According to family lore, Basa would not leave Lithuania with Samuel because she had to care for her blind brother.
According to family lore, Basa did not want to cross the ocean. This may be why Samuel did not stay in the United States with his brother.
Probably is the “Base Grabovsky” listed in Nov. 22, 1896 Postal Bank Records in Jonava, Kaunaas, Kaunas. She was born in Zeimiai, maiden name GUTMAN. Her father may have been Iosel or Josel.
[19] This same woman had a son, Avraam-Iakov Grabovsky, born Jan 13, 1893, Jonava, Kaunas, Kaunas this women’s husband was Shebsel Grabovski, son of Itsek Grabowski. [LDS Microfilm 2331106/1, Lithuania Births, Archive LVIA 1226/1/2080 indexed on
www.jewishgen.org]
[20] Sailed from South Hampton, England to Cape Town, South Africa with her three children (Rosamond, Eva & Jacob/Jack). Arrived in Cape Town just after 22 Jan 1901. [Information provided by Eva Grabovski Simon.]
1929: At the time of her death, she was living at the Clairwood Hotel, Durban, South Africa.
(Note: need to be careful in going over Lithuanian records as there are at least four women named Basa Gutman,}