Mendel Dawid (Trzmil) Samuel - Perhaps Davis Tershmiel is not Mendel Samuel??

Hi Mike and Leanne,

My granduncle Mendel Dawid Trzmil (there are a few variants of this name in the family) emigrated from Kutno to London UK. There, he changed his name to Davis Samuel. This is formally recorded in "Naturalisation Certificate: Mendel Drawid Trzmil. From Poland. Resident in London. Certificate BNA6451 issued 29 August 1949. Note(s): Alias: Davis Samuel"
The family name "Samuel" also has a variant "Samuels" for his descendants.

It would be good if you could share the name of this "close relative to this family" as maybe, this is only a claim.

Please, do not modify any records in the family without first contacting the principal managers: Barbara Rubinstein, Barry Graham, Arlene Beare and me.

Best,
Alek

I know that Mendel Davis Tershmiel did change his last name to Samuel. Davis's sister was my great grandmother Mindel and I know that here maiden name was Tershmiel so Tershmiel is definitely correct. II also know that Davis changed his surname to Samuel, since I have met some of his descendants from his daughter Hilda (I met her husband Ray in Florida after he had remarried). So I know that Tershmiel did become Samuel.

In my tree (from before Geni), his father Abram was married to Dwora. In Geni it shows him as being married to Majte and that his mother was Dveire. This does seem wrong and this is not how I would have entered it.

So, if there is only one Mendel Samuel, then yes he is definitely Davis Tershmiel otherwise I would never have met him since I wouldn't have had a way to connect with him other than him being my great grandmother Mindel Tershmiel's brother. If this Samuel relative thinks there may be another Mendel Samuel that was never a Tershmiel, but he had five children were Belle, Dot, Hilda, Nat and Marie and his wife was Millie, then they are mistaken. Their Samuel last name was definitely changed from Tershmiel/Trzmil.

Mike,

Here is the direct reference: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C11914005
But more importantly: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C1407...
indicates that the record remain closed for 100 years from the listed date, which means at least until 2049.

By the way, I have not seen any certificates, birth, marriage, etc., being even referenced in any of the Geni profiles.

Alek

I would like to know how close this "close relative" is to the Terszmil family. Is this a true relative (a cousin or a descendant) or a person connected through marriages? I do not need to know the name.