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He was the son of Pesse & Israel Leon and was born August 15, 1881 in Brisk, Russia. He left his wife (Ciwze or Tsiva), young sons (Jackiel, Yankel or Yankiel) and (Gutman or Gimann) and mother (Pesse) in Brest-Litovsk, Russia in March or April 1906 and traveled to Germany, then onto a port city on the English Channel where he took a ferry to the United Kingdom. Then Anshel traveled to Liverpool England (stopping for at least one night in Sheffield - where he had an older brother living). Then on May 18, 1906 he boarded the vessel S/S Haverford and arrived in Philadelphia, PA USA on May 28, 1906. Shortly thereafter he traveled to New York City and in 1910 we find him living at 29 Ridge Street, New York City, NY USA. This was on the Lower East Side. Sometime after his arrival in the United States he assumed the name of Jacob Schenker. In 1911 he had earned enough money to bring his family to the United States. Tsiva or Ciwze, Jackal, Gimann & Pesse traveled to Antwerp to board the S/S Lapland (Red Star Line) and sailed to New York City. They arrived on December 12, 1911 and immediately went to join Anshel Binembaum (now called Jacob Schenker) at either 32 Attorney Street or 220 Madison Street, both on the Lower East Side, New York City, NY USA. This person is being researched by his grandson Larry Schenker Binenbaum living in Los Angeles, California, United States. binenbaum@binenbaum.org

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