The YAMEY family
from Plunge (Plungyan), Lithuania
Little is known about the origins of this surname. The spelling ‘Yamey’ most probably was the way that the immigration official in Cape Town, South Africa, decided to spell it when Solly Yamey arrived there in the 1890s. Kurt, son of Moses, spelled the name as ‘Jami’ when he arrived in the USA. The transliterations of Lithuanian archives on www.jewishgen.org spell it ‘Yami’.
1 Vulf Yami
.. +Unknown Wife Of Vulf Yami
...... 2 Iosel Leib Yami b: in Lithuania(Plunge Environs)
.......... +Ete Rivke Garb
............... 3 Abel Jami
............... 3 Bentsel Jami
............... 3 Rachel (Rocha ?) Jami
................... +Unknown Kafri
....................... 4 Sarah Kafri b: in Israel ?
....................... 4 Joseph Kafri b: in Israel ?
............... 3 Khana Jami 1860 - b: November 3, 1860
............... 3 Moses Jami 1871 - 1941 b: 1871 in Lithuania(Plunge Environs) d: 1941 in Holocaust
................... +Dora Peisel 1874 - b: 1874
....................... 4 Faitel Jami - 1945 b: in Lithuania(Plunge Environs) d: Aft. 1945 in Soviet Union
....................... 4 Elsa Jami 1899 - b: June 28, 1899 in Lithuania(Plunge Environs) d: in USA ?
........................... +Andor Braun d: in USA
....................... 4 Sheinel Jami b: in Lithuania(Plunge Environs) d: in Holocaust
........................... +Spouse Of Sheinel d: in Holocaust
....................... 4 Henry Jami 1895 - 1957 b: June 26, 1895 in Lithuania(Plunge Environs) d: January 11, 1957 in Worcester, South Africa [murdered]
....................... 4 Kurt Jami 1901 - 1984 b: February 8, 1901 in Lithuania(Plunge Environs) d: March 1984 in Providence RI
........................... +Greta Lederman 1901 - b: Aft. 1901 in Germany (Baden)
....................... 4 Isidore Yamey 1903 - 1949 b: January 22, 1903 in Kuliai d: Abt. 1949 in South Africa
....................... 4 Max (Jami) Yamey 1905 - b: July 11, 1905 in Kuliai
........................... +Vitti Feldman
....................... *2nd Wife of Max (Jami) Yamey:
........................... +Mini Segal
............... 3 Aron Jami 1874 - b: March 18, 1874
............... 3 Khaim Aron Jami 1877 - b: July 8, 1877
............... 3 Solomon Yamey 1883 - 1931 b: 1883 in Lithuania(Plunge Environs) d: May 3, 1931 in Hof Str Nursing Home Cape Town
................... +Leah Halperin 1894 - 1987 b: Abt. 1894 in Lithuania d: August 13, 1987 in Port Eliazbeth, South Africa (See : HALPERIN PAGE)
....................... 4 Ralph Yamey 1915 - 1983 b: 1915 in Cape Town d: 1983 in South Africa
........................... +Colleen Lindesay Galpin b: in South Africa
....................... 4 Ian Yamey 1917 - 1957 b: 1917 in South Africa d: 1957 in South Africa
........................... +Anne Freedman 1918 - 2000 b: December 21, 1918 in Johannesburg d: April 1, 2000 in South Africa
....................... 4 Basil Yamey 1919 - b: May 4, 1919 in Cape Town
........................... +Helen Bertha Bloch 1920 - 1980 b: October 15, 1920 in South Africa d: December 23, 1980 in London (See: BLOCH PAGE)
....................... *2nd Wife of Basil Yamey:
........................... +Demetra Giorgiakopoulos born in Greece
....................... 4 Elsa Yamey 1922 - 2007 b: 1922 in South Africa d: February 3, 2007 in Port Elizabeth
........................... +Wolf Budlender 1919 - 1998 b: 1919 d: 1998 in South Africa (Port Elizabeth)
............... 3 Mina Jami 1889 - 1941 b: Abt. 1889 d: 1941 in Holocaust
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