Feyga Shula (Bershtein) Epstein (1883 - 1956)

Born 16 Jul 1883 in Kovno, Kovno, Kovno, Russian Empire

Ancestors

Wife of Zelik (Epshtein) Epstein — married 1 Sep 1906 in Kovno, Kovno, Kovno, Russian Empire

Descendants

Died 22 Nov 1956 at age 73 in Larchmont, Westchester, New York, United States

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Biography

Fanny was born in Kovno in 1883. She was the daughter of Nokhum Leib Bershtein and Sheyna Golda Unknown.^[1] She married Jacob Epstein in 1906.^[2] She emigrated to the U.S. with their two children in 1911.^[3]

Fannie died in 1956.^[4][5] She was buried at Mount Judah Cemetery in Ridgewood, New York.^[6]

Immigration and Naturalization

Passenger manifest for the S.S. Birma; departed Libau on 29 Aug 1911, arriving port of New York 12 Sep 1911 (lines 13-15)^[3]

line | name | age | sex | status | occupation

13 | Epstein, Feiga | 27 | F | M | wife

14 | Epstein, Nochim | 3 | M | S | child

15 | Epstein, Liba | 11m | F | S | child

Nationality/race: Russia/Hebrew

Last permanent residence: Kowno, Russia

Contact at former residence: Mother: Golda Epstein [sic], Kowno gub.

Destination: New York, NY

Contact at destination: J. Epstein, 27 Canal str, New York

Place of birth: Kowno, Russia

Record of detained aliens from the S.S. Birma (line 93) ^[7]

Name: Epstein, Feige & 2 ch

Cause of detention: to husband

Disposition: Husb Selig 27 Canal St

Petition for naturalization for Jacob Epstein (1920) ^[8]

Spouse: Fanny b. 1884 in Poland

Four children [name | birth | birthplace], all reside NY

Nathan | 15 Apr 1907 | Russia

Lillie | 3 May 1909 | Russia

Anna | 25 Jul 1912 | New York

Louis | 4 Aug 1915 | New York

First witness: Ike Epstein, residing at 112 East Broadway, NYC

Certificate of arrival #2-522160 (11 Jun 1937)^[9]

Name: Epstein, Feiga

Port of entry: New York, NY

Date: 12 Sep 1911

Manner of arrival: SS Birma

Petition for naturalization #302394 (17 Jan 1938)^[9]

Name Fannie Epstein

Birth: 25 Jun 1884

Birthplace: Kovne, Lithuania

Residence: 145 Second Ave. New York, N.Y.

Occupation: housewife

Last foreign residence: Kovno, Lithuania

Emigrated from Libau, Russia under the name of Feiga Epstein; arrived in New York on 12 Sep 1911 on the vessel Rirma [sic]

Spouse: Jacob b. 1880 at Luban, Russia; m. Sep 1905 at Kovno, Lithuania. He emigrated to the U.S. at New York, NY on 1 May 1910. He was naturalized 22 Jan 1923 in New York, N.Y., certificate #1807287

Five children [name | birth | birthplace], all reside at New York, N.Y.

Nathan | 13 Apr 1906 | Lithuania

Lillian | 3 May 1909 | Lithuania

Anna | 29 Jul 1912 | New York, N.Y.

Louis | 4 Aug 1915 | New York, N.Y.

George | 8 Dec 1923 | New York, N.Y.

Witness #1: Louis Epstein, clerk, 251 Court St. Brooklyn, N.Y.

Witness #2: Jacob Epstein, clothing business, 145 Second Ave, New York, N.Y.

Certificate of naturalization #4226133 (18 Apr 1938) ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ JewishGen LitvakSIG Lithuania Births Database, LVIA/1226/1/1868. Birth record for Feyga Shula Bershtein, 16 Jul 1883 (23 Tammuz) at Kovno (Kaunas), Kaunas, Kaunas. Father: Nachum Leyb, son of Yosef; Mother: Sheyna Golda, daughter of Moshe. Comments: Father town dweller. Family from Seredzius.
2. ↑ JewishGen LitvakSIG Lithuania Marriages Database, LVIA/1226/1/2144. Marriage record for Zelik Epshtein and Feiga Shula Bershtein, 1 Sep 1906 (24 Elul 5666) in Kaunas. Groom's info: Age: 27; father: Vulf; residence: Liuban. Bride's info: Age: 23; Father: Nokhum Leiba; Residence: Sredniki (Seredzius). Witness #1: Khaim Zelik Poliak; Witness #2: Gilel Bershtein.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJGS-8T1 : 16 August 2019), 1911.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. New York, Death Index, 1852-1956 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Ancestry Record 61535 #589136. Death record for Fannie Epstein. Date: 22 Nov 1956; age 74; place: Larchmont, New York; certificate #77593.
5. ↑ "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGF5-29F6 : 20 October 2019), Fannie Epstein, 1956.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #97328137
7. ↑ Year: 1911; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 1738; Line: 3; Page Number: 133. Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, Ship name: Birma, Record of Detained Aliens 13 Sep 1911, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7488/NYT715_1738-0276
8. ↑ Ancestry.com. New York, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1794-1943 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, DC; NAI Title: Index to Petitions for Naturalizations Filed in Federal, State, and Local Courts in New York City, 1792-1906; NAI Number: 5700802; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: RG 21, Ancestry Record 2280 #3853555
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} "New York, Southern District, U.S District Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1946", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:71QM-7HZM : 20 September 2019), Fannie or Feiga Epstein, 1938.

See also:

• JewishGen LitvakSIG Lithuania Births Database, LVIA/1226/1/2017. Birth record for Liba Epshtein. Father: Zelik Vulf, son of Afroim; Mother: Feiga Shula, daughter of Nokhum Leiba. Father was Liuban (Liubavas?) resident. (1909)
• "New York State Census, 1915", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K925-GBQ : 18 May 2021), Fannie Epstein in entry for Jacob Epstein, 1915.
• Ancestry.com. New York, State Census, 1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1915; Election District: 11; Assembly District: 26; City: New York; County: New York; Page: 44. Ancestry Record 2703 #6272015
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJTT-K7L : accessed 12 October 2020), Fanny Epstein in household of Jacob Epstein, Manhattan Assembly District 1, New York, New York, United States; citing ED 74, sheet 1A, line 41, family 9, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1185; FHL microfilm 1,821,185.
• Ancestry.com. New York, State Census, 1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1925; Election District: 04; Assembly District: 08; City: New York; County: New York; Page: 31. Ancestry Record 2704 #14469795
• "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24WR-SPD : 10 February 2018), F...nie Bernsten in entry for Harry Needle and Lillie Epstein, 02 Sep 1928; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,653,417.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4KB-C4T : accessed 12 October 2020), Fanie Epstein in household of Jacob Epstein, Manhattan (Districts 0001-0250), New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 232, sheet 18A, line 28, family 375, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1555; FHL microfilm 2,341,290.
• "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24D2-FK8 : 10 February 2018), Fannie Bornsten in entry for Nathan Epstein and Jeanette Markman, 26 Dec 1933; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,684,959.
• "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CF-D3KB : 22 July 2021), Fannie Borenstein in entry for Charles Friedes and Anne Epstein, 02 Oct 1937; citing Marriage, Kings, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,685,114.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQSF-HKC : 10 February 2020), Fannie Epstein in household of Jacob Epstein, Assembly District 8, Manhattan, New York City, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31-647, sheet 3B, line 41, family 74, 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 2638.
• Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for District of Columbia, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 70. Ancestry Record 2238 #6478523. Mrs. Fanny Epstein, 145 2n[d] Ave, New York, N.Y. in record for George Phillip Epstein.
• "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WPJ-98G : 3 June 2020), Fannie in entry for Jacob Epstein, 1945.
• "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8KB-SFB : 8 December 2017), Fannie Borenstein in entry for Harry Sherman and Lillie Sherman, 23 Dec 1948; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,116,896.
• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP2Y-LXP : 26 November 2014), Bernstein in entry for Lillie Sherman, 22 Jun 1990; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
• 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 #28378920. Death record for George Philip Epstein. Father: Jacob Epstein; mother: Fannie Bornstein (1998)
• Obituary for George Phillip Epstein, published 12 Sep 1998 in The Daily Times (Mamaroneck, New York). Son of Jacob and Fannie Epstein. "Survivors include his wife; three sons, Bruce Epstein of Gering, Neb., and Wayne and Craig Epstein, both of Hawthorne; two daughters, Gail Epstein of White Plains and Jill McElroy of Davis, Calif.; a brother, Louis Epstein of Greenwich, Conn.; a sister, Ann Bloom of Washington, D.C.; and 16 grandchildren. A brother and a sister died earlier."
• 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 #23095431. Death record for Anne Epstein Friedes Bloom. Father: Jacob Epstein; mother: Fannie Bornstein (2001)
• 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 #24867092. Death record for Louis Epstein. Father: Jacob Epstein; mother: Fannie Bornstein (2003)