Harris Family Documents &
Photographs
Photographs of people:
Florence Steefel Harris
Florence Steefel Harris
with her grandson, James W Cook Jr.
Benjamin Harris looking
dashing...
Benjamin Harris portrait
Benjamin Harris with
friends (at college?)
Benjamin Harris with
brother Manny (Manville)
Benjamin Harris 1906 High School class photo
The wedding of Margaret
Harris and Reid Ewing
Margaret and Caryl Harris,
young sisters
Reid Ewing and Margaret
Harris Ewing, with daughter Connie
Documents:
Birth record for Florence Stiefel 26 Jan 1890
Marriage certificate for Benjamin Harris and Florence
Steefel
Marriage record for Julius Stiefel and Carie Brunswick
Death certificate for Julius Stiefel
Death certificate for Carrie Brunswick Stiefel
Death certificate for Mina Brunswick
Death certificate for Yetta Brunswick
Death notice for Carrie Steefel, Mina Brunswick, and May
Levy
Newspaper obits for Harry Harris and Manville Harris
Newspaper obits for Julius and Jacob Tumposky
Newspaper obits for Muriel Bonnett and Bertha Snyder
Will of Fanny Brunswick, written 23 May 1891, died 27 Apr
1900
1860 naturalization papers for Solomon Brunswick
1855 naturalization oath record for Solomon Brunswick of
Prussia
1856 naturalization record for Jacob Stiefel of Hessen,
witnessed by Jacob Altmann and Joseph Steefel
1853 Jacob Stiefel oath of naturalization
Information about places:
Jacob & Mary Steefel (Steifel) reportedly came from
Kassel, Hesse Germany: map 1,
map 2
Meyer Tumpowsky (Harris) came to the US from Lithuania:
map 1,
map 2
Prewar Jewish
Lithuania Map (the star is marking the Tumpowsky village of
residence)
Some background information about the
Lithuanian village of the Tumpowsky
family
Temple Adath Yeshurun
Temple B'rith Kodesh in
Rochester