| Told By | Title | Family Story | Kathy Dever | Samuel Bruske | Nana's grandfather, Samuel Bruske, was a cigar maker. He came here from Holland in 1875. His wife was Deborah Plotsky from New York. | Kathy Dever | Nat Bruske's name change |
Nana's father (Nathan Bruske) was in the entertainment business (minstrel shows) and he didn't like using the Jewish name. So he had his name legally changed to Nathan Prescott from Nathan Bruske.
That's the story I was told.
So, Nana's brother would use his Frank Prescott name, but, for some reason, I remember seeing all his mail (we lived in the same house, different apartments in Dorchester) addressed to Samuel Bruske. >Nana never changed her name, because she knew she would marry or maybe she was already married when the family had their name legally changed By the way, her father worked for City Hall. That was his day job. He was a chauffeur for Mayor Curly.A very colorful Mayor....very popular. |
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| Kathleen Dever and Elizabeth Bonner MacMillan | Prescott genealogy | Eugenia Prescott's ancestors (includes access to Bruske link) |
| Kathy Dever | How to remember the sequence of Tom and Eugenia's kids | They had 2 boys (Tom and Fran), then 2 girls (Rita and Marie), 2 more boys (Buddy and Ken), then 2 more girls (Arlene and Kathy). .Also, a girl, Doris, was born after Marie in 1932, but she died from pneumonia at 6 months old. So Nana actually gave birth to 9 children! |