Aiken, South Carolina - 1905

 

Philip Selmonsky third from the right with the straw hat.

                                         Pauline Knyper Selmonsky with her children, Joe and Mary.

 

Story from Bette & Peter:

(Philip and Pauline's children oldest to youngest: Joe, Mary, Louise, Doris, Ethel and Willie)

 

When they left Warsaw, Poland, Philip and Pauline first went to England where Joe and Mary were born.

Then the family moved to South Carolina and joined a commune.  That's where Louise was born. 

But the commune failed and Pauline didn't like living on a farm, so the family moved to New York where Philip started a business making cords and tassels.  Doris, Ethel and Willie were all born in New York.