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Tag Archives: Arkansas
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
Tracye’s photo contribution
These individuals are my “mother’s side” of my family. Elizabeth M. Pfeifer, who married Emanuel Gabe “EG” Levy, Jr. was called “Bush”; this came from her childhood during which her brother, Eugene M. Pfeifer had called her ‘Elizabush’. The children … Continue reading
The Pine Bluff connection
The family of my maternal grandfather, John Rhine Bloom (1864-1935) had been in Pine Bluff since the 1850s. His wife was Emma Marie Block (1895-1980). John and Emma were married in Pine Bluff on 17 December 1917. Their daughter was … Continue reading
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The ‘new’ Levy branch of my family tree
When we were young, my brother and I and our ‘1st cousins‘ visited Em & Pappy’s (grandparents) house in Little Rock, that city being ‘ground-zero’ for the maternal side of my family. My memories of those fun times during … Continue reading
Here are photos from the Raymond Block Sr. family
I recently scanned these photo copies from Raymond Emile Block’s family.
‘Bompa’ bankrupted (?) by his embezzling brother
Solomon Block was a merchant and had tobacco and wholesale liquor businesses in Camden and other nearby towns. His elder sons, John Edward Block (1856-1929) and Joseph Friedman “Bompa” Block (1860-1953), moved to Dallas, Texas and they manufactured cigars. (see … Continue reading
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