Sue Bird's ancestry -- need help reading record

I was going to ask you if she is related to Larry Bird, but I looked that up myself and, apparently, she's not. Larry's my 3rd cousin :-)

I Googled "Larry Bird Jewish" and found a Sports Illustrated article saying "He never met a Jew until he was 20 years old," so I'm pretty sure they're not close kin. ;)

Looks like the mother might be R. Rimalis which is a known Jewish surname that I have often spelled Rymalis. The note under Baruch seems to just say "Kodina gov Podolia" which makes sense as Kodima was once in Podolia, also called Podolskaya Gubernia. So I think it is just saying that Esther's mother R. Rimalis was still living in Kadima when they arrived in America.

If you go to the website www.JewUA.info and search for Burd you will find a lot of results. As well, a search for Rymalis will also show some results. I didn't see anything that matched up with what you have so far but if you can trace things back just another generation that could really open things up.

I request Harry's gravestone photo on Find A Grave. If written traditionally it will not only give us Harry's Hebrew name but also his father's name as well. That will be vital in connecting them with documents in Ukraine. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158116453

Ah! Now that helps to piece together another part of the mystery. I had found a tree where Dr. Reuben Romolius Bird was given the middle name "Romolius" and couldn't figure out where that was coming from since it's not on the records I've located. Now it makes sense. I'll try your spellings and see what I can come up with.

And I figured "Burech" was probably an alternate for "Baruch," so thanks for confirming. :)

Something that may help as you get into Ukraine/Russia records, men who use Harry in America are often found as Gershko (basically a variation of Hirsch but there is no H sound in Russian). For Baruch/Burech you may find him in records as Boruch or possibly Berko or even Berko Boruch/Boruch Berko.

If that photo request is filled I will let you know what I find!

Extremely helpful info. Thank you so much. :)

I was able to connect her Croatian great-aunt Vanja Bird, whose parents were murdered at Auschwitz. So hopefully more in-law connections will start appearing, which is better than nothing.

The ship manifest from 1907 at
https://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/passenger-details/czoxMjoiMT... lists the 33-year-old Ester traveling with her 45-year-old husband Schaie, 15-year-old tailoress daughter Sonja and 4 other children - Basie (11), Luisa (8), Mordko (6) and Bljuma (5) - to the USA. They sailed from Libau (Liepāja, today in western Latvia, back then a major port of the Russian Empire) on board the S.S. Saratow on 25 June, arriving on 13 July. Ester is listed as illiterate; her husband and daughter could read and write. Their final destination is listed as Carmel NY, where Schaie's brother-in-law worked for Merochnik & Son. Ester is described as 5 foot 2, with brown hair, blue eyes and a light complexion.
The record at https://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/passenger-details/czoxMjoiMT...
lists a 13-year-old Ester Burd traveling with the 18-yaer-old domestic Doba Burd on board the S.S. Kursk, again from Libau, on 27 May 1913. Their last place of residence is listed as Selenyzog, near Kiev and Ester's mother is lsited as Judis Burd.
As with the journey listed above, the tickets were paid for by Ester's father and the two were in possession of $25. Their destination was the father, listed as H. Friedman, living at 408 Christopher St, Brooklyn.
I don't know whether all these Ester Burds are the same person, of course.