mˈɪɹbaʊmˈaɪsɪŋɚ wʌzðə dˈɔːɾɚɹ ʌv hɜː fˈɑːðɚ, ðə ʃˈɑːpkiːpɚ mˈæks mˈɪɹbaʊm ɪn sˈɜːnɔːɾi tʃˈɜːnoʊvˌɪts, ɐ tˈaʊn ɪnðə nˈɔːɹðɚn bjˈuːkəvˌɪnɚ ɹˈiːdʒən ʌvðə ɹoʊmˈeɪniən kˈɪŋdəm nˈaʊ tʃˈɜːnɪvtsi, juːkɹˈeɪn.
Meerbaum-Eisinger was the daughter of her father, the shopkeeper Max Meerbaum in Cernăuţi (Czernowitz), a town in the Northern Bukovina region of the Romanian Kingdom (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine).