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Interview: transformation from the city of Svislovich, Grodner area. Correspondent: Abraham Ain of New York.
General information: 1. Name and family: Golka Novik 2. Daughter of Hershel Novik 3. Business in Svislovich: In house with parents 4. Business of father: forest work 5. Building: Cheder
Immigration: 7. Year of immigration: 1908 8. Age at time of immigration: 25 years 9. Married? Yes 10. Children? No 11. Place of immigration: USA 12. To whom? To husband 13. Reason for immigration: To be with husband 14. Who from the family, first immigrated and where? 3 brothers - in Chile 15. Traveled alone or with family? Together with husband 16. Did you travel directly to your destination or did you stop on the way? Direct
In the new House: 17. Date of arrival: 1908 18. City: New York 19. Business: painter 22 In which city did he move. Did he change his business? A. her husband founded a paint store B. makes a good life
Children: 25. Amount of children: 4 children - 3 sons and 1 daughter a. 2 sons are in middle school and college and Talmud Torah b. 1 son graduated college. He is a journalist. c. Daughter is in middle school 26. Occupation of children: a. one works for united Jewish Appeal as social worker b. one is a book keeper c. works for the newspaper "The Post" as journalist d. daughter worked for the government as a book keeper. 27. Marriage status of children: a. two sons are married b. one son and one daughter are not married 29. The education for the children in the family - the Jewish interests: a. very warm to the parents b. interested in Jewish questions
Golda Novik was married in 1908 and after the marriage she and her husband came to America. She lives an orthodox life. The children had a religious education. In the house they read Jewish journals. Golda Novik wanted to go to her brothers in Chile. Everything was ready. However, instead she went to America with her husband. All the expenses were paid by her rich brother in Chile.
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