Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center
Hillel Eisenfeld (c.1855) immigrated to the United States from his native Poland as a young man but eventually returned to Europe. He married Merl Flicker. Hillel and Merl Eisenfield had six children, Kalmen, Moishe, Eliezer, Surchie, Chaim Wolf, and Herman.[1]“Descendants of Hillel Eisenfield as related to Leonard Eisenfeld,” prepared March 28, 1993 (online).
Eleazer “Louis” Eisenfeld (1880-1956) immigrated to the United States in 1912. He worked as an egg candler for Irving Somerman.[2]S. Somerman Milk and Egg Co. receipt (online). In 1920, he sent for his wife, Feige “Fannie” (Piltz) Eisenfeld (c.1882-1976), and their sons Hershel “Harry” and Joseph. Joseph died in Europe before making the trip. A third child, Shifra (known as “Sylvia” or “Shiffie”) was born after the Eisenfeld family settled in Pittsburgh. The Eisenfeld family lived in half of a duplex on Adelaide Street, in the upper Hill District, an area also known as Herron Hill or Sugar Top.
Harry Eisenfeld (1905-1981) graduated from Fifth Avenue High School in 1925.[3]Fifth Avenue High School “Life,” 1925. With his wife Bessie Ruben (1911-1978), he had two children, Arnold and Lenny. Arnold Eisenfeld and his wife Nancy had two children, Michael and Susie. Lenny Eisenfeld was a doctor. He married Vicki Port in 1969, a jewelry designer. They had a son Matthew, who was killed in a bus bombing in Jerusalem in 1996.
Shiffie Eisenfeld (1921-1979) graduated from Madison Elementary School, Schenley High School, and the University of Pittsburgh.[4]Shiffie Eisenfeld Schenley High School materials, Lynne and Blair Jacobson Family Papers and Photographs [MSS 1221]. She met her future husband, Howard Swartz (1920-2004), during her freshman year at the University of Pittsburgh. They married on May 5, 1942.[5]Sylvia “Shiffie” Eisenfeld and Howard Swartz ketubah (online). They had two children, Lynne and Eileen.
Bibliography
Rauh Jewish Archives
- Lynne and Blair Jacobson Family Papers and Photographs [MSS 1221] (catalog record).
- Jake Eisenfeld Papers and Photographs [MSS 1199] (catalog record).
Exhibit History
- Author: Catelyn Cocuzzi
- Original: November 25, 2022
- Current: November 25, 2022
References
| ↑1 | “Descendants of Hillel Eisenfield as related to Leonard Eisenfeld,” prepared March 28, 1993 (online). |
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| ↑2 | S. Somerman Milk and Egg Co. receipt (online). |
| ↑3 | Fifth Avenue High School “Life,” 1925. |
| ↑4 | Shiffie Eisenfeld Schenley High School materials, Lynne and Blair Jacobson Family Papers and Photographs [MSS 1221]. |
| ↑5 | Sylvia “Shiffie” Eisenfeld and Howard Swartz ketubah (online). |