Sragowitz family

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Many key names in the Caledonian Cousinhood including from the Goldberg family, Wolfson family, Woolfson family, Levinson family/Livingston family, Golombok family, Furst family, Sragowitz family, Gerber family and many others; from the Jewish Echo, 11 January 1929.[1]

The Sragowitz family in Scotland immigrated to Glasgow beginning in the late nineteenth century. Many of them changed their surname to Strang, some to Sragow (sometimes temporarily).[2] According to Press TV, Max Sragowitz came to Glasgow from Kovno, then in the Russian Empire, and Samuel Sragowitz had preceded him; Samuel had nine children, and by 1921 there were five Sragowitz households in Glasgow.[2] One at least changed his name to Simpson and converted to Catholicism.

The Scotland's People database records 48 births of people named Sragowitz (the last one in 1960). There are also 40 marriages (the last one in 2001) and 48 deaths (the last in 2020).

Family tree

Between the 1940s and today many members of the family were actively involved in the Zionist movement.


Wolf Jack

Wolf Jack Sragowicz (Sragowitz - Inn Keeper)- Married Hannah Angela Sragowitz (nee Ushanas 1847 - 1893) (her first marriage) Children:

  • Sonia Rapoport (1882-1964)
  • Max Mendel (Max) Sragowitz (1876 - 1938) Married Rebecca (Reba) Etel Sragowitz/Rebecca Sragowitz (Bernstein) (1879 - 1950). In the 1911 census Max, aged 34, was an upholsterer and an "employer".[2][3] Max died in Ayr in 1938, aged 64.[4] Press TV states that by 1925 valuation records show he owned seven properties in Norfolk Court, used as offices, workshops, stores and for machinery;[2] the ScotlandsPeople valuation roll index for 1925 records him as tenant of the office, workshops and store there and as proprietor/occupier only of the machinery at 19 Norfolk Court.[5][6] The family home, 21 Queen Mary Avenue, Crosshill, was entered in the name of Mrs Rebecca Sragowitz as proprietor and occupier from 1920 to 1935.[7][8]
    • Minnie Ross/Minnie Rostofsky (1902-?);
    • Isaac (Jack) Sragow (1904-5 December 1964); Married Miriam Sragow (1905-1995) (nee Lucas, Mothers maiden name Goodman: Parents were Louis Levy Lucas (Jeweller on Miriam's birth cert, later furniture manufacturer on her marriage cert) and Minnie Lucas (nee Goodman) married in Manchester in June 1892) in George Square, 1929.[9] Press TV says Isaac Jack "appears to have shortened" the name to Sragow;[2] the ScotlandsPeople index records him as Jack Sragow in the valuation rolls of 1930–1940 (15 Princes Street, Pollokshields, then 131 Nether Auldhouse Road, Newlands),[10][11] but his 1964 death is indexed under Sragowitz.[12]
    • Fanny Levin (Nov 16 1908 - Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, Death, Nov 16 1979 - Mearnskirk Hospital , Glasgow, Scotland);Fanny Sragowitz married Joseph Hyam Levin in 1930.
    • Jeanie (Jean) CohenBirth 1911 - Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland, Death 2002 - 'Israel';
    • Leon (Louis) Sragow - (born 1917?, 'Leon Sragow' died 1983 at 66 in Glasgow, Martha Street, mother's maiden name, Bernstein), signed Max's death certificate, address 21 Queen Mary Avenue 21 November 1938; and
    • Bella Olsberg (30 November 1906--11 November 1979) - married Sidney Cecil Olsberg

Matthias

Matthias Sragowitz in her second marriage Hannah Angela Sragowitz Children:

Morris (Moshe) b. 1813

Morris (Moshe) Sragowitz (b. 1813, farmer) and Annie Sragowitz (nee Schulman)

Census data

1921 data

In the 1921 Census there were five households with Sraogwitz family members living in Ayr and in Glasgow (Cathcart, Gorbals, Pollokshields, Govanhill).

[20]

Back (left to right): Teddy and Larry; front (L. to T.): Lewis, Ray, and Barney. Private (Signaller, First-Class)
  • 1943 - Five members of one family, who are serving with H.M. Forces, met together for the first time since the outbreak of war, in a reunion recently in Glasgow. They are the four sons and a daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Alexander Sragowitz. They celebrated the Seder together and had a family reunion at the home of the parents, 113, Warwick Street.
    • Staff Quartermaster-Sergeant Barney Sragowitz, R.E.M.E., volunteered for service the day after war broke out, joining the R.A.O.C, and later transferring to, his present unit. Thirty years of age, he was a hairdresser in civil life. He is married and has one child.
    • Teddy Sragowitz, Cameron Highlanders, was at Dunkirk, and has since served on both sides of the world. He is a prominent member of the sports section of his battalion, and has won several boxing and running events. He is 23. Before joining the Army he was a sergeant in the Glasgow Company of the Jewish Lads' Brigade, and he was also an active member of the local Bar Cochba. He is a tailor by trade.
    • Private Lewis Sragowitz joined the King's Own Scottish Borderers three years ago, but is now in the R.A.O.C. He is 26, married, and was also engaged in tailoring.
    • Sapper Larry Sragowitz joined the Royal Engineers a year ago. He is 32, married, and has one child. In civil life he is a cabinet maker.
    • Their sister, Ray Sragowitz, volunteered for the A.T.S. 18 months ago, and she is now attached to a mixed A.A. battery in the South of England which has won distinction for the number of enemy aircraft it has brought down. She was a tailoress before joining up.
    • All five were active members of the Glasgow Jewish Workers Circle. Their brother. Mr. Morris Sragowitz, who is on war work, was its Secretary for several years, and he is at present Convener of the Comforts Fund for members in H.M. Forces, and Assistant Club Secretary.[21]

Business

David, Vivian, Raymond and Ralph Strang were all involved in the family business, Floor Coverings Distributors (Glasgow) Limited, in which Raymond had a controlling interest until August 2019, when it was taken over by Lindens Investments.[2]

Zionist and communal activity

Press TV summarises the family's communal and Zionist involvement as follows:[2]

  • 1908 – H. Sragowitz (Herman Sragowitz) elected Hon. Secretary of the Hebrew Benevolent Loan Society.
  • 1930s–1950 – Morris Sragowitz, son of Alexander, an officer of the Glasgow Jewish Workers Circle. Press TV gives him as secretary from 1930 to 1942 and later treasurer until at least 1950; the Jewish Chronicle of 14 May 1943 (quoted above) describes him as its Secretary "for several years".
  • 1937 – Israel Sragowitz, son of Morris (b. 1890) and Jenny (née Backon), won two tennis matches at the Maccabi inter-city games in Glasgow against Newcastle.[22]
  • 1938 – Max Sragowitz treasurer of the Langside Synagogue.
  • 1939 – According to Press TV, "Sergeant T. Strang", identified as Teddy Sragowitz, took part in a sack race with the Glasgow Jewish Lads' Brigade. The Jewish Chronicle of 14 May 1943 still calls him Teddy Sragowitz, and the ScotlandsPeople index records his 1953 marriage and 1992 death under Sragowitz.[23]
  • 1940s–1950s – Jacob Sragowitz Parnas (President) of the Langside Hebrew Congregation.
  • 1948–1950s – Joseph Strang Hon. Treasurer of the Glasgow Maccabi Association; at the 1950 Maccabi AGM he was appointed delegate to the Hebrew Board of Education and to the Glasgow Jewish Representative Council.
  • 1949 – The chairman of Glasgow Maccabi said that "out of their ranks, eight men and two women are now proudly bearing the insignia of the Haganah".[24]
  • 1953 – Joseph Strang became vice-chair of the Langside Synagogue.[25]
  • 1955 – L. Sragowitz, most likely Leon (Louis), elected the Queen's Park Hebrew Congregation representative at the Board of Deputies of British Jews.
  • 1958 – J. Sragowitz, likely Jacob, elected a Life Vice-President of the Glasgow Board of Shechita, along with Sir Maurice Bloch.
  • 1958 – P. Sragowitz, likely Philip Strang, elected joint secretary of the Pollokshields Hebrew Congregation.
  • 1959 – Leon Sragow became chairman of the Newton Mearns Hebrew Congregation, later merged into the Giffnock Newton Mearns Synagogue, which houses the main headquarters of the Zionist movement in Scotland.
  • 1996 – David Strang a guest speaker at Central WIZO.[26]
  • 2004–2007 – David Strang chair of the Jewish Blind Society.[27]
  • 2007 – David and Vivian Strang attended UJIA events in Scotland.[28]

Workers' Circle and Poale Zion

The Workers' Circle included a range of socialist currents, among them Socialist Zionists. It was reported in 1936 to be part of Glasgow's Poale Zion branch; in 1943 the Glasgow branch voted unanimously to affiliate to the World Jewish Congress; and in December 1948 a Circle bazaar "raised a substantial sum in aid of the Histadrut Israeli Appeal" (see Histadrut).[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ *A. Goldberg, Albert Rd. Xhill
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 David Miller, "Neighbours: Inside the tight-knit Caledonian Cousinhood of Scottish Zionism", Press TV, 19 July 2025.
  3. ↑ SRAGOWITZ MAX 1911 M 34 644/17 21/ 3 Gorbals Lanark
  4. ↑ SRAGOWITZ MAX 64 M 1938 578 / 1 / 671 Ayr
  5. ↑ SRAGOWITZ MAX Tenant OFFICE 38 NORFOLK COURT GOVAN 1925 VR010201374-
  6. ↑ SRAGOWITZ MAX Proprietor/Occupier MACHINERY 19 NORFOLK COURT GOVAN 1925 VR010201374-
  7. ↑ SRAGOWITZ REBECCA MRS Proprietor/Occupier HOUSE 21 QUEEN MARY AVENUE CATHCART 1920 VR010201287-
  8. ↑ SRAGOWITZ REBECCA MRS Proprietor/Occupier HOUSE 21 QUEEN MARY AVENUE CATHCART 1935 VR010201568-
  9. ↑ SRAGOWITZ ISAAC JACK LUCAS MIRIAM 1929 685 / 5 / 19 George Square.
  10. ↑ SRAGOW JACK Tenant HOUSE 15 PRINCES STREET POLLOKSHIELDS GOVAN 1930 VR010201468-
  11. ↑ SRAGOW JACK Proprietor/Occupier HOUSE 131 NETHER AULDHOUSE ROAD EASTWOOD 1940 VR010201670-
  12. ↑ SRAGOWITZ JACK (ISAAC) 60 M 1964 644 / 3 / 924 Glasgow (South)
  13. ↑ SRAGOWITZ PHILIP Lucas M 1930 644 / 18 / 106 Pollokshields
  14. ↑ SRAGOWITZ DAVID SHANCER ENID V M 1960 571 / 2 / 157 Newton Mearns
  15. ↑ SRAGOWITZ SAUL Lucas M 1930 644 / 18 / 930 Pollokshields
  16. ↑ SRAGOWITZ ESTHER 63 F 1943 644 / 19 / 652 Cathcart (Glasgow)
  17. ↑ SRAGOWITZ ALEXANDER VINITZKEY ANNIE 1906 644 / 7 / 229 Blythswood
  18. ↑ SINCLAIR KATHLEEN DAISY F 1920 644 / 22 / 777 Partick
  19. ↑ SRAGOWITZ BETTY ISAACS ABRAHAM 1951 571 / 2 / 14 Newton Mearns
  20. ↑ *SRAGOWITZ ALEXANDER 1921 M 34 644/17 16/ 16 Gorbals Lanark
    • SRAGOWITZ
    ANNIE 1921 F 32 644/17 16/ 16 Gorbals Lanark
    • SRAGOWITZ
    MYER 1921 M 13 644/17 16/ 16 Gorbals Lanark
    • SRAGOWITZ
    PHILIP 1921 M 7 644/17 16/ 17 Gorbals Lanark
    • SRAGOWITZ
    LOUIS 1921 M 4 644/17 16/ 17 Gorbals Lanark
    • SRAGOWITZ
    BURNETT 1921 M 9 644/17 16/ 17 Gorbals Lanark
    • SRAGOWITZ
    LAZARUS 1921 M 11 644/17 16/ 16 Gorbals Lanark
    • SRAGOWITZ
    MORRIS 1921 M 14 644/17 16/ 16 Gorbals Lanark
    • SRAGOWITZ
    TEDDY 1921 M 2 644/17 16/ 17 Gorbals Lanark
  21. ↑ JC, Page 16/17 for 14-05-1943
  22. ↑ SRAGOWITZ MORRIS BACKON JENNY 1913 644 / 17 / 398 Gorbals
  23. ↑ SRAGOWITZ TEDDY 73 VINISKER M 1992 609 / 835 Glasgow, Martha St
  24. ↑ Jewish Echo, 25 February 1949, as quoted by Press TV.
  25. ↑ Jewish Chronicle, 20 March 1953, as cited by Press TV.
  26. ↑ Jewish Chronicle, 17 May 1996, as cited by Press TV.
  27. ↑ Jewish Chronicle, 24 August 2007, as cited by Press TV.
  28. ↑ Jewish Chronicle, 8 June 2007, as cited by Press TV.
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