Sragowitz family

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.

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). 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)
  • 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.
    • Philip Strang (1930-2020)
    • Saul Sragowitz/David Strang (born 1930) Married Vivian Strang (nee Shancer) in Newton Mearns in 1960.
      • Raymond Mark Strang
      • Ralph Strang
    • ??2
    • ??3
  • 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:

• Louis Sragowitz (b. 1892) (1892 - 1945) Married Fanny Sragowitz (nee Jacobs);
  • Children Mary Sragowitz (b. 1916), married Ben Coutts/Ben Couts in 1939 | Berenice Sragowitz (b. 1923-2004) | Cecil Sragowitz (b. 1925-2020), married Muriel Sragowitz (nee Green) in 1951. | Betty Sragowitz (b. 1927-2019), married Oskar Schwartzblatt/Oscar Black in 1941.
• Morris (Mascha) Sragowicz (Sragowitz) (1890-1960) Married Jeannie Rachael Strang (Sragowitz) (January 28, 1889 Death: January 24, 1933) and Dolly Sragowicz (nee Lipetz) (Birth: 1894 Death: March 23, 1977 (82-83)).
  • Children of Morris and Jeanie: Hyman Sragowitz; Israel (Isadore) George Strang and Louis Strang (Birth 1920 Death: March 04, 2012 (91-92) Place of Burial: Broadgreen Cemetery, Liverpool, UK)

Morris (Moshe) b. 1813

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

• Son:Samuel Sragowitz - 'Master Grocer'(Death Cert) - (1850 - 1932) - Married Annie Rachel Sragowitz (nee Sherovsky 1847-1893) and Beila Rebecca Sragowitz (nee Friend, previously called Goodman the name of her first husband) (1853-1921) Married in 1895.
• Birthdate: 1850
• Birthplace: Russian Empire
• Death: July 14, 1932 (81-82) Glasgow, Scotland, UK
• Place of Burial: Glasgow City, Scotland, UK
• Father of
  • Herman Sragowitz (1878-1923) - Married Beule Sragowitz (AKA Betty Beulah Sragowitz 1877-1937) (nee Friedberg) in 1899 in the Gorbals.
    • Children: Dr Morris Strang (b. 1904) (1904-1993);
    • Raechel Annie Feldman (1907-1998);
    • Joseph Strang (born Judah Sragowitz, 1911-1990) and
    • Nathan Strang (1912-1996);
  • Jacob Sragowitz (1879-1960) Jeweller, later 'Drapery traveller' - Married Esther Goodman (1880-1943)(nee Goodman??????) in 1900 (Esther was the daughter of Samuel's second wife from her first marriage, and so was a step sister to Jacob)
    • Morris Strang (b.1901);
    • Rae Purcell (1906-1973);
    • Hannah Josephs (1910-1985);
    • Joshua Sragowitz (b. 1904 - died 1947 - 'drapery traveller', changed name to Joseph Simpson, converted to Catholicism, married Agnes Ward in 1932) and Lena Gatuskin AKA Leah (1905-1983)
  • Rebecca Shapiro (nee Sragowitz);
  • Elias Sragowitz;
  • Alexander Sragowitz (1886-1960), Cabinetmaker, married Annie Sragowitz (1888-November 13, 1943) (nee Vinitzkey - other spellings are given in other data)) in 1906 in Blythswood, Glasgow.
    • Myer Sragowitz b. 1908
    • Philip Sragowitz (1914-1929)
    • Louis Sragowitz (b. 1916) 1916 1980
    • Burnett Sragowitz b. 1912
    • Lazarus Sragowitz AKA 'Larry' 1909
    • Morris Sragowitz (b. 1907)/Moses Sragowitz/Maurice V Sragowitz|Maurice Vincent Strang b. 2 December 1907, d. 1973 Married Kathleen Daisy Strang (nee Sinclair) (1920-2004).
    • Teddy Sragowitz 1919 - Married Ethal Sragowitz (nee Harris) in 1953 in the Gorbals.
    • Ray Sragowitz b. 1921
    • Betty Isaacs (nee Sragowitz) (b. 1927 - ) ; Married Abraham Isaacs in Newton Mearns in 1951).
      • Parents of Edward Isaacs (b. 1953) b. 1953
    • Sarah Rose Sragowitz b 1929 - 2011
  • Lizzie Sragowitz;
  • Leah Gerber and
  • Bessie Dickovsky]

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).

• 80 Thistle Street. (The raw data appears to say that the family name was Lugowitz, but it is clear from tracing the birth certificate entries that Sragowitz was the correct name). Here lived:
• Alexander Sragowitz (34)
• Annie Sragowitz (nee Vinitzker)
• Myer Sragowitz
• Philip Sragowitz (b. 1914)
• Louis Sragowitz (b. 1916) AKA Lewis
• Burnett Sragowitz AKA Barney
• Lazarus Sragowitz AKA 'Larry'
• Morris Sragowitz (b. 1907)/Moses Sragowitz (?)
• Teddy Sragowitz

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.

See also

• Sragowitz and Gillman (later S & G Furniture and Signature Furniture)