Nine Generations

Robert Cooper Jacobs

In the creek at Toms River with Mom and Grandpa, 1941
M, #1, Living



Parents

Father*Max Jacobs (1904-1958)
Mother*Paula Glotzer (1908-2000)

Family 1: Linda Lax (1940-2023)

Son*Michael Cooper Jacobs+
Daughter*Deborah Lax Jacobs

Relationships2nd cousin of Harry Maxim Lieber
2nd great-grandson of Mordechai Eisenberg
1st cousin of Eric Stephen Leber
1st cousin of Boris Leber
Grandfather of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesEdson Descendancy Chart; Eisenberg Descendancy Chart; Ewig Descendancy Chart; Glotzer: Glotzer, Grantz, Guterman, Garfinkiel, & Chomentowski Descendancy Chart; Jankelewicz Descendancy Chart; Jenks Descendancy Chart; Kuperman Descendancy Chart; Lax Descendancy Chart; Leber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Last Edited4 November 2023 08:30:36

Paula Glotzer

Paula Glotzer Jacobs: 1928 and 1963
1928: Anthropology field trip, Patzenarco, Mexico; 1963: Coffee at Wayne Avenue
F, #2, Deceased, b. 3 March 1908, d. 4 August 2000



Parents

Father*Chonya Glotzer (about 1870-1941)
Mother*Chinka Kuperman (about 1881-1915)

Family: Max Jacobs (1904-1958)

Son*Robert Cooper Jacobs+
Daughter*Nancy Louise Jacobs+

RelationshipsMother of Robert Cooper Jacobs
Great-granddaughter of Mordechai Eisenberg
Great-grandmother of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesEisenberg Descendancy Chart; Glotzer: Glotzer, Grantz, Guterman, Garfinkiel, & Chomentowski Descendancy Chart; Jankelewicz Descendancy Chart; Kuperman Descendancy Chart; Leber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Biographical Details

MarriedPaula Glotzer was also known as Paula Jacobs.
1908BirthShe was born on 3 March 1908 in Pinsk, Belarus. Although Aunt Hannah's typescript says 3 March 1909, the Social Security Administration thinks it was 1908; according to her daughter Nancy, the family knows that her birth was in 1908.1,2
1915Death of ParentHer mother Chinka Kuperman died on 7 December 1915 in Pinsk, Belarus.
1920ImmigrationPaula Glotzer migrated to Ellis Island from Pinsk on 15 July 1920

She and her sisters — Adele, Faigl, and Raisel — sailed from Antwerp on July 5 aboard the SS Lapland. They arrived at Ellis Island after a ten-day passage.3

ResidenceShe lived at 76 Highland Avenue in Yonkers, New York from 22 July 1920 to 1927. She had been taken in by Aunt Ida and Uncle Morris on her arrival in the United States.4,5
ResidenceShe lived at 76 Highland Avenue in Yonkers, New York from 22 July 1920 to 1927.4,6
1924GraduationShe graduated from Yonkers High School in Yonkers, New York, in 1924 with an academic diploma.4
OccupationFrom 1926 to 1927 Paula Glotzer was a typist and proofreader at Boni & Liveright in New York City. Horace Liveright was the first important Jewish publisher of trade books; the firm invented the Modern Library, which was later sold to Bennett Cerf and became part of Random House. Their list included Faulkner, Hemingway, Freud, and many others less well-known. Mother met several of them.4
1928OccupationIn 1928 Paula Glotzer was a secretary at Fisk University in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.4
ResidenceShe lived at 913 18th Avenue North in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee from 1928 to 1929. The 1929 city directory listed her as a teacher.7
1930EducationShe studied at the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois in 1930.8,4
1930ResidenceShe lived at 5852 Ellis Avenue in Chicago, Illinois on 16 April 1930.8
OccupationFrom 1930 to 1938 Paula Glotzer was a secretary to Franz Boas, Columbia University Anthropology Department in New York City.4
1931Marr-PartnersShe was a guest at the marriage of Benjamin Glotzer and Frieda Weiner on 13 December 1931 at the Broadway Central Hotel in New York City.9
1931Marr-PartnersPaula Glotzer became the partner of Max Jacobs on 7 May 1931 in New York City when she was 24y and he was 28y.
Relationship: partner
His diary entry for this day says, "Paula and I moved to our new apartment." For some months before that they had visited most of her New York relatives.

Together until his death, they never formally married. In keeping with the custom of the time, she took Jacobs as her surname.4,10
1935Residence (family)Max Jacobs and she lived at 251 West 102 Street in New York City in 1935. The Columbia University directory of students for 1934-1935 listed her as an extension student.11
1936Residence (family)Max Jacobs and she lived at 304 West 107th Street in New York in February 1936.12
1938Residence (family)Max Jacobs and she lived in New York City in 1938. they sublet Margaret Mead's apartment on Claremont Avenue. Robert Jacobs, the famous political scientist and left-handed target shooter, was conceived there.4
1941Death of ParentHer father Chonya Glotzer died in 1941 in Pinsk, Belarus.
From 1941Residence (family)Max Jacobs and she lived at 95 Winthrop Avenue in Albany, Albany County, New York from 3 June 1941. They were already in Albany when Nancy was born on June 22, 1942. By February 1944, the family had moved to Syracuse. In August 1944 they settled in the apartment at 3388 Wayne Avenue in the Bronx which was to be the family home for thirty-five years.13
1944Residence (family)Max Jacobs and she lived in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York with their children on 9 February 1944.14
ResidenceShe lived at 3388 Wayne Avenue, Apt. A32, in the Bronx from 1944 to 1979.4,15
Residence (family)Max Jacobs and she lived with their children at 3388 Wayne Avenue, Apt. A32, in the Bronx from 1944 to 1958. Robert and Nancy thought of this apartment as their childhood home.4
1945AnecdoteIn November 1945 it was discovered that the Garfinkiels had survived the war by hiding out at Lyon in Vichy France. The American Glotzers rejoiced and rallied round. Paula Jacobs wrote this letter, visible on our web site, which was typical of the communications that flew across the Atlantic.The two Paula Glotzers were reunited in France in August, 1961.
1949OccupationIn 1949 Paula Glotzer was a secretary at the Israeli Consulate in New York City.16
1950Residence (family)Max Jacobs and she lived at 3388 Wayne Avenue, Apt. A32, in the Bronx on 12 April 1950.17
OccupationFrom 1952 to 1979 Paula Glotzer was a medical secretary in the Neurology Department of Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx.4
1957NoteThe Jacobs family took a four-day trip through Albany to Niagara Falls and back in 1957.4
1957Travel (fam)Max Jacobs and she traveled to Niagara Falls, New York, from 26 September 1957 to 30 September 1957. This wonderful four-day family expedition was carried along in a big, heavy 1948 Pontiac. There were stops in Albany, to see a former residence, Corning, to see the glass works, the Delaware Water Gap and, of course, the falls at Niagara.
1958DeathShe was widowed by the death of Max Jacobs on 27 February 1958 at 3388 Wayne Avenue, Apt. A32, in the Bronx.4,18
1977NotePresentation: In the spring of 1977 Paula gave a well-received talk on Franz Boas to the Anthropology Department at Central Washington University. The occasion had been suggested and arranged by Bob Goedecke of the Philosophy Department.4
1979RetirementIn June 1979 Paula Glotzer retired in the Bronx.19
About 1979ResidenceShe lived at 585 West End Avenue in New York City about October 1979. This had been Nancy and Bob's old apartment.20
1990ResidenceShe moved to Medford Leas in Medford, Burlington County, New Jersey in November 1990. She had given up her apartment on West End Avenue. Medford Leas is a Quaker-sponsored retirement community in New Jersey. She lived there for the rest of her life.21
2000DeathShe died on 4 August 2000 at Medford Leas in Medford Township, at age 92y.4
About 2000CremationShe was cremated about 5 August 2000 in Philadelphia. Her ashes were interred with Dad's in M-3, Niche Arcade Alcove 2, Niche 26 at Ferncliff Cemetery in Ardsley, NY.4

Citations

  1. Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
  2. Hannah Cooper Guterman, Hannah Guterman's typescript memoir (1986), n.p.
  3. Passenger Manifest, SS Lapland, 15 July 1920 (Pesca Glocer et al)
  4. Personal knowledge of Robert Jacobs
  5. City Directory, p. 321, Yonkers City Directory (R.L. Polk & Co.)
  6. City Directory, p. 451, Yonkers City Directory (R.L. Polk & Co.), Date: 1926
  7. City Directory, R.L. Polk Nashville, 1929, page 518
  8. 1930 Fed'l Census
  9. Marriage Certificate, Manhattan Cert.#67, 13 Dec. 1931 [found in 1932 records]
  10. Personal Interview, Nancy -- 7/23/2008
  11. Columbia University, Columbia University Catalogue, Various Internet Services, 1934-35 ed., p. 161.
  12. College Records, Max Jacobs' Columbia University Transcript, n.d.
  13. Letter, Paula Jacobs to Adele Grantz, 3 June 1941
  14. Shalmuk_2015, N.p.: n.p., 2015, Paula Glotzer
  15. E-mail message, Nancy Greenberg to RCJ, 3/6/2009
  16. Personal Interview, Nancy Jacobs and RCJ, 27 November 2010
  17. 1950 Fed'l Census, Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: New York, Bronx, New York; Roll: 6173; Sheet Number: 1; Enumeration District: 3-1981B
  18. Obituary in New York Times, p. 13, New York Times Company, New York City, 28 Feb 1958, RCJ books and files.
  19. A.l.s., Mollie Edson to Paula Jacobs, 2 July 1979
  20. Telephone Interview, Nancy Jacobs & RCJ, 12 Oct. 2010
  21. E-mail message, Nancy Greenberg to RCJ, 5 March 2011, It was November 1990.
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Max Jacobs

Max Jacobs: 1930 and 1957
1930: Rooftop; 1957: Composing Chess Problems in the Bronx
M, #3, Deceased, b. 17 April 1904, d. 27 February 1958



Parents

Father*Solomon Jacobs (1877-1942)
Mother*Zelda Leber (1876-1939)

Family: Paula Glotzer (1908-2000)

Son*Robert Cooper Jacobs+
Daughter*Nancy Louise Jacobs+

RelationshipsFather of Robert Cooper Jacobs
1st cousin 1 time removed of Harry Maxim Lieber
Uncle of Eric Stephen Leber
Uncle of Boris Leber
Great-grandfather of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesEisenberg Descendancy Chart; Glotzer: Glotzer, Grantz, Guterman, Garfinkiel, & Chomentowski Descendancy Chart; Jankelewicz Descendancy Chart; Kuperman Descendancy Chart; Leber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Biographical Details

1904BirthMax Jacobs was born on 17 April 1904 in Łódź, Poland.1
NicknameHis nickname was Mac.
1906ImmigrationHe migrated in Ellis Island from Hamburg on 24 April 1906

Together with his mother and his older sister Frances, he sailed aboard the SS Batavia. His name seems to be recorded as "Merire" Jacobs on Batavia's manifest. His name looks like "Maxim" in the Hamburg port entry index. Bad record-keeping handwriting at both ends of the journey!2,3

1910Residence (family)Frances ("Fanny") Jacobs, he, and Sonya Jacobs lived with Solomon Jacobs and Zelda Leber at 228 East Eighth Street in New York, New York on 7 April 1910. The Jacobs family moved around a lot as they became more prosperous. On April 7, 1910 they were at 228 East Eighth Street. In 1912 they were found at 380 East Eighth Street. In 1916 they were able to jump to the Bronx, first at 1348 Wilkins Avenue and then, by 1920, to 1440 Minford Place.4
1915Residence (family)Frances ("Fanny") Jacobs, Max Jacobs, and Sonya Jacobs lived with Solomon Jacobs and Zelda Leber at 1348 Wilkins Avenue in the Bronx on 1 June 1915.5
About 1918IllnessMax Jacobs suffered from an unknown illness, about 1918. Paul Scherer reports that his mother, Sonya Jacobs, said that Max was seriously ill during his boyhood, either with scarlet fever or the 1918 influenza.6
1918ResidenceHe lived at R.F.D. 1 in Rockville, Tolland County, Connecticut on 12 September 1918. Max lived on the Connecticut farm, but hated the year of country life.7,2
1918School attendanceHe attended Rockville High School in 1918 in Rockville, Tolland County, Connecticut.8
School attendanceHe attended Morris High School from 1918 to 1921 in the Bronx.8
1920Residence (family)Frances ("Fanny") Jacobs, he, and Sonya Jacobs lived with Solomon Jacobs and Zelda Leber at 1440 Minford Place in the Bronx on 16 January 1920.9
EducationMax Jacobs studied at City College in New York City from September 1921 to December 1922.8
1923Naturalization (fam)He, Frances ("Fanny") Jacobs, and Sonya Jacobs were naturalized as part of the family of Solomon Jacobs and Zelda Leber at the Bronx County Supreme Court on 25 May 1923.
OccupationBetween 1927 and 1928 Max Jacobs was a surveyor; he helped lay out White Plains, NY, which was then mostly farmland in White Plains, Westchester County, New York.10,11
1928TravelHe traveled to Europe from Europe, visiting France, Germany, Austria and Poland in 1928

He returned aboard the SS Paris from Le Havre. The trip included a family visit to his grandfather in Piotrków.12

1928ResidenceHe lived at 1220 Shakespeare Avenue in the Bronx on 16 December 1928.12
About 1930Anecdote. Max loved to laugh out loud & often did so without restraint. He especially loved the Marx Brothers. Sometime in the 1930s his sister Frances with some friends went to see a Marx Brothers film in New York. They had orchestra seats. During the film someone in the mezzanine or balcony was whooping with laughter. After a moment or two, Frances turned to her friends and said, “that’s my brother.” It was, of course.13
1930Residence (family)As adult children, Frances ("Fanny") Jacobs, Max Jacobs, and Sonya Jacobs lived with Solomon Jacobs and Zelda Leber at 1529 Shakespeare Avenue in the Bronx on 2 April 1930. In addition to the three adult children, the apartment held their son-in-law Harry Leber and Boris Leber, their grandchild.14
1931Marr-PartnersMax Jacobs was a guest at the marriage of Benjamin Glotzer and Frieda Weiner on 13 December 1931 at the Broadway Central Hotel in New York City.15
1931Marr-PartnersMax Jacobs became the partner of Paula Glotzer on 7 May 1931 in New York City when he was 28y and she was 24y.
Relationship: partner
His diary entry for this day says, "Paula and I moved to our new apartment." For some months before that they had visited most of her New York relatives.

Together until his death, they never formally married. In keeping with the custom of the time, she took Jacobs as her surname.10,16
EducationHe studied mathematics at City College in New York City from February 1934 to 1936. He graduated on February 1, 1936 with a B.S. in Mathematics.17
1935Residence (family)He and Paula Glotzer lived at 251 West 102 Street in New York City in 1935. The Columbia University directory of students for 1934-1935 listed her as an extension student.18
1936Residence (family)He and Paula Glotzer lived at 304 West 107th Street in New York in February 1936.19
OccupationFrom 1936 to 1940 Max Jacobs was a statistical research assistant for Franz Boas at Columbia University in New York City.20
EducationHe studied mathematics at the Graduate Faculties of Columbia University in New York City from February 1936 to June 1938.21
1938Residence (family)He and Paula Glotzer lived in New York City in 1938. they sublet Margaret Mead's apartment on Claremont Avenue. Robert Jacobs, the famous political scientist and left-handed target shooter, was conceived there.10
1938IllnessHe suffered from tuberculosis in 1938 in Bedford Hills, Westchester County, New York. He spent nearly a year at the sanitarium at Bedford Hills, New York; during this period Paula and Robert, their infant, son lived on the farm.10
1939Death of ParentHis mother Zelda Leber died on 4 June 1939 in Lakewood, Ocean County, New Jersey.
OccupationFrom 1940 to 1943 Max Jacobs was an assistant statistician for the N.Y. State Dep't of Social Welfare in Albany, Albany County, New York, at age 36y.20
From 1941Residence (family)He and Paula Glotzer lived at 95 Winthrop Avenue in Albany, Albany County, New York from 3 June 1941. They were already in Albany when Nancy was born on June 22, 1942. By February 1944, the family had moved to Syracuse. In August 1944 they settled in the apartment at 3388 Wayne Avenue in the Bronx which was to be the family home for thirty-five years.22
1942Draft RegistrationHe registered for the draft on 14 February 1942 in Albany.23
1942OccupationOn 14 February 1942 Max Jacobs was working in the Bureau of Rationing at Department of Social Welfare in Albany, Albany County, New York.
1942Death of ParentHis father Solomon Jacobs died on 11 May 1942 in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey.
OccupationFrom 1943 to 1944 Max Jacobs was a labor market analyst and assistant area director at the War Manpower Commission in Syracuse, New York.20
OccupationFrom 1944 to 1946 Max Jacobs was a senior statistician and labor market analyst. with the the U.S. Employment Service in New York City.20
1944Residence (family)He and Paula Glotzer lived in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York with their children on 9 February 1944.24
Residence (family)He and Paula Glotzer lived with their children at 3388 Wayne Avenue, Apt. A32, in the Bronx from 1944 to 1958. Robert and Nancy thought of this apartment as their childhood home.10
1946OccupationIn July 1946 Max Jacobs was a statistician and economist in the U.S. Employment Service as Chief of Reports and Analysis for New York State. in New York City. Sometime after the war his unit was transferred to the New York State Department of Labor. When he died in 1958 he was the director of its labor analysis program.20
NoteMax was a notable tournament chess player. At one time he had been the Junior Champion of the Marshall Chess Club in New York. After his 1939 illness his interest in chess was channeled into composing and solving both conventional and fairy chess problems. Many his puzzles were published. His collection of fairy chess problem books was the largest in the United States except for that at the Cleveland Public Library. In accord with his wishes, the collection was donated to the Jewish National & University Library in Jerusalem after his death.
He was also quite a good bridge player and had won a few master points playing in duplicate tournaments.10
1950Residence (family)He and Paula Glotzer lived at 3388 Wayne Avenue, Apt. A32, in the Bronx on 12 April 1950.25
1952NoteIn February 1952 Max vacationed in Florida.10
1954NoteIn July 1954 he took a vacation trip to Mexico with his friends Sidney Mandel and Nig Eidenberg. During the course of this journey he visited his cousin, Maxim Lieber, in Mexico City.10,26
1957Travel (fam)He and Paula Glotzer traveled to Niagara Falls, New York, from 26 September 1957 to 30 September 1957. This wonderful four-day family expedition was carried along in a big, heavy 1948 Pontiac. There were stops in Albany, to see a former residence, Corning, to see the glass works, the Delaware Water Gap and, of course, the falls at Niagara.
1958DeathHe died of a heart attack on 27 February 1958 at 3388 Wayne Avenue, Apt. A32, in the Bronx at the age of 53y. Coronary artery disease is the family curse.10,27
1958CremationHe was cremated on 1 March 1958 at Ferncliff Cemetery in Ardsley. His ashes are in M-3, Niche Arcade Alcove 2, Niche 26.10
2000Death of SpouseHis wife Paula Glotzer died on 4 August 2000 in Medford Township, New Jersey.

Citations

  1. Passport, U.S. No. 598589 issued June 19, 1928 at Washington, D.C.
  2. Sonya Jacobs Scherer to Robert Jacobs. April 8, 1974 5 Monticello Ave., Trenton, NJ.
  3. Passenger Manifest, SS Batavia, 24 Apr 1906; "Merire Jacobs"
  4. 1910 Federal Census, New York, New York, population schedule, Manhattan, Enumeration District 0257, sheet 15A, dwelling 14, family 228, National Archives micropublication T624-1012 (Solomon Jacobs household).
  5. 1915 New York State Census, New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1915; Election District: 35; Assembly District: 34; City: New York; County: Bronx; Page: 59
  6. Personal Interview, Paul Scherer & RCJ, 15 Jun 2010, This took place during the cousins' reunion at Eric's house in Kelseyville, CA
  7. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, Solomon Jacobs
  8. College Records, C.C.N.Y.
  9. 1920 Federal Census
  10. Personal knowledge of Robert Jacobs
  11. Passport, U.S. Passport #598589
  12. Passenger Manifest, SS Paris arr NYC from Le Havre, 16 Dec, 1928
  13. Personal knowledge of Robert Jacobs, An oft-told family story
  14. 1930 Fed'l Census, Bronx County, New York, Bronx, page 1A, National Archives micropublication T626-1468 (Solomon Jacobs household; name rendered as "Salomon").
  15. Marriage Certificate, Manhattan Cert.#67, 13 Dec. 1931 [found in 1932 records]
  16. Personal Interview, Nancy -- 7/23/2008
  17. College Records, C.C.N.Y. records
  18. Columbia University, Columbia University Catalogue, Various Internet Services, 1934-35 ed., p. 161.
  19. College Records, Max Jacobs' Columbia University Transcript, n.d.
  20. Résumé, Max Jacobs
  21. College Records, Max Jacobs Columbia University Transcript, n.d.
  22. Letter, Paula Jacobs to Adele Grantz, 3 June 1941
  23. World War II Draft Registration Card
  24. Shalmuk_2015, N.p.: n.p., 2015, Paula Glotzer
  25. 1950 Fed'l Census, Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: New York, Bronx, New York; Roll: 6173; Sheet Number: 1; Enumeration District: 3-1981B
  26. Max Jacobs, Max Jacobs to Paula Jacobs. July 16, 1954, a.l.s. July 16, 1954
  27. Obituary in New York Times, p. 13, New York Times Company, New York City, 28 Feb 1958, RCJ books and files.
Last Edited4 November 2023 08:07:11

Nancy Louise Jacobs

Nancy Greenberg, 2007
F, #4, Living



Parents

Father*Max Jacobs (1904-1958)
Mother*Paula Glotzer (1908-2000)

RelationshipsSister of Robert Cooper Jacobs
2nd cousin of Harry Maxim Lieber
2nd great-granddaughter of Mordechai Eisenberg
1st cousin of Eric Stephen Leber
1st cousin of Boris Leber
Grandaunt of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesEisenberg Descendancy Chart; Glotzer: Glotzer, Grantz, Guterman, Garfinkiel, & Chomentowski Descendancy Chart; Jankelewicz Descendancy Chart; Kuperman Descendancy Chart; Leber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Last Edited4 November 2023 08:07:11

Robert Martin Greenberg

Bob Greenberg
M, #5, Deceased, b. 10 April 1943, d. 2 August 2001



Parents

Father*William Greenberg (1909-1981)
Mother*Lillian Wexler (1912-1990)


Charts and other referencesEisenberg Descendancy Chart; Glotzer: Glotzer, Grantz, Guterman, Garfinkiel, & Chomentowski Descendancy Chart; Greenberg & Osina; Jankelewicz Descendancy Chart; Kuperman Descendancy Chart; Leber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Biographical Details

OccupationRobert Martin Greenberg was a university teacher, writer and academic dean.1
1943BirthHe was born on 10 April 1943 in Brooklyn, New York.
NicknameHis nickname was Bob.
EducationHe studied English at Columbia College in New York City from September 1960 to May 1964.1,2
1964GraduationHe graduated from Columbia College in New York City in June 1964 with a B.A. in English.1,3
1978GraduationHe graduated from City University in New York City in 1978 with a Ph.D. in English.4
OccupationFrom 1979 to 2001 Robert Martin Greenberg was a professor, assistant and associate dean and acting dean at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.5
1981Death of ParentHis father William Greenberg died on 19 October 1981 in Queens, New York.
1990Death of ParentHis mother Lillian Wexler died on 25 April 1990 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1993Note

Bob's book, Splintered Worlds: Fragmentation and the Ideal of Diversity in the Work of Emerson, Melville, Whitman, and Dickinson was published by the Northeastern University Press in 1993.

2001DeathRobert Martin Greenberg died of colon cancer on 2 August 2001 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.1,6
2001BurialHe was buried on 6 August 2001 in Montefiore Cemetery in Jenkintown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Section 19, Lot 148, Grave 3.5,7

Citations

  1. Personal knowledge of Robert Jacobs
  2. E-mail message, Nancy Greenberg to RCJ 9/13/2007
  3. E-mail message, Nancy Greenberg to RCJ, n.d., Bob did Columbia from 9/60-5/64
  4. E-mail message, Nancy Greenberg to RCJ, 3 November 2010
  5. Newspaper, Obituary, Philadelphia Daily News, August 6, 2001, p.26
  6. Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
  7. Find A Grave database, Online: http://www.findagrave.com, Memorial # 145683023
Last Edited4 November 2023 08:07:11

Jack Isador Lax

Jack Lax
M, #6, Deceased, b. 2 October 1915, d. 24 September 1990



Parents

Father*Benjamin Lax (1883-1970)
Mother*Dora Fierman (1882-1964)

Family: Gladys Ewig (1918-2002)

Daughter*Linda Lax+ (1940-2023)
Son*Alan Spencer Lax+
Daughter*Rochelle Lax+
Son*David Joseph Lax+

RelationshipsFather of Linda Lax

Charts and other referencesEwig Descendancy Chart; Lax Descendancy Chart

Biographical Details

1915BirthJack Isador Lax was born on 2 October 1915 in New York City.1
1920ResidenceHe lived at 1619 Washington Avenue in the Bronx on 8 January 1920.2
1930Residence (family)Anne May Lax, Helen Lax, he, and Joseph Szlojma Lax lived with Benjamin Lax and Dora Fierman at 1372 Ogden Avenue in the Bronx on 6 April 1930.3
1938Marr-PartnersJack Isador Lax married Gladys Ewig on 19 February 1938 in Brooklyn, New York.4
1940OccupationOn 17 April 1940 Jack Isador Lax was a clerk in New York City.5
1940Birth of ChildHis daughter Linda Lax was born on 22 August 1940 in New York City.
1940Residence (family)He and Gladys Ewig lived at 219 Grant Avenue in the Bronx on 22 August 1940.6
OccupationFrom 1943 to 1971 Jack Isador Lax was a fire fighter for the New York Fire Department in New York City.7,8,9
1943Birth of ChildHis son Alan Spencer Lax was born on 24 June 1943 in New York City.
1945Birth of ChildHis daughter Rochelle Lax was born on 17 April 1945 in New York City.
1950Residence (family)Jack Isador Lax and Gladys Ewig lived at 1215 Nelson Ave., Apt. 3C, in the Bronx on 6 April 1950.8
1951Birth of ChildHis son David Joseph Lax was born on 10 July 1951 in New York City.
1964Death of ParentHis mother Dora Fierman died on 11 February 1964 in New York City.
1970Death of ParentHis father Benjamin Lax died on 19 February 1970 in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida.
1971RetirementJack Isador Lax retired on 9 March 1971 in New York City.9
1990DeathHe died on 24 September 1990 in Miami Beach, Florida.7,10
2002Death of SpouseHis wife Gladys Ewig died on 26 January 2002 in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Citations

  1. Personal Interview, Linda Jacobs & RCJ, 20 Sepet. 2008
  2. 1920 Federal Census, Bronx, New York, population schedule, Bronx, Enumeration District 152, sheet 13B, dwelling 17, family 253, National Archives micropublication T625-1133 (Benjamin Lax household).
  3. 1930 Fed'l Census, Place: Bronx, Bronx, New York; Roll: 1468; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0161; Image: 379.0; FHL microfilm: 2341203
  4. New York, New York, Marriage Index 1866-1995 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), New York City Municipal Archives; New York, New York; Borough: Brooklyn; Indexed Number: 9
  5. 1940 Federal Census, Record originated in..., Jack Lax household
  6. 1940 Federal Census, Record originated in..., Jack Lax household, Date: 17 APR 1940
  7. Personal knowledge of Robert Jacobs
  8. 1950 Fed'l Census, Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: New York, Bronx, New York; Roll: 4108; Sheet Number: 74; Enumeration District: 3-340
  9. Retirement Certificate, New York Fire Department for Jack Lax, Date: 9 MAR 1971
  10. Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Last Edited8 October 2023 07:26:00

Gladys Ewig

Gladys Ewig Lax
F, #7, Deceased, b. 26 July 1918, d. 26 January 2002



Parents

Father*Abraham Ewig (1878-1929)
Mother*Anna Gutter (about 1878-1949)

Family: Jack Isador Lax (1915-1990)

Daughter*Linda Lax+ (1940-2023)
Son*Alan Spencer Lax+
Daughter*Rochelle Lax+
Son*David Joseph Lax+

RelationshipsMother of Linda Lax

Charts and other referencesEwig Descendancy Chart; Lax Descendancy Chart

Biographical Details

MarriedGladys Ewig was also known as Gladys Lax.
BirthShe was also known as Gietel Ewig.
1918BirthShe was born on 26 July 1918 in New York City. She and her family lived on the lower East Side.1
1925Residence (family)Doris Ethel Ewig, Gladys Ewig, Louis Ewig, Regina Ewig, and Rose Ewig lived with Abraham Ewig and Anna Gutter at 30 Goerck Street in New York City on 1 June 1925. Goerck Street no longer exists. It was on the Lower East Side in what is now called Soho.2
1929Death of ParentHer father Abraham Ewig died on 31 March 1929 in Manhattan, New York.
1930ResidenceGladys Ewig lived at 144 Norfolk Street in New York City on 4 April 1930.3
1938Marr-PartnersShe married Jack Isador Lax on 19 February 1938 in Brooklyn, New York.4
1940Birth of ChildHer daughter Linda Lax was born on 22 August 1940 in New York City.
1940Residence (family)Jack Isador Lax and Gladys Ewig lived at 219 Grant Avenue in the Bronx on 22 August 1940.5
1943Birth of ChildHer son Alan Spencer Lax was born on 24 June 1943 in New York City.
1945Birth of ChildHer daughter Rochelle Lax was born on 17 April 1945 in New York City.
1949Death of ParentHer mother Anna Gutter died on 21 July 1949 in Brooklyn, New York.
1950Residence (family)Jack Isador Lax and Gladys Ewig lived at 1215 Nelson Ave., Apt. 3C, in the Bronx on 6 April 1950.6
1951Birth of ChildHer son David Joseph Lax was born on 10 July 1951 in New York City.
1990Death of SpouseHer husband Jack Isador Lax died on 24 September 1990 in Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida.
2002DeathShe died on 26 January 2002 in Miami.7,8

Citations

  1. Personal Interview, Linda Jacobs & RCJ, 3/20/2005
  2. 1925 New York State Census (Ancestry.com), New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1925; Election District: 06; Assembly District: 04; City: New York; County: New York; Page: 65
  3. 1930 Fed'l Census
  4. New York, New York, Marriage Index 1866-1995 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), New York City Municipal Archives; New York, New York; Borough: Brooklyn; Indexed Number: 9
  5. 1940 Federal Census, Record originated in..., Jack Lax household, Date: 17 APR 1940
  6. 1950 Fed'l Census, Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: New York, Bronx, New York; Roll: 4108; Sheet Number: 74; Enumeration District: 3-340
  7. Personal Interview
  8. Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Last Edited8 October 2023 07:27:44

Linda Lax

Linda Lax Jacobs, 1964
F, #8, Deceased, b. 22 August 1940, d. 11 October 2023



Parents

Father*Jack Isador Lax (1915-1990)
Mother*Gladys Ewig (1918-2002)


Charts and other referencesEisenberg Descendancy Chart; Ewig Descendancy Chart; Glotzer: Glotzer, Grantz, Guterman, Garfinkiel, & Chomentowski Descendancy Chart; Jankelewicz Descendancy Chart; Kuperman Descendancy Chart; Lax Descendancy Chart; Leber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Biographical Details

MarriedLinda Lax was also known as Linda Jacobs.1
BirthShe was also known as Barbara Linda Lax.
1940BirthShe was born on 22 August 1940 in New York City. Although she had been named Barbara Linda after her paternal grandmother, Brucha Laya, she always went by Linda.1
1940Residence (family)She lived with Jack Isador Lax and Gladys Ewig at 219 Grant Avenue in the Bronx on 22 August 1940.2
1950Residence (family)Linda Lax lived with Jack Isador Lax and Gladys Ewig at 1215 Nelson Ave., Apt. 3C, in the Bronx on 6 April 1950.3
EducationLinda Lax studied at Hunter College High School in New York City from 1954 to 1958. Established for gifted students, Hunter College High School was located on the upper East Side of Manhattan. Admission was by examination; students accepted to Hunter represented the top one-quarter of 1% of students in New York City, based on their test scores.

Linda graduated in June, 1958 and entered Hunter College as a freshman in September of that year.
1962GraduationShe graduated from Hunter College in New York City in June 1962 with a B.A. in Political Science.1
OccupationFrom September 1962 to June 1965 Linda Lax was an elementary school teacher at New York City School System in the Bronx.1
1972GraduationShe graduated from Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington, in 1972 with a Master of Education degree.1
1983OccupationIn September 1983 Linda Lax was a college admissions counselor in Seattle, Washington.1
1990Death of ParentHer father Jack Isador Lax died on 24 September 1990 in Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida.
2002Death of ParentHer mother Gladys Ewig died on 26 January 2002 in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida.
2004ResidenceLinda Lax lived at 3217 Eastlake Ave East, Apartment 407, in Seattle in February 2004.4
2013RetirementIn March 2013 Linda Lax retired in Seattle.1
About 2021IllnessShe suffered from a serious stroke about 24 September 2021 at home in Seattle, Washington. She is slowly recovering.
2023DeathShe died of a broken hip followed by inanition on 11 October 2023 at Kline Galland Hospice in Seattle, Washington.1
2023BurialShe was buried on 20 October 2023 in Lake View Cemetery in Seattle, Washington.1

Citations

  1. Personal knowledge of Robert Jacobs
  2. 1940 Federal Census, Record originated in..., Jack Lax household, Date: 17 APR 1940
  3. 1950 Fed'l Census, Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: New York, Bronx, New York; Roll: 4108; Sheet Number: 74; Enumeration District: 3-340
  4. Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010).
Last Edited4 November 2023 08:07:11

Michael Cooper Jacobs

Michael 4.6.2012
M, #9, Living



Parents

Father*Robert Cooper Jacobs
Mother*Linda Lax (1940-2023)

RelationshipsSon of Robert Cooper Jacobs
Son of Linda Lax
2nd cousin 1 time removed of Harry Maxim Lieber
3rd great-grandson of Mordechai Eisenberg
1st cousin 1 time removed of Eric Stephen Leber
1st cousin 1 time removed of Boris Leber
Uncle of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesEisenberg Descendancy Chart; Ewig Descendancy Chart; Glotzer: Glotzer, Grantz, Guterman, Garfinkiel, & Chomentowski Descendancy Chart; Jankelewicz Descendancy Chart; Kuperman Descendancy Chart; Lax Descendancy Chart; Leber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Last Edited4 November 2023 08:34:39

Deborah Lax Jacobs

Deb for reunion
F, #10, Living



Parents

Father*Robert Cooper Jacobs
Mother*Linda Lax (1940-2023)

RelationshipsDaughter of Robert Cooper Jacobs
Daughter of Linda Lax
2nd cousin 1 time removed of Harry Maxim Lieber
3rd great-granddaughter of Mordechai Eisenberg
1st cousin 1 time removed of Eric Stephen Leber
1st cousin 1 time removed of Boris Leber
Aunt of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesEisenberg Descendancy Chart; Ewig Descendancy Chart; Glotzer: Glotzer, Grantz, Guterman, Garfinkiel, & Chomentowski Descendancy Chart; Jankelewicz Descendancy Chart; Kuperman Descendancy Chart; Lax Descendancy Chart; Leber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Last Edited4 November 2023 08:07:11

James Edward Edson

Jim Edson
M, #11, Deceased, b. 16 November 1923, d. 22 April 2005



Parents

Father*Gale Merton Edson (1896-1985)
Mother*Zetta G. ("Nana") Kampen (1898-1990)

Family: Janet Jean Jenks (1926-2012)

Daughter*Mary Ellen Edson+
Daughter*Mollie Jenks Edson+
Daughter*Jane Jenks Edson+

RelationshipsFather of Mollie Jenks Edson
Great-grandfather of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesEdson Descendancy Chart; Jenks Descendancy Chart

Biographical Details

1923BirthJames Edward Edson was born on 16 November 1923 in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington.
1930ResidenceHe lived in Lynden on 11 April 1930.1
EducationHe studied biology at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington.2
1946Marr-PartnersHe married Janet Jean Jenks on 21 June 1946 at St. Stephen's Chapel in Seattle, Washington.3
1948GraduationHe graduated from Northwestern University Dental School in Chicago, Illinois, in 1948 with a degree in dentistry.4
1948Residence (family)He and Janet Jean Jenks lived at 2515 41st Avenue, Apt. 145, in Seattle, Washington in 1948.5
OccupationFrom 1949 to 2003 James Edward Edson was a dentist in Seattle, Washington.2
1949Birth of ChildHis daughter Mary Ellen Edson was born on 30 August 1949 in Seattle, Washington.
1950Residence (family)He and Janet Jean Jenks lived at 2515 41st Avenue, Apt. 145, in Seattle, Washington on 3 April 1950.
About 1951MilitaryHe served as a Navy dentist during the Korean war at the San Diego naval base, about 1951.4
1953Birth of ChildHis daughter Mollie Jenks Edson was born on 2 May 1953 in Seattle, Washington.
1960Birth of ChildHis daughter Jane Jenks Edson was born on 31 March 1960 in Seattle, Washington.
1985Death of ParentHis father Gale Merton Edson died on 24 September 1985 in Bellingham, Washington.
1990Death of ParentHis mother Zetta G. ("Nana") Kampen died on 3 June 1990 in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington.
2005DeathJames Edward Edson died of cancer on 22 April 2005 in Seattle at the age of 81y.

When Jim died, Bob Bohner wrote this letter to his siblings:

"I thought you would want to know that Jen's uncle Jimmy died yesterday, April 22. He has been fighting prostate cancer for a few years. He went peacefully and in style, as he did with everything in his life. He kept up a strong fight and traveled and visited with friends and family as often as he could. The last month was tougher for him. We had him and Janet-Jean for Easter and he was able to drive himself over, but he declined quickly in the last month. It was a peaceful ending, almost something that you might see in a movie , or that some fabulous writer might dream up. We all had a chance to visit and talk , as we did often before he died. We reminisced, and Jimmy told stories, and we made plans for his "Celebration". In the last week Jennifer and her cousins and Janet-Jean, took care of him at home. Then he became quite weak and was unable to walk without assistance. They had a hospital bed brought into the downstairs bedroom and he spent his last few days bedridden. It was somewhat consoling and bittersweet to be able to help nurse him in his last hours. I help him change his night shirt, use the bathroom and care for him, until his last day when he could not get up. Jennifer stayed with him the last few days and nights. Everyone had time to see him and say goodbye. I saw him, and we had lucid conversations on Thursday, then he went into a coma that night while he was sleeping. I brought David and Michelle on Friday to say their last goodbye. The doctors believe that the hearing is the last thing to go, so we stayed by his side and spoke to him. I the last minutes, we saw his breathing begin to get more labored, and we thought the end was near. We all were standing around him holding his hands and touching him. Then Jennifer spoke and said , "It's okay Bwana, we are all here, and you can go now, go to the light". His eyes blinked softly, and a tear came to one of his eyes. His daughter Ellie, dabbed the corner of his eye with a tissue, and another tear came to his eye. She wiped it once more, he blink again and passed away. right as he died, his daughter Jane who was in Mexico called, we put the phone to his ear within seconds of his last breath, and she spoke to him too. We all cried."2

2012Death of SpouseHis wife Janet Jean Jenks died on 30 July 2012 in Seattle.

Citations

  1. 1930 Fed'l Census
  2. Personal knowledge of Robert Jacobs
  3. Telephone Interview, Janet-Jean & RCJ, 12/11/2007
  4. Newspaper, Seattle Times obituary, 4/27/2005
  5. City Directory, Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Last Edited4 November 2023 08:30:36

Janet Jean Jenks

Janet-Jean Edson
F, #12, Deceased, b. 22 January 1926, d. 30 July 2012



Parents

Father*Cecil Evart Jenks (1896-1969)
Mother*Leona Holmes (1898-1991)

Family: James Edward Edson (1923-2005)

Daughter*Mary Ellen Edson+
Daughter*Mollie Jenks Edson+
Daughter*Jane Jenks Edson+

RelationshipsMother of Mollie Jenks Edson
9th cousin 3 times removed of Kate Elizabeth Murphy Ristow
3rd cousin 6 times removed of President John Adams
Great-grandmother of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesEdson Descendancy Chart; Jenks Descendancy Chart

Biographical Details

MarriedJanet Jean Jenks was also known as Janet Jean Edson.
1926BirthShe was born on 22 January 1926 at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.1,2
1930ResidenceShe lived at 6003 29th Avenue N.E. in Seattle, Washington on 26 April 1930.2
1940Residence (family)David Evart Jenks and she lived with Cecil Evart Jenks and Leona Holmes at 901 Spruce Street in Hoquiam, Washington on 11 April 1940 with their children.
1946Marr-PartnersJanet Jean Jenks married James Edward Edson on 21 June 1946 at St. Stephen's Chapel in Seattle, Washington.3
1948Residence (family)James Edward Edson and she lived at 2515 41st Avenue, Apt. 145, in Seattle, Washington in 1948.4
1949Birth of ChildHer daughter Mary Ellen Edson was born on 30 August 1949 in Seattle, Washington.
1950Residence (family)James Edward Edson and Janet Jean Jenks lived at 2515 41st Avenue, Apt. 145, in Seattle, Washington on 3 April 1950.
1953Birth of ChildHer daughter Mollie Jenks Edson was born on 2 May 1953 in Seattle, Washington.
1960Birth of ChildHer daughter Jane Jenks Edson was born on 31 March 1960 in Seattle, Washington.
1969Death of ParentHer father Cecil Evart Jenks died on 17 December 1969 in Seattle, Washington.
1991DeathJanet Jean Jenks was the informant for the death certificate of Leona Holmes in Seattle, Washington, on 22 March 1991.5,6
2005DeathJanet Jean Jenks was widowed by the death of James Edward Edson on 22 April 2005 in Seattle.7
2012DeathShe died on 30 July 2012 in Seattle at the age of 86y.7
2012NoteA moving memorial service for Janet Jean was held at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Sun Valley the day before the wedding of her grandson Elliot Jacobs to Kate Ristow. The entire family was present.7

Citations

  1. Personal Interview, Janet-Jean Edson & RCJ, 5 Sep. 2010
  2. 1930 Fed'l Census, Cecil Jenks
  3. Telephone Interview, Janet-Jean & RCJ, 12/11/2007
  4. City Directory, Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
  5. Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
  6. Death Certificate, Washington Cert. #1 08306 (Washington Digital Archives), Date: 22 MAR 1991
  7. Personal knowledge of Robert Jacobs
Last Edited4 November 2023 08:30:36

Mollie Jenks Edson

Mollie Edson, 13 September 2016
F, #13, Living



Parents

Father*James Edward Edson (1923-2005)
Mother*Janet Jean Jenks (1926-2012)

Family 3: George Ras, Jr.,


Relationships10th cousin 2 times removed of Kate Elizabeth Murphy Ristow
3rd cousin 7 times removed of President John Adams
Grandmother of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesEdson Descendancy Chart; Eisenberg Descendancy Chart; Glotzer: Glotzer, Grantz, Guterman, Garfinkiel, & Chomentowski Descendancy Chart; Jankelewicz Descendancy Chart; Jenks Descendancy Chart; Kuperman Descendancy Chart; Leber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Last Edited4 November 2023 08:30:36

Elliot Edson Jacobs

Elliot Jacobs, 29 July 2018
In Mollie's backyard
M, #14, Living



Parents


RelationshipsSon of Robert Cooper Jacobs
Son of Mollie Jenks Edson
11th cousin 1 time removed of Kate Elizabeth Murphy Ristow
2nd cousin 1 time removed of Harry Maxim Lieber
3rd great-grandson of Mordechai Eisenberg
3rd cousin 8 times removed of President John Adams
1st cousin 1 time removed of Eric Stephen Leber
1st cousin 1 time removed of Boris Leber
Uncle of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesEdson Descendancy Chart; Eisenberg Descendancy Chart; Glotzer: Glotzer, Grantz, Guterman, Garfinkiel, & Chomentowski Descendancy Chart; Jankelewicz Descendancy Chart; Jenks Descendancy Chart; Kuperman Descendancy Chart; Leber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Last Edited4 November 2023 08:30:36

Madeleine Jane Jacobs

Maddie & Iditarod puppy. May 7, 2014
F, #15, Living



Parents


RelationshipsDaughter of Robert Cooper Jacobs
Daughter of Mollie Jenks Edson
11th cousin 1 time removed of Kate Elizabeth Murphy Ristow
2nd cousin 1 time removed of Harry Maxim Lieber
3rd great-granddaughter of Mordechai Eisenberg
3rd cousin 8 times removed of President John Adams
1st cousin 1 time removed of Eric Stephen Leber
1st cousin 1 time removed of Boris Leber
Aunt of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesEdson Descendancy Chart; Eisenberg Descendancy Chart; Glotzer: Glotzer, Grantz, Guterman, Garfinkiel, & Chomentowski Descendancy Chart; Jankelewicz Descendancy Chart; Jenks Descendancy Chart; Kuperman Descendancy Chart; Leber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Last Edited15 November 2023 13:34:14

Eleanor Grace ("Nora") Jacobs

Nora & Agnes, 8.11.13
F, #16, Living



Parents


RelationshipsDaughter of Robert Cooper Jacobs
Daughter of Mollie Jenks Edson
11th cousin 1 time removed of Kate Elizabeth Murphy Ristow
2nd cousin 1 time removed of Harry Maxim Lieber
3rd great-granddaughter of Mordechai Eisenberg
3rd cousin 8 times removed of President John Adams
1st cousin 1 time removed of Eric Stephen Leber
1st cousin 1 time removed of Boris Leber
Mother of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesEdson Descendancy Chart; Eisenberg Descendancy Chart; Glotzer: Glotzer, Grantz, Guterman, Garfinkiel, & Chomentowski Descendancy Chart; Jankelewicz Descendancy Chart; Jenks Descendancy Chart; Kuperman Descendancy Chart; Leber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Last Edited4 November 2023 08:32:00

Solomon Jacobs

Solomon Jacobs
M, #17, Deceased, b. 1 April 1877, d. 11 May 1942



Parents

Father*Szmul Jankelewicz (1854-1933)
Mother*Frymeta Sadt (1857-1892)

Family: Zelda Leber (1876-1939)

Daughter*Frances ("Fanny") Jacobs+ (1901-1968)
Son*Zysia Jankelewicz (1902-1903)
Son*Max Jacobs+ (1904-1958)
Daughter*Sonya Jacobs+ (1907-1994)

RelationshipsGrandfather of Robert Cooper Jacobs
Grandfather of Eric Stephen Leber
Grandfather of Boris Leber
2nd great-grandfather of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesJankelewicz Descendancy Chart; Leber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Biographical Details

BirthSolomon Jacobs was also known as Zalmen Jankelewicz.1
1877BirthHe was born on 1 April 1877 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.2
1892Death of ParentHis mother Frymeta Sadt died on 20 August 1892 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1900Marr-PartnersHe married Zelda Leber on 5 April 1900 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland. In 1974, Aunt Sonya wrote, ". . . incidentally, your grandma & grandpa eloped. Since Grandpa's father was a man of the book, & Grandma's father was a butcher, the marriage was not considered 'suitable' so they eloped -- at which point Grandpa gave up all ideas of religion." Their marriage certificate, however, says that banns were posted in the synagogue in Piotrków three months before the wedding.3,4,5
1901Birth of ChildHis daughter Frances ("Fanny") Jacobs was born on 19 January 1901 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1902Birth of ChildHis son Zysia Jankelewicz was born in December 1902 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1903DeathSolomon Jacobs was bereaved by the death of Zysia Jankelewicz on 24 November 1903 in Baluty, Poland. Baluty was part of Łódź.6,7
1904Birth of ChildHis son Max Jacobs was born on 17 April 1904 in Łódź, Poland.
1905ImmigrationSolomon Jacobs migrated in Ellis Island from Łódź on 15 January 1905

aboard the SS New York from Southampton. The ship's manifest states that he was joining his brother-in-law, M. Lieberman, 626 East 6th, NYC. A detention manifest names this contact as Maurice (Morris) Lieberman, 36 St. Marks Place, NYC.8,9

OccupationFrom 1905 to 1917 Solomon Jacobs was a house painter in New York City.10,11
1907Birth of ChildHis daughter Sonya Jacobs was born on 23 January 1907 in New York City.
1910Residence (family)He and Zelda Leber lived at 228 East Eighth Street in New York, New York on 7 April 1910. The Jacobs family moved around a lot as they became more prosperous. On April 7, 1910 they were at 228 East Eighth Street. In 1912 they were found at 380 East Eighth Street. In 1916 they were able to jump to the Bronx, first at 1348 Wilkins Avenue and then, by 1920, to 1440 Minford Place.12
1915Residence (family)He and Zelda Leber lived at 1348 Wilkins Avenue in the Bronx on 1 June 1915.11
1918Anecdote (fam)In 1918 In 1918 Solomon and Zelda purchased a farm in Rockville, Connecticut in partnership with Max and Martha Lieberman. My father, who hated it, and his younger sister Sonya also lived on this farm while Frances Jacobs remained in New York. They raised vegetables and apples, stored for the winter in a root cellar for home use and a small tobacco cash crop which was sold to cigar makers in NYC. They had a cow and a plow horse named Tom witth which Grandpa delivered milk (and home-made butter) to customers in the town. Sonya Scherer once told about the time when Grandpa had to spend a half hour talking Tom into removing a hoof from his foot on one of their milk delivery runs (Tom must have weighed about 1000 lbs).
This enterprise was abandoned after a year as a result of disagreement among the partners.13,5,14
1918Draft RegistrationHe registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Rockville, Tolland County, Connecticut.15
1920Residence (family)He and Zelda Leber lived at 1440 Minford Place in the Bronx on 16 January 1920.16
1923Naturalization (fam)He and Zelda Leber were naturalized on 25 May 1923 at the Bronx County Supreme Court.
1930Residence (family)He and Zelda Leber lived at 1529 Shakespeare Avenue in the Bronx on 2 April 1930. In addition to the three adult children, the apartment held their son-in-law Harry Leber and Boris Leber, their grandchild.17
OccupationFrom 1933 to 1942 Solomon Jacobs was a poultry farmer in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey.1
1933Death of ParentHis father Szmul Jankelewicz died on 29 August 1933 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
ResidenceSolomon Jacobs lived at the farm in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey from 1933 to 1942. During the years on the farm he also did some wine-making.18,19,20
1939DeathHe became a widower on the death of Zelda Leber on 4 June 1939 in Lakewood, Ocean County, New Jersey. She had been visiting her son Max at the sanitarium at Bedford Hills, NY and was aboard a bus returning to the farm. When the bus reached Lakewood, just a few miles from home, she suffered a fatal heart attack.21
1942DeathHe died of a heart attack on 11 May 1942 in Toms River, at age 65y.22
After 1942ProbateHis estate was probated after 11 May 1942 in Toms River. Although he died intestate, there are letters of administration and inventory documents.23
1942BurialHe was buried on 12 May 1942 in the Jewish Farmers Community Cemetery in Toms River. The cemetery is located at 1222-1224 W. Whitty Road, Toms River: the grave is at 40.001800, -74.205994 (approximately.)24,22

Citations

  1. Personal knowledge of Robert Jacobs
  2. Naturalization Petition
  3. 1910 Federal Census
  4. Jewish Records Indexing - Poland, Akta 26, Zelda "Leber"
  5. Sonya Jacobs Scherer to Robert Jacobs. April 8, 1974 5 Monticello Ave., Trenton, NJ.
  6. Sonya Jacobs Scherer to Robert Jacobs. April 8, 1974 5 Monticello Ave., Trenton, NJ., 1910 Census; Sonya's letter
  7. Polish Death Record, Zys Jankelewicz, Akta 1871, Łódź Archive, 1903, in Balutyj(?) the 11th/24th November of this year at 1 o’clock died Zys Yanklevich, 11 months old, born in the city of Piotrkov, son of Zalmen Yankelewicz and Zelde, née Leber, wife of Yankelevich, continuously resident of the city of Piotrkov.
  8. 1920 Federal Census, Solomon Jacobs
  9. Passenger Manifest, "Zalmen Janklewich"
  10. 1930 Fed'l Census
  11. 1915 New York State Census, New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1915; Election District: 35; Assembly District: 34; City: New York; County: Bronx; Page: 59
  12. 1910 Federal Census, New York, New York, population schedule, Manhattan, Enumeration District 0257, sheet 15A, dwelling 14, family 228, National Archives micropublication T624-1012 (Solomon Jacobs household).
  13. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2005. (Soloman Jacobs), Registration Location: Tolland County, Connecticut; Roll 1570619; Draft Board: 23.
  14. E-mail message, Paul Scherer to RCJ, 26 July 2010
  15. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, "Soloman" Jacobs; Ancestry.com on-line database
  16. 1920 Federal Census
  17. 1930 Fed'l Census, Bronx County, New York, Bronx, page 1A, National Archives micropublication T626-1468 (Solomon Jacobs household; name rendered as "Salomon").
  18. Death Certificate
  19. E-mail message, Paul Scherer to RCJ, 12/21/2007
  20. Ocean County deed, Ocean County Courthouse, Toms River, NJ, Conveyance of the farm to Solomon Jacobs by Samuel and Lotty Kaufman, 14 February 1933. p. 471 of the volume
  21. Death Certificate, Ocean County, NJ Death Certificate. May be #491
  22. Death Certificate, Solomon Jacobs; file # may be 485
  23. Telephone Interview, Ocean County New Jersey Surrogate's Court, 9/9/2008
  24. Letter and map from Ephraim Robinson, 5/31/2000
Last Edited4 November 2023 08:07:11

Zelda Leber

Zelda Leber Jacobs
F, #18, Deceased, b. 1876, d. 4 June 1939



Parents

Father*Zysia Leber (1832-1900)
Mother*Fajga Taube Mendlowicz (1844-1915)

Family: Solomon Jacobs (1877-1942)

Daughter*Frances ("Fanny") Jacobs+ (1901-1968)
Son*Zysia Jankelewicz (1902-1903)
Son*Max Jacobs+ (1904-1958)
Daughter*Sonya Jacobs+ (1907-1994)

RelationshipsGrandmother of Robert Cooper Jacobs
Grandaunt of Harry Maxim Lieber
Grandmother of Eric Stephen Leber
Grandmother of Boris Leber
2nd great-grandmother of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesJankelewicz Descendancy Chart; Leber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Biographical Details

MarriedZelda Leber was also known as Zelda Jacobs.1
NameShe was also known as Selma (sometimes Selde) Leber.
NameShe was also known as Zelda Lieberman.
1876BirthShe was born in 1876 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.2,3
1900Marr-PartnersShe married Solomon Jacobs on 5 April 1900 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland. In 1974, Aunt Sonya wrote, ". . . incidentally, your grandma & grandpa eloped. Since Grandpa's father was a man of the book, & Grandma's father was a butcher, the marriage was not considered 'suitable' so they eloped -- at which point Grandpa gave up all ideas of religion." Their marriage certificate, however, says that banns were posted in the synagogue in Piotrków three months before the wedding.4,5,6
1900Death of ParentHer father Zysia Leber died on 22 September 1900 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1901Birth of ChildHer daughter Frances ("Fanny") Jacobs was born on 19 January 1901 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1902Birth of ChildHer son Zysia Jankelewicz was born in December 1902 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1903DeathZelda Leber was bereaved by the death of Zysia Jankelewicz on 24 November 1903 in Baluty, Poland. Baluty was part of Łódź.7,8
1904Birth of ChildHer son Max Jacobs was born on 17 April 1904 in Łódź, Poland.
1906ImmigrationShe migrated to Ellis Island in New York on 24 April 1906, at age 30y,

arriving aboard the SS Batavia from Hamburg. Her mother, Taube, and her children, Frances and Max, were in the party. Batavia's manifest lists her as "Selde Jacobs." Solomon, her husband, had preceded her to the United States by fifteen months.9

1907Birth of ChildHer daughter Sonya Jacobs was born on 23 January 1907 in New York City.
1910Residence (family)Solomon Jacobs and Zelda Leber lived at 228 East Eighth Street in New York, New York on 7 April 1910. The Jacobs family moved around a lot as they became more prosperous. On April 7, 1910 they were at 228 East Eighth Street. In 1912 they were found at 380 East Eighth Street. In 1916 they were able to jump to the Bronx, first at 1348 Wilkins Avenue and then, by 1920, to 1440 Minford Place.10
1915Residence (family)Solomon Jacobs and she lived at 1348 Wilkins Avenue in the Bronx on 1 June 1915.11
1915Death of ParentHer mother Fajga Taube Mendlowicz died on 23 September 1915 in New York City.
1918Anecdote (fam)In 1918 In 1918 Solomon and Zelda purchased a farm in Rockville, Connecticut in partnership with Max and Martha Lieberman. My father, who hated it, and his younger sister Sonya also lived on this farm while Frances Jacobs remained in New York. They raised vegetables and apples, stored for the winter in a root cellar for home use and a small tobacco cash crop which was sold to cigar makers in NYC. They had a cow and a plow horse named Tom witth which Grandpa delivered milk (and home-made butter) to customers in the town. Sonya Scherer once told about the time when Grandpa had to spend a half hour talking Tom into removing a hoof from his foot on one of their milk delivery runs (Tom must have weighed about 1000 lbs).
This enterprise was abandoned after a year as a result of disagreement among the partners.12,6,13
1920Residence (family)Solomon Jacobs and Zelda Leber lived at 1440 Minford Place in the Bronx on 16 January 1920.14
1923Naturalization (fam)Solomon Jacobs and she were naturalized on 25 May 1923 at the Bronx County Supreme Court.
1930Residence (family)Solomon Jacobs and she lived at 1529 Shakespeare Avenue in the Bronx on 2 April 1930. In addition to the three adult children, the apartment held their son-in-law Harry Leber and Boris Leber, their grandchild.15
ResidenceShe lived at the farm in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey from 1933 to 1939.16,17
1939DeathShe died on 4 June 1939 in Lakewood, Ocean County, New Jersey. She had been visiting her son Max at the sanitarium at Bedford Hills, NY and was aboard a bus returning to the farm. When the bus reached Lakewood, just a few miles from home, she suffered a fatal heart attack.18
1939BurialShe was buried on 5 June 1939 in Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn. She lies in Grave 8 of Cemetery #4, Post 436, Row F.19
1942Death of SpouseHer husband Solomon Jacobs died on 11 May 1942 in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey.
1943NamesakeSteven Alan Beilock was named after Zelda Leber on 21 June 1943.20

Citations

  1. Passenger Manifest
  2. Death Certificate, NJ State Bureau of Vital Statistic; Ocean County, NJ June 4, 1939
  3. Polish Marriage Record, Piotrków PSA, Fond 333 Akta 26 (Zelman Jankelewicz & Zelda Leber), Date: 1900
  4. 1910 Federal Census
  5. Jewish Records Indexing - Poland, Akta 26, Zelda "Leber"
  6. Sonya Jacobs Scherer to Robert Jacobs. April 8, 1974 5 Monticello Ave., Trenton, NJ.
  7. Sonya Jacobs Scherer to Robert Jacobs. April 8, 1974 5 Monticello Ave., Trenton, NJ., 1910 Census; Sonya's letter
  8. Polish Death Record, Zys Jankelewicz, Akta 1871, Łódź Archive, 1903, in Balutyj(?) the 11th/24th November of this year at 1 o’clock died Zys Yanklevich, 11 months old, born in the city of Piotrkov, son of Zalmen Yankelewicz and Zelde, née Leber, wife of Yankelevich, continuously resident of the city of Piotrkov.
  9. Passenger Manifest, "Selde Jacobs", SS Batavia, 24 April 1906.
  10. 1910 Federal Census, New York, New York, population schedule, Manhattan, Enumeration District 0257, sheet 15A, dwelling 14, family 228, National Archives micropublication T624-1012 (Solomon Jacobs household).
  11. 1915 New York State Census, New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1915; Election District: 35; Assembly District: 34; City: New York; County: Bronx; Page: 59
  12. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2005. (Soloman Jacobs), Registration Location: Tolland County, Connecticut; Roll 1570619; Draft Board: 23.
  13. E-mail message, Paul Scherer to RCJ, 26 July 2010
  14. 1920 Federal Census
  15. 1930 Fed'l Census, Bronx County, New York, Bronx, page 1A, National Archives micropublication T626-1468 (Solomon Jacobs household; name rendered as "Salomon").
  16. Death Certificate, Ocean County, NJ Death Certificate. May be #491., Specifies 16 years as length of stay in Toms River
  17. E-mail message, Paul Scherer to RCJ, 12/21/2007
  18. Death Certificate, Ocean County, NJ Death Certificate. May be #491
  19. Death Certificate
  20. Personal Interview, Phyllis Lieberman Beilock, 9 July 2008
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Frances ("Fanny") Jacobs

Frances Leber
F, #19, Deceased, b. 19 January 1901, d. February 1968



Parents

Father*Solomon Jacobs (1877-1942)
Mother*Zelda Leber (1876-1939)

Family: Harry Nathan Leber (1893-1954)

Son*Boris Leber+ (1925-1975)
Son*Eric Stephen Leber+

RelationshipsAunt of Robert Cooper Jacobs
1st cousin 1 time removed of Harry Maxim Lieber
Mother of Eric Stephen Leber
Mother of Boris Leber
Great-grandaunt of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesJankelewicz Descendancy Chart; Leber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart (#1); Leber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart (#2); The Farm

Biographical Details

MarriedFrances ("Fanny") Jacobs was also known as Frances Leber.1
BirthShe was also known as Frimet Jankelewicz.
NoteFrances was an active member of the Communist Party, probably from 1937 on. She was under frequent FBI surveillance from 1944. She left the Party after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 which was also about the time she moved from the farm to New York City. The FBI unsuccessfully sought to recruit her as an informant in 1962 as an FBI memo of September 7, 1962 shows.2
OccupationFrances ("Fanny") Jacobs was a dance instructor, poultry farmer, secretary and a political activist who led an interesting and busy life.3
1901BirthShe was born on 19 January 1901 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.4
1906ImmigrationShe migrated to Ellis Island in New York City on 24 April 1906.

aboard the SS Batavia from Hamburg. She arrived in the United States with her mother, her grandmother and her infant brother Max. She is listed as "Fremet Jacobs" on the ship's manifest. She was five years old.5

1910Residence (family)She, Max Jacobs, and Sonya Jacobs lived with Solomon Jacobs and Zelda Leber at 228 East Eighth Street in New York, New York on 7 April 1910. The Jacobs family moved around a lot as they became more prosperous. On April 7, 1910 they were at 228 East Eighth Street. In 1912 they were found at 380 East Eighth Street. In 1916 they were able to jump to the Bronx, first at 1348 Wilkins Avenue and then, by 1920, to 1440 Minford Place.6
1912ResidenceFrances ("Fanny") Jacobs lived at 380 East 8th Street in New York on 15 February 1912.7
1915Residence (family)She, Max Jacobs, and Sonya Jacobs lived with Solomon Jacobs and Zelda Leber at 1348 Wilkins Avenue in the Bronx on 1 June 1915.8
1920Residence (family)Frances ("Fanny") Jacobs, Max Jacobs, and Sonya Jacobs lived with Solomon Jacobs and Zelda Leber at 1440 Minford Place in the Bronx on 16 January 1920.9
1923Naturalization (fam)Max Jacobs, Frances ("Fanny") Jacobs, and Sonya Jacobs were naturalized as part of the family of Solomon Jacobs and Zelda Leber at the Bronx County Supreme Court on 25 May 1923.
1924Marr-PartnersFrances ("Fanny") Jacobs married Harry Nathan Leber on 19 January 1924 at Borough Hall in the Bronx. Harry and Frances were second cousins. Szmul Lejb Leber, their great-grandfather, was their common ancestor.1,10
1925Birth of ChildHer son Boris Leber was born on 20 November 1925 in New York City.
1930Residence (family)As adult children, Frances ("Fanny") Jacobs, Max Jacobs, and Sonya Jacobs lived with Solomon Jacobs and Zelda Leber at 1529 Shakespeare Avenue in the Bronx on 2 April 1930. In addition to the three adult children, the apartment held their son-in-law Harry Leber and Boris Leber, their grandchild.11
1930Birth of ChildHer son Eric Stephen Leber was born on 9 September 1930 in Bronx, New York.
1934OccupationIn 1934 Frances ("Fanny") Jacobs was the director of the Rebel Arts Dance Group at East Twenty-second Street in New York City.
ResidenceShe lived at the farm in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey from 1938 to 1957.12,13
1939Death of ParentHer mother Zelda Leber died on 4 June 1939 in Lakewood, Ocean County, New Jersey.
1942Death of ParentHer father Solomon Jacobs died on 11 May 1942 in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey.
1950ElectionFrances ("Fanny") Jacobs ran for in 1950 at Third Congressional District in New Jersey. Frances ran on the Progressive ticket for the House of Representatives in 1950 in New Jersey's Third Congressional District. She received 764 votes, 0.6% of the total vote. 1950 was not a good year for Progressives or Communists.
1950Residence (family)Harry Nathan Leber and she lived at the family farm on Route 94 in Toms River, New Jersey on 6 May 1950.14
1950TravelShe traveled to Warsaw, Poland, from to attend the Second World Peace Congress in November 1950 A variety of Soviet-style resolutions were passed at the Congress.15,3
1950Psgr ListHer name was found on the manifest of the SS America on 7 December 1950 in New York. Frances was returning from Le Havre after trip to Warsaw where she attended the November World Peace Congress. She traveled on passport #60429 which, with the help of her attorney, Leonard Boudin, she had wrested from the State Department after its initial refusal to issue it.16,17,18
1952NoteFrances visited Mexico in March of 1952 and again in 1954.13
1954DeathShe witnessed the death of Harry Nathan Leber on 22 September 1954 in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey.19
1954WillShe was named as a beneficiary in the will of Harry Nathan Leber in October 1954 in Toms River.20
1957ResidenceShe lived at 323 East Gunhill Road in the Bronx in November 1957. While she was moving to New York and cleaning things out at the farm, the FBI was scrutinizing her trash.21
OccupationFrom January 1958 to June 1962 Frances ("Fanny") Jacobs was a secretary at the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee in New York City.22,23
1961ResidenceShe lived at 264 East Broadway in New York City in May 1961.24
EmploymentShe was employed as a secretary by the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee from October 1961 to May 1962 in New York. The ECLC was known for its opposition to the House Unamerican Activities and Senate Internal Security committees. Corliss Lamont was its chairman when Frances worked there.
1962OccupationIn September 1962 Frances ("Fanny") Jacobs was a part-time secretary for the Henry Street Settlement in New York City.25
1968DeathShe died of a heart attack in February 1968 in New York City.26

Citations

  1. New York City Brides Index
  2. U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI Case File #100-3305321, Frances Leber, Section 2, page 78
  3. Personal knowledge of Robert Jacobs
  4. Social Security Application, Frances Jacobs
  5. Passenger Manifest, Selde Jacobs
  6. 1910 Federal Census, New York, New York, population schedule, Manhattan, Enumeration District 0257, sheet 15A, dwelling 14, family 228, National Archives micropublication T624-1012 (Solomon Jacobs household).
  7. Passenger Manifest, SS President Grant, 15 Feb. 1912
  8. 1915 New York State Census, New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1915; Election District: 35; Assembly District: 34; City: New York; County: Bronx; Page: 59
  9. 1920 Federal Census
  10. Marriage Certificate, Bronx Cert. #781, 19 Jan 1924
  11. 1930 Fed'l Census, Bronx County, New York, Bronx, page 1A, National Archives micropublication T626-1468 (Solomon Jacobs household; name rendered as "Salomon").
  12. Death Certificate, Specifies 16 years as length of stay in Toms River
  13. U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI Case File #100-3305321, Frances Leber
  14. 1950 Fed'l Census, Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Dover, Ocean, New Jersey; Roll: 5441; Sheet Number: 75; Enumeration District: 15-24B
  15. Newspaper, Asbury Park (NJ) Press, 24 November 1950, p.7
  16. Passenger Manifest, SS America from Le Havre 7 Dec 1950
  17. Telephone Interview, Phyllis Lieberman & RCJ, 12/2/2007
  18. U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI Case File #100-3305321, Frances Leber, Frances Leber
  19. Death Certificate, New Jersey State Department of Health
  20. Newspaper, Asbury Park Press, p.10, Date: 7 OCT 1954
  21. U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI Case File #100-3305321, Frances Leber, p. 273
  22. U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI Case File #100-3305321, Frances Leber, p. 277
  23. U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI Case File #100-3305321, Frances Leber, p. II-67
  24. U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI Case File #100-3305321, Frances Leber, p. II-31
  25. U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI Case File #100-3305321, Frances Leber, p. II-64
  26. Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
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Chonya Glotzer

Chonya Glotzer — "Chonya the Bathman"
M, #20, Deceased, b. about 1870, d. 1941



Parents

Father*Schmuel Falkov Glotzer (1846-1905)
Mother*Rochl Ziperstein (about 1849-1916)

Family 1: Hannah Eisenberg (1863-about 1898)

Daughter*Chinka Glotzer+ (1892-1985)
Daughter*Faigl Glotzer+ (1894-1996)
Son*Infant Glotzer (1894-about 1894)
Son*Itzhak Glotzer+ (1895-about 1941)
Daughter*Raisel Glotzer (1897-1994)

Family 2: Chinka Kuperman (about 1881-1915)

Daughter*Adele Glotzer+ (1899-1989)
Son*Moshe Glotzer (1901-1941)
Son*Benjamin Glotzer+ (1903-1990)
Son*Yankl Glotzer (about 1906-about 1941)
Daughter*Paula Glotzer+ (1908-2000)

RelationshipsGrandfather of Robert Cooper Jacobs
2nd great-grandfather of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesEisenberg Descendancy Chart (#1); Eisenberg Descendancy Chart (#2); Glotzer: Glotzer, Grantz, Guterman, Garfinkiel, & Chomentowski Descendancy Chart; Kuperman Descendancy Chart

Biographical Details

NameChonya Glotzer was also known as Chonya Glotzer.
About 1870BirthHe was born about 1870 in Poland.1,2
About 1890Marr-PartnersHe married Hannah Eisenberg about 1890.
NoteChonya is said to have won a lifesaving medal for rescuing people who had broken through the ice on the Pina River.3
1892Birth of ChildHis daughter Chinka Glotzer was born on 10 July 1892 in Pinsk, Belarus.
About 1894Death of ChildHis son Infant Glotzer died about 15 October 1894 in Pinsk, Belarus.
1894Birth of ChildHis daughter Faigl Glotzer was born on 15 October 1894 in Pinsk, Belarus.
1894Birth of ChildHis son Infant Glotzer was born on 15 October 1894 in Pinsk, Belarus.
1895Birth of ChildHis son Itzhak Glotzer was born on 13 December 1895 in Pinsk, Belarus.
1897Birth of ChildHis daughter Raisel Glotzer was born on 22 August 1897 in Pinsk, Belarus.
About 1898Death of SpouseHis wife Hannah Eisenberg died about 1898 in Pinsk, Belarus.
1898Marr-PartnersChonya Glotzer married Chinka Kuperman in 1898 in Pinsk, Belarus.4
1899Birth of ChildHis daughter Adele Glotzer was born on 15 October 1899 in Pinsk, Belarus.
1901Birth of ChildHis son Moshe Glotzer was born in 1901 in Pinsk, Belarus.
1903Birth of ChildHis son Benjamin Glotzer was born on 22 October 1903 in Pinsk, Belarus.
1905Death of ParentHis father Schmuel Falkov Glotzer died in 1905.
About 1906Birth of ChildHis son Yankl Glotzer was born about 1906 in Pinsk, Belarus.
1908Birth of ChildHis daughter Paula Glotzer was born on 3 March 1908 in Pinsk, Belarus.
1915Death of SpouseHis wife Chinka Kuperman died on 7 December 1915 in Pinsk, Belarus.
1916Death of ParentHis mother Rochl Ziperstein died in 1916 in Palestine.
ResidenceChonya Glotzer lived at Nadbrzezna Street 76 in Pinsk, Belarus from 1924 to 1929.5,6
1929OccupationIn 1929 Chonya Glotzer was the proprietor of a steam bath — a mikveh — as reported by a 1929 Polish business directory in Pinsk, Belarus.

According to Memories of Pinsk Inhabitants, "Above is a square brick column with a stork's nest which has become a recognizable part of the historic city center. Once, the city baths were located here, which were created from Chonika [sic] Glocer mikveh. The building, well-known to older residents of Pinsk, was demolished. In 2005, a dedication ceremony was held for a new mikveh, located not far from the main square, at 18 Belov Street."7,6

1941DeathHe died in 1941 in Pinsk, Belarus. He was probably one of the group of eight or ten thousand Jews who were shot in the forest on the first day of the German occupation. His name does not appear on the lists of ghetto residents which were subsequently made.
About 1941Death of ChildHis son Itzhak Glotzer died about 1941 in Pinsk.
About 1941Death of ChildHis son Yankl Glotzer died about 1941 in Pinsk.
1941Death of ChildHis son Moshe Glotzer died in 1941 in Pinsk.

Citations

  1. Hannah Cooper Guterman, Hannah Guterman's typescript memoir (1986), n.p.
  2. 1930 Fed'l Census, Paula Glotzer
  3. E-mail message, Simone Chomentowski to RCJ, 6/25/2008, The river which crossed Pinsk the Pina was frozen in winter and a lot of farmers used to go sledging (or on sleighs? "aller en traineau") on it. But at the end of winter it could become dangerous because it happenned that ice broke under the people'weight and they get drown in the river. My mother's uncle, your grandfather, saved a lot of farmers and he was awarded a medal for having saved 41 persons (I don't remember who told me, maybe my mother).
  4. Personal Interview, Arthur Grantz, 11/7/07
  5. Passport, Benjamin Glotzer's Polish military passport
  6. Online Polish Business Directory, 1929, p. 1097, Chonya Glotzer listed under "Laznie (bains de vapeur)"
  7. Online Record, Memories of Pinsk Inhabitants, http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/pinsk/16,accounts-memories/16108,memories-of-pinsk-inhabitants/?print=1
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