An American Family History

Esther Swentoslawski Morrison Fisher was born about 1888 in Klodawa, Poland. She was the daughter of Moishe Swentoslawski and Pearl Kolsky.

She maried Gustave Fisher. Esther's nephew, Ray Morrison, said he may have been in the necktie business. They had two children Paula Fisher Schuman and George Fisher.

According to Paula, the family was brought to Los Angeles from Poland as an eleventh hour rescue before World War II and they lived in a building owned by her brother, Isidor and another Landsman named Isidor Silver.

Gustave died in 1953 and Esther died in 1963.

World War II was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The Allies (United States, British Commonwealth countries, and the Soviet Union) fought against the Axis (Germany, Japan and Italy).