Andrea SEIBEL

Andrea married Rodrigo Cid FERREIRA [Group Sheet]

Salo married Martha Helena LASERNA [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1925, Brazil

Notes:

In 1925, 14-year-old Bernardo Seibel arrived in Brazil, coming from Krakow, Poland, with his father, Salomon. In a typical immigrant struggle to make a living in a new country, and after several jobs, he started to work in the furniture retail business in 1935. In 1946, he became a partner in a small furniture factory at Birigüi, in the hinterland of the State of São Paulo, which flourished well in the following years. In 1961, living again in São Paulo, he acquired LEO Madeiras, a small wood distribution business located in the Gasômetro area, in the district of Brás. In 1985, the Madelânda Group was created (later renamed "The Ligna Group") through the acquisition of Brasimet's share control, a major Brazilian player in the metallurgical industry. From 1990-1992, the Ligna Group intensified its operations in the furniture industry and became a large manufacturer of decorative laminates by acquiring Formica Corporation in Brazil and in Argentins, Lammet in Holland, and finally the Formiplac Group in Brazil, which was Satipel's owner at the time. In 1996 (the year Bernardo died), the Ligna Group started to operate in the home center retail business in a joint venture with the French Group Leroy Merlin. Today his sons, Salo and Helio Seibel, continue to run the Ligna Group. [source: Ligna Group brochure; see the Ligna Group's history on the Satipel website]

Immigration:
Bernardo emigrated to Brazil with his father in 1925, when he was 14 years old.

Bernardo married Rosa REVCOLEVSKY 27 May 1945, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Rosa (daughter of Ichi REVCOLEVSKY and Seldlea [Seibel]) was born 27 May 1919, Lipcani (Lipkany), Moldova (was Bessarabia); died 26 Sep 2016, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; was buried , Jewish Cemetery (Cemiterio Israelita), Butanta, São Paulo-SP, Brazil. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

According to his daughter, Sonia, he was "from Lodz," but we do not know where in Poland he was born. According to his grandson, Moyses, he could not travel with his parents and siblings when they went to the US, because he had an eye disease. He emigrated instead to Brazil in 1925, with his sons Enrique (Herman) and Bernardo. He stayed a short time in Curitiba, Brazil, and then went back to Poland. He returned to Brazil in 1935 with the rest of his family (Sonia, Silvio, and Benjamin), exept for Marcos (who was in the military) and Samuel (who was married).

Salomon — Rosa (Ruchel) Nachman Schein. Rosa (daughter of Shimon Schein and Gitel Laja Nachman) was born 1 Feb 1880, Brzezowa, Galicia, Poland (formerly Austria); died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
(now Yedintsy, Moldova)

Ichi — Seldlea [Seibel]. Seldlea was born , Lipcani (Lipkany), Moldova (was Bessarabia); died 1921, Lipcani (Lipkany), Moldova (was Bessarabia). [Group Sheet]