THE AUTOBIOGRAPHIC DIARIES WRITTEN BY SAMUIL YAKOVLEVICH PERVIN

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   Samuil's mother had a son and a daughter from her previous marriage.  A series of discovery made by the Pittsburgh Pervin family confirmed that their first immigrant Zeb William Pervin (1855-1921) happened to be the half brother of Samuil Yakovlevitch.

   Samuil was writing his autobiographic diary.  The diary was kept at a summer cottage in a suburban town of Moscow after his death by his grandchild, Mary, daughter of Evsey Pervin.  By the courtesy of Yuri A. Pervin, a portion of the Samuil's writings has been excerpted here.  The Russian text has been published in the PC disk by Marina, a daughter of Mary and is one of the grand daughters of Evsey.

   The Pervin Tree also offers the English text, which will be available by clicking on the button below.      

  English Version

 The photo named "Water Carrier" at the left is excerpted from the web-site "Beyond The Pale" made by Joke Kniesmeijer.  The photo was one of a series of picture postcards depicting life in the Pale of Settlement.  Its caption states as follows:

 "A water carrier.  Most city in the Pale of Settlement had no other form of water distribution than by water carrier.  According to the 1898 census there were still 5,378 water carriers in the Pale"

        Самуил  Яковлевич Первин       

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