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More notoriety
Perhaps not as famous as a significant rabbi, movie stars & moguls and newspaper moguls in the family tree or well known 1950s popular singer from Nashville , but Isaac Altchul (great grandson of David Altschul) achieved some notoriety. This … Continue reading
Hot Shot Pappy
This Luscome was Pappy’s first airplane. A story goes that Pappy had started the engine, set the brakes and got out. When the brakes let loose, Pappy grabbed a wing strut and the airplane swung around and dragged him along … Continue reading
Reposting with newly discovered pictures
Pappy was a pilot,a hunter and a sailor. Here’s are two 1966 sailing pictures of Pappy and a 1965 photo of his Piper Comanche. More on the Comanche. Tail number: N 5108P Fixed wing single engine with landing gear Single … Continue reading
Two Pappy’s ?????
Lynton Lazarus “Pappy” Scharff (1897-1985) was Emma Marie Block, my grandmother’s second husband. (see this page). There’s a problem with the on-line family tree at Ancestry as the software treats the descendants of Pappy’s first marriage to Jessie Grace Block, … Continue reading
Jewishgen web pages
Kehila is is the local Jewish communal structure which was used in Central and Eastern Europe. Jewishgen.org just published my Kehilalinks page for Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Pine Bluff was Frances Jean Bloom, my mother’s, birthpace (and her father and grandfather as … Continue reading
Glenn Close, actress & a Taliaferro
The famous actress Glenn Close is a Taliaferro (see link), a family that emigrated to the Virginia colony before the Revolutionary War. Ms. Close has been nominated for six Academy Awards. Her grandparents were Edward D. Close (1882-1955) and Elizabeth … Continue reading
Fleisman ‘industries’
Morris Fleisman (1852 – 1937) started a ‘hyde [sic] and wool’ business. The company bought animal hides from farmers and treated them for leather products such as shoes and purses. His son, Frank Samuel Fleisman (1892 – 1970), continued the … Continue reading