The Yidel Lieb Klotchman Family

Sonya Yudkovna Klotchman (daughter of Yidel Lieb Klotchman) was born in Medzhibozh in 1888. She was known as Sosa.

She married Hyam Zhovtis in Medzhibozh in 1911. Hyam was born in 1888 in Khmelnik. He died in 1925 in Khmelnik at 37 years of age.

Around 1937 Sonya moved to Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. When WW II reached Ukraine in 1941, Sonya, together with Usher's wife Genya and Genya's 1-month-old son were evacuated from Dnepropetrovsk and moved east to Aralsk, Kasahstan.

The family returned to Dnepropetrovsk in 1945. Sonya stayed with her son Usher and his family at Komsomolskaya St 39/Apt 13. In 1953, she moved to Voronezh where she lived with her son Josef and his family. Sonya died in 1963 in Voronezh, Russia, at 75 years of age.

Brucha Klotchman (daughter of Yidel Lieb Klotchman) was born in Medzhibozh on July 3, 1899. After her mother died in 1917, Brucha was alone at home and ran her father's small store until 1920. Brucha left for the U.S. in Sept. 1920 at the urging of her father. Brucha traveled with the Rose Klotchman family (her aunt) as one of 3 daughters. The group was lead by Joseph Klotchman and included mother Rose, sisters Dora and Sarah, Dora's fiancé Max Braiman, and Sarah's fiancé, Sam Herman. The trip took 3 months because of lack of money when they reached Paris. They wired to their U.S. relatives for travel money. The group sailed on the S.S. Victorian from LeHavre, France to St.John, New Brunswick, Canada, where they arrived on Dec 19, 1920. They entered the U.S. by rail at Buffalo, NY, per the St.Albans manifest records. Brucha was known as Belle in the U.S.

Lajos Zwieback

Belle married Lajos Zwieback in Los Angeles, CA, on Oct 6, 1929. Rabbi S.M. Neches officiated.

Lajos was born July 28, 1891 in Gutorfolde, Zala, Hungary. He was the son of Antal Zwieback and Fani Pollak. Lajos was known as Louis in the U.S. Louis died Dec 6, 1981 in Long Beach, CA, at 90 years of age.

Belle received her U.S. citizenship on 8/27/1937 in Los Angeles. She lived in Los Angeles until 1955 when she and Louis moved to Palm Springs, CA. In 1978, Belle and Louis moved to Long Beach, CA. Belle died on July 12,1997 in Lakewood, CA, at 98 years of age. The cause of death was Cardiac Arrest, Acute Myocardial Infarction, and Heart Disease. Her funeral and burial was at Forest Lawn Sharon Gardens, Long Beach, CA, on July 16, 1997. Rabbi Moshe Halfon of Temple Israel, officiating.