Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
NameNathan R COLBS [9]
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Birth15 Apr 1904, Tuchyn, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine [2531]
MemoRussian Empire (Before WWI)
Emigration28 Jun 1905, Liverpool, UK [2532] Age: 1
MemoSS Noordland
Immigration10 Jul 1905, Philadelphia, PA [1780], [2532] Age: 1
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FatherBenjamin DROSSNER (1880-1943)
MotherJennie MILSTEIN (1886-1951)
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Rose DROSSNER, daughter of Benjamin DROSSNER and Jennie MILSTEIN, was born on April 15, 1904, in Tuchyn, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine. At the time, this area formed part of the Russian Empire. Her birth occurred in a period of considerable political and social change across Eastern Europe. The Tsarist government ruled a vast, multi-ethnic state, and communities in regions like Rivne, located within the Pale of Settlement, navigated specific decrees and the general instability leading up to World War I.

Rose married Nathan R COLBS. Their son, Marvin, was born on October 8, 1926, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia in the mid-1920s was a bustling American city, an industrial center, and a frequent destination for European immigrants. The city provided a distinct social and economic setting for the family, a marked contrast to the environment Rose knew in the Russian Empire during the Roaring Twenties.

Marvin COLBS lived until October 16, 2005. Rose DROSSNER’s life, documented from her birth in the Russian Empire to her family’s establishment in the United States, represents a common trajectory of migration and new beginnings that shaped her generation.
ChildrenMarvin (1926-2005)
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