Tombstone Tuesday: Nathan and Yetta Garber

FATHER

Here Lies

Nachum son of Avraham Aba

Died 2 Av 5723

May his soul be bound in the bonds of eternal life

BELOVED FATHER

AND GRANDFATHER

NATHAN

GARBER

DIED AUG. 2, 1963

AGE 77 YEARS

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MOTHER

Here lies

Etta daughter of Levi Yitzchak
haLevi

An important and righteous woman
[Descended from?] Reb Pinchas Koretzer
Died 16 Shevat 5710
May her soul be bound in the bonds of eternal life
BELOVED WIFE 
AND  DEAR MOTHER
YETTA GARBER
DIED FEB. 2, 1950
AGE 63 YEARS 

Nathan Garber, my grandfather Jack's older brother, was the eldest son of Avraham Aba Garber and Chana Mazewitsky Garber. He was born in Labun, Russian Empire (today, Yurovshchina, Ukraine) in  September or October, likely in 1883 or 1884, but possibly as early as 1879.[1] He left Rotterdam on the Uranium on on 4 June 1910 and arrived in New York Harbor on 16 June 1910.[2] 

Nathan left behind his wife, Yetta (Ette), and two daughters, Rae (Ruchel) Rosenheck and Lillian (Leah), who followed him more than two years later (under the surname "Arber"), arriving in New York on the Birma from Libau on 2 September 1912.[3]

On 25 December 1916 Nathan and Yetta had a third daughter, Sarah, who died at the age of 2 (9 February 1919).[4] Their only son, Irving, was born on 26 January 1920.[5]

Sarah's death certificate indicates that Yetta's maiden name had been Shapiro.[4] The sixth line of Yetta's stone provides some fodder for future research. It may indicate that she was a descendant of Rabbi Pinchas of Korets a colleague of the Baal Shem Tov (the founder of Hasidic Judaism). JewishGen's Rabbinic Special Interest Group page indicates that Rabbi Pincha's name had been R. Pinchas b' Avraham Aba Shapira and that he lived from 1720-1790. However, the path of descent from R. Pinchas to Yetta, if true, is not, thus far, clear.

Yetta's and Nathan's graves are located in one of the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association plots at Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, New York: Block 89, Gate 156, Line 12R, Graves 1 and 2.
 

Notes:
1. Nathan's birth date varies from record to record. His manifest (see note 2) indicates he was 30 years old on 4 June 1910. If he was born in September or October, then he would have been born in 1879. Other USA records, however, indicate birth in 1883 or 1884.
October 1883 -  "World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 March 2008), card for Nathan Garber, serial number 1262, Order Number 2528, New York County, New York.
15 October 1884 - Petition for Naturalization of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1865-1937, for Nathan Garber, 1 July 1919; Microfilm Image, Family History Library, Microfilm 1,451,074; from National Archives microfilm Publication Number M1879.
15 September 1883 - "U.S. World war II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 March 2008), card for Nathan Garber, serial number U2645, Kings County, New York; citing Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Fourth Registration. National Archives and Records Administration.
5 September 1884 - Social Security Death Index, Rootsweb (http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com : accessed 17 July 2009), Nathan Garber, SSN 052-09-7165, Death date August 1963, New York.

2. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 7 February 2009), manifest, Uranium, Rotterdam to New York, arriving 18 June 1910, p. 10, line 30, Nuchim Garber; citing National Archives Microfilm Serial T715, Roll 1501.

3. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 7 February 2009), manifest, Birma, Libau to New York, arriving 2 September 1912, p. 4, line 17, Itte Arber; citing National Archives Microfilm Serial T715, Roll 1926.

4. New York County, New York, Certificate of Death no. 5897 (9 February 1919), Sarah Garber, New York City Municipal Archives, New York.

5. Beth Moses Cemetery (Pinelawn, Suffolk County, New York), Irving Garber marker, Block 24, First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association, digital image taken by and in possession of author, 2012.