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Title: Wedding Menu Servian / Craingold
Post by: Cal241 on Friday 25 May 07 13:09 BST (UK)
Hello
Whilst at Mums at the weekend she produced a box of menus that belonged to my Grandfather. He was a chef all his working life right up to the year before his death when he was 75.

Apart from all the real 'nuggets' that relate to my Grandfather (he wrote poems on the back of a lot of them) I found this wedding menu

For .... Gertude Servian and Maurice Myer Craingold.

The wedding fare included Hors D'Oeuvres a la Russe, Vermicelli, Pigeons aux Champignons, Dinde Langue de Boeuf, Asperges sauce au Beurre, Pouding Anglais etc .... quite a posh wedding it would seem

If any one would like to claim it then let me know by PM

Regards
Cal 8)
Title: Re: Wedding Menu Servian / Craingold
Post by: suzard on Friday 25 May 07 13:55 BST (UK)
What a lovely thing to have-and very generous of you to "offer" it.

No ancestor of mine unfortunately!

Just had a little look around for further information which may assist anyone in claiming it.

There are these deaths
Maurice Craingold
b. 14 July 1897
died Feb 1985
age 87
manchester
38 1114

and strangely
Israel myer Craingold
b. 14 July 1897
died Feb 1985
age 87
Manchester
38 1114

mistranscription?

also
Death
Gertrude Craingold
b. 2 may 1904
died Aug 1992
age 88
38 852
Manchester

the only birth i can find which "ties in"
Bertha Gertrude Servian
Junqtr 1904
West Derby

The Servian's in Liverpool seem to descend from Russian/Polish and were Glaziers and Picture frame makers.

There is also on GenesReunited a Michael who is researching
Bertha Servian b. 1904 Lancashire

may jog someone's memory??


Suz


Title: Re: Wedding Menu Servian / Craingold
Post by: Cal241 on Friday 25 May 07 14:22 BST (UK)
Suz

You are an absolute star :) :) :)

I am so pleased that they both had a long life & marriage by the look of it.

Also I do hope it is claimed.

I may contact the chap on Gene's

thank you

Cal 8)
Title: Re: Wedding Menu Servian / Craingold
Post by: bearkat on Friday 25 May 07 14:48 BST (UK)
In 1928 there was a Maurice CRAINGOLD, chemist, at Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester.
Title: Re: Wedding Menu Servian / Craingold
Post by: Torquay on Tuesday 09 September 08 22:13 BST (UK)
I have just seen the message posted in May 2007 about the wedding menu of my late aunt Gertrude Servian and Myer Craingold. I would like to obtain this for their two daughters, my cousins. They stlll live in Manchester and are now grandmothers. Could Cal241 get in touch about this, or whoever has the menu now. I have been researching the Servian family for over ten years and this would make a fitting present for Gertrude's family.
Title: Re: Wedding Menu Servian / Craingold
Post by: suzard on Tuesday 09 September 08 22:36 BST (UK)
Hello and welcome to RootsChat, Torquay.

Cal241 who was offering the menu has been on line today.

If you click on Cal241 the profile will come up with the facility to send a private message

I would do this just in case Cal misses this post

If you have any trouble messaging please post back on here and I will message for you

How lovely it would be to have this piece of your family history

Suz
Title: Re: Wedding Menu Servian / Craingold
Post by: suzard on Tuesday 09 September 08 22:47 BST (UK)
nannyjan has just reminded me that until you have made 3 postings you are unable to send a PM - so I will send one for you -hope that's OK - and when you have made another 2 posts you can also send one

Suz
Title: Re: Wedding Menu Servian / Craingold
Post by: Torquay on Tuesday 09 September 08 23:32 BST (UK)
I should be grateful if Suzard could contact Cal241 for me. Thanks.
Title: Re: Wedding Menu Servian / Craingold
Post by: suzard on Tuesday 09 September 08 23:38 BST (UK)
Have made contact and cal is on to it!!!

it is brilliant when things "find their way home"


Suz
Title: Re: Wedding Menu Servian / Craingold
Post by: Torquay on Tuesday 09 September 08 23:56 BST (UK)
I will log in tomorrow after I get back from work to see latest update! Meanwhile I have contacted my two cousins about it and await their reply! They can both be reached by email. I am sure they will be thrilled - only this weekend I was asked to research Myer Craingold's ancestry by my cousin. His real name was Israel hence the conflicting records Morris/Myer etc. Re Servian's they came from Lake Serwy in NE Poland in about 1875 to Liverpool. One branch stayed in Liverpool (mine) - the other went to Chicago in 1905. I have just come back from an international genealogical conference in Chicago where I was able to make further discoveries. But this is wonderful.
Title: Re: Wedding Menu Servian / Craingold
Post by: suzard on Wednesday 10 September 08 00:10 BST (UK)
Have you contacted Cal on her granddad's blog??

Someone has -hope its you!!!

you can PM cal now you have made 3 posts!!!!

I am really excited for all of you

Suz
Title: Re: Wedding Menu Servian / Craingold
Post by: Cal241 on Wednesday 10 September 08 22:16 BST (UK)
Hi all
It would seem that when I try to log on anywhere except on my old groaning PC I can't post.
My old groaning machine crashed last night ... so frustrating >:(

Torquay as you know we have made contact .. and thank you for your e mail this evening.

Suz thanks so much for the nudge.
It is right & proper that the menu goes back to the family, that was my main reasoning for posting about it..... & I so love family history because if you wait long enough after posting things you do get responses.
I have had a few responses after posting 5 years ago on other sites.. I got together with Prue M after leaving a post a long old time ago.... it turns out she is the gg grand daughter of my grandfathers sister and we have had an amazing exchange of family information.
So after 81 1/2 years the menu is going home

Torquay I will be in touch

Cal  :)
Title: Re: Wedding Menu Servian / Craingold
Post by: nanny jan on Wednesday 10 September 08 22:45 BST (UK)

Wonderful news!    I love a happy ending   ;D


Nanny Jan
Title: Re: Wedding Menu Servian / Craingold
Post by: suzard on Wednesday 10 September 08 22:57 BST (UK)
Brilliant

Suz
Title: Re: Wedding Menu Servian / Craingold
Post by: Cal241 on Wednesday 10 September 08 23:03 BST (UK)
Hi Gals

Isn't it just fabulous :-)


Cal  8)

p.s. sorry for being so absent from here .. I promise I will be back soon  x
Title: Re: Wedding Menu Servian / Craingold
Post by: suzard on Wednesday 10 September 08 23:30 BST (UK)
Absolutely brill,

your Mum needs a thank you too for keeping it safe all this time

see ya

Suz

Title: Re: Wedding Menu Servian / Craingold
Post by: Cal241 on Wednesday 10 September 08 23:46 BST (UK)
Suz
absolutely  she needs a big old thanks as she was daughter - in - law to all of this .. I will tell her the adventure tomorrow :-)

cal  8)
Title: Re: Wedding Menu Servian / Craingold
Post by: PrueM on Thursday 11 September 08 09:56 BST (UK)
Excellent news!!  Well done Cal, and congratulations Torquay and your family on getting such a wonderful addition to the family papers  :D

Cheers
Prue (Cal's cuz  ;D  )
Title: Re: Wedding Menu Servian / Craingold
Post by: Cal241 on Thursday 11 September 08 23:09 BST (UK)
Yoh P
Thanks
with out posting here there and everywhere we would have never of met :-)
Glad we did

Cal  8)
Title: Re: Wedding Menu Servian / Craingold
Post by: Cal241 on Saturday 20 September 08 01:04 BST (UK)
Torquay
The menu is in the post to you today

So pleased it is going home... let me know it has arrived safely.
I would hate for it to be lost in Royal Mail after all these years

cal 8)
Title: Re: Wedding Menu Servian / Craingold
Post by: Linda from Murton on Friday 31 October 08 23:07 GMT (UK)
Lovely story, but did Torquay receive the menu?
Title: Re: Wedding Menu Servian / Craingold
Post by: Cal241 on Sunday 02 November 08 23:20 GMT (UK)
Hi Linda
Torquay assured me the menu arrived safe and sound... thank goodness.

A happy ending all round  :)

Cal  8)