Dumes.Net
A website dedicated to the family of Chaim and Sadie Silk Dumes from Viski, Latvia
Dumes.Net
At the top of the tree are brothers Chaim (A), Jossel-Leib (B) and Schender (C). Each generation adds a letter; the letter represents your birth order, A for the 1st, B for the 2nd, etc.
So Sarah, first child of Chaim, is AA. Her husband, Jacob Kaplan, is Aa, the lower-case a indicating that he married into the Dumes family.
I've also used the lower-case letter for my two step-sons to indicate a non-bloodline Dumes relationship.
Freda's father
Marcus Fialco
b. 31 Jan 1862
d. 20 Nov 1931
Freda's mother
Chasha Portnoy
b. 31 Dec 1870
d. 17 Apr 1933
My Aunt Mildred told me that Freda's parents had some objection to her marrying my grandfather. I believe that was probably because Freda's family appear to be Cohen and my grandfather did not come from that class. But my grandfather got his way, as he did most of the time.
- Bruce Dumes