During the last week, I spent a lot of time updating the database using Family Search. Doing so enabled me to find a previously unknown-to-me branch of the Boyce family, children of Susan Boyce, sister of Rebecca Boyce.
I also added newly found information on other families. Click on the Surname Index link on the sidebar to see if anything new has been added on folks you are interested in.
Unfortunately, during this process, I decided to add Citation Details to each Source by cutting-and-pasting straight from Family Search using Safari 5. These Citations did not retain their formatting, so the results were inconsistent, and mainly double-spaced instead of single-spaced. Because of this problem, Sources are not included in the current version of data posted on the site.
I’m awaiting some information from The Master Genealogist expert and author of Second Site, John Cardinal, on how it might be possible to fix this problem using TMG Utility.
June 17, 2011
Recently, through e-mail, I met a researcher, Sarah Farkas, who is not directly related to me, but who is working on some of the same lines that I am. Our connection is the marriage of Helen Edelstein to Jacob Sommerfeld.
Sarah and a friend of hers made a trip last weekend to Westlawn and Rosemont cemeteries in Chicago and while they were there helped me out by taking photos of Friedman, Krakow, Mansfield, and Brooks headstones.
Grampa Izzy's headstone
"Hugs and Kisses" - Gramma T
Thank you so much, Sarah and friend, for taking these photos!
When I have more time, I’ll upload more of these photos.
October 30, 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
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