[T1S1] parents' birth and background in Lithuania; immigration to the United States around 1881; family residences in Shenandoah and Punxsutawney, PA; experiences with anti-Semitism; her siblings and their places of birth; residence in Punxsutawney until her marriage; environment in her parents' home; religious education in the home; organizing a Jewish Sunday school at age fifteen; father founds a congregation in Punxsutawney; musical studies; grandparents' background in Russia; interests in high school; brief discussion of her sister, Manilla Aberson, a concert musician; social activities centered around the home; attending dances sponsored by the Ladies Aid Society; her brothers' professions; courtship and marriage to first husband, William Sivitz; her husband's family background; her husband's career as a scientist; his employment with Standard Chemical Company; his education at Carnegie Mellon University; his work in New Kensington, PA at an aluminum company.
