Nine Generations

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 He did extensive primary research using historical documents in the Princeton library on the Lenape tribe of New Jersey.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	Harry Nathan Leber was also known as Nuta Hersz Leber.
1893	Birth	He 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 City 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, 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 ("Fanny") 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 City 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 Bronx, New York, 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, 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 ("Fanny") 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 ("Fanny") 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 ("Fanny") Jacobs, died in February 1968 in New York City.

Citations

1. Death Certificate
2. World War II Draft Registration Card
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 Fed'l 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, 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	Boris Leber was also known as Alexander Boris Leber.1
1925	Birth	He was born on 20 November 1925 in New York City.2,3
1930	Residence (family)	He 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 City. 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 ("Fanny") 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 ("Fanny") 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 City at the age of 49 years. Coronary 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 Fed'l 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

Parents

Lorn Merrill Leber

Parents

Jeremy G. 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

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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)	Agnes Helen Edson and he 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, 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	In 1942, at age 45 years, his draft board described him as height 6 feet, weight 165, complexion light, eyes gray hair brown.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.
1958	Burial	He authorized the burial of Robert James Thompson on 17 April 1958 in Seattle, Washington.12
1985	Death	Gale Merton Edson died of pneumonia and cardiac arrest on 24 September 1985 at St. Luke's Hospital in Bellingham, Washington.13,14
1985	Cremation	He was cremated on 25 September 1985 at Greenacres Crematorium in Ferndale.14
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 Fed'l 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, 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. Death Certificate, Washington Cert. #6833 (Robert James Thompson), Date: 13 APR 1958
13. Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
14. Death Certificate, Washington Cert. #146-8, Stat File No. 5 23937, Date: 24 SEP 1985

Edward Edson

Ed Edson

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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
1889	Marr-Partners	He swore that Ed Edson swore he was acquainted with John and Agnes and knew that they were of legal age.14
	Occupation	Edward Edson was a druggist in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington.15,16
1890	Marr-Partners	He married Mary Ellen Hamburg on 17 November 1890 in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington.17,1
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 1900.18
1901	Divorce	He and Mary Ellen Hamburg were divorced on 6 March 1901.19
1910	Residence	He lived at West Main Street in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington on 27 April 1910.20
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.21
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. Lelah Jackson's parents were the witnesses to the marriage.22,23,24
1935	Death of Parent	His mother, Mary Ellen Gillespie, died on 29 January 1935 in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington.
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. Ancestry.com Public Family Trees, "A Miscellaneous Research Tree", Date: 11 JUL 2024
15. Personal knowledge of Robert Jacobs
16. Washington Birth Index, 1891—1919, Agnes Edson
17. 1930 Fed'l Census, Edward Edson
18. 1900 Federal Census
19. 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
20. 1910 Federal Census
21. 1920 Federal Census, Edward Edson
22. 1920 Federal Census, Shows Ed Edson as divorced
23. 1930 Fed'l Census, Shows Ed Edson married to Lelah Jackson
24. Marriage Certificate, Ed Edson & Lelah Jackson
25. Washington Death Index 1940-2014
26. Gravestone inscription, Ed Edson's heastone, Lynden Cemetery

Cecil Evart Jenks

Cecil Evart Jenks, November, 1929

Parents

Biographical Details

1896	Birth	Cecil Evart Jenks was born on 8 July 1896 in Scottville, Mason County, Michigan. His grandchildren called him "Bompo."1,2
1900	Residence	He lived at 3109 Maple Street in Everett, Washington on 6 June 1900.2
1910	Residence	He, as the child of Pearl May T. Jenks, resided with her in Odessa, Washington.3
1919	Marr-Partners	He married Leona Holmes on 20 May 1919 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.4,5
1919	Occupation	On 20 May 1919 Cecil Evart Jenks was a sold farm implements in Odessa, Washington.5,6
1919	Residence (family)	He and Leona Holmes lived in Odessa, Washington in 1919.4
	Occupation	From 1921 to 1962 Cecil Evart Jenks was a banker in Washington. he started in Davenport, Washington and ultimately became Senior Vice president of People's National Bank at its main office in Seattle.6
1924	Death of Parent	His father, Evart J. Jenks, died on 12 May 1924 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.
1926	Birth of Child	His daughter, Janet Jean Jenks, was born on 22 January 1926 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.
1930	Residence (family)	Cecil Evart Jenks and Leona Holmes lived at 6003 29th Avenue N.E. in Seattle, Washington on 26 April 1930.7
1935	Birth of Child	His son, David Evart Jenks, was born on 18 June 1935 in Washington.
1940	Residence (family)	Cecil Evart Jenks and Leona Holmes lived at 901 Spruce Street in Hoquiam, Washington on 11 April 1940. with their children.
1942	Physical Description	In 1942 his draft board described him as height 6', weight 180, complexion light, eyes blue, hair brown, scar on right wrist.8
1942	Residence (family)	He and Leona Holmes lived at 4305 East 38th in Seattle, Washington on 27 April 1942.8
1943	Death	He was the informant for the death certificate of May Theresa Thompson in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, on 16 July 1943.9,10
1950	Residence (family)	He and Leona Holmes lived at 4305 East 38th St. in Seattle, Washington on 14 April 1950.11
1962	Death of Child	His son, David Evart Jenks, died on 15 January 1962 in Seattle, Washington.
1969	Death	Cecil Evart Jenks died of heart attack on 17 December 1969 in Seattle.12,13,14
About 1969	Burial	He was buried about 19 December 1969 in Acacia Memorial Park and Funeral Home in Lake Forest Park, King County, Washington. His grave is at Cascade Vista Plot 107, Sec. A.15
1991	Death of Spouse	His wife, Leona Holmes, died on 22 March 1991 in Seattle, Washington.

Citations

1. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, Cecil Jenks draft card
2. 1900 Federal Census, Place: Everett, Snohomish, Washington; Roll: T623_ 1750; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 214.
3. 1910 Federal Census, Odessa, Lincoln, Washington; Roll: T624_1666; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0107; Image: 1086; FHL Number: 1375679.
4. 1920 Federal Census
5. Marriage Certificate, Database: Spokane County Marriage Records. ONLINE. 2006. Source: Spokane County Marriage Certificates, Book A, 1880-1887; Marriage Returns, 1891-1907, and Marriage Certificates, 1887-1974. Washington State Archives, Eastern Regional Branch.
6. Newspaper, Seattle Daily Time obituary, 17 Dec 1969, p.89
7. 1930 Fed'l Census, Cecil Jenks
8. World War II Draft Registration Card, United States, Selective Service System. Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Fourth Registration. Cecil Evart Jenks, Local Bd. 6, Seattle, WA
9. Ancestry.com Public Family Trees, Jenks Family Tree. Ancestry on-line database
10. Death Certificate, Washington Cert. #1102 (Washington Digital Archives), Date: 16 JUL 1943
11. 1950 Fed'l Census, Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Seattle, King, Washington; Roll: 827; Sheet Number: 16; Enumeration District: 40-191
12. Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
13. Newspaper, Seattle Daily Times obituary, 17 Dec 1969, p.89
14. Death Certificate, Washingtonb Cert. #28597 (Washington Digital Archives), Date: 17 DEC 1969
15. Find A Grave database, Online: http://www.findagrave.com, Memorial# 89012709

Szaindla Golda Jankelewicz¹

Szaindla Golda Jankelewicz circa 1904

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Biographical Details

	Name	Szaindla Golda Jankelewicz was also known as Jenny Jankelewicz.
	Immigrant	She was also known as Jennie Getzels.
1880	Birth	She was born on 19 August 1880 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.2
1892	Death of Parent	Her mother, Frymeta Sadt, died on 20 August 1892 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1911	Marr-Partners	Szaindla Golda Jankelewicz married Nathan Getzels in 1911.3,4
	Note	Both of Szaindla's grandchildren knew her as "Bobbie Jennie." "Szaindla" (which Aunt Sonya rendered as "Shindle") had become "Jennie" in the New World, and "Bobbie" is almost certainly a corruption of the Yiddish bubbe, meaning "grandmother."5
1912	Immigration	She migrated to Ellis Island in New York City on 3 February 1912 aboard the SS President Grant from Hamburg. Also aboard were Nathan Getzels and David Jankelewicz. The manifest says that she was coming to join her brother, "S. Jacubs." She cited her uncle, Chaim Jankelewicz of Łódź, as her closest European relative.6,3
1912	Physical Description	In 1912 her passenger manifest described her as height: 5' 3"; complexion fair, hair blond, eyes green-blue.7
1912	Birth of Child	Her son, Irving Gerst, was born on 30 May 1912 in New York City.
	Anecdote	In 1958 Morris Getzels wrote, "My grandfather left Russia (Poland, but run by the Czar) to avoid the draft. He did not want to be a soldier in the Russian Army to fight for the Czar. I don't know how much you know about my grandfather, but he and Bobbie Jenny were in one of the uprisings against the Czar. Bobbie Jenny hid the guns under her bed. My grandfather was imprisoned by the Czar."8
1919	Birth of Child	Her son, George Getzels, was born on 31 July 1919 in New York City.
1919	Naturalization (fam)	Nathan Getzels and she were naturalized on 16 September 1919 in New York City.9
1920	Residence	She lived at 206 Avenue B in New York City on 9 January 1920.10
1930	Residence	She lived at 1026 President Street in Brooklyn, New York on 3 April 1930.3
1933	Death of Parent	Her father, Szmul Jankelewicz, died on 29 August 1933 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
	Residence (family)	Nathan Getzels and she lived at 155 Ridge Street in New York City from 1940 to 1942.11,12
1959	Death	She died on 15 November 1959 in New York City.13,14
1980	Death of Spouse	Her husband, Nathan Getzels, died in February 1980 in East Meadow, Nassau County, New York.

Citations

1. Marriage Certificate, Brooklyn License #8518 (George Getzels & Blanche Kashins, Date: 15 MAY 1943
2. Polish Birth Record, Piotrków BMD, Akta 37 registered 6 April 1893 (Szaindla Golda Jankelewicz), Date: 19 AUG 1880
3. 1930 Fed'l Census
4. CRARG Piotrków spreadsheet, Akta 47, 1911
5. Personal knowledge of Robert Jacobs
6. Passenger Manifest, SS President Grant, 15 Feb. 1912
7. Passenger Manifest, Jennie Getzels arrival manifest, SS President Grant, February 3, 1912
8. E-mail message, Morris Getzels to RCJ, 10/27/2008, My grandfather left Russia (Poland but run by the Czar) to avoid the draft. He did not want to be a soldier in the Russian Army to fight for the Czar. I don't know how much you know about my grandfather, but he and Bobbie Jenny were in one of the uprisings against the Czar. Bobbie Jenny hid the guns under her bed. My grandfather was imprisoned by the Czar.
9. Naturalization Index, Petition number 29450, Vol. 119, U.S. Dist Ct. for the Southern District of New York
10. 1920 Federal Census
11. World War II Draft Registration Card, Nathan Getzels
12. 1940 Federal Census, Record originated in..., Place: New York, New York, New York; Roll: T627_2631; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 31-314.
13. E-mail message, Morris Getzels to RCJ, 10/27/2008, My grandmother died in 1959, when I was 8, so I did not know her very well.
14. New York City Death Index, 1862—1965, Ancestry.com, Cert. #24508

Jonathan Eric Scherer

Parents

Sharon Marsha Ehmann

Sharon Ehmann Scherer

Parents

Biographical Details

Citations

1. 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
2. E-mail message, Paul Scherer to RCJ, 25 Oct. 2014, Anne (Hinde) ne Beggleman Ehmann (married Carl Ehmann, Born in Bamburg Germany emigrated to Boston 1936, his father ran a hopps business) child Sharon Marsha ne Ehmann Beggleman, born in Brookline MA 8-24-1943 died 10-22-2012 leukemia (BRACA II gene); 3 children Jonathan Eric 2-18-1974, Ethan Alexander 8-7-1979, Susannah Beth (Arrona; named after Willie Aaron, Carl’s best friend, a lawyer who defended against the Nazis and was killed by them in 1933); married to the ignominious Paul Michael Scherer ( 300 year history of the Ehmann’s in Germany compiled by Carl to follow)
3. E-mail message, Nancy Greenberg to RCJ, Oct. 26, 2012

Fajga Taube Mendlowicz

Taube Lieberman

Parents

Biographical Details

	Other spelling	Fajga Taube Mendlowicz was also known as Taube Fajgeles. Uncle Max rendered her name as "Thelma Fagis" on his Social Security application.1,2
	Name	She was also known as Tauba Lieberman.
	Married	She was also known as Fajga Taube Leber.3
1844	Birth	She was born in 1844 in Czestochowa, Poland.4,5
About 1861	Marr-Partners	She married Zysia Leber about 1861 in Poland.3
1862	Birth of Child	Her son, Adolph Lieberman, was born on 7 June 1862 in Opoczno, Poland.
1863	Birth of Child	Her daughter, Perla Laja Leber, was born on 18 November 1863 in Opoczno, Poland.
1865	Death of Child	Her daughter, Perla Laja Leber, died in 1865 in Opoczno, Poland.
1868	Birth of Child	Her son, Szmul Lejb Leber, was born on 5 February 1868 in Opoczno, Poland.
1872	Birth of Child	Her son, Morris Liberman, was born on 10 February 1872 in Poland.
1875	Birth of Child	Her son, Szymon Leber, was born on 7 December 1875 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1876	Birth of Child	Her daughter, Zelda Leber, was born in 1876 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1880	Birth of Child	Her son, Samuel Lieberman, was born on 20 March 1880 in Poland.
1885	Birth of Child	Her son, Mordka Leber, was born on 17 February 1885 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1886	Birth of Child	Her son, Max Harry Lieberman, was born on 18 March 1886 in Poland.
1889	Death of Parent	Her father, Mendel Fajgeles, died on 18 November 1889 in Opoczno, Poland.
1892	Death of Parent	Her mother, Sura Fajerwerk, died on 25 October 1892 in Opoczno, Poland.
1900	Death of Spouse	Her husband, Zysia Leber, died on 22 September 1900 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1906	Immigration	Fajga Taube Mendlowicz migrated to Ellis Island in New York City on 24 April 1906 aboard the SS Batavia. Her daughter Zelda and her grandchildren, Frances and Max, were the other members of the party.6
1910	Residence	She lived at 32 Avenue D in New York City on 18 April 1910.7
1915	Residence	She lived at 1348 Wilkins Avenue in the Bronx in 1915.1
1915	Death	She died of stomach cancer on 23 September 1915 at City Hospital in New York City. Tauba was the first member of my father's family to die in the United States.8
1915	Burial	She was buried on 24 September 1915 in Montefiore Cemetery, Block 87, Row 50, Grave 1 (via Gate 215 SW), in Queens. The Hebrew inscription on her tombstone says "Fayga Taube, daughter of Menachem Mendel."1,9

Citations

1. Death Certificate
2. Polish Marriage Record, Solomon Jankelewicz & Zelda Leber, 5 April 1900
3. Polish Death Record, Zysia Leber, 24 September 1900
4. 1910 Federal Census, Age given as 68
5. JRI-Poland Shtetl CO-OP Volunteers comp, Poland, Jewish Records Indexing-Poland, Births, 1550-1993 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008).
6. Passenger Manifest, SS Batavia
7. 1910 Federal Census
8. New York City Death Index, 1862—1965, Ancestry.com, Manhattan Certificate #27793 (Toba Lieberman), Date: 23 SEP 1915
9. Tombstone Inscription, Montefiore Cemetery, Block 87, Row 50, Grave 1 (via Gate 215 SW), Queens, NY, The Hebrew inscription on her tombstone says "Fayga Taube, daughter of Menachem Mendel."

Adolph Lieberman¹

Adolph Lieberman

Parents

Biographical Details

	Birth	Adolph Lieberman was also known as Abram Icyk Leber.2,3
1862	Birth	He was born on 7 June 1862 in Opoczno, Poland.4,5,2,6,7
1883	Birth of Child	His son, Szlama Lieberman, was born on 16 April 1883 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1883	Marr-Partners	Adolph Lieberman married Natalia Sobel on 23 July 1883 in Opoczno, Poland.8,4,9
1885	Birth of Child	His son, Romek Lieberman, was born on 29 May 1885 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1887	Birth of Child	His son, Sigmund Lieberman, was born on 14 January 1887 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1897	Birth of Child	His son, Maxim Lieber, was born on 15 October 1897 in Warsaw, Poland.
1900	Death of Parent	His father, Zysia Leber, died on 22 September 1900 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1900	Birth of Child	His daughter, Esther Lieberman, was born on 6 November 1900 in Warsaw, Poland.
1907	Immigration	Adolph Lieberman migrated to Ellis Island in New York City on 1 February 1907 aboard the SS Pennsylvania from Hamburg. Adolph was accompanied by his wife and four of their children.10,11
	Occupation	From 1907 to 1930 Adolph Lieberman was a printer. among other projects on which he worked, he set type for the Yiddish Social-Democratic newspaper Forverts. In 1930 it had a circulation of more than 275,000.5,12,11
1910	Residence (family)	He and Natalia Sobel lived at 299 East 174th Street in the Bronx on 21 April 1910.4
1915	Residence (family)	He and Natalia Sobel lived at 1663 Washington Avenue in the Bronx on 1 June 1915.13
1915	Death of Parent	His mother, Fajga Taube Mendlowicz, died on 23 September 1915 in New York City.
1917	Occupation	In 1917 Adolph Lieberman was a secretary-treasurer of the Ullman Press at 201 William Street in New York City.14
1920	Residence (family)	He and Natalia Sobel lived at 1663 Washington Avenue in the Bronx on 16 January 1920.15
1926	Death	He became a widower on the death of Natalia Sobel on 15 November 1926 in Brooklyn, New York.16,17
1930	Residence	He lived at 54 Featherbed Lane in the Bronx in 1930.18
1931	Marr-Partners	He was the father of the bride at the wedding of Louis Finkelstein and Esther Lieberman on 8 January 1931 at the Bronx County Courthouse in the Bronx.19
1935	Residence	Adolph Lieberman lived at 1071 East 36th Street in Brooklyn, New York on 7 December 1935.20
1935	Death	He died of chronic myocarditis on 7 December 1935 at 1071 East 36th Street in Brooklyn, New York at the age of 73 years.1,6
1935	Burial	He was buried on 8 December 1935 in Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. The Hebrew inscription on his tombstone translates as "Reb Avraham, son of Zusa, died the 11th of Kislev 5696."21,1,6

Citations

1. Tombstone Inscription, Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY, the Hebrew inscription on his tombstone translates as "Reb Avraham, son of Zusa, died the 11th of Kislev 5696."
2. E-mail message, Michael Chen to RCJ, tranlsating Polish marriage certificate
3. Tombstone Inscription, Name given as Reb Abraham
4. 1910 Federal Census
5. Passenger Manifest
6. Death Certificate, Brooklyn Cert. #24078, Date: 7 DEC 1935, Number A32416 also appears on the document, but filed as 24078 by NYC
7. Polish Birth Record, Abram Leber, 15 June 1862 Akta 121, Fond 582, Kielce Archive
8. Death Certificate
9. E-mail message, Michael Chen to RCJ, translating Polish marriage certificate, Here is it's translation from Russian: 
   Date of registration : 19th Aug 1883; Act No. 49
   Groom: Abram Icyk LEBER aged 21, born Opoczno.
   Parents Zys , butcher, and Fajga Tauba Mendelowicz. 
   Bride: Nacha SZTOS-CYBULSKI. aged 21. 
   Parents : Icyk , day-layborer, and Bajla BURSZTYN 
   Wedding took place on 23rd July 1883.
10. Passenger Manifest, SS Pennsylvania, arrived NYC 1 Feb 1907
11. E-mail message, Harry Lieber to RCJ, 2/13/2009
12. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, URL: http://en.wikipedia.org, The Forward
13. 1915 New York State Census, New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1915; Election District: 21; Assembly District: 35; City: New York; County: Bronx; Page: 02, Date: 1 JUN 1915
14. 1917 New York City Directory, p. 598
15. 1920 Federal Census, Place: Bronx Assembly District 2, Bronx, New York; Roll: T625_1133; Page: B; Enumeration District: 152; Image: 531
16. 1930 Fed'l Census, Census shows Adolph widowed in 1930.
17. Death Certificate, Brooklyn Cert: #22591, 1926
18. 1930 Fed'l Census
19. Marriage Certificate, Cert. # 157, Bronx County, 1931
20. Death Certificate, Adolph Lieberman, Maxim signed off as "son" on burial authorization
21. E-mail message, Leonard Glotzer to RCJ, 22 July 2007, Picture 3: Reb Avraham, son of Zusa, died the 11th of Kislev 5696.

Morris Liberman

Morris Lieberman, circa 1909

Parents

Biographical Details

	Birth	Morris Liberman was also known as Morris Lieberman. He adopted "Liberman" in the United States although his father's name in Poland was "Lejber.".
1872	Birth	He was born on 10 February 1872 in Poland.1,2
1892	Immigration	He migrated to Ellis Island in New York City on 10 July 1892.2
1899	Residence	He lived at 104 Second Street in New York City on 2 August 1899.2
1899	Naturalization	He was naturalized in New York City on 2 August 1899.2
1900	Death of Parent	His father, Zysia Leber, died on 22 September 1900 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1903	Marr-Partners	Morris Liberman married Flora Jacobs on 1 March 1903 in New York City.1,3,4
1903	Residence (family)	He and Flora Jacobs lived at 303 East 23d Street in New York City in 1903.5
1904	Birth of Child	His daughter, Celia Lieberman, was born on 27 January 1904 in New York City.
	Residence (family)	He and Flora Jacobs lived at 34 St. Marks Place in New York City from 1905 to 1910.1,6
1905	Birth of Child	His son, Leo Lincoln Livingston, was born on 7 May 1905 in New York City.
1910	Occupation	In 1910 Morris Liberman was a tailor, proprietor of his own shop in New York City.1
1913	Birth of Child	His son, Eddie Seymour Lieberman, was born on 3 January 1913 in New York City.
1915	Death of Parent	His mother, Fajga Taube Mendlowicz, died on 23 September 1915 in New York City.
1920	Residence (family)	Morris Liberman and Flora Jacobs lived at 9 West 107 Street in New York, New York on 6 January 1920.7
1921	Residence	He lived at 9 West 107 Street in New York City in 1921. His daughter Celia was still living there in 1928.8
1921	Death	He died of bronchial pneumonia on 8 December 1921 at 9 West 107 St. in Manhattan, New York County, New York.9,10
1921	Burial	He was buried on 11 December 1921 in Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.8
About 1972	Death of Spouse	His wife, Flora Jacobs, died about 17 February 1972 in Island Park, Nassau County, New York.

Citations

1. 1910 Federal Census
2. Naturalization Petition, U.S. Dist Ct. for the Southern Dist. of NY, #322, 2 August 1899
3. Newspaper, Greenville News, 11/26/2006
4. New York City Brides Index, Certificate #4675, Manahattan, 3/1/1903
5. Marriage Certificate, Manhattan Cert. # 4675, 1 March 1903
6. Passenger Manifest, Zalmen Janklewich detention manifest, 15 Jan 1905
7. 1920 Federal Census, Place: Manhattan Assembly District 11, New York, New York; Roll: T625_1204; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 815 (via Ancestry.com), Date: 6 JAN 1920
8. Death Certificate, Morris Lieberman, Certificate #27888, 8 Dec 1921
9. Telephone Interview, Flora Boughman/RCJ 9/18/2008
10. New York City Death Index, 1862—1965, Ancestry.com, Manhattan Certificate #27888 (Morris Liberman), Date: 8 DEC 1921

Samuel Lieberman

Samuel Lieberman,1900

Parents

Biographical Details

Citations

1. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, Samuel Lieberman
2. 1930 Fed'l Census
3. 1910 Federal Census
4. Marriage Certificate, Cert. # 9949, Manhattan, 1915
5. New York City Grooms Index, Manhattan cert # 9949
6. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, Registration County: Bronx; Roll: 1754131; Draft Board: 20; Serial # 2456
7. Sonya Jacobs Scherer to Robert Jacobs. April 8, 1974 5 Monticello Ave., Trenton, NJ.
8. Death Certificate, Mina Lieberman, Cert. #8569, Manhattan, 26 August 1944
9. Mina Lieberman, Interment index, Mt. Hebron Cemetery 63-K-7-1, Mina Lieberman
10. Death Certificate, Samuel Lieberman, Bronx Cert. #5694, 29 June 1932
11. Death Certificate, Minnie Lieberman, Manhattan Cert. #8569, 26 August 1944

Max Harry Lieberman

Max Lieberman — "Uncle Max" — circa 1901

Parents

Biographical Details

1886	Birth	Max Harry Lieberman was born on 18 March 1886 in Poland.1,2
	Occupation	Max Harry Lieberman was a house painter.
1900	Death of Parent	His father, Zysia Leber, died on 22 September 1900 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1905	Immigration	Max Harry Lieberman migrated to Ellis Island in New York City in 1905.3
1910	Residence	He lived at 32 Avenue D in New York City on 18 April 1910.4
1915	Death of Parent	His mother, Fajga Taube Mendlowicz, died on 23 September 1915 in New York City.
1917	Marriage Licence	He and Martha Gurnianski obtained a licence to marry on 3 March 1917 in the Bronx.5
1917	Residence	He lived at 1348 Wilkins Avenue in the Bronx on 4 March 1917.6
1917	Marr-Partners	He married Martha Gurnianski on 4 March 1917 in the Bronx. The marriage was witnessed by Harry Nathan Leber.7
1918	Anecdote (fam)	In 1918 In 1918 Solomon and Zelda Jacobs purchased a farm in Rockville, Connecticut in partnership with Max and Martha Lieberman. Max Jacobs, 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 which Grandpa used to deliver 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). The enterprise was abandoned after a year as a result of disagreement among the partners.
1918	Draft Registration	Max Harry Lieberman registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut.8
1919	Birth of Child	His daughter, Thelma Lieberman, was born on 27 May 1919 in New York City.
1922	Birth of Child	His daughter, Phyllis Lieberman, was born on 27 July 1922 in New York City.
1923	Travel	He was a character witness on Isaac Semiat's passport application.
1930	Residence (family)	Max Harry Lieberman and Martha Gurnianski lived at 1707 Nelson Avenue in the Bronx on 8 April 1930. She was still living there in 1933.9
1930	Marr-Partners	He witnessed the marriage of Elias Samols and Dora Gurney and signed the marriage certificate in Bronx, New York, on 23 December 1930.10
1940	Residence (family)	Max Harry Lieberman and Martha Gurnianski lived at 2849 Webb Avenue in the Bronx on 22 April 1940.11
1942	Occupation	On 25 April 1942 Max Harry Lieberman was a Shatz Painting Company at 420 Lexington Avenue in New York City.2
1942	Physical Description	In 1942, at age 56 years, his draft board described him as height 5' 6", weight 155, brown eyes, black hair, light complexion.2
1942	Residence (family)	He and Martha Gurnianski lived at 2849 Webb Avenue in the Bronx on 25 April 1942.2
1944	Death	He was the informant for the death certificate of Minnie Zueimer in the Bronx on 25 August 1944.12
1950	Residence (family)	He and Martha Gurnianski lived at 4526 49th St., Apt. 3A, in Queens, New York on 1 April 1950.
1967	Death	He died in March 1967 in the Bronx.13
1967	Burial	He was buried in March 1967 in the Workman's Circle of Beth El Cemetery in Paramus, New Jersey.14
1977	Death	His spouse died in February 1977 in the Bronx.13
	Biography	Eric Leber supplied a biographical note on Uncle Max and Aunt Martha. It is linked on the family web site, https://genarchives.com/NineGenerations/up/index.htm.

Citations

1. Social Security Application, Max Lieberman
2. World War II Draft Registration Card, Max Lieberman
3. 1930 Fed'l Census
4. 1910 Federal Census
5. New York City, Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), New York City Municipal Archives; New York, New York; Borough: Bronx
6. Marriage Certificate
7. Marriage Certificate, Bronx Cert. #933, 4 March 1917 (Max Lieberman & Martha Gurney)
8. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network,Inc., 2005), www.ancestry.com, Registration State: Connecticut; Registration County: Tolland; Roll: 1570619; Draft Board: 23. Record for Max Harry Lieberman.
9. 1930 Fed'l Census, Max Lieberman
10. Death Certificate, Vermont State Archives and Records Administration; Montpelier, Vermont; Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008; User Box Number: PR-01778; Roll Number: S-31218; Archive Number: M-2024123
11. 1940 Federal Census, Record originated in..., S.D. No. 23, E.D. No. 3-1310, Sheet 11B
12. Death Certificate, Mina Lieberman, Cert. #8569, Manhattan, 26 August 1944
13. Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
14. "MyHeritage Family Trees", on-line database.

Romek Lieberman

Lieberman, Romek

Parents

Biographical Details

	Aka	Romek Lieberman was also known as Roman Romanski.1
	Birth	He was also known as Rubin Lieberman.2
1885	Birth	He was born on 29 May 1885 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland. his death certificate and Gerry Finkelstein both give the date as 17 May 1885.1,3,2
1907	Immigration	He migrated to Ellis Island in New York City on 1 February 1907 He came with rest of his family.4,5,6
1915	Residence (family)	As adult children, Romek Lieberman and Sigmund Lieberman lived with Adolph Lieberman and Natalia Sobel at 1663 Washington Avenue in the Bronx on 1 June 1915.7
1926	Death	Romek Lieberman was bereaved by the death of Natalia Sobel on 15 November 1926 in Brooklyn, New York.8,9
	Occupation	Romek Lieberman was a comedian, actor, department store salesman and printer.3
	Residence	He lived at 39 Third Avenue in New York City from 1935 to 1940. The 1940 census report lists him as a lodger in a boarding house.10
1935	Death of Parent	His father, Adolph Lieberman, died on 7 December 1935 in Brooklyn, New York.
1940	Occupation	On 6 April 1940 Romek Lieberman was a radio actor in New York City.10
1945	Occupation	In 1945 Romek Lieberman was a sales clerk at Wanamaker's department store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.11,12
Before 1969	Residence	He lived at 2521 East Allegheny Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania before 5 March 1969.3
1969	Death	He died of cardiac failure on 5 March 1969 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.1,13,3
1969	Cremation	He was cremated on 7 March 1969 at Mulligan Crematorium in Philadelphia.3

Citations

1. E-mail message, Gerald Finkelstein to RCJ, 2/12/2009
2. Polish Birth Record, PSA Piotrków, Fond 333 Akta 163 (Rubin Lejber), Birth registered Aug 4, 1890 of Rubin LEJBER son of Abram Icek, worker, 29 and Nacha CYBULSKI. Rubin was born May 29, 1885
3. Death Certificate, Cert. #031405-69, Pennsylvania Department of Health, March 1969
4. Passenger Manifest, SS Pennsylvania, arrived NYC 1 Feb 1907
5. E-mail message, Harry Lieber to RCJ, 2/13/2009
6. Hamburg Emigration records, Staatsarchiv Hamburg. Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2008., Volume: 373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 186
   Page: 121
   Microfilm Roll Number: K_1798
7. 1915 New York State Census, New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1915; Election District: 21; Assembly District: 35; City: New York; County: Bronx; Page: 02, Date: 1 JUN 1915
8. 1930 Fed'l Census, Census shows Adolph widowed in 1930.
9. Death Certificate, Brooklyn Cert: #22591, 1926
10. 1940 Federal Census, Record originated in..., Roman Romanski, Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.
11. Telephone Interview, Naomi Blanck & RCJ, 2/12/2009
12. E-mail message, Gerald Finkelstein to RCJ, 3 Jan 2010, I have very little recollection of his death although I seem to remember going with my mother to one of his Polish woman friend's house to get the information about his death. It's very vague.
    
    When Romel would visit us in Brooklyn he would be constantly smoking and in the middle of the night he would leave to visit friends in Manhattan. I assume he went out to drink. He was probably a "party animal"
13. Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015., Roman Romanski

Maxim Lieber

Maxim Lieber; photo by Boris Leber

Parents

Biographical Details

Citations

1. Sonya Jacobs Scherer to Robert Jacobs. April 8, 1974 5 Monticello Ave., Trenton, NJ.
2. Canadian Forces Attestation Paper, Maxim Lieber, Cert #2768036, 9/11/1918
3. 1910 Federal Census
4. Grand Jury Minutes, US. v. John Doe (the Alger Hiss case), 2/3/1949, p. 5995
5. Hamburg Emigration records, Staatsarchiv Hamburg. Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2008.
6. 1915 New York State Census, New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1915; Election District: 21; Assembly District: 35; City: New York; County: Bronx; Page: 02, Date: 1 JUN 1915
7. Canadian Forces Attestation Paper, Maxim Lieber, Regimental # 2768036, 9/11/1918
8. Grand Jury Minutes, US. v. John Doe (the Alger Hiss case), 2/3/1949, p. 5996
9. Canadian Forces Attestation Paper, Maxim Lieber, Regimental #2768036, 9/11/1918
10. Naturalization Petition, The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, District of Columbia; Military Petitions for Naturalization, compiled 1918-1924; ARC Number: 6051621; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States; Record Group Number: 21. Cert. # 3572
11. Marriage Certificate, Cert. #5619, Manhattan 1924 Maxim Lieber & Irma Cohen
12. New York City Brides Index, Maxim Lieber & Irma Cohen, Manhattan Cert. #5619, 2/21/1924
13. Marriage Certificate, Manhattan Cert. #5619, 21 Feb 1924 (Maxim Lieber & Irma Cohen), Date: 21 FEB 1924
14. Passenger Manifest, SS Minnekahda from New York, 22 Dec 1925
15. Passenger Manifest, SS Olympic, arr NYC 2/17/1926
16. Passenger Manifest, SS Olympic, arr. NYC 2/17/1926
17. 1930 Fed'l Census, Census shows Adolph widowed in 1930.
18. Death Certificate, Brooklyn Cert: #22591, 1926
19. Passenger Manifest, SS Prince Robert, 25 January 1931
20. Naturalization Petition, Petition #129129, Southern District of NY, 1/26/1928
21. 1930 Fed'l Census, Irma Lieber
22. Connecticut Death Index, 1949 - 2001 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2003., Maxim Lieber, State File #07915
23. Congressional Hearings, 3599 - 3605 Hearings Regarding Communist Espionage, U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee of the Commmittee on Un-American Activities June 13, 1950
24. Newspaper, New York Evening Post, 23 May 1936, p.7
25. Newspaper, "Blondes Lead in Queens List of 'Other Women.' Long Island City Daily Star, 14 April 1933.
26. Tombstone Inscription, Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY, the Hebrew inscription on his tombstone translates as "Reb Avraham, son of Zusa, died the 11th of Kislev 5696."
27. Death Certificate, Brooklyn Cert. #24078, Date: 7 DEC 1935, Number A32416 also appears on the document, but filed as 24078 by NYC
28. Personal Interview, Harry Lieber & RCJ, 16 July 2010
29. Newspaper, New York Evening Post, 23 May 1936, p.7,

    Congratulations and Good Wishes

    To Maxim Lieber and Sally Tannenbaum, authors' representatives, whose marriage takes place next week.

30. Newspaper, Allentown (PA) Morning Call, June 2, 1936, p.20
31. E-mail message, Harry Lieber to RCJ, 16 July 2012, Robert, I KNOW Max and Minna MUST have been married BEFORE 1939, because Minna repeatedly related how Max wanted to go to Czechoslovakia to fight the Nazis, and how she resented the possibility of becoming a widow. Since the Munich conference was in late September of 1938, and the invasion of the rest of the country took place in March 1939, they must have been married at that time.
32. Connecticut State Library, Connecticut Vital Records — Index of Marriages, 1897-2001, Accessed 30 December 2018
33. 1940 Federal Census, Record originated in..., New York County, ED 31-735, page 64B
34. E-mail message, Eric Leber to RCJ, 10 Aug. 2020
35. Birth Certificate, Manhattan Cert. #156-49-102347 (Harry Maxim Lieber)
36. 1950 Fed'l Census, Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: New York, New York, New York; Roll: 2623; Sheet Number: 7; Enumeration District: 31-1116, Date: 5 APR 1950
37. Online Record, Anthony J. Sacco, The Case of a Most Reluctant Witness
38. Personal Interview, Harry Lieber and RCJ, 30 March 2013
39. Denaturalization, INS letter of June 29, 1960 informing the Clerk of the DC Supreme Court that Lieber had lost his citizenship. The letter is stapled to his original naturalization petition & can be seen on Ancestry.com.
40. Personal knowledge of Robert Jacobs
41. Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
42. E-mail message, Harry Lieber to RCJ, Date: 27 MAY 2023

Esther Lieberman

Esther Lieberman Finkelstein

Parents

Biographical Details

Citations

1. Marriage Certificate, Cert. # 157, Bronx County, 1931
2. Naturalization Petition, Petition #129129, Southern District of NY, 1/26/1928
3. 1920 Federal Census
4. 1910 Federal Census
5. 1915 New York State Census, New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1915; Election District: 21; Assembly District: 35; City: New York; County: Bronx; Page: 02, Date: 1 JUN 1915
6. 1920 Federal Census, Place: Bronx Assembly District 2, Bronx, New York; Roll: T625_1133; Page: B; Enumeration District: 152; Image: 531
7. 1930 Fed'l Census, Census shows Adolph widowed in 1930.
8. Death Certificate, Brooklyn Cert: #22591, 1926
9. Passenger Manifest, SS Prince Robert, 25 January 1931
10. 1930 Fed'l Census
11. Passenger Manifest, SS Prince Robert, arr NYC 1/25/1931. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006., Date: 25 JAN 1931
12. 1940 Federal Census, Record originated in..., New York, Kings, New York; Roll: T627_2615; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 24-2585A (Louis Finkelstein family).
13. Telephone Interview, Gerald Finkelstein & RCJ, 2/12/2009
14. E-mail message, Naomi Blanck to RCJ, 2/23/2009
15. Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

Sigmund Lieberman

Parents

Biographical Details

	Immigrant	Sigmund Lieberman was also known as Zamos Lieberman. "Zamos" appears on his immigration manifest and on the Hamburg Emigration lists; this was misread as "Janos" by the Department of Labor for his Certificate of Arrival.1,2
	Birth	He was also known as Zajnwel Leber.3
1887	Birth	He was born on 14 January 1887 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.3
1942	Physical Description	In 1942, at age 55 years, his draft board described him as 5' 4" tall, weighed 175 pounds, and had brown eyes, grey hair and a dark complexion.4
1907	Immigration	He migrated to Ellis Island in New York City on 1 February 1907 He was with his parents and all three siblings aboard the SS Pennsylvania from Hamburg.5,1
1910	Residence (family)	He, Maxim Lieber, and Esther Lieberman lived with Adolph Lieberman and Natalia Sobel at 299 East 174th Street in the Bronx on 21 April 1910.6
1915	Residence (family)	As adult children, Romek Lieberman and Sigmund Lieberman lived with Adolph Lieberman and Natalia Sobel at 1663 Washington Avenue in the Bronx on 1 June 1915.7
1915	Naturalization	Sigmund Lieberman was naturalized at New York State Supreme Court in the Bronx on 19 July 1915.8,1
1917	Occupation	In 1917 Sigmund Lieberman was a Vice-President of Ullman Press at 201 William Street in New York City.9
1917	Note	On his World War I draft card he claimed conscientious objection.10
1918	Military	He served as a private from April 28, 1918 until honorably discharged on December 14, 1918 in 1918. His unit was never sent overseas.
	Residence	He lived at 1663 Washington Avenue in the Bronx from 1919 to 1922.5,11
1920	Residence (family)	As adult children, Esther Lieberman and Sigmund Lieberman lived with Adolph Lieberman and Natalia Sobel at 1663 Washington Avenue in the Bronx on 16 January 1920.12
1922	Marr-Partners	Sigmund Lieberman married Mary S. Linden on 1 July 1922 at the Municipal Building in Manhattan.13,14
1922	Occupation	On 1 July 1922 Sigmund Lieberman was a house painter in New York City.15
1926	Birth of Child	His son, George B. Lieberman, was born on 8 September 1926 in New York City.
1926	Death	Sigmund Lieberman was bereaved by the death of Natalia Sobel on 15 November 1926 in Brooklyn, New York.16,17
1928	Naturalization	He served as a character witness for Esther Lieberman at her naturalization at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of NY in New York City on 23 August 1928.)18,19
	Residence (family)	He and Mary S. Linden lived at 946 East 39th Street in Brooklyn, New York from 1928 to 1940. with their children.20,4,19,21
1928	Birth of Child	His daughter, Norma Eve Lieberman, was born on 18 September 1928 in Brooklyn, New York.
1930	Occupation	On 5 April 1930 Sigmund Lieberman was a printer of magazines; in 1940 he was an owner of the print shop.20
1935	Death of Parent	His father, Adolph Lieberman, died on 7 December 1935 in Brooklyn, New York.
1942	Occupation	On 25 April 1942 Sigmund Lieberman was a Standard Typecraft Company at 220 West 19th Street in New York City.4
1960	Death	He died on 6 June 1960 in the Bronx.22,23
About 1960	Burial	He was buried about 7 June 1960 in Riverside Cemetery in Rochelle Park, Bergen County, New Jersey. on the grounds of the Onward Society, Block G; Section 14; Row B; Grave 23.23
1967	Death of Spouse	His wife, Mary S. Linden, died on 29 April 1967 in Brooklyn, New York.

Citations

1. Naturalization Petition, Cert #572448, Bronx Supreme Court, issued 19 July 1915
2. Passenger Manifest, SS Pennsylvania, arrived NYC 1 Feb 1907
3. Polish Birth Record, PSA Piotrków, Fond 333 Akta 164 (Zajnwel Leber), Birth registered Aug 4, 1890, parents: Abram Icek LEJBER, worker, 29 and Nacha CYBULSKI, 27, of Zajnwel Leber born 14 Jan 1887
4. World War II Draft Registration Card, Sigmund Lieberman
5. 1920 Federal Census, Sigmund Lieberman
6. 1910 Federal Census
7. 1915 New York State Census, New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1915; Election District: 21; Assembly District: 35; City: New York; County: Bronx; Page: 02, Date: 1 JUN 1915
8. 1920 Federal Census
9. 1917 New York City Directory, p. 598
10. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards
11. Naturalization Petition, Cert #572448, Bronx Supeme Court, issued 19 July 1915
12. 1920 Federal Census, Place: Bronx Assembly District 2, Bronx, New York; Roll: T625_1133; Page: B; Enumeration District: 152; Image: 531
13. New York City Brides Index
14. Marriage Certificate, Manhattan Cert. #27632, 7/1/1922
15. Marriage Certificate, Outside chance says "printer"
16. 1930 Fed'l Census, Census shows Adolph widowed in 1930.
17. Death Certificate, Brooklyn Cert: #22591, 1926
18. Passenger Manifest, SS Prince Robert, 25 January 1931
19. Naturalization Petition, Petition #129129, Southern District of NY, 1/26/1928
20. 1930 Fed'l Census, Sigmund Lieberman household
21. 1940 Federal Census, Record originated in..., Sig Lieberman household, Kings County ED 22-2467, Sheet 2A
22. Death Certificate, Mary Lieberman, Cert. # 56-67-308660, Kings County, NY 29 April 1967
23. E-mail message, Riverside Cemetery (Cassaundra Snipes) to RCJ, 11/18/2008, Thank you for contacting Riverside Cemetery regarding your family members. I have checked our database and have the following:
    Sigmund Lieberman Date of death is 06/06/1960 is on the grounds of Onward Society Block G; Section 14; Row B; Grave 23
    Mary Lieberman Date of death is 04/29/1967 is on the grounds of Onward Society Block G; Section 14; Row B; Grave 22

Celia Lieberman

Celia Lieberman, May 1971

Parents

Biographical Details

Citations

1. New York City Brides Index, Certificate #22803, Manhattan
2. 1910 Federal Census, Morris Lieberman entry
3. Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
4. 1910 Federal Census
5. Passenger Manifest, Zalmen Janklewich detention manifest, 15 Jan 1905
6. 1920 Federal Census, Place: Manhattan Assembly District 11, New York, New York; Roll: T625_1204; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 815 (via Ancestry.com), Date: 6 JAN 1920
7. Marriage Certificate, Celia Lieberman/Charles Davis, Cert # 22803, Manhattan, 1928
8. Marriage Certificate, Manhattan Cert. #22803 (Celia Lieberman & Charles Davis)
9. 1930 Fed'l Census, Cecelia Davis
10. 1940 Federal Census, Record originated in..., Place: New York, New York, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02676; Page: 61B; Enumeration District: 31-2120, Date: 13 JUN 2021
11. 1950 Fed'l Census, Place: New York, New York, New York; Roll: 3571; Page: 71; Enumeration District: 31-2273 (via Ancestry.com), Date: 6 APR 1950