Tag #127819 - Interview #97497 (Sami Schilton)

My father had three siblings.  The first was Yomtov Schilton, who was born in Bursa.  He married Rita Danon and they had two sons, Alber and Mishel Schilton.  Yomtov was in the stock exchange and was very well off.  However, I don’t remember exactly when, there was a crisis at the stock exchange once and he lost heavily.  I remember, he went to Paris in a panic, on his own.  His wife and sons stayed with us while he was in Paris.  They stayed with us for 2 years.  During that time, my uncle Yomtov went into the insurance business.  When he ameliorated his situation, his family went to Paris, too.  Then he had a daughter there, Suzi Schilton.  Yomtov died in Paris, but I do not know when.

My father’s sister, Luiza Abuaf (nee Schilton) was also born in Bursa.  She married Salamon Abuaf.  Salamon Abuaf had been born in Istanbul.  They had two daughters, Sara and Fortune.  Luiza died in Istanbul and her husband, Salamon died in Izmir.

Yet another brother of my father’s was Viktor Schilton.  He was born in Bursa and married a girl called Cecille Leibowitz.  They had three children: Nina, Bernar, and Alfred.  After Nina got married, her husband’s business did not go well, so they left and went to settle in Mexico.  Alfred wanted to live in Brazil and he went and settled there and married there.  As to Bernar, he lived in Istanbul and became a businessman.  My uncle Viktor went to live with his daughter in Mexico after his wife, Cecille died.  He died in Mexico.