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Tombtone Tuesday: The Golomb Family in Pittsburgh, PA

GOLOMB Family Plot- Marker, Bnai Israel Cemetery, Pittsburgh PA. With kind permission of FAG photographer.
GOLOMB Family Plot- Marker, Bnai Israel Cemetery, Pittsburgh PA. With kind permission of FAG photographer.

Sites like Find A Grave have been incredibly helpful in my ramblings searching for family. The good volunteers at FAG have provided photos that have given us clues to relationships (or not) and sometimes additional information they may know just living close by. I especially appreciate those who allow us to use their photos on our Ancestry trees and blogs. It is good to know where our ancestors are ‘quietly resting.’

The Golomb family is collateral kin- Sarah Green (Sarah Gren), sister of our Abraham Green (Abraham Gren) married Louis Golomb and had 13 children- yes, 13. Our dear grandmother remembered that number but I had been unable to verify until a recent census recheck showed that two children had died before the census was taken. There also was a photo that was could not be conclusively identified thirty years ago, but as she aged, our grandmother also was able to recall that the portrait was of Sarah (Green) Golomb- so there may be at least one advantage of aging, with long term memory improving. ;P

Gates, Bnai Israel Cemetery, Pittsburgh PA. With kind permission of FAG photographer.
Gates, Bnai Israel Cemetery, Pittsburgh PA. With kind permission of FAG photographer.

These Golomb headstones are in B’nai Israel cemetery in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

The two stones on the right behind the large monument belong to Louis Golomb and his wife Sarah (Green) Golomb. They are in Section 4, Lot 7.

Louis GOLOMB- Headstone, B'nai Israel Cemetery, Pittsburgh PA. With kind permission of FAG photographer.
Louis GOLOMB- Headstone, B’nai Israel Cemetery, Pittsburgh PA. With kind permission of FAG photographer.
Sarah Rebecca GREEN GOLOMB- Headstone, B'nai Israel Cemetery, Pittsburgh PA. With kind permission of FAG photographer.
Sarah Rebecca (GREEN) GOLOMB- Headstone, B’nai Israel Cemetery, Pittsburgh PA. With kind permission of FAG photographer.

The two stones on the left in the back are of the eldest child of Louis and Sarah Golomb, Esther G. Golumb, and her husband, Joseph H. Slone.

Esther G. (GOLOMB) SLONE- Headstone, Bnai Israel Cemetery, Pittsburgh PA. With kind permission of FAG photographer.
Esther G. (GOLOMB) SLONE- Headstone, B’nai Israel Cemetery, Pittsburgh PA. With kind permission of FAG photographer.
Joseph H. SLONE- Headstone, Bnai Israel Cemetery, Pittsburgh PA. With kind permission of FAG photographer.
Joseph H. SLONE- Headstone, B’nai Israel Cemetery, Pittsburgh PA. With kind permission of FAG photographer.

The two front stones are for daughter Betty (Golomb) Eich and son Isadore L. Golomb.

Betty (GOLOMB) EICH- Headstone, Bnai Israel Cemetery, Pittsburgh PA. With kind permission of FAG photographer.
Betty (GOLOMB) EICH- Headstone, Bnai Israel Cemetery, Pittsburgh PA. With kind permission of FAG photographer.
Isadore GOLOMB- Headstone, Bnai Israel Cemetery, Pittsburgh PA. With kind permission of FAG photographer.
Isadore GOLOMB- Headstone, Bnai Israel Cemetery, Pittsburgh PA. With kind permission of FAG photographer.

Son Maurice A. Golomb and his wife, Mollie Tex, are buried in the same cemetery in Section 14, Lot 17.

Maurice A. GOLOMB and Mollie TEX Headstone, Headstone, B'nai Israel Cemetery, Pittsburgh PA. With kind permission of FAG photographer.
Maurice A. GOLOMB and Mollie TEX Headstone, Headstone, B’nai Israel Cemetery, Pittsburgh PA. With kind permission of FAG photographer.

 

More information to come about the Golomb family in future posts.

 

Notes, Sources, and References:

1) Find A Grave Memorials for all the above persons. Links to come in future posts as I add to the memorials.

 

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Five Family Photos for Friday- A Green Family Photo Album

This entry is part 8 of 7 in the series A Green Family Photo Album

 

 

How about these HATS??!!??

 

Green Family Photo Album- page 18.
Green Family Photo Album- page 18.

The young man in the center two pictures along the sides may be Herman Green.

Green Family Photo Album- page 11
Green Family Photo Album- page 11

Bottom row, second from right is Estelle Stampfer with maybe Charlie Ledwidge? (They married in 1904.)

Green Family Photo Album- page 29.
Green Family Photo Album- page 29.

In the picture on the upper right, the man standing on the left is probably Sam Stampfer. The woman sitting in front of him may be Ann Green. (The woman looks a lot like Rose (Brave) Green, her mother, but this is probably the daughter because of her age in ~1901.)

Green Family Photo Album- page 26.
Green Family Photo Album- page 26.

Closeup of Bess Dorothy Green in a wonderful hat.

Green Family Photo Album- page 10.
Green Family Photo Album- page 10.

We thought the young woman on the left was Bess Dorothy Green, but because we have noticed another woman who looks very similar, this needs to be confirmed.

 

 

 

Five Family Photos for Friday- A Green Family Photo Album- Part 6

This entry is part 6 of 7 in the series A Green Family Photo Album
Green Family Photo Album- page 38.
Green Family Photo Album- page 38.

It’s Ladies Day in the Green Family Photo Album series. (OK, one cigar-chomping man too. Not sure who he is or how he got on that page.)

The woman in the white dress on the left above may be Bess Dorothy Green. The pose, seen frequently in the album, may be to show off the Gibson Girl-like very slender waist so fashionable at the time.

Green Family Photo Album- page 32.
Green Family Photo Album- page 32.

The woman on the left with glasses may be Bess Dorothy Green.

Green Family Photo Album- page 27.
Green Family Photo Album- page 27.

This is one of the pages that makes a family historian crazy- are the two women in the close-ups the same woman? We thought they were both Bess Green at different ages, but a picture on the previously-posted page 36 (Five Family Photos for Friday) is either a double exposure or there are two very similar-looking women in the family. (No story about twins in the family that we know of.) As far as one of the pictures being from an earlier date, this album seems to have photos from approximately the same time period, though we can’t know that for sure since we recognize so few of the persons. Anyone with other Green family photos, please let us know if you can help solve this mystery.

Green Family Photo Album- page 25.
Green Family Photo Album- page 25.

Possibly mother and daughter above? But who???

Green Family Photo Album- page 13.
Green Family Photo Album- page 13.

Minnie Weast per name listed in album- unknown how she might be related.

 

 

Notes, Sources, and References:

1) Family oral history and Green Family Photo Album.

 

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Five Family Photos for Friday- A Green Family Photo Album- Part 5

This entry is part 5 of 7 in the series A Green Family Photo Album
Green Family Photo Album- page 15.
Green Family Photo Album- page 15.

Top row, from right: Sam Stampfer, ? Bess Dorothy Green?, Herman Green?

Green Family Photo Album- page 12.
Green Family Photo Album- page 12.

This page thankfully had names written in pencil- Woohoo! They show up much better on the scan than in real life, so try scanning items and looking at them carefully- you might find more than expected.

The bottom right young woman with glasses is Bess Green.

The four pictures on the diagonal are Edith Shepard- wonder how she is related?

Green Family Photo Album- page 14.Green Family Photo Album- page 14.

Green Family Photo Album- page 9.
Green Family Photo Album- page 9.

Estelle Green in bottom left oval, Rose Brave Green in right bottom photo with young girl.

Green Family Photo Album- page 8
Green Family Photo Album- page 8

On left, Violet ___y; on right, “Mrs. Abraham Green” or Rose (Brave) Green.

 

Green Family Photo Album- page 7.
Green Family Photo Album- page 7.

Unknown children of the Green Family.

Green Family Photo Album- Front Cover
Green Family Photo Album- Front Cover
Green Family Photo Album- Back Cover
Green Family Photo Album- Back Cover

 

Notes, Sources, and References:

1) Oops! Published a Friday post on Thursday. I could say, “Wow, that makes me ahead of the game!” Sadly though, I meant to finish this post for publication last week…

2) Green Family Photo Album, in possession of the author.

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Five Family Photos for Friday- A Green Family Photo Album-Part 4

This entry is part 4 of 7 in the series A Green Family Photo Album
A Green Family Photo Album- Page 4.
A Green Family Photo Album- Page 4.

The above handsome couple- if they were, indeed, a couple, are just two of the many persons in this Green family photo album that we cannot identify. Please let us know if you have any of these same pictures- maybe yours will have names on them! (A genealogist’s dream.)

Green Family Photo Album- page 35.
Green Family Photo Album- page 35.
A Green Family Photo Album- Page 6.
A Green Family Photo Album- Page 6.

The picture on the left may have Bess D. Green on the right- what do you think?

Green Family Photo Album- page 37.
Green Family Photo Album- page 37.

Top left picture is Esther Stampfer on the left with long ringlets. The girl with her may be Sarah “Jane” Ledwidge. Would love some help to identify the others on this page.

Green Family Photo Album- page 39.
Green Family Photo Album- page 39.

 

Notes, Sources, and References:

1) Green Family photo album, probably owned by Bess Dorothy Green.

Not sure why WordPress is calling this 8 of 3 in this series. Another technical glitch to figure out…

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