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Question

This is all I know, and I want to find out more about anything but im having trouble.

Benjamin Chamowitz was in the russian army and he was from Kiev.

My great great grandparents Philip and Esther Chamowitz walked from Melitopol to constantinople which took a month in 1897

They had three kids, Lena, Moris, and Julius who also walked, and then had Betty and Louis in America. Esther went back to russia to bring back her things (because she was apparently very rich) but was murdered there.

If anyone can find anything it would be much appretiated. Another name to look into is Bulgach. Thank you!

I would do that if this wasnt all the information i had.

Answer 1

You might get the help you need if you edit your question and include dates, locations and some idea what information you would like help with.

Answer 2

With the dates you have (1897 in Russia and children born in America), this narrows down the immigration date fairly well. And they were in NY, which leads to possible coming through Ellis Island. If you locate them on immigration, it should indicate if Esther was actually with them or not.
You also can do a 'search' for questions (look at top of this page) and use 'free ancestry'. Someone posted this a few days ago, to use ancestry.com free for 3 days.
With all respect, I would be somewhat skeptical of Esther going back to Russia. You might work to locate all possible records for all the children, including possible naturalization records to confirm their origin in Russia.
I also would suggest www.rootsweb.com, and on the front page, notice the mailing lists. You can subscribe to a list of others researching in Russian records, and network to find what is or isn't accessible.

Answer 3

CHAMOWITZ would seam to be a very unusal name in the
Latter Day Saints records it appears for only a few people>
ANNIE ( a Russian) daughter of Jacob Married Joshua Levy
19 April 1902 in Manhattan ( this date seams to work..perhaps making her a niece) For more info go to The Latter Day Saints Genealogy Center near you and ask for Film Batch # M 005028 You can rent it for 2 or 3 bucks!
Also the Social Security Death Data Base Shows MELVIN
Born Feb 25, 1925 Likely in N.Y. and dieing on March 8, 2006 His data would be close to your generation

The 1920 Census for N.Y. Shows:
Mollie-48 - Russian- Living alone in Manhattan
Morris -42 - Russian- Married to Mollie -28 -in the Bronx
Benjamin - 26- Russian - Married to Rebecca - 26-Daughter
Sarah Born N.Y. 9 Months He's a Taylor in Brooklin
AND
Phillip Bulgach -55 -born in Russia married to Ester and is a Taylor in Manhattan he has:
Morris
Julius
Max
Louis
Rebecca

Answer 4

www.ancestry.com

New York County Supreme Court Naturalization Petition Index, 1907-24 New York County Supreme Court Naturalization Petition Index, 1907-24


Name: Morris Chamowitz
Address: 55 Ave C
Date: 03 Nov 1915
Volume #: 205
Page #: 206

(Sorry, I couldn't find out any more. I kept seeing a spelling of CHAIMOWITZ, but didn't know if that was acceptable to you or not.)