Moussia Usdin. Around 1940
After my Great Grandmother Sarah Usdin,
née Alterman 's death, my Great Grandfather Beines Yankelevich
remarried in Leningrad to Sarah, daughter of Moshe Levin in around 1917.
On May 25, 1919 a girl was born to them, my Grandaunt Moussia.
Moussia in around 1960
Her mother, Sarah was born in 1886 and died in 1952. She is buried in the Preobrajenskoe Jewish cemetery of St Petersburg.
Sarah Usdin tombstone
Moussia was married to Roman Taitzel and had a son, Boris.
From the left to the right: Raya Rozenblum, daughter of Sophia Usdin,
Moussia, Boris Usdin, my father, Sophia Usdin, Boris's wife. Leningrad 1974.
She divorced and emigrated to the USA in 1976.
From the left to the right: Marina and her husband Boris Taitzel and Moussia. Boston 1989
She died on December 14, 2003 in Boston.
On May 25, 1919 a girl was born to them, my Grandaunt Moussia.
Moussia in around 1960
Sarah Usdin tombstone
Moussia was married to Roman Taitzel and had a son, Boris.
From the left to the right: Raya Rozenblum, daughter of Sophia Usdin,
Moussia, Boris Usdin, my father, Sophia Usdin, Boris's wife. Leningrad 1974.
From the left to the right: Marina and her husband Boris Taitzel and Moussia. Boston 1989