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FANNIE SIEGEL AND HER FAMILY
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
photo, left cir 1900; photo, above cir 1930
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Fannie Siegel emigrated from
Kalusz, Galicia to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1898, along with her mother,
Esther Kaufman Siegel, her older sister Blanche and younger sister Nehama Leah
(who became "Emalene" in America.) At the time of their emigration, Blanche was
eleven years old, Fannie was eight, and Nehama was three. Their father Gedalia
(George) Siegel (Zigel), had come to Pittsburgh earlier, but his wife's mother
did not allow her to leave. Gedalia kept returning to Kalusz to try to convince
her to emigrate. She would become pregnant, and finally, after their third
daughter was born, the wife and children did emigrate, traveling through Berlin
and Le Havre on a ship that was ticketed to New York; instead they arrived in
Baltimore. They then took a train to Pittsburgh to join Gedalia, and they all
lived in the Pittsburgh area for the rest of their lives. |
 Hear Fannie's story
as told to her family in 1981. Turn on your speakers, then click
here to hear her speak about her ship
voyage and subsequent arrival in the United States. |
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