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Morris was born in 1856 in Київ, Ukrainka, Kiev, Ukraine.
Lived in a Shtetl (Jewish setllements where jews forced to live in Imperial Russia) called Chen-every Ge-berranni, near Nejin, NE Kiev, Ukraine and near Chernobyl.They were orthodox jews and Moses wasa shoemaker and journeyman. By the early years of the twentieth century they had seven children and had had a number of still births. The pogroms (organised attacks against Jews), led of the Tzar's Cossacks, were at their height and apparentlyJoseph was somewhat of an activist. He was either and itenerant cobbler or student. Attacks on the Shtetl were becoming more aggressive and villagers fled to their cellars sometimes days at a time. whenever the troops appeared. Anyone above was assaulted. On one occasion they stayed in their cellars for 3 full days and nights. When they came above ground the village was badly damaged and there were many dead. As an additional problem Joseph was called up tp the Tzar's army and he was refusing to go as he was anti-war. Therefore it was decided he should flee and prepare the way for the rest. He got to Hamburg and wanted to get to America but instead made it to England on a boat and reached the Jewish community in Strangeways, Manchester, probably by Hull or Liverpool. In those days many ship's captains said they were taking their passengers to America but dropped them off on the east coast of England. Joseph came over somewhere between 1906 and 1908. He went to Strangeways because it had a large Jewish community with some from the Shtetl.
Over the next few years all Joseph's sibling and parents came to England including his fiancee, Yetta, her two sisters, Rebecca and Tilly and there mother Sarah. Yetta's maiden name was Fayman and she had lost her elder brother Nathan in the disasterous Russo-Jappanese was of 1904/5. Yetta's fathe, Abraham, a teacher and cantor in the synagogue was killed in a pogrom shortly before Joseph left. He was a holy man, or malamed who taught Hebrew, and was very strict, austere and orthodox. Apparently when Joseph was courting Yetta, he carried a walking stick on the Sabbath which is againgt orthodox rules, as it counted as work. Because of this Joseph was forbidden to see Yetta ever again. Apparently the relationship between the family's had started with Joseph's younger brother Nathan courting Yetta's younger sister, Rebecca. One day Rebecca was ill, and sent Yetta to Nathan's house to tell him, she met Joseph and they fell in love. When Joseph left he promised to send tickets to Yetta, which he apparently did. When the ticket arrived Yetta's mother begged her not to go saying the whole family would end up following her, and apparently they did.
Joseph and Yetta married 6th Sept, 1908 at 8 Carnarvon St, Cheetham and they both gave their address at the time as 36 Pimblett St, Cheetham. This is the very centre of Strangeways where the terrace houses were built in the 1860's and demolished in the 1960's and 1970's.
AT the time Joseph and Yetta were 23(18845) and 21(18867) respectively. AT that time they spelt their last name Pogorelsky, though later changed it to Pogrelsky. Pogorelsky is a fairly common name in the Ukraine. The name is probably Polish and means either "to burn down" or possibly denotes an origin from Pogorelza, a village in western Poland. The name belongs to the Krzywda clan.
Yetta's sister Rebecca married Nathan when she arrived in England in 1909. Apparently when Nathan arrived, next after Jospeh, the immigration officer couldn't pronounce his name and as a result he wasgiven a last name of Podlansky, which he later changed to Polansky. Nathan was a cobbler in Russia. Apparently both Nathan and Joseph played the mandolin.
Of the seven children of Moses (Morris) and Hannah, all the sons became pressers in the garment industry, whilst the girl became finishers.
Fled Russia at the turn of the century from the Tsar. Hid in cellar of a food store. They heard screaming for days. Fled on Herring boat to USA ended up in England. Arrived in Liverpool and moved to Red Bank, Strangeways, Manchester with only candlesticks. Morris worked in sweat shops until he died in a motor accident in 1934. Natalie died not long after arriving.
Morris died at the age of about 78 on 17 January 1934 at 27 Stanley Street, Cheetham, Lancashire, England.[1][2] Morris was buried on 18 January 1934 in Rainsough, Lancashire. grave no: 93, block C, burial board:CBB.
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Death Registration: England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Note: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Office for National Statistics. You must not copy on, transfer or reproduce records without the prior permission of ONS. Indexes created by the General Register Office, in London, England,
Record for Morris Pogerelsky http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=ONSDeath93&h=31016409&indiv=try. - ↑
Family Tree record for Louie Pogerelsky: Ancestry Member Family Tree,
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