1940 U.S. Census: Liebross Family

O.K. time's getting short for the Monday, April 2, 2012 release of the 1940 U.S. Census and I'm counting down. Time to get cracking on those Enumeration Districts I've not yet located.

In a prior post and one subsequent post to that, I discussed my maternal grandparents' home at 31 Colin Place, Brooklyn, NY.  They owned the two family home starting in 1929 and remained there through my grandmother's death in 1961. During part of their time there my grandmother's Liebross family (her father and mother, her two sisters, Celia and Rose, and her youngest brother, Irving) lived upstairs. Irving likely moved out 0f 31 Colin Place by 2 January 1944 when he married Lillian Ables. On his brother Jerry's 1948 death certificate, Irving was living at 919 Park Place, Brooklyn.

                                              Enumeration District

Celia, Rose, and Irving Liebross

1933  31 Colin Place, Brooklyn, New York[1]          24-1839

1946  31 Colin Place, Brooklyn, NY[2]                24-1839

Harry and Gertrude Bohrer Liebross

1933  760 E. 53rd Street, Apt 2, Brooklyn, NY [1]    24-167A

1942  313 E. 49th Street, Brooklyn, NY [3]           24-2207A

Joseph Jerome Liebross

1933  921 Montgomery Street, Brooklyn, NY [1]        24-2102B

1942  921 Montgomery Street, Brooklyn, NY [4]     or 24-2103

Max Liebross

1942  161 West 36th Street, New York, NY [5]         31-853

                                                  or 31-854

Ethel Hammer Liebross (widow of Simon)

1933  379 Hancock Street, Brooklyn, NY [1]           24-1981A

1947  278 Beach 138th Street, Rockaway Beach, NY [6] 41-1569

                                                  or 41-1570

Notes

1. R.L. Polk & Co.'s 1933-4 Brooklyn City Directory, (New York City, NY: R.L. Polk & Co., Inc., 1933), 1160, entry for "Liebross"; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 March 2012).

2. New York City Department of Health, death certificate 26589  (16 December 1946), Celia Liebross; New York City Municipal Archives, New York.

3. "U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 31 March 2012), card for Harry Liebross, no. U1150, Brooklyn, New York, citing United States Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II, Fourth registration, National Archives and records Administration microfilm publication M 1939.

4. "U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," digital images, Ancestry.com, card for Dr. Joseph J. Liebross, no. U2725, Brooklyn, NY.

5. "U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," digital images, Ancestry.com, card for Max Liebross, no. U4145, Brooklyn, NY.
6. New York City Department of Health, death certificate 14198 (10 July 1947), Ethel Liebross; New York City Municipal Archives, New York.

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1940 U.S. Census: Finding the Garbers

I've been getting my Garber research organized so I'll be ready for the 1940 U.S. Census when it becomes available and is posted online by the National Archives and Records Administration at 9:00 AM (Eastern Time) on Monday, April 2, 2012.  Of course the challenge is that there will be no index available for six or more months while genealogists feverishly work to index the records. So, I've been searching my records and contacting relatives to try to nail down just where people lived on April 2, 1940 when the Census enumerators first started their rounds.

I've been researching the immediate descendants of patriarch Avram Garber who died in 1928 in New York, New York.  His wife (and their mother) Chana died sometime before he and his two youngest children (Feigah/Fannie and Aron/Eddie) emigrated in 1922. Two of his daughters, Perl and Sarah never left the Soviet Union. Perl's husband, Isseck Zabarsky, made his way to the USA in 1935.  Unfortunately he was unable to get the rest of his family out of the Soviet Union. Except for his son, Usher (who was serving in the Soviet army), the rest of Isseck's family perished in 1941 at the hands of the Nazis in Lubin. Sarah (or Sura) evacuated to the interior of the Soviet Union with her family before the Nazis arrived and she and her family lived out their lives in Troitsk.

Below, I have listed the U.S. residences found in the records closest in time to 1940. The enumeration districts (ED), determined by plotting the addresses on Google Maps and then entering nearby surrounding streets in the tutorial program on the SteveMorse.org website, are shown in blue.

                                                                                                                Enumeration District

Nathan & Yetta Garber

1933   2172 E. 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY [1]     ED 24-388   

1942   2172 E. 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY [2]    

Max & Mary Garber

1935   1948 E. 12th Street, Brooklyn, NY [3]    ED 24-355

1942   1949 E. 4th Street, Brooklyn, NY [4]     ED 24-1836

 

Jack & Dora Garber

1942   922 Avenue O, Brooklyn, NY [5]           ED 24-346 

Fannie & Max Buchman

1938/9 1262 Boynton Avenue, Bronx, NY [6]       ED 3-956

 

Eddie & Esther Garber

1938   386 Prospect Place, Brooklyn, NY [7]     ED 24-1191

<1952  706 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY [7]  ED 24-1190

Isseck Zabarsky

1942   2212 E. 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY [8]     ED 24-388

While I expect to find Nathan and Yetta (who stayed at the same house) and Fannie and Max (who lived at their address until about 1952), finding any others in these Enumeration Districts will be a pleasant surprise.  If these addresses do not match the real 1940 addresses, I will likely have to wait until the indices are completed for New York State.

Of course, my search will be ever so much easier once indices are available for the 1940 U.S. Census. Join this massive volunteer effort at 1940 U.S. Census project website.

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Notes

1. R.L. Polk & Co.'s 1933-4 Brooklyn City Directory, (New York City, NY: R.L. Pllk & Co., Inc., 1933), 760, entry for "Garber, Nathan"; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 March 2012).

2. "U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 25 March 2012), card for Nathan Garber, no. U2645, Brooklyn, New York, citing United States Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II, Fourth registration, National Archives and records Administration microfilm publication M 1939.

3. "Petition for Naturalization of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1865-1937," digital images, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : accessed 25 March 2012), Petition for Naturalization No. 209101, Max Garber, 28 October 1935; citing National Archives and records Administration microfilm publication M1879.

4. "U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," digital images, Ancestry.com, card for Max Garber, no. U1452, Brooklyn, NY.

5. "U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," digital images, Ancestry.com, card for Jacob Garber, no. U467, Brooklyn, NY.

6. Sandra Bizenov to Emily Garber, e-mail, 19 March 2012.

7. Annette Garber to Emily Garber, e-mail, 19 March 2012.

8. "U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," digital images, Ancestry.com, card for Isseck Zabarsky, no. U945, Brooklyn, NY.

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Genealogy featured in nation-wide newspaper magazine today

Genealogy is the cover story for this weekend's USA Weekend magazine (in many Sunday newspapers around the country). One may view the content online at usaweekend.com.  The article features Brandford Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr.

Gen Podcasts: BackStory Radio (and the 1940 Census!)

An occasional blog series identifying online locations of genealogical knowledge in both audio and video podcasts with an emphasis on (Jewish) genealogy.  

BackStory Radio– The American History Guys (Ed Ayres, Peter Onuf and Brian Balough), hosts

This is not a genealogy show, but the topics covered may provide wonderful context for your research. I have listened to nearly all of their shows available on iTunes regardless of their applicability to my research and found them all entertaining and educational. Of particular interest, considering the imminent release of the 1940 U.S. Census, is their December 2010 show (see below) about the History of the U.S. Census. 

Format:  This (approximately) monthly public radio show/podcast may be heard on selected public radio stations around the country and as a pre-recorded podcast. The show has been on the air since June 2008, but is currently on short hiatus as the team prepares to relaunch during the summer as a weekly radio show. In each episode the three hosts take a current topic of interest and examine it through the lens of history: looking back at issues affecting us today. They have delved into many topics including the national debt, the Civil War, immigration and border issues, the history of courtship, the history of work, July 4th and Thanksgiving. 

All three men are historians of some gravitas: Ayres is President of and History Professor at the University of Richmond and Onuf and Balough are Professors at the University of Virgina. Their conversations are insightful, amusing and always entertaining. 

The show generally runs about an hour and often involves interviews with historians specializing in the episode's topic, re-creations of historic speeches and written insights, and call-ins with listeners. 

Episodes with  Genealogy content: 

“Aliens in America” - 13 October 2008 [54:16]

This show may be accessed via the Archives tab on the show's website or via iTunes U (not in the podcast area of iTunes).

How have we regarded new-comers? Who gets to stay? The Guys interview: 

• Mae Ngai, Columbia University, about immigration up to the 1920s 
• Frank Morris, Center for Immigration Studies, about opposition to immigration
• Stanton Braverman, immigration attorney, about his challenges representing those trying to stay

"Beyond Numbers: A History of the U.S. Census" - 22 December 2010 [52:01]
The Guys take a fascinating look at the origins of the U.S. Census and the way it and its role have changed over the years. They examine when and why certain questions have been added and changed. Of greatest interest to genealogists, they interview Al Marquart, an enumerator for the 1940 U.S. Census in Kingston, New York. Al was just out of high school and enumerated in some of the poorest areas of Kingston. The show's website in the Archives section contains an extended interview with Mr. Marquart.

Special Feature: The Archives tab on the BackStory Radio website provides additional information and opportunities to learn more.  The index provided, however, is rather limited. Once in the Archives areas, either select a general topic or, if one knows the date of the podcast, select the month and year.  One may listen to the full recorded show, find a full transcript of the show, and view further reading about the topic of the show. In addition, one may find extended interviews with selected guests under "Features and Highlights."

Access: 

• live via select public radio stations (check the stations in your area)
• via iTunes: search for Backstory Radio. Different lists of past shows may be found in iTunes podcast section and in iTunes U section. One may download individual episodes or subscribe to the show from either or both iTunes areas.  The most recent show is usually available immediately after the live show airs. If you subscribe, new episodes will automatically be delivered to your iTunes podcast folder. 
• via BackStoryRadio.org . 

The URL for this post is http://extrayad.blogspot.com/2012/03/gen-podcasts-backstory-radio.html

1940 Census: "Records of 1940 US Census documenting Great Depression to be released online for 1st time"

The 1940 U.S. Census release is making the big time.  The Associated Press is carrying the following story:

http://www.startribune.com/nation/143097686.html

If you haven't done so already, there's no time like the present to sign up as a volunteer to index the 1940 U.S. Census.  The more people indexing, the sooner we'll all be able to see the results. To see the digitized, but unindexed, records, on April 2, 2012 starting at 9:00 A.M. (Eastern Time Zone) go to the National Archives and Records Administration 1940 Census webpage. In the meantime, one can watch the videos they've provided.