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MARC GASWIRTH
MARLBORO, NJ
EMAIL: GASWIRTH@INJERSEY.COM
DECEMBER 3, 1998
DEAR LIKELY RELATIVE,
I RECEIVED A POSTCARD YESTERDAY … REQUESTING CONTACT WITH THE GASTWIRTH WEBSITE. SO IT IS WITH GREAT INTEREST THAT I PARTICIPATE IN YOUR SEARCH FOR WHAT APPEARS TO BE OUR COMMON ANCESTRAL HERITAGE.
LET ME BRIEFLY TELL YOU WHAT PART OF THE FAMILY TREE I MAY BE A MEMBER OF. MY GRANDFATHER WAS JOSEPH (YOSSEL) GASWIRTH. I KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT HIM AS I WAS A YOUNG CHILD WHEN HE DIED IN 1956. I DO KNOW THE FOLLOWING: HE WAS NOT BORN IN THIS COUNTRY BUT ALL FIVE OF HIS CHILDREN, NOW DECEASED, INCLUDING MY FATHER, WERE. HE APPARENTLY ARRIVED IN THE USA AS A YOUNG MAN, PROBABLY IN THE 1880'S. HIS CHILDREN WERE BORN IN THE 1890'S OR EARLY 1900'S. MY GRANDFATHER, ACCORDING TO THE OLDER MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY, EVIDENTLY DROPPED THE "T" AFTER THE "S" IN GASWIRTH, SO ALL THE GASWIRTHS I KNOW I AM RELATED TO SPELL THEIR NAME THAT WAY. IT SEEMS, HOWEVER, THAT THERE ARE OTHER RELATIVES WHO SPELL IT OTHER WAYS, AND SOME HAE REACHED OUT TO ME BUT WITHOUT ANY LASTING CONNECTION UNTIL APPARENTLY NOW. THE GASWIRTH FAMILY IS SCATTERED THROUGHT THE COUNTRY, ON THE EAST AND WEST COASTS AND IN FLORIDA. THE FAMILY ORIGINALLY SETTLED ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE OF MANHATTAN, WHERE IT RAN A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL DRY GOODS STORE UNTIL THE EARLY 1950'S. FAMILY MEMBERS EVENTUALLY MOVED TO THE OTHER FOUR BOROUGHS, TO LONG ISLAND, WESTCHESTER AND NEW JERSEY. THE OLDER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY NOW LIVE IN FLORIDA.
AS A CHILD., I BECAME AWARE THAT WE HAD RELATIVES IN THE PHILADELPHIA AREA, WHO OWNED A CHILDREN'S COAT MANUFACTURING COMPANY. THAT FAMILY SPELLED ITS NAME WITH THE MORE COMMON "T". I WAS ALSO AWARE OF COUSINS BY THE NAME OF ISRAEL GASWIRTH AND MIRIAM GASWIRTH. THEY WERE NOT MARRIED TO EACH OTHER.
I CAN GO ON TELLING YOU WHAT I KNOW BUT IT WOULD BE MORE HELPFUL IF I COULD OBTAIN A COPY OF THE FAMILY TREE SO THAT I MIGHT HELP YOU IN YOUR SEARCH BY FILLING IN ANY INFORMATION ON MY PART OF THE FAMILY TREE THAT MIGHT BE MISSING….
BASED ON MY READING OF THE CONTENTS OF YOUR WEBSITE, THERE APPEARS TO BE A STRONG FAMILIAL CONNECTION, AS MY GRANDFATHER'S NAME WAS LISTED AND WE ARE LEVIS.
MY APPRECIATION FOR YOUR CONTACTING ME AND VERY BEST WISHES ONYOUR AMBITIONS UNDERTAKING.
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