Some
of the Pervin family once lived in the south west region of Kiev,
Ukraine immigrated to Moscow in early 1900. They are the descendents
of Yakov Pervin, who was born around 1820's. His son, Samuil
Yakovlevitch (1861-1943) who was born in Beldichev, led his wife and
children in the Pales of Settlements from Zitomir to Vennitsia and
finally to the capital of the Soviet Union. He was a school
teacher.
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.