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Hello my fellow JGenners,
For nearly twenty years I've been looking for my GGF's death record and burial
place.
I was hoping someone might give me an idea for how to find this.
My GGF, Morris (Meylech) Hoffman and his wife Rivka (my GGM) lived in Pittsburgh,
PA and Montreal at various times. I’ve found them in city directories in both
places. I found them in the 1916 Pittsburgh city directory. In 1916 my GGM is
listed as a widow, so I’ve surmised that he died either in 1915 or 1916.
They live for a few years in Montreal (my GM’s brother was born there in 1906) but
I was unable to find him there. I found a death certificate for a Morris Hoffman
but the death date is 1918 so I don’t think that’s the right guy.
I found another death certificate for a Marris Kaufman in 1915 but I doubt it’s the
right person. I’ve made 2 trips to Pittsburgh to have a look in the New Light
Cemetery, where a cousin believes he is buried. He has 2 siblings buried there but
I couldn’t find him.
He does have a brother buried in Beth Jacob Cemetery, but he doesn’t show up in the
JOWBR or any of the other burial websites.
My GGM is buried in Cleveland, where she moved after he died.
If anyone has some ideas for me, I really appreciate hearing them.
Thank you so much for any help you can offer,
Feige Kauvar Stern
Cleveland, OH
Researching:
KAUVAR (KOLOVARSKY) Seduva, Lithuania; SILVERSTEIN, Raseiniai, Lithuania; NAFTEL,
Raseiniai, Lithuania; SCHENKER, Dankera, Latvia and Birzai, Lithuania; MEILECH,
Dankera, Latvia; HOFFMAN, Kishinev, Bessarabia; SCHWARTZ, Braila, Romania,
SOBEL, Kleparov (Lvov), Ukraine; SINSHEIMER, Freinsheim, Germany; STERN, Russia;
YUDKOVITCH, Warsaw, Poland; FRIEDMAN, Brest, Russia
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