Abraham Winer

• Probate notice gives Abraham and Annie's place of marriage as "Russia"; likely married in 1889/90.
• Moved first to UK (circa 1890), then to South Africa in 1901.
• His original barbershop was in Hoxton, London. The future Edward VII (at the time, Prince of Wales) was apparently a regular customer (as told by Abraham to his grandson Joe Lichtman in the 1930s). It is interesting that his naturalization record from 1902 contains a handwritten note (initials at the bottom aren't legible) that reads "I don't think it is necessary to obtain the usual police report" (!!!)
• Family name was formally changed from Winogrodski to Winer in South Africa at some point after 1910 (note that their naming was never fixed in spelling - I've seen Winogrodski, Winogrotski, Winogrodzki, Wingradski, Weiner, Wiener, Winer etc). A family legend holds that the government politely asked Abraham if he would consider changing the family name, because nobody could figure out how to spell it.
• The surnames Zwenigorodsky and Winogrodski (many different spellings) were synonymous in the Vilnius records (the town of Zvenigorodka in Ukraine has the nickname Winogrod). The original connection was made via strong DNA linkages with several members of the Zwenigorodsky family, who moved to the US in the early 20th century, and changed their name to Rosenberg. Although Abram appears in the 1907 Lithuanian records, experts on the Lithuanian Family Lists have pointed out that it was very difficult to get a name removed from those lists, and it was common for people to appear on them decades after leaving.
• Abraham's second barbershop was in Seapoint, Cape Town
• My grandfather (Joe Lichtman, i.e. Abraham's grandson) stayed with them when he was studying at University of Cape Town in the 1930s.
• My father once visited the house that they used to live in on Gordon Street when it was on sale (much later on).
• RSA death notice gave Abraham Winer's birth year/month (likely approximate) and death date, as well as date of death of Annie Winer.
• He and his wife both are buried in the Maitland cemetery in Cape Town.
• At various times, he was a board member of two different dividing benefits societies (a form of medical and burial insurance). They are both mentioned on his tombstone. The "The South African Hebrew Dividing Benefit Society" (see: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.za/node/10710723) and "Sons of Israel Dividing Benefit Society" (see: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.za/node/10710722) archives are both held at the Kaplan Centre, at University of Cape Town. His position on the SAHDBS is mentioned several times in the archives of the Jewish Chronicle.

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From the UK 1891 Census:

Name: Abraham Winogrodzki
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1891
County: London
Parish: Spitalfields
Ecclesiastical Parish: ST STEPHEN
Registration District: Whitechapel
Residence Note: Grey Eagle Street
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Barber
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1865
Birthplace Russia
Page Number: 45
Registration Number: RG12
Piece/Folio: 273/ 53

Household | Role | Gender | Age | Birthplace
Abraham Winogrodzki | Head | M | 26 | Russia
Fanny Winogrodzki | Wife | F | 25 | Russia
Rachel Winogrodzki | Daughter | F | 0 | London, England

From the UK 1901 census:

Name: Abram Winsgrodsk
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 31 Mar 1901
Event Place: Stoke Newington, London, Middlesex, England
County: London, Middlesex
Civil Parish: Stoke Newington
Ecclesiastical Parish: St Faith
Sub-District: Stoke Newington
Registration District: Hackney
Residence Note: Stoke Newington Road
Gender: Male
Age: 37
Occupation: HAIRDRESSER
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1864
Birthplace: Russia Wilna (Russian Subject)
Schedule Type: 428
Page Number: 51

"England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X98W-D3M : 29 August 2015), Abram Winsgrodsk, Stoke Newington, London, Middlesex, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Stoke Newington subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

Family are listed as "Winsgradsky" that arrived 1901/10/26 aboard the ship "Goth". See "Shipping Manifest 1895-1905". Parents both initial "A", child initial "B". Mr Winsgradsky listed as a hairdresser (he was a barber).

ID Official Number Departure Date Ships Name Surname First Names Title Passenger Type Occupation Age Category
33875 98866 1901/10/26 12:00:00 AM Goth Winsgradsky A Mrs Foreign Nil Female over 12
33877 98866 1901/10/26 12:00:00 AM Goth Winsgradsky A Mr Foreign Hairdresser Male over 12
33876 98866 1901/10/26 12:00:00 AM Goth Winsgradsky B Miss Foreign Nil Female child over 1

• Note that there is an equivalent UK departures record on Ancestry.com that confirms the above, and also includes the other two children who were born in the UK.

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From RSA National Archives:

DEPOT KAB

                                                                  SOURCE    CO

                                                                    TYPE      LEER 

                                                                 VOLUME_NO 8586    

                                                              SYSTEM    01    

                                                                REFERENCE 22    

                                                                PART      1        

                                                             DESCRIPTION          APPLICATION FOR LETTERS OF NATURALIZATION. ABRAM WINOGRODSKI.  

       STARTING  1902             

                                                     ENDING    1902 

The naturalization record is on LDS microfilm: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/106353

Details from the record, via an extract of the Cape Town Archives, Naturalization (CO) file:

CARA Ref: CO 8586
Surname: Winogrodski
First Name(s): Abram
Birthplace (Town/City): Wilna
Birthplace (Country): Russia
Age: 39 [i.e. 1863/4, but his death certificate indicates 1869]
Occupation: Hairdresser
Residence (Town/City): Observatory Road
Length of time in Colony: 12 months
Place of Application: Cape Town
Date of Application: 08-Aug-1902

The following probate record contains various dates:

DEPOT KAB SOURCE MOOC TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 6/9/10858 SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE 91762 PART 1 DESCRIPTION WINER, ABRAHAM. ESTATE PAPERS. STARTING 19440000 ENDING 19440000

It has been digitized: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91Q-939X-7?mode=g&i=1...

In the 1907 Bagaslaviskis (suburb of Vilnius) Family List:

Page #: 61
Registration #: 163
Surname: ZVENIGORODSKI
Given Name: Abram
Father: Shlioma
Relationship to Head of Household: Brother
Sex: M
Age: 40
Year: 1907
Town: Bagaslaviskis
Uyezd: Vilnius
Guberniya: Vilnius
Type of Record: Family List
Archive/Fond/Inventory/File: LVIA/498/4/100

• Experts on these records have pointed out that it was difficult to get a name struck from the list for any reason other than death. It was very common for people to appear on lists decades after immigrating from Lithuania.