Gertrude (Levinson) Kestenbaum (abt.1899-abt.1997)

Gertrude Kestenbaum formerly Levinson

Born about 25 Mar 1899 in English Center, Pine Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States

[uncertain]

Ancestors

Daughter of Barnet Levinson and Bella Finkelstein

Sister of Marie (Levinson) Freedman and Weldon Levinson

Wife of Henry (Castenbaum) Kestenbaum — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

[children unknown]

Died about 22 Mar 1997 at about age 97 in Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States

[uncertain]

Problems/Questions

Profile last modified 8 Aug 2023 | Created 5 Jan 2012

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The Death Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Birth
2 Sources
3 Acknowledgments

Biography

Gertrude (Levinson) Kestenbaum has Jewish Roots.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1899

Place: US, PA, English Center^[1]

Sources

↑ Kurtzman, Gilda and/or Lithuanian Archives, Ancestry (Census)

Title: US, IN, Canoe Township, Rossiter? Census (ED 63 Sht 11B)
1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1900; Census Place: Pine, Lycoming, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1438; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 0070
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #58608559 (accessed 1 August 2023)
Gertrude Levinson, single daughter, in household of Barns Levinson (31) in Pine, Lycoming, Pennsylvania. Born in Pennsylvania, USA.

1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1910; Census Place: Canoe, Indiana, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1350; Page: 11b; Enumeration District: 0063; FHL microfilm: 1375363
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #106902497 (accessed 1 August 2023)
Gertrude Levinson (11), single daughter, in household of Barnett Levinson (41) in Canoe, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA. Born in Pennsylvania.

1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Miami Beach, Dade, Florida; Roll: 3601; Page: 84; Enumeration District: 13-200
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #81233969 (accessed 1 August 2023)
Gertrude Kestenbaum (51), wife, in household of Henry Kestenbaum (70) in Miami Beach, Dade, Florida, USA. Born in Pennsylvania.

Death: "Ohio, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018"
Ohio Department of Health; Columbus, Ohio; Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007
Ancestry Record 5763 #2235166 (accessed 1 August 2023)
Gertrude Kestenbaum death 22 Mar 1997 (born 29 Mar 1899), daughter of Levinson & Finkelstein, in Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga, USA.

Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #180143391 (accessed 1 August 2023)
Memorial page for Gertrude “Gert” Levinson Kestenbaum (29 Mar 1899-22 Mar 1997), citing Zion Memorial Park Cemetery, Bedford Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Carole K. (contributor 48020947).

Acknowledgments

WikiTree profile Levinson-37 was started through the import of fulltree.GED on Jan 5, 2012 by Max Heffler Heffler.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gertrude by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Gertrude: