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Beckie came to America with her mother and siblings in 1896. She first married Sam Adler who died in about 1914 when their fourth child, Ruth, was 11 months old. She had difficulty supporting herself and the children and was going to send them to an orphanage. Elka, her mother, intervened and helped raise the children; the youngest, Ruth lived with Charlotte and her family.

Becky later moved to LA and remarried Joseph Tubben. She is buried in CA. She is mentioned in her brother Sam's obituary as Becky Tubben of Los Angeles (1956).

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Note NI1129 Index

Died in Chicago while living with Florence.[Pincus Tree.FTW]

"Grandma Bessie came to Chicago when she was 5 or 6 years old. She, of course, was born in Kiev, Russia." Source: Florence Sokolec Letter.

Basha Poncher passed away in Barbara Sokolec's bedroom. Source: Barbara Sokolec.

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"First child, Maurice died at age 4. He had brain fever which they knew little about at that time. Harold was then 6 months old. I [Florence Sokolec] was born in 1909 when Harold was 3 years old." Source: Florence Sokolec Letter.

Morris died of meningitis from his death certificate. His picture is on the wall in the Pincus seder picture.

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Jerome Pincus was in the service in WWII. After the war he stopped in an eastern state, met a girl there and married. He and his wife adopted two daughters. He used to tease Charlotte about ghosts in their home in Valparaiso, IN when she visited. When they were children, she threw a stone in his ear once and he had to be taken to a doctor to get it out.

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Sam was a tailor. He died at age 32 of tuberculosis at Cook County Hospital.

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Had two children, a boy and a girl.

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Ruth Adler's father died when she was 11 months old. She was practically raised with Charlotte Tarson's family. She lived in the Tarson after her first child was born after Louis Pincus died. Her husband Bill was a cab driver and they were very poor. Charlotte's mother would give her money to bring Ruth some sort of food after school.

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Known as Mayer or Meyer within the family, Mike to all others. Named for his mother's father Mayer Zwick.

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Girlfriends with Etta Pincus, Lena, and Fanny Zwick (Ike's wife) before they were all married. Lived near Maxwell St. Fanny had a brother Jack and sister Lillian Krelstein (married name).

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Adeline married late in life. She lived in Milwaukee and had her only child, Gayle, when she was 40. Named Ada on her birth certificate.

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Rona lived in Terre Haute, IN with her family. Her husband Robert Schultz owned the biggest department store in Terre Haute.

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One of Etta Pincus' girlfriends before they were all married, lived near Maxwell St.

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Geraldine Pincus was known as Gerri. She married Henry Adelman who owned the Henry's Drive-in restaurants in Terre Haute, IN.