Evelyn Finn (Korim) - Immigration to USA

William Finn
This is the story of my father's mother's immigration:
My grandmother, Evelyn (Eva) (Chava) Korim, grew up in Debeik, Lithuania, a small shtetl. Her intended, my grandfather, William (Vulf) Finn immigrated to Boston to be with his siblings, around 1920. His oldest sibling was 20 years his senior and many had already immigrated. Two of his siblings who never immigrated perished in the Shoah. It took Vulf 2 years to secure an immigration visa for Eva with the help of a local attorney, she was able to secure a student visa. Upon arrival at Ellis Island she was detained and then released. The two immediately married, a year later my father was born. Alas, the student visa was only good for 3 years and she had to leave the country to get an immigration visa. She traveled to Canada (apparently leaving her toddler son, my father. behind) and successfully re-entered the US with an appropriate visa through Vermont. The date of birth of my uncle Harold, her second child, reveals that she was pregnant in her first trimester upon her second immigration. She never left the US for the rest of her life. Vulf was an ardent zionist, and wanted to make Aliyah. He bought a share in a Moshav. Eva would not go. Therefore, he gave his share as a wedding present to a niece or nephew, whose descendents still operate the property.

The moshav was named Beit Charut, north of Netanya 6.8 km (per Saul Kerem). Given to Sarah Berger's daughter Yael upon marriage to Mishka Wofl. The moshav raised turkeys and fish.