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GREATER HOUSTON JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Dor to Door HOUSTON, TEXAS Winter 2017 Inside this issue: In Memoriam Officers / Meeting 2 Dates / Dues Milton G. Gugenheim, Jr. (1923-2017) Milton was born on 29 Mar 1923 at the Santa Rosa Hospi- Facebook & Website 2 tal, San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX and died on 14 Sep 2017, Texas Jewish His- 2 Houston, Harris Co., TX. Burial: Beth Israel Memorial Gar- torical Soc. Meeting den Cemetery (Woodlawn Cemetery), Houston. & Membership He was the son of Milton Gugenheim and Camille Website Changes 3 Gertrude Bernheim. On 15 Oct 2017, the family held a Me- morial Service at Congregation Beth Israel, 5600 N. Braes- Research 3 wood, Houston. Resources He attended Texas A&M University, College Station, Bra- Texas Jewish 4 zos Co., TX, where he was a member of the Hillel Club. In Cemeteries with Mar 1942, he joined the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps and HTCD in Mar 1943, he was called to active duty. Volunteers needed 4 During World War II, Milton served in the Ordnance Dept., U.S Army in Italy. Member News 4 He was honorably discharged as a Sergeant. After the war, he returned to Texas A&M and earned a B.S. in Chemical Engi- History of GHJGS 5 neering. Milton was a Professional Engineer (PE) and worked at United Gas, Upcoming Event 5 Shell Chemical, Petro-Tex, Bechtel Corp. and was a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the Instrument Society of America. Create a Memory by 6 Stefani Twyford After graduation, he was a member of the Naval Research Reserve Co. 8-4 (plank owner) and retired as a Commander, U.S. Navy. Gold Star Veteran 7 On 9 Oct 1954, Houston, Milton married Aline Rita Schwartz. Family Recipes 7 Their children included Marcia Gugenheim Seymour (Mrs. Colin), Lynne Gugenheim Shanken (Mrs. Jeff) and Brad L. Gugenheim. Texas Marriage 7 Milton, Sr. was born on 30 May 1888, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA and Laws died on 2 Aug 1984, Houston. Camille was born on 2 Jul 1897, Galveston, Gal- Maier - Wagner 8 veston Co., TX and died on 1 Dec 1965, San Antonio. Burial: Hebrew Benevo- Family lent Society Cemetery, Galveston. They were married 20 Apr 1921, Galveston. Milton Jr.’s brother, Robert Alan Gugenheim was born on 11 Nov 1928, San Oppenheimer Family 9- 11 Antonio and died on 5 May 2017, Houston. The family appears in the 1930 and 1940 Federal Censuses, San Antonio. Research Resource 11 Database NEW Meeting Location & Program Wedding Poem - 12- Leopold Schlinger 15 Due to Hurricane Harvey and flooding of Houston, we had to cancel our meet- ing for Sep. 7th. Mitchell Louis 15 We have decided to permanently move our meetings to the Evelyn Rubenstein Westheimer Jewish Community Center, 5601 S. Braeswood Blvd., Room 219, Houston, Dr. Levi Heidings- 16- Texas. felder Stefani Elkort Twyford has kindly rescheduled her presentation to our regular quarterly meeting on Dec. 7th. See p. 6 for details. Newspaper Clips 17- 20 Page 2 Dor to Door President / Treasurer Quarterly Newsletter Published Evan Snyder Winter, Spring, Summer & Fall Officers Vice President Archivist / Historian Open Vice President Membership & Co-Webmaster Stefani Elkort Twyford Vice President Programs Susan Kaufman Vice President & Co-Webmaster Max Heffler Secretary Open Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Jewish Herald-Voice Project Manager Community Center Open Newsletter Editor / VP Publicity Lynna Kay Shuffield NEW MEETING LOCATION Meeting Dates - 2017-2018 Dates: Time: 7:00 p.m. Thursday - 7 December 2017 Speaker: Stefani Twyford - Collecting Location: Family Stories Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Thursday - 1 March 2018 Community Center Speaker: Max Heffler - DNA 5601 S. Braeswood Blvd. Thursday - 7 June 2018 Room 219 Speaker: Lynna Kay Shuffield - Basic Houston, Texas Genealogy Thursday - 6 September 2018 Speakers: Susan Kaufman & Max Heffler - FamilySearch & JewishGen Membership Dues Individual: $20 per year Family: $25 per year Residing over 100 miles from Houston, libraries & societies: $15 per year Checks payable: GHJGS Mailed to: Evan Snyder 3446 Quail Meadow Dr. Missouri City, Texas 77459 Visit our website for PayPal for online payment: < http://ghjgs.org/membership/ > Visit Us on Facebook < https://goo.gl/8H9yry > Visit Our Website < http://ghjgs.org/ > Newsletter back issues available on website. Newsletter Mailing List < http://ghjgs.org/newsletters/ > Winter 2017 Page 3 GHJGS Website Change Thanks to Stefani Elkort Twyford as she undertook to make major revisions to our website. A few new features includes the availability to pay your dues via PayPal. < http://ghjgs.org/ > We have added an tab for "Research Resources" which will include digital books and other materi- als to assist with you research. Research Resources - Books - Schechter, Abraham I. Thirty-fifth Anniversary Celebration of Adath Yeshurun Congregation: Its History and Development, 1892-1927 (Houston, TX: Adath Yeshurun Congregation, 1927). Congregation Adath Yeshurun. The Golden Book of Congregation Adath Yeshurun; Commemorating Fifty Years of Service to the Jewish Community of Houston, 1891-1941 (Houston, TX: D. H. White & Co., [1942]). Cummins, Light Townsend and Mary L. Scheer (eds.), Texan Identities: Moving Beyond Myth, Memory and Fallacy in Texas History, (Denton, TX: Univ. North Texas Press, 2016), Chpt. 4: On Becoming Texans by Kay Goldman, p. 121-154 The book is a collection of essays related to all components of the story of Texas and how Texans see themselves and how they flow from myth and memory. LeMaster, Carolyn Gray, A Corner of the Tapestry: A History of the Jewish Experience in Arkansas, 1820s-1990s (Fayetteville, AR: Univ. of Arkansas Press, 1994). This is one of the most comprehensive studies ever done related to the Jewish community of Arkansas. It tells the story of the Jews who helped to settle Arkansas and became a significant part of the state's history and culture. Rockoff, Stuart, Immigration and Assimilation: The Jewish Community of Houston, 1900-1925, Master of Arts Thesis, Univ. of Texas-Austin, 1995. Stone, Bryan Edward. The Chosen Folks: Jews on the Frontiers of Texas (Austin, TX: Univ. of Texas Press, 2010). Texas has one of the largest Jewish populations in the South and West. The Chosen Folks brings this rich aspect of the past to light, going beyond single biographies and photographic histories to explore the full evolution of the Jewish experience in Texas. Weissbach, Lee Shai. Jewish Life in Small-Town America: A History (New Haven, CT: Yale Univ. Press, 2005). This book offers a comprehensive portrait of small-town Jewish life in America. Exploring the history of communities of 100 to 1,000 Jews, the book focuses on the years from the mid-19th Century to World War II. Weissbach examines the dynamics of 490 communities across the U.S. and reveals that smaller Jewish centers were not simply miniature versions of larger com- munities but were instead alternative kinds of communities in many respects. The book investigates topics ranging from migration patterns to occupational choices, from Jewish education and marriage strategies to congregational organization. The story of smaller Jewish communities attests to the richness and complexity of American Jewish history and also serves to remind us of the diversity of small-town society in times past. Page 4 Dor to Door Texas Jewish Cemeteries with Historic Texas Cemetery Designations Adath Emeth Cemetery - Houston, Harris Co. Adath Israel Cemetery - Houston, Harris Co. Beth Israel Cemetery - West Dallas - Houston, Jewish Cemetery - LaGrange, Fayette Co. Harris Co. Jewish Cemetery - Rockdale, Milam Co. Beth Yeshurun Cemetery - Allen Parkway - Hebrew Cemetery - Brownsville, Cameron Co. Houston, Harris Co. Mount Sinai Jewish Cemetery - Jefferson, Beth Yeshurun Cemetery - Post Oak - Houston, Marion Co. Harris Co. Navasota Hebrew Benevolent Society Cemetery Calvert Jewish Cemetery - Robertson Co. - Navasota, Grimes Co. Emanu El Memorial Park Cemetery - Houston, Temple Emanu-El Cemetery - Longview, Harris Co. Harrison Co. Emanuel Hebrew Rest - Fort Worth, Tarrant Co. United Hebrew Congregation Emanuel of Jewish Cemetery (1907) - Gonzales, Gonzales Gainesville Cemetery, Gainesville, Cooke Co. Co. GHJGS Volunteers Needed With the recent death of Milton Gugenheim, we are in need of volunteers to help index the life- cycle events in the Jewish Herald Voice. The index can found on JewishGen and twice a year the updates are added. < https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/USA/HoustonHeraldVoice.htm > The life-cycle events include births, deaths, unveilings, brises, bar & bat mitzvahs, birthdays, en- gagements, marriages, anniversaries, etc. Since the project began in 2001, volunteers have indexed over 60,000 entries. Society Member News Lynna Kay Shuffield, our Newsletter Editor & VP Publicity, is working on a new project to abstract circumcisions from early Texas newspapers from the 1870s through 1910. This project is near comple- tion and she needs volunteers to assist with proofreading. This year, she has prepared detailed burial indexes for the following cemeteries: Emanuel Hebrew Rest Cemetery a/k/a Hebrew Rest Cemetery (Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., TX) Gonzales Old Jewish Cemetery a/k/a Jewish Cemetery No. 2 or Gonzales Early Jewish Cemetery (near Gonzales, Gonzales Co., TX Navasota Hebrew Benevolent Society Cemetery a/k/a Jewish Cemetery (Navasota, Grimes Co., TX) Marshall Hebrew Cemetery (Marshall, Harrison Co., TX) Paris Hebrew Benevolent Association Cemetery a/k/a Old Jewish Burial Grounds (Paris, Lamar Co., TX) United Hebrew Congregation Emanuel Cemetery now