Dedication & Overview
Detailed CONTENTS

  CASSORLA FAMILIES
Elias Cassorla
Jeoshua Cassorla
Red Cassorla
Babe Cassorla
Moïse Cassorla

  RELATED FAMILIES
Rahamim Calderón
Menachem Aroesty
Baker Family

  RESOURCES
Family Recipes
Sephardic Resources

  MEMORIAL
Memorial Calendar
Lost in the Shoah

  PLACES
Monastir
Cazorla, the place

Notes, annotations
Languages

The Rahamim Calderón Family Tree

This section of the site is dedicated to the preservation of the memory of Rahamim Calderón of Monastir, and his descendants.

We do not know much about Rahamim. We trace back to him only by knowing his bohor, Perets/Peretz who settled in the United States, and died an untimely death of natural causes. Other members of the family emigrated to Palestine, settling mainly in Jerusalem, where some descendants still live.

In Monastir, the family seems to have been known as the family of Avram Perica. The name being a reference to a beautiful pear tree which grew in their yard. Avram may have been Rahamim's father.

• *Rahamim (ben Avram ? ) - m. [ ?? ]
  • *Perets (bohor) -m. *Miriam/Mary (Buena) bat Leah Testa. Their wedding photo.
    For a summary of his life as it was memorialized at the time of his death, see the transcription of his obituary, below.
    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, that was her name.
    • Rahamim (Ray/Rochman) - m. Betty (Rebecca)
    • Molly (Mazal Tov) - m.
    • Lillian (Leah) - m. Morris (Moshe) Cassorla
      (Recent picture. 25.6K)
      (Follow this trail to see Morris's place in the Elias Cassorla Family Tree.)
      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) photo - 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) photo - 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) photo
          • Jessica Robin (Yocheved Rachel) photo
        • Mark (Moshe) [PhD] - m. Kate ('Zipora bat Avraham) Clark
          (Recent picture. 67.4K)
          Kate is the second daughter of Dr Wallace Clark and Carol.
          • Dina
          • Meira
      • Peris (Peretz) [LCol USAFR(Ret)] - m. Lita J. Keller (mother Shirley)
        • Shira Lea
        • Louis Joseph
      • [Rabbi]Haim - m. Rachel Stacy [RN] (daughter of Robert Sherman Stacy and Audrey née Gray)
        He is currently the Rabbi of Temple Israel, the Valdosta Hebrew Congregation in Valdosta, GA.
        • Moshe Benjamin photo - m. Dina Pinkowski photo
          • Joseph Robert photo.
        • Tamar photo
        • Leah photo
        • Hadas photo
      {End of descendant lists for Lillian Calderon Cassorla, daughter of Perets and Miriam Calderon.}
    • Albert (Avraham) - m. Lorraine
    • Louis (Louie) - m. Lillian (Lilly)

Obituary of Perets Rahamim Calderón from La Vara

This obituary appeared in La Vara, the Spanish-Jewish Weekly published by The Sephardic Publishing Co., then of 7 Rivington St, New York City. At that time the masthead listed Albert Levy as the Editor and Albert J. Torres as the Business Manager. The obituary was published in three columns, each in a different language or script. The leftmost column was in Spañol, using Hebrew letters; the middle column was in Spañol, using Latin, or English letters; the right column was in English.

This section last updated November 16, 1997ce by Elie Cassorla from material provided by several family members.

If you are related either by descent or marriage to this family (Rahamim Calderón), or if you have relevant information which would supplement or correct what's here, and would like to contribute, send e-mail to:

elie@jump.net

The Baker Family Tree

• Shabetay Baker - m. Streya (Estrella) Colonomos
  • Sara "Sarica" "Sirky" - m. Gabriel "Red" Cassorla
  • Carl
  • Solly
  • Dora -m. Al Levy

This section last updated XXXce by YYY ZZZ from material provided by several family members.

If you are related either by descent or marriage to this Baker family, or if you have relevant information which would supplement or correct what's here, and would like to contribute, send e-mail to:

elie@jump.net