Iosel (Grandzitsky) Grant (abt. 1862 - aft. 1930)

Born about 1862 in Meĭshagola, Vilna, Vilna, Russian Empire

Husband of Jetta (Kramer) Grant — married 1883 in Russian Empire

Descendants

Died after 1930 after about age 68 in Connecticut, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Joseph was born about 1862. He was the son of Girsha Gransitzky and Khana Unknown.^[1]

Immigration and Naturalization

Passenger manifest for the S.S. Noordam, departed Rotterdam on 20 Apr 1921 (lines 20-22) ^[2]

line | name | age | sex | status | occupation

20 | Grandzitzky, Jossel [fath] | 60 | M | -- | labor

21 | ", Nechane [girl] | 16 | F | S | none

22 | ", Jente [moth] | 52 | F | M | housew

Nationality/race: Lithuan./Hebrew

Last permanent residence: Maischiogola, Lith.

Contact at former residence: daughter [sister] Gittel Zumen Czervinti Lithuanian

Final destination: Oil City, PA

Contact at final destination: son [brother] Harry Grant, Oil Cy PA 299 Sennecca Street

Place of birth: Maisiogola, Lithuanian

Declaration of intention #182993 (12 Apr 1926)^[3]

Name: Joseph Grandzitsky

Birth: 15 Feb 1864

Birthplace: Meishagola, Vilna, Poland, Russia

Residence: 18 Greenwood St, Dorchester, Massachusetts

Occupation: woodturner

Emigrated to the U.S. from Rotterdam, Holland on the vessel Nordam; arrived in New York on 1 May 1921

Last foreign residence: Vilna

Marital status: widower [sic]

Spouse Jetta b. Russia

Certificate of arrival #564133 (25 Jun 1928)^[3]

Name: Grandzitsky, Jossel

Date of arrival: 1 May 1921

Manner of arrival: Noordam

Petition for naturalization #15271 (20 Nov 1928)^[3]

Name: Joseph Grandzitski - Joseph Grant

Birth: 15 Feb 1864

Birthplace: Meishagola, Poland

Residence: 36 Vine Street, Hartford, Connecticut

Occupation: wood-turner

Emigrated to the U.S. from Rotterdam, Holland on 23 Apr 1921; arrived in New York on 1 May 1921 on the vessel Noordam

Spouse: Jetta b. Russia; resides at Hartford, Connecticut

Nine children [name | birthdate | birthplace | residence]

Gutel | 16 Mar 1883 | Russia | Lithuania

Harry | 12 Jul 1885 | " | Oil City, Penna.

Annie | 14 May 1887 | " | Hartford, Conn.

Esther | 27 Aug 1889 | " | Warren, Penna.

Lena | 23 Jan 1891 | " | Corry, Penna.

Eli | 10 Jul 1894 | " | Hartford, Conn.

Leon W. | 16 Sep 1896 | " | "

Ralph J. | 24 Jul 1901 | " | "

Norma | 26 Sep 1903 | " | "

Certificate of naturalization #3190224 (18 Sep 1929) ^[3]

Name changed from JOSEPH GRANDZITSKI to JOSEPH GRANT

Related Records

Passenger manifest for Elie and Leib Grandytzki (1912) ^[4]

Last permanent residence: Mejsigola, Russia

Contact at former residence: father: Josef Grandytzki, Mejsigola, Russia

Contact at destination: brother: Harry Grandytzki, Mejsigola, Russia [sic]

Place of birth: Mejsigola, Russia

Passenger manifest for Rafacel Grandzichiski (Jan 1921) ^[5]

Last permanent residence: Meiszagola, Lithauen

Contact at former residence: Josel Grandzichis Meiszagolis

Final destination: Malden, Mass

Contact at final destination: Brother Eli Grant 26 Stearns St Malden Mass.

Place of birth: Meszagola, Lith.

Sources

1. ↑ All Lithuania Revision List Database, Family List, LVIA/498/4/100
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Year: 1921; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Line: 20-22; Page Number: 43.Ancestry Record 7488 #4025370271
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} National Archives at Boston; Waltham, Massachusetts; ARC Title: Petitions and Records for Naturalization, 10/1911 - 9/1991; NAI Number: 615479; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: RG 2. Ancestry Record 61195 #292825
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Boston Passenger Lists, 1891-1943," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23XW-JY8 : 13 March 2018), Leib Grandytzki, 1912; citing Immigration, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, NARA microfilm publication T843 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,404,304.
5. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6KM-GPK : 21 August 2019), Rafacel Grandzichiski, 1921.

See also:

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9Y-F55 : 24 January 2020), Jacob Grantzitky in entry for Bernard Levy and Annie Grantzitky, 1909.
• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KB89-5P7 : 22 October 2019), Josep Grant in entry for Ely Grant and Rose Levin, 05 Sep 1916; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 5429, page 89, State Archives, Boston.
• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KB8M-G6P : 22 October 2019), Joseph Grant in entry for Leo W Grant and Ida Halper, 17 Sep 1916; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 5632, page 105, State Archives, Boston.
• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28K-HMVV : 3 June 2020), Joseph Grant in entry for Ralph J Grant and Lillian Goldman, 20 Aug 1925; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 831,844.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMPN-88X : accessed 23 September 2020), Joseph Grant, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 28, sheet 24B, line 67, family 50, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 263; FHL microfilm 2,339,998.