Mendel Ely

My great-grandfather Mendel Elie (circa 1860-1934) and his wife and seven children, arrived in Canada in August 1907 aboard the Sardinian. They came from Podu Iloaiei, a small town in northeast Romania (Moldavia) near the city of Iasi, following the 1906 pogroms. The ship's passenger lists (at collectionscanada.gc.ca) show the following Jewish/Romanian families arriving on the same ship: Goldenberg, Herscovici, Haimovici, Kohn, Leibovici, Moscovici, Stohler (pronounced Hirshkovich, Chaimovich, Cohen, Lebovich, Moscovich, Stoller). I know from other sources that we had relatives in Podu Iloaiei with most of these surnames, so it's possible all eight families came from the same town and travelled together as a group. Are you descended from any of these families? Any information would be greatly appreciated.

M. Ellis, Toronto, 416-227-0027, pm201@rogers.com (Appearing in the Canadian Jewish News, November 26, 2009)