Yetta
Americannoun
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Her Jewish great-grandparents, Abraham Simon and Rhoda Yetta Freeman and their eight children, including Lill's grandmother Florrie, came to Newry in about 1890 from Kaunas in Lithuania, part of the then Russia.
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2021
She was a regular as feisty Grandma Yetta on the 1990s sitcom “The Nanny,” and in the early 1960s, played Millie Helper, Laura Petrie’s gabby pal, on the acclaimed “Van Dyke” series.
From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2016
Mondschein, whose father, Max, and mother, Yetta, were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, recalled how “to be in that place at that time and what it meant for Israel was thrilling.”
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2015
Ydanis Rodriguez, a Democratic City Councilmember from northern Manhattan, became one of those arrested, said Yetta Kurland, an attorney with the New York City Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, in an e-mailed news release.
From BusinessWeek • Nov. 16, 2011
He spoke with an accent, and his family connections consisted, principally, of being the son of Solomon and Yetta Bickel of Bucharest, Romania, by way, most recently, of Brooklyn.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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