I would venture to say that in most family trees many or most of the women are found to be strong in some way or another. Many of our earlier ancestors were, by definition, very strong women both emotionally and …
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Sophie was born in December 1909 in Syracuse to Chaneh (Harry) Levine and his wife Rachel (Rose) Katz Levine. I have written briefly about this family earlier (here). Although they had started out in Syracuse, where Harry’s siblings had settled, …
Although it was the second weekend in December and, like everyone else we had plenty of holiday tasks to be doing, Judy and I decided it was time for another trip to the Connecticut State Library in Hartford. We hadn’t …
In a variation on the theme, this post is about three sisters who came to America and went in different directions. There actually were more than 3 Yellin sisters and there was a brother too. And some of them did …
Actually, it was two brothers and a sister. And they didn’t come together but at three different times to two different places. From about 1899 to 1905. And there was a friend who became a brother-in-law. They, like many immigrants …