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3rd generation jewish american results

they're calling these the most expected results ever. got my test in 2017 and it hasn't moved a millimeter in years. took it more for the matches than the ethnic breakdown anyway lol.

u/somehowrelevantuser — 20 days ago
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Where did albert schneider end up? (brickwall)

this has lowkey stumped me for the last year. i wish he had a more uncommon name lol.

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Name: Albert Schneider

Sex: M

Date of Birth: around 1891

Location of Birth: Upina, Lithuania

Date of Death: after 1980

Other Information: Father named Louis/Leyb (1855-1932), mother possibly Hilda Bernstein. The woman his father is married to in the censuses is probably not Albert's mother. He's listed as surviving his sister, Tillie Talpis Mandel (1888-1980), in her obituary. Other sister Ida Redman Wolfson (1882-1954) doesn't seem to have a published obituary. Lived in Chicago in 1900+1910. He is not listed with his father in the 1920 census.

Edit to add: HE IMMIGRATED TO THE US/CHICAGO AS A BABY. There arent going to be records of him in lithuania.

Sources: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/records/10318702?tid=151263837&pid=232654304565&ssrc=pt

https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7884/records/112579264?tid=151263837&pid=232654304565&ssrc=pt

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-obituary-for-tilli/201521165/?xid=637

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u/somehowrelevantuser — 1 month ago
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what became of doris? (NYC / 1930s research help)

I need help with proof of death/marriage/like. anything after 1932. i'm stumped.

Name: Doris Smith Lane AKA Berta Schmidt

Sex: F

Date of Birth: Either 10 Sep 1902 or 1894

Location of Birth: Sereje, Lazdijai, Lithuania

Spouse Name: Poss. Louis Lane

Date of Marriage: 1932-1940

Date of Death: 1963-1990 (based on sibs' obits)

Other Information: Daughter of Mordkel Max Schmidt Smith and Gitel Rozenberg. At least 11 siblings. some half siblings. Lived in the Bronx, NYC, in 1932, and in Harlem, NYC, in 1928.

Sources:

Atlanta Naturalization Petitions 1/26-9/26 (Max Smith, father)

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2500/images/40333_920600176_0607-00132?pId=173800 1921 / Lists DOB as roughly 1894 and name as Dora Smith.

New York, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2280/images/47294_302022005557_0434-00743?pId=6591449 1928 / Lists DOB as Sep 10, 1902, and name as Dora Smith. Residing at 31 W 110th Street, NYC.

New York, U.S., Naturalization Records, 1882-1944

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2499/images/31301_168237-00668?pId=4295475 1932 / Lists DOB as Sep 10, 1902, and name as Dora Smith. Residing at 1149 Hoe Avenue. Not married.

Father's obituary, https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2024/207/148573133_4d9af1e9-a155-4ee4-a69f-379a5b4dfb07.jpeg?size=photos250 1940 "Mrs Louis Lane"

Brother Isaac's obituary, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-isaac-smith/197534823/ 1947 "Miss Doris Lane of NYC"

Brother Julius's obituary https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?user=10945763&id=398087903&clippingId=197534884&width=584&height=1372&crop=2526_385_584_1372&rotation=0 1957. "Mrs L. Lane of NYC"

Sister Sophie's obituary https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2021/358/148297306_77d4b018-39be-4e4d-bba6-500513e46534.jpeg 1963 "Mrs Doris Lane, NYC"

Sister Hannah's obituary. https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2023/92/170762234_6e9426b8-3721-4e4f-95ab-46c51bbe2231.jpeg 1990. Not mentioned at all.

u/somehowrelevantuser — 3 months ago
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Repost of an old post of mine from like 6 months ago. i've gotten a bit more info.

Date of Birth: 24 December 1881-2

Location of Birth: Bucharest, Romania

Spouse: Dora Berger (1889-1969)

Date of Marriage: Nov 10, 1908

Location of Marriage: San Francisco, California

Date of Death: 27 January 1959

Location of Death: • San Francisco, California

Other Information: Arrived in the US in New York City on 17 Nov 1902. Naturalized on 4 Oct 1913 in Kansas City, Missouri.

I am looking for his parents' names. I have a tentative name of "Julius" for his father. He's a first cousin of Samuel Brill, my great-great-grandfather (1869-1949, died in Chicago, born in Bucharest with the name Shabbtai, father named Leib). My grandpa's family photos list joseph as being a great uncle of his but that doesn't make sense with their fathers' names (samuel's being leib and Joseph's being 'Julius')

possible lead: news article lists Mr Herman Most and Mrs Anna (Eisenstein) Most in Kansas City as his aunt and uncle. i believe Anna was his maternal aunt but i'm not 100% sure.

i've looked through jewishgen a fair bit and haven't been able to find birth records for joseph (or samuel for that matter lol)

tia

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Sources:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166186572/joseph-brill

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-call-bulletin-marriage/185738485/

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1174/images/USM1490_1983-0632?pId=234535

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1174/images/USM1490_1983-0632?pId=234535

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2494/images/40356_320214636_0022-00025?pId=34148

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u/somehowrelevantuser — 4 months ago