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Re: Sima as a Russian / Jewish / Russia Jewish name?
in reply to a message by KNY
Sorry this thread posted twice! I have a follow-up since this investigation is a work in progress.I tried to find any verification that this was a Russian or Jewish name and I found a site that listed "Simha". Then it hit me, "Simcha"! (I'm Jewish). The Hebrew word & name meaning Joy. Is it likely that her name was Simcha and it was written as Sima because the ch is not a sound Americans can say?
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That is very possible, they did that with a lot of names. More likely if she came to the U.S on a large scale immigration port, like Ellis Island, because they often were very rushed doing things of the sort.
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