Ancestors of Jerry and Bonnie Zeisler Reuven ADELSON

Mendel ADELSON
(-)

Seine Cina UNKNOWN
(-)

Nochim Yitchak GORDON
(1841-After 1918)

Sarah ITSKOVNA
(-Abt 1893)

David ADELSON
(1861-1924)

Zlota GORDON
(1868-1941)

Reuven ADELSON
(1907-1975)

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Spouses/Children:
Riva GRAU

Reuven ADELSON

Born: 26 Feb 1907, Nemajunai, Trokai District, Lithuania ¹²
Christened: Kibbutz Dafna, Upper Galilee, Israel
Marriage: Riva GRAU on 30 Oct 1948 in Israel
Died: 31 Dec 1975, Kibbutz Dafna, Upper Galilee, Israel at age 68 ¹² ^,69
Buried: 1976, Kibbutz Dafna, Upper Galilee, Israel ⁶⁹ ^,70

bullet General Notes:

Pictured in the book "If I Forgot Thee...The Destruction of the shtetl Butrimantz," page 118. Reuven seems to be about 13 years old. May be his Bar Mitzvah picture. The two pictures are currently owned by Shirley and Jerry Zeisler

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Carpenter (Butrimantz); Baker (Kovno); Chemical Plant (Sodom); Kibbutz worker (Israel).

• Religion: Jewish.

• Immigration, 8 Aug 1939, Israel. ⁶⁹

• Marriage Certificate, 30 Oct 1948, Kibbutz Dafna, Upper Galilee, Israel.

• Hobbies: Stamp collecting (Israeli only); sports. ⁷¹

• Military Service: Israeli Army - Mortar Handler. ⁷¹

• Education: Learned Kibbutz living through Halutz (Pioneer movement) in Kovno, Lithuania.

Reuven married Riva GRAU on 30 Oct 1948 in Israel. (Riva GRAU was born on 10 May 1921 in Benjin, Poland,⁷¹ died in 2007 in Kibbutz Dafna, Upper Galilee, Israel and was buried in Kibbutz Dafna, Upper Galilee, Israel.)