ESTER WAS ONE OF 14 CHILDREN IN THE STEINHAUER FAMILY. SHE APPARENTLY MARRIED A KAGAN. THOUGH I AM TOLD SHE DIED IN THE VILNA GHETTO IN LITHUANIA SHE HAD A SISTER, (CHIA SORA) SARAH AND A BROTHER BEYOMIN WHO IMMIGRATED TO SOUTH AFRICA. PERHAPS THERE IS A CONNECTION HERE? MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER WAS THEIR SISTER TZIPA (CELIA) WHO IMMIGRATED TO THE U.S.LATE 1890s - early 1900s