Robert and Jessie Bloom Values Codes I – E – L – P Robert Bloom was born in 1878 in Siaulie, Lithuania. Jessie Spiro Bloom was born in 1887 in Dublin, Ireland. Along the way In 1895, Robert Bloom,after nine years in Dublin, Ireland, arrived at
Read more →Isadore (Ike) Bayles Values Codes I – E – L – P There was no one more committed to the welfare of his community than Ike Bayles and the community benefitted from his talents. Isadore Bayles was born in Libau, Lithuania in 1876, the youngest
Read more →Zachary Joshua Loussac Values Codes I – E – L – P Z. J. Loussac was Alaska’s first philanthropist. He was the first living Alaskan to turn over a good share of his wealth to his beloved land. He was the proud recipient of an honorary
Read more →Leopold David Values Codes I – E – L Leopold David was born in 1881 in Nordhausen, Germany. Along the way As a child, David’s parents brought him and his five siblings – Hannah, Dora, Clara, Martha and Max (d. 1901) – to America. They
Read more →William David Gross Values Codes I – E – L William David Gross was born in 1879 in Russia.* Along the way With his parents, William Gross traveled as a child to America, where they settled in Seattle, Washington. Alaska Before 1896, William Gross
Read more →Colonel Solomon Ripinsky Values Codes I – H – E – L Sol Ripinsky was born in 1859 in Ripin, Poland. Along the way In 1870, Sol Ripinsky journeyed to America, at the age of 11. He worked for a brother’s clothing store in Shreveport,
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