BERMAN, Anna (Hana) Rachel b. 5 Sep 1895 Petrovichi, Russia d. 6 Aug 1973 Ila Hotel, Long Beach, NY, USA: Byrne and Asimov Genealogy and Family Histories

1895 - 1973 (77 years)

Name	BERMAN, Anna (Hana) Rachel
Birth	5 Sep 1895	Petrovichi, Russia
Gender	Female
Height	4'10" [1]
Immigration	3 Feb 1923	NY, USA
	The Baltic https://tinyurl.com/35tsy2sn
Residence	1938	1624 10th Ave., Brooklyn, NY [2]
Naturalization	5 Jul 1938	Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA [2]
Occupation	owned candy stores
Death	6 Aug 1973	Ila Hotel, Long Beach, NY, USA [1]
Burial	Mt. Golda Cemetery, Huntington, Long Island [1]
	JPG, Genealogy/Reunion/headstones/Asimov Headstone.jpg, Anna Berman and Judah Asimov Headstone, HEADSTONE
		Anna Berman and Judah Asimov Headstone
Notes	Anna Berman Asimov proved to be a talented actress, according to the written recollections of her husband, Judah (Jack) Asimov. In 1917, Judah wrote, "For the first show, they selected a play by the name of ìFamily Zvi,î by [the well-known Yiddish playright] David Pinsky. ... We played as amateurs in more than 10 plays, and we were so good that people used to come from the surrounding villages and towns to see us play. Mamma [Anna Berman Asimov] even played in Jacob Gordonís play (ìCHASIE DI YETOMEî) while she was in her seventh month with a baby that we later named Isaac. And nobody could have told that she was pregnant at that time. [Note: Jacob Gordon ñ also spelled Gordin -- (1853-1909), was regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the Yiddish American theater, circa 1895 in NY. His most successful play was ìThe Jewish King Lear,î about a pious immigrant father abused by his heartless American-born daughters. He also wrote ì Mirele Efrosî (1898), known as The Jewish Queen Lear, and ìGod, Man and Devilî (1900), based on the story of Faust.] "Mamma learned her lines easily, and she did not depend on the box man who used to read in a low voice so that the players did not make mistakes. For some, it was no help at all. But Mamma did not need anybodyís help. She learned the lines and did not make any mistakes because she used to live the life of Pesenue, the pious wife of Hershele Dubrovner in ìGot, Mentsh un Teiflî [ìGod, Man and Devilî]. I am reminded now that she was the best. She never imitated anything, and when it came to laughter she was always first. She used to inspire the whole crowd." [Note: The play ìGot, Mentch un Teiflî ìexplores whether or not a good and pious man will be corrupted by money. Satan makes a wager with God that he can tempt Hershele Dubrovneróa poor, religious Torah scribeóby handing him a lottery ticket which will win a fortune. Satan then disguises himself and becomes Hersheleís business partner, advising Hershele to open a tallis [prayer shawl] factory and hire the community men to work for a pittance. The disguised Satan also tells Hershele to divorce his barren wife of 22 years [Pesenue] and marry the young and beautiful niece that Hershele and his wife had raised. Hershele follows all of the advice he is givenóand in the process destroys his family, his friendships, and any spiritual values he once had. He learns that life holds no remedies for the damage he has caused.î And the story ends tragically.î] Anna was born just one block away from Judah, on an opposite corner. In his written recollections, Judah also writes that Anna's mother was the second wife of Anna's father, Isaac Berman. Isaac had "some sons and a daughter, from which I knew two David and Uncle Joseph. I have heard about another son, Mordechai." Judah also writes, Anna had "three brothers all younger than her." He refers to Anna as the "little sister" of Mordechai. He says that her older brother, Joseph, had left Petrovichi when Ann was a baby. The manifest of the Baltic (arriving from Liverpool) lists the family as follows: Juda, Hana Rochel, Aisik & Manis Asimy. It says they are from Petrowitschi. https://tinyurl.com/35tsy2sn (Baltic’s passenger list) Arrived on Feb. 3, 1923, and, according to Judah’s written memories, it took them four days to get off the ship. They entered NY on Feb. 7, 1923. (I am writing this on Feb. 7, 2023. (!) ) Here's a bit about the ship: BALTIC 1903 The BALTIC was a 23,876 gross ton ship built in 1903 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for the White Star Line. Her details were - length 709.2ft x beam 75.6ft, two funnels, four masts, twin screw and a speed of 17 knots. There was accommodation for 425-1st, 450-2nd and 2,000-3rd class passengers. Launched on 21st Nov.1903, she sailed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to New York on 29th Jun.1904. In 1909 she rescued survivors of the collision between the REPUBLIC and the FLORIDA off the US coast, in which the REPUBLIC sank. On 12th Dec.1918 she commenced her first voyage after the Armistice, from Liverpool to New York and in 1927 her accommodation was altered to carry 393-cabin class, 339-tourist class and 1,150-3rd class passengers. On 17th Sep.1932 she commenced her last voyage from Liverpool to New York and Liverpool and on 17th Feb.1933 sailed for Osaka, Japan where she was scrapped. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.763] 1st apt: 425 Van Siclen Ave., Brooklyn betw Sutter & Black 1925: 434 Miller Ave., corner Sutter 1926, 1st candy store: 751 Sutter Ave. between Miller and Bradford Dec. 1928, Apt: 651 Essex Street, above the second candy store, corner New Lots Ave. 1933: Church Ave candy store for about 1 month 1933: Apt: 1312 Decatur St, with candy store Dec. 1936: 4th candy store: 174 Windsor Pl, between Fuller Place and 10th Avenue Apt: 192 Windsor Pl.
Person ID	I19	Hugh Byrne and Nanette Asimov Lines
Last Modified	7 Feb 2023

Father	BERMAN, Isaac, b. Abt 1850, Petrovichi, Russia d. 1901, Petrovichi, Russia (Age 51 years)
Mother	UNKNOWN, Tamara, b. Abt 1870, Russia d. Russia
Marriage	Abt 1890	Russia
Photos		Monument to more than 300 Petrovichi and Khislavichi Jews burned to death on July 22 1942, inclu 43 Asimovs
Family ID	F22	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family ASIMOV, Judah, b. 21 Dec 1896, Petrovichi, Russia, 53.58 deg N lat; 32.10 E long. d. 4 Aug 1969, Miami Beach, Florida, USA (Age 72 years)

Marriage Jun 1918 Petrovichi, Russia [3]

Notes

From Judah's recollections, written in 1969:

"I was very young when I started to like to talk to her (Anna), but she used to dress up and go away with or to girl friends, giving me the impression that she doesn't care for me, until a little over 50 years ago we got married.

"That was right after the Communist revolution. But regardless, we had a truly Jewish wedding, where the whole town's people Jew and Gentile came to the front of the shul where our wedding took place under the open sky."

Judah's niece, Serafima Asimova, later wrote an email to her cousins in the United States dispelling a rumor in Petrovichi that Judah and Anna left for the U.S. because the Bermans and Asimovs were not happy about the marriage. (Note: Serafima refers to Anna as Hanna, and to Judah's mother as Hanna, as well) The rumor was "...that Judah and Hanna Berman there have left far away from my grandmother Hanna which did not like the wife of the son. It is a lie."

She writes: "Judah - the first-born Hanna and Aaron Asimov. The grandmother of Hanna (Berman) very much liked Judah. When he began to meet about Hanna Berman, the grandmother asked the son to not hurry up. He was high and beautiful, and Hanna very small. But to a place there has come a typhus and Judah was ill the Typhus. For days and nights stayed about his bed of Hanna Berman and heart of the grandmother at a kind of such love and fidelity has trembled and she has recognized to Hanna and was glad to their marriage."

Children

	1. ASIMOV, Isaac, b. 2 Jan 1920, Petrovichi, Russian SFSR, 10 miles East of Belorussian SSR border (near Smolensk) d. 1992 (Age 71 years)
	2. ASIMOV, Marcia, b. 17 Jun 1922, Petrovichi, Russia, Soviet Union d. 2 Apr 2011, Plainview, Long Island, NY (Age 88 years)
	3. ASIMOV, Stanley, b. 25 Jul 1929, 501 New Lots Ave. Brooklyn, NY d. 16 Aug 1995, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Manhattan, NY (Age 66 years)

Photos

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Stanley Asimov, Anna Berman Asimov, Judah Asimov

Anna Berman Asimov & Jack Asimov
Ann & Judah (Jack) Asimov @ 16 Maynard Dr., Farmingdale, Long Island

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Gravestone of Anna & Judah Asimov. Mt. Golda Cemetery, Long Island 8.08
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Isaac, Marcia and Stanley Asimov abt. 1934
Isaac, Marcia & Stanley Asimov circa 1934

Family ID F9 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 1 Jul 2024

Event Map

	Birth - 5 Sep 1895 - Petrovichi, Russia
	Marriage - Jun 1918 - Petrovichi, Russia
	Immigration - 3 Feb 1923 - NY, USA
	Residence - 1938 - 1624 10th Ave., Brooklyn, NY
	Naturalization - 5 Jul 1938 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
	Death - 6 Aug 1973 - Ila Hotel, Long Beach, NY, USA
	Burial - - Mt. Golda Cemetery, Huntington, Long Island

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Photos » Slide Show		Anna Rachel Berman Asimov
		Anna Rachel Berman Asimov
		Stanley Asimov, Anna Berman Asimov, Judah Asimov
		Monument to more than 300 Petrovichi and Khislavichi Jews burned to death on July 22 1942, inclu 43 Asimovs

Sources
[S87] Nanette Asimov.

[S632] US Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794 - 1995 (Nat'l Archives and Records Administration, Wash DC).

[S74] Judah Asimov's written recollections (1969).

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