Searching Relation to FABERGE Family/Roizman
Kathy Keane
relationship between my grandfather's family and FABERZHE (FABERGE) the
renowned French jewelers.
A contact (maybe a relative?) named Vilen ROIZMAN from Khmelitskiy,
Ukraine (who may be related to my grandfather HARRY ROISMAN/ROIZMAN from
Kamenetz Podolskiy) said today that the ROIZMANS from Kamemetz
Podolskiy were relatives or partners of Faberzhe. According to Vilen
Roizman the ROIZMANS made silver plates, dishes and cutlery, and Vilen
ROIZMAN has in his possession a fork inscribed "Roizman 1876". For
various reasons, he does not know more than that.
Does anyone have any ideas, information or leads on this? I could not
find Faberzhe in the JGFF, and I was not aware that the family was
Jewish.
As always, I appreciate all of your attention as well as any assistance
you may offer.
Kathy Keane
Hermosa Beach, Ca.
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Alexander Sharon
> I have recently found information which points to some sort of
> relationship between my grandfather's family and FABERZHE (FABERGE) the
> renowned French jewelers.
>
> A contact (maybe a relative?) named Vilen ROIZMAN from Khmelitskiy,
> Ukraine (who may be related to my grandfather HARRY ROISMAN/ROIZMAN from
> Kamenetz Podolskiy) said today that the ROIZMANS from Kamemetz
> Podolskiy were relatives or partners of Faberzhe. According to Vilen
> Roizman the ROIZMANS made silver plates, dishes and cutlery, and Vilen
> ROIZMAN has in his possession a fork inscribed "Roizman 1876". For
> various reasons, he does not know more than that.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas, information or leads on this? I could not
> find Faberzhe in the JGFF, and I was not aware that the family was
> Jewish.
>
> As always, I appreciate all of your attention as well as any assistance
> you may offer.
Probably another nice family legend, but one never knows.
Gustav Faberge, founder of the Russian jewell workshop, and his son Peter
Karl Faberge, the designers of the famous Faberge Easter eggs and tzars
court jewellers, were not Jewish. Originally from France, Hugenot family
Faberge have settled in 17th century in Schwedt/on.Oder and later in Piarnu
(Kurland), from where they've moved to St.Petersburg.
There is possible Jewish connection: Gustav Faberge studied jewellery
business in Josef Friedmann workshop in Frankfurt.
I couldn't find more information about Josef Friedman (Friedmann, Fridman)
Faberge Company had branches in Moscow, Odessa, Kiev and Odessa.
There is some information available on Internet:
http://www.faberge.de/e/workmstr/workmstr.htm
and it appears that only people who were engaed in production of Eastern
Eggs were three following craftsmen:
Erik August Kollin (1870-1886)
Michael Evlampiewitsch Perchin (1886-1903)
Henrik Emanuel Wigstrvm (1903-1917),
and their names do not sound Jewish. There is no information about Jewish
partners.
Faberge were rich, and I'm sceptical about any Faberge Jewish patrners from
the poor Pale Territory, especially engaged into manufacture of a religious
symbols of the Russian Orthodox Easter.
There a many legend from the Pale, one shouldn't take them too seriously.
Jews had no basic rights in Russian Empire, they were persecuted, subject to
violence (pogroms), confined to shtetls within the largest territorial
ghetto.
Alexander Sharon
Calgary
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