ELI A. FINN ( nee Pintov) - THE STORY OF MY LIFE

I would like to thank Henoch Duboff for letting us know about this
manuscript and sharing the research he did on the Pintov/ Rosoff family.


I was born July 17, 1890, in Gluboko ( Glubokie, now in Belarus), Province of Vilna, Russia, the oldest
son in a family of six children — 4 brothers and 2 sisters. I attended public
school as well as Hebrew school.
One day, when my father and I were standing outdoors in front of our home,
the principal of the public school I attended passed by and stopped to talk
to my father. He told my father that I possessed the capabilities for a
college education. My father replied that he intended to educate me for the
Rabbinate and not for any other profession.
But I had a longing for accomplishments in other directions, and I told this
to my father. We began to argue, which led to some quarrels, and then my refusal
to assist my father in his leather-making enterprise.


I joined a revolutionary organization ( during the failed revolution of 1905) which resulted in my facing arrest ( by the czarist government).
It became necessary for me to leave town, so my father took me to Kurenitz
to stay with the family of his youngest brother ( Yehuda Leib Pintov)
Yehuda Leib emigrated to the U.S.A. Soon after my arrival. My uncles' wife (Keila nee Spektor/Shoolman , and 3 years old daughter; Badana) decided to join her husband in America. I asked my father to let me go with them, and he agreed
We came to the U.S.A. in 1907, and I lived in my uncle's home in Boston,
Mass. until mid-1908, at which point my aunt persuaded my uncle to return to

Kurenitz, Russia. (In 1924 The Pintov family moved to Palestine/
Israel. The family was in charge of Orange groves owned by Keilas‘ brother, Max Shoolman. They had other children in Kurenets and later in Israel. Daughter Badana married Yaakov Dori, the first chief of the IDF)

I was now alone, responsible to myself for my future, and I did some hard
thinking.
I moved to Springfield, Mass, where Uncle Shmuel ( Rosoff), my grandmother's brother
lived. He and his wife, Bailie, insisted that I stay at their home until
I found work to support myself. I began to look for work that offered
advancement into the future. It was tough - 1908 was a depression year,
and discrimination against Jews and Catholics was practiced openly. Signs
on entrance doors to businesses read — No Jews — No Catholics.
I finally found employment at the Charles E. Burt Printing Co. by telling
Mr. Burt that I had experience in printing, and that I could do what he was
doing - feeding letterheads onto a Gordon Job Press, and I offered to work
for $3.00 a week.
He told me that business was very slow, and that he was considering closing
and moving to his father's farm in Brookfield, Mass, until business improved –

but if I would work for $3.00 per week, he would keep the shop
open until business improved.

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He gave me 25¢ to have lunch, and told me he would have work for me when I
returned. When I returned from lunch, he had a job ready for me on the
Gordon Press. I inserted the first letterhead into- the bed of the Press,
but failed to remove my right hand fast enough, which resulted in the
crushing of my two middle fingers. Mr. Burt was upset, and accused me of
deception as to my claim of experience. I replied that if he were in my
place, and needed a job as badly as I did, he would do what I did.
He took me to a doctor who bandaged my fingers, and he told me that he
would hold to his decision to let me work at his printing shop; that he
would stay with me until the end of the week, and teach me the basics in
keeping a printing shop operating.
On Ferry St., where my uncle lived, there was a small printing shop. I
approached the owner, told him of my predicament, and asked him for assistance.

He told me that if I would work in his shop for two weeks, without
pay, he would teach me the printing business. Of course, I agreed thank-
fully. I learned enough in the two weeks to intelligently maintain the
Chas. E Burt Shop profitably.
I became an expert in color printing as well as in type setting. At the end
of 1909, when Mr. Burt returned, I had $478.00 in cash for him, after
paying the rent and the $3.00 per week to myself.
To further my education, I attended night school classes with the intent
of eventually qualifying for a college education.
My work at the Chas. E Burt Co. progressed as my skills developed. My
income was raised to $29.00 per week and I was financially comfortable. I
admired and fell in love with Ida, Uncle Shmuel's younger daughter. We
were married, and I moved into their home on Chestnut Street.
I completed my High School education in night classes, and then applied
and was accepted by Springfield Y.M.C.A. College.
I consulted Mr. Burt about working hours, He agreed for me to work at the
printing shop afternoons and evenings, without cutting my pay. Everything
went fine to satisfy my ambitions, until the day when I asked Dr. Affteck,
one of my professors at College, to be my advisor for a thesis I wanted
to write, His reply was, "You cannot graduate". When I questioned him
why, that I had no failures in my studies, his reply was, "You are Jewish".

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When I replied, "If this is your policy, why was I accepted?", his reply
was,
"We hoped you would convert." It sickened me. I lost all interest in my
school work and I quit school. It affected my performance at the printing
shop and I decided to move elsewhere. The Obletz family, Mary, Ida's sister,

her husband Marry and their children lived in Hull, Quebec, Canada. We moved

to join them in Hull.
In about a year or so, the Obletz family moved back to Springfield and we
moved
to Montreal in the Westmont area. I was prospering in business and we
decided
to have a child. My anger toward the U.S.A. cooled and we decided that the
child
should be born in America. When the due date arrived, Ida went to Spring-
field and Dr. O'Keefe delivered Mimi on May 27, 1917.
Again, for business reasons, we moved to Quebec City, into a beautiful home
on St. John Street. One day, I received a call from Dr. Dogget, president of

Springfield Y.M.C.A. College. He told me that he came to Quebec City to talk

to me, and asked me to have dinner with him at Chateau Frontinac. I accepted

the invitation.
At dinner, he told me that he and the Board of Directors wanted to correct a

wrong done to me; that he came to an understanding with the president of
Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., that if I go back to Springfield Y.M.C.A.
College and graduate without a degree, I would be accepted At Amherst and
would graduate with a Masters degree. I thanked Dr. Dogget. I told him that
I was now a father, prospering in business, and that going back to school
made no practical sense. He told me that he understood, and asked that I
give
the matter further consideration. Ida and I discussed the matter thoroughly

and decided against my going back to college.
Much happened the next few years. In 1920, when Mimi was 3 years old, a
friend
of ours, and his wife, invited us to go with them to Mont Royal. Ida had
another appointment, but Mimi, her maid and I went with them, Midway to the
Mont Royal, the driver swerved his car too sharply, he lost control, and the

car turned over. The two women in the back seat were killed, but Mimi was
cushioned between them and protected from injury. As for me, 1 suffered a
fractured right elbow, but regardless of the injury, was able to free Mimi
from her crushing , sandwiched position. When this shattering event occurred
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Ida's lonesomeness for family intensified, so we decided to move back to
Springfield. I sold my share of the business to my partners, Mr. Williamson
and Mr. Murphy, and moved back to Springfield, Mass. I bought a partnership
in a plumbing business which turned out to be a bad investment.


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Harry Obletz and family moved to Buffalo, N.Y. where he joined his brother
in the drug store business. I was able to sell my share of the plumbing
business, so we, too, moved to Buffalo where we bought a house on Loring
Avenue.
I joined into a partnership with Henry Maisel, manufacturing oak extension
tables.
By then, we decided to have another child, and Bob was born on August 8,
1922.
Our table manufacturing venture prospered, and we were contemplating expansion,

when one night I was awakened by the telephone, and was told that
our factory was on fire.. I rushed downtown and saw our factory engulfed
in fire. Our factory was filled with table bases and tops and dry wood.
It burned to the ground. Overnight, we were out of business.
Now what to do!
I had a good acquaintance with the furniture trade and was able to get some
furniture lines to sell to furniture stores. I was doing fairly well at
selling.
One day, Mr. Schwartz, owner of Household Furniture Co. of Buffalo, N.Y.
and Erie, Pa., told me that the Odin Stove Co. of Erie, Pa. decided to expand

into the Eastern market and offered to introduce me to Mr. C.H.
Hoffstetter, the president.
My meeting with Mr. Hoffstetter was very fruitful. We signed an agreement
that I would have Odin products on an exclusive basis in all of the
territories east of Albany, N.Y., all of the New England states, metropolitan

New York, the state of New Jersey, metropolitan Philadelphia,
Delaware, the state of Maryland and southern Virginia.
To properly cover such a large territory, I sold only to distributors
on an exclusive basis. I prospered, even in the depression of the l930s.
During the years, I tried to persuade my parents, as well as my brothers
and sisters, to leave Russia and come to the U.S.A. I succeeded with my
sister Sonia, her husband and their daughter, Diane, who emigrated and
settled in Toronto, Canada, as well as my younger brother, Zalick, who
settled in the U.S.A. The others in my family, my parents, two brothers
and one sister, and their respective families, lost their lives in the
Nazi Gas Chambers. (*The family perished in the Glubokie area, they
were shot, not taken to the Gas chambers. Some members of the family
joined the partisans and died fighting**)

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Mr. C.H. Hoffstetter, president of Odin Stove Co., died in 1949, and his
brother, R.F. Hoffstetter, liquidated the business. Morey Kerr, formerly
with Odin Stove Co. and now with Dixie Stove Co. of Cleveland, Tenn., intro-
duced me to Skeet Rymes, president of Dixie Stove Co., and I was able to
sign
an agreement with them similar to what I had with Odin.
In 1953, Dixie absorbed Magic Chef Co. and began to market its products with

the Magic Chef name.
In 1962, 1 lost Ida. She died from heart failure in the hospital. I found
living alone very depressing. After paying a condolence call to Sylvia
Dietz on the loss of her mother, (she had been married to Sol Diets, a
cousin of Ida's and now widowed) I began visiting her in Norwalk, Conn.
and. meeting her in New York.
On June 30, 1963, Sylvia and I were married, and. I moved into her home in
Norwalk, Conn.
My family now expanded. David and Susanne Dietz and their children, Tanya
and Zareck, and Libby and George Miller and their children, Karen, Zachary
and Susan.
I stayed with Magic Chef until the end of 1971, when company age policies
required my retirement. When I told Harold Price, owner of Unity Stove Co.
of my pending retirement as of January, 1972, he asked me to join Unity
Stove Co. We agreed on terms and conditions, and the move was finalized.
One week-end, during our visit with Karin and Herb at their place in
Vermont, we met their place in Vermont, we met their friend Sid Federbush
of National Broadcasting Company. I complimented him on the most interesting

documentaries he had done in China.
A couple of weeks after our meeting, Mr. Federbush called me at the office
to tell me that he was planning to feature, on the NBC program "Sunday
Today", individuals of older age who are still working, and asked me to
be one of them. He stressed that a program of this type would be of
national interest, as more people continue working past the retirement
age of 65.
After some hesitancy, I consented. I was interviewed by Diane Bernstein.
When she asked me if I ever experienced. disappointment in my life, I
mentioned my experience at Springfield College, that I could not graduate
because of my being Jewish.
Monday morning, after the broadcast, I received a telephone call from
Springfield College. The caller told me that he had seen and listened to




the Sunday Today program on TV, and he asked what could be done to rectify
the wrong. My answer was that they should know what could be done.
One day in May, 1989, I received a telephone call from Springfield
College to inform me that the Board of Directors voted to award me
a BA degree, and that Dr. Falcone, the President of Springfield College,
would confirm the decision in a letter.
The letter arrived the next morning, in which I was invited to attend
the special Alumni Dinner meeting on June 3, 1989, at Springfield
College. Thirty-five of my family and friends were present at this
special occasion.
Accepting the degree, I made the following remarks; my appreciation to
Dr. Falco1he and the Board of Directors of Springfield College for the
honor bestowed upon me today. It is a fulfillment of a desire and an
ambition that stayed with me since my youth.




From the Glubokie Yizkor book;

*A week after murdering the Fleishers, policemen came into the Ghetto
at night. They used the same way as they had come, when they came for
the Fleishers. They took Chanan Pintov, his wife, Kayle and their 16
year old daughter. They were taken to prison, and from there to the "
Barak" where all three were shot. Mrs Pintov had been a cook for the
Justice Minister's secretary, Guzava. Guzava considered herself a
folks German, her husband had been taken out by the Soviets. To this
Guzava would often come the Chief of the Gendarmerie, Kern, to while
away time. Later Guzava exchanged " lover". She abandoned Kern for the
regional commandant. Seeking to avoid encounters with German, Kern
Guzava told her cook, Kayle Pintov, that in case chief Kern should
come, she should tell him that her mistress isn't home. And so it was.
Kern came into the kitchen and Kayle Pintov told him that Guzava isn't
at home. The German, however, found out that this wasn't so, and at
night he drove his Gendarmes into the Ghetto. They broke a hole in the
fence right where the Pintovs lived and unexpectedly they seized the
Pintovs from their beds, took them to the " Barak" and there murdered
them

**Tzimmer brought with him from the Ghetto about 20 youths to join the
Otriad. Among them were Yitzhak Hidekel, Abraham Peikin, Hirsh Pintov,
Alter Leizer, Moshe Skolnik, Hirsh Levine, Kopl Hoberman, Abraham Shub
and others



Paul Sack ( born in Glubokie in 1925) wrote in an article about the war years;

**….My best friend and fellow Partisan Luska Pintov, who was the only
surviving member of his family, was also killed. The Partisan group
made sure that these German soldiers would not threatened others.
I called Paul Sack in Los Angeles and asked about the Pintov family of
Glubok. He told me that Luska was the only other Jew with him in the
Partisan otriad of 300 people; Bolshoy ? Luska Pintov was born in
Glubokie in 1922. He was a very tall man. He was fighting bravely
right next to him when he was killed. Luska Pintov was buried near by
the place he fell..

From Yad Vashem;

Pintow Aba

Aba Pintow was born in Glebokie, Poland in 1875 to Yerakhmiel and
Zelda. He was an industrialist and married to Sonia and had 5
children. Prior to WWII he lived in Glebokie, Poland. During the war
was in Glebokie, Poland. Aba perished in 1942 in Glebokie, Poland.
This information is based on a Page of Testimony) submitted on
08/03/1957 by his relative ( the daughter of his brother) Badana Dori.

Pintow Jehuda

Jehuda Pintow was born in Glebokie, Poland in 1898 to Aba and Sonia.
He was a merchant and married. Prior to WWII he lived in Glebokie,
Poland. During the war was in Glebokie, Poland. Jehuda perished in
1942 in Glebokie, Poland. This information is based on a Page of
Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 08/03/1957 by his relative
Badana Dori

Pintov Chanoch

Chanoch Pintov was born in Glebokoye, Poland in 1895 to Aba and Sonia.
He was a merchant and married. Chanoch perished in the Shoah. This
information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left)
submitted on 08/03/1957 by his relative Badana Dori




Pintov Yehuda

Yehuda Pintov was born in Glebokie, Poland in 1890 to Yerakhmiel. And
had a leather factory. Yehuda perished in 1943 in Glebokie, Poland at
the age of 43. This information is based on a Page of Testimony
(displayed on left) submitted on 30/06/1999 by his nephew from Israel
Moshe Dov Kanis of Kiryat , a Shoah survivor

Pintov Zelda

Zelda Pintov nee Rozov was born in Dokszyce, Poland in 1891 to
Mordekhai. Zelda perished in 1943 in Glubokie, Poland at the age of 42
with daughter Necham ( born 1922), son Elka born in 1924. This
information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left)
submitted on 30/06/1999 by her nephew from Israel, a Shoah survivor
Dov Kanis of Kiryat Yam , a Shoah survivor

Pintov Feiga

Feiga Pintov was born in Glebokie, Poland in 1923 to Yehuda and Zelda.
She was single. Feiga perished in 1943 in Glebokie at the age of 20.
This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left)
submitted on 30/06/1999 by her cousin from Israel, a Shoah survivor




Pintov Shabtai*

Shabtai Pintov was born in Gluboki, Poland. He was married to Beila
Blaucher and had a daughter; Miryam, age 8. Prior to WWII he lived in
Gluboki, Poland. During the war was in Gluboki, Poland. Shabtai
perished in 1943 in Gluboki, Poland at the age of 35. This information
is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on
12/08/1999 by his admirer from Israel, a Shoah survivor. Chaim Tauger
of Krivichi (now of Herzelia)

Pintov Beila

Mrs. Beila Pintov was born in Krzywcze, Poland to Pinkhas and Batia
Blacher. She was married to Shabtai. Prior to WWII she lived in
Glubokie, Poland. During the war was in Glubokie, Poland. She perished
in 1943 in Glubokie, Poland at the age of 30. This information is
based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on
12/08/1999 by her acquaintance, a Shoah survivor






Pintow Chuna

Chuna Pintow was born in Glebokie, Poland in 1897 to Leizer. He was a
merchant and married to Keila. Prior to WWII he lived in Glebokie,
Poland. During the war was in Glebokie, Poland. Chuna perished in 1943
in Glebokie, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony
(displayed on left) submitted on 23/04/1957 by his relative Ytzhak
Barkon

Pintow Szulamit

Szulamit Pintow was born in Glebokie, Poland in 1924 to Chona and
Keila. She was a seamstress and single. Prior to WWII she lived in
Glebokie, Poland. During the war was in Glebokie, Poland. Szulamit
perished in 1943 in Glebokie, Poland. This information is based on a
Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 23/04/1957 by her
relative Ytzhak Barkon



Pintow Lajbl

Lajbl Pintow was born in Glebokie, Poland in 1922 to Chona and Keila.
He was a clerk and single. Prior to WWII he lived in Glebokie, Poland.
During the war was in Glebokie, Poland. Lajbl perished in 1943 in
Glebokie, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony
(displayed on left) submitted on 23/04/1957 by his relative Ytzhak
Barkon

Pintow Kajla

Kajla Pintow was born in Glebokie, Poland in 1897 to Shlomo and Khava.
She was a housewife and married. Prior to WWII she lived in Glebokie,
Poland. During the war was in Glebokie, Poland. Kajla perished in 1943
in Glebokie, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony
(displayed on left) submitted on 23/04/1957 by her relative Ytzhak
Barkon

Chanan Pintov was born in Glebokie, Poland in 1895. He was married to
Keila and had 2 children. Prior to WWII he lived in Glebokie, Poland.
During the war was in Glebokie, Poland. He perished in 1943 in
Glebokie at the age of 48. This information is based on a Page of
Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 26/04/1999 by his relative
from Israel, Shalom Barkon a Shoah survivor

Pintov Shulamit

Shulamit Pintov was born in Glebokie, Poland in 1928. Prior to WWII
she lived in Glebokie, Poland. During the war was in Glebokie, Poland.
Shulamit perished in 1943 in Glebokie, Poland. This information is
based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on
26/04/1999 by her cousin

From the Yizkor book; Glubokie residents in 1939;


Krakover Street


PINTOV Yankel 3 family members

PINTOV Shabtai

PINTOV Zelka 6 family members


Yatkave Gas;


PINTOV Shimshel and in laws Kapilovitch Shimon


Zomkove Gas (Street)

PINTOV Chanan 4 family members

PINTOV Ytzhak


Partisans from Glubokie; PINTOV Lucy/ Luska (was killed)




Here is what Miel Dori, ( his mother was Badana nee Pintov, first
cousin of Eli) wrote me about the Finns;
....We knew Ida, they, Eli & Ida were in Israel several times and we
met. We visited them at their home in the Bronx.
She was a very nice and worm person .
About the daughter Miriam - Mimi- we (my wife Meira and myself ) met
her a few times , with her husband Jo-  Joseph Smolev,was an MD
(Gynecologist) , he painted, sculptured and was an active collector of art . If I'm not mistaken , the last time I saw Mimi was two years before Eli died , I drove from NYC to her home at: 122 Brewster Rd.
Wyckoff , NJ 07481 Tel: 201-652-2945
201-778-2340
We drove (she insisted to drive) to Eli .we spent two
hours with Eli, including a lunch in a place he loved .
Eli was weak ( he was 105 years old) , but vital and hospitable as ever. I remember him
taking me to his garden to show me the vegetables he grew:
tomatoes, eggplants, carrots , etc etc . telling me how he fights the
squirrels ....
I saw Eli twice after that visit, the last time was a few months
before he died in 1997.

Back to Mimi- we drove to her house in NJ , she invited me to
a tour at her house .The house was huge , at least 10-12 rooms ,
stacked with art pieces , paintings , sculptures , absolutely a
museum . Its worth looking where this collection is located ,
I think , it was donated to some one , or maybe was sold .

As to Eli's son , I know his name is Robert.  I never met him , I spoke
to him once after Eli passed away .
I heard from Eli that he is (or was) a Physicist , Mathematician
in a west coast University ( Stanford?), I have his telephone.:
 I should mention , Eli told me with pride , that Robert attended
Princeton while Albert Einstein was teaching there.
As for Sylvia , Elis’ second wife. We met her several times at the home in
Connecticut ,she was very very nice and worm to us, she spoke Hebrew.
She had relatives in Bnei Brak . As you mention , she was MFG EXEC. of
the DIETZ&Co- , when we visited the Finns in the spring of 1960 , we
mentioned that our son will be Bar-Mitzvah
in December 60 -she ordered the company car and took us to
the finished goods department , and gave us a Bar Mitzvah present
two ROYAL blazers , for our two sons .

About Sylvia's family ; we met her daughter Libby & husband
George Miller, they live close by in Norwalk Conn. Last about Sylvia-
she had a son , who worked with her in the Deitz & Co.
I never met him.

Back to Eli . I heard  him talk many times  about his
grandchildren. He was very proud. ( one had an animal feed company), but never thought to get addresses. If you try to locate them , the best would be through
Libby and George Miller .
L-hitraot Miel.


Ellis Island records;

First Name: Keile
Last Name: Pintoff
Ethnicity: Russia, Hebrew
Last Place of Residence: Kurence, Russia
Date of Arrival: September 03, 1907
Age at Arrival: 27y Gender: F Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Bremen
Port of Departure: Bremen
Manifest Line Number: 0014
Going to husband; L. Pintov on Marie? Street in Cambridge, Mass.
5' 1" brown eyes
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First Name: Berta ( Badana)
Last Name: Pintoff
Ethnicity: Russia, Hebrew
Last Place of Residence: Kurence, Russia
Date of Arrival: September 03, 1907
Age at Arrival: 3y Gender: F Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Bremen
Port of Departure: Bremen
Manifest Line Number: 0015
Going to father L. Pintov on Marie? Street in Cambridge, Mass.
blond with brown eyes
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First Name: Elie
Last Name: Pintoff
Ethnicity: Russia, Hebrew
Last Place of Residence: Kurence, Russia
Date of Arrival: September 03, 1907
Age at Arrival: 17y Gender: F Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Bremen
Port of Departure: Bremen
Manifest Line Number: 0016
Going to brother L. Pintov on Marie? Street in Cambridge, Mass.
5' 5" brown hair and eyes


Meil Dori to me More options 5/16/05

Hi Eilat, I think that Berta ( the 3 yr ) is my mother, Keile
is her mother ( my grandmother-) I know that they went to meet my
grandmothers' brother;
Max Shoolman in Boston ,( and Yehuda Leib, my grand father ).They stayed
a short while in the US ,then Max bought an orchard in Palestine
and sent Yehuda Leib w/family back to Kurenece , it took few
years until the orchard materialized , and in 1924 , Yehuda Leib
moved to Palestine to nurture the orchard .

With regard to Elie ( 17 yr ) I 'm almost sure that he is Eli Finn
who died at the age of 107.




Name: ELI A FINN
Father's Surname: PINTOV
Death Date: 15 November 1997
Death Place: Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut
Age: 107 Years
Birth Place: Lithuania
Birth Date: 17 July 1890
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse: SYLVI A
State File #: 25663
Occupation: SALES EXECUTIVE
Industry: UNITY APPLIANCE DIST
Education: 16
Residence: Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut
Address: 56 STRAWBERRY HILL AVE ,
Gender: Male
Race: White
Name: ELI A FINN
Address: 56 STRAWBERRY HILL AVE
City: NORWALK
State: CT
Zipcode: 06855
Phone: (203) 866-7737

Name: Eli A. Finn
SSN: 114-16-2988
Last Residence: 06855 Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United
States of America
Born: 17 Jul 1890
Died: 15 Nov 1997
State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951 )



in 1920;
Eli A Finn
Age: 28 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1892
Birthplace: Russia
Race: White
Home in 1920: Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Wife; Ida, daughter; Miriam age 2 and 6 months
Son;
Name: Robert Samuel Finn
Palo Alto
Elis’ daughter;

Name: Mary Smolev Last Residence: 07481 Wyckoff, Bergen, New Jersey, United States of America Born: 27 May 1917 Died: 22 Jul 1999 State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951 )

Name: Joseph M. Smolev Last Residence: 07055 Passaic, Passaic, New Jersey, United States of America Born: 25 Nov 1909 Died: 18 Jun 1993 State (Year) SSN issued: New Jersey (1962 )

FINN, ELI A.

Published: November 17, 1997 NEW YORK TIMES
FINN-Eli A. 107, Norwalk, CT. Husband of the late Sylvia Dietz Finn,
Saturday at home. Retired sales executive, Magic Chef and Unity
Appliance Distributors, New York City. Survived by son, Robert Finn;
daughter, Miriam Smolev; stepdaughter, Libby Miller; stepson-inlaw,
George Miller; 10 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren. Services
Tuesday, 11:30 AM, Collins Funeral Home, 92 East Ave. (at I-95, Exit
16), Norwalk, CT. Interment private.

Dear Pintov family members,

I received an email from Irma Reva Pappenheim, the granddaughter of
Eli Finns' sister. Thank you so much, Irma, I
would love to post the picture of the family on the site. Also ,
please let us know about the other brothers of Sonja and Eli. I know
that Yehuda , Chanan and their families perished with the father in
Glubokie in 1942 . Bob ( Eli' son) wrote me; ...Eilat, very many
thanks for sending me this information, much of
which was new to me. I don't think there is much more that I can
contribute. One thing I noticed is that there is no mention of my
father's brother Alex, who lived in New York when we did and ran a
small upholstery shop... I recall that he worked very slowly but did
high quality work. I very seldom got to see him; his relations with my
father were apparently strained, and he was usually not present at our
family functions. But the few times I talked with him I admired him
for his Sachlichkeit and the creative work he did with his hands.
Alex' son visited us and stayed with us for a few days.... I do
recall that he was studying at the New Jersey Institute
of Technology, and that he seemed down to earth like his father. I've
heard nothing from him since that visit.

I saw a brief mention of a Yankel Pintov. When I was very young before
we had a refrigerator, "Uncle Yankel" delivered a big block of ice for
our ice chest once a week. I think that was very hard work, and he
didn't get wealthy doing it. Apparently he couldn't afford a dentist
and he didn't have many teeth, making it difficult for him to talk.

Thank you for contacting us! I'm sorry I couldn't provide more
information, but I hope my few recollections will be of some help.
Bob
Here is what Irma wrote...
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Hi

My name is Irma Reva Pappenheim. I am the grand daughter of Sonja nee
Pintov. Sonja was the younger sister of Eli Finn, who lived in
Norwalk Connecticut.

Aba Pintov of Glembokie, was the father of Sonja and Eli. Aba (aka,
Abela, *Aba Shimson) was married to Rywy (aka Reva) Balonif.

Abela Pintov married Rywy Balonif
1. Eli, (dob) 1890
2. Yehuda, 1898
3. Chanan, 1895
4. Sonja, 1897
5. Zelig
6. Rushka

Sonja (aka Sarah, Sonya, married Eli Kabatznik, Kay) came to Toronto,
Canada in 1934. Her husband Eli came to Toronto, Canada in 1930. Eli
Kabatznik (aka Elia, Kay) was from Glembokie (Dzinsa). Their three
children were born in Glembokie. They lived in Glembokie at 37
Zamcove.
1. Diane (Dina)
2. Rhoda (Rachel), married Rabbi Albert Pappenheim (my
parents)
3. Cecile (Zisia)

If you would like to know more, I would be happy to help you. I also
have a picture of Aba and Rywy and the children (Eli was already in
USA).

Sincerely,

Irma R. Pappenheim