I've been tracing the children of my great-great-great grandmother Mira Halpern Lefand Marienhoff for years. I had the birth records for a set of twins born to Mira and her second husband, Yitzchok Marienhoff; Yaakov/Yankel and Chava Marienhoff were born in Nezhin on July 1, 1887.
Chava eventually emigrated to America and became Eva Braverman (you can read about her life--and how I found her descendants with some search tricks--here).
In 1888, the family was enumerated in a poll tax census. Eva was there, but Yankel was not.
I assumed that Yankel had died in infancy but never had proof--until now.
The child Yaakov (son of Yitzchok) Marienhoff died of an unspecified illness on Nov 2, 1887 at the age of 4 months. So now we know.
Thus far I've found documentation of eleven children that Mira bore between 1874 and 1896. Yaakov/Yankel is the only one who died in childhood--which was quite unusual at that time!
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| Birth of Yaakov and Chava Marienhoff |
Chava eventually emigrated to America and became Eva Braverman (you can read about her life--and how I found her descendants with some search tricks--here).
In 1888, the family was enumerated in a poll tax census. Eva was there, but Yankel was not.
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| 1888 Poll Tax Census; Doroginka, Nezhin; Marienhoff Family (The one-year-old is Eva) |
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| Death Record of Yaakov Marienhoff. Nezhin, 1887 |
Thus far I've found documentation of eleven children that Mira bore between 1874 and 1896. Yaakov/Yankel is the only one who died in childhood--which was quite unusual at that time!
Note: I'm on Twitter. Follow me (@larasgenealogy).
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