Like most Jewish mothers, Lillian loved preparing a feast for the Jewish Holidays. Whenever we could get to New Jersey, she always made a banquet, and even in her little apartment, she would include her sister and brother-in-law, Helen and Abe. She [Read more...]
My mother-in-law, Lillian, loved to crochet afghans. She made them for new baby presents, new home presents, wedding presents, and for any and every other occasion. She made quilt-sized ones and lap-sized ones. She crocheted [Read more...]
This is a little story about an antique mantel clock and how I came to own it. The short version is that I got it from Stan’s Aunt Helen who got it from her mother-in-law, Matilda Wishnefsky. Now for the details. Helen Kirsch Warren, was my [Read more...]
Can you imagine a store that only sold ladies' stockings? Helen Kirsch worked in one such store. Helen is 4th from the left Why did hosiery stores exist? People could purchase stockings in department stores, but stores [Read more...]
In the 1930s, Lillian worked as a bookkeeper in a boarding house in Paterson, New Jersey. Paul was working as a house painter and was active in the democratic party in Paterson. We know they were dating as early as 1936 as Paul was in the family [Read more...]
In the 1960s, brothers Sidney, Bill, and George each bought ¼ share in concessions in Asbury Park. Who had the other ¼? It appears that it was probably Irving B. Kirsch, their first cousin. Irving was the son of Morris Kirsch, who was [Read more...]