Treasure Chest Thursday: First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association 25th anniversary, Part 4

The First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association, a community association for former residents of Lubin, Russian Empire (aka Labun or, now Yurovshchina, Ukraine), celebrated the anniversary of their founding in 1911 with a commemorative publication. I have been sharing a few of the pages of this document.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

An earlier post regarding the group's incorporation papers, is located here.
 

GREETINGS AND SALUTATIONS

GREETINGS AND SALUTATIONS on this gala occasion the 25th Jubilee Anniversary of our worthy Organization, the First Lubiner Prog. Benevolent Ass'n.

It is, truly, thrilling and inspiring to greet you all, members, friends and guests and to have you join here in celebrating this auspicious occasion.

It is my sincere wish that this Brotherhood shall live for many years to come and continue to spread much joy and happiness in our midst, and charity and help to those less fortunate than ourselves

Again wishing you all much good, I am,

                                Cordially,

                                     SAMUEL MYERS, Treasurer 

I discussed a little about Sam Myers in a previous post. He was likely from Podolia Gubernia - probably Kamyanets-Podilskiy - and his original surname had been Malzman. He arrived in the United States in 1912 masquerading as an offspring of David Malzman - my great great grandfather. In reality, it is more likely that he was a cousin of David's children. The links in this relationship are, as yet, unclear.

What is clear is that Sam's father's name was actually Elias. He provided this information on both his Social Security application (SS-5) and his marriage certificate.[1]

Sam, a glazier, married Esther Newman in Brooklyn on 10 February 1917.[2] One of the witnesses to the marriage was my great great uncle Louis Myers (whom Sam had identified on his manifest as his "brother").[3]

Sam and Esther had three children: Ann Myers Lang, Elinor Myers Sherr and Sol Myers. After Esther's passing, Sam married Reva on 20 March 1970.[4]  

Sam died on 7 May 1975. His obituary indicates that, in addition to his leadership role in the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association, he had been active in his synagogue as past president of the Jewish Center of Brighton Beach.[5]

Notes:

1. On his SS-5, Sam indicated his father's name was Elliot (probably an Anglicized version of his first name).

Samuel Myers, SS no. 109-28-2478, 27 December 1952, Application for Social Security Account Number (Form SS-5), Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland.

2. Kings County, New York, marriage certificate no. 1917-2284, Brooklyn, New York, Samuel Myers and Esther Newman, Municipal Archives, New York City. 

3. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 23 November 2008), manifest, S.S. Noordam, Rotterdam to New York, arriving 27 August 1912, list 2, line 5, Zise Meyers; citing National Archives Microfilm Serial: T715; Microfilm Roll: 1921. 

4. Brooklyn, New York, probate case files, no. 1975-3562, Samuel Myers (1975), letters of administration, 1 August 1975; Kings County Surrogate's Court, Brooklyn. 

5. Samuel Myers, death notice, New York Times, 9 May 1975; digital image, New York Times.com (http://www.nytimes.com : accessed 27 August 2011).

Tombstone Tuesday: Isidore Bauman, Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, NY

The First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association, a New York City landsmanshaft group for immigrants from the town of Lubin (Yiddish name), also known as Labun, Russian Empire, purchased two burial plots in Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, NY and one in Beth Moses Cemetery, Pinelawn, NY.

Because many of these people constituted my Lubin relatives' friends, acquaintances and neighbors, I have recorded these burials and submitted them to JewishGen where they are online in the JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry. For inclusion in that database, I translated the Hebrew names on the tombstones. I did not, however, translate any epitaphs. In posts about burials in these plots, I will provide translations of any epitaphs and information about those interred.

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photo by E. Garber, 7 September 2008

 Here lies

Yitzchak son of Dov

Died 7 Nisan 5727

ISIDORE

BAUMAN

Beloved husband

Devoted father

Dear grandfather

and brother

March 18, 1891

April 17, 1967

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Isidore Bauman has been mentioned previously here and here in recent posts regarding his leadship position in the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association.

On this tombstone Isidore's father is identified as Dov. On his manifests, both in 1910 and 1913, Isidore identified his father, Berko, as his closest relative still in the old country.[1] On his certificate of marriage to Ida Molthman, his father is Benjamin and his mother is Fannie Elfman.[2]

Despite the seeming differences, Dov, Berko and Benjamin are clearly the same person. In eastern Europe it was common for men to have at least two names: their Hebrew name (used when they were called to the Torah) and their everyday-use Yiddish moniker. Dov is Hebrew for bear. Ber is Yiddish for bear and the -ko at the end creates a nickname - a diminuative.  Dov and Ber, two names with the same meaning in their respective languages, are a common combination.

Someone (I wish I could recall whom) once coined the term 'Sam-ification' for the common practice of immigrants Anglicizing their parents' names on official documents - even if those parent had never stepped foot in the United States. For Isidore, his father Berko became Benjamin (I suppose if his name had been Shlomo, it would have become Sam!).

Isidore's grave is located in Montefiore Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, New York, First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association plot, Block 89, gate 156N, Line 11R, Grave 3.

 

Notes:

1. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 24 April 2010), manifest, S.S. Noordam, Rotterdam to New York, arriving 14 Jun 1910, list 16, line 29, Itzchok Baumelman; citing National Archives Microfilm Serial: T715; Microfilm Roll: 1500.

"New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 21 November 2010), manifest, S.S. Neckar, Bremento New York, arriving 15 February 1913, list 10, line 17, Iczrok Beimelman; citing National Archives Microfilm Serial: T715; Microfilm Roll: 2014.  

2. New York County, New York, Certificate and Record of Marriage no. 1368 (8 January 1916). Isidore Bauman and Ida Molthman, Municipal Archives, New York, New York.  

 

Jewish News (Phoenix, AZ) publishes beginning Jewish genealogy article

Jewish News has posted my recent article. I'm hoping to snag those who are considering genealogical research, but don't know how to get started. The article also lists resources for Jewish genealogy education both in the Phoenix metro area through the Bureau of Jewish Education (two courses by yours truly) and online via JewishGen.

Treasure Chest Thursday: First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association 25th anniversary, Part 3

A few months ago I acquired copies of several pages of a publication printed in honor of the anniversary of the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association (FLPBA), a landsmanshaft (community organization) in New York City. Earlier posts on this publication may be found here and here.

I have been most excited about seeing, for the first time, photos of some of my relatives.  This post concerns a possible relative by marriage (Isidore Bauman) and his leadership message (in Yiddish) to the FLPBA membership.[1]

I uploaded this image of Isidore's text on ViewMate - a wonderful service provided by JewishGen and its awesome volunteer army. Within a few hours I had three volunteer translators collaborating to complete the translation.[2]

A greeting from the Vice President

Twenty-five years have flown by since I was still a young and joyful youngster, when destiny had thrown me with my whole being into this organization which celebrates its 25th jubilee.[3]

25 years! How quickly the years flew by!

The idealistic dedication and readiness to make sacrifices of those who are not with us anymore, the true devotion with which we all have put the foundations stone by stone and turned this organization into what it is today.

25 years ... quick! It was a long chain of happy, warm days, and also - sleepless nights, standing on guard for the interests of the members. I hope that none of us will stop his activities, and we all will continue to be devoted to the society and we will not forget our sisters and brothers who are still in Lubin. 

From the bottom of my heart I wish all the members and their families to live to celebrate the 50th anniversary.

Itzkhak Bauman

Similar to many such landsmanshaft (countrymen's) organizations, the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association provided benefits for the welfare and burial of their members. I, unfortunately, do not have any society papers documenting their many good works in the United States. In a later post I will discuss one of their projects for improving the lot of their brethren left in their home town Lubin.

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Notes:
1. Isidore, from Lubin, married fellow Lubiner Ida Molthman. Ida was the daughter of Benjamin Molthman, whose surname in the old country had been Malzman. All of my Myers relatives were also Malzmans from Lubin. Benjamin was also in the glass business for a short while with my great grandfather Isidore Morris, whose wife (my ggm) was Sarah Myers (Malzman) Morris. So, the relationship between Molthman and Myers was close, but still not completely understood.
2. Special thanks to Emma Karabelnik, Ite Doktorski and Ann B. Lnder for generously sharing their Yiddish skill and understanding and to JewishGen for starting and maintaining ViewMate.
3. Emma Karabelnik, in her translation, above, explains this idiom, noting that it directly translates as "with all my 248 organs." The Jewish Virtual Library discusses Jewish anatomy and says that 248 actually refers to bones in the body and follows rabbinic tradition in the Talmud.

Tombstone Tuesday: Selma Alperin, Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, NY

The First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association, a New York City landsmanshaft group for immigrants from the town of Lubin (Yiddish name), also known as Labun, Russian Empire, purchased two burial plots in Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, NY and one in Beth Moses Cemetery, Pinelawn, NY.[1]

Because many of these people constituted my Lubin relatives' friends, acquaintances and neighbors, I have recorded these burials and submitted them to JewishGen where they are online in the JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry. For inclusion in that database, I translated the Hebrew names on the tombstones. I did not, however, translate any epitaphs. In posts about burials in these plots, I will provide translations of any epitaphs and information about those interred.

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I hate seeing burials for those who died young. One can only imagine the pain this brought to their families and friends - pain, doubt and guilt about whether more could have been done to keep this person alive.

Our Dear Child

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Here lies

Kayla Hentze

Sussie Rivka daughter of Yakov

Died 1st day of Rosh Chodesh Adar 1 5700

May her soul be bound in eternal life

SELMA

ALPERIN

Died Feb 9, 1940

Age 18 yrs

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Beloved

DAUGHTER

and SISTER

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Selma was the only daughter and youngest child of Jacob and Dora Waxenberg Myers Alperin. This tombstone is interesting because it provides four Hebrew/Yiddish names for Selma: Kayla Hentze Sussie Rivka. Usually people have a maximum of two of these names. 

Dora's grandson, Peter, has told me that he recollects Dora as superstitious and wary of modern medicine. His take is that Selma had pneumonia and Dora did not provide enough medical care for her daughter. It is only fair to note, however, that penicillin, the preferred treatment for pneumonia, was still being researched in 1940 and was likely not available for treatment.

Selma's four Hebrew/Yiddish names, however, fit with Dora's allegedly superstitious nature. In "Jewish Given Names," an article in the Avotaynu Guide to Jewish Genealogy, Warren Blatt discusses names given in light of Jewish superstition that began during medieval times and continues to the present day. The Angel of Death apparently maintains a list of names. If he seeks a child with that name and cannot locate them, the child might be spared.[2] Additional names might be added to a child's name to help them hide from the Angel of Death.

Sometimes the additional names have amuletic qualities. That is, they have meanings that are tied to long life and good health (for example, Chaim and Chaya - meaning "life").  Whether Selma's names were all given at birth or whether some were added later when she became ill is not known. None of them appear to have intrinsic meaning regarding health or life. 

My guess is that Sussie was her original name. Since Askenazi Jewish people in the United States often gave their children American names that started with the same or a similar sound, Sussie and Selma are likely a match.

I have not been able to locate a death certificate for Selma in any online New York City indexes. It is possible she died outside of New York City - which could be a story in itself since the family lived in the Bronx at the time of Selma's death. 
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Special thanks to Israel Pickholtz, Adam Brown, Esther Chanie Dushinsky, Deb Morgan Stern, Fred Leserowitz, Sondra Shira Robins Gold, Robin Meltzer, Brooke Schreier Ganz, Hanita Kossowsky, and Peter L. Myers for the spirited Tracing the Tribe (FaceBook) discussion of the names on this tombstone and when they might have been selected. Of course, any errors in selecting from among the several opinions expressed are my own. 

Notes:
1. Earlier posts about the FLPBA may be found at:
First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association incorporation papers
First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association 25th anniversary publication, Part 1
First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association 25th anniversary publication, Part 2
2.Warren Blatt, "Jewish Given Names," Avotaynu Guilde to Jewish Genealogy (Avotaynu: Bergenfield, New Jersey, 2004), 35-36,

Treasure Chest Thursday: First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association 25th anniversary, Part 2

A few months ago I acquired copies of several pages of a publication printed in honor of the anniversary of the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association (FLPBA), a landsmanshaft (community organization) in New York City. An earlier post on this publication may be found here.

Today's page is a continuation of the previous list of leaders of the organization during the 25th anniversary year.

Max Garber, Abraham Krakowsky, Abraham Sotskess, and Joseph Myers were covered in the previous post.

Samuel Myers is an example of a likely relative for whom I have yet to find a link. He arrived in the United States with the surname Meyers traveling with my great grandmother Sarah's brother Herschel (Harry), said he was from Lubin, said his father was David, and said he was going to stay with his brother Louis.[1] All these things were not true (except maybe the part about staying with Louis Myers - who was not his brother). 

Like nearly all my Myers relatives he did become a glazier. Louis Myers, my great grandmother Sarah's brother, shows up as a witness to Sam's marriage - so, obviously, the families kept in contact.[2]

Subsequent documents and the fact that no one knowledgeable about the family identified Sam as one of the Myers brothers (Myer, Louis, Joseph and Harry), cast doubt on Sam's manifest claims. His marriage record and his SS-5 (Social Security card application form) identify his father as Elias and his mother as Sarah Mogelevsky (who is buried in one of the FLPBA plots in Montefiore cemetery) - not David Myers and Ida Kesselman. Both his World War I and World War II draft registration cards indicate that he was born in Podolia Gubernia - not nearby Volhynia Gubernia where Lubin is located.[3]

When Meyer Schultz arrived at Ellis Island on 3 July 1913 he stated that he was heading to his cousin B. Molthman.[4] Benjamin Molthman's was Isidore Bauman's father-in-law. Meyer, like many of his landsmen a glazier, married his wife Rose (likely in New York City). They later had three daughters.

Isidore Bauman came to the United States at least twice: on 14 June 1910 and on 15 February 1913.[5] He married fellow Lubiner Ida Molthman (daughter of Benjamin) on 8 January 1916.[6] They had four children: Raymond, Shirley, Philip and Rebecca.

Others mentioned on the page:
Abraham Krakowsky
Isidore Bauman
Samuel Myers
Meyer Schultz
Nathan Garber
H. Cohen
Meyer Kargman
Samuel Schwartz
Louis Myers
Myer Myers

Notes:
1. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 23 November 2008), manifest, S.S. Noordam, Rotterdam to New York, arriving 27 August 1912, list 2, line 5, Zise Meyers; citing National Archives Microfilm Serial: T715; Microfilm Roll: 1921.
2. Kings County, New York, Certificate and Record of Marriage no. 2284 (10 February 1917). Samuel Myers and Esther Newman, Municipal Archives, New York, New York. 
3. "U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, " digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 15 January 2015), card for Samuel Meyers, no. 461, Draft Board 087, Precinct 165, Kings County, New York; NARA microfilm publication M1509.
"U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 24 September 2008), card for Samuel Myers, no. U 2868, Bronx County, New York; NARA, Records of the Selective Service System, Record Group 147.
4. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 19 December 2010), manifest, S.S. Potsdam, Rotterdam to New York, arriving 3 July 1913, list 36, line 9, Meier Skaltz; citing National Archives Microfilm Serial: T715; Microfilm Roll: 2121. 
5. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 24 April 2010), manifest, S.S. Noordam, Rotterdam to New York, arriving 14 Jun 1910, list 16, line 29, Itzchok Baumelman; citing National Archives Microfilm Serial: T715; Microfilm Roll: 1500.
"New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 21 November 2010), manifest, S.S. Neckar, Bremento New York, arriving 15 February 1913, list 10, line 17, Iczrok Beimelman; citing National Archives Microfilm Serial: T715; Microfilm Roll: 2014.  
6. New York County, New York, Certificate and Record of Marriage no. 1368 (8 January 1916). Isidore Bauman and Ida Molthman, Municipal Archives, New York, New York.  

Treasure Chest Thursday: First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association 25th anniversary publication, Part 1

Last summer, Marilyn Silverman, another family history researcher and descendant of immigrants from Labun (aka Lubin, in Yiddish), was able to procure photocopies of pages of two publications created in honor of the 25th and 40th anniversaries of the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association (FLPBA). Relatives of hers are the daughters of Julius Reitman, a past president of the the FLPBA, and his wife Sarah Scherman Reitman. Both Marilyn and I had hoped to either get the documents, themselves, or make good color copies of the pages. Unfortunately, the sisters involved had their own ideas, and provided photocopies of their own selection of pages for Marilyn.

In a previous Treasure Chest Thursday post we looked at the 1911 incorporation papers of the landsmanshaft (community support group) for Labun immigrants who had settled in New York City. Today and on the next few Thursdays we'll look at some of the pages copied from the 25th anniversary booklet (presumably from 1936, since the the FLPBA was organized in 1911).

These gentlemen were officers of the FLPBA during the 25th anniversary celebration. Actually, I know that I am related to three out of four of them: Nathan Garber (my great uncle), Abraham Sotskess (who married my great great aunt, Rivka Malzman/Rebecca Myers), and Joseph Myers (my great great uncle and Rivka's brother).

Nathan Garber (1884-1963), son of Avrum Garber and Khana Matsevitsky, was born in Lubin, Zaslav Uyezd, Volhynia Gubernia, Russian Empire (today, Yurovshchina, Khmelnitskyy Oblast, Ukraine). He married Yetta and had two daughters prior to emigrating in 1910. He settled in the lower east side of New York City and his family joined him there in 1912. 

Nathan worked in the butter and eggs business, sometimes as an egg candler. This is an interesting profession, probably most necessary for Jewish people who keep kosher. Fertilized eggs (the ones we may see when we crack eggs and find bits of blood in them) are considered not kosher. So, Nathan's job, as I understand it, was to hold eggs up to the light to see if spots of blood were present.

Abraham Sotskess (1877-1948), was born in Chodorow, located about 33 miles SSE of Lviv, Ukraine and came to the United States in 1910.[1] His wife, the former Rivka Malzman, arrived a few months later. Her most recent residence had been in Lubin. Abraham's and Rivke's surname at immigration was Czaczkes (pronounced Tchotchkiss, meaning "toy"). His manifest notes that he had a glass eye. 

Abraham worked as a glazier in New York City. Abraham's Ellis Island manifest indicated that he was going to a brother, Isaak, in Manhattan. But, when he died intestate (without a will) several years after his wife, Abraham's probate record indicated that he had no relatives in the New York City area.[2] The public administrator of his estate found addresses for three siblings in Argentina: Aida Sotskess and Faiga Sotskess of Allevenida, Argentina and Miguel Chachkin of Buenos Aires.

Joseph Myers (1889-1945), another glazier, was born in Lubin to David Myers (Malzman) and Ida (Chaye Sura) Kesselman. Joseph arrived in the United States in 1910, married Rose Adler in 1913, raised two children to adulthood, and lived out his life in the Bronx and Manhattan. Joseph's 1906 manifest record indicated he was fair-haired with blue eyes. His World War I draft registration differs, showing black eyes.

There are several things about Abraham Krakowsky (1888-1985), that I have yet to determine. He appears, based on his naturalization and manifest, not to have been an immigrant from Labun.[3] It is possible that his wife Rose was the immigrant, but I have not been able to determine her maiden name. He and Rose, as well as their son Murray (aka Morris), are buried in the FLPBA Beth Moses Cemetery plot. 

Notes:
1. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 23 November 2008), manifest, S.S. President Lincoln, Hamburg to New York, arriving 26 May 1910, p.104, line 27, Abraham Czaczkes; citing National Archives Microfilm Serial: T715; Microfilm Roll: 1487 .
2. New York County, New York, Abraham Sotskess probate case file no. 3569-1948, Surrogate's Court, New York City.
3. Abraham Krakowsky petition for naturalization no. 22634 (1920),  page 240, Eastern District of New York.
"New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 8 January 2015), manifest, S.S. Grosser Kurfurst, Bremen to New York, arriving 3 February 1909, list 4, line 15, Pinkus Krakowsky [indexed as Ainkus Krakowsky]; citing NARA microfilm serial T715, roll  1194.

Treasure Chest Thursday: First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association, Jewish Communal Register entry

The Jewish Communal Register was published for several years in New York City to document, as far as possible, a complete list of Jewish communal activities.[1] The 1918 edition included an entry (on page 765) in their "Mutual Aid Agencies" section on the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association.

First Lubiner Prog. Ben Ass'n. Cemetery. Org. 1911. Membership: 41. Meetings: 1st and 3rd Saturdays at 73 Ludlow St. Pres., Abraham Morgenstern, 253 E. 10th St. Sec'y Hyman Moltman, 118 W. 3rd St.
Morgenstern, Abraham, Pres. First Lubiner Prog. Ben. Ass'n (73 Ludlow St.), since 1915. Term 6 months. Born 1881 in Russia. Came to U.S. 1895. Received general Jewish and secular education. Children's dresses and boy's suits: 433 E. 9th St. Res.: 253 E. 10th St.

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The First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association was a community social and welfare group organized by immigrants who had left their mutual home community of Labun (or Lubin), Russian Empire for New York City. In a previous post, I discussed their 1911 incorporation. 

By this 1917-1918 publication, the FLPBA was led by Abraham Morgenstern. Abraham (not a relative of mine, as far as I know), was born in September 1881 and at the age of 14 sailed to the United States from Glasgow on the S.S. Anchoria. He arrived in New York on 11 June 1895.[2] 

The 1910 Census indicates that Abraham married Pauline in about 1902-3.[3] It also states that by 1910 Pauline had not had any children. Subsequent census records do not indicate any offspring. Pauline died in 1930 and is buried in one of the Montefiore Cemetery plots held by the FLPBA. Abraham is not buried in any of the three New York FLPBA plots.

Hyman Molthman's surname is misspelled in the Jewish Community Register entry. Hyman, who later took the first name Herman, immigrated with his mother, Feige and sisters Chusse and Rochel on the S.S. Cleveland on 4 September 1910. His name on the manifest was Chaim Malzmann and he was born in about 1900 in Labun.[4] 

Herman married Sylvia Labovitz on 6 July 1924 and worked as a glazier.[5] By 1940, he and Sylvia had one daughter, Claire.[6] Herman died on 19 November 1992 in Hendersonville, North Carolina. He and his wife are buried in Arlington Memorial Park, Sandy Springs, Georgia, as recorded in the JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry.

I have numerous Malzman relatives who took the surname Myers once in the United States. We are not yet sure how we are related to Herman and his father Benjamin Molthman.

Notes:
1. The Jewish Communal Register of New York City, 1917-1918 [New York: Kehilah (Jewish Community) of New York, 1918], pp. iii-iv; digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/jewishcommunalr00marggoog : accessed 31 December 2014).
2. "New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com :  accessed 18 December 2010), manifest, S.S. Anchoria, Glasgow, Scotland to New York. arriving 11 June 1895, p. 4, line 15, Abraham Morgenstein, citing NARA microfilm publication M237, roll 642.
3. 1910 U.S. Census, New York County, New York, population schedule, Manhattan, enumeration district 264, sheet 18A, dwelling 15, family 229, Abraham Morgenstein; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 November 2010), citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1012.
4. "New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com :  accessed 7 February 2009), manifest, S.S. Cleveland, Hamberg, Germany, to New York. arriving 4 September 1910, p. 10, line 22, Chaim Malzmann, citing NARA microfilm serial T715, roll 1542.
5. Kings County, Brooklyn marriage certificate no. 1924-10412, Herman Molthman and Sylvia Labovoitz; New York City Municipal Archives. 
6. 1940 U.S. Census, Kings County, New York, population schedule, Brooklyn, enumeration district 24-1701, sheet 1B, household 19, Herman Molthman [indexed as Harman Molthman]; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 July 2012), citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 2590.