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Three sisters

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Today I'll pay a tribute to the 3 daughters of Alberto and Berta Peissahk. One of them is my mother. Rosa, the elder, Marieta, the second one, and Ester, the younger, were born in 4 years intervals. Their stories have misteries and facts we don't know clearly until now. In this picture, Berta is with her 3 daughters in Brazil, as we see in a beautiful hand coloured studio picture. Berta used to sew the daughter's dresses and we can conclude she also made her own gown. Marieta and Ester have the same model dress, clearly hand made. In the pictures below, the three sisters Rosa, Marieta and Ester in different dates. Wearing the same dress model... Rosa, the elder, was born in London, in 30th June of 1926.  A document  obtained in London archives tells that she was born at home and her name originally was Minnie, the same as her grandmother. She hated the name Minnie, and in some moment we don't know exactly when, she turned to the name of Ro...