Archives – May, 2010
Here are some things I found that I’d written in 2005.
UPDATE:
I recently found more information on Senon Pizana finding an obituary for Simon Pizana, who passed away in California.
1 June 2005
Received from Alan Greenberg of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Montreal the death record of Frieda Abraham Friedman:
“September 21, 1903 Frieda Abraham, wife of Osias Friedman, age 40, residence No. 13 Sombrien Street, buried in the presence of H. Simon (who was unable to write his name and made his mark instead).
Signed by M Halpern, minister of the Chevra Kadisha Synagogue”
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May 17, 2010
A few days ago, I found these two items in the July 27, 1923 edition of The Sentinel.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Edelberg of 3134 Logan Boulevard, entertained at dinner last Sunday in honor of their niece and nephew, Mr. and Mrs. Lew J. Kapetan, nee Dorothy Edelberg, and their children, Phyllis and Seymour from Detroit, Mich. Mr. and Mrs.Kapetan expect to stay with Mr. and Mrs. Edelberg for a few weeks.
Miss Esther Sutcher entertained twelve guests at a theater party in honor of Dorothy Kapetan of Detroit.
I know very little about my great-grandfather Max Edelberg’s family. One of my aunts told me that he had a sister named Tonya, who lived in Windsor, Ontario. My father said that my mother used to get regular letters from Aunt Tonya.
Max Edelberg’s death certificate said that his father’s name was Zachary.
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May 13, 2010
This week, I “discovered” a Jewish periodical published in Chicago called The Sentinel. Editions from the time period 1911 to 1949 are online at Spertus Asher Library. Some of our people were in it. I found:
July 27, 1923:
Mr. and Mrs. M. Edelberg of 3134 Logan Boulevard, entertained at dinner last Sunday in honor of their niece and nephew, Mr. and Mrs. Lew J. Kapetan, nee Dorothy Edelberg, and their children, Phyllis and Seymour from Detroit, Mich. Mr. and Mrs.Kapetan expect to stay with Mr. and Mrs. Edelberg for a few weeks.
Miss Esther Sutcher entertained twelve guests at a theater party in honor of Dorothy Kapetan of Detroit.
August 10, 1928, Weddings:
Mrs. Jacob Adler, 2251 Thomas street, announces the marriage of her daughter, Clara, to Charles Edelberg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Edelberg, 3008 Armitage avenue.
June 18, 1936, Obituary:
Edelberg, Beatrice-Nee Greenberg. Dearly beloved wife of Max, fond mother of Dorothy Levine, Mary T. Friedman and Charles S. Edelberg. Funeral June 15 from Wallman’s Chapel, 3021 Fullerton Avenue, to Rosemont Park Cemetery.
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May 13, 2010
In the past, I’ve done a lot of work on my cousin Evie’s Welsh ancestors. Unfortunately, I never found much on her Italian ones.
Today, I decided to do something about that and rode my bike to the Family History Center in Lancaster to look up her grandfather’s birth again.
His name was John Fiumefreddo. I remembered finding him on the Cook County birth microfiches there and I had the certificate number with his birth certificate and his date of birth in Chicago as being 3 Sep 1892. With that information, I thought I could find his actual birth certificate on the Family Search website, but no such luck. It was not there.
At the Family History Center, I again looked up the birth certificate. The certificate number had “DS” in front of it. One of the helpers at the FHC suggested I look in the Family History Library to see what “DS” stood for. That told me that “DS” meant the certificate was delayed and that the Family History Library did not have it, which explained why it wasn’t on the website. Instead, it said to contact the Cook County Clerk’s office.
While I was in the FHC, I went to the Cook County Clerk’s website and found that they have records available online. On their Cook County Genealogy page, you register and then enter names to search under births, marriages, and deaths. If you click on a name that appears, it puts that record in your “cart” and then when you “checkout” it charges your credit card and you can download the certificate on-the-spot. Pretty cool, huh?
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May 5, 2010
