PERETZ or PEREZ KAPLAN known as Fritz or Frederick or Fred, born 1854, changed his name from KAPLAN to COPLAN. He and his wife Nehama and their two children emigrated in 1891 to America from Kiev. The family settled in St. Louis, MO. The passenger manifest listed the names of the children as Luraline and an infant Moses. However in the 1900 census Peretz is a widower with two children Lena and Louis. Louis birthdate is 1896. The 1910 census lists Peretz as married and his wife's name is Hannah or Anna and he has a number of children, all known to me. Hannah's maiden name was ICHKOWSKY or ICHKOVSKY or ITZKOWSKY or ITZKOVSKY. Peretz's father was MORDECAI KAPLAN. Peretz died in 1930. His wife Hannah died in 1940. Her father's name was AVRAHAM ICHKOWSKY or one of the derivatives. The ITCHKOWSKY'S also emigrated from Kiev. The first wife's maiden name was listed as one of the derivatives of ICHKOWSKY.