This past summer my uncle showed me the samovar from my grandmother (from Odessa), he had it restored. The inscription, To my children, Pearl & Louis, your father M. Olshanetsky, 1913. This inscription led me to months of searching through census and harassing my father for memories. I discovered his grandmother Pearl immigrated to Philadelphia with her maternal grandparents and 3 other siblings in 1904-What happened to her parents, we can only guess. At this time, I believe that the samovar was a wedding gift sent by her father from Odessa, Russia.
This past summer my uncle showed me the samovar from my grandmother (from Odessa), he had it restored. The inscription, To my children, Pearl & Louis, your father M. Olshanetsky, 1913. This inscription led me to months of searching through census and harassing my father for memories. I discovered his grandmother Pearl immigrated to Philadelphia with her maternal grandparents and 3 other siblings in 1904-What happened to her parents, we can only guess. At this time, I believe that the samovar was a wedding gift sent by her father from Odessa, Russia.