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* I include this Latvian Glaser/Glasser family because there is strong reason to believe that they are related to the Lygumai GLASER family (see Aaron Glasser Families). During WWII, Raymond Cohen of Norfolk, stationed in Australia, walked into a "Glaser's Pawn Shop" or "Glasser Loan Office," curious because he was familiar with the Glasser family in Berkley/Norfolk (VA), which had its own "Glasser's Pawn Shop." A man (a Glasser), perhaps in his 30s, was in the store, and he introduced Raymond to a lady, perhaps the man's aunt, who said that she knew GLASSERs that settled in Norfolk/Berkley, as well as LEGUMs who settled there. The strong presumption, therefore, is that the families were related. Otherwise, it would be especially unusual that she would have known of those GLASSERs since they were from a different town and country.
Except for the descendants of "2" (Paul Glasser), the basic facts of this Glaser family come from a family tree constructed by Selma Schneider and her mother Anna Shine (daughter of Mary GLASER KALMANSON) about 1952. The data about the descendants of Paul Glasser come from Ian D. Glasser of Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia, a great grandson of Paul Glasser and grandson of David Glasser.
NOTE: Data on more recent (mostly living) descendants of 1. and 2. are available, but not presented here.
Louis Glaser married Chana Hoffman (her sister, Chasa, settled in Johannesburg, South Africa)
1. Mary Glaser
2. Paul Glaser
3. Simon Glaser
4. sibling died in Latvia
5. sibling had 5 children (no data) in Golding (now Kuldiga), Latvia
1. Mary married Jacob Selig KALMANSON. She stayed in Latvia until her father died and then joined Jacob in U.S. (Jacob had 4 sisters: Peshe/Betty? went to Leeds, England; Ada, Leah, Sarah went to Philadelphia) Jacob couldn't make a living in Phila.; so he took off, leaving his wife and 2 daughters about 1906 or 1907 and worked in a scrap yard in Minnesota, where he died about 1908 or 1909. Mary is listed in the 1910 Phila. city directory. Mary moved to New York, where her brother Simon was at.
- child
- Sarah married Charles D. TUFFIASH
- Anna (d.ca.1968) married Oscar SHINE
2. Paul Glaser (1855, Courland, Kuldiga, possibly Riga, d. Hobart, Australia) married (Courland, Nov.18, 1875) Mina HUMMEL (b. Courland, about 1857, d. Feb.28, 1933) Travelled to England, arrived in Australia, 1887, and settled in Sydney; later moved to Launceston, Tasmania, opened 2 pawn shops.
Some of the children used the original "Glaser" name and others changed it to "Glasser."
- Joseph (b.Russia, ca.1876, d.Jan.12, 1933) married Annie
-- Daniel
-- Samuel
-- Trixie
-- Naomi
-- Marie
- Abraham (b.Russia, ca.1879, d. Sept.8, 1945), professional card-shark, married Rebecca
-- Charles, Professional fighter, fought 4 Australian champions and fought the New Zealand champ as well as Petey Sarron, who later won World Featherweight Championship
-- Maurice
-- Ida
- Dora (b.Russia, ca.1877, d.married Wolf Jacobs, owned Mercery stores
-- twin son
-- twin son
- Jacob (b.Russia, ca.1881, d.Oct. 18, 1938), owned a garment factory in Sydney, married Rosie
-- Louis, runner, one of first Australians to sprint 100 yards in 10 seconds.
- Lena (b.Russia, ca.1885) married Jack LEVY, who owned shoe shops in Hobart.
-- 5 or 6 children
- Henry (b.Russia, ca.1883), fought in WW, gassed, died age 35, married Miriam GREEN
-- Maurice, career soldier, British Empire Rifle Shot champion who won the Kings Medal in the '30s.
-- Leo, career soldier
-- Rae
- Hanna (b.Russia, ca.1887) married Joseph JOSEPHSON. She owned high-class ladies' garment shop
-- daughter
- Hyman (b. Australia, d.Aug.5, 1960) married Dina. No children. He was a circus clown.
- Bertha (b. Australia, ca.1893, d. Dec.16, 1976) married Solomon LEWIS
-- 5 or 6 children
- David, (b. Australia, Oct.8, 1897, d. Oct. 27, 1966) (one of the proprietors of the pawn shop in which Raymond Cohen* heard story of) married Lilian HAYWOOD
-- Noel
3. Simon married Kate (an aunt of Charles TUFFIASH, who later married Sarah KALMANSON, a daughter of Mary GLASER KALMANSON)
- male married Helen
-- Ben
-- Jerome
- Sadie married Herman WEISS
-- Judith
-- child
- Lillian
