Simcha Tzfas
Bialystok immigrant and laborer who died in 1917.
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... Simcha Tzfas died peacefully in his lonely room on
Division Street in 1917. ...... Simcha Tzfas first arrived in America in 1842, ona
sailboat that embarked from London and sailed on the
high seas for several months. Once in New York, he did
not find any other Jews from Bialystok. His first home
was with a Dutch family on Water Street, near the East
River. ...When the famous California gold rush began in 1848
- year:
- 1848
- purpose:
- gold prospecting
Simcha Tzfas died peacefully in his room on Division Street in 1917.
Simcha Tzfas first arrived in America in 1842 by sailboat from London.
Simcha Tzfas traveled to California during the 1848 gold rush seeking gold.
Simcha Tzfas returned to Bialystok briefly in 1860.
Simcha Tzfas came back to the United States in 1865.
Simcha Tzfas joined the American Army and served under General McClellan for three years.
Simcha Tzfas died in New York in 1917 at age 103.