Moisey Goihberg's uncle Meyir Goihberg

My father's brother Meyir Goihberg. The photo was taken in New York in 1924. He sent us this photo from America. My grandfather Moisey and grandmother Zlata had 4 sons and a daughter. My father Iosif, the oldest, was born in 1893. Motia was born in 1895, Meyir in 1899, Zicia in 1903, and their sister Rachel was born in 1905. There was no school or cheder in Ivanovka and the children received their religious and secular education in Mohilev. The boys finished cheder and Russian elementary school. Rachel also went to the Russian school. This was all the education my father and his brothers got. But they were very intelligent people and achieved many successes in life although they didn't have a classical education. They spoke Yiddish at home and Ukrainian with their neighbors. My grandfather was killed by bandits of a gang in 1918. Around 1921 my grandmother moved to America with 3 of their sons and their daughter. They had crossed the Dnestr to Romania and from there left for America. I don't know whether they observed Jewish traditions in America. Motia and Meyir opened a small commission store in New York. Later, they expanded their business. By the time World War II started they owned two big stores. My grandmother Zlata lived with Meyir's family. She died in 1938. Motia had two children, a son and a daughter. His daughter fell from a horse in the 1930s and died. His son died in a car accident some time later. Motia died in the mid-1970s. Meyir's daughter inherited her father's business. Meyir died around 1978.