Przedbórz burial societies

Landsmanshaftn were organizations started by Jewish immigrants as a multi-purpose fraternal organization, health insurance, death benefits, and aid society. There were two New York landsmanshaftn for Przedbórz, the First Przedborzer Benevolent Association and the Independent Przedborzer Friends Society. The former has sections at three cemeteries in New York, at Floral Park, Montefiore (Block 53 Gate 469/E), and Union Field (Block 72). The latter has one at Beth David Elmont (Section G Block 7).

Unfortunately, the paperwork for these organizations has not yet been donated to YIVO (and if anyone reading this has stumbled onto their archives or knows anything about these landsmanshafn, please contact me), so there isn’t a lot of information currently available about them.

The only notable mention of the groups was that the Przedborzer Friends Society got into some hot water in recent years when Eric Bennett, the current president of the society, was found to be selling burial plots in the classifieds of the Jewish Forward (rather than to members of the now-defunct society).

One thing I’ve been able to dig up is a listing of the burials for the First Przedborzer Benevolent Association at Montefiore Cemetery, and a map of the burial plot for the First Przedborzer Benevolent Association at Union Field Cemetery in Ridgewood, New York. These lists may help you find additional relatives from Przedbórz that you might not be aware of. I was researching Goldberg relatives buried at Union Field when I saw there was another Goldberg in the Przedbórz section that I wasn’t familiar with, and I believe he’s a distant cousin. I’ll post about it once I prove it.

First Pzedborzer Benevolent Association at Union Field Cemetery in Ridgewood, New York burial plot

Name	Death	Row	Grave
Moses Rosenzweig		Row 1, left	1
Rachel Rosenzweig	3/1/64	Row 1, left	2
Frimmet Freilich		Row 1, left	3
Kate Rosenbloom		Row 1, left	4
Beckie Makofsky		Row 1, left	5
Celia Gross	5/13/25	Row 1, left	6
Lena Kaufman		Row 1, left	7
Sarah Goldberg		Row 1, left	8
Helen Harris		Row 1, left	9
Witte Stein		Row 1, left	10
Lilly Ryshpan		Row 1, left	11
Rachel Weinbloom		Row 1, left	12
Mary Kirman		Row 1, left	13
Bertha Goldring		Row 1, left	14
Rachel Dolinsky		Row 1, left	15
Lena Ellentuch		Row 1, left	16
Leah Ryshpan	11/2/41	Row 1, left	17
Sarah Zymler		Row 1, left	18
Fanny Kaufman	3/14/46	Row 1, left	19
Anna Zacharias	5/28/52	Row 1, left	20
Devorah Meshenberg	8/17/53	Row 1, left	21
Rebecca Ryshpan	1/4/54	Row 1, left	22
Sylvia Wenglinsky	4/26/54	Row 1, left	23
Rose Gross	2/3/84	Row 1, left	24
Philip Gross	8/4/54	Row 1, left	25
Frieda Rosenzweig	3/31/56	Row 2, left (side)	1
Esther Bukowsky	4/28/63	Row 2, left (side)	2
Katie Wivietsky	12/29/57	Row 2, left	9
Anna Kaufman	10/7/59	Row 2, left	10
Freida Ryshpan	8/4/62	Row 2, left	11
Esther Milchman	6/24/55	Row 2, left	12
Anna Friedman	2/11/61	Row 2, left	13
Pauline Kreisler Jacobson	4/4/68	Row 2, left	14
Aita Rooal	5/2/67	Row 2, left	15
Rebecca Weinberg	6/29/72	Row 2, left	16
Gertrude Miller	5/21/73	Row 2, left	17
Fannie Linsky	3/17/77	Row 2, left	18
empty		Row 2, left	19
Anna Melz	2/4/90	Row 2, left	20
Sophie Wicentowsky	8/13/74	Row 2, left	21
Paula Gelbtrunk		Row 2, left	22
Shaye Bukofsky	10/19/52	Row 2, right	1
Henry Weinbloom	7/15/53	Row 2, right	2
Abraham Rosenzweig	12/6/68	Row 2, right	3
Moses Ryshpan	6/3/56	Row 2, right	4
Isaac Ryshpan	2/25/57	Row 2, right	5
Harry Zacharias	10/3/57	Row 2, right	6
Pincus Ryshpan	11/17/57	Row 2, right	7
Max Ellentuck	3/16/64	Row 2, right	8
Rose Ryshpan	12/23/67	Row 2, right	9
Nathan Ryshpan	1/2/73	Row 2, right	10
Irving Miller	12/27/77	Row 2, right	11
Morris Gelbtrunk		Row 2, right	12
Jacob Kaufman	3/7/82	Row 2, right	13
blank		Row 2, right	14
Sol Linksky	8/14/89	Row 2, right	15
Jack Finkel	11/7/93	Row 2, right	16
Betty Finkel	8/12/2001	Row 2, right	17
Harvey Finkel	reserved	Row 2, right	18
Ann Finkel	reserved	Row 2, right	19
Edna Bregman, child		Row 2, side	1
Sylvie Jacobs		Row 2, side	2
Roslyn Jacobs, child		Row 2, side	3
Samuel Skdorka, child		Row 2, side	4
Emanuel Wicentowsky		Row 2, side	5
Rachel Plachinsky		Row 2, side	6
Arnold Milchman		Row 2, side	7
Moses Stein		Row 1, right	1
Daniel Guterman		Row 1, right	2
Jacob Goldring		Row 1, right	3
Saul Dotter		Row 1, right	4
Cheser Shalkow		Row 1, right	5
Jacob Harris		Row 1, right	6
Solomon Fishman		Row 1, right	7
Isaac Rosenzweig		Row 1, right	8
Max Gross		Row 1, right	9
Aaron Weinberg		Row 1, right	10
Harry Friedman		Row 1, right	11
Jacob Kirman		Row 1, right	12
Sam Dolinsky		Row 1, right	13
Philip Wivietsky		Row 1, right	14
Sam Kaufman		Row 1, right	15
Harry Zymler		Row 1, right	16
Max Miller		Row 1, right	17
Afraim Goldberg		Row 1, right	18
David Wenglinsky		Row 1, right	19
Paul Miller		Row 1, right	20
Emmanuel Goldberg		Row 1, right	21
Sam Rodal	1/15/45	Row 1, right	22
Morris Rosenblum	10/8/49	Row 1, right	23
Abraham Wicentowsky	3/14/50	Row 1, right	24
Harry Meshenberg	7/23/53	Row 1, right	25

Note that this map structure and layout is the society’s construction, not my own, and the numbering is not entirely logical based on where the headstones are located.

The section for the First Przedborzer Benevolent Association at Union Field has been pretty well cataloged on jewishdata.com, so if you are looking for a photograph of a specific headstone, check there.

First Pzedborzer Benevolent Association at Montefiore Cemetery, Springfield Gardens, Queens, burial plot

First Name	Last Name	Age	Date of Death	Gate & Block	Row & Grave
Helen	Alexander	94	3/20/2012	469/E-53	3R-3
Sol	Alexander	0	5/16/2003	469/E-53	3R-4
William	Alexander	60	3/3/2014	469/E-53	4R-5
Helen	Appelbaum	62	11/30/1973	469/E-53	2R-9
Henry	Appelbaum	53	5/28/1958	469/E-53	2R-6
Charles	Brooks	82	11/16/1993	469/E-53	5L-9
Rose	Brooks	63	6/18/1980	469/E-53	5L-10
Fanny	Chinsky	83	6/20/1959	469/E-53	4L-3
Joseph	Chinsky	57	12/29/1930	469/E-53	4R-2
Betty	Davner	87	1/30/1988	469/E-53	6L-6
Harry	Davner	73	10/11/1967	469/E-53	6L-5
Louis	Davner	77	12/17/1978	469/E-53	5L-5
Sylvia	Davner	88	10/4/1993	469/E-53	5L-4
Gussie	Denova	52	4/23/1954	469/E-53	4L-8
Jack	Denova	57	9/4/1961	469/E-53	2L-3
Ann	Dykman	79	4/9/1996	469/E-53	5R-9
Tammy	Dykman	42	7/31/1989	469/E-53	5R-10
Gussie	Emansky	42	2/27/1990	469/E-53	6L-8
Sidney	Emansky	84	1/22/1989	469/E-53	6L-7
Joseph	Finkel	34	9/3/1944	469/E-53	3R-3
Sabina	Finkelstein	87	9/19/2010	469/E-53	6L-3
Joseph	Flat	48	5/26/1965	469/E-53	6L-4
Irving	Garfinkel	92	5/12/2012	469/E-53	4R-7
Mollie	Garfinkel	51	3/16/1973	469/E-53	4R-8
Henry	Gershon (Gershonowitz)	75	10/17/1999	469/E-53	5L-6
Shirley	Gershon (Gershonowitz)	74	8/17/2000	469/E-53	5L-7
Benny	Gershonowitz	52	9/30/1969	469/E-53	6R-4
Mary	Gershonowitz	88	11/2/2012	469/E-53	6R-3
Chaim	Gersznowicz	74	2/12/1984	469/E-53	5R-8
Sara	Gersznowicz	99	4/26/2015	469/E-53	5R-7
Goldie	Glantz	80	3/12/1956	469/E-53	4L-7
Katie	Glantz	68	9/3/1956	469/E-53	4L-6
Fanny I.	Goldberg	55	11/14/1971	469/E-53	4R-2
Sylvia	Goldstein	71	1/9/1991	469/E-53	2L-10
David	Jacobs	70	4/24/1938	469/E-53	4L-4
Esther	Jacobs	82	1/1/1900	469/E-53	4L-3
Max	Kaiser	79	2/21/1982	469/E-53	014L-5
Pauline	Kaufman	56	6/18/1971	469/E-53	3R-9
Sol	Kaufman	72	8/19/1983	469/E-53	3R-10
Fanny	Klein	52	5/10/1957	469/E-53	3L-5
Frieda	Levitz	82	3/9/1948	469/E-53	3L-4
Harris	Levy	81	1/1/1900	469/E-53	4L-10
Max	Levy	53	6/6/1940	469/E-53	2R-1
Yetta	Levy	76	3/30/1937	469/E-53	4L-9
Anna	Lichtenstein	65	6/3/1951	469/E-53	3L-7
Samuel	Lichtenstein	86	11/5/1971	469/E-53	2L-6
Abraham	Lisaband	69	1/14/1967	469/E-53	6R-1
Abraham	Loberstein	89	1/17/1981	469/E-53	5R-5
Clara	Loberstein	84	7/4/1986	469/E-53	5L-8
Walter	Loberstein	71	4/11/1984	469/E-53	5R-6
Rachel	Margolis	28	9/19/1924	469/E-53	4L-1
Edith	Miedzinski	93	11/7/2017	469/E-53	5R-2
Nathan	Miedzinski	66	11/25/1978	469/E-53	5R-3
Milton	Moshlak	54	11/25/1977	469/E-53	6R-6
Mollie	Moshlak	51	12/27/1951	469/E-53	4L-2
Nathan	Moshlak	69	1/4/1957	469/E-53	5L-2
Ruth	Moshlak	84	3/21/2010	469/E-53	6R-5
Charles	Moshlok	4	2/16/1931	469/E-53	1R-1
Motil	Pilchik	28	12/8/1935	469/E-53	3L-1
Bertha	Ritchie	83	2/14/1960	469/E-53	4L-4
Florence	Rosenbloom	82	3/9/1972	469/E-53	4L-7
Anna	Rosenblum	71	12/30/1978	469/E-53	4L-6
Fred Jeffrey	Rosenblum	26	8/30/1971	469/E-53	4L-10
Lillian	Rosenblum	60	4/12/1973	469/E-53	4L-9
Samuel	Rosenblum	79	12/27/1979	469/E-53	4L-8
Alexander B.	Rosenzweig	55	4/30/1956	469/E-53	3L-9
Fannie	Ryshpan	98	12/5/1999	469/E-53	6R-8
Phyllis	Ryshpan	58	8/29/1992	469/E-53	2R-10
Solomon	Ryshpan	75	2/28/1982	469/E-53	6R-7
Emanuel	Saland	61	10/9/1973	469/E-53	4R-9
Abraham F.	Schmulewitz	88	6/2/1952	469/E-53	3L-5
Blanche	Schwartz	23	1/1/1900	469/E-53	4L-2
Blanche	Schwartz	23	10/5/1931	469/E-53	4L-2
Chaja	Schwartz	96	7/9/1999	469/E-53	1R-5
Hyman	Schwartz	95	9/22/1994	469/E-53	1R-4
Rose	Schwartz	58	5/1/1939	469/E-53	3L-3
Solomon	Shtecher	89	1/4/1970	469/E-53	2L-8
Sam	Siegel	49	1/11/1950	469/E-53	2R-5
Samuel	Speshinsky	71	8/26/1941	469/E-53	3R-2
Ida	Spishinsky	63	11/20/1936	469/E-53	3L-2
Annette	Stenzler	74	8/10/1997	469/E-53	6L-2
Irving	Stenzler	89	1/11/1993	469/E-53	6L-1
Sylvia Weinman	Usher	93	4/19/2011	469/E-53	3R-8
Louis	Weinberg	71	10/1/1947	469/E-53	3R-4
Samuel	Weinman	59	5/1/1968	469/E-53	3R-7
Samuel	Weinrit	65	1/1/1900	469/E-53	4R-1
Etta	Weisfuse	74	7/13/1966	469/E-53	3R-5
George	Weisfuse	93	8/8/2012	469/E-53	4R-4
Jacob	Weisfuse	82	5/21/1983	469/E-53	3R-6
Louis	Weisfuse	53	11/25/1968	469/E-53	4R-6
Lucille	Weisfuse	98	10/19/2020	469/E-53	4R-3
Lena	Willinger	67	9/18/1960	469/E-53	2R-8
Morris	Willinger	90	5/30/1983	469/E-53	2R-7
Leah	Wishinsky	81	2/18/1986	469/E-53	5L-1
Sam	Wishinsky	72	2/17/1972	469/E-53	4L-1