The Rubenstein family lived in Verbovets....... Fruma's family, the Kalichman's, were rather well-to do, had several stores and Meir managed a hardware store. Sh'miel, Fruma's brother, owned "a lot of timber and factories." Meir and Fruma Kalichman Rubenstein had eight children:
Leah (1862-1932) married Mendel GREENBERG (1864-1923); they ran a dry goods store near Zamikhiv (10 miles NNW). Their children were Goldie (1890-1973), who married Sam Perkoff; Louis (1891-1966) who married Eva Shor; Annie (1895-1976) who married Abe Stolin>Stein; Harry (1897-1956) who married Mollie Shor and had a chain of stores with sister Selma; Max (1900-1973) who married Adele ?and Kitty ?; Selma (1904-1990) who married Ira Beck, then Sam Oritt and owned the chain of Diana Stores with brother Harry; Israel (1905-1969) who married Irene Clark; and Samuel (1909-1984) who married Ann Berger.
Chava (1866-1919) married Akiva GREENBERG (?-1919) lived on a Duke's estate, near (Yedinets)>Edinet, Bessabaria>Moldova (40 miles S), and had 8 children: Rivka ?, Abraham (1892-1925) who married Lilly Meister; Carlos (1894-198?) who married Olga de la Torre; Sophie (1895-1971) who married Abraham Bernstein; Nettie (1897-1974) who married Philip Sklar; Rose (1902-1980) who married Max Largman; Beatrice (1903-1990) who married Eli Goldfarb; Pessie?.
Moishe (1868-1946) married Shendel YAGALNITZER (1864-1960), emigrated to Baltimore in 1922, and had a religious store on Lombard Street. Their 7 children were Abraham (1889-1968) who married Monya ?, then Pessie Powerstein; Isaac (1892-1968) who married Rebecca Hirsch; Jacob (1894-1988) who married Esther Wexler; Rose (1902-1964) who married Philip Perlman; Sarah (1905-1991) who married Jacob Polsky then Henry Keller; Samuel (1906-1970) who married Della Wexler; and Thelma (1910-1983) who married Jacob Goldberg, then David Safer.
Female (?-1909) married Mordecai Toprover and lived with their 2 daughters Rivca (Reba) (1903-1974) and Estel (Esther) (1904-1984) in Verbovets. The Rubenstein woman died during childbirth of her third daughter, Malca (Mollie) (1909-2005) and her widower husband, Mordecai, remarried the daughter of Rabbi Chaim Ben-Reb Yaacov Korin, the Rabbi of Verbovets. (See Toprover Family below)
Louis (1876-1923) came to America in 1900. He and Jacob peddled soft goods in the south, brought their brother Frank to the US, where they opened stores in the south, peddled on the road during the week and sold in the stores on the weekends. He married Ida Block and they had 5 children: Evelyn (1902-1957) who married Sam Friedman and was in the jewelry business; Ben (1903-1971) who married Sadie Weinstein; Rose (1908-1998) who married Paul Desser, then Arthur Rose; Myron (Mike) (1910-1977) who married Mary Rocklin and was in the jewelry business; and Gertrude (1917-2002) who married Ureal Hacker, then Nicholas Casillo.
Jacob (1881-1959) came to America in 1900. He and Louis peddled soft goods in the south, brought their brother Frank to the US, then worked for Frank and Louis. He married Claire, then Eunice; his children were Rosalie (1913-1996) who married Sam Prince; Sarah (1930-2006) who married Owen Sheeran, then Charles King; Evelyn (1932-1998) who married Martin Shanken; and Meyer (1934-?) who married Darlene Smith.
Shava (1882-1945) married Mordecai Aronzon in the Verbovets area where they had a general merchandise store, selling seed, and kerosene in the basement. Shava came to America in 1921 with their children: Rose, (1905-1968) who married Isidore Goldberg, owner of Gilbert's, ladies clothing stores; Joseph (1907-1985), who married Ann Kraichmer; Abraham (1909-1994), my father, who married Miriam Sapiro; Meyer (1911-1991) who married Norma Brody; and Gertrude (1913-1981) who married Herman Marcus, a ladies dress manufacturer. The brothers had a chain of department stores, Aaronson Brothers, along the Mexican border.
Frank (1884-1953) came to Baltimore in 1906 to avoid service in the Russian army. He peddled goods in the south, eventually opening stores with brother Louis, and having his own chain of stores, Franklin Stores. He married Yetta Shor and they had Denia (1911-1984) who married Harold Levin; Marcus (1913-1952) who married Nancy ?; and Albert (1913-1991) who married Marion Freedman.