Avrum's Women, Part 7: Feiga's Family

RMS Aquitania, Cunard Line

So far, we've determine that Feiga Grinfeld, who arrived in New York on the Aquitania accompanied by my great grandfather Avrum Garber, and Fannie Greenfield of Cincinnati were one and the same. We have not determined how she is related to my family. You may review my research and findings at the following links:

Avrum's Women, Part 2: Feiga Grinfeld
Avrum's Women, Part 3: Following Feiga (and Raya)
Avrum's Women, Part 4: The Trouble with Harry
Avrum's Women, Part 5: Finding Feiga 
Avrum's Women, Part 6: Added Confirmation
Avrum's Women, Part 8: Fannie's Story
Avrum's Women, Part 9: Fannie's brother Morris
Avrum's Women, Part 10: Morris Lederman - Who's your Mama? 
Avrum's Women, Part 11: Garber Y-DNA = Lederman Y-DNA 
Avrum's Women, Part 12: Finding Family with Family Finder  
Avrum's Women, Part 13: Bond of Brothers  

Obituary

At this point it seemed that a little family time should be prescribed. I found the prescription in Fannie Greenfield's obituary in the Cincinnati Post. 

Services will be held at 1 pm Wednesday at the Weil Funeral Home, 3901 Reading Road, for Mrs. Fannie Greenfield, mother of Robert Greenfield, proprietor of the Main Army Store in Norwood. Burial will be at Adath Israel Cemetery at Lick Run, Price Hill.

Mrs. Greenfield died Monday at her home, 3990 Parker Place. In addition to Robert Greenfield, she is survived by two other children, Mrs. Harry Young of Cincinnati and Mrs. Joseph Saltzman of Louisville, a brother, Morris Liderman of Detroit, and six grandchildren.[1]

There were two great new pieces of information in this obituary: Mrs. Joseph Saltzman and Morris Liderman (more on him in a future post). Prior to acquiring Fannie's naturalization records in early November, this was the first evidence I'd located regarding Leja Grinfeld. Apparently she'd married Joseph Saltzman and moved to Louisville. 

Family Contacts

Via Inter-Library Loan, I located Adath Louisville, which chronicles the history of the Jewish community in Louisville. Joseph Saltzman was a Rabbi and a Hebrew teacher who arrived in Louisville with his wife Leah in 1921. They were newly arrived from the Old Country and had learned of a teaching job at the Louisville Hebrew School from relatives in Cincinnati. Rebbitzen Leah Saltzman was a Hebrew teacher, as well, and started teaching at the school in the 1930s. According the Adath Louisville, 

She was one of the few women ever privileged to attend a Russian gymnasium (the equivalent of junior college) and carved out a niche as a beloved teacher on her own.[2]

Rabbi Saltzman and Leah taught at the school into the 1960s.  

Leah Grinfeld Saltzman, 1899-1965

I located Leah with her family, husband Joseph and two daughters, in Louisville in 1930 and 1940 U.S. Census records.[3] In addition, via an online index provided by the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Library, I located an obituary for Leah published in the Cincinnati Enquirer. Within a day, the librarian emailed Leah's obituary. [4]

Leah's obituary gave me her daughters' married names and cities of residence at the time of Leah's death (I will not share the full information here since I prefer to protect Leah's daughters' privacy). I tried to contact her younger daughter via her husband who had an online presence. No response. Frustration.  

While I waited for a response that was not to come, I checked the JewishGen Family Finder for the shtetl of Baranovka.[5] The names I'd been tracing were represented by one researcher who was not only seeking the names Greenfield and Saltzman, but also bore one of  the descendant surnames I'd been tracking. N.M. turned out to be the wife of Leah's grandson.

I first contacted N.M. just about this time last year - right before Thanksgiving. After Thanksgiving she told me that Leah's younger daughter, whom I'd tried to contact, was not interested in talking with me. I understand. I came to them out of the blue. But I have to admit this was my first outright rejection in many tries. 

N.M., however, was a fellow researcher and helpful. She told me Fannie and Leah's story and, more recently shared an original document from Baranovka. She has not yet located a photo of Fannie, but I'm ever hopeful.

Next up: Feiga's story.

Notes
1. "Mrs. Fannie Greenfield," Cincinnati Post, 02 December 1942, Collection of the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Library, page 20.
2. Landau, Herman, Adath Louisville (Herman Landau and Associates, Louisville, KY: 1981), pp. 79-82.
3. 1930 U.S. Census, Jefferson County, Kentucky, population schedule, Louisville City, Enumeration District 56-71, sheet 14-A, dwelling  230, family 274, Joseph Saltzman; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 November 2011); 1940 U.S. Census, Jefferson County, Kentucky, population schedule, Louisville City, Enumeration District 121-136, sheet 11-A, household 244, Joseph Saltzman; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 November 2012).
4. "Mrs. Joseph Saltzman," Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 January 1965, Collection of the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Library, page 19, column 7.
5. The Family Finder is an online tool that allows researchers to list the surnames they are seeking and the towns they are researching. It also allows searches by surname, town or both. One may contact researchers via a message system supported by JewishGen.  

Bernard "Sonny" Garber, Flight Engineer, Top Turret Gunner

Bernard Garber, 1919-2002

My father's  time in the armed forces during World War II was an important part of his life - he was proud to have served. But Bernard "Sonny" Garber, did not talk much about his Army Air Corps experience. He'd enlisted in the Army Air Corps on 2 February 1942.[1] I recall him saying that he knew he was about to be drafted and wanted to choose his branch of service. He was 23 years old.

For a kid from Brooklyn, training in Arizona was memorable. He was enthralled with the desert around Tucson and the open spaces. He had hoped to be a pilot but, like so many, washed out. He received his gunner's wings in Kingman, AZ in March of 1944.

There are great challenges for those of us researching our ancestors who served during WWII in the Army Air Corps. A fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri destroyed 16-18 million Official Military Personnel Files on 12 July 1973. In March of 2008, I requested my father's service records and received only three pages: his Final Payment Roll - essentially his mustering out papers. He was discharged from Fort Dix on 3 September 1945.

Among the papers my brother and I found in my parents' home was a draft of an article that was sent by the Army on 14 April 1945 for publication in the Brooklyn Citizen. The photo, above, was published with the article.

AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE BOMBER STATION, England - - Shown beside his top turret guns on his B-17 Flying Fortress is Technical Sergeant Bernard Garber, 25 year old aerial engineer from Brooklyn, New York.

Sgt. Garber has recently been awarded the third Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for "meritorious achievement" while participating in the Eighth Air Force attacks on vital industrial targets and enemy held installations in Germany. The official citation accompanying the award commented on the "courage, coolness and skill displayed by Sgt. Garber on all occasions," as reflecting "great credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of the United States." The presentation was made by his group commander, Colonel Wm. J. Wrigglesworth of Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

As a member of the 447th Bomb. Group, a unit of the Third Air Division, the division which has been cited by the President for the now historic England-Africa shuttle mission bombing of Messerschmitt factories at Regensburg, Germany, Sgt. Garber is flying combat missions in what is considered to the the toughest theatre of aerial warfare.

The son of Mr. and Mrs. B. [sic, should be 'J.'] Garber of 2595 Ocean Ave., Brooklyn, Sgt. Garber before entering the Army Air Forces in February, 1942, was employed by the McKinley & Edwards [sic, should be 'McKinley Edwards'] Co. of New York City. He received his gunner's wings in March, 1944, at Kingman, Arizona.

Colonel Wrigglesworth commanded the base at Rattlesden, England. With this and the above information I made an inquiry on a WWII Eighth Air Force online discussion forum and received some great information from Keith Hardie a frequent participant on the forum.

Wessling Crew: B.Garber is kneeling, 2nd from left

Bernard Garber was in the 447th Bomb Group, 709th Bomb Squadron, John V. Wessling Crew . The crew, as reported on the 8 January 1945 loading list (which may have been one of my father's last missions) [2]:

• Pilot: 1st Lt. John V. Wessling
• Co-Pilot: Lt. T.J. Foley
• Navigator: 1st Lt. W.C. Rausch
• Bombardier: 1st Lt. A.M. Smith
• Top Turret Gunner: Tech. Sgt. B. Garber
• Radio: Tech. Sgt. C.D. Koehler
• Ball Turret Gunner: Staff Sgt. H.F. Olafson
• Waist Gunner: Staff Sgt. M.S. Taylor
• Tail Gunner: Staff Sgt. A.V. Stanley

Keith also provided a partial list of missions for the Wessling Crew.[2]
        -->

Date	Ship	Target
28 Sep 1944	Dixie Marie	Merseberg
2 Oct 1944	Scheherazade	Kassel/Henschel
3 Oct 1944	The Big Ass Bird	Giedbelstadt
5 Oct 1944	Shack Happy	Munster/Loddenhede
14 Oct 1944	Devil’s Mate II	Cologne
15 Oct 1944	The Big Ass Bird	Cologne
17 Oct 1944	The Big Ass Bird	Cologne
18 Oct 1944	Uninvited	Kassel/Mittefeld
19 Oct 1944	The Big Ass Bird	Mannheim
25 Oct 1944	American Beauty	Hamburg
26 Oct 1944	The Big Ass Bird	Hannover
30 Oct 1944	The Big Ass Bird	Merseberg
2 Nov 1944	The Big Ass Bird	Merseberg
26 Nov 1944	?	Hamm
27 Nov 1944	Lady Jane/Stinky	Bingen
30 Nov 1944	Wolf Wagon	Lutzkendorf (Merseberg area)
4 Dec 1944	The Big Ass Bird	Mainz
8 Jan 1945	The Black Brassiere	Frankfurt

My father was in the top turret of the plane - a very exposed position. One story my father related to us was that there had been an airman who was jealous of my father's position on the plane. Somehow it was arranged that this man would go on one mission and take the top turret. The man returned having taken some scrapnel in his bottom. My father was amused. 

We attributed my father's luck to the fact that he had a very small bottom. This makes it all the more amusing that the plane his crew flew most often was The Big Ass Bird. It had been painted by Nicholas H. Fingelly of Bridgeport, Connecticut.

My father finished all of his missions - no mean feat in the Eighth Air Force, a group that lost many planes and airmen. He completed his missions before many of his comrades in arms and was fortunate to return to the States before the war ended. He considered that his early arrival home gave him a leg up on courting my mother. 

Thank you, Dad, for all your service. I love you and miss you.

Notes
1. US World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, database online, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 11 November 2012), Bernard Garber, NARA Record Group 64.
2. Army Air Forces.com Forum (447th BG-Rattlesden), Army Air Forces.com, (http://forum.armyairforces.com : accessed 11-13 January 2009), query "Seeking info on Tech Sgt Bernard Garber"

Avrum's Women, Part 6: Added Confirmation

Avrum's Women, Part 2: Feiga Grinfeld
Avrum's Women, Part 3: Following Feiga (and Raya)
Avrum's Women, Part 4: The Trouble with Harry
Avrum's Women, Part 5: Finding Feiga
Avrum's Women, Part 6: Added Confirmation
Avrum's Women, Part 7: Feiga's Family
Avrum's Women, Part 8: Fannie's Story
Avrum's Women, Part 9: Fannie's brother Morris 
Avrum's Women, Part 10: Morris Lederman - Who's your Mama?
Avrum's Women, Part 11: Garber Y-DNA = Lederman Y-DNA 
Avrum's Women, Part 12: Finding Family with Family Finder  
Avrum's Women, Part 13: Bond of Brothers 

After Halloween I find it hard to resist left-over candy. But, there's hardly anything sweeter than getting a new record in the mail, especially one that bolsters ones research. And kudos to the Great Lakes Region, National Archives in Chicago for taking the prize as the most responsive records repository with which I've ever dealt. 

The 1930 U.S. Census indicated that Robert Greenfield had become a U.S. citizen and that Feiga and Ray Greenfield had filed their papers to do so.[1] By the 1940 U.S. Census both Feiga and Ray were recorded as citizens.[2] 

So, it was with some optimism that I ordered microfilm roll 1,819,412 from the Family History Library.[3] The roll promised to hold the Greenfield naturalization petition records (if they existed) from the U.S. District Court of the Southern District, Ohio. 

The Family History Library notified me on Monday, 29 October that the roll had arrived at my preferred Regional Family History Center in Mesa, AZ. The next afternoon in Mesa I loaded the roll on the microfilm reader and located the indexed records for Feiga, Ray and Robert Greenfield who were all naturalized in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.

Fannie Greenfield indexed naturalization petition record

On Tuesday evening, 30 October, I determined that the Great Lakes Region, National Archives would have the Hamilton County, Ohio records and I placed an online order for the naturalization records for Fannie Greenfield and Ray Greenfield. On Wednesday morning I received an email saying the records had been located and shipped. This Friday afternoon, 2 November, they arrived in the mail. (I have wondered why the Chicago National Archives branch doesn't offer to scan and email the records - but, the U.S. Postal Service came through with flying colors - and I'm really not complaining.)

Fannie Greenfield, as shown in my most recent post, was indeed Feiga Grinfeld who'd arrived at New York Harbor with my great grandfather Avrum Garber on 10 November 1922 aboard the Aquitania.[4] Her Declaration of Intention, the first papers individuals filed in the naturalization process, indicated that prior to emigration she'd been living in Warsaw. She had been born in Baranovka and was a widow who had been married to Schachna Grinfeld.[6]

I found the Warsaw residence information interesting. When Avrum's youngest children, Feiga and Aron Garber, arrived in New York in the Spring of 1922, they had identified their cousin Feiga Grunfeld of Warsaw as their closest relative in Europe.[5] I'd thought that Volhynia Gubernia, also known as Wolin, could have been misidentified as Warsaw on the manifest since I'd never known any of my relatives to have lived in Warsaw. And on Feiga's manifest, both Feiga and Avrum stated they'd been most recently living in "Wollin." [4] But, both Feiga's Declaration of Intention and Petition identify Warsaw as her last residence prior to emigration.

Fannie's 1932 Petition for Citizenship confirms the information on her Declaration and other information about her family and origins. She was a widow with three grown children (Leah Grinfeld Salzman of Louisville, Kentucky and Robert and Ray of Cincinnati, Ohio).[7] 

The document also provides some new information that, ultimately may provide some additional color to the story of my great grandfather's emigration. The British manifest for Feiga and Awrum's voyage indicated that the Aquitania of the Cunard line had sailed from Southampton, England on 4 November 1922. [8] Fannie's Petition indicates that she had initially sailed from Rotterdam, Holland. So, now, instead of assessing a travel route from Labun to Southampton, I must consider Labun (to perhaps Baranovka) to Warsaw to Rotterdam to Southampton. Perhaps Avrum lived for a few months in Warsaw after his youngest children left for the United States? More questions for another time.

Right now I'm savoring the sweet taste of a modicum of research success (as well as those darn Milky Ways). More questions will be answered when I contact Fannie's living relatives (and get over my chocolate cravings).

Notes
1. 1930 U.S. Census, Hamilton County, Ohio, population schedule, Cincinnati, Enumeration District 31-151, sheet 23-A, dwelling  223, family 442, Fanny Greenfield; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 October 2011).
2. 1940 U.S. Census, Hamilton County, Ohio, population schedule, Cincinnati, Enumeration District 91-208, sheet 65-B, household 100, Fannie Greenfield; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 June 2012).
3. Hamilton County, Ohio, United States District Court (Ohio: Southern District). Naturalization Index (Ohio), 1852-1991. Family History Library microfilm 1,819,412, Salt Lake City, Utah.
4. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 18 June 2012), manifest, Aquitania, Southampton to New York, arriving 10 November 1922, list 4, Feiga Grinfeld; citing National Archives Microfilm Serial T715.
5. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 19 June 2012), manifest, Lapland, Antwerp to New York, arriving 2 April 1922, list 7, Feiga and Aron Garber, citing National Archives Microfilm Serial T715.
6.  Hamilton County, Ohio, United States District Court (Ohio: Southern District). Declaration of Intention no. 16529, Faiga Grinfeld, 29 March 1929.
7. Hamilton County, Ohio, United States District Court (Ohio: Southern District). Petition for Citizenship no. 9857, Faiga Grinfeld, 12 January 1932.
8. "Passenger Lists Leaving UK, 1890-1960," digital images, FindMyPast.co.uk (http://www.findmypast.co.uk : accessed 1 January 2009), manifest, Aquitania, Southampton to New York, departing 4 November 1922, ticket numbers 8667 and 8668, Faija Grinfeld and Awrum Garber.

Avrum's Women, Part 5: Finding Feiga

Avrum's Women, Part 2: Feiga Grinfeld
Avrum's Women, Part 3: Following Feiga (and Raya)
Avrum's Women, Part 4: The Trouble with Harry
Avrum's Women, Part 5: Finding Feiga 
Avrum's Women, Part 6: Added Confirmation
Avrum's Women, Part 7: Feiga's Family
Avrum's Women, Part 8: Fannie's Story
Avrum's Women, Part 9: Fannie's brother Morris
Avrum's Women, Part 10: Morris Lederman - Who's your Mama?
Avrum's Women, Part 11: Garber Y-DNA = Lederman Y-DNA
Avrum's Women, Part 12: Finding Family with Family Finder  
Avrum's Women, Part 13: Bond of Brothers   

Recap

When last we met on this family history saga, we were traveling circuitously (but purposefully) trying to find the back door to Feiga Grinfeld's location. I am hoping to to determine who she was and how she was related to my Garber family. I found that, initially, the information I had collected solely from her manifest (her approximate age, her birth in Baranovka, her mother's likely name of Frida Liderman) was not enough to find and identify her in other records in the United States.

I did, however, determine a possible work around. I'd located a manifest for 14 and 15 year-old sisters Raya and Leja Grinfeld who, like Feiga, were from Baranovka. They had identified their mother as Feiga Grinfeld. I was not certain that their Feiga was my Feiga, but I reasoned that if she was one and the same, they might lead me to her.

In Part 3 of this series I'd found Raya, now called Ray Greenfield, in 1922-23 in Ashland, Kentucky living with her uncle Charles Greenfield's inlaws. After that sighting, I lost her. In Part 4, I had hoped to find Leja with her uncle Harry Greenfield in Lexington, Kentucky, but did not. What I did find was that Harry, before moving to Lexington, had lived, married and had his first two children in Cincinnati. I decided to find out if I might locate additional members of the family there.

Forty-five Fanny's

While immigrants had no rules for selecting new American names, practically every Feiga I'd come across in my research had renamed herself Fanny/ie once resident in the USA.  Grinfeld was a no-brainer for transition to Greenfield.  At the outset, I had considered the more direct route for research surmising that Feiga Grinfeld might have taken the name Fanny (or Fannie) Greenfield. But Fanny Greenfield was too common a name, especially when one knows so little about the principal one is chasing. In the 1925 New York State Census there were 15 Fannie Greenfields and seven Fanny Greenfields.[1] And, since I did not have much information about my Feiga from Baranovka, how was I to choose among them?

Initially, I was focused on New York City, but when no one Fanny seemed correct, I tried more general geographic searches on Ancestry for Fannie/y Greenfield. I'd found numerous suspects (11 Fannys and 34 Fannies) in the 1930 US Census, two of whom were in Cincinnati and one of whom was about the right age.[2] As a result of my research on Harry Greenfield in Lexington, Kentucky, I now saw Cincinnati as a new clue to the whereabouts of Feiga. I reopened the case.

In the 'Nati

1930 U.S. Census for Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati

In 1930, Fanny and her children Robert and Ray Greenfield lived at 442 Prospect Place, Cincinnati.[3]

• Fanny was a 50 year-old (born about 1880) widow born in Russia. She had arrived in the USA in 1922 and had filed her papers to become a citizen . She worked as a tailoress.

• Ray was 22 (born about 1908) and single. She had arrived from Russia in 1922 and had filed for citizenship. She worked as a saleslady in a department store.

• Robert was 23, single and also born in Russia. He had come to the USA in 1921, was already a citizen and worked as a salesman in a tailor shop.

Based on her age and arrival year in the USA, Ray Greenfield was a pretty good fit for Raya Grinfeld. Fanny was possibly Feiga. Her age was a year or two off from that on Feiga Greenfield's (born about 1878) manifest, but close enough to still be considered.[4] I'd still found no Leja. Mistakes do happen in Census records, but I didn't think Leja had been mistaken for Robert!

In the 1940 US Census, I found Fannie Greenfield living with Ray, Ray's husband Harry Young, and their son, Sheldon, on 3990 Parker Place, Cincinnati.[5] The 1940 Census also showed Robert with his wife Faye and a son, Sheldon.[6] I found the family in several other records. But I still did not have confirmation that this was my Feiga Grinfeld.

Finding Feiga

The break came in the FamilySearch.com collection, "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953."

Death Record for Fannie Greenfield, 30 Nov 1942, Cincinnati

Fannie Greenfield, who'd been living at 3990 Parker Place, Cincinnati died in 30 November 1942. Her date of birth was given as 6 Jan 1879. Her late husband was listed as Sheldon. Her parents were listed as Levy and Freida Lederman (!). Her son Robert had signed the death certificate.[7]

At least now I knew that Fannie Greenfield of Cincinnati had been Feiga Liderman Grinfeld who'd accompanied my great grandfather, Avrum Garber, to the United States in November 1922.[8] I still did not know how or if she was related to my family. Fannie's late husband was identified as Sheldon Greenfield. My initial thought that, perhaps, my great grandfather and Feiga were not really married as was stated on their manifest (perhaps they just said they were in an effort to smooth their entry to the United States) is probably correct. My fondest hope would have been that Feiga's mother, Freida Liderman's, maiden name would not have been "unknown" on the death certificate. (I was hoping it would have been "Garber," and I could have ended my search! But, I'm afraid that genealogy puzzles rarely get gift wrapped.)

Further confirmation of family ties among the Greenfields I'd researched during my Feiga quest came from tombstone inscriptions at the Adath Israel Cemetery in Cincinnati. Information and photographs may be found online at Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati website. Fannie, Ray (14 Aug 1907-23 Nov 1977) and Harry Young (11 Sep 1904-25 May 1989), and Robert (27 Dec 1905-11 Nov 1970) and his wife Faye (19 Oct 1909-28 Nov 1994) are all buried there. Charles Greenfield (22 Oct 1881-20 June 1952) and his wife Flora (10 Oct 1890-2 Apr 1957) are there, as well. Harry Greenfield and his wife Sophia were buried in Lexington, Kentucky and Billion Graves has photographs of their gravestones.

Name	Hebrew/Yiddish Name	Father’s Name
Fannie	Feiga	Levi Yitzchak
Ray	Rachel	Shalom Shachna
Robert	Tzvi	Shalom Shachna
Charles	Betzalel	Yitzchak
Harry	Ori	Yitzchak

Next Moves

While it's nice to know that my hunch about following Raya and Leja led me to Feiga/Fannie, I still have not determined how she is related to the Garbers. The next step is to contact any living family members and try to learn more about Fannie Greenfield of Cincinnati.

Notes
1. "New York, State Census, 1925." Database. Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 2011), search on "Fanny Greenfield" and "Fannie Greenfield."
2. "1930 United States Federal Census." Database. Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 2011), search on "Fanny Greenfield" and "Fannie Greenfield."
3. 1930 U.S. Census, Hamilton County, Ohio, population schedule, Cincinnati, Enumeration District 31-151, sheet 23-A, dwelling  223, family 442, Fanny Greenfield; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 October 2011).
4.  "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 18 June 2012), manifest, Aquitania, Southampton to New York, arriving 10 November 1922, list 4, Feiga Grinfeld; citing National Archives Microfilm Serial T715.
5. 1940 U.S. Census, Hamilton County, Ohio, population schedule, Cincinnati, Enumeration District 91-208, sheet 65-B, household 100, Fannie Greenfield; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 June 2012).
6. 1940 U.S. Census, Hamilton County, Ohio, population schedule, Cincinnati, Enumeration District 91-208, sheet 61-B, hoisehold 41, Robert Greenfield; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 April 2012).
7. "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XZP6-FVZ : accessed 31 October 2011), Fannie Greenfield, 1942; citing reference fn 69916, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio. 
8. For additional confirmation, I've ordered naturalization records for both Fannie and Ray from the National Archives and Records Administration branch in Chicago. I will probably get those in a few days.