The Silver, Gender & Baranoff Gallery
Bella Gender & Israel Gender . My great grand parents lived in Kings New York City U.S.A
Photographed at 36 Clipstone Street, London with the Silver family circa 1930. From the left Kitty, Esther,
Samuel , Jeanette ( my grandmother) , Betty and an unknown lady. the paintings behind the family are
Jeanette’s parents and my fathers grand parents . This photograph was my inspiration to learn more about
my great grand parents in America
From the left back row: Bernard Martin, Kitty Share, Betty Martin , Leah Silver, Gertrude Bright. Front row left: Rose
Bright , Simon Silver , Jeanette Silver and Helaine Share .
My father Samuel with his mother Jeanette .
This is a very treasured rare photo
My fathers parents. Simon and Jeanette Silver (nee Gender)
This photo taken in the late 1970's of my parents is one of the best of them
with the awful Renault 5 car they bought
Minnie and Sam out for a stroll in Central
London. Circa 1950
My fathers sister. Betty Martin ( nee
Silver) with husband Billy son Bernard.
My grand father Simon Silver wears the uniform of the
Durham Light Infantry while serving in Salonika Greece in WW1 .
He caught Malaria there which affected his health the rest of his life.
His profession was a tailor
Simon Silver 1919 Army discharge
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My father Samuel at work . He was a make up artist of
shop display fashion mannequins
This photo of my father Samuel was taken in
circa 1950.The room he is in was the old
lounge at Park Avenue North Willesden
London. If you look carefully you can see
Valerie Bright's photo in the background.
Samuel Silver in his later years. He
could dance really well and had a
good singing voice too
My fathers family lived in the middle of London's Westend. This was one of the last photographs of Clipstone
Street before the area changed forever. You can see the newly built post office tower on the skyline 1960’s
This photo of Israel Gender was sent by my
wonderful cousin in America Robert Baranoff.
Robert’s grand mother was Minnie Barinoff
(nee Gender) . Minnie was Bella & Israel’s
daughter. Robert and I always knew we were
related , but could not find the connection. The
Barinoff’s are an important members of my family
Minnie Gender
as a young girl
Minnie Baranoff (nee Gender)
Minnie & Meyer Baranoff
All aboard with left; William , Seymour , Minnie & Meyer Baranoff Circa late 1920’s
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Minnie & Meyer in later life
My father Samuel looked a lot like his grand father
My cousin Robert Barinoff . This photo was taken in the lounge at 89 Park Avenue Willesden Green London in the 1970’s
Robert’s parents visited us in 1969. Martha & Seymour Barinoff .
Photo taken at 89 Park Avenue Willesden Green London
Samuel , Martha Simon , Minnie & Seymour
Seymour drove us all to Cambridge for a visit .
Simon, Martha , Gertrude & Seymour
Simon, Minnie , Gertrude & Martha stand in front of Cambridge University
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