Relation to Rae Elise (Raizel Elka) Evensky Reset

Beryl (Dov Ber) Kivelevitch, the father of Goldie Kivelevitch Margolin Winerman, the mother of Bessie Rose (Rochel) Margolin Evensky, the mother of Rae Elise (Raizel Elka) Evensky

• Parents:
• Siblings: Private Private Private Private Private
• Spouses: Devorah Kivelewitz Ethel Kivelevitch
• Children: Goldie Kivelevitch Margolin Winerman Joe (Yehoshua Zelig) Levitch Shaya (Yisroel Yishaya) Kivelevitch Yudis (Yehudis) Kivelevitch Celia (Shifra Chaya) Kivelevitch Harry (Gershon) Levitch Lewis Avremel (Avrohom Gavriel) Levitz Frumka Kivelevitch Mordecai "Muttkie" Kivelevitch
• Extended relatives
• Gender: male
• Birthplace: Lubcz, Russia
• Deathplace: Lubcz, Russia

Beryl Kivelevitz (or Kivelevitch) lived in Lupchik, Russia, in a small town of Kupitz, on the Volga river. He operated the ferry boat crossing the river, which froze up each winter. He was married the first time to Ethel (last name unavailable). She bore him a son and a daughter, Frumka and Mordecai (known by our family as "Muttki"). Muttki was the father of the Keywell branch of our family, and Frumka was the mother of our Aunt Ethel Lewis, and also Joe Rubenstein. In her third pregnancy she died, and within a year Beryl married a 17-year-old girl, Devorah. There were 12 children from this union, and those who reached maturity are listed on this "Family Tree".

Beryl had six or seven brothers and a sister. Uncle Avremel supplied the names of those he could remember before he died; he recalled Hyman, Levi, Judah (Julius) Benjamin and Isaac. Isaac was in the paper business in New York. We understand that one of these men is possibly the grandfather or great grandfather of the principals of Levitt Furniture chain. Julius married Bessie Genecov, and because of difficulty of making people he contacted spell the name correctly, he adopted her name. Therefore, the Texas branch of the family is Genecov.

Uncle Avramel served in the Russian army for four years. He shopped in a bakery owned by a man with a very pretty daughter. That is how we got Aunt Fagie in the family. Beryl had a room in his house where he would lodge Jewish people who might be in the town on business. One night a man by the name of Rubenstein who was a lumber appraiser spent the night in Beryl's home, saw his attractive daughter, Frumka, and decided to make a match for her with his son. This man became our Aunt Ethel's grandfather. Years later her half-aunt Celia invited her to Memphis for a visit, and she married her half-uncle Harry (Levitch) later changed to Lewis. Before her marriage Ethel worked at the Triangle Waist Company in New York. The day before the tragic fire, she broke a needle in her finger and fainted. When she revived, she asked for a new needle for her machine. The overseer wanted to charge her a penny for the new needle. Indignantly she refused, asked for her pay, and left. The next day many of her coworkers met their untimely demise.

Celia, the youngest girl, was grieving deeply for her father (Beryl) who died of typhoid in about 1902. Her mother (Devorah), fearing she might lose her sanity because of her grief, sent her to the United States with very good neighbors who were moving to New York. Avramel, Yudis' husband, and Goldie were already here. Celia went to work in a sweatshop, lining men's coats. In 1905 Goldie invited her to Memphis for a visit -- purpose matrimony. She had a single brother-in-law. However, Celia had other ideas. She went to work in Memphis where her future husband (Aaron Morris) saw her and asked the proprietor of the shop, a very good friend, to introduce him to her. Seven weeks later they were married.

Harry came over in 1912 and Zelek in 1913. In 1921 the children of Devorah in Memphis sent her money so that she could come to this country, but she died at age about 71 or 72, before she could make the trip.

Benne Yankelevitch (changed to Levitz) and Meyer Kivelevitch came to Memphis in 1951 from the concentration camps in Europe. Bennie died in 1979.