The Meyerovitch family photo album was presumed lost! Many of the old family photos date back to 1907. In 1922 my great-grandmother Minnie Meyerowitch gave the album to Cherna Marovitch to take with her when she left Jacobstadt, Russia for Montreal, Canada. Cherna kept the album until her death in 1984. It is then the family lost track of the photo album's whereabouts.

About one year ago I learned the fate of the family photo album. Apparently, when Cherna passed away in 1984, her eldest child, Sophie Kizner Jaschik, took the album and kept it until her death in 1998.

Sophie had two daughters, Felicia and Deborah. Deborah took two of the photos; the rest of the album went to Felicia.

Five years ago Deborah gave me her two photos. During those five years I have tried to obtain the rest of the photo album. Last month I was surprised to receive, in the mail, the remaining photos from the family photo album.

I phoned Felicia to thank her for the family treasure she sent me!

— Arnold Marovitz Schwartz

The above photo was taken on the back porch of the Meyerovitch Family Shtetl Home at 350ab Pesochnaya street, Jacobstadt, Russia (Jekabpils, Latvia) in 1914.

(L to R): Unknown gentile youth, unknown gentile male, unknown gentile female, and my great-uncle Lipa Marovitch.

In 1906 the gentile family moved in on my great-great-grandfather Shruel's side of the split dwelling when Shruel moved out, and then moved in on the other half of the split dwelling with my great-grandmother Minnie and her eight children, to help support the family. All are presumed deceased.

Note: Photos were contributed by Arnold Marovitz Schwartz.
Photographs: Jacobstadt photographer Stankovitch.