Nanci and Allan Garon's Family Website
Many of our Jewish ancestors imigrated to the United States from Eastern Europe and settled
in the Duluth,
Superior,
the Iron Range
and the surrounding areas of Northern Minnesota, Northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan.
They came in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
This family website is about our family, our huge extended family
and about many of the other Jews who settled and lived in this region.
This page is specifically about the Jews of Eveleth, Minnesota.
Some of our family names that have been associated with Eveleth are as follows:
Siegel, Winer, Segal, Munic, Press, Rubenstein, Levant, Sagen, Abramson, Flax.
Links to other sites or pages of interest
Northern Minnesota (Eveleth) Jews - Recollections - - click here (page on this website)
Video of Bright and Siegel Interview July 1, 2008 - - click here (wmv video file)
Historical Jewish Population of Eveleth - - click here (page on this website)
Historical News Articles Regarding the Jews of Eveleth - - click here (page on this website)
Historic Eveleth Images - - click here (page on this website)
Sheridan Street, Ely, Minnesota - undated - - click here (pdf file)
School children at Central School, Ely, Minnesota - 1904 - - click here (pdf file)
School children at Central School, Ely, Minnesota - 1906 - - click here (pdf file)
Jews of Eveleth - Introduction
Written by Bill Siegel and Jack Siegel
William Siegel and Myron Bright (Bright Family) were born and raised in Eveleth.
They talk about their lives.
courtesy of Jack Siegel - Mar 2017
Note that the video is 22 minutes long and the file 450 MB.
It may take several minutes to load.
This document lists Jewish families that lived in Eveleth, Minnesota during the period 1900-1940.
My sources came from census records found on ancestry.com, newspaper articles found on genealogybank.com,
and correspondence with family members.
Eveleth is a relatively small town in the iron range and it offers an insight into the families that settled there and their activities.
Compiled by Karen Entous
This index lists and provides links to historical news articles regarding the Jews of Eveleth from about 1860 thru 1940
Compiled from the Old Newspaper Articles Index. Articles researched and submitted by Karen Entous
Source: Minnesota Digital Library - source includes hi res image -
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Source: Minnesota Digital Library - source includes hi res image -
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Source: Minnesota Digital Library - source includes hi res image -
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