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FRANCINE SHAY
WELLINGTON, FL
EMAIL: FSHAY@LLW-LAW.COM
DECEMBER 6, 1998
LOVE YOUR SITE! AND THE MUSIC! MY PARENTS GOT YOUR LETTER, AND THROUGH THEM AND MY OTHER RELATIVES, I'M GOING TO HAVE YOUR HE(R)SH PAGES FILLED OUT SOON AND SEND THEM IN TO YOU. I JUST FOUND OUT THAT HE(R)SH'S FATHER'S NAME WAS MOISE. THAT WOULD BE THE GRANDFATHER OF MY DAD, MORRIS GASTWIRTH. AFTER YOU GET THAT PART OF THE TREE FILLED IN, WILL IT BE LINKED ONTO THE SITE? (ANS. YES)
DECEMBER 7, 1998
I DON'T KNOW HOW HIRSCH OR HERSCH IS SPELLED.
HOWARD WAS BORN IN LONDON I WAS BORN IN NEW YORK.
MY DAD REMEMBERS HIS GRANDFATHER'S NAME AS THE POLISH EQUIVALENT OF THE YIDDISH MOISHE, WHICH WOULD BE SPELLED SOMETHING LIKE MOJSZES, WHICH MAY ACTUALLY BE THE SAME AS YOUR MOIZES. TRANSFERRING POLISH TO ENGLISH IS QUITE AN UNDERTAKING! I ALSO ASKED HIM IF HE REMEMBERS YI AS AGREAT-GRANDFATHER OR SOMEHTING, AND HE DOESN'T. I'LL TRY TO GET HIM TO REMEMBER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ABOUT UNCLES, ETC. THAT MAY HELP US TOO.
I DON'T KNOW ANYONE WITH A SCANNER, BUT I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO. OTHERWISE, I'LL GET THEM LASER-COPIED AND SEND THEM TO YOU.
(MORRIS CAME TO USA IN 1951). HE FOUGHT IN THE POLISH ARMY DURING WWII, AND FOR A PERIOD OF TIME WAS SENT TO SIBERIA BECAUSE OF SOME WEIRD POLITICAL SITUATION BETWEEN THE POLES AND THE RUSSIANS DURING THE WAR. MY UNCLE MARTIN WAS ALSO OUT THERE WITH HIM IN THE SAME UNIT. MY DAD LOST A YOUNG WIFE AND TWO YOUNG CHILDREN DURING THE WAR, AND MARRIED MY MOM IN ENGLAND AFTER THE WAR. MY MOM IS THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF THE HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY HERE IN FLORIDA., AND THEY WERE BOTH (I BELIEVE MY FATHER WAS ALSO) INTERVIEWED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG'S CREW IN HIS HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR TAPES. I'M SURE THERE'S A FASCINATING STORY TO TELL FROM EVERYONE IN THE GASTWIRTH FAMILY. PERHAPS YOU CAN ASK EVERYONE TO GET THE ELDERS TO SUBMIT THEIR STORIES OF EUROPE AND THEIR COMING OVER AND KEEP THESE AS PERMANENT ARCHIVES ON THE WEBSITE FOR ALL THE DESCENDENTS TO READ. I MYSELF AM FINDING THE LETTERS THAT INCLUDE THESE HISTORIES FASCINATING.
AS TO LONGEVITY, HIS SISTER, ROSE, LIVED INTO HER 80'S, AND THE CHILDREN OF HERSCH'S FIRST WIFE LIVED INTO THEIR 90'S AND 100'S!
AS TO PHOTOS, MY DAD HAS A PHOTO OF HIS DAD, AND HE ALSO HAS A PHOTO OF HIS MOM AND HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN GALICIA. I'LL SEE IF THEY'LL GIVE THEM UP TEMPORARILY SO I CAN SEND THEM TO YOU. IF NOT, HOW ABOUT IF I GET THEM LASER-PHOTOCOPIED? WILL THAT WORK TOO? (YES)
OH...ONE MORE THING….MY BROTHER WAS INCORRECT ABOUT HERSCH'S 14 KIDS. IT'S 11 KIDS, SPLIT UP BETWEEN THE TWO WIVES.
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