Blocked
Birth:
Marriage:
1913
New York
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
BORN BESSARABIA (KISHINEV). IN THE UNITED STATES HE WAS A MECHANIC FOR THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY. HE WORKED ON TROLLEYS, BUSES ETC. IT WAS ON THIS JOB THAT HE LEARNED TO SPEAK ENGLISH. NOT MANY JEWS WERE EMPLOYED BY THIS COMPANY. THE WORKERS WERE MOSTLY IRISH. THUS LOUIS' ENLISH WAS SPOKEN WITH AN IRISH-AMERICAN ACCENT, WHICH HE HAD ALL HIS LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES.
(Lutzia) Lena COHEN
Birth:
1888
Vilnius, Russia
Death:
1951
Bronx, New York
Burial:
Mt. Hebron Cem, Queens, New York
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Mother:
Notes:
FROM SYDE KRETZER - SHE WAS A VERY STRONG PERSON. IN RUSSIA HER BROTHER'S TEACHER TAUGHT HER TO READ AND WRITE YIDDISH. THIS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, CAUSED CONFLICTS WITH HER FATHER. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A LOVE INTEREST IN THE TEACHER. SHE AND HER FATHER FOUGHT AND SHE LEFT HOME. SOMEONE IN NEW YORK MAY HAVE HELPED HER GET TO THE UNITED STATES. SHE ARRIVED THROUGH THE PORT OF BOSTON. LATER SHE SENT FOR HER FATHER AND HER SISTER ROSE. THEY LIVED WITH HER UNTIL ROSE MARRIED. THEN HER FATHER LIVED WITH ROSE AND ROSE'S HUSBAND MORRIS KOREN. SHE WAS CALLED "TANTA LUTZIA"
SHE SPOKE YIDDISH AND A LITTLE RUSSIAN
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