Solomon (Shlomo) HINDIN

Abt 1858 - 1910

• Born	Abt 1858	Minsk, Russia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Nov 1910	New York, New York
  Buried	1 Dec 1910	Mount Zion Cemetery, Maspeth, New York
  Person ID	I199	Johnson Hindin Tree
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2016

  
  

  Father	HINDIN
  Family ID	F476	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Bertha MAIZEL,   b. 1860,   d. 16 May 1932, New York, New York
  Children	1. Anna HINDIN,   b. May 1888, Russia ,   d. 17 Jun 1962, Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York   2. Mildred HINDIN,   b. Jul 1891, Russia ,   d. 7 Oct 1978, Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York   3. Joseph Selig HINDIN,   b. 13 Sep 1893, New York, New York ,   d. 2 Sep 1952, New York   4. Benjamin HINDIN,   b. 26 Jun 1898, New York, New York ,   d. 21 Jun 1981, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania   5. Louis HINDIN,   b. 17 Mar 1900,   d. Jul 1976, Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York   6. Dora HINDIN,   b. 24 Jan 1902, New York, New York   7. Victor HINDIN,   b. 21 Nov 1904, New York, New York ,   d. 21 Jan 1986, Broward Co., Florida
  Family ID	F66	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  According to Mel Hindin, Solomon was born in a small village outside of Minsk, Russia. Also according to Mel Hindin, Solomon and his family lived in the Schlov Giberna District of Moscow. Despite being Jews, they were allowed to live in Moscow because Solomon's father was an ironmonger (blacksmith) who made the gates for one of the Czar's palaces. This information in the last two sentences of the preceding paragraph appears to be wrong--that is, Schlov is not a District near Moscow. Rather, Shklov is a town in Belarus. Based on the benevolent society which paid for Solomon's burial (Schklover Independent Benevolent Association}, Solomon was likely from the village of Šklou or Shklov, a town in the Mogilev Province of Belarus, located 35 km north of Mogilev on the Dnieper river. Shklov is located about 100 km northeast of Minsk and 300 km southwest of Moscow. According to the 1905 Jewish Encyclopedia, Jews settled in Shklov at an early period, probably in the beginning of the sixteenth century. Its location on the boundary-line between Russia and Poland often subjected Shklov to the devastations of war, and the Jews, who constituted the greater part of the population, were generally the greatest sufferers. In 1655 the town was destroyed by the Cossacks; in 1708 it was sacked by the Swedes under General Löwenhaupt; and in 1812 it was invaded and pillaged by Napoleon's army. The Jews of Shklov in 1905 numbered about 12,000, or nearly 88 per cent of the total population. At the time, the city has two synagogues, twenty-seven Jewish prayer-houses, a government school for Jewish children, a Jewish hospital, and a number of other educational and charitable institutions. The Jews carried on an extensive trade in wheat and other merchandise. According to family lore, Solomon was a silversmith in Russia. The government demanded that he desist practicing his craft unless he would convert to Christianity. Rather than convert, Solomon and his wife Bertha emigrated to New York around 1890. Solomon and Bertha had 13 children, one or two of whom died aboard ship en route to America and was buried at sea. In America, Solomon became a plumber. He put plumbing in tenement houses on the East Side of New York. (All of the foregoing is according to Harvey Hindin.) The ship manifest for the S. S. Moravia, arriving in the Port of New York on September 22, 1892, lists a Shlomo Hindin (age 30; occupation is locksmith), his wife Breine (age 30), daughter Chane (age 5), daugher Mosche (age 11 months) and son Moses (age 1 month). The handwriting on the manifest is difficult to read, but numerous clues strongly suggest that the family shown on the manifest is the family with which we are concerned here. First, Solomon's Naturalization Application shows his date of arrival in the United States as September 15, 1892, which is close to the actual arrival date; second, the ages on the Naturalization Application and the manifest match, suggesting a 1863 date of birth; third, the name of his wife in his son Barnett's birth record is listed is "Brenney", which corresponds to the name on the manifest (Breine). According to the State of New York Certificate and Record of Birth of Solomon's son, Barnett Hindin (No. 28977), Solomon (age 40) and his wife "Brenney" (age 38) were born in Russia and on June 26, 1898 lived at 224 Cherry Street in New York, New York. (Cherry Street is located on the East Side of Manhattan between the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge.) Solomon's occupation is shown to be a plumber. Solomon and his wife are shown to have had eight children by 1898, only four of whom are said to be living at that time. According to the 1900 Census, Solomon and Bertha Hindin were living at 231 Cherry Street, New York, in 1900. Cherry Street is on the Lower East Side between the Manhattan Bridge and the Brooklyn Bridge. According to the Naturalization Application of Solomon, dated August 8, 1904, Solomon was living at 12 Rutgers Place, New York, New York. His occupation is a plumber. His birth date is shown as November 1863. He is shown to have arrived in the United States on September 15, 1892. According to the 1910 Census, Solomon Hindin, 45, and Bertha Hindin, 43, were living at 12 Rutgers Place (known as Monroe St.), with their family: Anna Hindin, 20, Minnie Hindin, 18, Joseph Hindin, 16, Ben Hindin, 11, Louis Hindin, 9, Dora Hindin, 7, and Victor Hindin, 5. Solomon, Bertha, Anna and Minnie are shown to have immigrated from Russia in 1892. Solomon is shown to be a contractor, Bertha a janitor, Anna a millner and Minnie an examiner. Rutgers Place (Monroe St.) is located just a block from Cherry St., where the family was living in 1900. According to the online records of Mt. Zion Cemetery in Maspeth, New York, Solomon Hindin was buried December 1, 1910 by the Schklover Society, which is a Jewish Benevolent Society that paid for the burials of immigrants from Schklov, Belarus.

  
  

• Sources

  [S14] According to the State of New York Certificate and.