Patty Smith

The twice-widowed Ohioan set off for a new adventure in Iowa

Celestia Bradley

Daughter of Patty Smith Bradley Sweat. Wife of Mansel Wicks.

Abraham Ratner

The founder of our Ratner family in America was born Abraham Bloch in Minsk. He came to Rostov,…

Rose Tulbowitz

Pogrom victim as a girl in Russia became the Ratner family matriarch in Albany, New York

Selma Ratner

Daughter of Abe and Rose Ratner of Albany. Married Walter Ruby. Mother of Joan and Stanley.…

George (Piser) Ratner

First son of Abe and Rose Ratner whose intermarriage to Emma Paeglow caused a family rift…