yale (yechiel} reisner has clarified the friederman-lifshitz-reisner linkages and allowed me to correct certain previous assumptions-{1}-dora friederman-bat rabbi yacov-ha-levi lifshitz was married to our great-uncle-the rov, rabbi zalman yacov friederman, youngest brother of our grandma, etta gittel-bat-zvi smolensky [small], our basic genealogical link (2) we can all justify our litvak roots in meretz (merkine) vilna gubernia in 19th century russia-lithuania (3) the meretzer reisners joined us via marriage of solomon reisner to rebecca lifshitz, descended from yehuda-ha-levi-lifshitz' brother of yacov-ha-levi lifshitz, (4) yehuda's son was yechiel lifshitz, an ancestor of rebecca lifshitz, (5) rebecca lifshitz reisner was the mother of rabbi nathan reisner,and married to connie edel, the parents of yale reisner. (6) elihu reisner was an elder brother of solomon reisner and was married to bessie milner from meretz, but no direct lifshitz link ihas been proven. (7) thus rebecca and bessie reisner ware sisters-in-law only. (8) these families, now in the boston area, kept contact and support among kinsmen and landsmen, here and overseas, through the local meretz relief association and its cemetery. (9) their gravestones include spouses plus inscriptions, useful for genealogical research on lifshitz-reisner linkages, viz yichiel lifshiitz is the migrant american generational link between his father, yehudah-ha-levi-lifshitz of meretz and vilna; and (10) the reisner brothers, elihu, joseph and solomon, whose personal and spousal roots in meretz. lithuania. thus contribute to our friederman-lifshitz genealogical linkages. .
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