The sweep of family history across the generations
Before he became Abe Ratner, he was Abraham Blokh from Minsk.
Widow Patty Smith Swett and six children by two husbands were among the first settlers who staked claims in Wapello County near Ottumwa in May 1843
German refugees in the UK, even Jews like Gerhart Feidt, were deemed potential enemy aliens
In December 1937, the Feidt and Lewi family members share a last holiday together
Families from Connecticut settled northeastern Ohio in the early 1800s
Rosa Feidt was the only Lewi sibling who got out, to her everlasting remorse