Grandma Zimbul was born in 1885, to Reyna and Mordehay Alkulumbre, in Turkey.

She married Grandpa Eliya Gambash in 1907, in Istanbul. They had four children: Fortune (Mazaltov), Mordo (Mordohay), Nisim (my father-in-law) and Regina.

Zimbul and Eliya Gambash
with their daughter Regina Gambash

Standing, from left: Nisim Gambash, Palomba Gambash, Regina Gambash

Sitting, from left: Zimbul Gambash, Jenny Gambash, Eliya Gambash, Elda Gambash

In 1953, Grandma Zimbul and Grandpa Eliya left Turkey and settled in Thonon-Les-Bains, France.

Grandma Zimbul passed away on May 14, 1955, in Thonon-Les-Bains, France. Her grave is in the Jewish cemetery of Veyrier (nearby Geneva, Switzerland). Name of the cemetery in French: Cimetière Israélite de Veyrier.

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