Edith Alpert Gold

Edith Alpert Gold (September12, ) was the daughter of Louis H. Alpert and Bella Levit (born Mandeles). Edith may have been a babe in arms (1908) when her parents immigrated to the United States from Odessa, Russia. Louis Alpert was born in 1870 in Russia and died April 26, 1947. Bella was born in 1870 in Russia and died June 6, 1941 in Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio and was buried June 8, 1941. Bella’s parents were Yerusham Mandalis and Libby Mandalis (Mandeles?). In 1940, Louis lived in Holidays Cove,Hancock County, West Virginia

Edith (from Akron, Ohio) married Melvin H. Goldstein (born May 21 or April 6, 1906 and died April 3, 1953 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio and was buried in the Mayfield Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, Ohio) on November 10, 1929 (who changed their last name to Gold sometime following the birth of their daughter, but not earlier than the 1940 Census) in Summit County, Ohio and they had two children, Richard (December 10, 1930- September 19, 2018) and Lora (March 14, 1934). Edith had a brother, Meyer Alpert who was born in 1908 in Russia. In 1935, Louis was living at 3300 Orchard Street, Holidays Cove, Butler, Hancock, West Virginia. Meyer was married to Ruth Alpert, who was 25 at the time of the 1940 Census.

Edith supported her husband’s work in his pharmacy by taking care of the home and children while Melvin worked long hours each day. At one point, Edith purchased a two family home in which the Zolton and Josza Taubner lived on the first floor and Edith lived on the second. The relationship did not work out and the Taubners moved out. Edith sold the home and lived in an apartment for her remaining years. Edith loved her grandchildren and always welcomed them in her home. I was able to spend a week or so with her around the time of my 8th birthday and had great time. She made me milkshakes, took me to see the Pink Panther movie, bought me a pair of cowboy boots and a jacket with the names of all the baseball teams on the back. Unfortunately, Grandma Edith suffered from some paranoid type issues that made her life more difficult. I made sure she knew I was going ask Barb to marry me before she died.

Richard married Erica Taubner and they had two children, Marilyn and Allen. Erica’s parents lived with them until their deaths. Zoltan (April 27, 1901-July 1987) and Jozsa Taubner survived the Holocaust in Budapest but Zoltan managed to escape a Nazi death march. After the end of World War II, the Taubner family was unable to immigrate directly to the United States and wound up living in Cuba. The Cuban government did not allow them to work while in Cuba so they had no idea how lengthy would need to survive there before being allowed to enter the U.S. Erica won a lottery which helped her family immensely.