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* Hersh/Harry Meyerson was an only child.
** His mother was widowed shen she was young and he had no siblings.
** Believe there was a half-brother from a later-in-life second marriage. The half brother Chaim, was left behind in Berezovka, from whence the family came.
** Hersh didn't know what became of his mother, Brayna, and his stepfather, reputedly a nice man. Apparently they just left and never corresponded.
** Barbara Patsy Meyerson was named for her grandfather's mother, Brayna. By the time she was born, he was willing to concede that she must be dead and therefore she could be named in her honor. Her father agreed to his father's request and, for a while, she was known as Barbara Patsy. (Pesha...i.e. Patsy...was one of her mother's relatives.)
* Rubby Malka came from a substantial family. There were six children...five girls and one boy. Her father was, I understand, a man of substance. One of the stories was that he helped to chart the route taken in the building of the Trans Siberian Railroad that connects Moscow with Vladivistok on the Pacific. Along the way he bought and sold the sand that was needed to make the cement that was required...and, as a result, increased his fortunes! He was a contractor or engineer.
** In the early part of the 20th century, the whole family, with the exception of one sister, chaska, moved to America. These were the only relatives on Meyer Meyerson's side. There was some interaction with these people from time to time...but not too much. Rose Mizrach, a widow, came to Chicago for several weeks at a time and stayed with Jack and Bernice Weissman. Jack liked her a lot. There were several visits from Valadmir Weinberg (Voldya), who was a specialist in venereal diseases and had a thriving practice in New York.