My cousin Gerrie Shapiro was recently featured on page 42 of Whirl Magazine. You may know her as a dog trainer and/or as an artist; for me, she is the keeper of our heritage.
She had in her possession my great-grandfather’s wallet; now housed in the Jewish Archives Shapiro Brother Papers. Found in the wallet, was a paper written when he was fifty years old, that states the names and birthdates of each of his children. Gerrie’s and my grandfather is Hymen, born January 5th, 1882.
And to put a face to all of the names. Here they are all together:
Morris is the bearded patriarch near the top. My grandfather, Hymen, is to his right and my dad, Howard, is the one down front with a cousin’s arm around his neck. Gerrie’s father Jason is in the argyle sweater at the front.
And coming full circle, just in case you haven’t seen it, here is the family representation in Louise Silk: A Patchwork Life at the Heinz History Center.
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