Another interesting story with a “Megan” connection… Following is an except from the original found in the July 8, 2010 edition of the New York Times.
You can find just about anything on the sidewalks of New York, so when John Lankenau
happened upon a tombstone while walking his dog one night a few years ago, he took his grim discovery in stride. Then he did what any self-respecting citizen would do: He carted the two-and-a-half-foot-high granite marker, which weighed several hundred pounds, home for safe-keeping…
How did a tombstone wind up propped against a fire hydrant on East Fourth Street between Avenues C and D?
And who was Hinda Amchanitzky?
She was 87 when she died, according to the stone. The date was May 15, 1910, when the Lower East Side was the most densely populated spot on the planet, and 41 percent of the city’s residents were foreign-born…
Thanks to Pat Morrow for the “heads up” on this one.
This woman could be a relative. The tombstone gives the name of her father and her husband, both of those names are common in our family. Any further information as to when she arrived in the USA, how and with whom would be greatly appreciated, as would any other information about her”line” as it may well be a parallel one to mine. My grandparents arrived in the USA from the Ukraine via Hamberg in 1906 and we know of no relatives here before that.