25 | Cousin, Alter Braismin 184 Willoughby Str, Brooklyn NY
26 | Uncle, Alter Braimen, Brooklyn NY
Personal description: height | complexion | hair | eyes
25 | 5'6" | brown | black | brown
26 | 5'5 ½" | fair | blond | brown
Place of birth: Mogileff, Russia
Manifest of the S.S. California, sailing from Glasgow, arriving in New York on 17 Dec 1907 (lines 22-23)[9]
line | name | age | sex | status | occupation | annot
22 | Shitz, Yeruchim | 24 | m | s | labr | 16 - 12633 12/?/40
23 | Riskin, Israel | 23 | m | s | labr | 1-320243 12/?/4?
Nationality/race: Russia/Hebrew
Last permanent residence: Mogileff, Russia
Contact at former residence:
22 | Father, I Shitz, Monastirskaya, gub. Mogileff
23 | Father, S. Riskin, Monastirskaja, gub. Mogileff
Final destination: Brooklyn, NY
Contact at destination:
22 | Cousin, A Braimin 184, Willoughby St. Brooklyn, NY
23 | Uncle, A Braimen, 184, Willoughby St. Brooklyn, NY
Personal description: height | complexion | hair | eyes
25 | 5'6" | bro | bro | bro
26 | 5'5 ½" | fair | bro | bro
Place of birth: Mogileff, Russia
Research Notes
Yeruchim Schitz/Shitz, son of Itzko, appears to be RICH, Jake, also Yeruchim Shitz.[10] Died 1979.[11] Connection to the Riskin family via Alter Braimin/Braimen/Braismin to be determined.
↑ 2.02.1 "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N462-N39 : 25 May 2018), Israel Riskin and Rosie Asnin, 2 Feb 1913; citing Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,409,946.
↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KM3-1JCB : 10 February 2023), Israel Riskin in entry for Dorothy Riskin, .
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKXJ-6MS : 20 May 2014), Israel Riskin, May 1970; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
↑ The National Archives at Kansas City; Kansas City, Missouri; Naturalization Index for the Western District of Missouri, compiled 1930 - 1950, documenting the period ca. 1848 - ca. 1950; Record Group Title: Records of the District Courts of the United States; Record Group Number: RG 21. Ancestry Record 2494 #69716
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYBV-2JQ : 10 January 2021), Jake Rich, Feb 1979; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQRZ-PG5 : accessed 3 September 2019), Isreal Riskin, Boston (Districts 251-500), Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 412, sheet 10A, line 46, family 155, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 952; FHL microfilm 2,340,687.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4VS-NJ6 : 29 July 2019), Samuel Riskin, Ward 14, Boston, Boston City, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 15-510, sheet 4B, line 53, family 87, 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 1673.
"United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V12L-LKM : 9 March 2018), Isreal Riskin, 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.).
Family tree of Kirsh-23 - Israel Riskin b. 17 Aug 1886 in Dudin, Russia, m. Rose/Golde Aschin, d. May 1970 in Mass. Known as "Red Israel" by David Riskin
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