Were Hirsch HELFER and Chaim HELFER of Brody brothers?

[Joyce Eastman wildwoman@cfl.rr.com]

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I trying to determine if there are any records that indicate that my 3x
great-grandfather, Hersch HELFER is the brother of Chaim HELFER. Both were
born in Brody, Poland. While I do not have any dates of birth or death for
my 3x great-grandfather, I know from my research that Chaim HELFER was born
about 1797 and died on April 24, 1853 at the age of 56. It is interesting
to note that the first born children of both Hersch and Chaim HELFER were
born in 1819. Also, that Hersch HELFER's wife died in on August 19, 1834.
She was also from Brody, Poland.

Confirming the relationship between Hersch HELFER and Chaim HELFER is key to
my being able to join all the HELFER information I obtained from my
researcher years ago - as well as from various individuals who are also
researching the HELFER family line, who are most likely all distant cousins
on my paternal grandmother's side. My paternal grandmother was Sime Bruche
HELFER, daughter of Aron ZINKOWER and Judith/Judes HELFER - all born in
Brody, Poland.

Please respond privately with any information/documentation or suggestions
of where to look to resolve this issue. I have researched JewishGen,
JRI-Poland, as well as the Gesher Galicia Database and Ancestry.com without
any success. I currently have a virtual tree on Geni.com. Thank you in
advance for any assistance you may be able to provide to assist me in
resolving this possible family connection.

Joyce Eastman
Orange City, FL USA

RESEARCHING: WILDER/HONIG/HELFER/ZINKOWER: Brody, Poland/Ukraine and
Vienna, Austria; RUFEISEN: Biala/Sucha/Zywiec/Szare, Poland, Israel,
Germany and Brazil; SCHEIER/ROBINSOHN: Biala/Sucha, Poland and
Stanislawow, Poland/Ukraine (Ivano-Frankvisk); FRANKL/FODOR/PORGES/
GROSSMANN/KOHN/WEISZ: Vaj Ujhely, Hungary/Trencin, Slovakia
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