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Early CT Jewish Families​

Many Jewish families settled in Connecticut in the late 1800s and early 1900s.  Here are some that our members and friends descend from.

If you would like to submit a photo along with its description, please send it to [email protected]. Thank you!

 The Aaronson Family - New Haven

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The Aaronson family posed in front of their grocery store located on Newhall Street, New Haven.  The photo was taken circa 1910.

Rose Yaffe arrived from Lithuania in 1898. Abraham Aaronson also came from Lithuania, arriving in 1900. They married in 1901, and established their grocery store on Newhall Street in 1908. 

The Apter Family - Hartford

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Wedding pictures of Abraham Joseph Apter and Rebecca Sobolevsky, circa 1897 in Hartford

Abraham Joseph ("Joe") Apter came to Hartford as an 18 year old from the village of Troscianiec in the eastern part of the Austrian Empire (now western Ukraine) in about 1893. Rebecca Sobolevsky also came in 1893. Joe became a successful cattle dealer and invested his profits in real estate. By 1905 they had a telephone and were among the first residents in Hartford to own a car.

The Brown (Bronovitch) Family - Waterbury

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​Miriam Brown, came from northeastern Europe and settled in Waterbury. The surname was originally Bronovitch

The Hapler Family - Bridgeport

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Little Evelyn Hapler enjoyed playing in the grass at Seaside Park in Bridgeport.  This photo was taken circa 1925.

The Hurvitz Family - East Haven

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A Hurvitz family picnic, 1910

Albert Hurvitz and his siblings Ida Suval, Bluma Levy, Rose Zemelsky, Morris Hurvitz and Bessie Teitelman, and their mother Eva all came to New Haven and Stony Creek between 1890 and 1899. They gathered for a family picnic in East Haven in about 1910.

The Rubin Family - New Haven

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Anna Schnittman, originally from Minsk, Russia, married Abraham Rubin.  They settled in New Haven, CT.
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J. Yale Rubin was the son of Anna and Abraham.  He was born in New Haven and was the founder of Wayside Furniture on the Boston Post Road.  His photo is from the early 1930s. 
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When Wayside Furniture opened in 1928, the "stage coach" entrance was facing Boston Post Road.  ​By late 1930s, that entrance was replaced by the side entrance, portico, and large parking lot to accommodate the increasingly popular automobiles and the motor traffic that Mr. Rubin had predicted when he went for the original bank loan. Note that the top floor, which at first held brothel rooms and a washroom, became show rooms for furniture.

The Sobolevsky Family - Hartford

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Solomon and Miriam Sobolevsky were the parents of Rebecca Sobolevsky
who married Abraham Apter.  This photo was taken in the early 20th century.

Solomon and Miriam Sobolevsky were the parents of Rebecca Apter.
They and their seven children arrived in the early 1890s from Lukashivka
in central Ukraine. He owned a grocery store.
​Their oldest son Pinchas was a prominent rabbi in Hartford.


The Yaffe Family - New Haven

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Si Yaffe, 2nd row on the left, is in the New Haven Youth Orchestra, circa 1914

Simon Yaffe, brother of Rose Yaffe Aaronson, worked his way through Yale leading his orchestra.
​Through the 1920s and 1930s he led a successful society orchestra in the Hartford area.

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