The Glück / Glick Family History
This branch of the family has been a difficult one to research as they came to England as an immigrant famly from Russia some time between 1865 and 1871. It begins with Morris Glück and his wife, Hannah Jane Goldstein. Immigration documents have not been found nor have I found any record of them registering as aliens upon their arrival in England. The first document found on them is an 1871 UK Census showing them living in Hull, but they migrated to Liverpool, Lancashire by November 1872 as seen documented on the birth certificate for my great grandmother Esther, their fourth child, born in Islington, Liverpool on 17 November, 1872. Morris was working from his home as a tailor.
I have not found documentation for Morris' death, but I do know that by 1901 Hannah was listed as being widowed on the UK census and living with her daughter Sarah, now married (Mrs. Newton Holden). Hannah later emigrated to New York, USA with Sarah and Newton, sailing from Liverpool on 27 June, 1907 on board the SS Ottawa, via entry to Montreal, Canada and enroute to New York.
Interestingly, in England the family were documented as being Glück . My great grandmother Esther always showed Glück as her name, as did her brother Samuel, and christening records show the name written as Gluck (Glück). But, when Hannah took up residence in the USA, she was documented as Glick. When Samuel's son Maurice emigrated to the USA, again the name was henceforth documented as Glick. So, relatives in England are known by Gluck or Glück , whereas relatives in the USA are known as Glick.
The pronounciation of the name Gluck can have different variations, so this could be why the name had different spellings. Our Glück name uses the umlaut over the "u" which changes the way the name is pronounced. In the early days of record keeping recorders wrote phonetically and Glück with the umlaut over the "u" would sound like "Klick" or "Glick". Other times, the name would be prounounced slowly for the recorders and it would sound like "GLUEck", so it was written as Glueck, Kleuk, Kluk or Gluck.
Gluck is the German word for 'Fortunate' or 'Luck'!! I feel very lucky to have found my Glick cousins in the USA and my Gluck cousins in England, and to have such good communication with them all, building great friendships and connecting our links once again for the first time since our great grandparents time.
Morris Glick (Gluck) was my great, great grandfather. This photo was taken in Minsk. As a death record was never found for him in the UK, I wonder if he knew he was ill and wanted to return to his homeland. Or, did he return to his homeland for family reasons and died while on the visit.
A photograph taken in Minsk of my great, great grandmother Hannah Gluck/Glick. What was she doing in Minsk? She was widowed and living with daughter Sarah in Liverpool in 1901, and she emigrated to New York in 1907. Did she return to Minsk with Morris for family reasons and have their photos taken while there for family members?
Sarah Glick/Gluck in an undated photo taken while in Liverpool.
The death certificate for Sarah Holden (nee Glick/Gluck) shows she died on July 13, 1941. One error to point out is in the field, Maiden Name of Mother. It shows her mother Hannah's maiden name as Cohen. This is incorrect. Hannah's maiden name was Goldstein.
Page 2 of the death certificate for Sarah Holden, (nee Glick/Gluck) who died July 13, 1941.
Sarah Glick with husband Newton Holden, her children Frances and Maurice, and a family relative name Goldy.