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Grajewo
POLAND




 

Berta Dennemark
(nee Gruen)--
daughter of Efrayim;
born in Grajewo
in 1836;
passed away in
Sundsvall, Sweden
in 1912;
mother of Ida Leah
Dennemark
 

Noach Dennemark--
son of Isaak;
born in Augustow
in 1835;
passed away in
Sundsvall, Sweden
in 1904;
father of Ida Leah
Dennemark

Selma Rebecka,
David and
Ester Mina--
children of
Calko Srul (Zalku)--
who was born in
Wizna in 1846);
and Ida Leah Malkan
(born in Poland in 1858).
Ester and David were
born in Grajewo; Selma
was born in Sundsvaal.
David was a magician
in vaudeville, and he
worked in many theatres
on the Lower East Side.

Mother Ida Leah (lt.)
and daughter
Selma Rebecka
cir 1880-1885.
 All of Calko Srul
and Ida Leah's children
immigrated to the U.S.--
Ida Leah immigrated in 1895
on the occasion of her daughter
Rebecka's arranged marriage;
She eked out a living by selling
from a fruit and vegetable pushcart.

Pesher Malkan
(nee Mintz)
from Wizna--
Calko Srul's
mother.
Calko Surl passed
away in Poland;
Ida Leah immigrated
to the U.S. for the
rest of her life.




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