Relation to Louis I. GreeneBessie Rose (Rochel) Margolin Evensky, the mother of Margie Sylvia Evensky Goodman, the mother of Private, the mother of Private, the husband of Private, the daughter of Private, the son of Peter Stone, the brother of Sarah "Sally" Stone Greene, the mother of Private, the son of Louis I. Greene
She loved bananas. When they came from Russia, traveling to America (Ellis Island) on the boat, there were bananas hanging on the boat. Her mother said no, she didn't think they were kosher, she had never seen a banana and didn't know what it was. Afterwards, Bessie always loved bananas.
she always loved purses and shoes.
They always played poker on Saturday nights. Bessie lived a block or two from Baron Hirsch. Sam bought a house near Baron Hirsch (a "shabbos house").