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| 1351 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | May, Stephanie (I10230)
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| 1352 | BIRTH: About 1929. Rivichka Fischeroff, born in Glazmanka, Latvia. Date of birth based on being 12 years old in 1941. [Source: Eugene Feigelson, March 25, 1992 document on trip to Latvia..] DEATH: 1941. Probably shot in the massacre in Rumbula forest near Riga. 12 years old. [Source: Eugene Feigelson, March 25, 1992 document on trip to Latvia.] Riga, Killed By Nazis, Latvia | Fischeroff, (Female) (I10018)
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| 1353 | BIRTH: About 1931. Rivichka Fischeroff, born in Glazmanka, Latvia. Date of birth based on being 10 years old in 1941. [Source: Eugene Feigelson, March 25, 1992 document on trip to Latvia..] DEATH: 1941. Probably shot in the massacre in Rumbula forest near Riga. 10 years old. [Source: Eugene Feigelson, March 25, 1992 document on trip to Latvia.] Riga, Killed By Nazis, Latvia | Fischeroff, Rivichka (I10017)
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| 1354 | BIRTH: Abt 1861. Hana Meilach, born in Glazmanka. Based on age of 35 in 1896. [Source: See 1897 Census below.]BIRTH: Chana Meilach, born in Latvia. Also known as Anna May. [Source: Taped interview with daughter, Celia Grusin Danenberg, March 1977.] CENSUS: 1897: Hana [Chana] [surname not given, daughter of Peisach, 35 years old, born in Glazmanka. Lieves with husband and children. Residence: Lesnaja (Forest) I St, Apt 2, in the house of Gruzin. Age is stated approximately for 1896. [Source: 1897 Latvian State Census, Latvian State Historical Archives, Fond #2706, LSHA #2706-1-99-759.] FAMILY NOTES: Immigrated to the United States in 1914, with husband and daughter, Celia. The ship stopped in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Because of a mix-up with their visas, they had to get off there and take the train to Birmingham. They lived upstairs of sons, Sam and Henri, on St Charles St and 15th St South. [Source: Taped interview with daughter, Celia Grusin Danenberg, March 1977.] IMMIGRATION: 28 June 1914 Immigration: Chana Grusin, age 49, housewife, with husband, Jankel-Motel, daughter, Czernia, and nephew, Leib [Leon] Meilach, arrived in Canada, port of Halifax, Nova Scotia having sailed on the steamer, SS Dvinsk, 2nd class, from Libau (now called Liepaja; SE of Riga), Latvia on 16 June 1914. Said she was born and his last residence was Glasmanka, province of Witebsk [Vitesk]; nationality, Russian; race, Hebrew. Height: 5'2"; dark hair, brown eyes. She has no distinguishing marks. Can read and write. Closest relative in country she came from [Latvia] was cousin L. Meilach. Going to Birmingham, Alabama. Closest relative in country going to is son, S [Sam] Grusin, City Paper Co., Birmingham. Passage paid by self. Never before in U.S. Entered U.S. via Port Huron, Michigan, 1 July 1914, G.T.R. Note: brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Moses and Reva Grusin stayed on the ship until it landed in New York Jun 29, 1914. [Source: Ships Passenger List, Group 18, List 3, Serial 305/13/3, Ship Volume #5362, LDS Microfilm #1401025 & G.T.R. Manifest immigration at Port Huron, MI, M1464, Roll 257 & M1461, Roll 179, LDS Microfilm #1561343.] Note: Gerson May did not work for City Paper, it was Gerson's friend, Mannie Bann, who worked there. [Source: Betty Jo May letter of Oct 2002.] CENSUS: 1920 Alabama. Annie Grusen [Chana Grusin], 58 years old. Lives with husband, Joseph Grusen [Yankel Mutel Grusin] 65 years old, rents home at 1620 11th Ave, Birmingham, AL. Yankel's occupation: House work at home. Came to U.S. with wife and children in 1914. Lives with daughter, Celia, 23 years old, Bookkeeper in a Shoe Store; and son, Henry, 25 years old, Watchmaker at Limehan [sp?]. Also in house is a roomer, Simon Balsam [Balsum?], 25 years old, Peddler for Dry Goods, came to the U.S. in 1914. Yankel, Chana, and Celia are aliens, not naturalized. Henry came to the U.S. in 1912 and was naturalized in 1919. Except for Yankel's mother and father whose 'Mother Tongue' was Yiddish, everyone elses was German. All born in Riga [actually Glazmanka?], Latvia. [Source: AL Census 1920, Birmingham, Jefferson County, ED 55, Vol 47, Sheet 8B, Lines 71-75, Supervisor's District 9; Precinct 37.] MARRIAGE: 2nd marriage: After Chana Grusin was widowed (in 1925), she married Mr. Herman Hyman. He was from a large family in Memphis, TN. Chana and Herman were together just a short time before his death. [Source: Phyllis Weinstein, email of Nov 2000.] MARRIAGE: 2nd marriage. 2 Sep 1926. Herman Hyman and Mrs. Anna Grusin, in Birmingham, AL. Herman Hyman was 65 years old; Anna Grusin was 58 years old. Marriage Bond cosigner was M. [Michael] Kimerling. Married by Rabbi Solomon Katz. [Source: Alabama Marriage Records, Vol 105, Pg/Cert#259, LDS #1064586, Item #2.] FAMILY NOTES: Anna "went on to marry Herman Hyman where legend has it that a young Elvis Presley was their Shabbos Goy in Memphis (can't verify and don't know if the ages work for this to be feasible" but it is an interesting theory). [Note: This may be a story about a different Jewish family from Memphis.] [Source: Leon Grusin, via Cindy Schick email of Dec 2000.] DEATH: 7 July 1953, when she was approximately 100 years old. [Source: Phyllis Weinstein, phone call of Aug 1998.]DEATH: 7 Jul 1953. Anna Grusin, born 15 Mar 1866. Funeral services held at Johann Memorial Temple by Rabbi Gittleman. Buried in Birmingham, AL. Johann Funeral Service. [Source: Leaflet handed out at funeral, 8 Jul 1953; original in possession of Harried Shulmeister.] BURIAL: 8 Jul 1953. Buried in Knesseth-Beth-El Cemetery in Birmingham, AL. Old Section, Lot 070, Grave 3. [Source: Jewish Cemetery Project, Jewishgen web site and email from AL cemetery coordinator, Fred Ward, Oct 2000; date of burial from Funeral Leaflet, see above.] | Meilach, Chana "Anna" (I7077)
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| 1355 | BIRTH: Abt 1861. Herman Hyman. Based on age of 65 when married in 1926. [Source: Marriage Record.] MARRIAGE: 2nd marriage: After Chana Grusin was widowed (in 1925), she married Mr. Herman Hyman. He was from a large family in Birmingham. Chana and Herman were together just a short time before his death. [Source: Phyllis Weinstein, email of Nov 2000.] MARRIAGE: 2nd marriage. 2 Sep 1926. Herman Hyman and Mrs. Anna Grusin, in Birmingham, AL. Herman Hyman was 65 years old; Anna Grusin was 58 years old. Marriage Bond cosigner was M. [Michael] Kimerling. Married by Rabbi Solomon Katz. [Source: Alabama Marriage Records, Vol 105, Pg/Cert#259, LDS #1064586, Item #2.] | Hyman, Herman (I10191)
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| 1356 | BIRTH: Abt 1884. Shmul Gruzin, son of Motel Jankelev Gruzin, born in Glazmanka. Based on age of 12 in 1896. [Source: See 1897 Census below.]BIRTH: 20 Sep 1886. Samuel Harry Grusin, in Glazmanka, Latvia. [Source: Alan Barasch email of July 1998, taped interview with sister, Celia Danenberg, March 1977, and Social Security Application.]NAME: Sam Grusin, son of Yankel Mutel Grusin. [Source: Family Tree drawn up by Ben Grusin and daughter, Celia, in Jan 1977.] CENSUS: 1897: Shmul Gruzin, son of Motel Jankelev Gruzin, 12 years old, born in Glazmanka. Lives with parents. Residence: Lesnaja (Forest) I St, Apt 2, in the house of Gruzin. Age is stated approximately for 1896. [Source: 1897 Latvian State Census List, Latvian State Historical Archives, Fond #1706-1-99-759.] FAMILY NOTES: Went to religious school in Tukom, Latvia on the Baltic. He studied with Avrom Dovid Zelekman until he was Bar Mitzvah. He belonged to the Socialist party before the Zionist movement. Before he was 21 [before 1907], when he would have had to go into the Russian army, he immigrated to Birmingham, Alabama. He came with a large family from Latvia [Glazmanka?, Latvia] called Hamburg. He worked for the City Paper Company. Two years later, his brother, Henry, came to the U.S. and later moved into an apartment with Sam in Birmingham. They lived with his landlady, Rebecca Jaffee. [Source: taped interview with sister, Celia Grusin Danenberg, March 1977.] IMMIGRATION: 24 Mar 1906 Samuel Gruzon [Grusin], age 19, single. Occupation: Clerk. Arrived in New York City having sailed on the SS Cedric, steerage class, from Liverpool, England on 14 March 1906. Last residence was Dublin, Ireland. Nationality is Russia; Race is Hebrew. Final destination: Birmingham, AL to uncle, Gaison [Gerson] May, Post Office Dora/Birmingham. Passage paid by self. Has $17 in possession. Never before in U.S. Does not have a ticket to his final destination. [Source: Ships Passenger List, 24 Mar 1906, Group 2, List 7, LDS Microfilm #1399364.] FAMILY NOTES: Sam travelled by ship from Latvia with a large family named Hamburg. He went to Birmingham because his relatives named Meilach (known in the US as May) lived there. About two years later, Henri, his brother, came to the U.S. and lived with Sam in Birmingham, AL. The Hamburgs settled in Evansville, IN, and that's how Sam came to move from Birmingham to Evansville. They offered Sam a job in their retail store, and later promoted him to manager of one of their stores. Sam eventually went into the retail business for himself, opening a store called: Grusins at 800 N. Main St, Evansville, IN. Henri, Sam's brother, was living with Sam and Jennie and their family in Evansville, IN, until he and Rosabelle eloped and were married. [Source: Phyllis Weinstein email of Jan 2001 and Sam Danenberg's Social Security Application naming his employer.] RESIDENCE: 1914: Lived in Birmingham, Jefferson Co, AL and worked for the City Paper Company. [Source: Ship's manifest, SS Dvinsk, 28 June 1914, when parents and sister, Jankel-Motel, Chana, and Czernia [Celia], arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia.] MARRIAGE: 2 Feb 1919. Samuel H. Grusin and Jennie [Jennye] Witt, in Birmingham, AL. Sam Grusin, 34 years old. Jennie [Jennye] Witt, 22 years old. Marriage Bond cosigner: Julius Goldstein. Performed by Rabbi Jacob J. Mendelsohn. [Source: Alabama Marriage Records, Vol 593, Pg 593, LDS #106440, Item #2.] FAMILY NOTES: When Sam came to the United States, he traveled with a large family called Hamburg. They settled in Evansville, IN. Later Sam moved to Evansville to work in the Hamburg's retail store. The Hamburg's took Sam and Jennye under their wing. Sam was later promoted to manage one of their stores and eventually went into the retail business for himself. [Source: Phyllis Weinstein email Nov 2000.] RESIDENCE: 1920: Moved to Evansville, IN. [Source: Birth of daughter, Phyllis, in 1921 in Evansville, IN. Phyllis Weinstein email of Nov 2000, and 1920 Census of Indiana.] CENSUS: 1920. Sam Grusin, 34 years old, born in Russia. Rents home at 703 Division St, Evansville, Vanderburgh Co, IN. Occupation: Owner, Department Store. Came to the United States in 1906. Naturalized 1912. Lives with wife, Jennie, 23 years old, born in Pennsylvania. Sam and Jennie [Jennye] can read and write. Sam's parents were born in Russia; Jennie's parents were born in Pennsylvania [actually born in Lithuania and Russia (?), but married in PA]. [Source: IN Census 1920, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, ED 123, Vol 102, Sheet 1B, Lines 75, Supervisor's District 77, Roll 470.] RESIDENCE: 1925. Lived in Henderson, KY. [Source: Sam, living in Henderson, KY, was the informant on his father's 1925 Death Record; confirmed by Phyllis Weinstein email of Nov 2000 .]RESIDENCE: 1924/25. Moved back to Evansville, IN before birth of son, Gerald in 1928. [Source: Phyllis Weinstein email of Nov 2000. Phyllis went to 1st grade in Henderson, KY, but skipped 2nd grade and entered 3rd grade in Evansville.] CENSUS: 1930, IN: Samuel B. Grusin, 45 years old, born in Danka [Dankere], Russia. Married when he was 34 and his wife 22 years old. Residence: 928 Lodge Ave, Evansville [Knight Township], IN. Owns own home; value $16,000. Has a radio. Occupation: Proprietor, Dry Goods Store. Immigrated in 1890 [actually 1906]; Naturalized, and able to read & write. Living with wife, Jeannie, 33 years old, born in PA, parents born in Covono [Kovno, Lithuania?]; and with children: Phyllis, 9 years old, born in IN, Student; Judith, 6 years old, born in KY, Student; and Gerald, 1 year 8 months old, born in IN. Also living with them is Lucy Pierce, Servant, 21 years old, born in IN. [Source: 14 Apr 1930 Census: Reel 626-632, ED 41, Sheet 29A, Lines 47-50, Spvr District 12, Ward 7; ancestry.com image 57.] DIRECTORIES: City Directories of Evansville, IN 1930: Samuel H. Grusin, Treasurer, General Sales & Commission Co, Inc. Wife Jennye. Residence: 928 Lodge St, Evansville, IN. [Source: Evansville, IN City Directory, 1930, Page 301, National Archives Film #IN-010.] 1931: Samuel H. Grusin, Secretary-Treasurer, General Sales & Commission Co, Inc. Wife Jennie [Jennye]. Residence: 928 Lodge St, Evansville, IN. [Source: Evansville, IN City Directory, 1931, Page 269, National Archives Film #IN-010.] OCCUPATION: Merchant. President of the Evansville, IN, chapter of Zionists Organization of America. A leader of Temple Adath Israel, 3600 Washington, Evansville. Lived at 418 Runnymeade, Evansville,IN. [Clipping from an Evansville newspaper article, date unknown.] FAMILY NOTES: Sam was an elder of the Washington Ave Temple, Adath B'nai Israel Sysnagogue, 100 Washington Ave, Evansville, IN. There is a photo of Sam at the mortgage burning ceremony in 1944. [Source: 'Uncovering Our Story', archives of temples and churches in Evansvile, Evansville Courier & Press, 29 Sep 2001.] RESIDENCE: 3 Mar 1952. Samuel Henry Grusin, 740-13[?] S. Norman, Evansville, IN. Self-employed. [Source: Social Security Application.] DEATH: May 1964, last known residence was Indiana. Born 20 Sep 1886. Applied for Social Security in IN. [Source: Social Security Death Index, Social Security #308-34-8860.] DEATH: 7 May 1964 in Miami Beach, FL. Buried in Evansville, IN. [Source: Phyllis Weinstein letter of Aug 1998.] | Grusin, Sam (Samuel-Shmul) Harry (I10141)
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| 1357 | BIRTH: Annette DeMichelle, born in Philadelphia, PA. [Source: Elizabeth Solnick email to Barbara Goldberg of Apr 2003.] | Demichelle, Annette (I10047)
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| 1358 | BIRTH: Born 31 Aug 1909. Rosabelle de Poyster, born in Evansville, IN. [Source: Social Security Death Index, Social Security #521-22-0908.]NAME: Rosabelle de Poyster. Was not Jewish. [Source: Phyllis Weinstein, phone call of Aug 1998.] RESIDENCE: 9 Feb 1940. Rosbelle De Poyster Grusin, 30 years old, born 31 Aug 1909, in Evansville, IN. Parents: Timothy C. de Poyster and Lula Clark. Employer: Littleton Independent Newspaper, 279 Main St, Littleton, CO. [Social Security Application.] FAMILY STORY: Was a clerk in Simon Witt's store in Evansville, IN when she met Henry. Simon was Henri's brother, Sam's father-in-law. [Source: Leon, Marty & Cindy Grusin conversation at the Gruzin Reunion May 2001.] DEATH: 28 Jun 1988, in Littleton, Arapahoe, CO 80120. Born 31 Aug 1909. Applied for Social Security in Colorado. [Source: Social Security Death Index, Social Security #521-22-0908.] | De Poyster, Rosabelle (I10147)
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| 1359 | BIRTH: David Nomberg, born in Dothan, AL. [Source: Marlene Beringer email of Dec 2001.] | Nomberg, David (I10237)
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| 1360 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Grusin, Don (Donald) Henri (I10137)
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| 1361 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Manevich (Twin), Joel (I9973)
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| 1362 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Manevich (Twin), Joshua (I9974)
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| 1363 | boarder in the home of A. De Leon Moses & Eliza Cohen, age 18, single | Moses, Sadie (I242)
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| 1364 | boarder in the home of A. De Leon Moses & Eliza Cohen, age 21, single | Moses, Agnes D. (I241)
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| 1365 | boarder in the home of A. De Leon Moses & Eliza Cohen, age 47, widow, mother of 1 child, living child | De Leon, Agnes (I239)
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| 1366 | Bookkeeper | Moses, Johnston Lee (I682)
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| 1367 | Born "Marie"; changed to Miriam when marrying Sol, to sound more Jewish. | Jillich, Miriam (Marie) (I4979)
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| 1368 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Ryan, Joseph Thomas "Jt" Jr (I7777)
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| 1369 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Salinger, Isabela Lena (I7008)
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| 1370 | Born Erev Yom Kippur 1773 | Hendricks, Charlotte (I3862)
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| 1371 | Born in Chicago , Lessing J. Rosenwald was the son of Julius Rosenwald , a clothier who became part-owner and was president of Sears, Roebuck and Company from 1908-1923, and chairman from 1923-1932. Lessing went to work for Sears in 1911 as a shipping clerk , and in 1920, was given the important responsibility of opening a catalog supply center for the growing mail-order company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . He resided for many years in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania . Giant Bible of Mainz donated by Rosenwald to the Library of Congress Succeeding his father, he was Chairman of Sears from 1932 until 1939, when he dedicated himself full-time to collecting rare books and art. In 1943, he pledged to donate his collections to the Library of Congress and the National Gallery of Art , both located in Washington, DC , after his death. Rosenwald was also a chess enthusiast, and donated money to support American chess. He sponsored the U.S. Chess Championship in the 1950s. His estate was known as Alberthorpe in Jenkintown, PA. | Rosenwald, Lessing Julius (I10863)
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| 1372 | Born in New York, New York County , N.Y., April 8, 1906 . U.S. Ambassador to Belgium , 1959-61. Member, Council on Foreign Relations . Died in 1984 . Burial location unknown | Burden, William Armisted Moale Jr. (I1121)
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| 1373 | Boston Merchant | Phillips, Capt. John (I3358)
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| 1374 | Brazier | Myers, Asher (I1249)
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| 1375 | Breconshire, Glamorgan, United Kingdom | Bruce, Honorable Eva Isabel Marion (I734)
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| 1376 | Bride on her mother's side is descendent of Mary Queen of Scots and Lord Baltimore and great great granddaughter of Martha Washington. Great neice of Abel P. Upshur, Secretary of the Navy under President Tyler. | Upshur, Gertrude (I1092)
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| 1377 | British Army | Blackwell, Lieutenant Montague (I3255)
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| 1378 | British Army | Blackwell, Lieutenant Montague (I3255)
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| 1379 | Broker | Moses, Phineas (I698)
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| 1380 | Brokerage Office | Levy, Eugene Henry Jr. (I316)
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| 1381 | Building electrical contractor | Moses, Alfred Huger Jr. (I257)
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| 1382 | Built his home in 1907, after his marriage that year to Rachelle Klotz. He organized the West Point Wholesale Grocery Company in 1899, still in business in West Point. | Hagedorn, John J II (I4668)
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| 1383 | Built home at 218 North 14th Street, Lanett, in 1908. A civic leader, as well as merchant of highest integrity, he was a long time president of Temple Beth-El, and a Mason. Indicative of Lee Heyman's religious nature, there are two small arched windows in the upper story of the house, representing the Tablets of Moses, whereon the Ten Commandments wer graven. The house was bequeathed in 1952 to his daughter, Rose Heyman (Mrs. Arthur) Altmayer, of Atlanta, GA. | Heyman, Lee (I9850)
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| 1384 | Buried in Snellenburg plot | Frohsin, Samuel (I4756)
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| 1385 | c. engineer | Alexander, Joseph A. (I2328)
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| 1386 | California | Miley, William Maynadier (I899)
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| 1387 | California | Miley, Sally Maynadier (I898)
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| 1388 | California | Miley, John David Jr. (I897)
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| 1389 | came to London from Hanover with George II, circa 1697 and became "a Jew b roker of London". | Franks, Naphtaly Harte (I455)
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| 1390 | came to New York 1758, Naturalized 24/22 Sep 1765 | Etting, Elijah (I1727)
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| 1391 | Capitalist | Moses, Isaiah Ezra (I14)
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| 1392 | Captain U.S. Navy | Moses, Captain Stanford Ellwood U. S. N. (I225)
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| 1393 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Wool, Thomas James M.D. (I10930)
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| 1394 | Carpenter | Forrester, Richard Gustavus (I4119)
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| 1395 | census indicates that she had 1 child. That child is still living in Jun 1900. | Block, Eleanor (I699)
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| 1396 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Rosenbaum, James (I5070)
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| 1397 | Charleston District, SC | Moses, Levy J. (I556)
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| 1398 | Charleston Ward 5, Charleston, South Carolina | Phillips, Rebecca (I35)
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| 1399 | Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina | Moses, Levy J. (I556)
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| 1400 | Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States | Moses, Julius L. Jr. (I56)
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