Joseph Jafne Abramson (abt. 1879 - 1920)

Born about 7 Aug 1879 in Siluva, Lithuania, Russian Empire [uncertain]

Died 20 Feb 1920 at about age 40 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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Joseph Abramson migrated from Russian Empire to United States.

Biography

Joseph was born about 1879 in or near Siluva, Lithuania, part of the Russian Empire at the time. He was the son of Isaac Abramson and Minnie Pearlberg. He had 2 known sisters, Henne and Chaje, and one brother, Harry (Chaim), born before his mother died about 1887.

His father Isaac married Fannie Hoffenberg in or near Kovno, Russia (now Kaunus Lithuania). Fannie and Isaac had 2 children Gertrude and Benjamin, born in Russia before the Isaac left for the US with son Joseph in 1892.

Issac (Eiche) and Joseph (shown as Jafne) Abramsohn left Amsterdam on the ship Rotterdam,^{[1] [2]} and arrived in New York, then settled in Baltimore, Maryland.

Isaac was a pants tailor in both Russia and Maryland^[3] and both Joseph and Harry would take up this occupation in Baltimore.

Three years later, in 1895, wife Fannie came to join Isaac, on the ship Stuttgart, accompanied by 3 step children (Henne, Chaje and Chaim (Harry) and her 2 children, Berd (Benjamin) and Slare (Gertrude). Gertrude, the youngest was only a baby. ^[4]

Joseph and Harry appear to have made a life for themselves in Baltimore separate from their father and step-mother. Joseph married Sarah Baddocl and had five children in Baltimore.^{[5] [6]}

Brother Harry never married and lived in Baltimore with Joseph's family for many years.^[7]

Joseph passed away in 1920, leaving Sarah with 5 children.^[8] Brother Harry lived with the family for some time after Joseph's death.

Sources

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924 database, FamilySearch (accessed 6 December 2014), Eiche Abramsohn, 06 Jul 1892; citing departure port Amsterdam, arrival port New York, ship name Rotterdam, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924, database, FamilySearch (accessed 6 December 2014), Jafne Abramsohn, 06 Jul 1892; citing departure port Amsterdam, arrival port New York, ship name Rotterdam, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 13 October 2017), Isiac Abramson, Precinct 16 Baltimore city Ward 2, Baltimore, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 32, sheet 3A, family 50, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,608.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924, database, FamilySearch (accessed 6 December 2014), Chaim Abramsohn, 22 Jan 1895; citing departure port Bremen, arrival port New York, ship name Stuttgart, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 15 October 2017), Joseph Abraham, Baltimore Ward 5, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 52, sheet 9A, family 174, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 554; FHL microfilm 1,374,567.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 15 October 2017), Joseph Abramson, Baltimore Ward 5, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland, United States; citing ED 55, sheet 12A, line 29, family 278, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 659; FHL microfilm 1,820,659.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} United States Census, 1920 database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 15 October 2017), Harry Abramson in household of Joseph Abramson, Baltimore Ward 5, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland, United States; citing ED 55, sheet 12A, line 36, family 278, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 659; FHL microfilm 1,820,659.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Baltimore City Health Department Bureau of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate No D40410, 20 February 1920; Joseph Abramson. Film Reels: CR 48,183; MSA CM1132-140.