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This is the family of:
(2A) Helen Grace Citron

These are her parents:
(2B) Abraham H. Citron
  • Sarah Citron, sister
  • Sam Citron, brother
  • Rae Citron, sister, m. Roy Dresner
(2C) Sarah Szczepanski
  • Shlomo Szczepanski, brother
  • Faval Waksdrykier, half-brother
  • Waksdrykier, step-siblings/cousins
These are her grandparents:
(2D) Bernard Citron

(2E) Eva Szczepanski Yehudis Chava

  • Bailah Szczepanski, sister
  • Yaakov Aryeh Szczepanski, see below
(2F) Yaakov Aryeh Szczepanski
  • Eva and Bailah, sisters see above
(2G) Ester Hudis Silberman
        1st m. Szczepanski; 2nd m. Wakdrykier These are her great-grandparents:
(2H) Shmuel Mayer Tzitronovich

(2I) Malka Rachel

(2J) Pesach Usher Sczcepanski

(2K) Chaya Gittel Kanarek

  • Hiam Kiveh Kanarek, brother, m. Ester
(2L) Ezra Silberman
  • Shmuel Zilberman, brother, m. Yetta
(2M) Pesah

These are the great-great-grandparents we can identify:
(2N) Shmuel Sholem Kanarek

(2O) Sarah Rivka

(2C) Sarah Szczepanski, 1901-1993


Grandma Sarah

Pictured above is my maternal grandmother.
The stamp below her passport photo reads:
Landed as Transmigrant under bond
20 JUL 1921
IMMIGRATION OFFICER
HARWICH

This is what I know about my grandmother's entry to this country: She traveled from Warsaw to Rotterdam. There she boarded a ship named the Cassandra for the ten-day voyage to Quebec, Canada. She spoke neither English nor French. In Quebec, kind volunteers wrote her name and destination on a card which they hung around her neck, and put her on a train bound for Atlanta, where family awaited.

Here is what I have found online as I try to piece together more details of this journey: There was a rail station located in Harwich, MA on Cape Cod from 1865 to 1940. This was likely where Sarah first set foot on U.S. soil, as she was officially permitted to enter and board a southbound train.

Harwich Station, Historic Photos
History of the Cassandra


Left to right: Aunt Sarah (Big Sarah), Grandma Sadie, little Estera, Grandma Sarah (Little Sarah), Mom, Grandpa Abe, Zelda in arms. We are on the front porch of Sarah and Abe's house in Atlanta.

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