Nine Generations

Gisèle Garfinkiel

Gisèle Rozenbaum, Paris June 2012

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Biography

Citations

1. E-mail message, Gisèle Rozenbaum to RCJ, 12 Mar 2011
2. E-mail message, Gisèle Garfinkiel to RCJ, 7/12/2008
3. [Title], 21 June 1938
4. E-mail message, Marc Rozenbaum to RCJ, 21 June 2014

Édith Simone Blanche Garfinkiel

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Cassie Leber

Cassie Leber

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Biography

Birth	17 June 1975	Cassie Leber was born on 17 June 1975 in Phillips, Maine. in the bedroom of Eric's house. Eric wrote a memoir of her birth which is linked on the family website, https://genarchives.com/NineGenerations/up/index.htm.
Illness	1994	In 1994, Cassie suffered a sky diving accident and was paralyzed1,2
Death	2 January 2008	She died by her own hand on 2 January 2008 at age 32 at 3555 Knobcone Drive in Kelseyville, California.1,3

Citations

1. Telephone Interview, Eric Leber to RCJ, 1/5/2008
2. Personal knowledge of Robert Jacobs
3. Social Security Death Index

David W. Daub

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Ariana Leber Daub

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Lucas Leber Daub

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Willene Hatcher

Willene Hatcher

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Biography

Citations

1. E-mail message, Art Grantz to RCJ, 9/23/2007
2. 1940 Federal Census
3. Hannah Guterman's holograph notebook
4. Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
5. Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
6. E-mail message, Arthur Grantz to RCJ, 6 July 2010
7. Telephone Interview, Art Grantz & RCJ, 6 Aug. 2010

David Arthur Grantz

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Eric Grantz

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Sarah Lynn Grantz

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Carol Nina Grantz

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Samuel Sadin

Sam Sadin

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Biography

Birth	12 March 1918	Samuel Sadin was born on 12 March 1918 in Brooklyn, New York.1,2
Graduation	June 1939	He graduated from CCNY downtown -- the Baruch School -- in June 1939 in New York.3
Occupation	1939	He was an accountant with Eisner & Lubin in 1939 in New York, New York.3
Marr Lic	26 September 1940	He and Terry Cooper obtained a marriage license on 26 September 1940 in Bronx, New York.4
Marriage	6 October 1940	He and Terry Cooper were married on 6 October 1940 in Bronx, New York.5,4
Military	from 7 May 1942 to 1946	He served in the Army as a private from 7 May 1942 to 1946 at Fort Jay, Governor's Island, in New York City. He was discharged with the rank of captain.6
Description	7 May 1942	When mustered into the Army, Samuel was described as weight 138, height 5' 8."6
Occupation	1949	In 1949 Samuel Sadin was a proprietor of his own lumber trading company in New York City.3
Residence (fam)	October 1951	He and Terry Cooper lived on Long Island in New Hyde Park in October 1951.
Occupation	after 1970	He established a program on the rights of the elderly at Hunter College sometime after 1970.3
Death	21 March 2004	He died on 21 March 2004 at age 86 in New Hyde Park, Nassau County, New York.7,8
Biography	January 2009	Terry Sadin wrote a biographical memoir of her husband Sam. It is linked on the family website, www.jacobsbackstory.com.

Citations

1. Hannah Guterman's holograph notebook
2. E-mail message, Terry Cooper Sadin to RCJ, 6 Mar 2011
3. E-mail message, Terry Sadin to RCJ, 1/6/2009
4. Ancestry.com, New York City, Marriage License Indexes, 1907-1995 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Bronx License #10960
5. Hannah Guterman's typescript memoir (1986)
6. NARA WW II enlistee database, Samuel Sadin
7. Social Security Death Index
8. New York Times, Obituary, published March 22, 2004

Robert Sadin

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Arthur Sadin

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Madeline Sadin

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Biography

Citations

1. Hannah Guterman's holograph notebook
2. California Death Index, 1940 -1997
3. Telephone Interview, Terry Cooper Sadin & RCJ, 12/21/2008

Chaim Eisenberg

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Biography

Citations

1. Passenger Manifest, S.S. Lituania arr NYC 2 Aug 1910
2. Jewish Heritage Research Group, "JHRG Eisenberg Report", p. 4.
3. Jewish Heritage Research Group of Belarus, "JHRG Kuperman Report", p.5.
4. 1920 Federal Census, New York, New York, population schedule, New York, Enumeration District 327, sheet 10B, dwelling 26, family 205, National Archives micropublication T625-1191 (Hyman Eisenberg household).
5. Hannah Guterman's typescript memoir (1986)
6. Jewish Heritage Research Group, "JHRG Eisenberg Report", p. 7; name found on Duma voters list.
7. Ancestry.com Public Family Trees, Sherman Family Tree (Ancestry on-line)
8. 1930 Federal Census, Bronx, New York, population schedule, Bronx, Enumeration District 3-355, sheet 15B, dwelling 30, family 343, National Archives micropublication T626-1474 (Joe Calamito household).
9. Telephone Interview, Anita Cooper Smith & RCJ, 24 March 2014
10. E-mail message, Monte Sherman to RCJ, 12 Feb 2012
11. [Title], Mt. Judah Cemetery (Hyman Eisenberg)

Gardner Martin Edson

Gardner Edson

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Biography

Note		Ed Edson wrote " . . . my father [Gardner] was an only son with an only sister who had no children. I, as you know, am an only son who with an only sister who has no children and my son has an only son who has no sister at all, so you see the stalk is getting thinner."1
Birth	29 July 1827	Gardner Martin Edson was born on 29 July 1827 in New York.2
Education	from 1849 to 1850	He studied at Beloit Seminary in Beloit, Wisconsin, from 1849 to 1850. His name is found on a list of students at the Seminary; his residence is stated as Batavia, NY.3
Also Known As	1850	As of 1850, Gardner Martin Edson was also known as Martin Gardner Edson.2,4
Occupation	2 August 1850	On 2 August 1850 Gardner Martin Edson was a blacksmith; name: "Martin G. Edson" in Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin.5
Marriage	30 June 1852	He and Leonora Viola Tisdel were married on 30 June 1852 in Harlem, Stephenson County, Illinois.6,7
Widower	23 July 1854	He was widowed by Leonora Viola Tisdel's death in Illinois on 23 July 1854.
Bereaved	25 July 1854	He lost his daughter when Eva died in Illinois on 25 July 1854.8
Occupation	1856	He was again listed as a blacksmith (name rendered as "Martin G. Edsen") and a member of the militia in 1856 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. According to the check marks on the census form, Edson was a member of the militia and had been a resident of the state for "0" years.9
Marriage	10 March 1859	He and Mary Ellen Gillespie were married on 10 March 1859 in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. "The first marriage in the township, tradition claims, was that of a man by the name of Edson who was united to Miss Gillespie, during the year 1859. They have since that event left the county." -- 1884 History of Kossuth, Hancock and Winnebago Counties, Iowa. However, the original marriage record gives the location of the marriage as Cerro Gordo County.10,2,11,12,13
Occupation	1860	In 1860 Gardner Martin Edson was a farmer in Madison Township. The Gillespies were the Edson's near neighbors.10
Residence (fam)	20 July 1860	He and Mary Ellen Gillespie lived in Madison Township on 20 July 1860.10
Father	30 August 1860	Gardner was 33 when his son Edward was born in Elk Grove on 30 August 1860.14
Draft Registration	June 1863	He registered for the draft in June 1863 in Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa, the form lists him as a blacksmith; his birthplace is given as New Jersey.15
Occupation	June 1863	In June 1863 Gardner Martin Edson was a blacksmith in Glenwood. His occupation given as blacksmith as "Martin" in 1850 and 1856 and as "Gardner" in 1863.15
Occupation	November 1865	In November 1865 Gardner Martin Edson was a physician in Mound City.16
Misc	November 1865	He was assessed $5.83 on income related to the Graham Nodaway Company. in November 1865 in Mound City, Missouri.16
Misc	May 1866	Gardner was assessed $3.45 on 1865 income related to Holt Company. in May 1866 in Mound City, Missouri.17
Misc	30 November 1866	His name appeared on a list "Registered Name — Continued, Denton Township" in the Holt County Sentinel on 30 November 1866 in Oregon, Missouri.18
Residence	7 June 1870	Gardner lived in Lewis Township, Holt County, Missouri, on 7 June 1870, and practiced dentistry there.19
Occupation	7 June 1870	In the 1870 federal census he is listed as a dentist.19
Residence (fam)	between 1871 and 1872	He and Mary Ellen Gillespie lived in Sabetha, Kansas, between 1871 and 1872. The Edson family settled briefly in Sabetha, Kansas between 1871 and 1874, but long enough to help organize the library association. A note lists G. M. Edson: "Sabetha Library Association — In 1871, this association was organized, with S.W. Brooke, President; Emma Brady, Secretary. Its membership included, among others, J.T. Brady, G.M. Edson, Mr. and Mrs. Prof. Philbrook, H. Tarr, Samuel Slosson and D.L. Gebhart. About twenty books were donated and purchased as the nucleus to a library. Until 1879, no changes were made regarding the method of conducting the association. Its only income was the yearly fees and fines imposed. On January 1 of that year, the society was incorporated under the laws of the State, with a capital stock of $1,000, divided into shares of $10 each. The Board of Directors in 1883 were: I.F. Collins, G.C. McGuire, C.L. Sherwood, J. F. Clough, and H. Tarr. Its executive officers were: R.C. Bassett, President: H. Tarr, Secretary: and C.L. Sherwood, Librarian and Treasurer. The library, which occupied a part of Sherwood & Marshall’s drug store, consisted of 650 volumes in all departments of literature. Their use was free to its stockholders, but a yearly fee of $2.00 was charged to all others."20,21
Anecdote (fam)	about 1874	The Edsons acquired land in Smith County, Kansas, about 1874.22
Residence (fam)	from 1875 to 1881	He and Mary Ellen Gillespie lived in Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, from 1875 to 1881. In 1880 the town was also called Centre Township23,24
Occupation	from 1875 to 1881	From 1875 to 1881 Gardner Martin Edson was a physician, coroner and farmer in Smith Center.23,25,24
Occupation	November 1879	He was elected County Coroner for Smith County in November 1879.26
Note	18 June 1880	A Federal agricultural production census schedule for Centre Township showed that on Gardner Edson's farm of 170 acres, 70 acres were under cultivation and the remainder was unimproved or in woodlands or pasture. The value of the farm was reported to be $2500, of which livestock was worth $500 and tools $100.27,28
Death	20 October 1881	He died of a suspected laudanum overdose on 20 October 1881 at age 54 at the Kansas Central Hotel in Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas. According to the Kansas Free Press, he had been suffering from epilepsy for some years.29,14,30,31,32
Burial	circa 22 October 1881	He is buried in Block 1 of the Fairview Cemetery in Smith County, Kansas. His gravestone says only "Dr. Edson."14,33,31

Citations

1. Edson, "Verboden", Letter, Ed Edson to George Burr, 17 March 1940
2. Edson Family Association & Edson Genealogical Association, The Edsonian
3. , Ancestry.com. U.S., School Catalogs, 1765-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original publlished July 24, 1850
4. 1850 Federal Census, Rock County, Wisconsin population schedule, Beloit, sheet 406A, dwelling 441, family 487, National Archives micropublication M432-1005 (J.P. Houston household).
5. 1850 Federal Census, Rock County, Wisconsin population schedule, Beloit, sheet 406A, dwelling 441, family 487, National Archives micropublication M432-1005 (J.P. Huston household).
6. Book, The genealogy of the descendants of Lawrence and Mary Antisell of Norwich and Willington, Connecticut : including some records of Christopher Antisell of Sraduff, Birr, (Kings Co.) Ireland (via Ancestry.com)
7. Marriage Indexes, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Vol. B, p.8, Lic. No. 309
8. Find A Grave database, Memorial #74560161
9. 1856 Iowa State Census
10. 1860 Federal Census, Place: Madison, Hancock, Iowa; Roll: M653_323; Page: 609; Family History Library Film: 803323
11. History of Kossuth, Hancock and Winnebago Counties, Iowa, p. 696
12. Marriage Certificate, Iowa State Public Record Offices, 1834-1900 via Archives.com
13. Marriage Certificate, Cerro Gordo County marriage records, Vol. 1, p.6
14. Edson Family Association & Edson Genealogical Association, The Edsonian, Vol. 52, #3, Fall, 2000, p.37
15. Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registrations, 1863-1865. NM-65, entry 172, 620 volumes. Records of the Provost Marshal General’s Bureau (Civil War), Record Group 110. National Archives, Washington D.C., Gardner M. Edson, Fifth Congressional District, Iowa
16. Gardner M. Edson, 1866, District 4 Monthly and Special lists, November 1865
17. Gardner M. Edson, 1866, District 4 Annual List
18. Newspaper, Holt County Sentinel, Oregon, Missouri, p.3
19. 1870 Federal Census
20. Edson, "Verboden", Letter, Ed Edson to George Burr, 1 November 1940
21. Online Record:
22. Edson, "Verboden", Letter, Ed Edson to George Burr, 19 Jan 1941
23. 1875 Kansas State Census, G.M. Edson
24. 1850 Federal Census, Smith County, Kansas population schedule, Centre Township, Enumeration District 310, sheet 19, dwelling 80, family 83, National Archives micropublication T9-397 (Gardner M. Edson household).
25. 1850 Federal Census, Smith, Kansas; Archive Collection Number: T1130; Roll 35; Page: 19; Line: 5; Agriculture Schedule.
26. William G. Cutler, History of Kansas, 1883
27. 1850 Federal Census, Smith County, Kansas population schedule, Centre Township, Enumeration District 310, sheet 19, dwelling 80, family 83, National Archives micropublication T9-397 (Gardner Edson houshold).
28. 1880 Fed'l Census, Agriculture, Smith County, Kansas, Film T1130, Roll 35, Page 19, Line 5, Gardner Edson
29. 1900 Federal Census, Edward Edson
30. Edson, "Verboden", /miscellaneous/42-11-30 Ed Autobiography#1.tif
31. Smith County Kansas Pioneer, October 28, 1881, Volume X, Number 2
32. Kansas Free Press, 28 October 1881, vol. 3, No. 5
33. Sarah Steward Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Tombstone Inscriptions, Smith County, KS: Vol. 2 - Center Township Fairview Cemetery, p. 26

Mary Ellen Gillespie

Mary Ellen Gillespie

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Biography

Birth	27 March 1838	Mary Ellen Gillespie was born on 27 March 1838 in Ohio.1
Residence	1840	She lived in Jackson, Wayne County, Ohio, in 1840.2
Residence	4 October 1850	On 4 October 1850 she was living in Guilford, Medina County, Ohio.3
Residence	1856	She lived in Taylor Township, Benton County, Iowa, in 1856.4
Marriage	10 March 1859	Gardner Martin Edson and she were married on 10 March 1859 in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. "The first marriage in the township, tradition claims, was that of a man by the name of Edson who was united to Miss Gillespie, during the year 1859. They have since that event left the county." -- 1884 History of Kossuth, Hancock and Winnebago Counties, Iowa. However, the original marriage record gives the location of the marriage as Cerro Gordo County.5,6,7,8,9
Name-Married		Her married name was Mary Ellen Edson.
Residence (fam)	20 July 1860	Gardner Martin Edson and she lived in Madison Township on 20 July 1860.5
Mother	30 August 1860	Mary was 22 when her son Edward was born in Elk Grove on 30 August 1860.10
Residence	7 June 1870	She resided in Lewis Township, Holt County, Missouri, on 7 June 1870.11
Residence (fam)	between 1871 and 1872	Gardner Martin Edson and she lived in Sabetha, Kansas, between 1871 and 1872. The Edson family settled briefly in Sabetha, Kansas between 1871 and 1874, but long enough to help organize the library association. A note lists G. M. Edson: "Sabetha Library Association — In 1871, this association was organized, with S.W. Brooke, President; Emma Brady, Secretary. Its membership included, among others, J.T. Brady, G.M. Edson, Mr. and Mrs. Prof. Philbrook, H. Tarr, Samuel Slosson and D.L. Gebhart. About twenty books were donated and purchased as the nucleus to a library. Until 1879, no changes were made regarding the method of conducting the association. Its only income was the yearly fees and fines imposed. On January 1 of that year, the society was incorporated under the laws of the State, with a capital stock of $1,000, divided into shares of $10 each. The Board of Directors in 1883 were: I.F. Collins, G.C. McGuire, C.L. Sherwood, J. F. Clough, and H. Tarr. Its executive officers were: R.C. Bassett, President: H. Tarr, Secretary: and C.L. Sherwood, Librarian and Treasurer. The library, which occupied a part of Sherwood & Marshall’s drug store, consisted of 650 volumes in all departments of literature. Their use was free to its stockholders, but a yearly fee of $2.00 was charged to all others."12,13
Anecdote (fam)	about 1874	The Edsons acquired land in Smith County, Kansas, about 1874.14
Residence (fam)	from 1875 to 1881	Gardner Martin Edson and she lived in Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, from 1875 to 1881. In 1880 the town was also called Centre Township15,16
Widow	20 October 1881	She was widowed by Gardner Martin Edson's death of of a suspected laudanum overdose at Kansas Central Hotel in Smith Center on 20 October 1881. According to the Kansas Free Press, he had been suffering from epilepsy for some years.17,10,18,19,20
Property	from 1882 to 1886	From 1882 to 1886 Mary Ellen Gillespie sold off the family land holdings in Smith County, Kansas. Her brother-in-law, David Clark, was given a power of attorney and managed the sales for her.14
Residence	22 June 1885	She lived in Saratoga Precinct, Holt County, Nebraska, on 22 June 1885. she was keeping house for her father, both temporarily away from their spouses.21
Residence	1889	She lived in Whatcom County in 1889.22
Residence	from 1889 to 1900	She lived in Lynden from 1889 to 1900.23,24
Residence	from 21 April 1910 to 1871	Mary Ellen Gillespie was living with her sister, Theresa Gillespie Mitchel in Portland, Oregon. She is listed as the widow of Martin Edson.25,26
Residence	3 January 1920	She lived at 1601 I Street in Bellingham on 3 January 1920.27
Residence	11 April 1930	The census shows that she was back in Lynden on 11 April 1930.28,29
Death	29 January 1935	She died in Lynden on 29 January 1935 at age 96.29,10

Citations

1. One World Tree, Lawson Family Tree
2. 1840 Federal Census, (Charles Gillespie)
3. 1850 Federal Census, Place: Wayne, Stephenson, Illinois; Roll: M432_129; Page: 342A; Image: 300
4. 1856 Iowa State Census
5. 1860 Federal Census, Place: Madison, Hancock, Iowa; Roll: M653_323; Page: 609; Family History Library Film: 803323
6. Edson Family Association & Edson Genealogical Association, The Edsonian
7. History of Kossuth, Hancock and Winnebago Counties, Iowa, p. 696
8. Marriage Certificate, Iowa State Public Record Offices, 1834-1900 via Archives.com
9. Marriage Certificate, Cerro Gordo County marriage records, Vol. 1, p.6
10. Edson Family Association & Edson Genealogical Association, The Edsonian, Vol. 52, #3, Fall, 2000, p.37
11. 1870 Federal Census
12. Edson, "Verboden", Letter, Ed Edson to George Burr, 1 November 1940
13. Online Record:
14. Edson, "Verboden", Letter, Ed Edson to George Burr, 19 Jan 1941
15. 1875 Kansas State Census, G.M. Edson
16. 1850 Federal Census, Smith County, Kansas population schedule, Centre Township, Enumeration District 310, sheet 19, dwelling 80, family 83, National Archives micropublication T9-397 (Gardner M. Edson household).
17. 1900 Federal Census, Edward Edson
18. Edson, "Verboden", /miscellaneous/42-11-30 Ed Autobiography#1.tif
19. Smith County Kansas Pioneer, October 28, 1881, Volume X, Number 2
20. Kansas Free Press, 28 October 1881, vol. 3, No. 5
21. [Title], 1885 Nebraska State Census, Holt County, Saratoga Township, p. 17; National Archives and Records Administration, M352.
22. 1879 Washington Census
23. 1900 Federal Census
24. 1889 Washington Territorial Census
25. 1910 Federal Census, Ellen G. Edson
26. , 1911 Portland City Directory. Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
27. 1920 Federal Census, Ellen Edson
28. 1930 Federal Census, Ellen Edson
29. Rootsweb, Lawson Family Tree

Julius David Jasper

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Biography

Citations

1. Hannah Guterman's holograph notebook
2. E-mail message, Gabriel Jasper to RCJ, 31 July 2009
3. World War II Draft Registration Card, Max Jasper
4. , Julius D. Jasper
5. New York Times, Obituary, 12/6/2000
6. New York Jewish News, New York Jewish News obituary, 6 Dec 2000
7. Social Security Death Index
8. Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014, Accessed on Ancestry.com, 19 Feb 2019; no certficate number