Three of her daughters, Lena, Gussie and Celia, emigrated to
NYC, married and raised families. Their descendents live all
over the US. Mary and Joseph's granddaughter Rose Cabat is a
well-known potter.
A son Jacobo and his son Zusmanas immigrated to Montevideo,
Uruguay. Zusmanas changed his name to José Gurvich, the
late well-known painter*1. A retrospective of his work was
shown in NYC Oct 2005- Feb 2006. José's son Martín now lives
in Belgium.
A family story is that the three sisters offered to buy
tickets for their siblings to come to America. The siblings
said they wanted to stay, but because they were poor they
would like the money instead, which was sent to them. It is
assumed that the siblings and any offspring they had perished
in the Holocaust. The sisters were unable to find them after
WWII.
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*1 -- note from Jef Adin (10-2012): There is wrong
information on this page: “A son Jacobo and his son Zusmanas
e\immigrated to Montevideo, Uruguay. Zusmanas changed his
name to José Gurvich, the late well-known painter. “ Jose
Gurvich was born in Lithuania. Here is a link to his museum
in Uruguay:
http://www.museogurvich.org/index_2.html. Jose was born
in Lithuania and was my father’s first cousin – His mother
and my grandmother were sisters. In early 1970’s, before his
death, Jose his wife and their son Martin came to live with
us in NY before settling in NYC where Jose passed away from
a heart attack. Jose’s father and mother were married in
Lithuania, immigrated to Uruguay prior to the Nazi invasion
of Lithuania. They were unable to enter the U.S.. Jose was
born with the name Joseph (or it’s Lithuanian equivalent).
