Sunday, October 9, 2011

Rebecca Silverman Triber

This is all my collected information on Rebecca "Beckie" Silverman Raichlin Triber, my great grandmother and namesake.
  • Beckie was born in 1896 in Chudyn, Austria (Which today is called Chernivtsi, Ukraine) to Rachel Katz and Nathan Silverman. She was one of nine children, seven daughters and two sons.
  • Around 1903 Beckie, her mother Rachel, and some of her siblings emigrate from Europe to Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  •  The 1911 Canadian Census records the family living in Montreal.

 
1911 Census. Silverman Family
  • 1914: Beckie marries Nathan Rachlin, an immigrant from Belarus. 
Beckie Silverman

Nathan Raichlin

Beckie and Nathan's Wedding Kettuba, 1914

Beckie and Nathan's Marriage Record,  1914
  • 1916: They give birth to a daughter, Jennie.
Jennie, 1916
  • Later that year, Nathan Raichlin dies from the influenza epidemic.
  • 1918: Beckie marries Charles Triber
  • 1920: They give birth to a son, Abraham.
Beckie, Abraham and Jennie, 1920. The picture excludes Florence Triber, Beckie's step-daughter.
  • Later that year Beckie, Charles, Jennie, Abraham and Charles' daughter Florence move to Florence, South Carolina.
Border Crossing Record, from Canada to U.S., 1920

  • 1923: Abraham tragically dies after being hit by a car.
  • 1924: They give birth to another son, Harry.
  • The 1930 U.S. Census records the family (minus Harry, for an unknown reason) living in Florence, S.C.
1930 U.S. Census

Jennie and Harry Triber

Beckie with her mother, Rachel and daughter, Jennie. Sometime in the 1940s.

Beckie (top right) with her mother, Rachel (next to her) and six of her siblings.
  • 1948: Charles takes his own life, in front of a train.
  • 1949: Beckie passes away, most likely from depression and grief.
Beckie Triber's Obituary, 1949
  • From the time they moved to South Carolina until shortly after Beckie's death, the family ran and operated a Shoe Store in Florence, S.C.
Advertisement for the Triber's Shoe Store, bottom left