Louis's parents Misha "Samuel" & Celia Kelmanovitch Krichesky immigrated to Oregon City, Oregon from Izmail, Odessa, Ukraine (AKA Akkerman, or Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, as it is known today). Their first 2 children, Esther and Libbie, were born in Oregon.
The family became homesick, so relatives in Ukraine sent them money to return home. Their next 3 children (Louis, Fritzie, & Boris) were born in Ukraine.
After the pogroms in Akkerman (one on November 5, 1905 and a second more devastating one on November 24, 1905, according to the American Jewish Year Book, Vol. 8 1906-1907), the family returned to Oregon, bringing with them Misha's parents (Schloima & Beyla Kritzewsky?) and his niece Doris. Doris's father was Misha's brother. Her mother had died young and her father remarried to a woman who did not want Doris, so Misha and Celia raised her as their own.
According to ellisisland.org, Celia, Misha, Schloima & Beyla (possibly Misha's parents), Esther, Libbie, Louis, Fritzie, Boris, and Doris departed Antwerp, Belgium on the ship Finland and arrived in New York on March 26, 1906.
He attended Washington High School in Portland, Oregon. During the 1920 census, Louis was still living in Portland where his family had settled. By the 1940 census he lived in Washington, D.C. He lived in Arlington, Virginia at the time that he registered for the WWII draft.
Louis married Eva Gertrude "Gertie" James in 1925, and they eventually settled on a homestead in Yoncalla, Oregon.
The family became homesick, so relatives in Ukraine sent them money to return home. Their next 3 children (Louis, Fritzie, & Boris) were born in Ukraine.
After the pogroms in Akkerman (one on November 5, 1905 and a second more devastating one on November 24, 1905, according to the American Jewish Year Book, Vol. 8 1906-1907), the family returned to Oregon, bringing with them Misha's parents (Schloima & Beyla Kritzewsky?) and his niece Doris. Doris's father was Misha's brother. Her mother had died young and her father remarried to a woman who did not want Doris, so Misha and Celia raised her as their own.
According to ellisisland.org, Celia, Misha, Schloima & Beyla (possibly Misha's parents), Esther, Libbie, Louis, Fritzie, Boris, and Doris departed Antwerp, Belgium on the ship Finland and arrived in New York on March 26, 1906.
He attended Washington High School in Portland, Oregon. During the 1920 census, Louis was still living in Portland where his family had settled. By the 1940 census he lived in Washington, D.C. He lived in Arlington, Virginia at the time that he registered for the WWII draft.
Louis married Eva Gertrude "Gertie" James in 1925, and they eventually settled on a homestead in Yoncalla, Oregon.
Louis's parents Misha "Samuel" & Celia Kelmanovitch Krichesky immigrated to Oregon City, Oregon from Izmail, Odessa, Ukraine (AKA Akkerman, or Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, as it is known today). Their first 2 children, Esther and Libbie, were born in Oregon.
The family became homesick, so relatives in Ukraine sent them money to return home. Their next 3 children (Louis, Fritzie, & Boris) were born in Ukraine.
After the pogroms in Akkerman (one on November 5, 1905 and a second more devastating one on November 24, 1905, according to the American Jewish Year Book, Vol. 8 1906-1907), the family returned to Oregon, bringing with them Misha's parents (Schloima & Beyla Kritzewsky?) and his niece Doris. Doris's father was Misha's brother. Her mother had died young and her father remarried to a woman who did not want Doris, so Misha and Celia raised her as their own.
According to ellisisland.org, Celia, Misha, Schloima & Beyla (possibly Misha's parents), Esther, Libbie, Louis, Fritzie, Boris, and Doris departed Antwerp, Belgium on the ship Finland and arrived in New York on March 26, 1906.
He attended Washington High School in Portland, Oregon. During the 1920 census, Louis was still living in Portland where his family had settled. By the 1940 census he lived in Washington, D.C. He lived in Arlington, Virginia at the time that he registered for the WWII draft.
Louis married Eva Gertrude "Gertie" James in 1925, and they eventually settled on a homestead in Yoncalla, Oregon.
The family became homesick, so relatives in Ukraine sent them money to return home. Their next 3 children (Louis, Fritzie, & Boris) were born in Ukraine.
After the pogroms in Akkerman (one on November 5, 1905 and a second more devastating one on November 24, 1905, according to the American Jewish Year Book, Vol. 8 1906-1907), the family returned to Oregon, bringing with them Misha's parents (Schloima & Beyla Kritzewsky?) and his niece Doris. Doris's father was Misha's brother. Her mother had died young and her father remarried to a woman who did not want Doris, so Misha and Celia raised her as their own.
According to ellisisland.org, Celia, Misha, Schloima & Beyla (possibly Misha's parents), Esther, Libbie, Louis, Fritzie, Boris, and Doris departed Antwerp, Belgium on the ship Finland and arrived in New York on March 26, 1906.
He attended Washington High School in Portland, Oregon. During the 1920 census, Louis was still living in Portland where his family had settled. By the 1940 census he lived in Washington, D.C. He lived in Arlington, Virginia at the time that he registered for the WWII draft.
Louis married Eva Gertrude "Gertie" James in 1925, and they eventually settled on a homestead in Yoncalla, Oregon.
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