My Grandfather on my fathers side came to the US from Russia fleeing a murder charge. (Spoiler: he was guilty. Though since he was Jewish and the person he killed was a Cossack, odds are he had good reason.) Though the family story is he changed his name in Ellis Island, apparently that was not a thing. But he did not disembark under are family name (Lipow) so even when I had full free access to the major geneology sites I could not track him down. Other than family stories which are probably highly inaccurate, I have NO way to track my Grandfather or his ancestors pre-arrival in the USA. Don't even know his real name. If I knew what his last name was when he got off the ship it would help. But his first name was "William". And I could not find any "William" with a last name of "Lipow" or "Lipowitz"/"vitz" "Lipowitzky"/"vitzky" "Lippowitz"/"vitz" "Lippowitzky"/:"vitzky" or other reasonable variation who disembarked 1915 plus or minus a few years. Hell, maybe his original last name was "Goldstein".
Want me to give it a try? I've gotten pretty good at finding stuff like that, and I have fun with it.
Steph, have you tried the TJs pumpkin poptarts yet? Noah loves them.
I saw them and would love to try them, but I can't eat them b/c of stupid gluten. But maybe I can get them for Tim and try one bite...
I have a pumpkin product recommendation: The Ace pumpkin cider at TJs. It's even gluten free. It's like they have Steph in mind or something.
Oooh, I was just there yesterday and didn't look at the alcohol section. Damn it! I had their pumpkin pecan oatmeal for breakfast today (good, if a little too sweet), and their pumpkin ice cream after dinner (Sweet Jesus that's amazing shit).
ION, OMG MY ALLERGIES. Eyes won't stop watering and itching, and I would like Wolverine to claw out my nasal passages. This is with three weeks of daily allergy med taking..
My sinuses don't *hurt,* per se, but they're so perpetually inflamed that all my upper teeth hurt. It's pissing me off. I need to use the neti pot and see if that helps.
I am in the OMG ALLERGIES boat, and it sucks. My sinuses are tingling.
-t, it tastes mostly like cider, but with a pumpkin taste and just a bit of spice. Not too sweet.
Hil if you could find him, that would be great - only if you feel like it. But given how little info I have and how unreliable it was, it will surprise me if you can. At any rate, thanks very much for taking the shot.
ION, OMG MY ALLERGIES. Eyes won't stop watering and itching, and I would like Wolverine to claw out my nasal passages. This is with three weeks of daily allergy med taking..
Ah, ragweed season in KC. I really don't miss that.
Hil if you could find him, that would be great - only if you feel like it. But given how little info I have and how unreliable it was, it will surprise me if you can. At any rate, thanks very much for taking the shot.
I think I might have found something, under Welwel Lipowitz. Born about 1884, immigrated 1905, manifest lists his hometown as what looks like "Czaus," which I'm pretty sure must be Chavusi, Belarus. [link]
As far as the Grey's
kids
go, I always kind of liked the
one from FNL,
and now it's love. I'm so fucking compelled. And the one that got to
sleep with pretty boy
is coming into her own, so great. Otherwise...enh.
And I think you mentioned Gerson being a family name? The JewishGen.org databases have a few records of a Gershon Lipowich living in that town.
I'm liking all
those kids, actually, it's the wee offspring and custody thereof
I could get too much of.
Thanks, Burrell, that sounds tasty. Might need to go on my Thanksgiving menu (which is leaning towards sweet potato pancakes and turkey sausage right now, pumpkin cider might round it out nicely...)
