Family History
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 328 Collections and/or Records:
Kagan, Arthur, 1974
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
This file contains a brief biographical sketch of the Kagan family since the arrival of Abraham and Dora Kagan from Eastern Europe through Arthur as a teen in the 1970s.
Dates:
1974
Kagan, Marcia_1990, Oral History, October 14, 1990
Item — Box 26, Box: 486
Identifier: 486
Interview
Life in Hartford, Jewish life in Hartford, family history.
Pessin’s Deli on Windsor Street owned by her father and his brother.
A brother died in World War II
Career as a social worker
Religious life and education
Grandparents switched from Ados Israel to Agudas Achim.
This interview does NOT talk about Marcia's experience during WWII.
Dates:
October 14, 1990
Kahn, Henry and Jenny (Goldsmith), undated
File — Box 7
Scope and Contents
Both items of the same image.
Henry Kahn and Jenny Goldsmith Kahn, late 1800s or early 1900, lived on Oakland Terrance. Maternal grandparents of Marie Jess.
Dates:
undated
Kahn, Margaret_2010, Oral History, May 12, 2010
File
Scope and Contents
This interview documents Margaret Kahn's experience of the Holocaust, as well as her understanding of herself as a result of the hardships of her childhood. Until Hitler rose to power, she states that she had a secure middle class upbringing in a home that did not keep kosher. Once she was forced to attend Jewish parochial schools once Jews were banned from German schools, this became an issue since it meant she had to watch what she brought for lunch. She made a friend there that helped...
Dates:
May 12, 2010
Kahn, Renee, January 25, 1989
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
Related to Rome Family on mother's side.The interview covers Renee's time spent in Connecticut and Hartford, though originally from Baltimore, MD, where she returned after her husband Gilbert's death. Particular emphasis on role in the Yeshiva of Hartford, as well as other community members involved in the Yeshiva. Also participated in musical activities, composing cantatas for Emanuel Choaraleers. Sister in law to Irene Kahn Berkman of the Hartt School.Came to...
Dates:
January 25, 1989
Kahn, Renee_1989, Oral History, January 25, 1989
Item — Box 25, Box: 446
Identifier: 446
Scope and Contents
Related to Rome Family on mother's side.The interview covers Renee's time spent in Connecticut and Hartford, though originally from Baltimore, MD, where she returned after her husband Gilbert's death. Particular emphasis on role in the Yeshiva of Hartford, as well as other community members involved in the Yeshiva. Also participated in musical activities, composing cantatas for Emanuel Choaraleers. Sister in law to Irene Kahn Berkman of the Hartt School.Came to...
Dates:
January 25, 1989