BERMAN, Grigory (Girsh)

Notes:

Girsh Berman married a woman whose brother was married to his sister. (Girsh Berman married Rachel Asimov, whose brother, Judah Asimov, married Anna Berman, Girsh's sister.)

Family/Spouse: ASIMOV, Rachel. Rachel (daughter of ASIMOV, Aaron Menachem and LEIKIN, Hanna) was born about 1900 in Petrovichi, Russia; died about 1939 in Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BERMAN, Michael (Misha) was born about 1922 in Russia; died about 1941 in WWII fighting Nazis near Leningrad.
2. BERMAN, Isaac was born about 1924 in USSR; died in 1983 in USSR.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: “A great Talmudic scholar among many great scholars that our hometown had.”
• Occupation: Had a business catering to peasants from surrounding villages
• Religion: Jewish

Notes:

Isaac Berman, loved his children very much, according to the recollections of his son-in-law, Judah (Jack) Asimov, 1896-1969, who named his first child after Isaac Berman.
Isaac Berman was a great Talmudic scholar, and Petrovichi residents spoke of him reverently. In an argument, for example, if someone remembered that Reb Isaac Berman had explained the point this way or that, the argument would come to an end -- and this in a town filled with great scholars.

Judah writes that with his first wife, Isaac Berman had "some sons and a daughter, from which I knew two: David and Uncle Joseph. I have heard about another son, Mordechai."

He refers to Anna Berman as the "little sister" of Mordechai. Anna Berman was the daughter of Isaac and his second wife, Tamara. Judah writes that Anna had "three brothers all younger than her."

Judah writes that Joseph Berman left Petrovichi when his younger half sister, Anna, was a baby. Isaac Berman, who apparently died in his 50s, had 8 children, possibly in this order: Unknown daughter, Mordechai, Joseph, David, Anna, Girsh, Natan, unknown son.

Isaac married UNKNOWN, Tamara about 1890 in Russia. Tamara was born about 1870 in Russia; died in Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Took over the “business with the Russian peasants from the surrounding villages.” when her husband died.

Notes:

Up to now, I have not mentioned anything about Mamma’s Mother [Tamara] because I cannot say much about her. She was like any other Jewish woman of that time. She was not educated because Jewish education was for men. But she had one qualification – she was very smart. In town, if they wanted to compare some women in cleverness, they used to have two sayings. “She is another Tamara.” Or, “Would you like her to be another Tamara?” I think this is proof enough that Mamma’s mother was a clever woman. She was, under the circumstances, then quite comfortable.

Husband married UNKNOWN, WifeRussia. Wife was born in Russia; died in Russia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]