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Gindelman-Handelman Family |
Kalman Gindelman was the son of Movsha-Iudel Gindelman and Khana-Feiga, of Kupiskis. On August 2, 1902, he married Rakhel-Zelda Levit, the daughter of Khaim-Bentsel Levit, of Panevezys |
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Kalman and Rakhel-Zelda Gindelman prior to their death following World War I |
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Children at Orphanage, Vilnius, 1921, |
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The couple had five children: Moise, 1903, Ita-Reiza, 1905, Khatskel-Meier, 1907, Ilja, 1910, and Khone-Leiba, 1913. Unfortunately, sometime following World War I, the parents died leaving five young orphans. As there was no one to take all five of the children, they were taken to an orphanage in Vilnius. Arrangements were eventually made to send the children to America to their mother's parents who lived in Boston, MA. They left behind their paternal aunt, Sheyna-Nekha Gindelman and her husband Elias-Iavno Dworetz. So the children left and went to Bremen where they sailed on the SS America, on June 7, 1922, and arrived on June 17, 1922, in New York. They then traveled to their grandfather Chaim Leavett, who lived at 24 Auburn, Boston, MA. Once in America, they changed their name to Handelman. |
Note: Kalman was the nephew of Rokhel-Rivka (Hindelman) Niman, the great great grandmother of Michael Pertain. The photos were provided by Ilja Gindelman's daughter, Lisa Gail Handelman, and Michael Pertain, with the assistance of Olga Kirsanova, Brooklyn college Faculty Technology Center. |