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We are Immigrants

We are…Immigrants

 

“We were on the way south, where we were to enter a new world…where all the stories we had been hearing about America would become real.”

Min Munich Klein, Oxford

 

About the Lipman Family

Sam Lipman emigrated from Lithuania in 1885 and sold goods from a horse-drawn cart in Trenton, North Carolina. He eventually opened a dry goods store in New Bern, married Jennie Yoffie, and had three sons: Harry, Adolph, and Benjamin. He later opened a second store in New Bern that was run by his son Harry. Sam Lipman also sponsored his nephew, Joe, to come to New Bern. Joe opened a furniture store and married Celia Passman of Baltimore in 1911 [see image below]. They had a son, Elbert, who eventually went into the family business, which became known as Joe Lipman and Son Furniture. The store remained in business in New Bern for many decades, until it finally closed after the Twin Rivers Mall opened.

– From Institute of Southern Jewish Life, "Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities," para. 8, http://www.isjl.org/history/archive/nc/newbern.html.

Wedding of Joseph Lipman and Celia Passman, New Bern, 1911, Photo Courtesy of Elbert Lipman
Wedding of Joseph Lipman and Celia Passman, New Bern, 1911, Photo Courtesy of Elbert Lipman
Wedding of Joseph Lipman and Celia Passman, New Bern, 1911, Photo Courtesy of Elbert Lipman
Close-up of Joseph Lipman and Celia Passman Wedding, New Bern, 1911