I grew up in Stamford, Connecticut and as a young girl was interested in genealogy. My mother's father's and mother's mother's families has been in lower New England and New York since the 1600's. Most of my mother's ancestors were English, Dutch, or German; they worked as farmers or tradesmen within Fairfield County, Connecticut and in the Sullivan and Ulster counties of New York. Several ancestors were the original settlers of Hartford, Ridgefield, and Greenwich. My father's family were from Russia; they emigrated to New York before the 1900's. My grandfather, Ike (Redak/Raddack) "Gladstone," established a grocery store around 1910 on Summer and Woodside Streets in Stamford, Connecticut. It was subsequently operated by my Aunts Esther, Ruthie, and Fanny. How I miss them so.

I grew up in Stamford, Connecticut and as a young girl was interested in genealogy. My mother's father's and mother's mother's families has been in lower New England and New York since the 1600's. Most of my mother's ancestors were English, Dutch, or German; they worked as farmers or tradesmen within Fairfield County, Connecticut and in the Sullivan and Ulster counties of New York. Several ancestors were the original settlers of Hartford, Ridgefield, and Greenwich. My father's family were from Russia; they emigrated to New York before the 1900's. My grandfather, Ike (Redak/Raddack) "Gladstone," established a grocery store around 1910 on Summer and Woodside Streets in Stamford, Connecticut. It was subsequently operated by my Aunts Esther, Ruthie, and Fanny. How I miss them so.