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** Great-grandpa Mendel's occupation is listed as 'expressman' and odd jobs.  Mort says an 'expressman' would've been a package delivery man..i.e., Railway Express.  When Grandma Lena was a child immigrant, I know that her father was a peddler with a horse & wagon.  Also, when they first came to the U.S. (1898), Lena was 10 & they lived behind their store---a grocery (I think)...with dirt floors and of course, an outhouse in the back.
 
** Great-grandpa Mendel's occupation is listed as 'expressman' and odd jobs.  Mort says an 'expressman' would've been a package delivery man..i.e., Railway Express.  When Grandma Lena was a child immigrant, I know that her father was a peddler with a horse & wagon.  Also, when they first came to the U.S. (1898), Lena was 10 & they lived behind their store---a grocery (I think)...with dirt floors and of course, an outhouse in the back.
 
** If you've ever visited Mt. Vernon or Monticello, to see how THOSE guys lived 100+ years earlier is remarkable, compared to what the Kaplowitz's early years were like in Chicago.  (But, better than in Poland!)
 
** If you've ever visited Mt. Vernon or Monticello, to see how THOSE guys lived 100+ years earlier is remarkable, compared to what the Kaplowitz's early years were like in Chicago.  (But, better than in Poland!)
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** There's a blank copy of the census form at ancestry.com, so you can see what the column headings were, to understand what the info means.  I'll try to email that blank form to you separately.
 
 
** Their address was 1004 W. Fourteenth St, just south of the Loop.  Coincidently, it is about a mile from where my father's Rabinovich family lived on 13th Street----before my dad was born.
 
** Their address was 1004 W. Fourteenth St, just south of the Loop.  Coincidently, it is about a mile from where my father's Rabinovich family lived on 13th Street----before my dad was born.
 
* John (age 30) and Lena (age 30) live in Chicago in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Chaya-Tova&gsln=minkus&msbpn__ftp=poland&msdpn__ftp=Chicago,+Cook,+Illinois,+USA&msdpn=36829&msdpn_PInfo=8-|1652393|2|3247|16|730|36829|&uidh=uv6&mssns0=minkus&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=72948389&recoff=2&db=1920usfedcen&indiv=1 1920 Federal Census], along with Albert (age 8), Rochelle (age 2), and mother Anna (age 57)
 
* John (age 30) and Lena (age 30) live in Chicago in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Chaya-Tova&gsln=minkus&msbpn__ftp=poland&msdpn__ftp=Chicago,+Cook,+Illinois,+USA&msdpn=36829&msdpn_PInfo=8-|1652393|2|3247|16|730|36829|&uidh=uv6&mssns0=minkus&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=72948389&recoff=2&db=1920usfedcen&indiv=1 1920 Federal Census], along with Albert (age 8), Rochelle (age 2), and mother Anna (age 57)

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Lena Kaplowitz
Born January 15, 1889(1889-01-15)[1]
Poland or Russia[2]
Died January 15, 1974 (aged 85)[3]
Wilmette, Illinois[4]
Children Albert Minkus
Rochelle Minkus
Marilyn Minkus[5]
Parents Mandle Kaplowitz
Esther Kaplowitz[6]

Historical Records

  • Lena (age 10), parents Mandle (age 35) and Esther (age 34) and siblings Julius (age 9), Marry (age 5), and Rosie (age 3) and unknown Sam Farbovesky (age 59) in Chicago, Illinois in the 1900 Federal Census. The family came from either Russia or Poland in 1899. The parents were married in 1886. Unsure who Sam is -- possibly Esther's father? Mandle is a day laborer, and Lena and Julius are in school.
  • Lena (age 21), parents Mandle (age 46) and Esther (age 46) and siblings Julius (age 18), Marie (age 15), Rose (age 13), Sylvia (age 9), Phillip (age 6), and Eugene (age 1) live in Chicago, Illinois in the 1910 Federal Census. Notes from Karen Feldberg:
    • Lena was listed as "Lillian", and her sister Sara was listed as "Sylvia". I can only guess that the person giving the info had a thick Yiddish accent and the census taker didn't understand what was said. Lena was 21 & still living at home. She must've married Grandpa John shortly thereafter, as Uncle Al was born to them in 1911.
    • Kaplowitz is mistakenly spelled KOplowitz on this form.
    • Their country of Origin is listed as Russia, as Poland was controlled by Russia at that time.
    • Great-grandpa Mendel's occupation is listed as 'expressman' and odd jobs. Mort says an 'expressman' would've been a package delivery man..i.e., Railway Express. When Grandma Lena was a child immigrant, I know that her father was a peddler with a horse & wagon. Also, when they first came to the U.S. (1898), Lena was 10 & they lived behind their store---a grocery (I think)...with dirt floors and of course, an outhouse in the back.
    • If you've ever visited Mt. Vernon or Monticello, to see how THOSE guys lived 100+ years earlier is remarkable, compared to what the Kaplowitz's early years were like in Chicago. (But, better than in Poland!)
    • Their address was 1004 W. Fourteenth St, just south of the Loop. Coincidently, it is about a mile from where my father's Rabinovich family lived on 13th Street----before my dad was born.
  • John (age 30) and Lena (age 30) live in Chicago in the 1920 Federal Census, along with Albert (age 8), Rochelle (age 2), and mother Anna (age 57)
  • John (age 42) and Lena (age 41) live in Chicago in the 1930 Federal Census, along with Albert (age 18), Rochelle (age 13) and Marilyn (age 1 and 11/12)
  • Lena died on 15 Jan 1974 in Wilmette, Cook, Illinois

Notes

  1. ↑ http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Lena&gsln=minkus&msbdy=1888&msbpn__ftp=Russia&msbpn=5189&msbpn_PInfo=3-%7C1652396%7C5189%7C&msrpn__ftp=Chicago,+Cook,+Illinois,+USA&msfns0=Kaplowitz&uidh=uv6&mssng0=john&mssns0=minkus&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=42721235&recoff=13+14&db=ssdi&indiv=1
  2. ↑ 1900 Federal Census
  3. ↑ http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Lena&gsln=minkus&msbdy=1888&msbpn__ftp=Russia&msbpn=5189&msbpn_PInfo=3-%7C1652396%7C5189%7C&msrpn__ftp=Chicago,+Cook,+Illinois,+USA&msfns0=Kaplowitz&uidh=uv6&mssng0=john&mssns0=minkus&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=42721235&recoff=13+14&db=ssdi&indiv=1
  4. ↑ http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Lena&gsln=minkus&msbdy=1888&msbpn__ftp=Russia&msbpn=5189&msbpn_PInfo=3-%7C1652396%7C5189%7C&msrpn__ftp=Chicago,+Cook,+Illinois,+USA&msfns0=Kaplowitz&uidh=uv6&mssng0=john&mssns0=minkus&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=42721235&recoff=13+14&db=ssdi&indiv=1
  5. ↑ Kac Family History
  6. ↑ 1900 Federal Census
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