Harry Kahn
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Hirsch Joseph Kahn (abt. 1885 - 1970)

Hirsch Joseph (Harry) Kahn aka Michnitzky
Born about in Wyłkowyszki uyezd, Suwałki, Russian Empiremap
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Husband of — married 17 Jul 1910 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United Statesmap
Father of and
Died at about age 84 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United Statesmap
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Biography

Harry was born about 1886. He was the son of Sol Kahanski and Rae Unknown. He married Jennie Dreyfus in 1910.[1]

Harry died in 1970.[2]

Obituary

HARRY KAHN, 17395 Stoepel, died April 8. He leaves a son, Sidney; and a daughter, Marion.[3]

Immigration and Naturalization

Passenger manifest of the S.S. Ryndam, sailing from Rotterdam on 20 Jun 1903, arriving in New York on 30 Jun 1903 (line 10)[4]

Name: Hirsch Misznitzky
Age: 22
Sex: M
Status: single
Occupation: hatmaker
Nationality/race: Russia/Hebrew
Last permanent residence: Wibzky
Final destination: Chicago, Ill
Contact at destination: to cousin Itze Kroffing[?] 141 W. 12 Str

Declaration of intention #236360 (13 Jan 1941)[5]

Name: Harry Joseph Kahn
Birth: 22 May 1885
Birthplace: Wilkowisken, Russia Poland
Residence: 2436 Gladstone, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Occupation: jeweler
Spouse: Jennie b. 1 Apr 1886 at Alsace Lorraine, France; m. 17 Jul 1910 at Detroit Michigan
Two children, both born in and reside in Detroit, Michigan
Marion | 25 Dec 1912
Sidney | 22 Nov 1915
Last foreign residence: Wilkowisken, Russia Poland
Emigrated to the U.S. from Rotterdam, Holland; arrived in New York under the name of Hirsh Michnitzky on Jul 1902 on the vessel S.S. Rotterdam

Petition for naturalization #192157 (25 May 1943)[6]

Name: Harry Joseph Kahn
Birth: 22 May 1885
Birthplace: Wilkowisken, Poland
Residence: 2436 Gladstone, Detroit, Michigan
Occupation: jeweler
Spouse: Jennie b. 1 Apr 1886 at Alsace Lorraine, France; entered the U.S. at New York, N.Y. in Oct 1886; m. 17 Jul 1910 at Detroit Michigan
Two children, both born in and reside in Detroit, Michigan
Marion | 25 Dec 1912
Sidney | 22 Nov 1915
Last foreign residence: Wilkowisken, Poland
Emigrated to the U.S. from Rotterdam, Holland; arrived in New York under the name of Hirsh Michnitzky on Jul 1902 on the vessel S.S. Rotterdam

Certificate of naturalization #5841770 (28 Jun 1943)[7]

Related Records

Border crossing record for William Brown (1911)[8]

Destination: Detroit, Mich.
Contact at destination: Uncle, Harry Kahn, 488 Cass Ave.

Sources

  1. "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCWB-ZKJ : 17 January 2020), Harry Kahm and Jennie Dreyfus, 1910.
  2. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VSCJ-KN5 : 9 January 2021), Harry Kahn, Apr 1970; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  3. Published 10 Apr 1970 in The Detroit Jewish News, retrieved 16 Jul 2020. .
  4. "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JFGT-F5S : 2 March 2021), Husch Misznitzky, 1903.
  5. "Michigan, Eastern and Western Districts, Naturalization Records, 1837-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CD81-SL2M : 2 December 2021), Harry Joseph or Hirsh Karn or Michnitzky, .
  6. "Michigan, Eastern and Western Districts, Naturalization Records, 1837-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CD81-SLT2 : 2 December 2021), Harry Joseph or Hirsh Kahn or Michnitzky, .
  7. "Michigan, Eastern and Western Districts, Naturalization Records, 1837-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CD81-SG3Z : 2 December 2021), Harry Joseph Kahn, 1943.
  8. Ancestry.com. Detroit, Michigan, U.S., Border Crossings and Passenger and Crew Lists, 1905-1963 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. The National Archives at Washington, D.C; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Card Manifests (Alphabetical) of Individuals Entering through the Port of Detroit, Michigan, 1906-1954; NAI: 4527226; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004. Ancestry Record 1070 #549974

See also:

  • "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLTJ-R37 : accessed 16 July 2020), Harry Kahn, boarder, in household of Julius Hurvitch, Detroit Ward 5, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 70, sheet 5B, family 85, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 682; FHL microfilm 1,374,695.
  • "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K661-KBX : 24 August 2019), Harry Joseph Kahn, 1917-1918.
  • "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZW9-1L8 : accessed 16 July 2020), Harry Kahn, Detroit Ward 3, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing ED 112, sheet 13B, line 71, family 16, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 805; FHL microfilm 1,820,805.
  • "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7MB-SFV : accessed 16 July 2020), Harry J Kahn, Detroit (Districts 0001-0250), Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 83, sheet 15B, line 67, family 35, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1034; FHL microfilm 2,340,769. Also in this enumeration: Annette Brown, niece.
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH94-87Q : 29 July 2019), Harry Kahn, Ward 10, Detroit, Detroit City, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 84-543, sheet 61A, line 19, family 34, 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 1857.
  • "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J43M-8N8 : 8 May 2020), Harry Joseph Kahn, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  • Find A Grave: Memorial #192935934




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