Krongelb Genealogy and Krongelb Family History Information

The first recorded use of the Krongelb surname is in Raseiniai, Lithuania in the late 1700s. Before that time, surnames were probably not used. There are records of the Krongelb surname in Polish records, beginning a generation later. The connection is unknown. The known Krongelb descendants came to America and Israel. The Israeli family members are descended from a Krongelb who changed his surname to Salmat.

There are some records of Krongelbs in Baltimore in the 1880s, but their fate is unknown. There was also a Krongelb in San Francisco, and his fate is unknown. The known Krongelb family members in America descend from Avraham Krongelb, who came to America in the 1920s and settled in Jersey City, New Jersey.

There are some Krongelbs in France, believed to be descended from Polish Krongelbs. There are some records of a Krongelb being killed in the Holocaust, and a Krongelb who survived the Holocaust settled in America.