1940 U.S. Census: Searching for the Myers Family

David and Ida (Chaye Sarah) Malzmann came to the United States in 1913 from Lubin, Russian Empire (today Ukraine) after all their sons and daughters had emigrated the New York City and changed the family name to Myers. David's brother, Zachary, followed in 1921 after his two sons, Israel and Jacob, were established in New York, as well. 

By 1940, the older generation had passed and some of the children had also. Myer, the first to emigrate to the USA in 1902, died in 1936 (in Monticello, NY where he'd retired to the Catskills), Louis in 1938 (in the Bronx), and Rebecca Myers Sotskess in January 1940 (in Manhattan). Eldest daughter, Sarah Myers Morris was discussed in a previous blog post with her Morris Family - so she won't be discussed here. 

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For family history purposes, the following addresses are those closest in time to and most likely to yield hits in the 1940 U.S. Census.  1940 Enumeration Districts are indicated in blue.

Abraham & (Rebecca Myers) Sotskess

 1940 236 W. 10th Street, NY, NY [1]               31-48  

                                                or 31-49

 1942 102 Christopher Street, NY, NY [2]           31-50

(Louis) & Yetta G. Myers

 1938 1605 Walton Avenue, Bronx, NY [3]            3-132A

Joseph & Rose Myers

 1942 212 East 39th Street, NY, NY [4]             31-1041

Harry & Mollie Myers

 1942 578 Williams Avenue, Brooklyn, NY [5]        24-85

Israel & Eva Myers

 1940 1820 Morris Avenue, Bronx, NY [6]            3-127B 

                                                or 3-1497

Jacob & Bertha Myers

1942 636 Dahill Road, Brooklyn, NY [7]             24-2546B

Notes

1. New York, New York, Certificate and Record of Death no. 2120 (24 January 1940), Rebecca Sotskess, New York City Municipal Archives, New York.

2. "U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 April 2012), Abraham Sotskess, card no. U1124, New York, NY.

3. Bronx County, New York, Certificate and Record of Death no. 9710 (8 November 1938), Louis Myers, New York City Municipal Archives, New York.

4. "U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," digital images, Ancestry.com,  Joseph Myers, card no. U2235, New York, NY.

5. "U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," digital images, Ancestry.com, Harry Myers, card no. U3362, Brooklyn, NY.

6. Bronx County, New York, Certificate and Record of Death no. 4981 (20 May 1940), Israel Myers, New York City Municipal Archives, New York.

7. "U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," digital images, Ancestry.com, Jacob Myers, no. U253, Brooklyn, NY.