Kovinsky, Taibala

Abt 1871 -

• Name	Kovinsky, Taibala  [1]
  Alt. Birth	Abt 1865  [1]
  Born	Abt 1871	Suvalki, Poland   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	Russia   [3]
  Person ID	I17300	Our Family | Descendants of Frank Kovinsky & Molly Dunsky
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Kovinsky, Frank,   b. 20 Apr 1845, Suvalki, Poland ,   d. 22 Mar 1923, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Mother	Dunsky, Mollie,   b. 1853, Suvalki, Poland ,   d. 24 Sep 1925, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Family ID	F6406	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The eldest child (born 1865), a daughter named Toby (Taibala), married out of her faith and did not make the trip with the family to America. The children were sometimes told that the gypsies had stolen her. Aunt Lottie was told the story of her sister Toby (Taibala) when she was a young girl sitting on her mother Molly's lap. She related that father, Frank, ran a bar on a "Grenitz"or borderline, which was in fact the Russo-Polish border. The town had only 2 or 3 Jewish families. He would travel a distance from shtetl to work, Suwalk to Schtabin. The Russians were harsh and cruel and Lottie related that one day her older sister Taibala, then 16 years old was kidnapped while her mother and father were at work. The harsh treatment by the Russians and Poles finally drove Frank, Molly and family to immigrate to America without Taibala, which caused untold sadness for Frank and Molly Kovinsky. Once in the 1920's, son-in-law, Max Lebster, on a trip to Europe, found Taibala and offered to bring her to America. At first she agreed, but then decided not to come. That is the last word that was ever known of Taibala. The eldest child (born 1865), a daughter named Toby (Taibala), married out of her faith and did not make the trip with the family to America. The children were sometimes told that the gypsies had stolen her. Aunt Lottie was told the story of her sister Toby (Taibala) when she was a young girl sitting on her mother Molly's lap. She related that father, Frank, ran a bar on a "Grenitz"or borderline, which was in fact the Russo-Polish border. The town had only 2 or 3 Jewish families. He would travel a distance from shtetl to work, Suwalk to Schtabin. The Russians were harsh and cruel and Lottie related that one day her older sister Taibala, then 16 years old was kidnapped while her mother and father were at work. The harsh treatment by the Russians and Poles finally drove Frank, Molly and family to immigrate to America without Taibala, which caused untold sadness for Frank and Molly Kovinsky. Once in the 1920's, son-in-law, Max Lebster, on a trip to Europe, found Taibala and offered to bring her to America. At first she agreed, but then decided not to come. That is the last word that was ever known of Taibala.

  
  

• Sources

  [S322] Hirchman Familhy Tree on Ancestry.com. [S586] Inference, 1865 date is too early compared with siblings and mother's age. 1871 is estimated (Reliability: 3). [S24] Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, Main SSA Claims source reference.