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| 1851 | NAME: Donald (called Don) N. Levy. [Source: Harriet Shulmister email of Sep 2002.] OCCUPATION: Advertising, his company is Levy Advertising, Birmingham, AL. [Source: Don Shulmister email of Mar 2003.] | Levy, Don (Donald) N. (I10101)
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| 1852 | NAME: Donald Edward May. [Source: Phyllis Weinstein, family chart of Oct 1998.] | May, Donald Edward (I9991)
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| 1853 | NAME: Elizabeth Somerstein. [Source: Phyllis Weinstein, family chart of Oct 1998.] | Somerstein, Elizabeth (I10033)
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| 1854 | NAME: Elsie May. [Source: Phyllis Weinstein, family chart of Oct 1998.] | May, Elsie (I9987)
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| 1855 | NAME: Golda Meilach, born in another town (not Gostini), Latvia. [Source: taped interview with Celia Grusin Danenberg, March 1977.] MARRIAGE: Bef 1923. Golda Meilach married Mela Skolnick before Beila May (Meilach) immigrated to the United States in 1923. [Source: Memoirs of Beilah Feigelson, Birmingham Public Library, transcription of a taped interview 29 Jun 1980, Call #CenLH Sou F335 .J5 F44 1980.] FAMILY NOTES: Before 1941, she and her husband lived at 31 Marijas Street, Riga (an area where well-off Jews lived before WWII. During the war, they moved to the Jewish ghetto and lived at 51 Maskavas St with Samuel (Schmuel) Manevich and his family. [Source: Sam Manevich notes of 1998.] DEATH: 1941. Probably shot in the massacre in forest near Plavinas, called Kakishu Purva ("Place of Massacre") in 1941. [Source: Eugene Feigelson, March 25, 1992 document on trip to Latvia.] Plavinas, Killed By Nazis, Latvia | Meilach, Golda (I10081)
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| 1856 | NAME: Helen May. [Source: Phyllis Weinstein, family chart of Oct 1998.] RESIDENCE: 1998. Living in Miami, FL. [Source: Phyllis Weinstein, family chart of Oct 1998.] | May, Helen (I9981)
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| 1857 | NAME: Henry [later went by Henri] Grusin, born in Glazmanka, Latvia. [Source: Family Tree drawn up by Ben Grusin and daughter, Celia, in Jan 1977; sister, Celia Danenberg interview, 1977; Phyllis Weinstein, phone call of Aug 1998; and Social Security Application.] BIRTH: 28 Feb 1895 [Julian calendar]. Genoch Gruzin, son of Yankel Morduch Yankelevitch Gruzin and his wife, Chana, born in Glazmanka, Latvia. Note: 28 Feb 1895 Julian calendar is 12 Mar 1895 Gregorian calendar. [Source: Genealogy report from the Latvian State Archives, November 2001, #3-G-8339; 3-G-9103.]BIRTH: Abt 1885. Genoch Gruzin, son of Motel Jankelev Gruzin, born in Glazmanka. Based on age of 2 in 1896. [Source: See 1897 Census below.]BIRTH: 17 May 1895. Henry Grusin, born in Dvinsk, Latvia. [See 1916 Naturalization record.]BIRTH PLACE: 17 Mar 1897. Henri Grusin; Glazmanka, Latvia. [See WWI Draft registration of 1917; and 1953 Social Security Application.BIRTH PLACE: Henry Gruson, born in Riga, Latvia. [See 1920 Census of Alabama.] CENSUS: 1897: Genoch Gruzin, son of Motel Jankelev Gruzin, 2 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.] APPRENTICESHIP: 9 Sep 1910, the master watchmaker, Sholom Botvinnik, who lived in Riga at Mitavskaya St 29, asked the police district of Riga to allow his pupil, Genoch [Henri] Yankelev-Motelev Gruzin, son of Yankel Mutel Gruzin, born 28 Feb 1895 [Julian calendar], citizen of Glazmanka [Dankere, now called Gostini], to study in Riga. The request was granted. The contract between master watchmaker Shyloma Peisakhov Botvinnik and Isachar Ber Movshevitch Zusman, the trustee of Genoch [Henri] Gruzin, who lived in Riga at Bolshaya Korolevskaya St 37. 1) Sholom Botvinnik should teach Genoch [Henri] Gruzin the watchmaker craft for a term of 3 years. 2) Sholom should have a good attitude to Genoch and give him the watchmaker test at the end of his studies. In 1911, Genoch Gruzin lived in Riga at Reznitsaksys St 16/18. [Source: Riga Police District File, started 9 Sep 1910, Latvian State Historical Archives, Fond #51-1-21316, Latvian State Historical Archives, from Aleksandrs Feigmanis Genealogy Report of Nov 2001.] RESIDENCE: 1911. Genoch Gruzin lived in Riga at Reznitsaksys St 16/18. [Source: See Riga Police District File above.] FAMILY NOTES: Henri worked as a jeweler in Glazmanka. He played the fiddle and violin. He wrote a book, but there wasn't enough money to publish it. [Source: taped interview with sister, Celia Danenberg, March 1977.] He also painted. [Source: Cindy Schick email of Jan 2001.] IMMIGRATION: 24 Mar 1912. Henach Gruzin, 17 years old, born in Glajnouhi [Glazmanka], Russia [Latvia]. Shop Assistant. Can read & write. Last permanent residence: Glazmanka. Sailed on SS Campania, leaving Liverpool, England on 16 Mar 1912 and arriving at New York City on 24 Mar 1912. Closest relative in Glazmanka is his father, Mr. Gruzin. Going to his brother, S. H. Gruzin, 103 N 16th St, Birmingham, AL. 5â?™4â?, Dark completion, Black hair, Brown eyes. Has $16 in possession; passage paid by self. [Source: 24 Mar 1912 Shipâ?™s Manifest, SS Campania, Vol 4039, Group 55 [number at bottom left]/ 26 [number at top right], Line 26, LDS Film #1400509.] FAMILY NOTES: Two years after his brother, Sam, immigrated to Birmingham, AL, Henri came. [Actually Sam came in 1906 and Henri in 1912.] He went to Dora, Walker Co, Alabama, and lived for a short while with his uncle and aunt, Gerson and Fannie May. Then Henri moved to Birmingham, where he lived in an apartment with his brother, Sam. Their landlady, Rebecca Jaffee, lived there, too. [Source: taped interview with sister, Celia Danenberg, March 1977.] NATURALIZATION: 7 June 1916, Henry Grusin filed a Declaration of Intention to become naturalized. 21 years old, Watchmaker, born in Dvinsk, Russia on 17 May 1895. Fair complexion, 5'2" tall, weight 115 lbs, brown hair and eyes. Residence: 1620 11th Ave No, Birmingham, AL. Emigrated to U.S. from Liverpool, England on the SS Companion, arriving in New York on 18 Apr 1912. [Actually the SS Campania on 24 Mar 1912.] Last residence was Riga, Latvia. [Source: US District Court, Northern District, Birmingham, AL; Naturalization Declaration of Intention, #721, Page 121, Filed 7 June 1916, LDS #1481403, Item 7. Note: His 1920 Census says he was naturalized in 1919, but I could find no record in Alabama for Henry having completed the naturalization process.] WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION: 5 Jun 1917: Henry Grusin, 22 years old; born 17 May 1895, in Glazmanka, Vitebsk, Russia [Latvia]. Hebrew. Residence 1620 11th St No, Birmingham, AL. Alien; first papers [for Naturalization] out. Occupation: Watchmaker. Business: F. W. Bromberg, Birmingham, AL. Dependent. Single. Short height and build, brown eyes, black hair; no loss of limb or other disability. [Source: WWI Draft Registration, Order #17, Serial #646 (2745), Precinct 37, District C, Birmingham, AL, Reel #AL-83, LDS #1509354, 5 Jun 1917.] MILITARY: Henri fought in World War I. [Source: Cindy Schick email of Dec 2000; and photo of Henri in his WWI uniform, photo in possession of Phyllis Weinstein, 1998.] CENSUS: 1920 Alabama. Henry [Grusin], 25 years old, Watchmaker at Limehan [sp?=employer]. Lives with parents, Joseph [Yankel Mutel], 65 years old, in Birmingham, AL, and Annie [Chana], 58 years old; and sister, Celia, 23 years old, Bookkeeper in a Shoe Store. Yankel, Chana, and Celia came to the U.S. in 1914 and 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? or Dvinsk?], Latvia. [Source: AL Census 1920, Birmingham, Jefferson County, ED 55, Vol 47, Sheet 8B, Lines 71-75, Supervisor's District 9; Precinct 37.] FAMILY NOTES:1920s-1930s: Henri lived for a while with Sam and Jennye Grusin's family in Evansville, IN where he met Rosabelle De Poister and eventually eloped with her. They moved to Littleton, CO and had little contact with the Grusin family, although Henri occasionally wrote to Jennye Grusin. Henri and Rosabelle had 3 children, David and Don, who are now quite famous musicians and composers, and a daughter who was adopted. [Source: Phyllis Grusin Weinstein, phone call of Aug 1998.] MARRIAGE: 7 Nov 1932: Henri Grusin married Rosabelle DePayster, in Denver Colorado. Offical performing ceremony was Henry S. Lindsley, Justice of the Peace, Danver. Ages of bride and groom were not given. [Source: 7 Nov 1932, Denver Index to Marriages, Certificate #A1682, 349 [written in upper left-hand corner], LDS Film #1690083.] FAMILY NOTES: 1952: Henri owned a jewelry shop: Henri's Jewelry Shop, 135 East Main, Littleton, CO. [Source: Letter from Henri Grusin to Sam Manevich, 12 Dec 1952.] RESIDENCE: 24 Feb 1953. 169 N. Lincoln, Littleton, CO. [Source: Social Security Application.] DEATH: May 1967, in Littleton, Arapahoe, CO 80120. Born 17 March 1897 [Naturalization says 17 May 1895]. Social Security #523-44-2437. Issued in Colorado. [Source: Social Security Death Index.] | Grusin, Henri (Henry-Genoch) (I10146)
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| 1858 | NAME: Jamie Somerstein. [Source: Sy & Helen Somerstein email of Sep 2002.] | Somerstein, Jamie (I10040)
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| 1859 | NAME: Jankel Movshev Gruzin [later changed to Benny Grusin], son of Movsha Aron Gruzin, born in Glazmanka. [Source: See 1897 Census below.]NAME: Benjamin (Yontel) Grusin. [Source: Barbara Goldberg note of Jan 2003.] BIRTH DATE question: [Note: I am using the Naturalization date of birth of 15 Jan 1884.] 1877: 1897 Latvian census says he was 20 years old. 1882, 15 Oct: Marshall Hyatt email of Aug 1998. 1882, 15 Jan: Phyllis Weinstein letter of Sep 1998. 1883, 15 Oct: WWI Draft Registration 1884, 15 Jan: Born in Glasmanky, [Glazmanka], Russia [Latvia]. Naturalization record, 1912 and 1916. 1884: Manifest on arrival in the US says he was 26 years old in 1910 1884: Recollections tape recorded in 1977 says he was 21 when he went into the Russian Army, which would be about 1903. 1884: 1920 US Census says he was 36 years old. 1884: Family tree drawn by Benny Grusin and daughter, Celia, in 1985 CENSUS: 1897: Jankel Movshev Gruzin, 20 years old, born in Glazmanka. Occupation: ragman [in "trade with rags".] Can read and write Yiddish. Living with parents. Residence: Lesnaja (Forest) I St, in the house of Kahn. Age is stated approximately for 1896. [Source: 1897 Latvian State Census, Latvian State Historical Archives, Fond #2706-1-99-770.] FAMILY NOTES: Benny's father started a hosiery factory in the house. Benny (Yontel) worked making hose until he was 21. Then, in 1903, he had to go into the Russian army. The army sent him to Plutz, Poland in a marksmen battalion, but he couldn't see well enough to shoot. Later the Russian army sent him to Warsaw, Poland in tailoring unit, and then sent him back to Plutz, Poland. When the Russian Japanese War broke out in 1904, he was going to be sent to Manchuria. The night before he was to leave, his brother-in-law, Hershel Feigelson, got him away by train to Bessie's [Nissan Gruson's daughter] sister (which sister?) in Kurland [Courland], on the Baltic Sea, where he hid for 6 weeks. Then he went to Aunt Bessie's other sister (which sister?) in Kourland [Courland]. He had everyone call him Herschel so he wouldn't be caught, identified, and sent back to the army. Later, he changed his name to Benny. Then he left Latvia, went to Germany, and, from Hamburg, Germany, sailed to Dublin, Ireland. He arrived after Jack (Jacob/Yankel) Gruson, but before Harry Gruson. When his cousins Harry and Louis Gruson arrived, the 3 of them became peddlers. [Source: Transcript of tape-recorded story told by Ben Grusin in Jan 1977.] IMMIGRATION: 1904: Immigrated to Dublin, Ireland. [Source: See Family Notes above.] MARRIAGE: Date question: 26 Sept 1909 [Reception invitation] or 23 Nov 1909 [Marriage registration]? MARRIAGE: 26 Sept 1909: Benny's father, Masharen, arranged the marriage of Benny and Nettie May [Necha Meilach]. Nettie was living and working in a store in Riga at the time. She immigrated to Dublin, and 2 months later, they were married. Abe and Jane (Gruson) Taylor, and Harry and Edith Gruson, sponsored the wedding. It was held at 25 Greenville Terrace, Dublin. Name on wedding announcement was spelled Gruson, not Grusin. [Source: Transcript of tape-recorded story told by Ben Grusin in Jan 1977 and photo of tray engraved with the wedding announcement. Barbara Goldberg has the tray. 1998.] MARRIAGE: 23 Nov 1909. Benny Grusen [Grusin] and Netta Malough [Meilach] in Dublin; Registration District: 3 South City, Dublin South. Benny Grusen: 'Full' age; Dealer in Antiques; of 25 Greenville Terrace; Bachelor; Father's name is Moses Aaron Grusen, Draper. Netta Malough [Meilach]: 'Full' age; No occupation; of 25 Greenville Terrace; Spinster; Father's name is Pilot Malough [Meilach], Draper. Married in Registrar's Office, Dublin. Witnesses: B. Jaffe and H. [Harry] Grusen [Gruson]. [Source: Ireland Marriage Registration, General Records Office, Dublin, 4th Quarter, Dec 1909, Page 587, Certificate #86, Vol 2.] OCCUPATION: Dealer in Antiques. [Source: See 1909 Marriage registration.] RESIDENCE: 1909: 25 Greenville Terrace, Dublin. [Source: See 1909 Marriage registration.] IMMIGRATION: 1 April 1910: Bennie Grusen [Grusin], 26 years old, immigrated to United States, with wife, Neka, on SS Adriatic from Queenstown (Ireland?) on 24 Mar 1910 to New York, arriving on 1 Apr 1910. Last permanent residence was Dublin, Ireland. Closest relative was father, Moses Grusin, in Glasmenkey (Glazmanka), Witesk [Vitesk Province], Russia. Going to Dora, Alabama. Closest relative in US was brother-in-law, Mr. G. May [Gershon May]. Height: 5'7", dark complexion, dark hair, blue eyes. Benny had $50 in his possession. Paid for passage himself. [Source: Soundex to Passenger Lists, 1902-1945, Microfilm #1379750. Ship's manifest, Group #38, Line 8, Microfilm #1400127.] IMMIGRATION: April 1909 [actually April 1910]. Dora, Alabama: Went to Dora, Alabama to join his brother-in-law, Mr. Gerson May [Meilach], his wife's brother. [Source: Transcript of tape-recorded story told by Ben Grusin in Jan 1977.]IMMIGRATION: 1910: Gerson May, Nettie's brother, was well established in business in Alabama. He helped Bennie and Nettie Gruson immigrate from Ireland to Alabama. [Source: Celia Gruson Goldberg letter of Oct 10, 1988.] CENSUS: 1910, Alabama: Bennie Grusin, age 26. He and his wife, Nettie, age 25, live with Nettie's brother, Garrison [Gerson] May. Residence: 354 Democrat Rd, Sipsey, Walker County, AL. Occupation: Peddler, Dry Goods. Says he and wife immigrated to the US in 1910. Alien. Both born in Russia and both are able to read & write English. [Source: Apr 23, 1910 Census: Reel 36, Vol 110, ED 183, Sheet 17a, Line 26-27, Spvr District 6, Beat 13 Township.] OCCUPATION: Peddler; later General Store Merchant. He and Nettie peddled goods from town to town in a horse-drawn wagon. When they had saved enough money, they opened a store in Sipsey, Walker Co, AL, where they remained for the next 50 years. Went to the synagogue in Birmingham, AL. They kept a kosher house (kashruth), and went to the synagogue in Birmingham. [Source: Letter from Celia Grusin Goldberg in Oct 1988.] OCCUPATION: "Benny Grusin, a Latvian Jew who opened a small retail business in Sipsey, Alabama." [Source: quote from Ruth D. Scheinberg, "The Pekl: Folk Histories of Jewish Peddlers in the South 1890-1914" Unpublished MA thesis, Emory University, 1980, page 61; Also quoted in Mina Surasky Trop, "Memoirs--Mostly about a South Carolina Childhood", Jewish Currents 24, Feb 1980.] NATURALIZATION: 3 Sep 1912 and 18 May 1916, Bennie Grusin filed a Declaration of Intention 3 Sep 1912, 28 years old; and Petition for Naturalization, 18 May 1916. Merchant. Born 15 Jan 1884 in Glasmanky, [Glazmanka], Russia [Latvia]. Dark complexion, 5'8" tall, weight 135 lbs, black hair and brown eyes. Residence: Creel (?), AL. Emigrated to U.S. from Queenstown, Ireland on the SS Adriatic, arriving in New York City on 2 Apr 1910. Confirmed by Ellis Island, US Dept of Labor, arrived on 1 Apr 1910. Last residence was Dublin, Ireland. Wife: Nettie, born in Glazmanka. Children: Isaac 17 Apr 1910 in Dora, AL; Phillip, 2 Nov 1912; Creel, AL; and Leon, 17 Dec 1914; Sipsey. Witnesses: S. H. Grusin [Sam] and Abe Levine, both Salesman, Birmingham, AL. [Source: US District Court, Northern District, Birmingham, AL; Naturalization Declaration of Intention, #247, Page 147, Filed 3 Sep 1912, LDS #1481403, Item 4. Naturalization Petition for Naturalization, #452, Pg 52, Filed 18 May 1916, LDS #2026146.] WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION: 12 Sep 1918: Benny Grusin, 34 years old; born 15 Oct 1883. Residence Rte 1, Jasper, Walker, Co, AL. Occupation: Merchant, Self-employed. Business: Rte 1, Jasper, AL. Nearest relative: Nettie Grusin, wife, same address. [Source: WWI Draft Registration, Order #1290, Serial #3954, Reel #AL-83, LDS #1473282, 12 Sep 1918.] CENSUS: 1920 Alabama. Bennie Grusom [Benny Grusin], 36 years old, own home, Sipsey, Walker Co, AL. Occupation: Merchant, owns a Retail Store. Came, with wife, to the United States in 1910. Naturalized in 1916. Living with wife, Nettie, 36 years old; and children: Isaak [Isaac], 9 years old; Phillip [Philip], 7 years old; Leon, 5 years old; Ceillie [Celia], 3 years 1 month old; and Bertha [Bessie], 1 year 0 months old. Also in home: Brother, sister-in-law, and niece: Sim [Sholem] Grusom [Grusin], 39 years old; and Janie [Janice], 33 years old; and Bertha, 12 years old. Sim and Janie came to the U.S. in 1905. Alien; not naturalized. Sim is a Salesman in a Retail Store. Bertha was born in Connecticut. Also in home: Father and mother of Bennie Grusin: Moses Aaron Grusom [Grusin], 68 years old; and Rebecca, 65 years old. Everyone can read, write, and speak English except for Moses and Rebecca. Benny, Nettie, Sholem, Janie, Moses and Rebecca were born in Russia. [Source: AL Census 1920, Sipsey, Walker County, ED 114, Vol 88, Sheet 15A [12A is crossed out and 15A written in], Lines 1-13, Supervisor's District 10.] CENSUS: 1930, AL: Benny Grusin, 46 years old, born in Riga, Latvia, Russia. Married when he was 27 and his wife 27 years old. Residence: no address given, Bryan & Sipsey Mining District, Precinct 15, Walker Co, AL. Owns own home; value $500. Has a radio. Occupation: Owner, Retail Merchant. Immigrated in 1910; Naturalized, can read and write. Living with wife, Nettie, 46 years old, born in Latvia, immigrated in 1910, Naturalized; and with children, all born in AL and all in School: Isaac, 18 years old; Phillip, 16 years old; Leon, 14 years old; Celia, 12 years old; Bessie, 10 years old; and Jeannett [Jeanette], 9 years old. Also living with them are Bennyâ?™s mother and father, both born in Riga, Latvia, Immigrated in 1914, Alien: Moses A., 75 years old, married when he was 26, can read and write; and Rebecca, 70 years old, married when she was 21, can not read and write. [Source: 11 Apr 1930 Census: Reel 626-52, ED 23, Sheet 16A, Lines 12-21, Spvr District 1, Precinct 15; ancestry.com image 31.] SOCIAL SECURITY: 3 June 1952. Bennie Grusin, born 5 Oct 1895, in Glazmanky [Glazmanka], Russia [Latvia]. 66 years old at last birthday. Residence: Sipsey, Alabama. Employer: Self, Store in Sipsey, Alabama. Father: M.A. Grusin (dead). Mother: Rebica Grusin. Social Security #417-44-5811. [Source: Social Security Application form.] RESIDENCE: 1970: After his wife, Nettie, died, he went to live with his son and daughter-in-law, Isaac and Lottie Grusin, in Birmingham. [Source: Obituary written by Celia Grusin Goldberg, published in Birmingham Jewish Star, Dec 1978, Page 3.] DEATH: 1978, Bennie Grusin. Birmingham, Alabama. Gives date of birth as 1884. SS #417-44-5811. [Source: Social Security Death Index.] DEATH: 1 Sept 1978, in Birmingham, Alabama. [Source: Harriet Shulmister email of Dec 2001.] BURIAL: 2 Sep 1978. Buried in Knesseth-Beth-El Cemetery in Birmingham, AL. Old Section, Lot 065, Grave 1. [Source: Jewish Cemetery Project, Jewishgen web site and email from AL cemetery coordinator, Fred Ward, Oct 2000.] | Grusin, Benny (Jankel Moshev) (I10098)
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| 1860 | NAME: Joy Barick. [Source: Phyllis Weinstein, family chart of Oct 1998.] | Barick, Joy (I9982)
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| 1861 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Boyar, Karyn (I10044)
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| 1862 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Wilkinson, Ken (Kenneth) Ian (I10097)
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| 1863 | NAME: Lori Somerstein. [Source: Phyllis Weinstein, family chart of Oct 1998.] | Somerstein, Lori (I9998)
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| 1864 | NAME: Lottie Seiderman. [Source: Marshall Hyatt email of Aug 1998.] NAME: Lottie Sederman. [Source: Marriage record of 1940.] MARRIAGE: 21 Jan 1940. Isaac Grusin and Lottie Sederman, in Jasper, Walker Co, AL. Isaac Grusin; born 17 Aug 1910, in Empire, AL. 29 years old; Merchant. Residence: Sipsey, AL. Father: B. Grusin; Mother: Nettie May. Lottie Sederman, born 8 Mar 1905, in Poland. 34 years old; Clerk. Residence: 1608 11th Place South, Birmingham, AL. Father: H. Sederman; Mother: not listed. First marriage for both. Performed by Rabbi Abraham J. Mesch, 1301 S. 22nd, Birmingham. [Source: Alabama Marriage Records, Certificate #1938, License issued 20 Jan 1938, Book 41, Pg 256, LDS #1877253.] DEATH: 17 Aug 1993, Birmingham, AL. [Source: Harriet Shulmister letter of Mar 2001.] BURIAL: 18 May 1993, Birmingham, AL. [Source: Harriet Shulmister letter of Mar 2001.] | Seiderman, Lottie (I10175)
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| 1865 | NAME: Louisa Laurie. [Source: Barbara Goldberg letter of Jan 2003.] | Laurie, Louisa (I10045)
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| 1866 | NAME: Maishe, called Morris, Meilach. Changed name to May when came to the U.S. [Source: Family Tree drawn up by Ben Grusin and daughter, Celia, in Jan 1977.] BIRTH: Jun 1907. Mosus Meilach, born in Glazmanka, Latvia. [Source: Ship's Manifest 1923, see Immigration below.]BIRTH: 4 Jun 1905. Morris May born in Glazmanka, Latvia. [Source: Social Security Application.] FAMILY NOTES: Abt 1908. Maishe was about 3 years old when his father died. [Source: taped interview with Celia Grusin Danenberg, March 1977.] IMMIGRATION: 7 Aug 1923. Mosus [Maishe] Meilach, 16y 2mo, scholar, with sister Beila Meilach, age 19yr, scholar, arrived in New York having sailed on the steamer, SS Polonia, steerage class, from Libau (now called Liepaja; SE of Riga), Latvia, on 25 Jul 1923. Last residence and birthplace was Glasmanka; nationality, Latvian; race, Hebrew. Final destination: Sipsey, AL to Uncle Benny Grusin. Passage paid by Uncle. Never before in U.S. 4ft 8in, dark complexion, dark hair, brown eyes. Released to HIA (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society). [Source: Ships Passenger List, Group 5, List 5, www.ellisislandrecords.org, frame 0854 & 0853.] IMMIGRATION: Immigrated to the U.S. Came with his sister, Beila, on the S.S. Washington to Castle Gardens, New York. [Actually on the S.S. Polonia to Ellis Island.]. HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) picked them up. Her older brother, Leon, met them and they took the train to Birmingham, Alabama. [Source: Memoirs of Beilah Feigelson, Birmingham Public Library, transcription of a taped interview 29 Jun 1980, Call #CenLH Sou F335 .J5 F44 1980.] SOCIAL SECURITY APPLICATION: 3 Dec 1936. Morris May. 31 years old, born 4 Jun 1905, in Gostini [Glazmanka], Latvia. Residence: 1524 N 11th Ave, Birmingham, AL. Employer: J. Jaffe Auto Parts Co, 1519 N 8th Ave, Birmingham, AL. Applied in Alabama. Social Security #418-05-4782. [Source: 3 Dec 1936 Social Security Application.] DEATH: 22 May 1977, Birmingham, AL. Never married. [Source: Phyllis Grusin Weinstein, Oct 1998.] BURIAL: 25 May 1977. Buried in Knesseth-Beth-El Cemetery in Birmingham, AL. Old Section, Lot 068, Grave 1. [Source: Jewish Cemetery Project, Jewishgen web site and email from AL cemetery coordinator, Fred Ward, Oct 2000.] | May, Morris (Maishe) (Meilach) (I10010)
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| 1867 | NAME: Marcelle Worton. [Source: Phyllis Weinstein, family chart of Oct 1998.] | Worton, Marcelle (I9985)
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| 1868 | NAME: Mark Lebow. [Source: Phyllis Weinstein, family chart of Oct 1998.] Is name spelled Libow? | Lebow, Mark (I10034)
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| 1869 | NAME: Mark Somerstein. [Source: Phyllis Weinstein, family chart of Oct 1998.] | Somerstein, Mark (I9999)
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| 1870 | NAME: Marla Beth Somerstein. [Source: Phyllis Weinstein, family chart of Oct 1998.] | Somerstein, Marla Beth (I10001)
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| 1871 | NAME: Masei Pranikov, born in Riga, Latvia. Called Mosey. [Source: Family Tree drawn up by Ben Grusin and daughter, Celia, in Jan 1977, and Sam Manevich, notes of Aug 1998.]BIRTH: Meishe Pryanikov, born in Kraslava, Latvia (137.7 miles ESE of Riga). Son of Josef Pryanikov and Liebe [last name not known]. [Source: Leon Koll email of Jul 2004; webmaster of Pryanikov website: http://capital.lk.net/~leonkoll/pryanikov] EXILED: Mid-1940s: Exiled to Siberia by the Russians. Survived and came to the US. Died in the US. [Source: Eugene Feigelson, March 25, 1992 document on trip to Latvia.] DEAD: Died in Cincinnati, OH. [Source: Sam Manevich notes of Aug 1998.] | Pranikov, Mosey (Meishe, Masei) (I10012)
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| 1872 | NAME: Mela Skolnick. [Source: taped interview with Celia Grusin Danenberg, March 1977.] MILITARY: Was in the Russian army from the Ukraine, but after the army left Riga, he stayed on and became an accountant. [Source: Memoirs of Beilah Feigelson, Birmingham Public Library, transcription of a taped interview 29 Jun 1980, Call #CenLH Sou F335 .J5 F44 1980.] OCCUPATION: Businessman. [Source: Eugene Feigelson, March 25, 1992 document on trip to Latvia.] DEATH: 1941. Probably shot in the massacre in forest near Plavinas, called Kakishu Purva ("Place of Massacre") in 1941. [Source: Eugene Feigelson, March 25, 1992 document on trip to Latvia.] Plavinas, Killed By Nazis, Latvia | Skolnick, Mela (I10019)
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| 1873 | NAME: Name was Necha Meilach, but when she immigrated to Ireland, it became Nettie May. [Source: Transcript of tape-recorded story told by Ben Grusin in Jan 1977.] Note: Name on marriage certificate in Dublin, Ireland was Nettie Melock. BIRTH: 15 Oct 1881. Nettie May. [Source: See Death Certificate below. Information given by Ben Grusin in 1970. Note: he said she was born in Riga, Latvia, but on his 1916 Naturalization record, he said she was born in Glazmanka, Latvia.]BIRTH: 1884-1885. Based on being 25 when immigrated in Apr 1910 and 36 on Jan 1920 Census of Alabama.BIRTH: Born in Glazmanka, Latvia. [Source: Benny Grusin's 1916 Naturalization record.] FAMILY NOTES: 1909: Worked in her brother's, Scheitze Meilach. Working in a store in Riga. Benny's father, Masharen, arranged the marriage through a sheddah (marriage arranger). Nettie came to Ireland in June or July 1909, and brought $600 with her. They were married 2 months later, in Sep 1909. [Source: Transcript of tape-recorded story told by Ben Grusin in Jan 1977.] FAMILY NOTES: After her brother, Scheitze Meilach, died (in abt 1908), she moved in with his wife and 6 children to run the family store in Glazmanka, Latvia. [Source: Memoirs of Beilah Feigelson, Birmingham Public Library, transcription of a taped interview 29 Jun 1980, Call #CenLH Sou F335 .J5 F44 1980.] MARRIAGE: 23 Nov 1909. Benny Grusen [Grusin] and Netta Malough [Meilach] in Dublin; Registration District: 3 South City, Dublin South. Benny Grusen: 'Full' age; Dealer in Antiques; of 25 Greenville Terrace; Bachelor; Father's name is Moses Aaron Grusen, Draper. Netta Malough [Meilach]: 'Full' age; No occupation; of 25 Greenville Terrace; Spinster; Father's name is Pilot Malough [Meilach], Draper. Married in Registrar's Office, Dublin. Witnesses: B. Jaffe and H. [Harry] Grusen [Gruson]. [Source: Ireland Marriage Registration, General Records Office, Dublin, 4th Quarter, Dec 1909, Page 587, Certificate #86, Vol 2.] IMMIGRATION: 1 April 1910: Neka Grusen [Grusin], 25 years old, immigrated to United States, with husband, Bennie, on SS Adriatic from Queenstown (Ireland?) on 24 Mar 1910 to New York, arriving on 1 Apr 1910. Last permanent residence was Dublin, Ireland. Closest relative was father, Paliet Myler [Palet Meilach], in Glasmenkey (Glazmanka), Witesk, Russia. Going to Dora, Alabama. Closest relative in US was brother, G. (Gerson) May. Height: 5'4", fair complexion, black hair, blue eyes. Had $50 in her possession. Paid for passage herself. [Source: Soundex to Passenger Lists, 1902-1945, Microfilm #1379750. Ship's manifest, Group #38, Line 9, Microfilm #1400127.] CENSUS: 1910, Alabama: Nettie Grusin, age 25. She and her husband, Bennie, age 26, live with Nettie's brother, Garrison May. Residence: 354 Democrat Rd, Sipsey, Walker County, AL. Occupation: Peddler, Dry Goods. Says she and her husband immigrated to the US in 1910. Alien. Both are able to read & write English. [Source: Apr 23, 1910 Census: Reel 36, Vol 110, ED 183, Sheet 17a, Line 26-27, Spvr District 6, Beat 13 Township.] CENSUS: 1920 Alabama. Nettie Grusom [Grusin], 36 years old. Lives with husband, Bennie Grusom [Benny Grusin], 36 years old, in Sipsey, Walker Co, AL; children, Isaak [Isaac], Phillip [Philip], Leon, Cellie [Celia], and Bertha [Bessie], brother-in-law Sholem Grusin and wife Janice, and parents-in-law Moses and Rebecca. Benny said he was naturalized in 1916. Everyone can read, write, and speak English except for Moses and Rebecca. Benny, Nettie, Sholem, Janice, Moses and Rebecca were born in Russia. [Source: AL Census 1920, Sipsey, Walker County, ED 114, Vol 88, Sheet 15A (12A is crossed out and 15A written in), Lines 1-13, Supervisor's District 10.] CENSUS: 1930, AL: Nettie Grusin, 46 years old, born in Riga, Latvia, Russia. Married when she was 27 and her husband 27 years old. Residence: no address given, Bryan & Sipsey Mining District, Precinct 15, Walker Co, AL. Immigrated in 1910; Naturalized, can read and write. Living with her husband, Benny, and with children: Isaac, Phillip, Leon, Celia, Bessie, and Jeanette. Also living with them are Bennyâ?™s mother and father: Moses and Rebecca Grusin. [Source: 11 Apr 1930 Census: Reel 626-52, ED 23, Sheet 16A, Lines 12-21, Spvr District 1, Precinct 15; ancestry.com image 31.] DEATH: 14 Feb 1970. Mrs. Nettie May Grusin, died 14 Feb 1970, 88 years old. Place of death: St. Luke Nursing Home, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL. Usual residence: 2704 Caldwell Ave South, Birmingham, AL. Date of birth: 15 Oct 1881, in Riga, Latvia (Russia). Citizen of USA. Housewife. Father's name: Philip May. Mother's maiden name: Celia (unknown). Name of surviving spouse: Ben Grusin. Informant's name: Ben Grusin, address: 2704 Caldwell Ave South, Birmingham, AL. Cause of death: Parkingson's disease for 2 years and Areterio-vascular arteriosclerosis for 5-6 years. Dr. Applebaum, MD, Birmingham, AL. Signed 16 Feb 1970. Buried on 15 Feb 1970, Old Knesseth Israel Cemetery, Birmingham, AL, Funeral Director: Johns-Reiland, 2116 7th Ave South, Birmingham. [Source: 17 Feb 1970, Death Certificate #830, Birmingham, AL.]DEATH: 14 Feb 1970, in Birmingham, Alabama. [Source: Harriet Shulmister email of Dec 2001.] BURIAL: 15 Feb 1970. Buried in Knesseth-Beth-El Cemetery in Birmingham, AL. Old Section, Lot 065, Grave 7. [Source: Jewish Cemetery Project, Jewishgen web site and email from AL cemetery coordinator, Fred Ward, Oct 2000.] | May, Nettie (Necha) (Meilach) (I10093)
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| 1874 | NAME: Richard May. [Source: Phyllis Weinstein, family chart of Oct 1998.] | May, Richard (I9983)
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| 1875 | NAME: Robyn Lynn Lebow. [Source: Phyllis Weinstein, family chart of Oct 1998.] | Lebow, Robyn Lynn (I10035)
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| 1876 | NAME: Scheitze Meilach. [Source: Family Tree drawn up by Ben Grusin and daughter, Celia, in Jan 1977.]NAME: Saya Itzchak (Shayitze) Meilach. [Source: Memoirs of Beilah Feigelson, Birmingham Public Library, transcription of a taped interview 29 Jun 1980, Call #CenLH Sou F335 .J5 F44 1980.]NAME: Isiah Isaac Meilach. [Source: 1936 Social Security Application of son, Morris May.]NAME: S. Meilach. [Source: 1952 Social Security Application of son, Leon May.] BIRTH: Abt 1969. Based on his dying when he was 29 years old. [Source: See Death information below.] OCCUPATION: Had a general store on Gressa Gass Street, Gostini, Latvia. Was in the slacks business. [Source: taped interview with Celia Grusin Danenberg, March 1977; and taped interview with daughter, Beilah Feigelson, see below.] DEATH: Abt 1908. Died when his son, Maishe, was only 3 years old. Source: Taped interview with Celia Grusin Danenberg, March 1977.]DEATH: Abt 1908. Died when he was 39 years old on erev Yom Kippur (the night before Yom Kippur). Cause of death was pneumonia. "He died in the service of the community because somebody had pneumonia, and he went there, and, the way my Mother old me, it was a terrible night, and it was pouring, and then he contacted pneumonia and died soon after that." [Source: Memoirs of Beilah Feigelson, Birmingham Public Library, transcription of a taped interview 29 Jun 1980, Call #CenLH Sou F335 .J5 F44 1980.] | Meilach, Scheitze (Isiah Isaac) (I10079)
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| 1877 | NAME: Scott Grusin. [Source: Seth Grusin email of Dec 2001.] | Grusin, Scott (I10205)
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| 1878 | NAME: Seth Grusin. [Source: Seth Grusin email of Dec 2001.] | Grusin, Seth (I10207)
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| 1879 | NAME: Seymour (called Sy) Somerstein). [Source: Phyllis Weinstein, family chart of Oct 1998.] | Somerstein, Sy (Seymour) (I9996)
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| 1880 | NAME: Shana Meilach. [Source: Eugene Feigelson, March 25, 1992 document on trip to Latvia.]NAME: Sonya Meilach, born in Glazmanka, Latvia. [Source: Sam Manevich notes of Aug 1998.] FAMILY NOTES: Before 1941, she and her husband and 2 daughters lived at 31 Marijas Street, Riga (an area where well-off Jews lived before WWII. During the war, they moved to the Jewish ghetto and lived at 51 Maskavas St with Samuel (Schmuel) Manevich and his family. [Source: Eugene Feigelson, March 25, 1992 document on trip to Latvia.] DEATH: 1941. Probably shot in the massacre in Rumbula forest near Riga in 1941. [Source: Eugene Feigelson, March 25, 1992 document on trip to Latvia.] Riga, Killed By Nazis, Latvia | Meilach, Sonya (Shana) (I10007)
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| 1881 | NAME: Shari Lewis. [Source: Phyllis Weinstein, family chart of Oct 1998.] | Lewis, Shari (I10037)
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| 1882 | NAME: Steve Rattner. [Source: Phyllis Weinstein, family chart of Oct 1998.] | Rattner, Steve (I9988)
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| 1883 | NAME: Susan Steinberg. [Source: Phyllis Weinstein, family chart of Oct 1998.] | Steinberg, Susan (I10000)
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| 1884 | NAME: Yente Grusin. [Source: son, Sam Manevich, notes of 1998.] Yentil Grusin. [Source: sister, Celia Grusin Danenberg, notes of 1977.] Yenta Gruzin. [Source: 1897 Census.] Sprintze Grusin. [Source: Meilach family tree drawn up by Ben Grusin, 1977.] BIRTH: 1882. Yenta Gruzin, born in Glazmanka. Based on age of 14 in 1896. [Source: 1897 Census.]BIRTH: 1888. Yente Grusin, born in Glazmanka, Latvia. [Source: Sam Manevich notes of Aug 1998 and Family Tree drawn up by Ben Grusin and daughter, Celia, in Jan 1977.]BIRTH NOTE: In Yenta's sister's, Celia, taped interview, Yenta is listed as the first child. Therefore, her date of birth was probably 1882, not 1888. [Source: Celia Celia Grusin Danenberg taped interview of 1977.] CENSUS: 1897: Jenta Gruzin, daughter of Motel Jankelev Gruzin, 14 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.] MARRIAGE: About 1910/1911, Noah Manevich married Yente Grusin, in Latvia. [Source: Sam Manevich notes of Aug 1998.] DEATH: Dec 1941. Killed by Nazis in Riga, Latvia. [Source: Sam Manevich notes of Aug 1998 and letter of Jun 2001.] Riga, Killed By Nazis, Latvia | Grusin, Yenta (Sprintze) (I9961)
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| 1885 | named for her grandmother Joy Mears | Mears, Elkaleh (I373)
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| 1886 | Named to commemorate the year, 1876, in which he was born -- that was the year of the U.S. Centennial. | Rosenbaum, Edwin Seventy-Six (I4928)
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| 1887 | Naphtali Phillips and Rachel Mendez Seixas were married at 29 Touro Street (Levy/Seixas house), in Newport, RI. (Notes of Rev. J. J. Lyons AJHS No 27, pg214) | Family F774
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| 1888 | Neath Lower, Glamorgan, Wales | Bruce, Clarence Napier (I733)
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| 1889 | Neath Lower, Glamorgan, Wales | Bruce, Major Henry Campbell 2nd Baron Aberdare of Duffryn (I731)
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| 1890 | Neath Lower, Glamorgan, Wales | Beckett, Constance Mary Baroness Aberdare of Duffryn (I729)
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| 1891 | negro concubine | Patience (I4002)
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| 1892 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Oleon, Valerie (I5023)
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| 1893 | Neuhauser D, Diaz M. Jesse GM Bullowa (1879-1943) Cite as: Neuhauser D, Diaz M (2006). Jesse GM Bullowa (1879-1943). The James Lind Library (www.jameslindlibrary.org). Accessed Tuesday 18 September 2007. © Duncan Neuhauser, 2006. Author contact details: Duncan Neuhauser, Dept of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. Jesse Godfrey Moritz Bullowa was born in New York City on 19 October 1879, the son of Moritz and Mary (Grunhut) Bullowa, and died 9 November 1943. He married Sadie Nones on 24 September 1907, and they had five children: Margaret, James, Elizabeth, Jean and Anne. In his listing in Who Was Who in America (Vol 2, 1943-1950 p 90), he described himself as Jewish, a Democrat and a Mason, living at 400 East 58th Street, Manhattan, New York City. In 1899, Bullowa graduated with high honors (Phi Beta Kappa) from the College of the City of New York, when the institution was the path to success for many brilliant, aspiring, young men in this largely immigrant city. Bullowa went on to study medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons (now Columbia University Medical School) and received his MD degree in 1903 with honors (Alpha Omega Alpha honorary society), as well as a graduation prize. There is a group photograph (dated December 1903) in the New York University Medical Archives showing Bullowa with dark hair beginning to recede, clean starched collar, bow tie, four buttoned jacket, short stature, solid build, intense eyes looking head on, clean shaven, and serious. He is the only person in this picture of six men who does not have a moustache, and he looks like a responsible new physician standing behind his seated seniors and bound for a solid professional future. He went on to achieve this through his scholarship, teaching and patient care, gaining respect from his peers, students and patients (Alexander 1944). Bullowa's contributions to research during the 1920s included controlled trials of serum treatment of pneumonia. Comparative trials of Huntoon's antibody solution had been done during the winters of 1920, 1921 and 1922 by Russell Cecil at Bellevue Hospital in New York (Cecil 1928 <../cecil/cecil_kp.html>). Later that decade, Bullowa had become a clinical professor of medicine at New York University College of Medicine, specializing in pulmonary medicine, with a primary clinical appointment as head of the pulmonary service at Harlem Hospital (although his name does not appear in a history of the hospital - Maynard 1978). With William Park and Milton Rosenblüth, Bullowa was involved in assessing the effects of refined (Felton) antibacterial sera for treating lobar pneumonia, and a report of their experience was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on 17 November 1928 (Park et al. 1928 <../park_et_al/park_et_al_kp.html>). A few days earlier, Bullowa had presented a report of their work in the Friday afternoon lecture series of the New York Academy of Medicine, and his paper was published in the Academy's Bulletin the following year (Bullowa 1929 Bullowa is listed as a member of the department of medicine in the annual year books of the New York University Medical School for 1935, 1936 and 1937 (but not for 1938), and he was also a consulting physician at Riverside Hospital, Willard Parker Hospital, the Municipal Sanatorium at Otisville, the New York Infirmary for Women and Children, Norwalk General Hospital, Norwalk Connecticut, and a serologist at Long Beach Hospital. During the 1930s, his research interests included the use of oxygen tents, chest x-rays and sulfa drugs. In 1936, he presented his research at the 2nd International Microbiological Congress in London and was thanked by Lionel F H Whitaker (signature unclear) of the Bland-Sutton Institute of Pathology, Middlesex Hospital, London, for his gifts of pneumococcal sera (letter dated July 30, 1936, NYU Medical Archives 003.B). In 1937, Bullowa published his 'The management of pneumonias' (New York: Oxford University Press), and in 1939, his 'The Specific Therapy of the Pneumonias'. Bullowa was a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, a member of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, and the American Trudeau Society. During the late 1930s, J Burns Amberson was an Assistant Professor of Medicine and then Clinical Professor in the department of medicine of the New York University Medical School. As Bullowa and Amberson both specialized in pulmonary medicine and appear in the same departmental faculty photograph, one can assume they knew each other. However, neither appears to have felt that their respective contributions to the development of controlled clinical trials had been a remarkable feature in their life's work (Amberson et al. 1931 <../../1930s/amberson_et_al/amberson_et_al_kp.html>). References Alexander J (1944). Jesse GM Bullowa (obituary). Science 99:462-463. Amberson JB, McMahon BT, Pinner M (1931). A clinical trial of sanocrysin in pulmonary tuberculosis. American Review of Tuberculosis 24:401-435. Bullowa J (1929). The serum treatment and its evolution in lobar pneumonia. Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 5:328-362. Cecil RL (1928). Specific treatment of lobar pneumonia. Arch Int Med 41:295-335. Maynard A (1978). Harlem Hospital Story: Surgeons to the Poor. New York: Appleton Century Crofts. Park WH, Bullowa JGM, Rosenbluth NM (1928). The treatment of lobar pneumonia and refined specific antibacterial serum. JAMA 91:1503-1508. Acknowledgment Thanks to Coleen Bradley-Saunders, Archivist, Frederick Ehrman Medical Library of New York University, 550 First Ave. New York, NY. | Bullowa, Jessie Godfrey Moritz (I4239)
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| 1894 | Never married buth had a son and a daughter he openly acknowledged. | De Lancey, General Oliver Jr. (I487)
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| 1895 | Never married buth had a son and a daughter he openly acknowledged. | De Lancey, General Oliver Jr. (I487)
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| 1896 | New York | Burden, Shirley Carter (I1124)
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| 1897 | New York | Mordecai, William Maynadier (I892)
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| 1898 | New York | Mordecai, Sara Hays (I888)
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| 1899 | New York | Mordecai, Sara Hays (I888)
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| 1900 | New York | Lehman, Frances (I87)
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