Hello Dixie,
We messaged for a little while and I sort of dropped out when a contemplated trip to Oklahoma seemed to be taking a life of its own. At the time Jenifer was pregnant and "short of funds"; then her brothers and my nephews wanted to join in and I was advised they had no money. I'm not weathy and had not seen these children of my brother in about ten years so I didn't feel like making the financial sacrifice.
So that's what happened to me. I hope you are well. As I recall you are the daughter of my Uncle Gene as I think his wife's name was Sylvia. Fill me in.
I am particularly interested in learning if Aaron Ezekiel had any connection with the crypto Jews of Mexico. My mother, Pauline Marie Ezekiel, (born 1910) often talked of his trip to his land in Mexico. She said it was lost in the Mexican revoluntion. --Might he have inherited this land for it has always struck me as very odd that a poor man who did not speak Spanish would have purchased land in Mexico. During those times even a trip to check on the land would have been lengthy and dangerous. If it were passed down it make a little more sense.
Does anyone know how and when the Ezekiels came to Alabama? Has any one seen any immigration records or perhaps did they drift from the then Spanish Colony of Mexico which would have left no immigration records.
Also, my older sister Ruby (born 1931 ) says that my mother had some books in Hebrew that also had a few engravings in them. Ruby says that she remembers them vividly because there was a scene of torture. Seemingly these books disappeared from the house just before or during World War II.
Right now I am recovering from surgery so I'm on and off the computer.
With kindness,
Elizabeth