11/24/20

Jacob Yonkel Jeleń

Janet Yellen is an American economist who will become the US Secretary of the Treasury under the new President Joe Biden. 

Janet's father was Julius Yellen, and her grandfather was Jacob Yonkel Jeleń (Polish spelling of Yellen), who was born in 1876 in Sokołów Podlaski. The Jeleńs were bakers. At the end of the 19th century, they went to seek their happiness elsewhere - to England and the USA.

Janet Yellen, fot. Federalreserve - BKLM4457, Public Domain
Janet Yellen, fot. Federalreserve - BKLM4457, Public Domain