Jacob Bernstein, son of Nuchem Bernstein and Dobche Karsunsky, was born in 1880 in Lisovich, Russia. He married Tillie Loyev aka Lewis, daughter of Shloime Loyev and Sureh Mazur, in 1912 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They had six children, He died in 1956.

"Winn Parish was created in 1852 from three parishes: the east part of Natchitoches, the west part of Catahoula and the north point of Rapides. Later Grant Parish was carved from the south part of Winn. The parish was named for Rapides legislator Walter Winn. Because there was such a debate about which town would become the parish seat, it was decided that it would be placed in geographical center of the new parish. Many towns were listed in the...

Salomon Levi (1775-1844), son of Levi (v. 1745), was born in Minden, Prussia. He married and had seven children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in settled in Kiel and surrounding areas.

Seren aka Sara Tuvel, daughter of Abraham Tuvel and Miriam, was born in 1918 in Romania. She was a prisoner in Ravensbruck Concentration Camp. She married Meyer Bernstein in Fedafing, Bavaria. They immigrated to Canada and later to the United States.

The Jewish family of Oifman/Offman/Hoffman originally of the village of Nikolayev (Mikolaeyev), Russian Ukraine. Descendants of Mordecai Oifman through his six children: Rachmeil (1843-1919); Shiah (1848-1932); Miriam (1839-1914); Guttyab (1840- 1910); Nechah (1845-1925); and Dena (1847-1908). Several grandchildren of Mordecai immigrated to St. Louis, Mo. Hyman Hoffman (1878-1946), son of Rachmeil Oifman and Pessie Shore, came to St. Louis, Mo. in...