Thank you for taking the time to research, I appreciate your help. Sorry I left the birth dates off, I'm so use to them being the only ones in the U.S. Still today, most of the Gutzat's are my kin, in NJ and DE. My mother always said her father came in through Ellis Island. She and her cousins bought a plaque through the Ellis Island Foundation years ago, but I don't know if any documentation was required.

G-grandfather - August (b. 1860, Russia - d. 1910 NJ)
grandmother - Anna Obereiner (b. 1867 Gryzbina - d. 1953 Brooklyn, NY)

Grandfather - August (b. 1896, Russia - d. 1952 MD)
Grandmother - Naomi Hobbs (b. 1902 MD - d. 1967, FL)

Grandfather August had two brothers, Frederick and Gustav(e), and a sister Anna (who was born here).

I've found reference in ship records of g-grandmother with Gustav(e) indicating she may have returned to Germany and come back to the U.S.

I have a photo of my Grandfather in the doorway of the Gutzat Bros. Grocery. The only clues on it are Long Island 649 on the window. I'm not well versed in NY/NJ. I need to look for business directories between 1908 and 1919 when he married my Grandmother.

Again, many thanks for your efforts.

Cindy