hi
my fathers yiddish name is erchel too
my grand father
name is motel(mordechai)born in tuchin died in rovne not far from tuchin now ukraine
my great grant father name is tevia(tevie)and his wife malke
according to ellis island they came to usa at 15 december
1913 accompanied by meny age 30 motel(mordechai)age 11
rivke age 9 and frime destination chelsea ma
(under the name zaichik)
1920 census tevia became thomas malke mollie
harry san his wife freda children sadie bessie joseph frannie and ethel
my great grand fathers family all are from tuchin and surrouding
after a long long search i came to understanding that i cannt find out about the girls(marrige)etc
according to ssdi joseph zichek and freda zichek(mother)
lived in revere ma
may be you can untie the puzzel
thanks
rina