Tombstone Tuesday: Yetta Kurman, Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, NY

Here lies

Yasne daughter of Yisrael

Died 12 Sivan 5699
May her soul be bound in eternal life
OUR BELOVED
MOTHER
YETTA
KURMAN
DIED MAY 30, 1939
AGE 79 YRS
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MOTHER
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Yetta Kurman, wife of Harry Kurman, emigrated from Labun, Volhynia Gubernia, Russian Empire in 1909 accompanied by four of her children.[1] Her husband and two eldest sons left Russia for the United States more than three years earlier.[2]

Yetta and her family initially settled in Manhattan on the  Lower East Side. By 1925, they lived in Brooklyn.[3]

Yetta's death certificate, informed by her son Frank, indicated that her father was "Saul Waxenberg." Her tombstone shows her father's name as Yisrael. It may be that this is not as contradictory as it seems. Srul is a typical Yiddish nickname for Yisrael. It is possible that Frank Anglicized his grandfather's name as Saul, since this name also started with an S sound.

In addition to the Waxenberg connected on her death certificate, on her manifest, Jasne (Yetta) said her closest relative left behind was her uncle Mottel Wachenberg in Lubin. There are others with the surname Waxenberg buried in the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association plot in Montefiore Cemetery: Dora Alperin (nee Waxenberg) and Louis Waxenberg. None of these had fathers with the same first names.

Yetta's mother's name on the death certificate is listed as Sarah Kalika. While there are no Kalikas in any of the FLPBA burial plots, the surname is known from Labun. Other known immigrants from Labun shared the Kalika surname. In addition, Anna Moiseyevna Kalika, a Holocaust survivor from Labun who lived in Israel after WWII, wrote some sections of the "Book of Memory; Suffering of Jews that Died Duringthe Nazi Occupation; History of Polonnoye Jews(Ukraine)," a yizkor book that includes remembrances about the town of Polonnoye and surrounding smaller communities, including Labun.

Unfortunately, I do not know how or if Yetta was related to these other Waxenbergs or Kalikas from Labun.

Yetta's grave is located in Block 89, Gate 156N, Line 4L, Grave 4, First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association plot.

Notes:
1. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 December 2010 ), manifest, S.S. Volturno, Rotterdam to New York, arriving 12 November 1909, list 8, line 10, Jasne Kurman; citing NARA Microfilm Series T715; roll 1372.
2. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 December 2010 ), manifest, S.S. Lucania, Liverpool to New York, arriving 28 July 1906, list 14, line 5, Hersch Kurmann; citing NARA Microfilm Series T715; roll 746.
3. 1925 New York State Census, Kings County,New York, population schedule, Brooklyn, assembly district 18, page 18, entries 3-5, Harry,Yetta and Frank Kurman, and entries 41-43, Louis Kurman family; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 March 2015); New York State Archives, Albany.

Treasure Chest Thursday: Meyer Schultz (& family), FLPBA 25th anniversary publication

I mentioned Meyer Schultz previously in a post (featuring his photograph) about this same 25th anniversary publication in honor of the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association. Later in this publication he sponsored an advertisement.

Meyer, a glazier, and his wife Rose Schultz had three daughters: Ethel Schultz Berger (16 November 1917 - 12 May 1995), Lillian Schultz Horodner (27 March 1919 - 7 January 2001) and Mae Schultz Sussman (29 May 1925 - 26 July 2001). The children were all born in New York City.[1] [2]

Meyer and Rose are buried in the FLPBA plot at Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, NY. Ethel and her husband Victor Berger and Lillian and her husband Philip Horodner are buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery in Queens.

Notes:
1. Kings County, New York, U.S. District Court, Eastern District, Petition for Naturalization no. 96178 (29 February 1928); "Selected U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1790-1974," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 December 2010); citing NARA microfilm publication M1972.
2. "United States, Social Security Death Index," online index, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 26 March 2015), entries for Ethel Berger, Lillian S. Horodner and Mae E. Sussman.

Tombstone Tuesday: Harry Kurman, Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, NY

Hersch (Harry) Kurman was born on about 25 May 1865 in Labun, Volhynia Gubernia, Russian Empire.[1] He emigrated in 1906 with his son Chaim (Hyman).[2]

Here lies

Tzvi son of Zusman

Died 9 Sivan 5691

May his soul be bound in eternal life

BELOVED HUSBAND

AND FATHER

HARRY

KURMAN

DIED MAY 25, 1931

AGE 73 YRS

FATHER

His death certificate indicates that his father was Sigmund and mother was Clara Gold.[3] The first names were, likely, Anglicized on this record. 

Harry married Yasne (Yetta or Henrietta) in Europe. Harry's eldest son, Louis, preceded Harry to the United States.[1] Harry reported on his manifest record that he intended to meet his son, L. Kurman, in New York City. Yasne and the rest of their children followed in 1909.[4]

Harry worked as a presser in the clothing industry in New York City.[5] He and Yetta had six children all born prior to immigration: Louis (born 1887), Hyman (b. 1890), Samuel (b. 1893), Abraham (b. 1895), Frank (b. 15 September 1900), Ida (1 September 1903).[1] 

Harry's grandson, Saul (Hyman's son), is buried in the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association plot at Montefiore Cemetery, as well.

Harry's grave is located in Block 89, Gate 156N, Line 4L, Grave 5, First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association plot.

Notes:
1. Harry Kurman petition for naturalization (1921), naturalization file no. 35819, Southern District of New York.
2. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 December 2010 ), manifest, S.S. Lucania, Liverpool to New York, arriving 28 July 1906, list 14, line 5, Hersch Kurmann; citing NARA Microfilm Series T715; roll 746.
3. Kings County, New York, death certificate no. 12394 (1931), Brooklyn, Harry Kurman, Municipal Archives, New York City.
4. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 December 2010 ), manifest, S.S. Volturno, Rotterdam to New York, arriving 12 November 1909, list 8, line 10, Jasne Kurman; citing NARA Microfilm Series T715; roll 1372.
5. New York County, New York, 1920 U.S. Census, population schedule, Manhattan, enumeration district 353, sheet 9A, dwelling 8, family 176, Harry Kurman; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 March 2015); NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1192.

Treasure Chest Thursday: Kargman Glass & Window Shade Co, FLPBA 25th anniversary publication

Louis Kargman, owner of Kargman Glass & Window Shade Co., Inc., placed this advertisement in the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association's 25th anniversary publication.

There are several Kargman immigrants who were originally from Labun, Russian Empire. I have not, however, found evidence of Louis Kargman's place of birth or residence prior to emigration. 

Kargman Glass & Window Shade Co., Inc. was incorporated in 1933 and is no longer active.[1]

Louis Kargman was married to Sarah and, according to the 1940 U.S. Census had three children: Milton, Sylvia and Judith.[2]  

Louis and Sarah are not buried in the FLPBA plot. Nevertheless, they appear to be buried in Montefiore Cemetery in a plot owned by the Louis Kargman family.

Notes:
1. "Corporation and Business Entity Database," index, Division of Corporations, State Records and UCC," New York Department of State (http://www.dos.ny.gov/corps/bus_entity_search.html : accessed 18 March 2015), entry for Kargman Glass and Window Shade Co., Inc.
2. Kings County, New York, 1940 U.S. Census, population schedule, Brooklyn, enumeration district 24-437, sheet 31A, household 726, Louis and Sarah Kargman family; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ncestry.com : accessed 18 March 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 2558.

Tombstone Tuesday: Saul Kurman, Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, NY

Saul Kurman was all of 5 when he passed away in 1927 of respiratory ailments and heart failure.[1] He was born in the United States, the fourth child of Hyman and Rose Kurman.[2]

Here lies

Yehoshua son of Chaim

Died 20 Nisan 5687

DIED

APR 22, 1927

AGE 5 YEARS

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DEAR SON

Hyman Kurman immigrated at the age of 17 with his father Hersch (Harry) in 1906 from Labun, Volynia Gubernia, Russian Empire.[3] Like many of his New York City townsmen, he became a glazier. Hyman married Rose Forder (or Forur) on 27 December 1914.[4] Saul's birth was preceded by those of his America-born brothers George, Isidor, and Morris. 

While Montefiore Cemetery provides a locator for graves on its website, Saul's grave is not included in the inventory for its location in Block 89, Gate 156N. The only other Kurmans buried in the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association plot besides Saul are his grandparents, Harry and Yetta Kurman. 

Notes:

1. Kings County, New York, death certificate 8476 (22 April 1927), Sol Kurman; Munipical Archives, New York.

2. Kings County, New York, 1925 New York State Census, Brooklyn, assembly district 18, election district 51, page 181, Hyman and Rose Kurman family; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 March 2015); citing New York State Archives.

3. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 December 2010 ), manifest, S.S. Lucania, Liverpool to New York, arriving 28 July 1906, list 14, lines 5-6, Hersch and Chaim Kurmann; citing NARA Microfilm Series T715; roll 746.
4. Rose's surname is listed as "Forder" on her marriage certificate, but "Forur" on Saul's death certificate. New York County, New York, marriage certificate 313 (1915), Hyman Kurman and Rose Forder (27 December 1914), Municipal Archives, New York. 

Treasure Chest Thursday: Herman Molthman family, FLPBA 25th Anniversary publication

Herman Molthman, son of Benjamin and Fannie Bernstein Molthman, was born in Labun (aka Lubin), Volhynia Gubernia, Russian Empire. He arrived in the United States in 1910 as Chaim Malzmann accompanied by his mother Feige and sisters, Chusse and Rochel.[1] Like his father, he became a glazier in New York City. He supported the 1936 25th anniversary publication for the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association by purchasing this advertisement.

In July 1924 Herman married Sylvia Labovitz, a Romania immigrant.[2] They had their only child, a daughter, Claire, in 1925.[3]

Sylvia passed away on 4 September 1988. Herman died  on 19 November 1992 in Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina.[4] They are buried in Arlington Memorial Park, Sandy Springs, Georgia.[5]

Notes:
1. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 February 2009), manifest, S.S. Cleveland, Hamburg to New York, arriving 4 January 1910, list 13, lines 20-23, Feiga, Chusse, Chaim and Rochel Malzmann, citing National Archives Microfilm Serial: T715; Microfilm Roll: 1547.
2. Kings County, New York, certificate of marriage no. 10412 (1924), Herman Molthman and Sylvia Labovitz, 6 July 1924, Municipal Archives, New York.
3. Kings County, New York, U.S. District Court, Eastern District, Petition for Naturalization no. 202378 (16 July 1928); "Selected U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1790-1974," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 March 2015); citing NARA Series M1879, roll 772.
4. "North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908-2004" database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 October 2013); entry for Herman Molthman; citing North Carolina Department of Health.
5. "JewishGen OnLine Worldwide Burial Registry," database, JewishGen.org (http://www.jewishgen.org : accessed 11 March 2015), entries for Herman Molthman and Sylvia Molthman.

Tombstone Tuesday: Joseph and Gussie Kargman Schwartz, Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, NY*

Gussie Kargman Schwartz, daughter of Meyer and Goldie Kargman was born in Labun (aka Lubin in Yiddish), Volhynia Gubernia, Russian Empire. 

MOTHER

Here lies

Mrs. Gisia daughter of

Meyer Yosef

Died 25 Sivan 5711

May her soul be bound in eternal life

BELOVED WIFE

AND DEAR MOTHER

GUSSIE K.

SCHWARTZ

DIED JUNE 29, 1951

AGED 50 YEARS

IN OUR HEARTS

SHE LIVES FOREVER

She became an immigrant at the age of 21 when she and her mother and sister landed in Boston.[1] She and her family joined father Meyer in New York City.

Gussie married glazier Joseph Schwartz in Brooklyn in 1925.[2] Joseph, also an immigrant, had been born in Hungary.

Here lies

JOSEPH

SCHWARTZ  

SEPT. 29, 1967

AGE 65 YEARS

Schmariya Yakov

son of Avraham Yitzchak

Died 24 Elul 5727

May his soul be bound in everlasting life

The 1930 U.S. Census shows Gussie and Joe living at 142 East 2nd Street in Manhattan. They had two children: Shirley, 4, and Lillian, 2 months old.[3]

It was around this time that Gussie began the process to become a citizen. Her 1933 petition of naturalization identified two children: Shirley, born 29 December 1925, and Milton (22 June 1933).[4] Her omission may indicate that daughter Lillian had passed away. In fact, I have located a death record indexed on ItalianGen's New York City death records database that may be Lillian's.[5] One year old Lillian Schwartz died on 20 October 1931. I have not yet ordered a copy of the death certificate.

Sometime in the late 1930s the Schwartz family moved to Hartford, Connecticut where Joseph worked as a glazier in a glass factory.[6] It appears the family stayed in Hartford for the rest of their lives. Joseph eventually opened a glass shop.

Gussie is buried in Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association plot, block 89, gate 156N, line 7L, grave 5. Joseph is buried in the same area, line 11R, grave 4.

Notes:
1. "Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 14 December 1910), manifest, S.S. Manchuria, Danzig to New York, arriving 21 February 1921, p. 3, lines 4-6, Gosda, Gisia and Ruchla Kargmann; citing National Archives Microfilm Serial T938, Roll 260.

2. Kings County, New York, certificate of marriage no. 6662 (1925), Joseph Schwartz and Gussie Kargman, 31 January 1925, Municipal Archives, New York.

3. 1930 U.S. Census, New York County, New York, population schedule, Manhattan, enumeration district 31-217, shett 14B, dwelling 39, family 400, Joseph and Gussie Schwartz family; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 January 2011), citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1555.
4. "Selected U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents," digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 December 1910); Gussie Schwartz, petition for naturalization no 377118 (1941), Southern District Court of New York; NARA microfilm Series M1972, roll 862.
5. "NYC Death Index," database, Italian Genealogical Group (http://www.italiangen.org : accessed 10 March 2015), entry for Lillian Schwartz, Manhattan death certificate 24555 (1931).
6. 1940 U.S. Census, Hartford County, Connecticut, population schedule, Hartford, enumeration district 10-142, sheet 61B, household 167, Joseph and Gussie Schwartz family; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 9 March 2015), citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 537.

*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. In posts about burials in these plots, I will provide additional information about those interred.

Treasure Chest Thursday: "Stone House," Perrineville ad, FLPBA 25th anniversary publication

More than two years ago I wrote about my great grandfather, Isidore Morris and great grandmother, Sarah Myers Morris, and their Perrineville, New Jersey home documented in the 1940 census. They had left New York City in 1933 and purchased a house with some acreage (their "farm") in Perrineville, New Jersey.[1] What I had not realized until I saw this advertisement in the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association's twenty-fifth anniversary publication was that they had developed a country summer "resort" called "Stone House" and rented rooms and a bungalow.

Isidore and Sarah sold the property in 1945 and moved back to the City.[2] Isidore's health had deteriorated, undoubtedly due to his years working as a glazier. He passed away in 1947.[3]

Note:
1. Monmouth County, New Jersey, Deed Book 1639, page 94, George Moskowitz to Isidore Morris, 25 October 1933.
2. Monmouth County, New Jersey, Deed Book 2003, page 27, Isidore and Sarah Morris to Joseph and Esther Horowitz, 14 May 1945.
3. Bronx County, New York, Certificate of Death no. 12512 (22 December 1947), Isadore Morris, New York City Municipal Archives, New York.

Tombstone Tuesday: Meyer and Goldie Kargman, Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, NY*

In last week's tombstone post I documented the grave of Joseph Kargman. Meyer Kargman is also interred in the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association (FLPBA) plot. I do not, however, know how (or if) they are related.

KARGMAN

~~~~~

Here lies

Meyer Yosef son of Mordechai

Died 24 Nisan 5710

May his soul be bound in eternal life

DEVOTED HUSBAND

AND DEAR FATHER

MEYER

DIED APRIL 11, 1950

AGED 75 YEARS

~~~~~

Here lies

Goldie daughter of Ephraim

Died 2 Elul 5725

May her soul be bound in eternal life

DEVOTED WIFE

AND DEAR MOTHER

GOLDIE 

DIED AUG. 30, 1965

AGED 86 YEARS

Meyer Kargman landed at Ellis Island on 6 March 1913.[1] He was born and had resided in Labun, Russian Empire prior to immigration to the United States. His family, wife Gosda (Goldie) and daughters Gisia (Gussie) and Ruchla (Rose), joined him in the USA on 21 February 1921.[2] By that time, Meyer had established himself and, like so many Labun immigrants, had a glass store.

Gussie married glazier Joseph Schwartz on 31 January 1925.[3] Their marriage certificate indicates that Goldie Kargman's maiden name had been Bifson. While Joseph was not from Labun, but from Hungary, he and Gussie were also buried in the FLPBA plot. 

Rose married hat-maker Sam Glass on 15 June 1929.[4]  

Meyer and Goldie are interred in the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association plot in Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, NY: block 89, gate 156N, line 12L, graves 1 and 2.

Notes:

1. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 14 December 1910), manifest, S.S. Kleist, Bremen to New York, arriving 6 March 1913, p. 22, line 26, Mier Kargmann; citing National Archives Microfilm Serial T715, Roll 2024.

2. "Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 14 December 1910), manifest, S.S. Manchuria, Danzig to Boston, arriving 21 February 1921, p. 3, lines 4-6, Gosda, Gisia and Ruchla Kargmann; citing National Archives Microfilm Serial T938, Roll 260.

3. Kings County, New York, certificate of marriage no. 6662 (1925), Joseph Schwartz and Gussie Kargman, 31 January 1925, Municipal Archives, New York.

4. "Selected U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents," digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 November 1910); Rose Glass, petition for naturalization no 377118 (1941), Southern District Court of New York; NARA microfilm Series M1972, roll 1316.

*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. In posts about burials in these plots, I will provide additional information about those interred.