Nine Generations

Lillian Guterman

Lillian Guterman, 1978

Parents

Biographical Details

Citations

1. Hannah Cooper Guterman, Hannah Guterman's holograph notebook, n.p.
2. Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
3. 1930 Federal Census
4. 1920 Federal Census, Morris Guteman [sic], Yonkers ED 209, Sheet 8
5. 1940 Federal Census, Record originated in..., Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls. (Lillian Guterman)
6. Hannah Cooper Guterman, Hannah Guterman's typescript memoir (1986), n.p.
7. Personal knowledge of Robert Jacobs
8. Passenger Manifest, Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
9. Newspaper, Yonkers Herald-Statesman, 30 July 1954 p.7
10. Telephone Interview, David Feldman & RCJ, 2/5/2009

David Feldman

Parents

Biographical Details

Citations

1. Telephone Interview, David Feldman & RCJ, 2/5/2009
2. Personal knowledge of Robert Jacobs
3. Hannah Cooper Guterman, Hannah Guterman's typescript memoir (1986), n.p.
4. Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015., 097-34-6083

Tillie Cooper

Tillie Cooper

Parents

Biographical Details

	Birth	Her birth name was Taibl Kuperman.1
	Married	Her married name was Tillie Schiff.2
1892	Birth	Tillie Cooper was born on 8 August 1892 in Pinsk, Belarus.1,3
1906	Immigration	She migrated to Ellis Island in New York, New York, on 12 October 1906. aboard the SS Ethiopia.1
1910	Residence (family)	As adult children, Israel Cooper, Solomon ("Saul") Cooper, and Tillie Cooper lived with Ephraim Kuperman and Rochel Eisenberg at 10 East 114 Streeet in New York, New York, on 16 April 1910. According to Aunt Hannah, when Elizabeth Pomeranz moved into the household, Uncle Israel fell in love with her although she was dating another man at the time. Israel moved to Chicago in 1912 to escape the situation, but he and Elizabeth corresponded — apparently warmly.4
1917	Residence	Tillie Cooper lived at 18 East 110th Street in New York, New York on 18 November 1917.2
1917	Marr-Partners	She married Morris Schiff on 18 November 1917 at 18 East 110 Street in New York, New York. The marriage was witnessed by Jacob Sherman.1,5,2
	Residence (family)	Morris Schiff and she lived at 770 Grote St., Apt. 1C, in the Bronx from 17 September 1918 to 1920.6,7
1919	Birth of Child	Her daughter, Ruth Schiff, was born on 2 January 1919 in Bronx, New York.
1921	Birth of Child	Her son, Morton Cooper Schiff, was born on 8 February 1921 in Bronx, New York.
1923	Birth of Child	Her son, Jerome Schiff, was born on 4 August 1923 in Bronx, New York.
1927	Birth of Child	Her son, Bernard C. Schiff, was born on 25 June 1927 in Yonkers, New York.
1930	Residence (family)	Morris Schiff and Tillie Cooper lived at 71 Elliot Avenue in Yonkers, New York on 10 April 1930.8
1935	Death of Parent	Her mother, Rochel Eisenberg, died on 11 April 1935 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York.
1935	Residence (family)	Morris Schiff and Tillie Cooper lived at 71 Elliott Avenue in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York on 20 August 1935.9
1946	Death of Parent	Her father, Ephraim Kuperman, died on 15 July 1946 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York.
1949	Death of Spouse	Her husband, Morris Schiff, died on 15 June 1949.
1973	Death	She died of a heart attack in March 1973 at Beth Israel Hospital in New York, New York.3
1973	Burial	She was buried in March 1973 in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York.10

Citations

1. Hannah Cooper Guterman, Hannah Guterman's holograph notebook, n.p.
2. Marriage Certificate, Manhattan Cert. # 30635, 1917 Schiff-Kuperman
3. Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015., SS# 055-26-4865
4. 1910 Federal Census, Place: Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York; Roll: T624_1019; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0453; FHL microfilm: 1375032 ("Frank" Kuperman et al)
5. New York City Brides Index, Certificate # 30635, Manhattan, 1917
6. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, Morris Schiff
7. 1920 Federal Census, Place: Bronx Assembly District 7, Bronx, New York; Roll: T625_1140; Page: 25A; Enumeration District: 387
8. 1930 Federal Census, Census Place: Yonkers, Westchester, New York; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0027; FHL microfilm: 2341401 (Morris Schiff et al)
9. Naturalization Petition, Bennie Guterman, #249518, Southern District of New York, 8/20/1935
10. Find A Grave database, Online: http://www.findagrave.com, Memorial #225177869

Solomon ("Saul") Cooper

Sol Cooper

Parents

Biographical Details

Citations

1. Personal knowledge of Robert Jacobs
2. Hannah Cooper Guterman, Hannah Guterman's holograph notebook, n.p.
3. Hannah Cooper Guterman, Hannah Guterman's typescript memoir (1986), n.p.
4. Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
5. E-mail message, Laura Cooper Elm to RCJ, 27 July 2010
6. 1930 Federal Census, Census Place: Yonkers, Westchester, New York; Page: 22B; Enumeration District: 0024; FHL microfilm: 2341401
7. 1910 Federal Census, "Frank" Kuperman = Ephraim
8. 1910 Federal Census, Place: Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York; Roll: T624_1019; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0453; FHL microfilm: 1375032 ("Frank" Kuperman et al)
9. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, NARA Publication M1509, Roll NY300, Date: 5 JUN 1917
10. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, NARA Publication M1509, Roll NY300 (Ancestry.com), Date: 5 JUN 1917
11. 1920 Federal Census, Morris Guteman [sic], Yonkers ED 209, Sheet 8
12. Westchester County on line marriage index, Cert.#33953, 1921
13. 1940 Federal Census, Record originated in..., Census Place: Yonkers, Westchester, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02864; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 68-36, Date: 5 APR 1940
14. World War II Draft Registration Card, Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010., Date: 27 APR 1942

Hannah Cooper

Hannah Cooper Guterman, 1978

Parents

Biographical Details

	Name	Hannah Cooper was also known as Hannah Guterman.1
	Birth	Her birth name was Hannah Kuperman.
1898	Birth	She was born on 21 September 1898 in Pinsk, Belarus.2,3
	Occupation	Hannah Cooper was a secretary and bookkeeper.4
1906	Immigration	She migrated to Ellis Island in New York, New York, on 12 October 1906. aboard the steamship Ethiopia.2
1910	Residence (family)	As a child, Hannah Cooper lived with Ephraim Kuperman and Rochel Eisenberg at 10 East 114 Streeet in New York, New York, on 16 April 1910. According to Aunt Hannah, when Elizabeth Pomeranz moved into the household, Uncle Israel fell in love with her although she was dating another man at the time. Israel moved to Chicago in 1912 to escape the situation, but he and Elizabeth corresponded — apparently warmly.5
1917	Residence	Hannah Cooper lived at 18 East 110 Street in New York, New York on 5 June 1917.6
1920	Marr-Partners	She married Ben Guterman on 4 January 1920 in Manhattan, New York County, New York. The marriage certificate was issued to Hannah Kuperman and Bennie Guterman.7
1922	Birth of Child	Her son, Norman S. Guterman, was born on 10 January 1922 in New York, New York.
1925	Residence (family)	Ben Guterman and she lived at 24 Pier Street in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York on 1 June 1925. Ephraim and Rochel Kuperman were living with them in 1925.8
1925	Birth of Child	Her daughter, Elaine June Guterman, was born on 5 June 1925 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York.
1929	Birth of Child	Her daughter, Lois May Guterman, was born on 20 April 1929 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York.
1929	Naturalization	Hannah Cooper served as a character witness for William Grantz at his naturalization in Bronx, New York, on 10 May 1929.)9
	Residence	She lived at 68 Elliot Avenue in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York from 1930 to 1940.10,9
1935	Death of Parent	Her mother, Rochel Eisenberg, died on 11 April 1935 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York.
	Residence (family)	Ben Guterman and Hannah Cooper lived at 68 Elliot Avenue in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York from 1935 to 1950.11,12
1936	Naturalization	She was naturalized in Westchester County, New York in 1936.13
1939	Naturalization	She served as a character witness for Adele Glotzer at her naturalization in New York, New York, on 7 March 1939.)14
1946	Death of Parent	Her father, Ephraim Kuperman, died on 15 July 1946 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York.
1950	Residence (family)	Ben Guterman and Hannah Cooper lived at 68 Elliot Ave. in Yonkers, New York on 4 April 1950.12
1964	Death of Spouse	Her husband, Ben Guterman, died on 2 December 1964 in Bronx, New York.
1979	Oral History	She recorded an oral history in February 1979 in New York City. Terry Sadin recorded Aunt Hannah's memories of Pinsk, immigration and the early years in New York. There is a print transcript available on the family web site.
1985	Death of Child	Her son, Norman S. Guterman, died on 14 November 1985 in New York, New York.
1986	Note	Aunt Hannah maintained a notebook with some basic genealogical information on the family and also wrote a twenty-seven page memoir of the family, My Family: A Reminiscence.15
1992	Death	She died in October 1992 in New York, New York.3

Citations

1. New York City Brides Index, Certificate # 1595
2. Hannah Cooper Guterman, Hannah Guterman's holograph notebook, n.p.
3. Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
4. Hannah Cooper Guterman, Hannah Guterman's typescript memoir (1986), n.p.
5. 1910 Federal Census, Place: Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York; Roll: T624_1019; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0453; FHL microfilm: 1375032 ("Frank" Kuperman et al)
6. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, Benjamin Guterman
7. New York City Brides Index, Manhattan Certificate #1595, 4 Jan 1920, Certificate # 1595
8. 1925 New York State Census (Ancestry.com), New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1925; Election District: 04; Assembly District: 05; City: Yonkers Ward 01; County: Westchester; Page: 10
9. Naturalization Petition, Petition #315371, Southern Dist. of NY, 10/7/1938 (Adele Grantz)
10. 1930 Federal Census, Efroem Kuperman
11. 1940 Federal Census, Record originated in..., Benjamin Guterman household
12. 1950 Fed'l Census, Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Yonkers, Westchester, New York; Roll: 3581; Sheet Number: 7; Enumeration District: 74-61
13. Westchester Naturalizations, Doc. #8669, Ano. A-0022(31)
14. Naturalization Petition, Petition #315371, Southern Dist. of NY, 10/7/1938
15. Personal knowledge of Robert Jacobs

Ben Guterman

Ben Guterman circa 1959

Parents

Biographical Details

1950	Occupation	In April 1950 Ben Guterman was an automobile salesman.1,2
1895	Birth	He was born on 21 September 1895 in Pinsk, Belarus. Naturalization petition says 1893.3,4
About 1907	Bar Mitzvah	He celebrated his Bar Mitzvah about 1907 in Pinsk.1
1909	Immigration	He migrated to Ellis Island in New York City on 23 May 1909. aboard the SS Caledonia. He was listed as "Ber Guterman" on the manifest.5
1910	Residence (family)	As a cousin of Ephraim Kuperman and Rochel Eisenberg, Ben Guterman resided with them at 10 East 114 Streeet in New York, New York on 16 April 1910. According to Aunt Hannah, when Elizabeth Pomeranz moved into the household, Uncle Israel fell in love with her although she was dating another man at the time. Israel moved to Chicago in 1912 to escape the situation, but he and Elizabeth corresponded — apparently warmly.6
1917	Residence	He lived at 18 East 110 Street in New York, New York on 5 June 1917.4
1920	Marr-Partners	He married Hannah Cooper on 4 January 1920 in Manhattan, New York County, New York. The marriage certificate was issued to Hannah Kuperman and Bennie Guterman.7
1920	Occupation	On 12 January 1920 Ben Guterman was a tire dealer in New York, New York.8
1922	Birth of Child	His son, Norman S. Guterman, was born on 10 January 1922 in New York, New York.
1925	Residence (family)	Ben Guterman and Hannah Cooper lived at 24 Pier Street in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York on 1 June 1925. Ephraim and Rochel Kuperman were living with them in 1925.9
1925	Birth of Child	His daughter, Elaine June Guterman, was born on 5 June 1925 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York.
1929	Birth of Child	His daughter, Lois May Guterman, was born on 20 April 1929 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York.
1930	Occupation	On 3 April 1930 Ben Guterman was a Studebaker automobile salesman in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York.10
	Residence (family)	As a parent, Ben Guterman lived with Ben Guterman and Hannah Cooper at 68 Elliot Avenue in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, from 1935 to 1950.11,2
1935	Naturalization	He was naturalized at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in New York, New York on 20 August 1935.5
1950	Residence (family)	He and Hannah Cooper lived at 68 Elliot Ave. in Yonkers, New York on 4 April 1950.2
1964	Death	He died on 2 December 1964 at the Beth Abraham Home in the Bronx.3
About 1964	Burial	He was buried about 3 December 1964 in Cedar Park Cemetery in Emerson, Bergen County, New Jersey. His grave is in Block 10, Section H, Row 8.3
1992	Death of Spouse	His wife, Hannah Cooper, died in October 1992 in New York, New York.

Citations

1. Hannah Cooper Guterman, Hannah Guterman's typescript memoir (1986), n.p.
2. 1950 Fed'l Census, Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Yonkers, Westchester, New York; Roll: 3581; Sheet Number: 7; Enumeration District: 74-61
3. Hannah Cooper Guterman, Hannah Guterman's holograph notebook, n.p.
4. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, Benjamin Guterman
5. Naturalization Petition, Bennie Guterman, #249518, Southern District of New York, 8/20/1935
6. 1910 Federal Census, Place: Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York; Roll: T624_1019; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0453; FHL microfilm: 1375032 ("Frank" Kuperman et al)
7. New York City Brides Index, Manhattan Certificate #1595, 4 Jan 1920, Certificate # 1595
8. 1920 Federal Census
9. 1925 New York State Census (Ancestry.com), New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1925; Election District: 04; Assembly District: 05; City: Yonkers Ward 01; County: Westchester; Page: 10
10. 1930 Federal Census, Efroem Kuperman
11. 1940 Federal Census, Record originated in..., Benjamin Guterman household

Jennifer Ann Greenberg

Jenny Greenberg, 2017

Parents

Susanna Rachel Greenberg

Susanna, Thanksgiving 2012

Parents

Sonya Jacobs

Sonya Scherer, ca 1975

Parents

Biographical Details

	Married	Her married name was Sonya Scherer.
	Birth	Her birth name was Sarah Jacobs.1
1907	Birth	Sonya Jacobs was born on 23 January 1907 in New York, New York. She was the child of her parents' reunion, born almost exactly nine months after her mother Zelda and her two older siblings joined Solomon in New York.2,3
1910	Residence (family)	As children, Frances Jacobs, Max Jacobs, and Sonya Jacobs lived with Solomon Jacobs and Zelda Leber at 228 East Eighth Street in Bronx, 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
1915	Residence (family)	As children, Frances Jacobs, Max Jacobs, and Sonya Jacobs lived with Solomon Jacobs and Zelda Leber at 1348 Wilkins Avenue in Bronx, New York, on 1 June 1915.5
1918	Residence	Sonya Jacobs lived at R.F.D. 1 in Rockville, Tolland County, Connecticut on 12 September 1918.6
1920	Residence (family)	As children, Frances Jacobs, Max Jacobs, and Sonya Jacobs lived with Solomon Jacobs and Zelda Leber at 1440 Minford Place in the Bronx on 16 January 1920.7
1923	Naturalization (fam)	Max Jacobs, Frances 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.
1930	Residence (family)	As adult children, Frances 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.8
1933	Marr-Partners	Sonya Jacobs married Nathan Scherer on 4 May 1933 at the Manhattan Municipal Building in New York City.9,10
1939	Death of Parent	Her mother, Zelda Leber, died on 4 June 1939 in Lakewood, Ocean County, New Jersey.
1941	Birth of Child	Her son, Paul Michael Scherer, was born on 10 June 1941 in New York City.
1942	Death of Parent	Her father, Solomon Jacobs, died on 11 May 1942 in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey.
1950	Residence (family)	Nathan Scherer and Sonya Jacobs lived in Ewing Township, Mercer County, New Jersey on 21 April 1950. Paul Scherer not listed on the census sheet. The house number is 5, which suggests the family home on Monticello Avenue, but the street name is also not noted on the census form.11
1994	Death	She died on 7 August 1994 at Mercer Hospital in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey.12
2006	Death of Spouse	Her husband, Nathan Scherer, died on 15 February 2006 in Marple Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
About 2010	Biography	Paul Scherer wrote a memoir of his parents which is linked on the Jacobs family website, https://genarchives.com/NineGenerations/up/index.htm.

Citations

1. New York City Department of Health, New York City Birth Index, 1878-1965, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017., Manhattan Cert. #5749, 23 Jan 1907
2. Sonya Jacobs Scherer to Robert Jacobs. April 8, 1974 5 Monticello Ave., Trenton, NJ.
3. New York City Department of Health, New York City Birth Index, 1878-1965, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017., Manhattan Cert. #5749, 23 Jan 1907, First name on certificate is "Sarah."
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. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, "Soloman Jacobs"
7. 1920 Federal Census
8. 1930 Federal Census, Bronx County, New York, Bronx, page 1A, National Archives micropublication T626-1468 (Solomon Jacobs household; name rendered as "Salomon").
9. New York City Brides Index, Cert. # 8556
10. Marriage Certificate, Manhattan Cert. #8556, May 4, 1933 (Nathan Scherer and Sonya Jacobs)
11. 1950 Fed'l Census, Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Ewing, Mercer, New Jersey; Roll: 4738; Sheet Number: 71; Enumeration District: 11-8
12. Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

Nathan Scherer

Nate Scherer, August 1984

Parents

Biographical Details

	Nickname	Nathan Scherer was also known as Nate Scherer.1
	Birth	His birth name was Nachman Chaim Scherer.2
1912	Birth	He was born on 31 December 1912 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.3
1950	Occupation	In April 1950 Nathan Scherer was a trainer for the State Unemployment Compensation Commission in New Jersey.1,4
1914	Residence (family)	As children, Frank Scherer, Henry Scherer, Nathan Scherer, Rachel ("Rae") Scherer, and William Scherer lived with Marcus Scherer and Betsy Wieder at 209 East 118 Street in New York, New York, in 1914.5
	Residence (family)	As children, Frank Scherer, Henry Scherer, Joseph Scherer, Nathan Scherer, Rachel ("Rae") Scherer, and William Scherer lived with Marcus Scherer and Betsy Wieder at 231 East 118th Street in Manhattan, New York, from 1918 to 1920.6,7
	Education	Nathan Scherer studied at New York University in New York, New York from 1930 to 1934.8
1930	Residence	He lived at 9815a Farragut Road in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York on 18 April 1930.9
1931	Death of Parent	His mother, Betsy Wieder, died on 27 January 1931 in Brooklyn, New York.
1933	Marr-Partners	He married Sonya Jacobs on 4 May 1933 at the Manhattan Municipal Building in New York City.10,11
About 1934	Graduation	He graduated from New York University in New York, New York, about 1934 with a B.A. in Economics.12
1938	Death of Parent	His father, Marcus Scherer, died on 16 February 1938 in Brooklyn, New York.
	Residence	Nathan Scherer lived in Teaneck, Bergen County, New Jersey from 1941 to 1945.8
1941	Birth of Child	His son, Paul Michael Scherer, was born on 10 June 1941 in New York City.
1941	Note	Paul Scherer writes: "During WWII Dad was assigned (he was classified 4F due to a congenital back defect - 3 incomplete vertebrae ) to do employee training at the Picatinny Arsenal. After the war we moved from Teaneck to Trenton where dad took a training job with the NJ Division of Employment Security (administering unemployment insurance). He retired around 1982 to do work with the American Jewish Congress on Holocaust education."8
	Residence	Nathan Scherer lived at 5 Monticello Avenue in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey from 1945 to 2000.1,8
1950	Residence (family)	He and Sonya Jacobs lived in Ewing Township, Mercer County, New Jersey on 21 April 1950. Paul Scherer not listed on the census sheet. The house number is 5, which suggests the family home on Monticello Avenue, but the street name is also not noted on the census form.4
1982	Retirement	He retired in 1982.8
1994	Death	He became a widower on the death of Sonya Jacobs on 7 August 1994 in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey.13
2006	Death	He died on 15 February 2006 in Marple Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.14
2014	Biography	Paul wrote a memoir of his father in the first person; it is linked on the Jacobs Family website, https://genarchives.com/NineGenerations/up/index.htm.
About 2010	Note	Paul Scherer wrote a memoir of his parents which is linked on the Jacobs Family website, https://genarchives.com/NineGenerations/up/index.htm.

Citations

1. Personal knowledge of Robert Jacobs
2. E-mail message, Paul Scherer to RCJ, 23 Jan 2015
3. E-mail message, Paul Scherer to RCJ, 12/21/2007, Markus (b 1875 d1938) & Betsy (Weider) (b1883 d 1931) Scherer (unknown cause of death)
   
   All Scherer Children born in NY,NY
   
   Henry Scherer ( b 11/1904 NY , d 2000 probably complications of Alzheimers)
   
   sons David & Nathan (dob unknown)
   
   Henry Scherer b 11/1904 NY, d 2000, 1st wife Rose (children David, 1st wife Barbara (son Mark) 4 more wives; Nathan, wife Marsha ( children Lynn & Marty); Henry's 2nd wife Fran b?
   
   Frank Scherer (b 1906, dod ?)
   
   son Norton (dob & dod ?)
   
   Frank Scherer b 1906 NY, d?, wife Millie b?d?; son Norton b?d? wife Edie (son Mark)
   
   Will Scherer (b 1908, d heart disease date unkown)
   
   sons David & Steven (dob unknown)
   
   Will Scherer b 1908 NY, d?, wife Harriet b?d?(children David, 1st wife Elle (2 daughters), 2nd wife; Steven, wife Pauline)
   
   Rachel (Scherer) Cohen (b 1911 d 3/26/83 leukemia)
   
   daughter Betsy (b 1942) son Arthur (b 1943)
   
   Rachel Cohen b 4/8/1911, d 3/26/83, husband Archibald (Aaron) Cohen d 8/19/82 (children Betsey Sherwin, husband Lowell Sherwin d (daughters Heather, Marcie); Arthur Cohen wife Nurith (children Penny(husband Scott,daughter Madison), Daphne, Heidi (husband, Mike)))
   
   Nathan Scherer (b 1912 d 2006 complications of Altzheimers); Sonya (Jacobs) Scherer
   
   (b 1907 d 1994 complications of Diabetes (Kidney & Congestive Heart Failure)**
   
   son Paul (b 1941 Diabetic ,Glaucoma (Nathan also ));Sherry (Ehmann) Scherer*
   
   Joe Scherer (b 1917 d 2007 complications of Altzheimers)
   
   Joe Scherer b 2/25/17, wife Beth (children Eddie; Rachel Madsen ( husband Peter Madsen (3..... boys))
   
   daughter Rachel b1950, son Eddie b1951 (dob approximate)
   
   what were your dates at Tufts? BS in physics? entered 9/1959 , graduated Physics & Math 1963
4. 1950 Fed'l Census, Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Ewing, Mercer, New Jersey; Roll: 4738; Sheet Number: 71; Enumeration District: 11-8
5. Naturalization Petition, New York, County Naturalization Records, 1791-1980, on FHL Film # 005411324
6. 1920 Federal Census, Place: Manhattan Assembly District 20, New York, New York; Roll: T625_1222; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 1367, Date: 3 FEB 1920
7. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, Local Board 165, New York, Date: 12 SEP 1918
8. E-mail message, Paul Scherer to RCJ, 26 July 2010
9. 1930 Federal Census, William Scherer
10. New York City Brides Index, Cert. # 8556
11. Marriage Certificate, Manhattan Cert. #8556, May 4, 1933 (Nathan Scherer and Sonya Jacobs)
12. E-mail message, Paul Scherer to RCJ, 26 July 2010,

    Dad was attending NYU where he got his BA degree in Economics (around 1934)

13. Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
14. Telephone Interview, Paul Scherer & RCJ, 24 Oct. 2014

Paul Michael Scherer

Paul at the goldfish pond on the farm, September 1942

Parents

Biographical Details

Citations

1. E-mail message, Paul Scherer to RCJ, 12/21/2007
2. Personal knowledge of Robert Jacobs
3. Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010)., Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings
4. E-mail message, Ethan Scherer to RCJ, 1 May 2021, Dear Eric, Robert, and Nancy -
   
   I had written this already, but due to some internal strife among my siblings, I had held off until now. However, Eric's call this AM prompted me to send this out now. I apologize
   
   I am sad to report that on Wednesday night my dad passed away. I could tell over the phone in January that things were getting worse. We successfully convinced him to move into our house last month, but his health took another steep change about a week into his time here and he needed to be hospitalized shortly thereafter. In life, my dad had strong conviction on the moral and right path and fought with every inch of his being for these causes. The end was not dissimilar where he fought tooth and nail for what he believed. In the closing days and hours, I was able to feed him ice chips on demand and briefly hold him when he became unsettled. Jonathan, Susannah, Jill, and I were able to say good-bye before he passed.
   
   While I felt it was too early for him to die, my dad lived a full life. He was married to my mother for over 50 years, watched all his children grow-up and become successful human beings, and met his three grandchildren. My dad loved science from a young age. He won the New Jersey state science fair and went on to the national competition. He did extensive primary research using historical documents in the Princeton library on the Lenape tribe of New Jersey. He helped work on building technology in the 60s to get rockets into space and later in submarines to keep our country safe. He passed that love for science onto his children and grandchildren. I have fond memories of exploring the stars with him and debating how much we can rely upon mathematics and logic in the context of Kurt Godel incompleteness theorems. Beyond science my dad had a cutting sense of humor. He loved play on words and “bad” puns. It was always funny listening to Monty Python sketches or watching reruns of “Are You Being Served?” with him.
   
   His decline was so rapid and surprising, and I was deeply saddened by his passing, but also knew he would want me to push forward. My dad wished to be cremated so we have a little time before we need to plan a formal ceremony. I will keep you posted, but we’re thinking that we’ll do something related to the sea since he always admired the Vikings’ sailing skill as well as their burial traditions.
   
   Love,
   
   Ethan

Harry Nathan Leber

Harry Leber

Parents

Biographical Details

	Birth	His birth name was Nuta Hersz Leber.
1893	Birth	Harry Nathan Leber was born on 4 April 1893 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.1,2,3
1899	Death of Parent	His mother, Yetta Lipski, died on 15 October 1899 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1914	Immigration	He migrated to Ellis Island in New York, New York, on 30 May 1914. aboard the steamer Finland from Antwerp.4
	Occupation	Harry Nathan Leber was a garment worker and poultry farmer.5,6
1917	Marr-Partners	He witnessed the marriage of Max Harry Lieberman and Martha Gurnianski and signed the marriage certificate in Bronx, New York, on 4 March 1917.7
1919	Marr-Partners	Harry Nathan Leber witnessed the marriage of David Jacobs and Rose Greenberg and signed the marriage certificate in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, on 20 December 1919.8
1920	Residence	Harry Nathan Leber lived at 1440 Minford Place in the Bronx on 16 January 1920.6
1924	Residence	He lived at 973 Fox Street in the Bronx in the Bronx on 19 January 1924.9
1924	Marr-Partners	He married Frances Jacobs 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.10,11
1924	Naturalization	He was naturalized in New York, New York on 23 May 1924. Certificate #1814199.12
1925	Birth of Child	His son, Boris Leber, was born on 20 November 1925 in New York City.
1930	Residence (family)	Harry Nathan Leber resided with Solomon Jacobs and Zelda Leber, his in-laws, 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.13
1930	Birth of Child	His son, Eric Stephen Leber, was born on 9 September 1930 in Bronx, New York.
1935	Death of Parent	His father, Szmul Lejb Leber, died in 1935 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
	Occupation	From 1936 to 1940 Harry Nathan Leber was a manager at Newark Model Laundry in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.14,15
	Residence	He lived at the farm in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey from 1938 to 1954.16,17
1942	Draft Registration	He registered for the draft in 1942 in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey.18
1950	Occupation	In April 1950 Harry Nathan Leber was a poulty farmer in Toms River, New Jersey.19
1950	Residence (family)	He and Frances Jacobs lived at the family farm on Route 94 in Toms River, New Jersey on 6 May 1950.20
1954	Death	He died on 22 September 1954 in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey.21
1954	Cremation	He was cremated on 23 September 1954 at the Ewing Cemetery Crematorium in Ewing Township.22,1
1954	Will	His will was probated in October 1954 in Toms River. Frances Jacobs was both executrix and beneficiary. The farm went to Frances. Bequests totaling $2,000 were made to two people "in the expectation and confidence that they will use this bequest for the purpose to which I have been sympathic in my lifetime." It's almost certain that they were communists.23
1968	Death of Spouse	His wife, Frances Jacobs, died in February 1968 in New York City.

Citations

1. Death Certificate
2. World War II Draft Registration Card, Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010
3. Polish Birth Record, Piotrków BMD, Polish State Archives Akta 46 (Nuta Gersh Leber)
4. Passenger Manifest, Listed as Mita Hersch Leber
5. Personal knowledge of Robert Jacobs
6. 1920 Federal Census
7. Marriage Certificate, Bronx Cert. #933, 4 March 1917 (Max Lieberman & Martha Gurney)
8. Marriage Certificate, Brooklyn Cert. #16349, 20 Dec. 1919
9. Marriage Certificate, Harry & Frances
10. New York City Brides Index
11. Marriage Certificate, Bronx Cert. #781, 19 Jan 1924
12. U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI Case File #100-3305321, Frances Leber
13. 1930 Federal Census, Bronx County, New York, Bronx, page 1A, National Archives micropublication T626-1468 (Solomon Jacobs household; name rendered as "Salomon").
14. 1940 Federal Census, Record originated in..., Dover, Ocean, New Jersey; Roll: T627_2374; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 15-14 (Jacobs & Leber families), Memory says the laundry name was Newark Model Laundry, phone # Humboldt 2 1100, Harry in a managerial position there.
15. E-mail message, Eric Leber to RCJ, 11 April 2016
16. Death Certificate, Specifies 16 years as length of stay in Toms River
17. U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI Case File #100-3305321, Frances Leber, Frances Leber
18. World War II Draft Registration Card, Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, Harry N. Leber; serialo #U2228, Ocean County, NJ
19. 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: 2828; Sheet Number: 3; Enumeration District: 3-1062
20. 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
21. Death Certificate, New Jersey State Department of Health
22. E-mail message
23. Newspaper, Asbury Park Press, p.10, Date: 7 OCT 1954

Boris Leber

Boris Leber on the farm

Parents

Biographical Details

	Birth	His birth name was Alexander Boris Leber.1
1925	Birth	Boris Leber was born on 20 November 1925 in New York City.2,3
1930	Residence (family)	As a child, Boris Leber 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.4
	Residence	Boris Leber lived at the farm in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey from 1938 to 1943.5,6
1943	Military	He served in the Army Air Corps on 22 November 1943 in Fort Dix, New Jersey. having enlisted right out of high school. After basic training at Fort Dix, New Jersey he was trained as a bombardier in B-17s. He never saw actual combat; his squadron arrived in England within a few days of the German surrender. Then they were turned around and flew to the Pacific. They arrived on Okinawa or Tinian just as the atomic bombs were dropped. Boris made a hilarious story of this; I wish he were still here so that I could hear it again.7
	Occupation	Boris Leber was a jewelry designer in New York, New York. Although he had started his career as a photographer, he turned to jewelry design after Harry's death in 1954. Eventually he had a successful shop on Madison Avenue with an upscale clientele.1
1950	Residence (family)	As an adult child, Boris Leber lived with Harry Nathan Leber and Frances Jacobs at the family farm on Route 94 in Toms River, New Jersey, on 6 May 1950.8
1954	Death of Parent	His father, Harry Nathan Leber, died on 22 September 1954 in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey.
1957	Marr-Partners	Boris Leber married Madeleine van Eerde in 1957 in Manhattan, New York County, New York.9
1959	Birth of Child	His daughter, Deirdre Anne Leber, was born on 22 September 1959 in New York City.
1968	Death of Parent	His mother, Frances Jacobs, died in February 1968 in New York City.
1975	Death	He died of a heart attack on 24 October 1975 at Madison Avenue in New York, New York, at age 49yCoronary artery disease is the family curse.2,1
2000	Death of Spouse	His wife, Madeleine van Eerde, died on 13 January 2000.
	Biography	. Deirdre Leber wrote a lovely piece about her Dad which is linked on her page on the family web site, https://genarchives.com/NineGenerations/up/index.htm.10
	Biography	. Eric Leber wrote a biographical and autobiographical memoir of Boris and himself. It is linked on his page on the family web site, https://genarchives.com/NineGenerations/up/index.htm.

Citations

1. Personal knowledge of Robert Jacobs
2. Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
3. New York City Department of Health, New York City Birth Index, 1878-1965, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017., p. 206 or 266 of the 1925 index, Date: 20 NOV 1925
4. 1930 Federal Census, Bronx County, New York, Bronx, page 1A, National Archives micropublication T626-1468 (Solomon Jacobs household; name rendered as "Salomon").
5. Death Certificate, Specifies 16 years as length of stay in Toms River
6. U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI Case File #100-3305321, Frances Leber, Frances Leber
7. NARA, WW II Enlistee database, National Archives Database
8. 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
9. Marriage Index, Manhattan Cert. No. 26887, 1957
10. E-mail message, Deirdre Leber to RCJ, 12/3/2007

Eric Stephen Leber

Eric Leber, 1972

Parents

Lorn Merrill Leber

Lorn Leber

Parents

Jeremy G. Leber

Jeremy Leber

Parents

Madeleine van Eerde

Madeleine van Eerde

Parents

Biographical Details

Citations

1. Madeleine van Eerde to Robert Jacobs. 23 March 1982 300 East 72d Street, New York, NY.
2. Marriage Index, Manhattan Cert. No. 26887, 1957
3. Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010)., Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings

Deirdre Anne Leber

Deirdre Leber, July 2005

Parents

Gale Merton Edson

Gale Merton Edson, age 26

Parents

Biographical Details

	Aka	Gale Merton Edson was also known as Pop Edson. Members of the family always called him Pop.
1896	Birth	He was born on 8 November 1896 in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington.1,2
	Occupation	Gale Merton Edson was a pharmacist in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington.3
1900	Residence (family)	As children, Agnes Helen Edson and Gale Merton Edson lived with Edward Edson and Mary Ellen Hamburg in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington, on 21 June 1900.4
1910	Residence	Gale Merton Edson lived at West Main Street in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington on 27 April 1910.5
1917	Military	He served in the Army in World War I. He was inducted on 25 May 1917 in Seattle, King County, Washington. Pop served overseas from June 15, 1918 to May 1, 1919 and was honorably discharged on May 17, 1918 at Allentown, PA. He was awarded the Italian Service Ribbon.6
	Residence (family)	He and Zetta G. ("Nana") Kampen lived in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington from 1921 to 1985.7
1921	Marr-Partners	He married Zetta G. ("Nana") Kampen on 25 November 1921 in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. The marriage was witnessed by Agnes Helen Edson and Guy Erwin Sherwood.7,8
1923	Marr-Partners	Gale Merton Edson witnessed the marriage of Charles Julius Kamm and Teena A. Kampen and signed the marriage certificate in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington, on 30 September 1923.9
1923	Birth of Child	His son, James Edward Edson, was born on 16 November 1923 in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington.
1942	Physical Description	Gale Merton Edson was described as height 6 feet, weight 165, complexion light, eyes gray hair brown, in April 1942 in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington.10
1944	Death of Parent	His father, Edward Edson, died on 17 December 1944 in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington.
1947	Residence (family)	Gale Merton Edson and Zetta G. ("Nana") Kampen lived at 405 West Front Street in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington in 1947.11
1949	Death of Parent	His mother, Mary Ellen Hamburg, died on 29 September 1949 in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington.
1985	Death	He died of pneumonia and cardiac arrest on 24 September 1985 at St. Luke's Hospital in Bellingham, Washington.12,13
1985	Cremation	He was cremated on 25 September 1985 at Greenacres Crematorium in Ferndale.13
1985	Burial	He was buried in September 1985 in Lynden Cemetery, Plot D-178-A-B, in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington.3
1990	Death of Spouse	His wife, Zetta G. ("Nana") Kampen, died on 3 June 1990 in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington.

Citations

1. Washington Birth Index, 1891—1919
2. Edson Family Association & Edson Genealogical Association, The Edsonian, Brewer, Maine: Edson Family Association, 1947 ff, Vol. 52, #3, p.37, Date: BET JUL 2000 AND SEP 2000
3. Personal knowledge of Robert Jacobs
4. 1900 Federal Census
5. 1910 Federal Census
6. Washington State Digital Archives, Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans’ Bonus Records, World War I Service Statement Cards. Online in 2009, Office of the Secretary of State.
7. 1930 Federal Census
8. Edson Family Association & Edson Genealogical Association, The Edsonian, Brewer, Maine: Edson Family Association, 1947 ff, Vol. 52, #3, Fall, 2000, p.37
9. Washington State Digital Archives, http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/ViewRecord.aspx?RID=C2D40F9DBD48E5277305D5EE4D710D37 - from Whatcom County Marriage Records.
10. World War II Draft Registration Card, Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, United States, Selective Service System. Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Fourth Registration. Gale Edson, Local Bd. 1 Whatcom Cty, WA
11. City Directory, Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. (Bellingham, 1947)
12. Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
13. Death Certificate, Washington Cert. #146-8, Stat File No. 5 23937, Date: 24 SEP 1985

Edward Edson

Ed Edson

Parents

Biographical Details

1860	Birth	Edward Edson was born on 30 August 1860 in Elk Grove, Madison Township, Hancock County, Iowa.1
1870	Residence	He lived in Lewis Township, Holt County, Missouri on 7 June 1870.2
	Residence	He lived in Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas between 1871 and 1872.3
	Residence	He lived in Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas from 1873 to 1882.4,5
1880	Membership	He was a member of the second Smith Center band in 1880 in Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas.6
1881	Death	He was saddened by the death of Gardner Martin Edson on 20 October 1881 at Kansas Central Hotel in Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas.7,1,8,9,10
1882	Anecdote	In August 1882 Ed Edson left Smith Center in August 1882 and was in Wyoming at the time the family's Smith County lands were sold.11,12
1883	Residence	Edward Edson lived in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington in October 1883.13
	Occupation	Edward Edson was a druggist in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington.14,15
1890	Marr-Partners	He married Mary Ellen Hamburg on 17 November 1890 in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington.16,1
1891	Residence (family)	He and Mary Ellen Hamburg lived in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington in January 1891.13
1891	Birth of Child	His daughter, Agnes Helen Edson, was born on 7 November 1891 in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington.
1896	Birth of Child	His son, Gale Merton Edson, was born on 8 November 1896 in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington.
1900	Residence (family)	Edward Edson and Mary Ellen Hamburg lived in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington on 21 June 1900.17
1901	Divorce	He and Mary Ellen Hamburg were divorced on 6 March 1901.18
1910	Residence	He lived at West Main Street in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington on 27 April 1910.19
1920	Residence	He lived in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington on 4 January 1920. The census-taker counted him on the day before his second marriage.20
1920	Marr-Partners	He married Lelah Blanche Jackson on 5 January 1920 at 2001 G Street in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington. On the marriage certificate, Ed Edson enters his father's name as "Martin G. Edson," thus removing any doubt that Martin G. Edson records refer to Gardner M. Edson.21,22,23
1935	Death of Parent	His mother, Mary Ellen Gillespie, died on 29 January 1935 in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington.
	Religion	He was a non-believer. In 1939 he wrote, ". . . I was not handicapped as most youngsters were by religious teaching at home if not directly by the parents then by Sunday school teachers. I think that is the one thing I have more reason to be grateful to my pa and ma than for anything else that they never directly or indirectly taught me any religion. I have sought to repay the debt vicariously by doing likewise for my own kids."24
1944	Death	He died on 17 December 1944 in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington.25
About 1944	Burial	He was buried about 18 December 1944 in Lynden Cemetery in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington.26
1949	Death of Spouse	His former wife, Mary Ellen Hamburg, died on 29 September 1949 in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington.
1962	Death of Spouse	His wife, Lelah Blanche Jackson, died on 6 May 1962 in Whatcom County, Washington.

Citations

1. Edson Family Association & Edson Genealogical Association, The Edsonian, Brewer, Maine: Edson Family Association, 1947 ff, Vol. 52, #3, Fall, 2000, p.37
2. 1870 Federal Census
3. Mollie Edson, Verboden: The Musings of a Washington Pioneer in a Dutch Community, 1890-1944, Multimedia Master's Degree Project Central Washington University, 1999, Letter, Ed Edson to George Burr, 1 November 1940, "It was while we lived in Sabetha before we moved to Smith Co. I was 11 or 12 years old."
4. 1875 Kansas State Census, G.M. Edson
5. Mollie Edson, Verboden: The Musings of a Washington Pioneer in a Dutch Community, 1890-1944, Multimedia Master's Degree Project Central Washington University, 1999, Letter, Ed Edson to George Burr, 15 August 1937
6. Mrs. William Hawes, The History of Smith Centre, Kansas, 1871-1971, 1st ed., 1971; Online: digital images, Allen County Public Library, The Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/historyofsmithce00hawe), Accessed; 19 September 2017; 24
7. 1900 Federal Census, Edward Edson
8. Mollie Edson, Verboden: The Musings of a Washington Pioneer in a Dutch Community, 1890-1944, Multimedia Master's Degree Project Central Washington University, 1999, /miscellaneous/42-11-30 Ed Autobiography#1.tif
9. Smith County Kansas Pioneer, Smith Centre, Smith County, Kansas, ., Death's Doings.; October 28, 1881, Volume X, Number 2; p. 4, column 1, Filed as 0245.jpg in RCJ's Kansas papers directory.
10. Kansas Free Press, Smith Centre, Kansas, DIED—On October 20th, 1881, Dr. G.M. Edson; 28 October 1881, vol. 3, No. 5; p. 5, Col. 2
11. Mollie Edson, Verboden: The Musings of a Washington Pioneer in a Dutch Community, 1890-1944, Multimedia Master's Degree Project Central Washington University, 1999, You asked about our old Smith County holdings. I don't know and don't believe I ever did know just how my paternal acquired title to it. As I remember, he bought someone's relinquishment to start with. I don't believe he homesteaded it so he must have, I suppose, taken it under the Pre-emtion [sic] Act.
12. Letter, Ed Edson to Burr, a.l.s undated, prob after Sept. 1939
13. Lottie Roeder Roth, History of Whatcom County, Chicago: Pioneer Historical Publishing Co., 1926, Vol. 2 p.708
14. Personal knowledge of Robert Jacobs
15. Washington Birth Index, 1891—1919, Agnes Edson
16. 1930 Federal Census, Edward Edson
17. 1900 Federal Census
18. Mollie Edson, Verboden: The Musings of a Washington Pioneer in a Dutch Community, 1890-1944, Multimedia Master's Degree Project Central Washington University, 1999, Letter, Ed Edson to George Burr, 19 Jan 1941, Case # 31618 Mary E. Edson vs. E. Edson
19. 1910 Federal Census
20. 1920 Federal Census, Edward Edson
21. 1920 Federal Census, Shows Ed Edson as divorced
22. 1930 Federal Census, Shows Ed Edson married to Lelah Jackson
23. Marriage Certificate, Ed Edson & Lelah Jackson
24. Mollie Edson, Verboden: The Musings of a Washington Pioneer in a Dutch Community, 1890-1944, Multimedia Master's Degree Project Central Washington University, 1999, Letter, Ed Edson to George Burr, 22 Oct. 1939
25. Washington Death Index 1940-2014
26. Gravestone inscription, Ed Edson's heastone, Lynden Cemetery