PHOTO OF AMERICAN BRANCH OF THE KRELITZ FAMILY

Photo taken around 1930

Top Row from left: Ben and William

Bottom Row from left: Celia (grandmother of Joel Alpert), Chreva and Rae

They all immigrated from Yurburg to the United States between 1900 and 1905. They followed a brother, George Krelitz, first to Altoona, Pennsylvania, then to the Mesabe Iron Range in Northern Minnesota as dry goods peddlers. They eventually all married and settled in Minneapolis, Altoona, and Milwaukee, becoming successful merchants.