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14-Dec-2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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GREENBERG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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My grandfather, Louis Greenberg, whom I met only once in the 60's when I was a teenager, was born Louisiana on Feb. 16, 1898. However, he may have grown up in Texas, I do not know for sure. He died in 1976. His last known address may have been 39426 Picayune, Pearl River, Mississippi or Carriere, MS ... but I think he may have died in or near New Orleans where he spent most of his time from what we have gathered. Louis had at least one brother that I am aware of named Jo, Joe, Josef or Joseph who may have been born on Dec 3, 1907 and may have some connection to Bogalusa, Louisiana and died in Jun 1983 - however I do not know that this Joe is his brother. I have a photo of his brother, looks like it is signed "Jo M Greenberg" (but I am not positive, could it be John??) and is from 1928. It was a souvenir photo on the beach in Miami. Louis said he was a police officer or sheriff (??) in Louisiana, maybe New Orleans, but not likely. He had a lot of trouble with the law, even spent some time in Moyemensing Prison in Philadelphia, PA possibly in the mid 1920's. He also said he had a metal plate in his head from WW2, said he was in Hawaii when the Pearl Harbor attack occurred. Again not likely, he would have been too old. My grandmother told me Louis lied about everything. Someone in his family, a brother or perhaps his father, may have been a lawyer. Louis married my grandmother Lena in Philadelphia and had my father, Raymond S. Greenberg in 1925. Louis also had an illegitimate son in Philly about the same time my father was born in Philadelphia. Louis abandoned my grandmother and father ( at the age of four) vanishing off the face of the earth until he found my father in the early 1960's by calling all the Greenberg's in the Philadelphia phone book. He came to our home but the relationship could not be salvaged. My father thought his father was dead for 30 some years and could not forgive Louis for abandoning him and my grandmother and the hardships it caused. I know there were relatives to Louis in Maryland because in the 70's my father had some contact with an Uncle I think, possibly another brother to Louis or maybe even Jo himself, I do not know. What ever they told my father, in about 1978 he went to New Orleans to find Louis, but he had passed away. He found a woman in New Orleans who had taken care of Louis (he was ill) but she would not talk to my father because another of Louis's sons had been bothering her about any money left by Louis and she thought it was my father. It wasn't of course. It is not clear if Louis died there or in Mississippi. So, it is my guess that I may have relatives in Maryland, Texas and /or Louisiana. This is the sum of all I know. If any of this rings any bells, please feel free to share! firewife@bellatlantic.net Terry Greenberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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