Single merged record (v3.62) — combines two earlier site entries that referred to the same man in two registers. The matzeiva (Gallery Era ii) names him in Hebrew/religious form as Pinchas Goldstein (פינחס גאלדשטיין) and the granite memorial plaque on Zeidy's matzeiva in Brooklyn carries the patronymic Milkah bas Pinchas HaKohen for his daughter Lina; earlier site copy from family memory had him in Hungarian/civil form as Péter Goldstein. The Hungarian/civil form for Pinchas was commonly Péter in this region (sharing the initial P-). Husband of Rochel "Róza" Goldstein (née Krausz); father of Lina Klein (née Goldstein) and Gizella Goldstein. A Kohen — Kohen status confirmed v3.61 by Eli Feig; the Kohanic priestly-blessing motif is consistent with the arch ornament on his matzeiva, and his daughter Lina is recorded as Bas Kohen on Zeidy's memorial plaque. Two photographs are now in the archive: a portrait of Pinchas (Gallery Era ii, added v3.59) and his matzeiva in the Tiszadob cemetery (Gallery Era ii, added v3.61). Birth year, death year, and parents not yet documented from the stone (the year letters are partly weathered). The legacy anchor /p/pinchas-goldstein.html still resolves to this card.

— KLEIN · KOHEN —

Pinchas "Péter" Goldstein

פינחס בן יהודה הכהן

פינחס הכהן · HaKohen · Zeidy's maternal grandfather · merged record v3.62

— Side note · From the v5.35 page · From the registers in Tiszadob —

Civil death register · Tiszadob · 1927 (entry 37)

Goldstein Péter, kereskedő (merchant), Jewish, age 93, of Tiszadob — died 3 August 1927, cause: végelgyengülés (general weakness / old age). Spouse: néhai Krausz Róza (late). Parents: néhai Goldstein Lipót (= Yehuda Leib HaKohen, in the standard Hungarian-Jewish civil/Hebrew name pair) + néhai Rosenzweig Adelka (= Rivka in Hebrew, per family memory). The death was declared by his son-in-law Büchler Ferenc.

Jewish synagogue birth register of his daughter Lina · Tiszadob · 1886 (entry 18)

Pinchas (here "Goldstein Péter, szatócs") is recorded as Lina's father in 1886. His birthplace listed here is Tolcsva — the Tokaj wine-region town ~60 km west of Tiszadob, where he originated before settling in Tiszadob through his marriage to Rachel Krausz of Tiszadob. His occupation in 1886 was szatócs (small shopkeeper / grocer); by his 1927 death he was recorded as kereskedő (merchant).

Portrait (higher-resolution scan)

The studio portrait of Pinchas that has long been in the family — bearded, with brimmed hat, in later life. A higher-resolution copy of the photograph previously in the archive.

Hungarian civil and Jewish-community registers, photographed by family researchers. Click any image to view full size.

— Side note · From the v5.35 roster · gap-fill (Step 1 audit) —

Single merged record (v3.62) — combines two earlier site entries that referred to the same man in two registers. The matzeiva (Gallery Era ii) names him in Hebrew/religious form as Pinchas Goldstein (פינחס גאלדשטיין) and the granite memorial plaque on Zeidy's matzeiva in Brooklyn carries the patronymic Milkah bas Pinchas HaKohen for his daughter Lina; earlier site copy from family memory had him in Hungarian/civil form as Péter Goldstein. The Hungarian/civil form for Pinchas was commonly Péter in this region (sharing the initial P-). Husband of Rachel Hindi Goldstein (née Krausz); father of Lina Klein (née Goldstein) and Gizella Goldstein. A Kohen — Kohen status confirmed v3.61 by Eli Feig; the Kohanic priestly-blessing motif is consistent with the arch ornament on his matzeiva, and his daughter Lina is recorded as Bas Kohen on Zeidy's memorial plaque. Two photographs are now in the archive: a portrait of Pinchas (Gallery Era ii, added v3.59) and his matzeiva in the Tiszadob cemetery (Gallery Era ii, added v3.61). Birth year, death year, and parents not yet documented from the stone (the year letters are partly weathered). The legacy anchor /p/pinchas-goldstein.html still resolves to this card.

— THE FACTS WE’VE GATHERED —

The shape of their life

From civil records, family memory, and primary sources. Empty rows are research targets.

Identity

Places

Tiszadob · Brooklyn

Hebrew name

פינחס הכהן · Pinchas HaKohen

Kohen status

Kohen / Bas Kohen

Children

At least two daughters documented: Lina Goldstein Klein (b. 19 Oct 1886, married Emanuel Klein) and Gizella Goldstein Büchler (b. c. 1886, married Ferenc Büchler) — both of Tiszadob, both murdered at Auschwitz 1944

Hebrew name (full)

פינחס ב"ר יהודה הכהן · Pinchas ben Yehuda HaKohen — confirmed by Zeidy's matzeivah plaque

Born (civil)

c. 1834 (derived from age 93 at his 1927 civil death registration)

Place of birth

Tolcsva (Tokaj wine region of northeast Hungary, ~60 km southwest of Tiszadob) — per the 1886 Tiszadob Jewish synagogue birth register of his daughter Lina, which records him as "Goldstein Péter, szatócs, Tolcsva"

Trade / occupation

Szatócs (small shopkeeper/grocer) in 1886 when daughter Lina was born; kereskedő (merchant) by his 1927 death at age 93 — the same upward occupational shift his son-in-law Emanuel Klein would make (clerk → merchant) a generation later

Age at death

Cause of death

Végelgyengülés (general weakness / old age)

Civil name

Goldstein Péter (Hungarian civil form of Pinchas)

Religious lineage

Kohen — confirmed by matzeivah and by descendants' lineage

Lived in

Tolcsva (origin) → Tiszadob (lifelong residence after marriage to Rachel of Tiszadob)

Camp survival

N/A — died 1927, before the war

Time of death

Same day as registration (3 August 1927). Specific hour not recorded on the death entry.

Place of death

Tiszadob (residence)

Grave inscription

On the matzeivah in Tiszadob (in the archive): the inscription names him as פינחס הכהן and gives the date 5 Av 5687 (3 August 1927)

Photographed

Yes — studio portrait, undated; v4.72 added a higher-resolution scan (2200px) of the previously 500×500 thumbnail

Family

Father

Goldstein Lipót (= Yehuda Leib HaKohen) — Hungarian civil-name Lipót pairs with the Hebrew Yehuda Leib; deceased before 1927 per Pinchas's death registration

Spouse

Rachel Hindi Krausz Goldstein (= Krausz Rachel / Krausz Róza on the civil records, "Goldstein Péterné" at her 1926 death). Family memory describes Rochel as his "(2nd) wife" — but the documentary record only shows one woman across multiple name-forms; the second-wife question remains an open gap.

Mother

Rosenzweig Adelka (Hungarian civil form of Rivka) — deceased before 1927 per Pinchas's death registration. Eli Feig (May 2026) confirms the Hebrew↔civil name pairing.

Death

Yahrzeit (Hebrew)

5 Av · ה' אב תרפ"ז · 3 August 1927 · status: verified from matzeivah at Tiszadob + family tree

Death

Died (civil)

3 August 1927 in Tiszadob — registered the same day at 7:45 PM, entry 37. Death declared by his son-in-law Büchler Ferenc.

Died (Hebrew)

ה' אב תרפ"ז · 5 Av 5687

Place of burial

Tiszadob cemetery — matzeivah survives, inscription 5 Av 5687 (already in the archive)

Pinchas "Péter" Goldstein

The shape of their life

The paper trail

Family