Sore (Kalman) Derber (abt. 1889 - 1953)

Born about 12 Sep 1889 in Roslavl, Roslavl, Smolensk, Russian Empire

Ancestors

Wife of Harry Derber — married 6 Sep 1914 in Central Falls, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Descendants

Died 10 May 1953 at about age 63 in Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Sophia was born in 1889.^[1][2] She was the daughter of Charles Kalmanowitz and Marcia Bluma Mogilevkin.^[3] She married Harry Derber in 1914.^[4]

Harry and Sophie had three children:

1. Milton^[5][6]
2. Eva Dorothy (Eve)^[7]
3. Rose (Rae)^[8]

Sophie died in 1953.^[9] She was buried at City of Homes Cemetery in Springfield, Massachusetts.^[10][11]

Immigration and Naturalization

S.S. Belgravia departed Hamburg on 13 Dec 1902 to Boulogne, New York (lines 6-10)^[12]

line | name | age | sex | relationship | occupation

6 | Kalmanowitz, Kalman | 44 | M | Vater (father) | Händler (dealer/merchant)

7 | ", Chaie | 19 | F | Kind (child) | -

8 | ", Sore | 11 | F | " | -

9 | ", Salomon | 9 | M | " | -

10 | Mogilewsky, Bere | 38 |M | Ledig (single) | Händler

Nationality: Russl.

Residence: Roslawe

S.S. Belgravia arrived in New York on 30 Dec 1902 (lines 4-8)^[13]

line | name | age | gender | status | occupation

4 | Kalman Kalmanowitz | 44 | M | M | dealer

5 | Chaie Kalmanowitz | 19 | F | S | children

6 | Sore Kalmanowitz | 11 | F | S | "

7 | Salomon Kalmanowitz | 9 | M | S | "

8 | Bere Mogilewsky | 38 | M | M | dealer

Nationality: Russian

Last residence: Roslawe

Destination: Central Falls, R.I.

Contact at destination: brother-in-law, Samuel Low, Central Falls, R.I.

Petition for naturalization for Charles Kalman (1907)^[1]

Emigrated from Hamburg, Germany on 13 Dec 1901, arriving at the port of New York on the vessel Belgravian [sic]

Wife: Mary Mogileskin b. Roslov, Russia; resides in Pawtucket

Seven children, all born in Roslov, Russia and residing in Pawtucket

Adel b. 1 May 1884

Sophie b. 12 Sep 1889

Hattie b. 12 Jul 1893

Bessie b. 6 Dec 1895

Harry b. 3 Oct 1897

Bennie b. 1 Aug 1899

Fred b. 5 Apr 1901

Petition for naturalization for Charles Kalman (1908)^[2]

Emigrated from Hamburg, Germany on 16 Dec 1902; arrived at the port of New York, N.Y. on the vessel Belgravia

Wife: Mary Mogileskin b. Roslov, Russia; resides in Pawtucket

Seven children, all born in Roslov, Russia and residing in Pawtucket

Adel b. 1 May 1884

Sophie b. 12 Sep 1889

Hattie b. 12 Jul 1893

Bessie b. 1 Dec 1895

Harry b. 3 Oct 1897

Bennie b. 1 Aug 1899

Fred b. 5 Apr 1905

Obituary

Mrs. Sophie (Kalman) Derber, 61, of 12 Standish St., died Sunday at Mercy Hospital after a long illness. Born in Russia, she came to this city 35 years ago. Mrs. Derber was a past president of the Pioneer Women's Club, and a member of B'nai B'rith and Beth El Temple Sisterhood. She leaves her husband, Harry Derber, a son, Milton Derber of Champaigne, Ill.; two daughters, Mrs. Eve Dolgin and Mrs. Rae Webber, both of Springfield; a brother, Benjamin Kalman of Springfield; three sisters, Mrs. Adele Kalman of Springfield, Mrs. Hattie Neufield of New York City and Mrs. Bessie Feldman of Springfield; and seven grandchildren. The funeral services will be held at the F. M. Forastiere and Son funeral home this afternoon at 2. Rabbi Eliezer A. Levi will officiate. Burial will be in City of Homes Cemetery.^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1802-1945 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. National Archives at Boston; Waltham, Massachusetts; ARC Title: Petitions and Records of Naturalization, 2/1842 - ca. 1991; NAI Number: 3432872; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: RG 21. Ancestry Record 61208 #59811
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1802-1945 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. National Archives at Boston; Waltham, Massachusetts; ARC Title: Petitions and Records of Naturalization, 2/1842 - ca. 1991; NAI Number: 3432872; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: RG 21. Ancestry Record 61208 #116888
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry Record 60901 #11739392. Name: Sophie Kalman Derber; Birth: 24 Dec 1891; Birth place: Soviet Union [sic - Russian Empire]; Father: Charles Kalman; Mother: Marcia Morgan
4. ↑ "Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24H-C2WL : accessed 10 March 2019), Harry Derber and Sophie Kalman, 06 Sep 1914; citing , Central Falls, Rhode Island, United States, town halls, Rhode Island, and Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; FHL microfilm 290.
5. ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4GCJ-3L2M : 22 January 2020), Sophia Kalman in entry for Milton Darber, 1915.
6. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q217-8DR9 : 13 November 2021), Sophie Kalman in entry for Milton Derber and Zelda Trenner, 1940.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGY-M7CX : 1 September 2021), Sophia Kalman in entry for Eva Dorothy Derber, 1919.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGR-F137 : 1 September 2021), Sophie Kalman in entry for Rose Derber, 1920.
9. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP1M-62LD : 18 July 2020), Mrs Sophie Kalman Derber, 1953.
10. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #88216873
11. ↑ JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry. Name: Sophie (Kalman) Derber; birth: 1892; death: 10 May 1953; spouse: Harry; father: Charles; mother: Marcia Bluma. Burial: Plot AC 17, City of Homes Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts.
12. ↑ Staatsarchiv Hamburg. Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008. Staatsarchiv Hamburg; Hamburg, Deutschland; Hamburger Passagierlisten; Microfilm No.: K_1777. Ancestry Record 1068 #1026518
13. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JFL8-4TB : 2 March 2021), Sore Kalmanowsky, 1902.
14. ↑ Published 11 May 1953 in Springfield Union (Massachusetts), retrieved 14 Jan 2024.

See also:

• "Rhode Island State Census, 1905", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLJT-JMD : 25 February 2022), Sophia Kalman, 1905. Number in this family: 12; Age: 15; Birth place: Russia; Year of immigration to the US: --; Number of years resident in the US: --; Number of years resident in Rhode Island: --; Residence: 316 No Main, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island; Occupation: Saleslady; Relationship to head of household: daughter
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPX9-4XM : accessed 6 December 2022), Sophie Kalmer in household of Charles Kalmer, Pawtucket Ward 6, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 141, sheet 4B, family 96, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1440; FHL microfilm 1,375,453.
• "Rhode Island State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMMZ-KD3 : 11 March 2018), Sophia Taber, Central Falls Ward 01, E.D. 089, Providence, Rhode Island; citing p. Q, line 22, State Archives, Providence; FHL microfilm 1,765,138.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXBH-6VT : 1 February 2021), Sophie Durber in entry for Harry Durber, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQG6-BQC : accessed 18 June 2022), Solphie Derber in household of Harry Derber, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 27, sheet 13A, line 36, family 267, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 909; FHL microfilm 2,340,644.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4KN-QJ5 : 10 January 2021), Sophie Derber in household of Harry Derber, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 22-123, sheet 6A, line 19, family 113, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1710.
• Obituary for Fred Kalman, published 1 Oct 1946 in The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.). "Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Ruth Kalman; a brother, Benjamin Kalman, concert pianist, and four sisters, Mrs. Adele Kalman, Mrs. Sophie Derber, Mrs. Bessie Feldman. all of Springfield, and Mrs. Hattie Newfield, of New York City."