Information on the Chaki or De Leon Families in Instanbul in the 19th Century

Started by Iris Sobchak on Tuesday, January 13, 2015
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1/13/2015 at 9:59 AM

Hello, my name is Iris and I am doing some genealogy on the Chaki and De Leon families who were Sephardic Jews and lived in Istanbul in the late 1800s/early 1900s. I am having a lot of trouble finding much on them and I would appreciate recommendations on where I could get more information. This is what I know about them. I am sure of Rebecca Chaki, born in Istanbul in 1875 and died at a death camp in Poland in 1943. She was deported from France. She had three daughters and a son that I am aware of and all the children were born in Turkey but none stayed there. One daughter, Elis Chaki, married the British explorer and historian, COL Stewart Francis Newcombe. I have a lot of information on her descendants. A son Joseph Chaki was believed to have moved to England before WWII and two other sisters were in France or England when the war started. I am not sure but I believe Rebecca's husband was Isaac or Elijah Chaki who was born in Turkey as well between 1850-1875. Her father was a De Leon and supposedly a famous banker or jeweler of the Sultan under the Ottomans. Thank you so much for your help in advance.

1/13/2015 at 10:03 AM

Private User Any ideas?

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1/13/2015 at 10:07 AM

Lots of Shaki and Chaki in this tree.

http://www.geni.com/family-tree/index/6000000011123936416

Is it possible that "ibn Leon" was misinterpreted as "de Leon"?

1/13/2015 at 10:36 AM

Thanks Jaim. I did send a message to the owner of these profiles asking if they had heard of some of these family members but I did not get a response. I did not see anything that matched up with my relatives but it is certainly possible.

1/13/2015 at 10:45 AM

Iris Sobchak There seem to be a number of different users involved in some of these profiles. Who did you contact?

1/13/2015 at 1:05 PM

Moshe Chaki - as Abraham seems like he would be the only possible ancestor based on the dates and he is the only administrator for that line
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1/13/2015 at 1:59 PM

Iris Sobchak Moshe doesn't seem to have been active on Geni for six months so might not check his mail very often.

Abraham's brother's profile , Emannuel, has an active manager
Emmanuel Chaki
ie. Private User.

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