The sweep of family history across the generations
The Ratner family became established in the Fifth Ward of Albany, N.Y. Abe bottled soda water and Rose nurtured a brood of children.
Sholom and Sophie Tulbowitz left their ancestral town in the 1870s to settle for 20 years in Russia near Rostov-on-Don.
She made each of her six grandchildren feel special
An innovator in modern dance and choreography since breaking in with the Murray Lewis Dance Company in the 1980s. The Ratners moved geographically. Janis moves artistically.
During the Depression, families helped each other out. The Kleins moved in with the Rubys in Long Beach.
Stan was smart and fresh, with something to say about almost anything
Rearing eight children in Albany’s Third Ward
Abe Blokh became Abe Ratner to avoid conscription and get out of Russia. With his young wife and her mother, they voyaged from Bremen to Leeds to New York
The Tulbowitz tavern in Novocherkassk was overrun by Cossacks during the Rostov pogrom of 1881
A precocious Ratner girl takes on life in midcentury America.
Of the four Bennett children who grew up on the Scobey ranch, Judith was the little sister
Leon Klein continued to work for American Spirits as its upstate New York sales representative
From stalwart Yankee roots, Herbert and Hattie Stetson went west with the country
During the course of my genealogy work, I have discovered and connected with cousins from all my family branches. Here are some lessons learned.
Walter Ruby hustled his way as a traveling silver salesman, with some career side trips into boxing promotion and medicinal alcohol.