Tag #146668 - Interview #78109 (Naum Kravets)

My grandfather, their only son, was born after Peter's death. I don't know exactly when he was born, it was in the 1860s. Great-grandmother named her son Peter [common name] [2] after her husband, the deceased father. His Jewish name was Pinhas. Great-grandmother had enough money to get by, and when Grandfather became adolescent, she sent him to study in Odessa [3]. Grandfather became the apprentice of a merchant [of Guild I] [4] who sold fabric. He became an expert in fabric; he was especially knowledgeable about woolen cloths.

Grandpa came back to Uman and started working for a Polish merchant as an appraiser.