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The family secret behind granddad's desk calendar
A surprising artifact discovered after a parent's death leads to a series of discoveries and an ongoing interest in genealogy.
October 1937 – August 2006
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Rezekne to Rostov to Albany
The Tulbowitz/Ratner family originated in the Vitebsk region, lived for decades near Rostov-on-Don, and finally settled in Albany, New York.
1818 – 12 AUG 2002
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The Ruby-Rustad experiment — what went wrong?
How and why did Stan Ruby's important post-graduate research go wrong, and what impact did it have on his career in physics?
19 JUL 1924 – 18 OCT 2004
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The Wohlgemuths in Danzig — and how they got there
Before moving his family to Berlin in 1912, Isaak Wohlgemuth prospered as a mover in Danzig. His family roots were in nearby West Prussia.
1880 – 1920
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The Rabinowitz family in Jewish Harlem
Joseph and Lena Rabinowitz were Russian immigrants who ran a corner grocery in Jewish Harlem. Their nine children were native Americans.
1890 – 1950
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Stan finds love outside of a 10-block radius
Home from the war, Stan Ruby is a graduate student at Columbia. His bride, Helga Ringel, is a smart, pretty war refugee from Berlin.
1947 – 2005
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The Ringels in Berlin — the Nazi years
During the first five years of Hitler's reign of terror, Jewish families of Berlin faced one repression after another.
1933 – 1938
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Abe Ratner in the seltzer business
The Ratner family became established in the Fifth Ward of Albany, N.Y. Abe bottled soda water and Rose nurtured a brood of children.
1890 – 1950
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Walter Ruby and the Carioca Cooler
The U.S. liquor industry took off after the repeal of Prohibition. Walter Ruby was the marketing manager for American Spirits.
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Roaring Twenties — young man on the make
Walter Ruby hustled his way as a traveling silver salesman, with some career side trips into boxing promotion and medicinal alcohol.
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Mossbauer man — Stan makes his mark in physics
Stan's innovations in Mossbauer spectroscopy.
1958 – 1996
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The corkscrew on eBay — sourcing family artifacts
Out of the files of the U.S. Patent Office and into the peculiar subculture of corkscrew collectors.
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Grad-student life in a packet of letters
Stan maintained correspondence with his closest high school and Army buddies, several of whom went on to prominent careers.
1947 – 1951
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Ringel vs. Ruby in World War I
Herman Ringel and Walter Ruby wore opposing uniforms in the Great War.
1914 – 1918
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Lest we forget — Ringel Holocaust testimony
Rosa Shatner, née Ringel, and her lovely daughter Margot perished in a Serbian death camp. In 1957, Rosa's son Ze'ev Sharon gave testimony.
1943 – 1943
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Wild goose chase — an accident in Jersey City
A newspaper clipping placed Walter Ruby on the scene of an automobile wreck in Hudson County, N.J. Not every lead pans out.
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Sidney Kessler and American Spirits
Walter Ruby's boss in the liquor business became an influential figure in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Our Ruby name — why did Walter choose it?
When and why did Walter Rabinowitz take on our abbreviated last name? It was 1917, months after the death of his father Joseph..
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Our Ruby name — sullied in Dallas
Lee Harvey Oswald-killer Jack Ruby was not related to our family. He tarnished our name in the history books.
November 25, 1963 – November 25, 1963
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