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| Photo by E. Garber, 8 Sept. 2008 |
Here lies
Reisel daughter of Mane haLevi
Died 14 Av 5688
May her soul be bound in everlasting life
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RAIZEL
LIEBROSS
DIED
JULY 31, 1928
AGE 15
Y'RS
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BELOVED
GRANDCHILD
AND NIECE
The broken tree trunk motif is often used for someone who had died before they'd had a chance to live. Also, note the rose motif below the main epitaph and the "R." This stone was obviously designed and crafted with great care and love for young Rose.
Rose's short life was likely difficult. Her father left the family in the 1920s.[2] Her mother supported herself and her four children as a seamstress.
Rose's death certificate and the inscription on the lower portion of her gravestone are of interest. She passed away at 291 Stuyvesant Avenue, Brooklyn. This apartment was the home of her grandparents (Louis Liebross and Bertha Liebross), aunts and uncles in both the census records of 1925 and 1930.[3] It is not clear who the informant was on Rose's death certificate, but the second page indicates that the funeral home was hired by her father.
The stone reads: "Beloved grandchild and niece." At the time of her death she was a daughter, as well, but that is not mentioned on the stone. This may indicate that her grandparents, Louis and Bertha Liebross and her father's siblings paid for her burial and stone.
Rose died of "chronic valvular disease of the heart (mitral stenosis)."[4] She had been under doctor's care from 4 November 1926 until her death in July 1928. She is buried in Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, New York, Workmen's Circle Block, section D, line 12, grave 8.
Rose's short life was likely difficult. Her father left the family in the 1920s.[2] Her mother supported herself and her four children as a seamstress.
Rose's death certificate and the inscription on the lower portion of her gravestone are of interest. She passed away at 291 Stuyvesant Avenue, Brooklyn. This apartment was the home of her grandparents (Louis Liebross and Bertha Liebross), aunts and uncles in both the census records of 1925 and 1930.[3] It is not clear who the informant was on Rose's death certificate, but the second page indicates that the funeral home was hired by her father.
The stone reads: "Beloved grandchild and niece." At the time of her death she was a daughter, as well, but that is not mentioned on the stone. This may indicate that her grandparents, Louis and Bertha Liebross and her father's siblings paid for her burial and stone.
Rose died of "chronic valvular disease of the heart (mitral stenosis)."[4] She had been under doctor's care from 4 November 1926 until her death in July 1928. She is buried in Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, New York, Workmen's Circle Block, section D, line 12, grave 8.
Notes:
1. Kings County,
New York, Certificate of Death, Number 16457 (31 July 1928),
Rose Liebross, Municipal Archives, New York, New York.
Max Liebross Petition for Naturalization (1924), Volume 262, page 173,
petition number 65273, Supreme Court, Kings County, New York.
2. Max is enumerated with his wife and children in the 1925 New York State census, but not with then in the 1930 U.S. census enumeration. His son, Harold, told his children that his father had abandoned the family when Harold was 6. If so, that would have been about 1922.
1925 New York State census, Queens County, New York, population schedule, Arverne, Enumeration District 68, page 37, 228 Beach 72nd Street, Max Leibross; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 September 2012), New York State Archives, Albany.
1930 U.S. census, Bronx County, New York, population schedule, Bronx, Enumeration District 3-302, page 4B, family 73a, Anna Lebrose; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 May 2008), citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1471.
3. 1925 New York State census, Kings County, New York, population schedule, Brooklyn, Enumeration District 11, page 4, lines 37-44, Louis Liebross family; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 January 2013), New York State Archives, Albany.
1930 U.S. census, Kings County, New York, population schedule, Brooklyn, Enumeration District 24-276, page 16B, family352, Louis Liebross family; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 July 2008), citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1502.
4. Mitral stenosis is usually a complication resulting from rheumatic fever. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitral_valve_stenosis
2. Max is enumerated with his wife and children in the 1925 New York State census, but not with then in the 1930 U.S. census enumeration. His son, Harold, told his children that his father had abandoned the family when Harold was 6. If so, that would have been about 1922.
1925 New York State census, Queens County, New York, population schedule, Arverne, Enumeration District 68, page 37, 228 Beach 72nd Street, Max Leibross; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 September 2012), New York State Archives, Albany.
1930 U.S. census, Bronx County, New York, population schedule, Bronx, Enumeration District 3-302, page 4B, family 73a, Anna Lebrose; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 May 2008), citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1471.
3. 1925 New York State census, Kings County, New York, population schedule, Brooklyn, Enumeration District 11, page 4, lines 37-44, Louis Liebross family; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 January 2013), New York State Archives, Albany.
1930 U.S. census, Kings County, New York, population schedule, Brooklyn, Enumeration District 24-276, page 16B, family352, Louis Liebross family; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 July 2008), citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1502.
4. Mitral stenosis is usually a complication resulting from rheumatic fever. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitral_valve_stenosis
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