An Apparent Minsk Connection

Jonah Pullman and Jacob Rosenberg apparently belonged to a Minsker Landmannschaft - the "Minsker Independent Old Men's Benevolent Association." Jonah and Ida are buried in Beth David (Queens, NY) in that Landmannschaft's section. Likewise for Jacob and Rachel but in Montefiore (also Queens). Most apt explanation is that they lived in the province of Minsk. Possibly Jonah and Ida met and married there and subsequently moved to the Ukraine. According to the 1900 US census they were married 12 years. A wild guess is that the surname Polewsky is derived from the village of Polevtsy, which is 72 miles south of the city of Minsk (and in Minsk province).