Art Garfunkel — singer with roots in the Russian Empire
Art Garfunkel. Singer, actor and poet, one half of Simon & Garfunkel, born in Forest Hills, Queens. Born in 1941 in Forest Hills, Queens, to Rose (née Pearlman) and Jack Garfunkel. His father's parents emigrated from Iasi, in Romania, outside the Russian Empire. His mother's parents are described as Jewish immigrants from Russia or Poland only in non-authoritative sources, with no town named.
"Paternal grandparents emigrated from Iasi, Romania, at the beginning of the twentieth century and settled in Manhattan; the maternal grandparents' origin is not documented in authoritative sources."
Migration storyTracing the roots — Paternal grandparents from Iasi, Romania; maternal grandparents 'from Russia/Poland' per non-authoritative sources (town not documented)
Born in 1941 in Forest Hills, Queens, to Rose (née Pearlman) and Jack Garfunkel. His father's parents emigrated from Iasi, in Romania, outside the Russian Empire. His mother's parents are described as Jewish immigrants from Russia or Poland only in non-authoritative sources, with no town named.
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Paternal grandparents from Iasi, Romania; maternal grandparents 'from Russia/Poland' per non-authoritative sources (town not documented). At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.