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Background Information Dorothy's father
His name is Charles, but it was spelled and pronounced Chaskel which is the hebrew form of Charles. When he boarded the ship from Austria to America, he only had six dollars in his pocket. He arrived on the ship Patricia on January 11 1904. He was only twenty years old when he left to come to America to get a new life started before his wife came over from Austria. -
Dorothy's mother Fanny
Fanny arrived to America on the ship Amerika. She was 19 years old at the time. She brought my great-grandmothers oldest sister Lilly to America with her. Lilly was only a year old when she came to America. -
Dorothy Schuldiener was born.
She was born in the Bronx, NY on October 2, 1918. Her parents both immigrated to the United States from Austria. She is my great-grandmother from my father's side. Dorothy's family settled on Norfolk Street in the Bronx. -
Religion
She was raised Jewish and her parents were extremely religious. Her parents kept a kosher household. -
Hard Times
She lived through the Great Depression and many wars. She learned to save money and spend it carefully. She was able to finish highschool, but college was not an option. -
Dorothy married Milton Slifstein
She married Milt and had two children, my grsndfather Steve and his brother Arnold. -
Job
She and her husband both worked in the candy and tobacco business. She stamped the cigerettes and he was a salesmen. Later on in her life, she stopped working and became a homemaker. -
Very dependent on her husband
She was extremely dependent on her husband because women were more dependent on their husbands back then. She never drove and did not even get a drivers license until very late in life. -
Baking
Dorothy loved to bake. During passover Dorothy always made passover rolls. They looked like bread, but did not contain any bread products. They contained mainly eggs and matzo meal. She also made a choclate cake that everyone in my family said was "amazing," but I never got to try it. -
Milt Slifstein Passes Away
Shortly after Milt passed away, Dorothy moved to Rhinebeck, NY. -
She passed away in January of 2005
She passed away at the age of 87.
