Blatt

[guyam]

Hi all!

I was cusrious if anyone was familiar with the BLATT surname. According to oral family history, my grandparents were from Kiev, but the name they took in the US which was BLATT, was not their name in Ukraine. It was rumored that it was taken from a lumber or paper making factory in the area. Does this make sense to anyone?

Thanks,
Guy

[Feodor]

The surname of Blatt was in existance in most Eastern European countries at the turn of the century (1900) actually Ellis Island has over 500 Blatts comming from countries like Russia, Poland, Rumania, Austria, Galicia, Latvia etc.
It may have been of Jewish or German origin, suggest you contact appropriate Message Boards for origin of the surname.

Feodor

[guyam]

They are jewish, but I am sure their name was not Blatt until they came to the US. That is why I was curious about the paper/lumber business. Maybe the company had the name Blatt in it.



[Edited by guyam on 16th October 2003 at 23:33]

[millgirl]

I used to work with a girl whose name was Silverblatt. She was Jewish.

[BLATT]

Hello
My name is Igor Blatt and I come to USA from Ukraine (15 years ago).
I know that :
Part of Blat(t) family live in Ukaine ( Kamianets-Podilskyi city and Kamianets-Podilskyi region-Orinen village)
Other part of family had been moved to USA before (or after WWII)(?) I am not sure but somebody told me that them live in Maryland .USA
Only I know that My Grandfather (Yakov Blat(t)) , him brother Alex(?) Blat(t) and my father Efim Blat(t) had been live in Orinen village (Kamianets-Podilskyi region)
P.S.
According to my aunt.
The sister of my grandfather has arrived to America in 1900(?). She was tragically die in elevater.
P.S.
Someone sent me information about Blat family was killed in Kamianets-Podilskyi region in 1941-1943 . So I have same information on paper with name.
P.S. Lot of Blatt family live in New York, Baltimore now.

[Hannia]

Welcome Guy,

There is an online list of businesses & business owners in Kievskaya (Kiev) gubernia/region >
Czarist Russia at the turn of the century. You will have to sign up @Jewishgenforum
and create a password for yourself. There is also one for 1913. I am just not sure
whether it is available online.

Vsia Rossiia 1895 Database
Vsia Rossiia 1895 Database
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Interesting article re change of immigrant surnames.

Genealogy.com: They Changed Our Name at Ellis Island
Genealogy.com: Visitor from the UK

[Hannia]

Hello Igor,

How would the surname Blatt be written in Russian?

One starts-with variant I am familiar with is Blattmann.
Any idea what some others might have been?