Polish Citizenship by Descent · Lineage Map
Documented facts only
Five generations from Ostrów Mazowiecka to North Hempstead. Each card cites the specific file in your folder that supports every fact on it. Legal interpretation is excluded from this page — see Legal Theory of the Case.
- Subject
- Elijah Michael Salome-Diaz
- Lineage
- Great-grandfather route — Berek Lejb Wajngort, Ostrów Mazowiecka
- Drafted
- 14 April 2026
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Conventions & open questions
How to read this page
PL An official document on file states Polish citizenship (the pill does not assert current legal status).
US US citizen (documented).
? Status unknown — see open questions below.
★ marks the great-grandfather — the Polish-born ancestor in the chain.
?1 through ?7 reference the open questions below.
Open factual questions
- ?1 — Did Bessie Weingart ever naturalize US? (USCIS G-1041 pending)
- ?2 — Was Elias subject to active Polish military service obligation in May 1928? The 1905 Russian-era draft summons and 1912 passport refusal (per Pajączkowska Rep. 131/2023 residence book) are now on file. Whether those carry over into Polish military obligation under the 1924 Act is a legal question for counsel.
- ?3 — Death dates and certificates for
Berek [RESOLVED 15 Apr 2026 — Berek d. 19 Jan 1983, FL], Bessie, Elias (likely 15 Oct 1941 per NARA email — cert needed), and Eliot Sr.
- ?4 — Marriage certificate: Berek + Marjorie Lazare (her maiden name now confirmed)
- ?5 —
Marriage certificate: Eliot Sr. + Irma Salome [RESOLVED 15 Apr 2026 — N/A. Eliot Sr. and Irma never married. Raises separate paternity-establishment question for the 1974 BC, flagged in Legal Theory.]
- ?6 — Father's DOB — BC long-form vs court-order discrepancy (4/26 vs 4/30 1974)
- ?7 —
Marjorie's maiden surname [RESOLVED 15 Apr 2026 — Lazare per Berek's 1983 FL death cert]
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The chain, generation by generation
Generation 1 · Great-great-grandparents
Elias Weingart
also: Ela Wajngort · Eliad Weingard (per US Decl. of Intention)
- Born
- 14 Oct 1882, Ostrów (per Polish State Archives certified birth #142/1889, O-P.6342.239.2022, now in folder)
- Born (alt.)
- 5 Jan 1889, Łomża, Russia (per Elias's own 1923 Decl. of Intention — contradicted by the Polish primary record; Polish record controls)
- Died
- 15 Oct 1941 (per Elijah's email to NARA — death cert not yet on file)
- Arrived US
- 30 Jan 1923, SS La Touraine, Ellis Island
- Naturalized
- 23 May 1928, NY County Sup. Ct., Cert. # ≈ 2557490
- Occupation
- Blacksmith (per Decl. of Intention); also szames / butcher / kowal across various Ostrów civil-register entries
- Spouse
- Bessie / Basza Sura Tofel (m. 2 Mar 1905 Ostrów, civil-register act #5/1905 — certified original in folder)
- Military
- Summoned to 1905 draft (Russian-era); passport refused 1912 (per residence-book annotation, State Archives reproduction in folder)
PL
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US
naturalized 23 May 1928
Sources in folder:
05/1923-1928_NaturalizationFile_EliasWeingart...pdf
06/2024-04_NARA-Email-Thread...pdf
Bessie Weingart
née Basza Sura Tofel · also: Basza, Basha
- Born
- 20 Jul 1882, Ostrów (per Polish records, reported in Status Report)
- Died
- Unknown ?3
- Arrived US
- 28 Aug 1928, SS Paris (Le Havre → NY), age 46
- Naturalized US
- Unknown ?1 — USCIS G-1041 pending
- Spouse
- Elias (m. 2 Mar 1905, Ostrów per Status Report)
- Addresses
- Brooklyn, NY (per 1930 & 1940 US Census)
PL
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Sources in folder:
Email thread to NARA (cited in 06/2024-04...pdf)
Status Report
— married —
2 March 1905, Ostrów
4 children listed in Status Report:
Phillip (Froim Fiszel, b. 1906) ·
Tillie (Trajna, b. 1910) ·
Gertrude (Gita, b. 1912) ·
Berek (b. 1914) ★
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Generation 2 · Great-grandfather — the Polish anchor
Berek Lejb Wajngort ★
Anglicised: Ben (Benjamin) Weingart · the Polish-born ancestor in the chain
- Born
- 26 Mar 1914, Ostrów (consistent across Visa Index Card V-1331441, USCIS GEN-10319396 result, 1940 US Census, Status Report)
- Arrived US
- 28 Aug 1928, SS Paris from Le Havre, age 14, with mother and sisters
- Visa file
- V-1331441 · Immigrant Identification Card states nationality: Polish, color of eyes brown
- US naturalization
- NO RECORD FOUND · NARA NY courts 1824–1975 + USCIS Genealogy Index Search both negative · per Berek's 1983 FL death cert, citizen of "U.S.A."
- Died
- 19 January 1983, Florida Medical Center, Lauderdale Lakes, Broward Co., FL · age 68 · myocardial infarction · State File #83-001278
- Residence at death
- 91 F. Hastings, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Co., FL
- Buried
- Beth David Cemetery, Elmont, NY · Levitt-Weinstein Memorial Chapel
- Spouse
- Marjorie Lazare (née) — confirmed per 1983 FL death cert (informant Marjorie Weingart). Marriage date TBD ?4. Per Eliot Sr.'s 1944 BC, Berek was 30 and a "Manufacturer"; per 1983 death cert, "Belt Manufacturer" in the Garment Industry.
- Certificate note
- State of birth listed on FL death cert as "Czechoslovakia" — factually incorrect; primary Polish birth record #18/1914 Ostrów is authoritative. Likely informant error (Marjorie may have conflated Eastern European borders). Worth flagging for the attorney.
PL
Polish from birth via Polish father; Polish nationality contemporaneously stated on US arrival.
Sources in folder:
01/1928_VisaIndexCard_BerekWeingart_V-1331441...pdf · 01/1983-01-19_DeathCert_BerekBenWeingart_LauderdaleLakes_FL...pdf · 05/2024-04-18_NARASearchLetter...pdf · 05/2025-12-02_USCIS-GenealogySearchResult...pdf · 02/1944-08-02_BirthCert_EliotWeingartI...pdf
Marjorie Weingart
née Lazare — confirmed by Berek's 1983 FL death cert (Status Report's "Wexler" was incorrect). · spouse of Berek
- Born
- ≈1914, USA (age 30 in 1944 per son's BC)
- Married
- Date TBD
US
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Generation 3 · Grandfather
Eliot Weingart Sr.
grandfather
- Born
- 2 Aug 1944, 1:02 a.m., Israel Zion Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY
- Cert #
- 28471, City of NY
- Parents
- Ben Weingart (age 30, b. Poland, occ. Manufacturer) + Marjorie (age 28, b. USA, occ. Housewife)
- Partner
- Irma Salome — NEVER MARRIED to Eliot Sr. Eliot Lazare Weingart II (b. 1974) was born out of wedlock. Paternity established by Eliot Sr.'s name appearing on Eliot II's BC. Polish-law implication: triggers paternity-establishment analysis under the 1962 Polish Citizenship Act for the 1974→1995 generation link. See Legal Theory open question L-new.
- Died
- Unknown ?3
US
Source: 02/1944-08-02_BirthCert_EliotWeingartI_Brooklyn_Cert28471.pdf
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Generation 4 · Father
Eliot Lazare Weingart II
post-1995: Eliot Lazare Salome Diaz (court order N-298/1995)
- Born
- 26 Apr 1974, Queens, NY (per BC + name-change order — Elijah's BC long-form variant notes 4/30 vs 4/26; ?6)
- Cert #
- 156-74-406386, City of NY
- Parents
- Eliot Weingart + Irma Salome
- Name change
- Signed 13 Oct 1995, effective 22 Nov 1995, Civil Ct., Queens Co., NY
- Spouse
- Jessenia Joann Mendez (per Elijah's BC)
US
Sources: 03/1974-04-30_BirthCert...pdf · 03/1995-10-13_NameChangeOrder...pdf
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Generation 5 · You
Elijah Michael Salome-Diaz
you — applicant
- Born
- 4 Mar 1995, 10:39 a.m., North Shore University Hospital, North Hempstead, NY
- Parents
- Eliot L. Salome-Diaz + Jessenia Joann Mendez
- Cert
- NY State long-form, Local Reg. 871, transcript issued 26 Aug 2008
- Address
- 846 Adams Street, Baldwin, NY 11510
US
PL by descent — claim pending; depends on resolution of open questions and statutory analysis
Source: 04/1995-03-04_BirthCert_ElijahMichaelSalomeDiaz...pdf