• Dora Testa -m. Aaron Finger
  Had a furniture business in Houston.

  When I was about 10 years old, Dora Testa Finger was introduced to me as my father's first cousin. She visited my grandmother, Luna Calderon in Williamsburgh, Brooklyn and was the rich relative from Texas who allowed us to drink all the Coca Cola we wanted!!
  Recollection contributed by Marcia Calderon Berretta

  • Relda Maxine Finger -m. Edward Joseph "Jodie" Hoffer,
    (4 children)
  • Alan Stuart Finger -m. [??]
    (3 children)
• Pearl Testa

• Jack Calderon -m. [??]
  Jack passed away relatively young...before his mother.
  [Martha's Vineyard]
  • [daughter]
  • [son]
• Mary Calderon -m. Jack Marash
  • Sandra Marash -m. Larry Klein
    • Nancy Klein -m. [??]
      • [??]
      • [??]
    • Brad Klein
  • [son]
• Sam Calderon -m. Ida Weiner
  This couple had two children, Larry and Ari (formerly Irving)
  • Lawrence ("Larry") Calderon -m. Barbara Ellen Solomon
    Larry Calderon has three children plus some step children and five grandchildren and counting.
    • Lewis S. Calderon, Esq. -m. (1) Melissa Nitsun
      Lewis was named in honor of his grandfather Sam's mother, Luna.
      • Etti Batya Calderon
      • Chaya Rochel Calderon
    •   [Lewis]   -m. (2) Anna Vayner
      • Bridgette Calderon
      • Shaina Rina Calderon
      • Raphael Yirachmiel Calderon
    • David Jay Calderon
    • Bruce Robert Calderon, Esq. -m. Robin
  • Ari (formerly Irving) Calderon -m. Perre Bernstein
    Ari has three children and five grandchildren.
    • Batya Calderon -m. John McKinley
      • Shane McKinley
      • Josh McKinley
      • Justin McKinley
    • Eytan Calderon -m. Jodie Kaplan
      • Stone Calderon
      • Clay Calderon
    • Dov Calderon
• Annie Calderon -m. Andy [??]
  • Judy
    [New York]
  • [??]
• Izzie Calderon -m. Betty Silverman
  • Benjamin Robert Calderon
    [Brooklyn, NY]
  • Marcia Calderon -m. Kenneth Berretta
    [Houston, TX]
    • Gregg Jason Berretta -m. Maya Pianka
      [Seattle, WA]
      • Isabella Jordan Berretta
    • Kelly Anne Berretta
      [Seattle, WA]
  • Linda Calderon
    [Tampa, FL]
  • Stella Calderon -m. [??] Ryder
    [Houston, TX]

In Monastir, this Testa family was known as the family of Avram Perica. The name being a reference to a beautiful pear tree which grew in their yard.
Avram "Perica" had two wives. His first wife, Leah, also known as "Se'h'ula," apparently divorced him and emigrated to ha'Aretz -then called Palestine. According to family lore, Avram did not treat her well, which drove her to leave him and go to Yerushalayim. The children named below are hers. Avram re-married, to Struga. Although they lived in los cortijos, the more modest part of town, Avram apparently had a successful business as a maledjí--he would buy the homes and possessions of emigrating families and resell them.
His [second] wife, Struga, would bring his mid-morning papika, to the bazar. He sang her praises with a little ditty: "kak-u Struga, ne madruga" (like my Struga, there is no other).
Papika was a sort of porridge made with pieces of old bread, and queso, flavored with salmura de queso--the briny water of the queso.
Recollections from the 1920's provided by Rabbi Morris Cassorla.
 
Listed here, are both
— the children of Avram and Leah Testa which she took with her to Palestine: Luna Testa and up to six or seven others [??].
— those whom she had earlier sent to the US: Rahamin, and Buena. This was done apparently because Rahamin was at the age which he would have been conscripted.
 
Two children of Avram and Leah Testa came to the U.S. aboard the Argentina which left Patras, in Greece, on August 11, 1913, and arrived at Ellis Island August 30, 1913. Rahamin (age 17) and Buena (age 16). Traveling with them is their 25 year old cousin Sarah Testa, who is listed as a "housewife." She may be coming to be re-united with her husband.

• *Luna Testa -m. [??] Ishai
  • Nehama Ishai -m. Victoria [??]
    • Avram Ishai -m. Varda [??]
      A lawyer. Emigrated to the US. [Columbus, OH]
      • Smadar Ishai -m. Steven Import
        • [??]
        • [??]
      • [??]
    • Yaacov Ishai -m. BatSheva [??]
    • [daughter]
    • [daughter]
    • Mark Ishai -m. Sarah [??]
      Emigrated to the US, married here, had a driving school in Brooklyn, raised a family...[Florida].
      • [son]
      • [son]
  • Isaac Ishai -m. Batya [??]
  • Perla Ishai -m. Yakov Banna
    • Avram Banna -m. [??]
      [Australia]
      • [daughter]
    • Levana Banna -m. Hesky Abramovitz
      • [son]
      • Sharon Abramovitz
      • [??] Abramovitz
    • Baruch Banna -m. [??]
    • Ehud Banna
      [California]
  • Matilda Ishai -m. Yair [??]
  • Moshe Ishai -m. [??]
    • Avram -m. [??]
      • [son] -m. [??]
    • [??]
• *Rahamim Testa -m. Allegra Levy
  She was always known by her relatives as "Tía Alegre"
  • Avram Testa -m. [??]
    In his youth, he was know as "Avramico" or "Tico".
    [Niagara Falls, NY]
    • [??] Testa
    • [??] Testa
  • Lily Testa -m. Murray Isaacson
    For many years, Murray had a successful precious and semi-precious metals plating business "to the trade" in Manhattan.
    • Alice Isaacson -m. [??]
      • [??]
      • [??]
  • Louie Testa -m. Tina [??]
  • Dorothy Testa -m. [??]
    • [??]
• *Miriam/Mary (Buena) Testa -m. *Perets ("Bohor") Rahamim Calderón.
  Follow this trail to see this family in relation to the Rahamim Calderón family.
  Family lore has it that Buena was named by the midwife. Her mother apparently had several stillbirths or otherwise had lost the children. But when Miriam was born, the midwife observed her robust vitality and pronounced "Esta es buena!" From then on, Buena was her name. She was sent away to the US at the tender age of 16, in the care of her older brother, Rachamim Testa, together with their father's sister, their Tía Luna. Luna, coincidentally, also married a Monastirli named Yuda Calderón. But the husbands of these two Testa women, though having the same surname, were not related.
  • Molly (Mazal Tov) Calderon - m. (1) Joe Suretsky
    • Morris Calderon - m. [??]
      • [??]
      • [??]
      • [??]
    • Rosalind "Roz" Calderon - m. [??] Jurman
      [Margate, Florida]
      • [??]
      • [??]
  • [Molly] - m. (2) George Perschitz
  • Lillian (Leah) Calderon - m. Morris (Moshe) Cassorla
    Morris was a son of Haham Bohor Haim Elias Cassorla and Vida.
    Known in the family variously as Moïse, Moshi, or Moshón, he was the fifth of Haham Bohor's children.
    First job in the US was with Ontario Cap Co of Rochester NY. Did business for many years in New York City as Jerry Sportswear, manufacturer of ladies' sportswear.
    • Elie (Eliyahu) Cassorla -m. Judith Evans (Yocheved bat Mordechai haCohen v'Hana) Nash

      As the first-born, I remember always being introduced by my father as: This is my bohor. For a long time I thought my name was actually my bohor.
      Provided by Elie Cassorla

      Judy's mother was born Migden. The Migden family, though Ashkenazic, believes their name to be derived from Macedon. (In Greek, the word is spelled with a kappa, giving rise to, for example, the place name Mukden, in Asia, in honor of Alexander, the Macedonian conqueror.)

      • Jonathan (Yonah) Cassorla -m. Alison (Hana bat Ephraim) Fields
        Alison is the second daughter of Fred (Ephraim ben Yitzhak) Fields (originally Fidelholtz) and Irene (née Rothfeder).
        • Erica Anne (Yisraela) Cassorla
        • Jessica Robin (Yocheved Rachel)
      • [PhD]Mark (Moshe) Cassorla -m. Kate ('Zipora bat Avraham) Clark
        Kate is the second daughter of Dr Wallace Clark and Carol.
        • Dina Cassorla
        • Meira Cassorla
        • Eliyahu Cassorla
    • Peris (Peretz) Cassorla [LCol USAFR(Ret)] -m. Lita J. Keller (mother Shirley)
      • Shira Lea Cassorla -m. Mike Thompson
        • Amber Nicole Thompson
      • Louis Joseph Cassorla
    • [Rabbi]Haim Cassorla -m. Rachel Stacy [RN]
      Rachel is the daughter of Robert Sherman Stacy and Audrey (née Gray).
      Haim is currently the Rabbi of Moses Montefiore Synagogue in Appleton, WI.
      • Moshe Benjamin Cassorla -m. Dina Pinkowski
        • Joseph Robert Cassorla
      • Tamar Cassorla
        • Oren
      • Leah Cassorla
      • Hadas Cassorla -m. Roberto Aguilar
  {End of descendant lists for Lillian Calderon Cassorla, daughter of Perets and Miriam Calderon.}
  • Rahamim (Ray/Rochman) Calderon - m. Betty (Rebecca) Salerno
    Betty was orphaned at a young age, and was brought up by an aunt.
    • Regina Calderon - m. (1) Gershon Lemberger
      [Previously of San Bruno, California]
      • Bertha Lemberger -m. [??] Briscoe
        • Rebecca M. Briscoe
      • Rahamen Lemberger
      • Clarese Lemberger
    • [Regina] - m. (2) Hans Krause
      Regina and Hans—only recently married—perished together tragically in an auto accident, on March 2, 2003.
    • Perris Calderon -m. Susan Marshall
      [Texas]
      My maiden name was Marshall. I have found out that the Marquis (Markee, Markie) family, my paternal grandmother's side, are registered Sephardic Jews in Spain. They had left during the Inquisition for England/Scotland and arrived in the USA as Methodists. I was not a Methodist! I followed my Jewish roots as a teenager and was fortunate enough to meet Perry. It's funny/odd how life eventually comes full circle.
      • Beth Calderon
        [Boston, MA]
      • George Calderon
        [Texas]
    • Joseph Calderon - m. Carol [??]
      • Patricia Joy Calderon
  • Albert (Avraham) Calderon - m. Lorraine Cohen
    • Robin Calderon -m. [??]
      • [??]
      • Nicky
    • Perry Calderon -m. (1) [??]
      • [??]
    • [Perry] -m. (2) [??]
      • [??]
  • Louis (Louie) Calderon - m. Lily Hora
    [Lily was the daughter of Nissim and Palomba Hora.]
    They have been in the antiques business since the 1960s.
    • Benay Calderon
    • Paula Calderon -m. [??]
    • Perris Calderon
    • Benay Nina Calderon - m. Michael Karp
      Benay has a successful show-biz animal business. Visit it at www.benaysanimals.com.
      • Rachael Karp
      • Sarah Karp
      • Andrew Karp