Happy Mothers' Day Mitochondrial DNA haplogroup H7e!

A couple of years ago I posted a Mother's Day homage to my mother's mother's mother's line (mitochondrial haplogroup L2a1l2a). This year let's talk about my father's mother's mother's mother's line (mtDNA haplogroup H7e).
 
Happy Mother's Day to my late grandmother Dora, great grandmother Sarah, great great grandmother Ida (Chaye Sura) and my great great great grandmother Devora!

I do not know Devora Kesselman's maiden name (if she had one). Nor do I know if she and her husband Baruch Yisrael Kesselman had any children beyond my great great grandmother Chaya Sura. 

Morris family: (l-r) Jeannette, Max, Sarah, Murray, Esther and Dora; inset is Saul

Chaye Sura adopted the name Ida after she arrived in the USA with her husband David Malzmann (later Myers) in 1913. She was born about 1844 in the Russian Empire and died in the Bronx on 16 November 1926. David and Ida had six children: Myer, Sarah (my great grandmother), Rebecca, Louis, Joseph and Harry. It would seem to me that some member of the Myers family must have some photos of David and Ida Myers. But, so far, I have not located anyone with a family archive.

My great grandmother Sarah was born about 1876 in Labun, Volhynia Gubernia, Russian Empire and married Itzig Mazewitsky. She died on 9 August 1956 in the Bronx. Itzig adopted the name Isidor Morris upon immigration to New York City in 1906. Sarah followed with their children in 1910. She and Isidor had six children: Dora (my grandmother), Jeannette, Max, Murray, Esther and, their only US-born child, Saul.

Isidor and Sarah's eldest child was my grandmother, Dora. She married her first cousin (Isidor Morris' sister's son) Jack Garber in New York City in 1916. Dora  (originally Dvora) was born in Labun about 1897 and died in Brooklyn in 1954. Jack and Dora had three children: Leah, Bernard and Leonard.

Two of my cousins tested to identify this line's mtDNA haplogroup. One is a grandchild of Sarah Myers Morris and the other is a great grandchild. Interestingly, they are each other's only exact matches for mtDNA. There are 45 matches at a genetic distance (mutation) of 1; 39 at 2 and 6 at 3. This indicates the possibility of a fairly recent mutation separating this line from others in the haplogroup. If we ever find another previously unpredicted exact match, we'll likely have a cousin.

Tombstone Tuesday: Morris and Rebecca Berman, Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, NY

Last week I documented Anna Chalewsky. She was the mother of Bertha Myers and, one of this week's subjects, Rebecca Berman.

BERMAN

Here lies

Moshe Aharon son of Naftali

May his soul be bound in the bbonds of the living

MORRIS

DIED APRIL 30. 1988

AGE 100 YEARS

Here lies Votah daughter of Meier

May her soul be bound in the bonds of the living

REBECCA

DIED JAN. 17, 1972

AGE 83 YEARS

REST IN PEACE 

Rebecca, born Votah Chalewsky, came the the United States in 1907 with her widowed mother, Henie, and her sister, Taube (who became Bertha).[1] The town of residence on this manifest is not clear, but it may have been the community where Henie's family resided, rather than where Rebecca and Taube were born. Additional information be required before town(s) of origin may be ascertained.

In 1912, Rebecca married Morris Berman, who worked in ornamental iron.[2] They gave their address as 207 E. 100th Street in Manhattan - the same address given by her sister Bertha and her husband Jacob Myers when they had married in 1911.[3]

They had two sons, Nathan (born about 1912) and Meyer (born about 1918). By 1920, the family lived at 218 146th Street, New York, New York.[4]

In 1925 they lived in the Bronx at 2162 Valentine Avenue.[5] They were in Yonkers by 1929, living in their single-family home at 141 DeVoe Avenue. The 1930 census indicates that they owned their house.[6] According to Zillow.com this home was built in 1927.

The Great Depression was probably not kind to this family. After 1931, they are no longer listed in Yonkers City directories. The 1940 census enumeration found Morris, still providing ornamental iron for the construction industry, renting a room from Louis and Celia Cohen in the Bronx.[7] I have not yet found the rest of the family. Morris' World War II Draft Registration card from 1942 indicated that the "person who would always know" his address was Celia Cohen - not his wife Rebecca.[8] Morris worked for Town Iron Works in the Bronx.

It appears that neither Morris nor Rebecca naturalized until the 1940s. I have not yet ordered their records.

Rebecca and Morris are likely interred in one of the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association burial plots in Montefiore Cemetery because Rebecca's sister, Bertha Myers, marred a Jacob Myers, who was related to people from the community (and may have lived there, a some point, himself).

As noted in the previous post about Rebecca's mother, the family may have lived in Staro Konstyantiniv - a larger community, not far from Lubin/Labun.

Morris' and Rebecca's graves are located in Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, NY, Gate 567W, Block 5, Line 4L. There appears to be a mistake in the Montefiore Cemetery online index. Morris' grave is identified as grave 1 and Rebecca's as grave 21. My guess is that Rebecca's is actually grave 2.

Notes:
1. Manifest, S.S. Vaderland, 3 July 1907, stamped p. 18, lines 28-30, Henie [indexed as Henri] (age 55), Votte (21) and Taube (19) Chalewski; images, "New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 January 2017).
2. New York County, New York, marriage certificate no. 6428 (5 February 1912), Moris Berman and Beckie Cholawsky; Municipal Archives, New York City.
3. New York County, New York, marriage certificate no. 29954 (20 December 1911), Jacob Myers and Bertha Goldman; Municipal Archives, New York City.
4. 1920 U.S. census, New York County, New York, population schedule, Manhattan, enumeration district 1449, sheet 15B, dwelling 26, family 400, Morris and Rebecca Berman family; images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 November 2010); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1225.
5. 1925 NewYork State census, Bronx County, NY, enumeration of inhabitants, assembly district 8, election district 27, page 4, lines 12-16, Morris and Rebecca Berman family; images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 February 2015); citing New York State Archives, Albany.
6. 1930 U.S. census, Westchester County, New York, population schedule, Yonkers, enumeration district 60-381, sheet 2B, dwelling 44, family 44, Morris and Rebecca Berman family; images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 November 2010); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1668.
7. 1940 U.S. census, Bronx County, New York, population schedule, Bronx, enumeration district 362, sheet 3B, household 66, Morris Berman; images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 February 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 2469.
8. Morris Berman, World War II draft card, New York, fourth registration, serial number U 894"U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 February 2017).

My DNA Arboriculture

Commons.Wikimedia.org

Recently many genealogists have jumped on a bandwagon started by blogger J. Paul Hawthorn. He created a chart using Excel to show where ancestors on his family tree were born. Then some genealogists, including Lara Diamond, thought to show their Y-DNA (father's father's father, etc.) and mitochondrial DNA (mother's mother's mother, etc.) haplogroups. 

Using this tool for DNA results is a terrific way to see how well one has applied DNA testing to one's tree. It really shows where the holes are and gives one an idea which relatives to approach next for further testing. 

For my family, I had to remake the chart to take into account the fact that my paternal grandparents (Jacob Garber and Dora Morris) were first cousins. Jacob's mother and Dora's father were siblings.

Holes in the Chart:

Morris (Mazewitsky) Y-DNA: I have not pursued this line yet, but I do have more than one Morris male relative to approach.

Wilson (Wilensky) Y-DNA: Soon to be accomplished. My cousin (a Wilson male) has just sent in his cheek swab test to FamilyTree DNA. Yes!

Liebross Y-DNA: I have asked some of my Liebross male cousins to test and have not yet received a yes (sigh).

Hoda Epstein Mt-DNA: I know of only one person I could approach on this (I missed my chance to ask her late mother to test). Right now I do not think the daughter is interested.

The other blanks cannot be pursued, at this point, unless I determine some additional collateral relatives on my tree.

Treasure Chest Thursday: Louis and Ida Feldman, FLPBA 1949 anniversary publication advertisement

Louis Feldman entered the United States at Boston under the name Leib Felgendler.[1] He traveled with his mother Feiga (Fannie) Barshak Felgendler and his siblings Abe and Sam and his cousin Jack Feigenblatt. A notation on the manifest indicated that Jack's parents had died. The family joined Louis' father Morris Feldman who had first immigrated to New York in 1904.[2]

Louis, a glazier, married Ida Bassowitz in Manhattan on 30 May 1925.[3] He and Ida settled in Brooklyn.[4]

They had Benjamin in March 1926 and Abram in July 1927.[5] Doris was born in about 1932.[6]

The Feldman family was actually from the larger community of Polonne, 10 miles northeast of Labun. Fannie's sister, Rivka (Rebecca) Barshak, was married to Labun native Avraham Malzmann (Abraham Maltman). The Maltman family emigrated to  NYC, as well. The Feldman family became active in the Labun landsmanshaft (First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Society) and several family members are buried in the Beth Moses Cemetery plot, Pinelawn, NY.

Notes:
1. "Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 2 February 2011), manifest, S.S. Manchuria, Danzig to Boston, arriving 21 February 1921, list 8, line 22, Leib Felgendler, citing NARA microfilm serial T938, roll 260.
2. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 12 February 2011), manifest, S.S. Belgravia, Hamburg to New York, arriving 1 July 1904, list 2, line 20, Moische Felendler, citing NARA microfilm serial T715, roll 472; Apparently, Morris must have traveled back to the old country several times before the family immigrated in 1921.
3. New York County, New York, marriage certificate no. 15244 (1925), Louis Feldman and Ida Bassowitz, 30 May 1925; New York City Municipal Archives.
4. 1925 New York State Census, Kings County, New York, enumeration of inhabitants, Brooklyn, assembly district 9, election district 9, page 3, entry 19, Louis Feldman; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 October 2015); New York State Archives, Albany.
1930 U.S. Census, Kings County, New York, population schedule, Brooklyn, enumeration district 24-1199, sheet 36A, dwelling 374, family 869, Louis and Ida Feldman family; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 4 October 2015); NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1511.
5. Louis Feldman petition for naturalization (1927), naturalization file no. 90126, Eastern District of New York; Record Group 21; Records of the District Courts of the United States; National Archives - Northeast Region, New York City.
6. 1940 U.S. Census, Kings County, New York, population schedule, Brooklyn, enumeration district 24-951, sheet 63B, household 231, Louis and Ida Feldman family; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 4 October 2015); NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 2570.

Treasure Chest Thursday: Herman Molthman family advertisement, 1949 FLPBA anniversary publication

Herman Molthman is part of a Malzmann family from Lubin/Labun who are likely related to me. So far I cannot tell how. I posted previously about this here. Herman and family also purchased an advertisement in the twenty fifth FLPBA anniversary publication.

My Malzmanns from Labun changed their name to Myers in the USA. Herman, eldest son of Benjamin Molthman and Fannie Bernstein, emigrated as Chaim Malzmann with his mother and sisters in 1910.[1] They, too, were from Labun. His father changed the surname to Molthman. His father's brother, Abraham, changed his last name to Maltman.

Chaim became Hyman and, eventually, Herman. Like his father (and so many other former Lubiners in New York City), Herman became a glazier.

On 6 July 1924, Herman married Sylvia Labovitz, daughter of Abraham Labovitz and Anna Sperling.[2] Herman and Sylvia has one child, Claire, born in 1925.[3] 

Herman and Sylvia eventually followed their daughter and her husband Jacob Berger out of New York City. Sylvia died on 4 September 1988 in Fulton County, Georgia.[4] Herman passed away on 19 November 1992 in Hendersonville, North Carolina.[5] They are buried in Arlington Memorial Park, Sandy Springs, Georgia.[6]

Notes:
1. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 February 2009), manifest, S.S. Cleveland, Hamburg to New York, arriving 4 January 1910, list 13, line 20, Feiga Malzmann, citing NARA Microfilm Serial T715, roll 1547.
2. Kings County, New York, marriage certificate no. 10412 (6 July 1924), Herman Molthman and Sylvia Labovitz; Municipal Archives, New York City.
3. Kings County, New York, 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Brooklyn, enumeration district 24-1701, sheet 1B, household 19, Herman, Sylvia and Claire Molthman; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 May 2014); NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 2590.
4. "Georgia Deaths, 1919-1998," index, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 June 2015), Sylvia Molthman, 4 September 1988; citing State of Georgia Health Department.
5. "North Carolina Death Indexes, 1908-2004," index, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 October 2013), entry for Herman Molthman, November 1992; citing North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Raleigh.
6. "Jewishgen Online Worldwide Burial Registry," index, JewishGen.org (http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/ : accessed 11 June 2015), entries for Herman Molthman and Sylvia Molthman.

Treasure Chest Thursday: Joseph Myers advertisement, FLPBA 25th anniversary publication

I shared a short biography and photograph of Joseph Myers (1889-1945) in an earlier post about the 25th anniversary publication for the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association. He was a glazier who had joined his brothers (Myer and Louis) in the United States, arriving in 1906.[1]

He married Rose Adler on 25 March 1913.[2] By 1936, when the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association celebrated its 25th anniversary, Joe and Rose had lost their second born, Marvin. They had a daughter Lillian (born 15 February 1914) and a son Eugene (born 10 August 1918).

Their home in 1936 was just around the corner from Joe's glass and picture framing shop at 590 3rd Avenue. Unfortunately, the buildings now at 155 E. 39th Street and 590 3rd Avenue are of more recent construction.

Notes:

1."New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 19 June 2009), manifest, Batavia, Hamburg to New York, arriving 16 November 1906, p. 18, line 10, Jossel Malzmann; citing National Archives Microfilm Serial T715, Roll 798.
2. New York County, New York, Certificate and Record of Marriage number 5284 (25 March 1913), Joseph Myers and Rose Adler, New York City Municipal Archives, New York.

Treasure Chest Thursday: Herman Molthman family, FLPBA 25th Anniversary publication

Herman Molthman, son of Benjamin and Fannie Bernstein Molthman, was born in Labun (aka Lubin), Volhynia Gubernia, Russian Empire. He arrived in the United States in 1910 as Chaim Malzmann accompanied by his mother Feige and sisters, Chusse and Rochel.[1] Like his father, he became a glazier in New York City. He supported the 1936 25th anniversary publication for the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association by purchasing this advertisement.

In July 1924 Herman married Sylvia Labovitz, a Romania immigrant.[2] They had their only child, a daughter, Claire, in 1925.[3]

Sylvia passed away on 4 September 1988. Herman died  on 19 November 1992 in Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina.[4] They are buried in Arlington Memorial Park, Sandy Springs, Georgia.[5]

Notes:
1. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 February 2009), manifest, S.S. Cleveland, Hamburg to New York, arriving 4 January 1910, list 13, lines 20-23, Feiga, Chusse, Chaim and Rochel Malzmann, citing National Archives Microfilm Serial: T715; Microfilm Roll: 1547.
2. Kings County, New York, certificate of marriage no. 10412 (1924), Herman Molthman and Sylvia Labovitz, 6 July 1924, Municipal Archives, New York.
3. Kings County, New York, U.S. District Court, Eastern District, Petition for Naturalization no. 202378 (16 July 1928); "Selected U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1790-1974," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 March 2015); citing NARA Series M1879, roll 772.
4. "North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908-2004" database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 October 2013); entry for Herman Molthman; citing North Carolina Department of Health.
5. "JewishGen OnLine Worldwide Burial Registry," database, JewishGen.org (http://www.jewishgen.org : accessed 11 March 2015), entries for Herman Molthman and Sylvia Molthman.

Tombstone Tuesday: Ida Bauman, Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, New York

The First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association, a New York City landsmanshaft group for immigrants from the town of Lubin (Yiddish name), also known as Labun, Russian Empire, purchased two burial plots in Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, NY and one in Beth Moses Cemetery, Pinelawn, NY.

Because many of these people constituted my Lubin relatives' friends, acquaintances and neighbors, I have recorded these burials and submitted them to JewishGen where they are online in the JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry. In posts about burials in these plots, I will provide additional information about those interred.

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Ida Bauman was the wife of Isidore Bauman and daughter of Benjamin and Fannie Bernstein Molthman. She arrived in the United States in 1913 as Chusse Malzmann, traveling with her mother Feige (Fannie), younger brother Chaim (Hyman or Herman), and younger sister Rochel (Ruth).[1]

Photo by E. Garber, 7 Sept 2008

Here lies 

Chasya daughter of Dov

Died 14 Adar II 5714

BELOVED WIFE

AND DEAR MOTHER

IDA

BAUMAN

DIED MARCH 9, 1954

AGE 59 YEARS

Ida Molthman married Isidore Bauman, whom she knew from their village in the Russian Empire (Lubin in Yiddish; Labun in Russian and Polish).[2] They had four children: Raymond, Shirley, Philip and Rebecca.[3]

Ida is buried in the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association plot, Block 89, Gate 156N, Line 7L, Grave 6.

Notes: 

1. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 7 February 2009), manifest, S.S. Cleveland, Hamburg to New York, arriving 4 January 1910, list 13, line 21, Chusse Malzmann, citing NARA microfilm publication T715, roll 1547.

2. New York County, New York, Certificate and Record of Marriage no. 1368 (8 January 1916). Isidore Bauman and Ida Molthman, Municipal Archives, New York, New York.

3. Bronx County, New York, 1930 U.S. Census, population schedule, Bronx, enumeration district 3-341, dwelling 55, family 296, sheet 14A, Isidor and Ida Bauman family; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 April 2009), NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1474.  

Treasure Chest Thursday: First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association 25th anniversary, Part 3

A few months ago I acquired copies of several pages of a publication printed in honor of the anniversary of the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association (FLPBA), a landsmanshaft (community organization) in New York City. Earlier posts on this publication may be found here and here.

I have been most excited about seeing, for the first time, photos of some of my relatives.  This post concerns a possible relative by marriage (Isidore Bauman) and his leadership message (in Yiddish) to the FLPBA membership.[1]

I uploaded this image of Isidore's text on ViewMate - a wonderful service provided by JewishGen and its awesome volunteer army. Within a few hours I had three volunteer translators collaborating to complete the translation.[2]

A greeting from the Vice President

Twenty-five years have flown by since I was still a young and joyful youngster, when destiny had thrown me with my whole being into this organization which celebrates its 25th jubilee.[3]

25 years! How quickly the years flew by!

The idealistic dedication and readiness to make sacrifices of those who are not with us anymore, the true devotion with which we all have put the foundations stone by stone and turned this organization into what it is today.

25 years ... quick! It was a long chain of happy, warm days, and also - sleepless nights, standing on guard for the interests of the members. I hope that none of us will stop his activities, and we all will continue to be devoted to the society and we will not forget our sisters and brothers who are still in Lubin. 

From the bottom of my heart I wish all the members and their families to live to celebrate the 50th anniversary.

Itzkhak Bauman

Similar to many such landsmanshaft (countrymen's) organizations, the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association provided benefits for the welfare and burial of their members. I, unfortunately, do not have any society papers documenting their many good works in the United States. In a later post I will discuss one of their projects for improving the lot of their brethren left in their home town Lubin.

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Notes:
1. Isidore, from Lubin, married fellow Lubiner Ida Molthman. Ida was the daughter of Benjamin Molthman, whose surname in the old country had been Malzman. All of my Myers relatives were also Malzmans from Lubin. Benjamin was also in the glass business for a short while with my great grandfather Isidore Morris, whose wife (my ggm) was Sarah Myers (Malzman) Morris. So, the relationship between Molthman and Myers was close, but still not completely understood.
2. Special thanks to Emma Karabelnik, Ite Doktorski and Ann B. Lnder for generously sharing their Yiddish skill and understanding and to JewishGen for starting and maintaining ViewMate.
3. Emma Karabelnik, in her translation, above, explains this idiom, noting that it directly translates as "with all my 248 organs." The Jewish Virtual Library discusses Jewish anatomy and says that 248 actually refers to bones in the body and follows rabbinic tradition in the Talmud.

Treasure Chest Thursday: Marriage of Evelyn Myers and Boris Paull

Evelyn Myers, the daughter of Myer and Yetta Myers, was born in New York City. Her parents and elder sister, Dorothy, were immigrants from Labun, Russian Empire.[1] Evelyn's father, Myer, was one of my great grandmother Sarah Myers Morris' brothers. So, Evelyn would have been my grandmother, Dora Moris Garber's first cousin (and my first cousin twice removed).

New York County, New York, Certificate and Record of Marriage no. 11131 (26 April 1927). Boris Paull and Evelyn Myers, Municipal Archives, New York, New York.

Items in red will be discussed further, below.
 
[1st page]
Groom: Boris Paul
Residence: 925 57th St.
Age: 29
Color: White
Single, Widowed or Divorced: single
Occupation: salesman
Birthplace: Russia
Father's Name: Peter
Mother's Maiden Name: Sophie Freedman
Number of Groom's Marriage: 5430

Bride: Evelyn Myers
Residence: 904 58th St.
Age: 19
Color: White
Single, Widowed or Divorced: single
Maiden Name, if a Widow: [blank]
Birthplace: Russia
Father's Name: Meyer
Mother's Maiden Name: Yetta Fell
Number of Bride's Marriage: 5430

I hearby certify that the above-named groom and bride were joined in Marriage by me, in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, at 298 Madison St. NY, in the borough of [left blank], City of New York, this 26th of April, 1927.

Signature of person performing the ceremony:
                                                        /s/ Rabbi Yeor Lerner
Official Station: 63 Montgomery Ave
Residence: 298 Madison St., N.Y.C.

Witnesses to }  Harry Shapiro
the Marriage }  55 E. 11th St., N.Y.C.
 
[2nd page]  
WE hereby certify that we are the Groom and Bride named in this Certificate, and that the information given therein is correct, to the best of our knowledge and belief.
                              /s/ Boris Paull  Groom
                              /s/ Evelyn Myers Bride  
Signed in the presence of  /s/ Rabbi Yeor Lerner
                                                /s/  Vivienne H. Barg 

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There are several interesting errors in this certificate compared to information known from other records. For comparison purposes, I  located the marriage license application on microfilm at the New York City Municipal Archives. This is my transcription:

Kings County, New York, Affidavit for License to Marry no. 5430 (6 April 1927; marriage date 26 April 1927 [two marriage dates on form: 15 Apr and 26 Apr. Based upon what appears to be written on marriage certificate 11131, correct date is 26 Apr 1927), Boris Paull and Evelyn Myers; "Brooklyn Marriage Licenses 1927, 5,300-6,199," Municipal Archives, New York City, microfilm roll K1927-410 MN 36410; transcription made from microfilmed image.

The first issue is the marriage date. It is difficult to read the date on the marriage certificate. There are two online indices of New York City marriages: one on Ancestry.com and one on ItalianGen.org. Both indicate that Boris Paull and Evelyn Myers married on 15 April 1927. The marriage license shows two different dates. 15 April 1927 is noted in the upper right corner of the affidavit. 26 April 1927 is shown (twice) in the text, below, where Rabbi Lerner and the two witnesses signed. Based upon a comparison of the relatively unintelligible date on the marriage certificate and the date written in the body of the license, I believe that 26 April was the correct date.

Boris' surname is spelled incorrectly on the top of the marriage certificate. Boris consistently spelled his surname with two Ls. His signature on page two of the certificate includes two Ls. 

Boris was born in the Russian Empire. The license adds the additional information that he was born in "Kerson," Russia. This could have been the gubernia (province) or community of Kherson, located on the Black Sea. 

Neither the groom nor the bride has been married 5430 times (!). This is the number assigned to the application for the marriage license.

Evelyn Myers was born in New York City, not Russia. While I have not yet located her birth certificate, the 1906 emigration of her mother and older sister, and subsequent census records indicate birth in New York. Her family members have told me she was born on 9 October 1907.

Yeor Lerner had been rabbi in Labun. I've seen his first name spelled in other records as Yoer or Yaer. He became a immigrant on 11 March 1921 when he landed in New York City on the S.S. Cedric.[2] 

Harry Shapiro was Evelyn's brother-in-law, her sister Dorothy's husband. 

Notes:

1. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 16 July 2009), manifest, Noordland, Antwerp to New York, arriving 9 April 1906, page A, line 05, Jette Meyers; citing National Archives Microfilm Serial T715, Microfilm Roll 689.

2. Yoer Lerner, Petition for Naturalization (1929), no. 161152, Southern District of New York; Records of the District Courts of the United States, record Group 21; National Archives - Northeast region, New York City. 

Tombstone Tuesday: Irving Maltman & Esther Goldstein Maltman

Irving Maltman, son of Abraham Maltman and Rebecca Maltman, and his sister Dora continued the family glass business after their father's death in 1927 at the age of 56. Irving was born in Labun (Lubin/Yurovshchina), Ukraine (then Russian Empire) and emigrated with his mother and sister in 1906.[1] 

Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, NY, Block 89, Gate 156N (First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association plot), Line 11R, Graves 1 & 2, Irving & Esther Maltman; photo by Emily Garber, 7 September 2008.

MALTMAN

1902     IRVING     1963

BELOVED HUSBAND AND FATHER

Yisrael son of Avraham

1911    ESTHER    1980

BELOVED MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER

Ester daughter of Avraham

Irving married Esther Goldstein on 19 January 1935.[2] Esther, born on 27 January 1911 in New York City, was the daughter of Abraham Goldstein and Molly Pecker.[3] Irving and Esther had two children, Allan and Susan. 

Notes:
1. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 16 July 2009), manifest, S.S. Noordland, Antwerp to New York, arriving 9 April 1906, list A, line 2, Srulek Malzmann, citing National Archives microfilm publication T715, roll 689.
2. Kings County, New York, Certificate and Record of Marriage no. 1861 (19 January 1935), Irving Maltman and Esther Goldstein, New York City Municipal Archives, New York.
3. Kings County, New York, Certificate of Death no. 156-80-317629 (11 November 1980), Esther Maltman, Bureau of Vital Records, Department of Health, New York City.

Tombstone Tuesday: Yetta Fell Myers

Yetta Fell married Myer Malzman, eldest child of David and Ida (Chaye) Myers, in about 1897 [1].

Here lies

YETTA

MYERS

DIED

OCT. 30, 1962

AGE 83 YEARS

Myer left for New York in 1902.[2] Yetta and their daughter Dwoire followed in 1906 accompanied by Riwke Malzmann (Rebecca Maltman) and her children.[3] The women identified their last residence as Polonne, 10 miles northeast of Myer's home town of Labun (Lubin or Yurovshchina).
 

In the 1910 U.S. Census, Yetta indicated that she'd had six children, three of whom were living.[4] Myer and Yetta ultimately had four daughters: Dorothy Myers Shapiro (born ca. 1899), Esther Myers Eisenberg (born ca. 1907), Evelyn Myers Paull (9 Oct 1907- 26 Feb 2004), and Mildred Myers Becker (born ca. 1911).

Sometime after 1930, Myer and Yetta retired to the Catskill Mountains in Monticello, New York. Myer died in Monticello in 1936. After Myer's death, Yetta moved back to the city and was recorded in the 1940 census living with her daughter Mildred and son-in-law Arthur Becker in Brooklyn [5].

Yetta is buried in the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association landsmanshaft plot at Montefiore Cemetery, Springfield Gardens, Queens, New York: Block 89, Gate 156N, Line 8L, Grave 4.

Notes:

1. 1910 U.S. Census, New York County, New York, population schedule, Manhattan, Enumeration District 898, sheet 8A, family 145, Meyer Meyers; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 04 March 2008).

2. "Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed: 20 September 2009), manifest, Lake Ontario, Liverpool to Montreal, Quebec, arriving 31 July 1902, Meyer Myers, citing Library and Archives of Canada. "Border Crossings: Canada to U.S., 1895-1954," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 09 May 2009), manifest, Quebec to St. Albans, New York, arriving 8 August 1902, Meyer Myer, citing National Archives Microfilm Publication: M1464; Microfilm Roll: 14; Record Group: 85; Line: 29; Page: 1.

3. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 16 July 2009), manifest, Noordland, Antwerp to New York, arriving 9 April 1906, Jette Meyers, citing National Archives Microfilm Serial: T715; Microfilm Roll: 689; Line: 05; Page Number: A. 

4. 1910 U.S. Census, New York Co., NY, pop. sched., Manhattan, E.D. 898, sheet 8A, fam. 145, Meyer Meyers.

5. 1940 U.S. Census, Kings County, New York, population schedule, Brooklyn, Enumeration District 299, sheet 17A, 1565 East 14th Street, lines 37-39, Arthur Becker; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 May 2013).