My mishpocha

Mishpocha is a Yiddish word for all family members by blood or marriages and also extended family who are treated as part of the family. I’m including those families who are not my blood relatives, vis a vis, they are my mishpocha.

1. Eisenkramer’s and Baum’s from Germany
   My grand uncle Raymond E. Block married Helene Eisenkramer
2. Fleisman’s, Frankland’s & Weil’s
   My uncle Alven Simon Ghertner married Jean Claire Fleisman
3. Levy, Picard & Weil from France
   Benjamin Louis Levy, Jr. married Mary Louise block, my 1st cousin, 1X removed
4. Marx from Germany
   The mother of Lynton Scharff, my grandmother’s second husband, was Esther Marx.
5. Pfeifer’s from Germany
   Emanuel Gabe “EG” Levy, Jr.,my 1st cousin 2X removed, married Elizabeth M. Pfeifer
6. Strauss’s and Altschul’s from Germany
   Leslie Marks, my 2nd cousin 1X removed, married Alvin W. Strauss, Jr.
7. Tailaferro’s from Italy
   Velma Pauline Taliaferro married Rayomd Emile Block, Jr, my 1st cousin 1X removed
8. Terry’s
   My step uncle, Eduard Lynton “EL” Scharff married Bette Catherine Terry