The document summarizes the author's family history over several centuries, including: 1) Many ancestors immigrated to New York in the early 1900s from places like Poland, Ireland, and Russia. 2) The author's great-great grandmother was exiled to Siberia in the early 1900s for firebombing a theatre but was freed during a mass pardon. 3) The author's Jewish family from Poland and Russia were greatly impacted by the Holocaust in the 1930s and 1940s.

1. Farmers, Doctors, Sheriffs, Criminals, Teachers, Mobsters, Canadians,
Southerners, Polish, Irishmen, Christians and Jews……

2. And out of all this…

3. A star was born!

4. Rowing
Though I am not currently a
member of the Asheville
Youth Rowing Association, I
was part of it for over half of
my high school career and
was committed to it year
long. Unlike most sports,
there are seasons in the
spring and the fall and the
off seasons are still full of
practices. I made extremely
close friends and learned a
lot of valuable life lessons
from rowing.
2000 BC 1400s BC 1624
The founding of New York
Domesticated Both of my parents were
cats in Egypt born in New York, and 3 of
4000 years ago their parents were born in
the Egyptians New York. My great
owned and grandfather Donahue helped
cherished felines. in the construction of the
Empire State Building. My
They are the great grandfather Dreisen
most beautiful was in the mafia and during
creatures on the 1920s, he would
earth and are transport liquor from Florida
truly man's best to Brooklyn. Many of my
friend. I love my ancestors came in through
Ellis Island from different
cats more than I
parts of Europe.
love people.

5. Immigration from
Europe in the
early twentieth
century
Much of my family
immigrated in the
early 1900s from
Poland and
Ireland. I am
proud of this
diverse heritage
and would like to
learn more about
1763 it.
1904
The birth of Alexei
The founding of Cape Early 1900s Nikolaevich- 1904
Breton, Nova Scotia
My great great
My great great
Grandmother Rose Weiss
grandfather was born
was exiled to Siberia in
here and his grandson
the early twentieth century
(my grandpa) inherited
because she fire bombed
land from him. My
a theatre where a policital
mom and her sisters
leader was. She was a
now own the land and
socialist. While in exile,
we have lots of
the czar of Russia had a
extended family living
son and in celebration of
in Cape Breton. I'll be
his son's birth, he freed all
visiting there this
exiles under the age of
summer with all of my
21. Rose then immigrated
cousins!
to New York City. I get
part of my name from her!

6. The Holocaust- 1930s
through the 1940s
The Koenigs,
Dreisens, and
Weisses came from
Poland and Russia, so
they were greatly
affected by the
Holocaust. This side
of my family is Jewish
and was persecuted
and oppressed.
1915 1930s -1940s 1950s -1960s
My great great Grandmother
Patrick died, and so did her
infant daughter. Her mother
also died this year and her
My Grandpa Jack was
husband (my great great
Grandfather Patrick) killed a teacher in Harlem
himself, as did his brother. during this time and
This series of deaths left my had majored in black
great grandmother an infant history. I think his love
along with her three siblings. for black history, civil
Luckily, my great
rights, and current
grandmother was too young
to remember much about it, world events helped to
but all of her siblings were make me interested in
severely traumatized.
these things also.

7. Immigration Map
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