4 Jewish bros. b. abt. 1850, Poland
My LYONS ancestors were Polish Jews, four brothers, that I know of,were:
Barney, Ephriam, Hyman and Solomon L. Lyons.
BARNEYLYONS, my great grandfather, was born in Crackow, Poland.He
married Lena Grauman, who was born in Strassburg, Alsace Lorraine, and
reared in London.My mother thought they were married on the ship to
America.Lena had two brothers, Edward, b. 1842, lived in Louisville, and
died 1913,andDavid J. (father of Sid Grauman, of Chinese Theater
fame), b. in US and died in Los Angeles in 1921,
and four sisters, who marriedKAHN, COHEN, FEIBLEMAN, andKOHN.
My grandmother, Deborah Lyons was born to Lena and Barney Lyons,Jan. 18,
1885 in Decatur, Morgan Co., AL. She married George McClellan Swarthout,
(Baptist?)Aug. 31, 1908, in Cincinnati, OH, where much of her family
lived.Aunt Sarah (and Leon?)Kahnlived in Louisville, KY.AuntBelle
Kohn lived in Indianapolis.These were my grandmother's aunts.The other
two were Frances, married aCohen, andDora,b. Alsace in 1846.She
married Indianapolis lawyer, Feibleman, and had a son, Joseph (?).Deborah
Lyons Swarthout died in Mobile, AL, (Jan. 23, 1928) where she had managed
the seventy-room Savoy Hotel (also called The New Southern), and a rooming
house.Mom said she had also managed hotels in Florence, AL,and Augusta,
(Georgia?).
EPHRIAMLYONS, born in 1844 in Austria (?), opened the popular Hotel Lyons
(April 1, 1913) in Decatur, AL.I believe it was here that my grandmother
was trained in the Hotel Management business.He married Minnie,b. June,
1853 (?) ,d. May 1,1941.The had two daughters,Leah,b. Oct. 1876
in KY(m.W.K. McNeill), and lived in Decatur, AL. , andStella, b.
December, 1885in AL.She married J. O. Davis, and had two children,
Marjorie Lyons DavisandJ. O. Davis, Jr.They lived in Los Angeles, CA.
SOLOMONLYONS, b. abt. 1857 in Poland, -. d. Aug. 18, 1931 in Tuscaloosa,
or Birmingham, AL. (buried in Knesseth Israel Cemetery, Birmingham, AL.
HYMAN (Hymar?)LYONS, b. abt 1870 (?) died in Tuscaloosa or Birmingham, AL,
March 13, 1931.Buried in Knesseth Israel Cemetery,Birmingham, AL
(Solomon and Hyman were tailors)Hyman was llisted in the 1920 census as:
"Lodger"with Solomon Lyons, 63..
Barney Lyons and Lena Grauman constitute my 'brick wall' !I did just learn
(if it's the right person)that Lena Grauman died Sept. 19, 1939 on
Hamilton Co, Ohio.(Cincinnati). There is quite a lot of information here,
but I'm not sure about any of it.Would like to get the birth dates of my
great grandparents.When and where did Barney die?Who were his parents?
When and where did they live?
I have just 'met' a couple of distant cousins online, which was very
exciting.We're comparing notes, as we think what questions to ask.If
you know anything about any of these Lyons, or their descendants, Please
email me.Many thanks.Edwin Crowell Heacker, [email protected]
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Re: 4 Jewish bros. b. abt. 1850, Poland
Jocelyn Harrold 1/24/04