Berlin's from Belarus to New York
I'm looking for the descendants and relatives of Moshe or Michail Berlin and Haia Naunovna from Cherikov, Belarus, and their 9 sons and daughters. Three sons moved to NY on and after 1905: Nahman (Sam) Berlin & Lea (wife) + Sonia-Sheina? (younger daughter [other 2 older daughters Mema & Riva moved to Russia, Leningrad]), Shlomo Berlin and Orlik Berlin. Haia Naumovna moved to Harkov, Ukraine, to her youngest daughter Ida (Ita) Raphael, married to Alexander Chernin. Michail Berlin died many years earlier still young from a tetanus infection.
Ida and other four brothers and sisters stayed in Ukraine and Russia. Mera (married to Samuil Pevzner - moved to China - Harbin), Ura, Boris (Berl) and Geisha (Grisha) or Gregory. The latter was rejected by USA immigration when his brothers moved to the US.
All contact with the US brothers was lost during and after WWII. During Stalin times a contact with the West was often a death sentence. It will be great if anybody knows about the whereabouts of these people.
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Re: Berlin's from Belarus to New York
John Berlin 6/05/07