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Period: to
Bush / Frumhoff Historical Timeline
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Birth of Irmia REST (approximate
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American Declaration of Independence
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Birth of Mikhel REST
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Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth divides
Three divisions: Prussia, Russia, Austria. Most of Lithuania became part of the Russian Empire. -
Birth of Ovsey Yehoshuah REST
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Sewing Machine Patented by Elias Howe
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Plunge, Lithuania 1847: 2,197 Jews living there.
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Birth of Fruma KIRSHNER (SCHNEIDER)
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Birth of David Gaushevitz REST
Plunge, Lithuania -
Marriage of David REST and Fruma KIRSHNER
Plunge, Lithuania -
David, Fruma and children living in Libau, Latvia
Arrived sometime between 1880 and 1886. David is a shoemaker. -
David Rest travels to South Africa
Reportedly, David and a brother/cousin traveled to South Africa. The brother/cousin settled there and David returned to Lithuania before coming to America. -
Boer War in South Africa 1899-1902
1899-1902
One family story says that David returned to Lithuania because of the outbreak of the Boer War. Another-- because Fruma did not want to live there! -
David, Fruma and children come to America! Grandma Sophie included.
They landed in Portland, Maine aboard the Numidian. -
Lithuanian Independence