Jacob Edelman was born 15 Mar 1903, the eldest son of Morris Edelman and Rose Goldman. He is the granduncle of my son-in-law, half-brother of his grandfather. I have written about Rose before, her story is a sad one. When Jacob’s father died in 1912 of tuberculosis, the three eldest …
Henry Richstein was born 20 Jan 1914 in Brooklyn, second child of Isador Richstein and Bessie Levison. His parents were both immigrants, he came c. 1904 from Russia (I have not found his immigration record), she also from Russia, but via England and South Africa.They married in Brooklyn in 1909. …
According to family lore, Rose Goldman was married twice, the second time to a Samuel Edelman. The children of her first marriage took the last name of the second husband. My son-in-law descends from the second marriage with Samuel. Half siblings were known to be Ida, Louis, and Abraham. The …
