov Documents
      • Photos of Mollie Challov
  • Goldstein
    • The Goldsztern/Goldstein Family Intro
      • The Terespol Families
      • Berko Rozensumen-Hindy Herszenfeld Family
      • Herszenfeld Family, Yocheved Rozenzumen’s mother
      • Yocheved Rozenzumen-Berko Fayvel Goldsztern Family
        • Shimon & Meyer, the other Goldstein Brothers in the US
      • Sol Goldstein’s Story
        • Sol Goldstein Documents
        • Sol Goldstein Immigration & Naturalization
        • Isadore J. Goldstein
        • Jeannette Goldstein
      • The Rozensumen’s of Miedzyrzec Podlaska (Ben-Dov)
    • Terespol & Brisk (Brest Litovsk)
      • Modern Terespol, Map & Jewish Cemetery
      • The Shoah
        • The Brest Ghetto Passport Archive
        • The Massacre at Bronnaya Gora
  • Ronen
    • Ronen Intro
    • Kiev, Ukraine
    • Fastov, Ukraine
      • Pogroms in Ukraine, in Belarus and in European Russia…1918-1922
    • The Ronen Family’s Blood Libel Ordeal
    • Ronen Immigration & Naturalization
  • Gallery
    • Battalen Family Gallery
    • Ben-Dov Gallery
    • Challov Family Gallery
    • Meyer Goldstein Family Gallery
    • Sol Goldstein Family Gallery
    • Ronen Family Gallery
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Navigating this Genealogy Rabbit Hole

November 6, 2018 Louise Goldstein

Click each FAMILY NAME above for information and photos.  There are sub-headings with much more material, including history, documents, photos…

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Posted in: Blog Filed under: family, links, Navigate, pages, research

The Sad Publicity of the Pashkov Affair

August 25, 2022 Louise Goldstein 1 Comment

Iosel Pasikov’s murder and the accusation that his father had killed a Christian child in a ritual murder was apparently…

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Posted in: Fastov, Pasikov/Pashkov Affair, Ronen Filed under: crime, Froim, Iosel, murder, Pashkov, Pasikov, Ritual Murder, Stas Tarasov, Yosel

Alive or Dead? Authorities want to Know

July 1, 2022 Louise Goldstein

We know from our family letters that when Froim Pashkov (Pasikov)’s son Iosel was murdered, the authorities doubted that Iosel…

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Posted in: Ronen Filed under: Fastov, Iosel, Pashkov, Pasikov, Ritual Murder

The Ronen Family Turns up in Florida

May 14, 2022 Louise Goldstein

Today on Zoom I met the granddaughter of Franya Ronen, my grandmother Fannie Ronen Battalen’s sister.  Her name, “Aleksandra Medvinsky,”…

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Posted in: Kiev, Ronen, Soviet Union Filed under: Aleksandra, Avram, Franya, Medvinsky, Meer, Ronin, Sara, Sasha, Yan

A Chilling Detail

April 10, 2022 Louise Goldstein

“… At that time our relatives from Fastov came to us, escaping from armed gangs. The bandits killed our uncle,…

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Posted in: Blog, Fastov, Ronen Filed under: Fastov, Furmansky, Pashkov, Pasikov, Pogrom, Russian Civil War

Our Politically Suspicious Forbear

April 5, 2022 Louise Goldstein 2 Comments

Our great-grandfather, Meier Yankelevich Ronen, was labeled “politically suspicious” by the fledgling Soviet government in 1922.  What does that mean…

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Posted in: Ronen, Soviet Union, Uncategorized Filed under: Kyiv, Meer Yankelevich Ronin, Ronen, Soviet Union, Stas Tarasov, Suspicious

Another Battalen Branch Says “Hi!”

March 10, 2022 Louise Goldstein

“Macy Battalin” was a name I had heard a number of times over the years.  My uncle Julie Fass said…

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Posted in: Battalen, Battalen branch Filed under: Battalen, Battalin, Connecticut, Eliezer, Jen, Macy, Optometrist, Sayde

The OTHER other Sol Goldstein (not the gangster, not my grandfather…)

November 4, 2021 Louise Goldstein 5 Comments

THIS Sol was one of the few Goldsztern family members to survive the Shoah.  My grandfather Sol told me that…

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Posted in: Brest, Goldshtern, Goldstein, Goldsztern, Israel, Survivor, Terespol Filed under: Goldstein, Goldsztern, Holocaust, Israel, Palestine, Sol Goldstein, Terespol

Update on Solly Goldstein FOIA Request

July 26, 2021 Louise Goldstein 1 Comment

Research into public records regarding Solly’s criminal career, disappearance and death fell victim to bad weather and records-purging policies.  The…

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The Battalen’s of Spring Street Make the News

February 19, 2021 Louise Goldstein

My cousin Claire Stiglitz once related the story of a cross-burning across the street from our grandparents’ home in Bethlehem…

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Posted in: Battalen Filed under: Battalen, Bethlehem PA, cross-burning, Herbie Battalen, Ku Klux Klan, Louis Battalen

Cousin Solly and the “Kiss of Death Girl”

February 14, 2021 Louise Goldstein

Hit-man for Murder, Inc…wanted to go straight… killed and thrown into a lake:  the family legend turns out to be…

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Posted in: Goldstein Filed under: Evelyn Mittelman, Fulton Fish Market, Gittel, Goldstein, Helen Eiger, Kiss of Death Girl, Loch Sheldrake, Murder Inc., Pittsburgh Phil, Pretty Levine, Reles, Shimon, Solly Goldstein, Solomon, Syndicate, Turkus

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