Leiser Keizer (abt. 1871 - 1928)

Born about 1871 in Russian Empire

Husband of Szejna (Jeleń) Keizer — married about 1902 in United States

Died 10 Feb 1928 at about age 57 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Biography

Leon was born about 1871. He was the son of Fred Keizer and Anna Unknown.^[1] He married Jennie (Jelen/Yellen) Newfield about 1902.^[2] He died in 1928. At the time of his death, he had been living in the United States for 31 years.^[1][3]

Immigration and Naturalization

Leon arrived in the United States at the port of New York (Ellis Island) on 16 Jun 1893^[4] and was naturalized in 1905.^[5]

Related Records

Passenger manifest for Leib Neufeld (1904)^[6]

Last permanent residence: Prasnysz

Final destination: New York

Contact at destination: stepfather, Leiser Keiser, New York 3 6th Str 406

Petition for naturalization for Leon Newfield (1928)^[7]

Spouse Hazel b. 1895 at Ohio

Witness #1: Leon Keizer, jeweler, residing at 1200 Hoe Av Bronx

Witness #2: Jennie Keizer, hwife, residing at 1200 Hoe Av Bronx

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Death certificate for Leon Keizer, #3989, 10 Feb 1928, Manhattan, New York City, New York, retrieved from The New York City Municipal Archives.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M57W-3FM : accessed 8 December 2022), Leon Keizer, Manhattan Ward 17, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 914, sheet 2A, family 23, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1033; FHL microfilm 1,375,046. Marriage #1; years married: 8; number of children: 0/0; occupation: polisher, jewelry factory. [Re: children, I have inferred that the enumerator interviewed Leon, not Jennie, and he answered for himself. - Bloom-789]
3. ↑ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W15-S6G : 3 June 2020), Leon Keizer, 1928.
4. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6TV-LTT : 2 March 2021), Laiser Kaiser, 1893.
5. ↑ "New York, County Naturalization Records, 1791-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGTF-TXP9 : 2 March 2021), Leon Keizer, 1905; citing Naturalization, New York, United States, citing multiple County Clerk offices of New York; FHL microfilm 005394821. Occupation: Jeweler
6. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JNMH-WWL : 2 March 2021), Leib Neufeld, 1904.
7. ↑ "New York, Southern District, U.S District Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1946", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:73K3-J6T2 : 8 March 2021), Leon Newfield, 1928.

See also:

• "New York State Census, 1915", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9FQ-LYN : 4 June 2022), Leon Kaiser, 1915. Occupation: Jewelry