Libe Ettel (Kagansky) Kahan (abt. 1891 - 1964)

Born about 6 Jan 1891 in Wyłkowyszki, Wyłkowyszki, Suwałki, Russian Empire

Ancestors

Died 5 Dec 1964 at about age 73 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Libby was born about 1891.^[1] She was the daughter of Samson Kahanski and Anna Kulekant.^[2][3]

Libby died in 1964.^[4][5]

Immigration and Naturalization

Passenger list for the S.S. Breslau, sailing from Bremen on 28 Mar 1912, arriving port of Baltimore on 11 Apr 1912 (line 26)^[2]

Name: Ettel Kagansky

Age 21 (b. abt 1891)

Sex: F

Status: S

Occupation: [?]

Nationality/race: Russia/Hebrew

Last permanent residence: Wolkowisk, Russia

Contact at former residence: Father, Schimon Kaganski, Wolkowisk, Suwalki

Destination: Philad, Pa

Contact at destination: friend, Sal Brozansky, 509 Hoffman Str, Philad.

Birthplace: Wolkawisk, Russia

Certificate of arrival #2-411428 (17 Jul 1935)^[6]

Name: Ettel Kagansky

Port of entry: Baltimore, Maryland

Date: 15 Apr 1912

Manner of arrival: SS Breslau, North Germany Lloyd Line from Bremen, Germany

Declaration of intention #366351 (29 Jul 1935)^[1]

Name: Libe Ethel Cohen

Birth: 6 Jan 1891

Birthplace: Wolkovisk, Lithuania

Residence: 232 E 30th St, New York, NY

Occupation: operator

Status: not married, no children

Last foreign residence: Wolkowisk, Lithuania

Emigrated from Bremen, Germany to Baltimore, Md. under the name Ettel Kagansky on 15 Apr 1912, on the vessel Breslau

Petition for naturalization #308849 (3 May 1938)^[7]

Name: Libbe Ethel Cohen

Birth: 6 Jan 1891

Birthplace: Wolkowsk, Lithuania

Residence: 117 E 28th St, New York, NY

Occupation: operator

Last foreign residence: Wolkowisk, Lithuania

Emigrated from Bremen, Germany to Baltimore, Md. under the name Ettel Kagansky on 15 Apr 1912, on the vessel Breslau

Petitions name change to Libby Ethel Kahan

Certificate of naturalization #4318828 (1 Sep 1938)^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "New York, Southern District, U.S District Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1946", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7X-QHQL : 8 March 2021), Libe Ethel or Ettel Cohen or Kagansky, 1936.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2CSR-GZJ : 15 March 2018), Ettel Kagausky, 1912; citing Immigration, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, NARA microfilm publications M255, M596, and T844 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL film 2,383,478.
3. ↑ Family tree of Dorothy Dellar Kohanski
4. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBP5-B6X : 20 May 2014), Libby Kahan, Dec 1964; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing). Birth: 5 Jan 18981; death: Dec 1964.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. New York, New York, U.S., Death Index, 1949-1965 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Ancestry Record 61461 #665428. Name: Libby Kahan; age: 72; death: 5 Dec 1964; death place: Manhattan, New York, New York; certificate #25436.
6. ↑ "New York, Southern District, U.S District Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1946", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP76-TRC4 : 8 March 2021), Ettel Kagansky, 1912.
7. ↑ "New York, Southern District, U.S District Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1946", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7D-YHY5 : 8 March 2021), Libbe Ethel or Libby Ethel or Ettel Cohen or Kahan or Kagansky, 1938.
8. ↑ "New York, Southern District, U.S District Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1946", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7X-DKBD : 8 March 2021), Libbe Ethel Cohen, 1938.

See also:

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7M8-HWS : 7 January 2021), Libby Kahn, lodger, in household of Abraham Kaufman, New York City, New York County, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31-819, sheet 10A, line 8, family 293, 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 2643. Age: 49; birthplace: Russia; naturalized; occupation: operator, dry goods
• "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XY3-8C9N : Sun Jan 29 10:58:18 UTC 2023), Entry for Libby E Kahan, 10 April 1950. never married; birthplace: Lithuania; occupation: Knitter, sports wear.