Isadore Press was born in Vyshnivetz around 1882 and Rebecca Plotka was born in Kolodne in 1885 (Both are in Ukraine today). They married, surreptitiously crossed the border to Austria-Hungary where Rachel was born in 1905, and made their way to Delancey Street on the lower east side of Manhattan where Joe, Harry, and David were born. The next stop was Bay Minette, Alabama, and finally Pasadena, California.
