Father* | Max Jacobs (1904-1958) |
Mother* | Paula Glotzer (1908-2000) |
Son* | Michael Cooper Jacobs + |
Daughter* | Deborah Lax Jacobs |
Son* | Elliot Edson Jacobs + |
Daughter* | Madeleine Jane Jacobs |
Daughter* | Eleanor Grace Jacobs + |
Relationships | 2nd 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 |
Last Edited | 12 October 2024 13:12:15 |
Father* | Chonya Glotzer (about 1870-1941) |
Mother* | Chinka Kuperman (about 1881-1915) |
Son* | Robert Cooper Jacobs + |
Daughter* | Nancy Louise Jacobs + |
Relationships | Mother of Robert Cooper Jacobs Great-granddaughter of Mordechai Eisenberg Great-grandmother of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark |
Married | Paula Glotzer was also known as Paula Jacobs. | |
1908 | Birth | She 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 |
1915 | Death of Parent | Her mother, Chinka Kuperman, died on 7 December 1915 in Pinsk, Belarus. |
1920 | Immigration | Paula 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 |
Residence | She 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 | |
Residence | She lived at 76 Highland Avenue in Yonkers, New York from 22 July 1920 to 1927.4,6 | |
1924 | Graduation | She graduated from Yonkers High School in Yonkers, New York, in 1924 with an academic diploma.4 |
Occupation | From 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 | |
1928 | Occupation | In 1928 Paula Glotzer was a secretary at Fisk University in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.4 |
Residence | She 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 | |
1930 | Education | She studied at the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois in 1930.8,4 |
1930 | Residence | She lived at 5852 Ellis Avenue in Chicago, Illinois on 16 April 1930.8 |
Occupation | From 1930 to 1938 Paula Glotzer was a secretary to Franz Boas, Columbia University Anthropology Department in New York City.4 | |
1931 | Marr-Partners | She 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 |
1931 | Marr-Partners | Paula 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 |
1935 | Residence (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 |
1936 | Residence (family) | Max Jacobs and she lived at 304 West 107th Street in New York in February 1936.12 |
1938 | Residence (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 |
1940 | Residence | She lived at the farm on Lakewood Road in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey on 12 April 1940. Max Jacobs was in the sanitarium, down with tuberculosis.13 |
1941 | Death of Parent | Her father, Chonya Glotzer, died in 1941 in Pinsk, Belarus. |
From 1941 | Residence (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.14 |
1944 | Residence (family) | Max Jacobs and she lived in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York with their children on 9 February 1944.15 |
Residence | She lived at 3388 Wayne Avenue, Apt. A32, in the Bronx from 1944 to 1979.4,16 | |
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 | |
1945 | Anecdote | In 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. |
1949 | Occupation | In 1949 Paula Glotzer was a secretary at the Israeli Consulate in New York City.17 |
1950 | Residence (family) | Max Jacobs and she lived at 3388 Wayne Avenue, Apt. A32, in the Bronx on 12 April 1950.18 |
Occupation | From 1952 to 1979 Paula Glotzer was a medical secretary in the Neurology Department of Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx.4 | |
1957 | Note | The Jacobs family took a four-day trip through Albany to Niagara Falls and back in 1957.4 |
1957 | Travel (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. |
1958 | Death | She was widowed by the death of Max Jacobs on 27 February 1958 at 3388 Wayne Avenue, Apt. A32, in the Bronx.4,19 |
1977 | Note | Presentation: 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 |
1979 | Retirement | In June 1979 Paula Glotzer retired in the Bronx.20 |
About 1979 | Residence | She lived at 585 West End Avenue in New York City about October 1979. This had been Nancy and Bob's old apartment.21 |
1990 | Residence | She 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.22 |
2000 | Death | She died on 4 August 2000 at Medford Leas in Medford Township, at age 92y.4 |
About 2000 | Cremation | She 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 |
Last Edited | 28 August 2024 07:45:15 |
Father* | Solomon Jacobs (1877-1942) |
Mother* | Zelda Leber (1876-1939) |
Son* | Robert Cooper Jacobs + |
Daughter* | Nancy Louise Jacobs + |
Relationships | Father 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 |
1904 | Birth | Max Jacobs was born on 17 April 1904 in Łódź, Poland.1 |
1942 | Physical Description | He was five feet, eight inches tall, with brown hair, in 1942 when he registered for the draft in Albany, New York, at age 38y. In 1948, during the family's vacation on Martha's Vineyard, he grew a beard which came in red. In his youth he had been an excellent soccer player — center forward at City College — and a fine tennis player as well. He tried, albeit in vain, to teach his son Robert how to hit a decent backhand.2 |
Nickname | His nickname was Mac. | |
1906 | Immigration | He migrated in Ellis Island from Hamburg on 24 April 1906 |
1910 | Residence (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.5 |
1915 | Residence (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 1915.6 |
About 1918 | Illness | Max 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.7 |
1918 | Residence | He 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.8,3 |
1918 | School attendance | He attended Rockville High School in 1918 in Rockville, Tolland County, Connecticut.9 |
School attendance | He attended Morris High School from 1918 to 1921 in the Bronx.9 | |
1920 | Residence (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 1920.10 |
Education | Max Jacobs studied at City College in New York City from September 1921 to December 1922.9 | |
1923 | Naturalization (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. |
Occupation | Between 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.2,11 | |
1928 | Travel | He 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 |
1928 | Residence | He lived at 1220 Shakespeare Avenue in the Bronx on 16 December 1928.12 |
About 1930 | Anecdote | . 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 |
1930 | Residence (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 |
1931 | Marr-Partners | Max 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 |
1931 | Marr-Partners | Max 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.2,16 |
Education | He 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 | |
1935 | Residence (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 |
1936 | Residence (family) | He and Paula Glotzer lived at 304 West 107th Street in New York in February 1936.19 |
Occupation | From 1936 to 1940 Max Jacobs was a statistical research assistant for Franz Boas at Columbia University in New York City.20 | |
Education | He studied mathematics at the Graduate Faculties of Columbia University in New York City from February 1936 to June 1938.21 | |
1938 | Residence (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.2 |
1938 | Illness | He 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.2 |
1939 | Death of Parent | His mother, Zelda Leber, died on 4 June 1939 in Lakewood, Ocean County, New Jersey. |
Occupation | From 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 1941 | Residence (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 |
1942 | Draft Registration | He registered for the draft on 14 February 1942 in Albany.23 |
1942 | Occupation | On 14 February 1942 Max Jacobs was working in the Bureau of Rationing at Department of Social Welfare in Albany, Albany County, New York. |
1942 | Death of Parent | His father, Solomon Jacobs, died on 11 May 1942 in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey. |
Occupation | From 1943 to 1944 Max Jacobs was a labor market analyst and assistant area director at the War Manpower Commission in Syracuse, New York.20 | |
Occupation | From 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 | |
1944 | Residence (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.2 | |
1946 | Occupation | In 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 |
Note | Max was a notable tournament chess player. At one time he had been the Junior Champion of the Marshall Chess Club in New York. He was one of the only two players (of fifteen) who defeated the principal player at a simultaneoius exhibition at the Mahnattan Chess Club in 1923. He was one of the entertainers at a club banquet sometimes in the early 1920s. 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.2 | |
1950 | Residence (family) | He and Paula Glotzer lived at 3388 Wayne Avenue, Apt. A32, in the Bronx on 12 April 1950.25 |
1952 | Note | In February 1952 Max vacationed in Florida.2 |
1954 | Note | In 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.2,26 |
1957 | Travel (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. |
1958 | Death | He 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.2,27 |
1958 | Cremation | He was cremated on 1 March 1958 at Ferncliff Cemetery in Ardsley. His ashes are in M-3, Niche Arcade Alcove 2, Niche 26.2 |
2000 | Death of Spouse | His wife, Paula Glotzer, died on 4 August 2000 in Medford Township, New Jersey. |
Last Edited | 19 October 2024 10:24:07 |
Father* | Max Jacobs (1904-1958) |
Mother* | Paula Glotzer (1908-2000) |
Daughter* | Jennifer Ann Greenberg + |
Daughter* | Susanna Rachel Greenberg + |
Relationships | Sister 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 |
Last Edited | 4 November 2023 08:07:11 |
Father* | William Greenberg (1909-1981) |
Mother* | Lillian Wexler (1912-1990) |
Daughter* | Jennifer Ann Greenberg + |
Daughter* | Susanna Rachel Greenberg + |
Occupation | Robert Martin Greenberg was a university teacher, writer and academic dean.1 | |
1943 | Birth | He was born on 10 April 1943 in Brooklyn, New York. |
Nickname | His nickname was Bob. | |
Education | He studied English at Columbia College in New York City from September 1960 to May 1964.1,2 | |
1964 | Graduation | He graduated from Columbia College in New York City in June 1964 with a B.A. in English.1,3 |
1978 | Graduation | He graduated from City University in New York City in 1978 with a Ph.D. in English.4 |
Occupation | From 1979 to 2001 Robert Martin Greenberg was a professor, assistant and associate dean and acting dean at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.5 | |
1981 | Death of Parent | His father, William Greenberg, died on 19 October 1981 in Queens, New York. |
1990 | Death of Parent | His mother, Lillian Wexler, died on 25 April 1990 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
1993 | Note | 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. |
2001 | Death | Robert Martin Greenberg died of colon cancer on 2 August 2001 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.1,6 |
2001 | Burial | He was buried on 6 August 2001 in Montefiore Cemetery in Jenkintown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Section 19, Lot 148, Grave 3.5,7 |
Last Edited | 4 November 2023 08:07:11 |
Father* | Benjamin Lax (1883-1970) |
Mother* | Dora Fierman (1882-1964) |
Daughter* | Linda Lax + (1940-2023) |
Son* | Alan Spencer Lax + |
Daughter* | Rochelle Lax + |
Son* | David Joseph Lax + |
Relationships | Father of Linda Lax |
Charts and other references | Ewig Descendancy Chart; Lax Descendancy Chart |
1915 | Birth | Jack Isador Lax was born on 2 October 1915 in New York City.1 |
1920 | Residence | He lived at 1619 Washington Avenue in the Bronx on 8 January 1920.2 |
1930 | Residence (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 |
1938 | Marr-Partners | Jack Isador Lax married Gladys Ewig on 19 February 1938 in Brooklyn, New York.4 |
1940 | Occupation | On 17 April 1940 Jack Isador Lax was a clerk in New York City.5 |
1940 | Birth of Child | His daughter, Linda Lax, was born on 22 August 1940 in New York City. |
1940 | Residence (family) | He and Gladys Ewig lived at 219 Grant Avenue in the Bronx on 22 August 1940.6 |
Occupation | From 1943 to 1971 Jack Isador Lax was a fire fighter for the New York Fire Department in New York City.7,8,9 | |
1943 | Birth of Child | His son, Alan Spencer Lax, was born on 24 June 1943 in New York City. |
1945 | Birth of Child | His daughter, Rochelle Lax, was born on 17 April 1945 in New York City. |
1950 | Residence (family) | Jack Isador Lax and Gladys Ewig lived at 1215 Nelson Ave., Apt. 3C, in the Bronx on 6 April 1950.8 |
1951 | Birth of Child | His son, David Joseph Lax, was born on 10 July 1951 in New York City. |
1964 | Death of Parent | His mother, Dora Fierman, died on 11 February 1964 in New York City. |
1970 | Death of Parent | His father, Benjamin Lax, died on 19 February 1970 in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida. |
1971 | Retirement | Jack Isador Lax retired on 9 March 1971 in New York City.9 |
1990 | Death | He died on 24 September 1990 in Miami Beach, Florida.7,10 |
2002 | Death of Spouse | His wife, Gladys Ewig, died on 26 January 2002 in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida. |
Last Edited | 8 October 2023 07:26:00 |
Father* | Abraham Ewig (1878-1929) |
Mother* | Anna Gutter (about 1878-1949) |
Daughter* | Linda Lax + (1940-2023) |
Son* | Alan Spencer Lax + |
Daughter* | Rochelle Lax + |
Son* | David Joseph Lax + |
Relationships | Mother of Linda Lax |
Charts and other references | Ewig Descendancy Chart; Lax Descendancy Chart |
Married | Gladys Ewig was also known as Gladys Lax. | |
Birth | She was also known as Gietel Ewig. | |
1918 | Birth | She was born on 26 July 1918 in New York City. She and her family lived on the lower East Side.1 |
1925 | Residence (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 |
1929 | Death of Parent | Her father, Abraham Ewig, died on 31 March 1929 in Manhattan, New York. |
1930 | Residence | Gladys Ewig lived at 144 Norfolk Street in New York City on 4 April 1930.3 |
1938 | Marr-Partners | She married Jack Isador Lax on 19 February 1938 in Brooklyn, New York.4 |
1940 | Birth of Child | Her daughter, Linda Lax, was born on 22 August 1940 in New York City. |
1940 | Residence (family) | Jack Isador Lax and Gladys Ewig lived at 219 Grant Avenue in the Bronx on 22 August 1940.5 |
1943 | Birth of Child | Her son, Alan Spencer Lax, was born on 24 June 1943 in New York City. |
1945 | Birth of Child | Her daughter, Rochelle Lax, was born on 17 April 1945 in New York City. |
1949 | Death of Parent | Her mother, Anna Gutter, died on 21 July 1949 in Brooklyn, New York. |
1950 | Residence (family) | Jack Isador Lax and Gladys Ewig lived at 1215 Nelson Ave., Apt. 3C, in the Bronx on 6 April 1950.6 |
1951 | Birth of Child | Her son, David Joseph Lax, was born on 10 July 1951 in New York City. |
1990 | Death of Spouse | Her husband, Jack Isador Lax, died on 24 September 1990 in Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida. |
2002 | Death | She died on 26 January 2002 in Miami.7,8 |
Last Edited | 9 August 2024 07:20:11 |
Father* | Jack Isador Lax (1915-1990) |
Mother* | Gladys Ewig (1918-2002) |
Son* | Michael Cooper Jacobs + |
Daughter* | Deborah Lax Jacobs |
Married | Linda Lax was also known as Linda Jacobs.1 | |
Birth | She was also known as Barbara Linda Lax. | |
1940 | Birth | She 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 |
1940 | Residence (family) | She lived with Jack Isador Lax and Gladys Ewig at 219 Grant Avenue in the Bronx on 22 August 1940.2 |
1950 | Residence (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 |
Education | Linda 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. | |
1962 | Graduation | She graduated from Hunter College in New York City in June 1962 with a B.A. in Political Science.1 |
Occupation | From September 1962 to June 1965 Linda Lax was an elementary school teacher at New York City School System in the Bronx.1 | |
1972 | Graduation | She graduated from Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington, in 1972 with a Master of Education degree.1 |
About 1977 | Residence | She lived in Orcas Island, San Juan County, Washington about 1977.1 |
1983 | Occupation | In September 1983 Linda Lax was a college admissions counselor in Seattle, Washington.1 |
1990 | Death of Parent | Her father, Jack Isador Lax, died on 24 September 1990 in Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida. |
2002 | Death of Parent | Her mother, Gladys Ewig, died on 26 January 2002 in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida. |
2004 | Residence | Linda Lax lived at 3217 Eastlake Ave East, Apartment 407, in Seattle in February 2004.4 |
2013 | Retirement | In March 2013 Linda Lax retired in Seattle.1 |
2021 | Illness | She suffered from a serious stroke on 24 September 2021 at home in Seattle, Washington. |
2023 | Death | She died of a broken hip followed by inanition on 11 October 2023 at Kline Galland Hospice in Seattle, Washington.1 |
2023 | Burial | She was buried on 20 October 2023 in Lake View Cemetery in Capitol Hill in Seattle, Washington.1 |
Last Edited | 15 August 2024 08:57:11 |
Father* | Robert Cooper Jacobs |
Mother* | Linda Lax (1940-2023) |
Son* | Jack Isador ("Jack") Jacobs |
Relationships | Son 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 |
Last Edited | 4 November 2023 08:34:39 |
Father* | Robert Cooper Jacobs |
Mother* | Linda Lax (1940-2023) |
Relationships | Daughter 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 |
Last Edited | 11 August 2024 11:25:45 |
Father* | Gale Merton Edson (1896-1985) |
Mother* | Zetta G. ("Nana") Kampen (1898-1990) |
Daughter* | Mary Ellen Edson + |
Daughter* | Mollie Jenks Edson + |
Daughter* | Jane Jenks Edson + |
Relationships | Father of Mollie Jenks Edson Great-grandfather of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark |
Charts and other references | Edson Descendancy Chart; Jenks Descendancy Chart |
1923 | Birth | James Edward Edson was born on 16 November 1923 in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington. |
1930 | Residence | He lived in Lynden on 11 April 1930.1 |
Education | He studied biology at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington.2 | |
1946 | Marr-Partners | He married Janet Jean Jenks on 21 June 1946 at St. Stephen's Chapel in Seattle, Washington.3 |
1948 | Graduation | He graduated from Northwestern University Dental School in Chicago, Illinois, in 1948 with a degree in dentistry.4 |
1948 | Residence (family) | He and Janet Jean Jenks lived at 2515 41st Avenue, Apt. 145, in Seattle, Washington in 1948.5 |
Occupation | From 1949 to 2003 James Edward Edson was a dentist in Seattle, Washington.2 | |
1949 | Birth of Child | His daughter, Mary Ellen Edson, was born on 30 August 1949 in Seattle, Washington. |
1950 | Residence (family) | He and Janet Jean Jenks lived at 2515 41st Avenue, Apt. 145, in Seattle, Washington on 3 April 1950. |
About 1951 | Military | He served as a Navy dentist during the Korean war at the San Diego naval base, about 1951.4 |
1953 | Birth of Child | His daughter, Mollie Jenks Edson, was born on 2 May 1953 in Seattle, Washington. |
1960 | Birth of Child | His daughter, Jane Jenks Edson, was born on 31 March 1960 in Seattle, Washington. |
1985 | Death of Parent | His father, Gale Merton Edson, died on 24 September 1985 in Bellingham, Washington. |
1990 | Death of Parent | His mother, Zetta G. ("Nana") Kampen, died on 3 June 1990 in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington. |
2005 | Death | James 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 |
2012 | Death of Spouse | His wife, Janet Jean Jenks, died on 30 July 2012 in Seattle. |
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Father* | Cecil Evart Jenks (1896-1969) |
Mother* | Leona Holmes (1898-1991) |
Daughter* | Mary Ellen Edson + |
Daughter* | Mollie Jenks Edson + |
Daughter* | Jane Jenks Edson + |
Relationships | Mother 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 6th cousin 1 time removed of Erik Anderson |
Charts and other references | Edson Descendancy Chart; Jenks Descendancy Chart |
Married | Janet Jean Jenks was also known as Janet Jean Edson. | |
1926 | Birth | She was born on 22 January 1926 at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.1,2 |
1930 | Residence | She lived at 6003 29th Avenue N.E. in Seattle, Washington on 26 April 1930.2 |
1940 | Residence (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. |
1946 | Marr-Partners | Janet Jean Jenks married James Edward Edson on 21 June 1946 at St. Stephen's Chapel in Seattle, Washington.3 |
1948 | Residence (family) | James Edward Edson and she lived at 2515 41st Avenue, Apt. 145, in Seattle, Washington in 1948.4 |
1949 | Birth of Child | Her daughter, Mary Ellen Edson, was born on 30 August 1949 in Seattle, Washington. |
1950 | Residence (family) | James Edward Edson and Janet Jean Jenks lived at 2515 41st Avenue, Apt. 145, in Seattle, Washington on 3 April 1950. |
1953 | Birth of Child | Her daughter, Mollie Jenks Edson, was born on 2 May 1953 in Seattle, Washington. |
1960 | Birth of Child | Her daughter, Jane Jenks Edson, was born on 31 March 1960 in Seattle, Washington. |
1969 | Death of Parent | Her father, Cecil Evart Jenks, died on 17 December 1969 in Seattle, Washington. |
1991 | Death | Janet Jean Jenks was the informant for the death certificate of Leona Holmes in Seattle, Washington, on 22 March 1991.5,6 |
2005 | Death | Janet Jean Jenks was widowed by the death of James Edward Edson on 22 April 2005 in Seattle.7 |
2012 | Death | She died on 30 July 2012 in Seattle at the age of 86y.7 |
2012 | Note | A 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 |
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Father* | James Edward Edson (1923-2005) |
Mother* | Janet Jean Jenks (1926-2012) |
Son* | Elliot Edson Jacobs + |
Daughter* | Madeleine Jane Jacobs |
Daughter* | Eleanor Grace Jacobs + |
Relationships | 10th cousin 2 times removed of Kate Elizabeth Murphy Ristow 3rd cousin 7 times removed of President John Adams Grandmother of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark 7th cousin of Erik Anderson |
Last Edited | 4 October 2024 10:04:51 |
Father* | Robert Cooper Jacobs |
Mother* | Mollie Jenks Edson |
Daughter* | Cecily Jane Jacobs |
Son* | Benjamin Edson ("Ben") Jacobs |
Relationships | Son 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 7th cousin 1 time removed of Erik Anderson |
Last Edited | 4 November 2023 08:30:36 |
Father* | Robert Cooper Jacobs |
Mother* | Mollie Jenks Edson |
Relationships | Daughter 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 7th cousin 1 time removed of Erik Anderson |
Last Edited | 4 October 2024 10:33:32 |
Father* | Robert Cooper Jacobs |
Mother* | Mollie Jenks Edson |
Son* | Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark |
Relationships | Daughter 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 7th cousin 1 time removed of Erik Anderson |
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Father* | Szmul Jankelewicz (1854-1933) |
Mother* | Frymeta Sadt (1857-1892) |
Daughter* | Frances ("Fanny") Jacobs + (1901-1968) |
Son* | Zysia Jankelewicz (1902-1903) |
Son* | Max Jacobs + (1904-1958) |
Daughter* | Sonya Jacobs + (1907-1994) |
Relationships | Grandfather of Robert Cooper Jacobs Grandfather of Eric Stephen Leber Grandfather of Boris Leber 2nd great-grandfather of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark |
Charts and other references | Jankelewicz Descendancy Chart; Leber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart |
Birth | Solomon Jacobs was also known as Zalmen Jankelewicz. Sometime after his arrival in the United States he changed it to Solomon Jacobs.1 | |
1877 | Birth | He was born on 1 April 1877 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.2 |
1892 | Death of Parent | His mother, Frymeta Sadt, died on 20 August 1892 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland. |
1900 | Marr-Partners | He 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 |
1901 | Birth of Child | His daughter, Frances ("Fanny") Jacobs, was born on 19 January 1901 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland. |
1902 | Birth of Child | His son, Zysia Jankelewicz, was born in December 1902 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland. |
1903 | Death | Solomon Jacobs was bereaved by the death of Zysia Jankelewicz on 24 November 1903 in Baluty, Poland. Baluty was part of Łódź.6,7 |
1904 | Birth of Child | His son, Max Jacobs, was born on 17 April 1904 in Łódź, Poland. |
1905 | Immigration | Solomon Jacobs migrated in Ellis Island from Łódź on 15 January 1905 |
Occupation | From 1905 to 1917 Solomon Jacobs was a house painter in New York City.10,11 | |
1907 | Birth of Child | His daughter, Sonya Jacobs, was born on 23 January 1907 in New York City. |
1910 | Residence (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 |
1915 | Residence (family) | He and Zelda Leber lived at 1348 Wilkins Avenue in the Bronx on 1 June 1915.11 |
1918 | Anecdote (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 |
1918 | Draft Registration | He registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Rockville, Tolland County, Connecticut.15 |
1920 | Residence (family) | He and Zelda Leber lived at 1440 Minford Place in the Bronx on 16 January 1920.16 |
1923 | Naturalization (fam) | He and Zelda Leber were naturalized on 25 May 1923 at the Bronx County Supreme Court. |
1930 | Residence (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 |
Occupation | From 1933 to 1942 Solomon Jacobs was a poultry farmer in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey.1 | |
1933 | Death of Parent | His father, Szmul Jankelewicz, died on 29 August 1933 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland. |
Residence | Solomon 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 | |
1939 | Death | He 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 |
1942 | Death | He died of a heart attack on 11 May 1942 in Toms River, at age 65y.22 |
After 1942 | Probate | His estate was probated after 11 May 1942 in Toms River. Although he died intestate, there are letters of administration and inventory documents.23 |
1942 | Burial | He 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 |
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Father* | Zysia Leber (1832-1900) |
Mother* | Fajga Taube Mendlowicz (1844-1915) |
Daughter* | Frances ("Fanny") Jacobs + (1901-1968) |
Son* | Zysia Jankelewicz (1902-1903) |
Son* | Max Jacobs + (1904-1958) |
Daughter* | Sonya Jacobs + (1907-1994) |
Relationships | Grandmother 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 references | Jankelewicz Descendancy Chart; Leber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart |
Married | Zelda Leber was also known as Zelda Jacobs. Her given name was rendered as "Selma" in a few documents.1 | |
Name | She was also known as Selma (sometimes Selde) Leber. | |
Name | She was also known as Zelda Lieberman. | |
1876 | Birth | She was born in 1876 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.2,3 |
1900 | Marr-Partners | She 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 |
1900 | Death of Parent | Her father, Zysia Leber, died on 22 September 1900 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland. |
1901 | Birth of Child | Her daughter, Frances ("Fanny") Jacobs, was born on 19 January 1901 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland. |
1902 | Birth of Child | Her son, Zysia Jankelewicz, was born in December 1902 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland. |
1903 | Death | Zelda Leber was bereaved by the death of Zysia Jankelewicz on 24 November 1903 in Baluty, Poland. Baluty was part of Łódź.7,8 |
1904 | Birth of Child | Her son, Max Jacobs, was born on 17 April 1904 in Łódź, Poland. |
1906 | Immigration | She 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 |
1907 | Birth of Child | Her daughter, Sonya Jacobs, was born on 23 January 1907 in New York City. |
1910 | Residence (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 |
1915 | Residence (family) | Solomon Jacobs and she lived at 1348 Wilkins Avenue in the Bronx on 1 June 1915.11 |
1915 | Death of Parent | Her mother, Fajga Taube Mendlowicz, died on 23 September 1915 in New York City. |
1918 | Anecdote (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 |
1920 | Residence (family) | Solomon Jacobs and Zelda Leber lived at 1440 Minford Place in the Bronx on 16 January 1920.14 |
1923 | Naturalization (fam) | Solomon Jacobs and she were naturalized on 25 May 1923 at the Bronx County Supreme Court. |
1930 | Residence (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 |
Residence | She lived at the farm in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey from 1933 to 1939.16,17 | |
1939 | Death | She 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 |
1939 | Burial | She was buried on 5 June 1939 in Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn. She lies in Grave 8 of Cemetery #4, Post 436, Row F.19 |
1942 | Death of Spouse | Her husband, Solomon Jacobs, died on 11 May 1942 in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey. |
1943 | Namesake | Steven Alan Beilock was named after Zelda Leber on 21 June 1943.20 |
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Father* | Solomon Jacobs (1877-1942) |
Mother* | Zelda Leber (1876-1939) |
Son* | Boris Leber + (1925-1975) |
Son* | Eric Stephen Leber + |
Relationships | Aunt 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 references | Jankelewicz Descendancy Chart; Leber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart (#1); Leber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart (#2); The Farm |
Married | Frances ("Fanny") Jacobs was also known as Frances Leber.1 | |
Birth | She was also known as Frimet Jankelewicz. | |
Note | Frances 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 | |
Occupation | Frances ("Fanny") Jacobs was a dance instructor, poultry farmer, secretary and a political activist who led an interesting and busy life.3 | |
1901 | Birth | She was born on 19 January 1901 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.4 |
1906 | Immigration | She 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 |
1910 | Residence (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 |
1912 | Residence | Frances ("Fanny") Jacobs lived at 380 East 8th Street in New York on 15 February 1912.7 |
1915 | Residence (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 |
1920 | Residence (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 |
1923 | Naturalization (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. |
1924 | Marr-Partners | Frances ("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 |
1925 | Birth of Child | Her son, Boris Leber, was born on 20 November 1925 in New York City. |
1930 | Residence (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 |
1930 | Birth of Child | Her son, Eric Stephen Leber, was born on 9 September 1930 in Bronx, New York. |
1934 | Occupation | In 1934 Frances ("Fanny") Jacobs was the director of the Rebel Arts Dance Group at East Twenty-second Street in New York City. |
Residence | She lived at the farm in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey from 1938 to 1957.12,13 | |
1939 | Death of Parent | Her mother, Zelda Leber, died on 4 June 1939 in Lakewood, Ocean County, New Jersey. |
1942 | Death of Parent | Her father, Solomon Jacobs, died on 11 May 1942 in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey. |
1950 | Election | Frances ("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. |
1950 | Residence (family) | Harry Nathan Leber and she lived at the family farm on Route 94 in Toms River, New Jersey on 6 May 1950.14 |
1950 | Travel | She 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 |
1950 | Psgr List | Her 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 |
1952 | Note | Frances visited Mexico in March of 1952 and again in 1954.13 |
1954 | Death | She witnessed the death of Harry Nathan Leber on 22 September 1954 in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey.19 |
1954 | Will | She was named as a beneficiary in the will of Harry Nathan Leber in October 1954 in Toms River.20 |
1957 | Residence | She 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 |
Occupation | From January 1958 to June 1962 Frances ("Fanny") Jacobs was a secretary at the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee in New York City.22,23 | |
1961 | Residence | She lived at 264 East Broadway in New York City in May 1961.24 |
Employment | She 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. | |
1962 | Occupation | In September 1962 Frances ("Fanny") Jacobs was a part-time secretary for the Henry Street Settlement in New York City.25 |
1968 | Death | She died of a heart attack in February 1968 in New York City.26 |
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Father* | Schmuel Falkov Glotzer (1846-1905) |
Mother* | Rochl Ziperstein (about 1849-1916) |
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) |
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) |
Relationships | Grandfather of Robert Cooper Jacobs 2nd great-grandfather of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark |
Charts and other references | Eisenberg Descendancy Chart (#1); Eisenberg Descendancy Chart (#2); Glotzer: Glotzer, Grantz, Guterman, Garfinkiel, & Chomentowski Descendancy Chart; Kuperman Descendancy Chart |
Name | Chonya Glotzer was also known as Chonya Glotzer. Later in life he became known locally as "Chonya the Bathman.". | |
About 1870 | Birth | He was born about 1870 in Poland.1,2 |
About 1890 | Marr-Partners | He married Hannah Eisenberg about 1890. |
Note | Chonya is said to have won a lifesaving medal for rescuing people who had broken through the ice on the Pina River.3 | |
1892 | Birth of Child | His daughter, Chinka Glotzer, was born on 10 July 1892 in Pinsk, Belarus. |
About 1894 | Death of Child | His son, Infant Glotzer, died about 15 October 1894 in Pinsk, Belarus. |
1894 | Birth of Child | His daughter, Faigl Glotzer, was born on 15 October 1894 in Pinsk, Belarus. |
1894 | Birth of Child | His son, Infant Glotzer, was born on 15 October 1894 in Pinsk, Belarus. |
1895 | Birth of Child | His son, Itzhak Glotzer, was born on 13 December 1895 in Pinsk, Belarus. |
1897 | Birth of Child | His daughter, Raisel Glotzer, was born on 22 August 1897 in Pinsk, Belarus. |
About 1898 | Death of Spouse | His wife, Hannah Eisenberg, died about 1898 in Pinsk, Belarus. |
1898 | Marr-Partners | Chonya Glotzer married Chinka Kuperman in 1898 in Pinsk, Belarus.4 |
1899 | Birth of Child | His daughter, Adele Glotzer, was born on 15 October 1899 in Pinsk, Belarus. |
1901 | Birth of Child | His son, Moshe Glotzer, was born in 1901 in Pinsk, Belarus. |
1903 | Birth of Child | His son, Benjamin Glotzer, was born on 22 October 1903 in Pinsk, Belarus. |
1905 | Death of Parent | His father, Schmuel Falkov Glotzer, died in 1905. |
About 1906 | Birth of Child | His son, Yankl Glotzer, was born about 1906 in Pinsk, Belarus. |
1908 | Birth of Child | His daughter, Paula Glotzer, was born on 3 March 1908 in Pinsk, Belarus. |
1915 | Death of Spouse | His wife, Chinka Kuperman, died on 7 December 1915 in Pinsk, Belarus. |
1916 | Death of Parent | His mother, Rochl Ziperstein, died in 1916 in Palestine. |
Residence | Chonya Glotzer lived at Nadbrzezna Street 76 in Pinsk, Belarus from 1924 to 1929.5,6 | |
1929 | Occupation | In 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 |
1941 | Death | He 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 1941 | Death of Child | His son, Itzhak Glotzer, died about 1941 in Pinsk. |
About 1941 | Death of Child | His son, Yankl Glotzer, died about 1941 in Pinsk. |
1941 | Death of Child | His son, Moshe Glotzer, died in 1941 in Pinsk. |
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