Without the many hardships that he endured in Russia and his bravery in leaving Russia for the United States, his grandchildren and great grandchildren would not be on this earth today.BINENBAUM, Anshel was the son of Pesse & Israel and was born August 15, 1881 in Brisk, Russia
BINENBAUM, Anshel left his wife (Tsiva or Ciwze), young sons (Jackal) and (Gimann) and mother (Pesse) in Brest-Litovsk, Russia in March or April 1906 and traveled to Germany, then onto a port city in France, Belgium or The Netherlands. 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, Tsiva or Ciwze, Jackal, Gimann & Pesse traveled to Antwerp to board the Lapland (Red Star Line) and sailed to New York City. They arrived on December 12, 1911 and immediately went to join Anshel BINENBAUM (now called Jacob SCHENKER) at either 32 Attorney Street or 220 Madison Street, both on the Lower East Side, New York City, NY USA.
1913, April – Jacob (31) and his family moved to 129 Amboy Street, Brooklyn, NY. This is according to the application that James (his son) submitted to become a member of the bar.
1914, July - Jacob (32) and his family moved to 142 Amboy Street, Brooklyn, NY. This is according to the application that James (his son) submitted to become a member of the bar.
1914, September 22 - Jacob (32) indicated in his Petition for Naturalization, #19940 at Kings County, NY that he was living at 129 Amboy Street, Brooklyn, NY (this is a conflict of dates with the above).
1914, September 22 - Jacob (32) filed his Petition for Naturalization, #19940 at Kings County, NY. He indicated that his name was Anshel Binembaum, but that he was known as Jacob Schenker. That he was living at 129 Amboy Street, Brooklyn, NY (this is a conflict of dates with the above). That he was born on August 15, 1881 in Brisk, Russia. That he landed in Philadelphia on May 28, 1906 after departing Liverpool, England on the S/S Haverford on May 18, 1906. That he was married to Celia Binembaum, whose age was 33 (no birth date given) and born in Russia (no city given). Further that he had three children – James born 21 June 1904 (this is a conflict), George born 8 March 1906 and Sidney born 31 October 1912. He stated that he was residing in the State of New York since 28 May 1906. He had two witnesses who attested that Jacob resided in the United States since June 1908:
Jacob Rosenberg, dealer, 525 East 145th Street, Brooklyn
Jacob Belkowitz, Pharmacist, 1569 Pitkin Avenue, Brooklyn
1915, March 18 – Jacob (33) took the Oath of Allegiance for United States
Citizenship, #554589 before the court in Kings County, Brooklyn, NY.
1915, March 18 – Jacob (33) legally changed his name from Anshel
Binembaum to Jacob Schenker before the court in Kings County, Brooklyn, NY
1941, August 31 – Jacob (59) died while living at 528 East 96th Street, Brooklyn, NY. He was survived by his wife Celia, sons James, George, Sidney and Leon, plus his grandchildren Paul, Lawrence, Joan and Marilyn.
