My father was Harry Rogoff (rogen)born 1901.His father was Louis Rogoff from Minsk. There were brothers,William,Edward,Mickey,Martin,Half Brother David sister Irene. All born in Brooklyn. Mother Rose. They variously changed last names to Rogen snd Roger.

My grandmother, RACHEL SIMON SEGAL, arrived in New York from the shtetl of ILYA in what then was the VILNA GUBERNYIA of LITHUANIA. Today, the shtetl has been repartitioned into BELARUS, about 100 miles from Minsk.

My father, BERNARD SEGAL, was born in 1909 in New York. When he was a little boy, his mother had ROGOFF cousins who lived near them in Brooklyn. The cousins owned a movie theatre. The single theatre eventually grew into quite a successful chain in the New York area.

The movie theater chain was owned by a family named Rugoff, which could have been an alternate spelling of Rogoff.

My grandfather was Harry Rogoff, who came from a villiage in Russia near Poland. He was married to Lillian Nanes and was an editor for the Jewish Daily Forward. I think they lived in Brooklyn. They were divorced in 1916 and both remaried and had other children.

My father was Julian Rogoff. He died in 1983. I know Harry had a brother Abe, who had a son Richard. I believe there were other siblings but don't know who or where they were. Our family wasn't related to the movie-theater Rugoffs.

Rosalind Rogoff

My great grandfather Moses Reuven Rogoff married twice. The first wife, Debbie, died. From that marriage Louis was born. Louis had a number of children, harold (harry), earl, helen, theodore. Louis was a barber I think. Moses was a rabbi/cantor/talmudic scholar. He married again to Jennie Edelson and had Herman, Julius, Rose, Rebecca, and Eli. Herman is my grandfather.

MY GRANDFATHER OWNED LITTLE MORE THAN HIS SHIRT. HE WAS ATAILOR IN A FACTORY THAT MADE SUITS.HE HAD 8 CHILDREN .7 BOYS ONE GIRL. ALL BUT ONE CHILD BY ONE WIFE. SONS WERE WILLIAM ,HARRY, EDDIE,MARTY,MICKEY AND DAVID A HALF BROTHER. DAUGHTER IRENE. ALL ARE NOE DECEASED.

IN PREVIOUS MESSAGE LEFT OUT SOME NAMES. CHILDREN WERE WILLIAM ,HARRY, EDDIE, NATHAN, IRENE, MARTY, MICKEY, DAVID