Nine Generations

Cecil Evart Jenks

Cecil Evart Jenks, November, 1929
Male, #61, Deceased, b. 8 July 1896, d. 17 December 1969



Parents

Father*Evart J. Jenks (1860-1924)
Mother*May Theresa Thompson (1858-1943)

Family: Leona Holmes (1898-1991)

Daughter*Janet Jean Jenks + (1926-2012)
Son*David Evart Jenks + (1935-1962)

RelationshipsGrandfather of Mollie Jenks Edson
8th cousin 4 times removed of Kate Elizabeth Murphy Ristow
3rd cousin 5 times removed of President John Adams
2nd great-grandfather of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark
5th cousin 2 times removed of Erik Anderson

Charts and other referencesJenks Descendancy Chart

Biographical Details

1896BirthCecil Evart Jenks was born on 8 July 1896 in Scottville, Mason County, Michigan. His grandchildren called him "Bompo."1,2
1900ResidenceHe lived at 3109 Maple Street in Everett, Washington on 6 June 1900.2
1910ResidenceHe, as the child of Pearl May T. Jenks, resided with her in Odessa, Washington.3
1919Marr-PartnersHe married Leona Holmes on 20 May 1919 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.4,5
1919OccupationOn 20 May 1919 Cecil Evart Jenks was a sold farm implements in Odessa, Washington.5,6
1919Residence (family)He and Leona Holmes lived in Odessa, Washington in 1919.4
OccupationFrom 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
1924Death of ParentHis father, Evart J. Jenks, died on 12 May 1924 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.
1926Birth of ChildHis daughter, Janet Jean Jenks, was born on 22 January 1926 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.
1930Residence (family)Cecil Evart Jenks and Leona Holmes lived at 6003 29th Avenue N.E. in Seattle, Washington on 26 April 1930.7
1935Birth of ChildHis son, David Evart Jenks, was born on 18 June 1935 in Washington.
1940Residence (family)Cecil Evart Jenks and Leona Holmes lived at 901 Spruce Street in Hoquiam, Washington on 11 April 1940. with their children.
1942Physical DescriptionIn 1942 his draft board described him as height 6', weight 180, complexion light, eyes blue, hair brown, scar on right wrist.8
1942Residence (family)He and Leona Holmes lived at 4305 East 38th in Seattle, Washington on 27 April 1942.8
1943DeathHe was the informant for the death certificate of May Theresa Thompson in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, on 16 July 1943.9,10
1950Residence (family)He and Leona Holmes lived at 4305 East 38th St. in Seattle, Washington on 14 April 1950.11
1962Death of ChildHis son, David Evart Jenks, died on 15 January 1962 in Seattle, Washington.
1969DeathCecil Evart Jenks died of heart attack on 17 December 1969 in Seattle.12,13,14
About 1969BurialHe 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
1991Death of SpouseHis 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
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Szaindla Golda Jankelewicz1

Szaindla Golda Jankelewicz circa 1904
Female, #63, Deceased, b. 19 August 1880, d. 15 November 1959



Parents

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

Family: Nathan Getzels (1886-1980)

Son*Irving Gerst (1912-1995)
Son*George Getzels + (1919-1997)

RelationshipsGrandaunt of Robert Cooper Jacobs
Grandaunt of Eric Stephen Leber
Grandaunt of Boris Leber
2nd great-grandaunt of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesJankelewicz Descendancy Chart

Biographical Details

NameSzaindla Golda Jankelewicz was also known as Jenny Jankelewicz.
ImmigrantShe was also known as Jennie Getzels.
1880BirthShe was born on 19 August 1880 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.2
1892Death of ParentHer mother, Frymeta Sadt, died on 20 August 1892 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1911Marr-PartnersSzaindla 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

1912ImmigrationShe 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

1912Physical DescriptionIn 1912 her passenger manifest described her as height: 5' 3"; complexion fair, hair blond, eyes green-blue.7
1912Birth of ChildHer son, Irving Gerst, was born on 30 May 1912 in New York City.
AnecdoteIn 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
1919Birth of ChildHer son, George Getzels, was born on 31 July 1919 in New York City.
1919Naturalization (fam)Nathan Getzels and she were naturalized on 16 September 1919 in New York City.9
1920ResidenceShe lived at 206 Avenue B in New York City on 9 January 1920.10
1930ResidenceShe lived at 1026 President Street in Brooklyn, New York on 3 April 1930.3
1933Death of ParentHer 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
1959DeathShe died on 15 November 1959 in New York City.13,14
1980Death of SpouseHer 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
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Jonathan Eric Scherer

Male, #64, Living



Parents

Father*Paul Michael Scherer (1941-2021)
Mother*Sharon Marsha Ehmann (1943-2012)

Relationships1st cousin 1 time removed of Robert Cooper Jacobs
2nd cousin 1 time removed of Harry Maxim Lieber
1st cousin 1 time removed of Eric Stephen Leber
1st cousin 1 time removed of Boris Leber
2nd cousin 1 time removed of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

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

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Sharon Marsha Ehmann

Sharon Ehmann Scherer
Female, #65, Deceased, b. 24 August 1943, d. 22 October 2012



Parents

Father*Carl Stefan Ehmann (1908-1983)
Mother*Anne S. Beggleman (1907-1978)


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

Biographical Details

MarriedSharon Marsha Ehmann was also known as Sharon Ehmann Scherer.
1943BirthShe was born on 24 August 1943 in Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
1950Residence (family)She lived with Carl Stefan Ehmann and Anne S. Beggleman at 33 Highgate St., Apt. 1, in Boston, Massachusetts on 5 April 1950.
1965Marr-PartnersSharon Marsha Ehmann married Paul Michael Scherer on 1 April 1965 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. before a Justice of the Peace.
1974Residence (family)Paul Michael Scherer and she lived at 1030 Lancaster Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1974.1
1974Birth of ChildHer son, Jonathan Eric Scherer, was born on 18 February 1974 in Bryn Mawr, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
1978Death of ParentHer mother, Anne S. Beggleman, died on 29 August 1978 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
1979Birth of ChildHer son, Ethan Alexander Scherer, was born on 7 August 1979 in Bryn Mawr, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
1983Death of ParentHer father, Carl Stefan Ehmann, died in February 1983 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
1983Birth of ChildHer daughter, Susannah Beth Scherer, was born on 1 April 1983 in Bryn Mawr, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
1993Residence (family)Paul Michael Scherer and Sharon Marsha Ehmann lived at 771 Robinhood Road in Rosemont, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in 1993.1
2012DeathShe died on 22 October 2012 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. leukemia (BRACA II gene.)2
2012BurialShe was buried on 24 October 2012 in Boston, Massachusetts.3
2021Death of SpouseHer husband, Paul Michael Scherer, died on 28 April 2021 in Massachusetts.

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
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Fajga Taube Mendlowicz

Taube Lieberman
Female, #66, Deceased, b. 1844, d. 23 September 1915



Parents

Father*Mendel Fajgeles (1816-1889)
Mother*Sura Fajerwerk (1820-1892)

Family: Zysia Leber (1832-1900)

Son*Adolph Lieberman + (1862-1935)
Daughter*Perla Laja Leber (1863-1865)
Son*Szmul Lejb Leber (1868-)
Son*Morris Liberman + (1872-1921)
Son*Szymon Leber (1875-)
Daughter*Zelda Leber + (1876-1939)
Son*Samuel Lieberman (1880-1932)
Son*Mordka Leber (1885-)
Son*Max Harry Lieberman + (1886-1967)

RelationshipsGreat-grandmother of Robert Cooper Jacobs
Great-grandmother of Harry Maxim Lieber
Great-grandmother of Eric Stephen Leber
Great-grandmother of Boris Leber
3rd great-grandmother of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesLeber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Biographical Details

Other spellingFajga Taube Mendlowicz was also known as Taube Fajgeles. Uncle Max rendered her name as "Thelma Fagis" on his Social Security application.1,2
NameShe was also known as Tauba Lieberman.
MarriedShe was also known as Fajga Taube Leber.3
1844BirthShe was born in 1844 in Czestochowa, Poland.4,5
About 1861Marr-PartnersShe married Zysia Leber about 1861 in Poland.3
1862Birth of ChildHer son, Adolph Lieberman, was born on 7 June 1862 in Opoczno, Poland.
1863Birth of ChildHer daughter, Perla Laja Leber, was born on 18 November 1863 in Opoczno, Poland.
1865Death of ChildHer daughter, Perla Laja Leber, died in 1865 in Opoczno, Poland.
1868Birth of ChildHer son, Szmul Lejb Leber, was born on 5 February 1868 in Opoczno, Poland.
1872Birth of ChildHer son, Morris Liberman, was born on 10 February 1872 in Poland.
1875Birth of ChildHer son, Szymon Leber, was born on 7 December 1875 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1876Birth of ChildHer daughter, Zelda Leber, was born in 1876 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1880Birth of ChildHer son, Samuel Lieberman, was born on 20 March 1880 in Poland.
1885Birth of ChildHer son, Mordka Leber, was born on 17 February 1885 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1886Birth of ChildHer son, Max Harry Lieberman, was born on 18 March 1886 in Poland.
1889Death of ParentHer father, Mendel Fajgeles, died on 18 November 1889 in Opoczno, Poland.
1892Death of ParentHer mother, Sura Fajerwerk, died on 25 October 1892 in Opoczno, Poland.
1900Death of SpouseHer husband, Zysia Leber, died on 22 September 1900 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1906ImmigrationFajga 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

1910ResidenceShe lived at 32 Avenue D in New York City on 18 April 1910.7
1915ResidenceShe lived at 1348 Wilkins Avenue in the Bronx in 1915.1
1915DeathShe 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
1915BurialShe 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."
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Adolph Lieberman1

Adolph Lieberman
Male, #67, Deceased, b. 7 June 1862, d. 7 December 1935



Parents

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

Family: Natalia Sobel (1861-1926)

Son*Szlama Lieberman (1883-about 1942)
Son*Romek Lieberman (1885-1969)
Son*Sigmund Lieberman + (1887-1960)
Son*Maxim Lieber + (1897-1993)
Daughter*Esther Lieberman + (1900-1991)

RelationshipsGranduncle of Robert Cooper Jacobs
Grandfather of Harry Maxim Lieber
Granduncle of Eric Stephen Leber
Granduncle of Boris Leber
2nd great-granduncle of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesLeber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Biographical Details

BirthAdolph Lieberman was also known as Abram Icyk Leber.2,3
1862BirthHe was born on 7 June 1862 in Opoczno, Poland.4,5,2,6,7
1883Birth of ChildHis son, Szlama Lieberman, was born on 16 April 1883 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1883Marr-PartnersAdolph Lieberman married Natalia Sobel on 23 July 1883 in Opoczno, Poland.8,4,9
1885Birth of ChildHis son, Romek Lieberman, was born on 29 May 1885 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1887Birth of ChildHis son, Sigmund Lieberman, was born on 14 January 1887 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1897Birth of ChildHis son, Maxim Lieber, was born on 15 October 1897 in Warsaw, Poland.
1900Death of ParentHis father, Zysia Leber, died on 22 September 1900 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1900Birth of ChildHis daughter, Esther Lieberman, was born on 6 November 1900 in Warsaw, Poland.
1907ImmigrationAdolph 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

OccupationFrom 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

1910Residence (family)He and Natalia Sobel lived at 299 East 174th Street in the Bronx on 21 April 1910.4

1915Residence (family)He and Natalia Sobel lived at 1663 Washington Avenue in the Bronx on 1 June 1915.13
1915Death of ParentHis mother, Fajga Taube Mendlowicz, died on 23 September 1915 in New York City.
1917OccupationIn 1917 Adolph Lieberman was a secretary-treasurer of the Ullman Press at 201 William Street in New York City.14
1920Residence (family)He and Natalia Sobel lived at 1663 Washington Avenue in the Bronx on 16 January 1920.15
1926DeathHe became a widower on the death of Natalia Sobel on 15 November 1926 in Brooklyn, New York.16,17
1930ResidenceHe lived at 54 Featherbed Lane in the Bronx in 1930.18
1931Marr-PartnersHe 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
1935ResidenceAdolph Lieberman lived at 1071 East 36th Street in Brooklyn, New York on 7 December 1935.20
1935DeathHe died of chronic myocarditis on 7 December 1935 at 1071 East 36th Street in Brooklyn, New York at the age of 73y.1,6
1935BurialHe 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.
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Morris Liberman

Morris Lieberman, circa 1909
Male, #68, Deceased, b. 10 February 1872, d. 8 December 1921



Parents

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

Family: Flora Jacobs (1881-about 1972)

Daughter*Celia Lieberman + (1904-1988)
Son*Leo Lincoln Livingston + (1905-1990)
Son*Eddie Seymour Lieberman + (1913-2006)

RelationshipsGranduncle of Robert Cooper Jacobs
Granduncle of Harry Maxim Lieber
Granduncle of Eric Stephen Leber
Granduncle of Boris Leber
2nd great-granduncle of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesLeber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Biographical Details

BirthMorris Liberman was also known as Morris Lieberman. He adopted "Liberman" in the United States although his father's name in Poland was "Lejber.".
1872BirthHe was born on 10 February 1872 in Poland.1,2
1892ImmigrationHe migrated to Ellis Island in New York City on 10 July 1892.2
1899ResidenceHe lived at 104 Second Street in New York City on 2 August 1899.2
1899NaturalizationHe was naturalized in New York City on 2 August 1899.2
1900Death of ParentHis father, Zysia Leber, died on 22 September 1900 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1903Marr-PartnersMorris Liberman married Flora Jacobs on 1 March 1903 in New York City.1,3,4
1903Residence (family)He and Flora Jacobs lived at 303 East 23d Street in New York City in 1903.5
1904Birth of ChildHis 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
1905Birth of ChildHis son, Leo Lincoln Livingston, was born on 7 May 1905 in New York City.
1910OccupationIn 1910 Morris Liberman was a tailor, proprietor of his own shop in New York City.1
1913Birth of ChildHis son, Eddie Seymour Lieberman, was born on 3 January 1913 in New York City.
1915Death of ParentHis mother, Fajga Taube Mendlowicz, died on 23 September 1915 in New York City.
1920Residence (family)Morris Liberman and Flora Jacobs lived at 9 West 107 Street in New York, New York on 6 January 1920.7
1921ResidenceHe lived at 9 West 107 Street in New York City in 1921. His daughter Celia was still living there in 1928.8
1921DeathHe died of bronchial pneumonia on 8 December 1921 at 9 West 107 St. in Manhattan, New York County, New York.9,10
1921BurialHe was buried on 11 December 1921 in Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.8
About 1972Death of SpouseHis 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
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Samuel Lieberman

Samuel Lieberman,1900
Male, #69, Deceased, b. 20 March 1880, d. 28 June 1932



Parents

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

Family: Minnie Zueimer (1882-1944)


RelationshipsGranduncle of Robert Cooper Jacobs
Granduncle of Harry Maxim Lieber
Granduncle of Eric Stephen Leber
Granduncle of Boris Leber
2nd great-granduncle of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesLeber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Biographical Details

1880BirthSamuel Lieberman was born on 20 March 1880 in Poland. The censuses put his birth date at 1882; his WW1 draft card says 1880.1,2
1900Death of ParentHis father, Zysia Leber, died on 22 September 1900 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1902ImmigrationSamuel Lieberman migrated in 1902.3
1910ResidenceHe lived at 32 Avenue D in New York City on 18 April 1910.3
OccupationFrom 1915 to 1932 Samuel Lieberman was a house painter in the Bronx.1,4
1915Marr-PartnersHe married Minnie Zueimer on 2 May 1915 in New York City.2,5
1915Death of ParentHis mother, Fajga Taube Mendlowicz, died on 23 September 1915 in New York City.
1918Residence (family)He and Minnie Zueimer lived at 380 East 173rd St., Apt. 19, in the Bronx on 1 September 1918.6
1918Residence (family)He and Minnie Zueimer lived at 380 East 173rd St., Apt. 19, in the Bronx on 12 September 1918.1
1930Residence (family)He and Minnie Zueimer lived at 1016 East 174th St. in the Bronx on 8 April 1930.2
BiographySam and Minnie were childless according to Sonya Jacobs Scherer.7
1932DeathHe died of coronary thrombosis on 28 June 1932 in New York.8,9,10
1932BurialHe was buried on 29 June 1932 in Mt. Hebron Cemetery in Flushing, Queens County, New York. His grave is at location 63-K-7-2 in the Workmen's Circle Society.11,9,10
1944Death of SpouseHis wife, Minnie Zueimer, died on 25 August 1944 in Bronx, New York.

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
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Max Harry Lieberman

Max Lieberman — "Uncle Max" — circa 1901
Male, #70, Deceased, b. 18 March 1886, d. March 1967



Parents

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

Family: Martha Gurnianski (1893-1977)

Daughter*Thelma Lieberman + (1919-1986)
Daughter*Phyllis Lieberman + (1922-2022)

RelationshipsGranduncle of Robert Cooper Jacobs
Granduncle of Harry Maxim Lieber
Granduncle of Eric Stephen Leber
Granduncle of Boris Leber
2nd great-granduncle of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesLeber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Biographical Details

1886BirthMax Harry Lieberman was born on 18 March 1886 in Poland.1,2
OccupationMax Harry Lieberman was a house painter.
1900Death of ParentHis father, Zysia Leber, died on 22 September 1900 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
1905ImmigrationMax Harry Lieberman migrated to Ellis Island in New York City in 1905.3
1910ResidenceHe lived at 32 Avenue D in New York City on 18 April 1910.4
1915Death of ParentHis mother, Fajga Taube Mendlowicz, died on 23 September 1915 in New York City.
1917Marriage LicenceHe and Martha Gurnianski obtained a licence to marry on 3 March 1917 in the Bronx.5
1917ResidenceHe lived at 1348 Wilkins Avenue in the Bronx on 4 March 1917.6
1917Marr-PartnersHe married Martha Gurnianski on 4 March 1917 in the Bronx. The marriage was witnessed by Harry Nathan Leber.7
1918Anecdote (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.
1918Draft RegistrationMax Harry Lieberman registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut.8
1919Birth of ChildHis daughter, Thelma Lieberman, was born on 27 May 1919 in New York City.
1922Birth of ChildHis daughter, Phyllis Lieberman, was born on 27 July 1922 in New York City.
1923TravelHe was a character witness on Isaac Semiat's passport application.
1930Residence (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
1930Marr-PartnersHe witnessed the marriage of Elias Samols and Dora Gurney and signed the marriage certificate in Bronx, New York, on 23 December 1930.10
1940Residence (family)Max Harry Lieberman and Martha Gurnianski lived at 2849 Webb Avenue in the Bronx on 22 April 1940.11
1942OccupationOn 25 April 1942 Max Harry Lieberman was a Shatz Painting Company at 420 Lexington Avenue in New York City.2
1942Physical DescriptionIn 1942, at age 56y, his draft board described him as height 5' 6", weight 155, brown eyes, black hair, light complexion.2
1942Residence (family)He and Martha Gurnianski lived at 2849 Webb Avenue in the Bronx on 25 April 1942.2
1944DeathHe was the informant for the death certificate of Minnie Zueimer in the Bronx on 25 August 1944.12
1950Residence (family)He and Martha Gurnianski lived at 4526 49th St., Apt. 3A, in Queens, New York on 1 April 1950.
1967DeathHe died in March 1967 in the Bronx.13
1967BurialHe was buried in March 1967 in the Workman's Circle of Beth El Cemetery in Paramus, New Jersey.14
1977DeathHis 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.
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Romek Lieberman

Lieberman, Romek
Male, #71, Deceased, b. 29 May 1885, d. 5 March 1969



Parents

Father*Adolph Lieberman (1862-1935)
Mother*Natalia Sobel (1861-1926)

Relationships1st cousin 1 time removed of Robert Cooper Jacobs
Uncle of Harry Maxim Lieber
1st cousin 1 time removed of Eric Stephen Leber
1st cousin 1 time removed of Boris Leber
1st cousin 3 times removed of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesLeber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Biographical Details

AkaRomek Lieberman was also known as Roman Romanski.1
BirthHe was also known as Rubin Lieberman.2
1885BirthHe 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
1907ImmigrationHe migrated to Ellis Island in New York City on 1 February 1907 He came with rest of his family.4,5,6
1915Residence (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
1926DeathRomek Lieberman was bereaved by the death of Natalia Sobel on 15 November 1926 in Brooklyn, New York.8,9
OccupationRomek Lieberman was a comedian, actor, department store salesman and printer.3
ResidenceHe 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
1935Death of ParentHis father, Adolph Lieberman, died on 7 December 1935 in Brooklyn, New York.
1940OccupationOn 6 April 1940 Romek Lieberman was a radio actor in New York City.10
1945OccupationIn 1945 Romek Lieberman was a sales clerk at Wanamaker's department store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.11,12
Before 1969ResidenceHe lived at 2521 East Allegheny Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania before 5 March 1969.3
1969DeathHe died of cardiac failure on 5 March 1969 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.1,13,3
1969CremationHe 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
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Maxim Lieber

Maxim Lieber; photo by Boris Leber
Male, #72, Deceased, b. 15 October 1897, d. 10 April 1993



Parents

Father*Adolph Lieberman (1862-1935)
Mother*Natalia Sobel (1861-1926)

Family 1: Irma Cohen (1905-1986)

Son*Ernest Lieber +

Family 2: Sally Tannenbaum (1907-1965)


Relationships1st cousin 1 time removed of Robert Cooper Jacobs
Father of Harry Maxim Lieber
1st cousin 1 time removed of Eric Stephen Leber
1st cousin 1 time removed of Boris Leber
1st cousin 3 times removed of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesLeber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Biographical Details

BirthMaxim Lieber was also known as Maxim Lieberman.1
1897BirthHe was born on 15 October 1897 in Warsaw, Poland.2
1907ImmigrationHe migrated to Ellis Island in New York City on 1 February 1907

aboard the SS Pennsylvania from Hamburg.3,4,5

1910Residence (family)As children, Sigmund Lieberman, Maxim Lieber, and Esther Lieberman lived with Adolph Lieberman and Natalia Sobel at 299 East 174th Street in the Bronx on 21 April 1910.3

1915Residence (family)Esther Lieberman and Maxim Lieber lived with Adolph Lieberman and Natalia Sobel at 1663 Washington Avenue in the Bronx on 1 June 1915.6
1918ResidenceMaxim Lieber lived at 34 Elizabeth Street in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan on 9 September 1918.7
1918OccupationOn 9 September 1918 Maxim Lieber was a student at a school in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.7
1918MilitaryHe served in the Canadian Army on 9 September 1918 in London, Ontario, Canada. He enlisted in the West Ontario Regiment of the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force. "Siberia" is hand-written on his Attestation Paper, which may suggest that he was considering, or being considered for, an expedition to Russia to assist the Whites in the civil war.7,8
1918Physical DescriptionIn 1918, at age 20y, his Canadian Army Attestation papers described him as height, 5' 6-1/2", chest 35 inches, complexion medium, eyes blue, and hair brown.9
1919MilitaryHe served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, having enlisted on 26 June 1919. He was honorably discharged as a sergeant in 1920 when the Army was de-mobilized.10
1919NaturalizationHe was naturalized in Washington, D.C. on 10 July 1919. the certificate was issued by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.10
1924ResidenceHe lived at 69 East 93rd Street in New York City on 21 February 1924.11
1924Marr-PartnersHe married Irma Cohen on 21 February 1924 at 2016 Seventh Avenue in New York City. The marriage was witnessed by Emanuel C. Cohen and Cora Finsterer.12,13
1924OccupationOn 21 February 1924 Maxim Lieber was printing salesman in New York City.11
1925Psgr List (fam)On 22 December 1925 Maxim Lieber and Irma Cohen were passengers aboard SS Minnekahda en route to London, England.14
1926Psgr List (fam)On 23 February 1926 Maxim Lieber and Irma Cohen were passengers aboard the SS Olympic en route to New York City. They were returning from Europe via Cherbourg.15
1926Residence (family)He and Irma Cohen lived at 436 West 160th Street in New York City on 23 February 1926. On their return from Europe.16
1926DeathHe was bereaved by the death of Natalia Sobel on 15 November 1926 in Brooklyn, New York.17,18
1928NaturalizationHe 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.)19,20
1927Birth of ChildHis son, Ernest Lieber, was born on 12 December 1927 in New York City.
1930ResidenceMaxim Lieber lived at 4013 48th Street in Queens, New York on 28 April 1930.21
OccupationFrom 1930 to 1993 Maxim Lieber was a literary agent and self-employed editor and publisher. Among his clients were Thomas Wolfe, Erskine Caldwell, Carey McWilliams, Langston Hughes, Louis Adamic, Saul Bellow, Carson McCullers, Bernard Malamud, Robert Coates and many others less well known.22,21,23
About 1933DivorceHe and Irma Cohen were divorced about April 1933 in Queens, New York.24,25
1935DeathHe was the informant for the death certificate of Adolph Lieberman in Brooklyn, New York, on 7 December 1935.26,27
1936Marr-PartnersMaxim Lieber married Sally Tannenbaum in May 1936 in Pennsylvania. Their marriage license was issued in Easton, Pennsylvania before June 2, 1936.28,29,30
Before 1938DivorceHe and Sally Tannenbaum were divorced before 3 May 1938. Maxim's marriage to Sally Tannenbaum was short; Minna Zelinka, who became his third wife, was named as co-respondent in the divorce suit.28,24,31
1938Marr-PartnersHe married Minna Edith Zelinka on 3 May 1938 in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut.31,32
1940Residence (family)He and Minna Edith Zelinka lived at 233 West 98th Street in New York City on 10 May 1940.33
About 1946AnecdoteAbout 1946 Eric Leber writes, "Now, if my ragged, wholly unreliable  memory holds true I visited Maxim when he lived at a West Side address in NYC and he took me to his “music room” where shelf after shelf was filled with albums of shellac records to be played on a turntable using an arm outfitted with a cactus needle he said was far better than steel."34
1946Birth of ChildHis daughter, Ellen Natalie Lieber, was born on 26 June 1946 in New York City.
1949Birth of ChildHis son, Harry Maxim Lieber, was born on 18 January 1949 in New York City.
1949Residence (family)Maxim Lieber and Minna Edith Zelinka lived at 253 West 101 Street in New York City on 18 January 1949.35
1950Residence (family)He and Minna Edith Zelinka lived at 253 W. 101st Street in New York, New York on 5 April 1950.36
1951Residence (family)He and Minna Edith Zelinka lived in Cuernavaca, Mexico in 1951.37
Residence (family)He and Minna Edith Zelinka lived at Avenida de los Insurgentes in Mexico City, Mexico from 1952 to 1954. Max Jacobs visited them there in July 1954.38
Residence (family)He and Minna Edith Zelinka lived in Warsaw, Poland from 1954 to 1968.37
1960NaturalizationHe was unconstitutionally denaturalized in Washington, D.C. on 29 June 1960. His citizenship was restored in 1964.39
1965Death of SpouseHis former wife, Sally Tannenbaum, died on 12 March 1965 in New York City.
1986Death of SpouseHis former wife, Irma Cohen, died on 6 February 1986 in New York City.
NoteDuring the Alger Hiss affair, Whittaker Chambers had accused Maxim of being a communist and Soviet agent. That is why the Liebers left the country for Mexico in 1951; in 1954 they moved to Warsaw where they remained until 1968, when they came back to the United States. The family knows that Chambers’ allegations were true. Maxim was the closest cousin to my father in age. I do not know what their relationship was, but my father visited Maxim and his family in Mexico just before they left for Warsaw. The Liebers returned to the United States in 1968.40
Before 1993Residence (family)He and Minna Edith Zelinka lived at 11-D Racebrook Drive in East Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut before 10 April 1993.22
1993DeathHe died on 10 April 1993 in East Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut at the age of 95y.41,22
2011Death of SpouseHis wife, Minna Edith Zelinka, died on 22 September 2011 in Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut.
2023Biography

In May of 2023 Harry Lieber wrote:

"My father never ever spoke about his political/espionage activities, so what little I know is from what my mother told me, once my father passed away and she retired, which meant she no longer had to worry about some kind of backlash. American politics can be awfully nasty, something obvious to anyone living in the States right now.

When, years ago, someone drew my attention to the Wikipedia page about my father, I was surprised to see Trotsky listed as one of his clients. It never made sense to me. My father was a Stalinist. My one recollection of him crying is when the news of the Khrushchev's speech at the XX Congress of the Soviet CP broke. We had barely arrived in Poland two years earlier, and suddenly the very foundation on which he built his political weltanschauung had collapsed.

There is another reason why I am doubtful about a connection between Trotsky and my father. After my father's death, when my mother was planning to move to my sisters home, I asked her if I could have some of my father's books, among them a book on Diego Rivera. That triggered a recollection in my mother. She told me about how, during our years in Mexico, as a four-year old, I wandered into Rivera's home, and was found by him looking at his paintings leaning against the wall. When Rivera asked me if I liked them, apparently I nonchalantly replied that I don't like them. The reason my mother knew this story is because a few days later, David Siqueiros brought Rivera and Kahlo to our home, in order to introduce them to my father. Upon seeing me, Rivera laughed, and related the story to my parents. Evidently he thought it was a hoot. My mother described Siqueiros as a close friend of my father. Considering Siqueiros' involvement with the first assassination attempt on Trotsky, I find it hard to reconcile the possibility of my father having been Trotsky's literary agent with him having Siqueiros as a "close friend."

I'm thinking out loud right now. My father was in the publishing business since 1922, when he and Jack Lewis (I think it was Jack) established Lieber & Lewis. After being bought out by Boni, he ended up working for Brentano's. It was after that company's bankruptcy, that my father went into business for himself as an agent. By that time, Trotsky was expelled not only from the politburo; he was sent into exile. I just looked up the Wikipedia page on my father, and, according to it, his involvement with Brentano's started in 1925, a year after Trotsky was expelled from the politburo. My father's tenure with Brentano's lasted till 1930, a year after Trotsky was sent into exile. I'm filled with doubt about the Trotsky connection.

On the other hand, my father had Deutscher's three-volume biography of Trotsky. Those three volumes would have come out after we arrived in Poland, in December of 1954. Nothing would have passed unnoticed by the Polish security services, especially a three-volume biography of Trotsky. But, he had them, and I inherited them, and he definitely read every page of them.

I wish I could offer more than mere speculations. My father was 51 years older than I, and, while we both shared a choleric disposition, our politics differed. My formative years were spent in communist Poland (1954-1968), and as a child I learned Polish almost instantly, which meant I had a much better understanding of what life was like in workers' paradise than my father. His family left Warsaw in 1907, at a time when the eastern and central part of what today is Poland was part of the Russian Empire, so his Polish was pretty poor. In any event, my father's explosive personality, and his disinterest in children meant that we had a rotten relationship, one that remained rotten to the end, which meant we did not talk much, even as adults. Which makes me a poor informant.

I am curious about your book about Hiss. Are you in touch with David Chambers? If my recollection serves me correctly, he was writing, or planning to write a book on Hiss. I don't know if he succeeded. We exchanged a few emails over the years, after he tracked me down. My impression was that he already had an agenda, namely that Hiss was innocent. Again, according to my mother, he was guilty.

There is one area where our interests might overlap. Obviously, the GRU archives would have the fullest information on my father, and hence, on Hiss. But the Poles must have had some information on him too, even if the Russians did not share everything with them. Recall, Stalin remarked that communism fits Poland the way a saddle fits a cow.

However, I know my father would pay regular visits to someone who worked out of the Central Committee building. Any meetings would have resulted in some kind of report being written. Also, it is likely that some of the people with whom we were acquainted at the time would have reported the gist of conversations with my parents. After all, were were foreigners. I'm curious about what both the Polish communist party, and the Polish military intelligence knew about my father's activities prior to his flight from the US in 1951. I'm also curious about those regular "friendly chats" with a Central Committee bureaucrat. All that stuff must be in Polish archives, whether they are in the archives of the now defunct communist party or the archives of the Polish military intelligence.”.42

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
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Esther Lieberman

Esther Lieberman Finkelstein
Female, #73, Deceased, b. 6 November 1900, d. 14 April 1991



Parents

Father*Adolph Lieberman (1862-1935)
Mother*Natalia Sobel (1861-1926)

Family: Louis Finkelstein (about 1897-1977)

Son*Gerald Alexander Finkelstein + (1931-2016)
Daughter*Naomi Finkelstein + (1937-2021)

Relationships1st cousin 1 time removed of Robert Cooper Jacobs
Aunt of Harry Maxim Lieber
1st cousin 1 time removed of Eric Stephen Leber
1st cousin 1 time removed of Boris Leber
1st cousin 3 times removed of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesLeber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Biographical Details

NameEsther Lieberman was also known as Esther Finkelstein.1
1900BirthShe was born on 6 November 1900 in Warsaw, Poland.2
1907ImmigrationShe migrated to Ellis Island in New York on 20 January 1907

aboard the SS Pennsylvania from Hamburg.3,2

1910Residence (family)Sigmund Lieberman, Maxim Lieber, and she lived with Adolph Lieberman and Natalia Sobel at 299 East 174th Street in the Bronx on 21 April 1910.4

1915Residence (family)Esther Lieberman and Maxim Lieber lived with Adolph Lieberman and Natalia Sobel at 1663 Washington Avenue in the Bronx on 1 June 1915.5
1920Residence (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 1920.6
1926DeathEsther Lieberman was bereaved by the death of Natalia Sobel on 15 November 1926 in Brooklyn, New York.7,8
1928NaturalizationEsther Lieberman was naturalized at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of NY in New York City on 23 August 1928.9,2
1928Residence (family)Louis Finkelstein and she lived at 54 Featherbed Lane in the Bronx in 1928.10,2
1928OccupationIn 1928 Esther Lieberman was a bookkeeper for a printing firm, probably her father's in New York City.2
1931Marr-PartnersShe married Louis Finkelstein on 8 January 1931 at the Bronx County Courthouse.1
1931Psgr List (fam)On 25 January 1931 Louis Finkelstein and Esther Lieberman were passengers aboard SS Prince Robert arriving in Boston, Massachusetts. They returned from Havana after what was probably their wedding trip.11
1931Birth of ChildHer son, Gerald Alexander Finkelstein, was born on 13 September 1931 in New York City.
1935Death of ParentHer father, Adolph Lieberman, died on 7 December 1935 in Brooklyn, New York.
1937Birth of ChildHer daughter, Naomi Finkelstein, was born on 1 June 1937 in Brooklyn, New York.
1940Residence (family)Louis Finkelstein and Esther Lieberman lived at 848 East 28th Street in Brooklyn, New York on 3 April 1940. They were still living there on March 5, 1969.12
1977Death of SpouseHer husband, Louis Finkelstein, died in 1977 in Brooklyn, New York.
1991DeathShe died on 14 April 1991 in Brooklyn, New York.13,14,15

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.
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Sigmund Lieberman

Male, #74, Deceased, b. 14 January 1887, d. 6 June 1960



Parents

Father*Adolph Lieberman (1862-1935)
Mother*Natalia Sobel (1861-1926)

Family: Mary S. Linden (about 1897-1967)

Son*George B. Lieberman (1926-1995)
Daughter*Norma Eve Lieberman + (1928-2002)

Relationships1st cousin 1 time removed of Robert Cooper Jacobs
Uncle of Harry Maxim Lieber
1st cousin 1 time removed of Eric Stephen Leber
1st cousin 1 time removed of Boris Leber
1st cousin 3 times removed of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesLeber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Biographical Details

ImmigrantSigmund 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
BirthHe was also known as Zajnwel Leber.3
1887BirthHe was born on 14 January 1887 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.3
1942Physical DescriptionIn 1942, at age 55y, his draft board described him as 5' 4" tall, weighed 175 pounds, and had brown eyes, grey hair and a dark complexion.4
1907ImmigrationHe 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

1910Residence (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

1915Residence (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
1915NaturalizationSigmund Lieberman was naturalized at New York State Supreme Court in the Bronx on 19 July 1915.8,1
1917OccupationIn 1917 Sigmund Lieberman was a Vice-President of Ullman Press at 201 William Street in New York City.9
1917NoteOn his World War I draft card he claimed conscientious objection.10
1918MilitaryHe served as a private from April 28, 1918 until honorably discharged on December 14, 1918 in 1918. His unit was never sent overseas.
ResidenceHe lived at 1663 Washington Avenue in the Bronx from 1919 to 1922.5,11
1920Residence (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
1922Marr-PartnersSigmund Lieberman married Mary S. Linden on 1 July 1922 at the Municipal Building in Manhattan.13,14
1922OccupationOn 1 July 1922 Sigmund Lieberman was a house painter in New York City.15
1926Birth of ChildHis son, George B. Lieberman, was born on 8 September 1926 in New York City.
1926DeathSigmund Lieberman was bereaved by the death of Natalia Sobel on 15 November 1926 in Brooklyn, New York.16,17
1928NaturalizationHe 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
1928Birth of ChildHis daughter, Norma Eve Lieberman, was born on 18 September 1928 in Brooklyn, New York.
1930OccupationOn 5 April 1930 Sigmund Lieberman was a printer of magazines; in 1940 he was an owner of the print shop.20
1935Death of ParentHis father, Adolph Lieberman, died on 7 December 1935 in Brooklyn, New York.
1942OccupationOn 25 April 1942 Sigmund Lieberman was a Standard Typecraft Company at 220 West 19th Street in New York City.4
1960DeathHe died on 6 June 1960 in the Bronx.22,23
About 1960BurialHe 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
1967Death of SpouseHis 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
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Celia Lieberman

Celia Lieberman, May 1971
Female, #75, Deceased, b. 27 January 1904, d. 24 March 1988



Parents

Father*Morris Liberman (1872-1921)
Mother*Flora Jacobs (1881-about 1972)

Family: Charles Davis (1900-1968)

Daughter*Marylinn Davis + (1930-2011)

Relationships1st cousin 1 time removed of Robert Cooper Jacobs
1st cousin 1 time removed of Harry Maxim Lieber
1st cousin 1 time removed of Eric Stephen Leber
1st cousin 1 time removed of Boris Leber
1st cousin 3 times removed of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesLeber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Biographical Details

MarriedCelia Lieberman was also known as Celia Davis.1
1904BirthShe was born on 27 January 1904 in New York City.2,3
Residence (family)She and Leo Lincoln Livingston lived with Morris Liberman and Flora Jacobs at 34 St. Marks Place in New York City from 1905 to 1910.4,5
1920Residence (family)Celia Lieberman, Eddie Seymour Lieberman, and Leo Lincoln Livingston lived with Morris Liberman and Flora Jacobs at 9 West 107 Street in New York, New York on 6 January 1920.6
1921Death of ParentHer father, Morris Liberman, died on 8 December 1921 in Manhattan, New York County, New York.
1928ResidenceCelia Lieberman lived at 9 West 107 Street in New York City on 26 July 1928.7
1928Marr-PartnersShe married Charles Davis on 26 July 1928 at the Municipal Building in Manhattan, New York.8
1930Residence (family)Charles Davis and she lived at 1418 Jessup Avenue in the Bronx on 12 April 1930.9
1930Birth of ChildHer daughter, Marylinn Davis, was born on 26 August 1930 in New York City.
Residence (family)Charles Davis and Celia Lieberman lived at 623 West 170th Street in New York City from 1935 to 1940.10
1950Residence (family)Charles Davis and she lived at 640 West 170th Street in New York, New York on 6 April 1950.11
1968Death of SpouseHer husband, Charles Davis, died on 7 April 1968 in Far Rockaway, Queens County, New York.
About 1972Death of ParentHer mother, Flora Jacobs, died about 17 February 1972 in Island Park, Nassau County, New York.
1988DeathCelia Lieberman died on 24 March 1988 in Brooklyn, New York.3

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
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Leo Lincoln Livingston

Leo Livingston circa 1955
Male, #76, Deceased, b. 7 May 1905, d. 5 February 1990



Parents

Father*Morris Liberman (1872-1921)
Mother*Flora Jacobs (1881-about 1972)

Family: Virginia Vivian Newman (about 1908-1969)

Daughter*Ruth Livingston
Daughter*Susan Linda Livingston + (1933-1987)

Relationships1st cousin 1 time removed of Robert Cooper Jacobs
1st cousin 1 time removed of Harry Maxim Lieber
1st cousin 1 time removed of Eric Stephen Leber
1st cousin 1 time removed of Boris Leber
1st cousin 3 times removed of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesLeber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Biographical Details

BirthLeo Lincoln Livingston was also known as Leo Liberman.
Residence (family)Celia Lieberman and he lived with Morris Liberman and Flora Jacobs at 34 St. Marks Place in New York City from 1905 to 1910.1,2
1905BirthLeo Lincoln Livingston was born on 7 May 1905 in New York City.3,4
1920Residence (family)Celia Lieberman, Eddie Seymour Lieberman, and Leo Lincoln Livingston lived with Morris Liberman and Flora Jacobs at 9 West 107 Street in New York, New York on 6 January 1920.5
1921Death of ParentHis father, Morris Liberman, died on 8 December 1921 in Manhattan, New York County, New York.
1931Marr-PartnersLeo Lincoln Livingston married Virginia Vivian Newman on 26 June 1931 at 32 Franklin Street in Manhattan, New York.6,7
1931ResidenceHe lived at 635 West 170th Street in New York City on 26 June 1931.6
OccupationLeo Lincoln Livingston was a retail salesman in New York City. He worked at Macy's for more than forty years and served as a union representative.8
1933Birth of ChildHis daughter, Susan Linda Livingston, was born on 23 July 1933 in New York City.
1950Residence (family)He and Virginia Vivian Newman lived at 526-28 West 112th St., Apt. 101, in New York City on 5 April 1950.9
1969Death of SpouseHis wife, Virginia Vivian Newman, died on 29 January 1969 in Poughkeepsie, New York.
About 1972Death of ParentHis mother, Flora Jacobs, died about 17 February 1972 in Island Park, Nassau County, New York.
1987Death of ChildHis daughter, Susan Linda Livingston, died on 27 September 1987 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1990DeathHe died on 5 February 1990 in New York City.

Leo's New York Times obituary says "Leo L. Livingston, a stamp researcher and adviser with the Philatelic Foundation who was an expert on Civil War issues, died of a stroke last Monday at his home in Manhattan. He was 84 years old.

In 1978, Mr. Livingston turned a half-century hobby into a full-time post at the educational organization at 270 Madison Avenue after selling clothing at R. H. Macy for more than 40 years. He was a native of Manhattan and a graduate of Townsend Harris High School.

Surviving are a brother, the Rev. Edward Lieberman of Greenville, S.C.; three grandchildren, and five great grandchildren."10,3

1990CremationHe was cremated on 7 February 1990 at Ferncliff Cemetery in Ardsley.11

Citations

  1. 1910 Federal Census
  2. Passenger Manifest, Zalmen Janklewich detention manifest, 15 Jan 1905
  3. Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
  4. New York City Department of Health, New York City Birth Index, 1878-1965, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017., Leo Liberman, Manhattan Cert. #31408, 7 May 1905
  5. 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
  6. New York Times, New York, NY (July 31, 2006), June 28 1931 marriage announcement: Livingston--Newman
  7. New York City Grooms Index, Manhattan Certificate #14147 (Leo Livingston & Virginia Newman), Date: 26 JUN 1931
  8. Telephone Interview, Marylinn Fradkin, 7 October 2008
  9. 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, New York, New York; Roll: 2621; Sheet Number: 10; Enumeration District: 31-1058
  10. Newspaper, NY Times, 12 February 1990
  11. Death Certificate, Leo Livingston, Cert. #156-90-007931, New York, NY
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Thelma Lieberman

Thelma Lieberman
Female, #78, Deceased, b. 27 May 1919, d. 27 October 1986



Parents

Father*Max Harry Lieberman (1886-1967)
Mother*Martha Gurnianski (1893-1977)

Family: Charles Morris (1913-1998)

Daughter*Jane Elizabeth Morris (1944-2018)

Relationships1st cousin 1 time removed of Robert Cooper Jacobs
1st cousin 1 time removed of Harry Maxim Lieber
1st cousin 1 time removed of Eric Stephen Leber
1st cousin 1 time removed of Boris Leber
1st cousin 3 times removed of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesLeber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Biographical Details

MarriedThelma Lieberman was also known as Thelma Morris.1
NoteNamed after Taube Lieberman.
1919BirthShe was born on 27 May 1919 in New York City.2,3,4
1930Residence (family)As children, Phyllis Lieberman and Thelma Lieberman lived with Max Harry Lieberman and Martha Gurnianski at 1707 Nelson Avenue in the Bronx on 8 April 1930. She was still living there in 1933.5
1940OccupationOn 22 April 1940 Thelma Lieberman was a stenographer in a hospital in New York City.
1940Residence (family)22 April 1940; Max Harry Lieberman and Martha Gurnianski; Bronx, New York; W:Phyllis Lieberman6
1943Residence (family)Charles Morris and Thelma Lieberman lived at 2849 Webb Avenue in the Bronx in 1943.7
1943Marr-PartnersShe married Charles Morris on 5 June 1943 in Yonkers, New York.1,8,7
1944Birth of ChildHer daughter, Jane Elizabeth Morris, was born on 27 June 1944 in Bronx, New York.
1967Death of ParentHer father, Max Harry Lieberman, died in March 1967 in Bronx, New York.
1977Death of ParentHer mother, Martha Gurnianski, died in February 1977 in Bronx, New York.
1986DeathThelma Lieberman died on 27 October 1986 in Oceanside, San Diego County, California.4,9
1998Death of SpouseHer husband, Charles Morris, died on 14 August 1998 in Canada.

Citations

  1. Telephone Interview, Phyllis Lieberman & RCJ, 11/26/07
  2. 1920 Federal Census
  3. Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015., Thelma Morris
  4. Telephone Interview, Phyllis Lieberman & RCJ, 12/2/2007
  5. 1930 Fed'l Census, Max Lieberman
  6. 1940 Federal Census, Record originated in..., S.D. No. 23, E.D. No. 3-1310, Sheet 11B
  7. New York City, Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Manhattan License #11140, issued 2 June 1943, Date: 5 JUN 1943
  8. 1940 Federal Census, Record originated in..., Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls. (Charles Morris)
  9. Social Security Death Index, U.S., Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
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Phyllis Lieberman

Phyllis Lieberman Beilock, 1965
Female, #79, Deceased, b. 27 July 1922, d. 22 November 2022



Parents

Father*Max Harry Lieberman (1886-1967)
Mother*Martha Gurnianski (1893-1977)

Family 1: Milton Moses Beilock (1921-1990)

Son*Steven Alan Beilock + (1943-2008)
Daughter*Felicia Sue Beilock +
Son*John Dana Beilock +
Daughter*Karen Louise Beilock +

Family 2: Louis Baca (1924-2013)


Relationships1st cousin 1 time removed of Robert Cooper Jacobs
1st cousin 1 time removed of Harry Maxim Lieber
1st cousin 1 time removed of Eric Stephen Leber
1st cousin 1 time removed of Boris Leber
1st cousin 3 times removed of Theodore Edson ("Theo") Clark

Charts and other referencesLeber/Lieberman Descendancy Chart

Biographical Details

MarriedPhyllis Lieberman was also known as Phyllis Beilock.
OccupationPhyllis Lieberman was a high school history teacher.1
1922BirthShe was born on 27 July 1922 in New York City.2
1930Residence (family)She and Thelma Lieberman lived with Max Harry Lieberman and Martha Gurnianski at 1707 Nelson Avenue in the Bronx on 8 April 1930. She was still living there in 1933.3
1933AnecdoteIn 1933 lived on the farm while Aunt Martha was away on a trip to Poland.
School attendancePhyllis Lieberman attended Walton High School in the Bronx.1
EducationShe studied chemistry and home economics at Hunter College in the Bronx.1
1940Residence (family)As a child, Phyllis Lieberman lived with Max Harry Lieberman and Martha Gurnianski at 2849 Webb Avenue in the Bronx on 22 April 1940.4
1941ResidencePhyllis Lieberman lived at 2849 Webb Avenue in the Bronx in 1941.2
1941Marr-PartnersShe married Milton Moses Beilock on 21 June 1941 in the Bronx.5
1943Birth of ChildHer son, Steven Alan Beilock, was born on 8 June 1943 in Washington, D.C..
1945GraduationShe graduated from the University of Maryland in Washington, D.C., in 1945 with a B.S. in Chemistry and Home Economics.1
1948Birth of ChildHer daughter, Felicia Sue Beilock, was born on 21 December 1948 in New York City.
1951Birth of ChildHer son, John Dana Beilock, was born on 8 August 1951 in Long Beach, California.
1954Birth of ChildHer daughter, Karen Louise Beilock, was born on 29 October 1954 in Montebello, Los Angeles County, California.
GraduationPhyllis Lieberman graduated from the University of California in Long Beach, California, with a Master of Education degree.1
1967Death of ParentHer father, Max Harry Lieberman, died in March 1967 in Bronx, New York.
1968DivorceMilton Moses Beilock and she were divorced in May 1968 in Orange County, North Carolina.6,7
1969Marr-PartnersShe became the partner of Louis Baca in 1969. [[
Relationship: partner
]].8
1977Death of ParentHer mother, Martha Gurnianski, died in February 1977 in Bronx, New York.
1990Death of SpouseHer former husband, Milton Moses Beilock, died on 21 December 1990 in Lane County, Oregon.
2008Death of ChildHer son, Steven Alan Beilock, died on 8 May 2008 in California.
2013Death of SpouseHer husband, Louis Baca, died on 21 January 2013.
2022DeathPhyllis Lieberman died on 22 November 2022 in California at the age of 100y.9

Citations

  1. Telephone Interview, Phyllis Beilock & RCJ, 3/8/2009
  2. Marriage Certificate, Beilock-Lieberman, 21 June 1941
  3. 1930 Fed'l Census, Max Lieberman
  4. 1940 Federal Census, Record originated in..., S.D. No. 23, E.D. No. 3-1310, Sheet 11B
  5. Marriage Certificate, Bronx Cert. # - - - - Milton Beilock & Phyllis Lieberman), Date: 21 JUN 1941
  6. Telephone Interview, Phyllis Lieberman & RCJ, 11/26/2007
  7. California Divorce Index, 1966-1984
  8. Personal Interview, Phyllis Lieberman Beilock, 23 March 1982
  9. E-mail message, John Beilock to RCJ, Date: 12 DEC 2022
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Zysia Jankelewicz

Male, #80, Deceased, b. December 1902, d. 24 November 1903



Parents

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

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

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

Biographical Details

1902BirthZysia Jankelewicz was born in December 1902 in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland. Zysia had been named after his grandfather, Zysia Leber, who had died in 1900. Sonya Scherer wrote that there was such a child but gave no details.1,2
1903DeathHe died in infancy on 24 November 1903 in Baluty, Poland. Baluty was part of Łódź.3,2
1939Death of ParentHis mother, Zelda Leber, died on 4 June 1939 in Lakewood, Ocean County, New Jersey.
1942Death of ParentHis father, Solomon Jacobs, died on 11 May 1942 in Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey.

Citations

  1. Sonya Jacobs Scherer to Robert Jacobs. April 8, 1974 5 Monticello Ave., Trenton, NJ.
  2. Polish Death Record, Zys Jankelewicz, Akta 1871, Łódź Archive, 1903, in Balutyj(?) the 11th/24th November of this year at 1 o’clock died Zys Yanklevich, 11 months old, born in the city of Piotrkov, son of Zalmen Yankelewicz and Zelde, née Leber, wife of Yankelevich, continuously resident of the city of Piotrkov.
  3. Sonya Jacobs Scherer to Robert Jacobs. April 8, 1974 5 Monticello Ave., Trenton, NJ., 1910 Census; Sonya's letter
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