An American Family

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Wolf Frumkin or William Franklin, son of Hillel Frumkin (1820-1920) and Bessy, was born in 1858 in Korzangorodok, Belarus, Russia. He married Jenny Eisenstadt, (1864-1951), daughter of Louis Eisenstadt or Isenstein and Fredl, in 1884. They had ten children. He emigrated in about 1889 and settled in Boston. His family joined him there in 1894. Their daughter, Frances Franklin (1900-1974) married Frank Manson (1927-1973), son of Chacel-Gilel Rubin Movschovitz or Harris Manson (1861-1943) and Chena or Annie Aronson (1867-1945), in 1927. Their daughter, Natalie, married Alan Rothstein in 1953. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Belarus, Lithuania and Massachusetts. Includes historical background about Jewish life in Eastern Europe and immigration to America.