ROSA BRANDES
(or Pickholz or Laufer)
Who is she and where did she go?
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1 Blime Pikholz and Abraham Brandes had the following children: SON (1886), Nissen (1887), Ruchel (1889), Peter (1891) and Chaje (1896).  For some we have records in hand and for some we have index references.  Peter was born in Lwow, the others in Tarnopol. 
2 According to records in Vienna, on 16 October 1921, Leon Laufer (b. 1897, Lachowice) married Rosa Pickholz, daughter of Blime Pickholz and Abraham Brandes, born Tarnopol, 21 March 1892.  This Rosa is clearly an additional child to the couple above.
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This passenger list is from 27 March 1923 (sailing date).  Ruchla Brandes, age 35, single, a tailor of East Galician nationality, last residence Vienna.  Nearest relative in Europe is her mother, Blime Pickholz of Vienna.  Final destination is her cousin Jak. Spanier, in New York.  (We have looked a bit for this man and his family, but with no success.  She was born in tarnopol and had previously visited the US in 1911 and 1921.  She intends to stay permanently in the US.  Her age is close to Ruchel Brandes, born in 1889 - and everything else fits.
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