For those who are related to the Martin H. Alpert family of Westhampton Beach, I would like to let you know I have made substantial progress in finding information about his family but need some help in finding some of his relatives.

Briefly, his father's name was Yankel (Jacob) Alperowicz (spelling of ending varies). His mother's name was possibly Taube or Tobey. He was born in Kurenets in Vilna Gubernia, which is now in Belarus.

His oldest sister, Basia, married Mordechai Ancelevicz and moved to Smorgon (also Vilna Gubernia). He had two other sisters, Fanny (Feige) and Ida (Ette). It is possible that the two younger sisters were living in Smorgon before emigrating to the U.S. Basia stayed behind and remarried when Mordechai died and eventually moved to Palestine. Mordechai and Basia Ancelevicz's descendents now lives in Hadera, Israel and also in Brazil.

When Martin (Morris/Moische) Alperowicz came to the U.S. at age 15, he went to his Uncle's home in Shenandoah, PA. His uncle's name was Simon Levine, but the original family name was most likely Lewitan. They had a large family, 9 children, but only about 7 of them were living in Shenandoah.

By 1910, most of the Simon Levine family moved to Norfolk, VA. A daughter, Kate, married Hyman (Harry) D. Kanter and had a daughter, possibly named Margaret who was born about 1920. Kate had two brothers who lived with her in the 1930's, Phillip and Harry H. Levine. I believe Phillip had a clothing store in Norfolk and Harry may have been a dentist. Other Levine sons names were Lial (Isaac L.) and Abe. Another daughter's name was Kohe.

I am searching for descendents of Kate and Harry D. Kanter as well as descendents of the Simon Levine Family.

I am also searching for other relatives of Martin H. Alpert with the last name of Fogelson, who lived possibly in East Orange, New Jersey.