CHILDREN FROM YANKEL HERSHEL MAY’S FIRST MARRIAGE:
(wife unknown)
1) CHASHA MAY
Married Gershon Rappaport.
They were farmers in Ulster County, Rock Hill, NY.
Children of Gershon & Chasha (nee May) Rappaport:
1.) Fannie Rappaport- died 1945- married Sam (Yeshaya) May, her uncle
Their children:
1) Alice May Greenberg
2) Harry May
3) Morris May
4) Evelyn (Chava) May
5) Ruth May Weisbrout
6) Tzirel May Lenrow
2.) Archie (Aharon) Rappaport- married Malka Lee, a famous poetess.
Archie was born in Barazina/Baravina, Belarus, and was a writer.
Arrived in USA March 19, 1911 with siblings Anna, Gussie & Morris.
Malka Lee’s parents were Frieda & Chaim Leopold, chassidim from Monastrikh, Galicia.
Malka was born July 4, 1904, and died March 22 1976 in New York.
Their children:
1.) Yvette (Chava) Rappaport –married Albert Marrin
Albert is chair of the history department at Yeshiva University
Auther of over 20 history books
2.) Joseph Rappaport (born 1924)
Two daughters:
1) Joyce Rappaport- married to Rabbi Lionel Moses
Lives in Montreal
Professional editor, husband Conservative Rabbi
Three sons:
Zev Moses
Jeremy Moses
Ezra Moses
2) Ruth Rappaport- married to Peter Wetherbee
Lives in Boston
Professional meeting planner and musician
One child, Benjamin Wetherbee
3.) Anna(Hende) Rappaport
4.) Gussie Rappaport married Jacobs
Their children:
1.) Son
2.) Daughter
5.) Morris Rappaport- medical doctor
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