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Ruth's parents were Zlotte/Laura HIBEL and Isidore FARBER.
My GGM Laura alternately said she was born in
NYC and New London, Connecticut.
She was born around 1889 and died in 1989.
She fudged her age, and we haven't come up with her birth certificate yet -
New London claims never to have heard of her, for one.
We've checked the 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 censuses and one of her marriage certificates. The censuses say 1889 or so; later stuff says she was born a bit later.
Laura's parents were born in or near Lemberg, Austria (now Lvov/Lwow).
Can you help me identify
Laura's Limoges/Lanternier
dishes?
My GM Ruth has a brother named Carl; no other siblings.
My ggm Laura HIBEL had brothers named Harry and Louis,
and a sister named Etta. She also - we found out in 1999 or 2000 -
had another brother named Charles, who died in his 20s.
Harry owned an antique store in Brooklyn. He married Dorothy
BROWN. They have a daughter named Helene who has been called "Honey".
Harry died around 1990.
We'd love to hear from this family - we've lost touch.
Louis was born around 1887. He was last heard to be in California
in the 1970s or 1980s. His wife's name was Rose JARRET(T); they had a
child named Sidney. He didn't keep in touch with his other siblings
(or vice-versa)
for a number of years. He was a tailor/factory operator.
We're finally back in touch with his family.
Etta married Simon SPIEGELMAN. They had children named Rita,
Charles, and Gladys. Simon died sometime before 1950. Etta's second
husband was Isodore "Izzy" Hammer. Etta was born in 1899 and lives
in Florida.
Laura's brother Charles is buried with Laura's parents.
My ggm Laura was married four times. Each husband died before she did.
Laura's parents were Beyla "Bessie" LEVINTHAL/LEVENTHAL?/Levenbaum and Isaac HIBEL. Bessie's maiden name might actually have been FORMAN - we have two totally contradictory accounts of her maiden name. Laura said her mother was divorced so that she could remarry, but then Laura's grandparents married Laura's mother to another man. Laura's mother came to New York with this second husband. Laura's mother (Beyla) and Isaac HIBEL were supposedly cousins and were from the Lemberg, Austria (now Lvov, Poland) area. Isaac was a presser (what's that?) and had a long red beard. Isaac was also an Orthodox Jew and a Talmudic student. We have a photo of Isaac and Bessie which was taken for their 50th anniversary.
Isaac had a sister named Minnie and a cousin named Ruth KRENSL.
Ruth KRENSL's mother, we think, was Leah.
Beyla's mother's name was Gittel LEVINTHAL/LEVENTHAL.
Gittel was born in or near Lemberg.
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