Oklander Family

Dear Judy,

My grandmother was also Oklander, Sonja, also born in August, 1910 or so, in Bessarabia. Her father was Ruvin, she had two sisters - Eva and Zhenia and a brother Booma, who died very young. My grandparent were killed by Nazis on the way to the concentration camp. My granny and her sisters moved to the former USSR, where they lived most of their lives and died in 70-80. Myself and my mom, whose maiden name was also Oklander at same point, live in Moscow.

Does that ring the bells? Where were your grandmother and father born?

Irina Grogan

My e-mail address is irina_grogan@hotmail.com and I do live in Moscow. Grogan is the name I got after having got married to my Irish husband. It's not a very common name in Ireland, but not as common as Kelly or Ryan indeed.

My grandmother's maiden name was Aiklender. She was born in Zhitomir, Ukraine, in 1908, daughter to Solomon Aiklender and Anita Leibovich. I would like to get in touch with everyone having this surname. Thank you. My e-mail is fernandokla@gmail.com