http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/surnames.francaise/mb.ashx 2005-03-16 16:00:04Z http://c.ancestry.com/s/0/p/5538/i/logo.gif http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/surnames.francaise/mb.ashx 175 38 http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/surnames.francaise/1/mb.ashx Seeking to find other researchers whose interest in this surname is of Jewish origin.<br><br>My ancester, Tamar Francaise, was probably born and died in Monastir (today this is Bitola, Macedonia), at the time, a part of the Turkish Ottoman Empire.<br><br>Tamar Francaise married Joseph Ergas who was born between 1840 - 1851. They had 4 known children:<br><br>(1) Shlomo "Solomon" Ergas (born 1860-1868, Monastir; died after 1938, Santiago, Chile) married Esther Albala (born 1871-1874, Monastir; died 03/30/1951, Bronx, NY). Their children were: Tamar, Estreya, Joseph I., Annah, Sam, Victoria, Benjamin.<br><br>(2) Sultana Ergas<br><br>(3) Moritz "Morris" Ergas (born 05/12/1892, Monastir; died 06/09/1946, Bronx, NY) married Mary Pesach (born ca 1892, Salonica, Greece; died 01/02/1947, Manhattan, NY). Their children were: Joseph, David, Nissim.<br><br>(4) Nahama Ergas<br><br>I have considerably more information about the descendents from Sholom "Solomon" and Moritz "Morris" Ergas, if interested. 2005-03-16 16:00:04Z Stan50Crook http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/surnames.francaise/1/mb.ashx