06 October 2015

Tombstone Tuesday: Joseph and Fannie Kargman Norflus, Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, NY

Joe and Fannie Norflus were active in the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association due to Fannie's birth and Kargman family connection with the community of Labun. 

 Here lies
Feiga Bluma daughter of Yosef
Died 12 Iyar 5718
FANNIE
DIED MAY 2, 1958
AGE 58 YEARS
BELOVED WIFE
DEVOTED MOTHER
 FOREVER
IN OUR HEARTS 
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Here lies
Yosef son of Moshe
Died 16 Tevet 5720
JOSEPH
DIED JAN. 16, 1960
AGE 67 YEARS
BELOVED HUSBAND
DEVOTED FATHER
EVERLASTING
REMEMBRANCE
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UNITED
IN LIFE
UNDIVIDED
IN DEATH
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May their souls be bound in the bonds of the living
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NORFLUS

Fannie and her family (father Josef, mother Chana, and sister Sura Kargman) arrived in New York in 1921.[1] Joe and Fannie married in January 1926.[2]

Joseph Norflus died in Dade County, Florida.[3]

Notes
1. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 13 Dec 2010), manifest, S.S. Zeeland, Antwerp to New York, arriving 1 August 1921, list 16 (handwritten), lines 5-8, Josef, Chana, Sura and Feiga Kargman, citing NARA microfilm publication T715, roll 3001. 
2. Kings County, New York, marriage certificate no. 822 (1926), Joe Norflus and Fanny Kargman, 7 January 1926; New York City Municipal Archives.
3. "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 September 2015); citing Office of Vital Records, Florida Department of Health.

4 comments:

  1. I've been enjoying your series on headstones in Montefiore, including the translations. I have ancestors/relatives there as well. Looking forward to future Tombstone Tuesdays!

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    1. Thank you, Marian! Do you know the landsmanshaft plot of your relatives?

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  2. Annamalaima:
    Thanks for writing. I would like to hear more about your relationship to this couple. Please contact me at gilah(at)cox.net

    Emily

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