The Hyman Madansky family of Bartlesville, OK

Hyman Madansky and his son Ben came to the United State in 1889 to lead the way for more of the family to join them from the Ukraine. They had worked in timber and liquor there. The town they were from was called Galena Gabernia they said, but we know that the word "gabernia" means "province" in Russian. So maybe the town was Denevits or Sedilkov. We need help identifying the town. We're not sure if the name was Madansky or Madanick then. We do know that Hyman's father was Moishe Madansky whose wife was Fannie. Hyman's wife was Hanah. Her father was Michael Michilzon whose wife was Naomi. Hyman's siblings were: Rona (m Louis Bernstein), Ichyl, Boris (m Bala Silverman), Tsupa (m Stuhl in Detroit)) and Ed Madansky (Baltimore)

The Oklahoma Madansky's changed our name to MAY in 1921 to become more "American." They took out a full page ad in The Daily Oklahoman on March 27, 1921, to announce the name change. Throughout the following years, they opened several clothing stores in Illinois, Missouri, and Oklahoma. The last one is still open in Bartlesville,OK, as May Brothers Clothiers, the "Oldest family- owned business" in the State of Oklahoma.

Contact me if you can shed any light on our ancestry. Other names in our tree are Jacobs, Schatz, Vadasz, and Greenfield.

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• Hyman Madansky Family St Louis 1895 (164 KB)
  Max,Hyman,Harry,Ben+wife Mary),Sarah,Hannah,Jacob,Paul