15 October 2015

Treasure Chest Thursday: Philip Schenkerman family advertisement, 1949 FLPBA anniversary publication

Philip Schenkerman was born in Labun (aka Lubin), Volhynia Gubernia, Russian Empire and arrived at the age of 19 in New York Harbor on 4 August 1914.[1] He'd left his father Motel in Lubin. Motel arrived, a widower, in 1923.[2] (Motel became Max and passed away in 1943 and is buried in the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association plot in Montefiore Cemetery.)

Philip married Sarah Tabachnik on 9 May 1917.[3] He made his living as a carpenter. By the 1925 New York State Census and 1930 U.S. Census enumerations, Philip was working as a glazier.[4]

Philip and Sarah had three children: David (born about 1919), Rose (1921) and Irving (1926). 

Philip and Sarah are buried in the FLPBA plot in Beth Moses Cemetery, Pinelawn, NY. Philip died in July 1975.[5] Sarah, on 18 September 1961. 

Notes:
1. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 30 April 2011), manifest, S.S. Vaderland, Antwerp to New York, arriving 4 August 1914, list 20 (handwritten), line 19, Puic Schenikerman, as indexed  [Peric Scheinkerman]; citing NARA microfilm publication T715, roll 2357. 
2. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 19 December 2010), manifest, S.S. Minnekahda, Antwerp to New York, arriving 4 August 1914, list 8 (handwritten), line 25, Mordka Szeinkerman; citing NARA microfilm publication T715, roll 2357.  
3. New York County, New York, marriage certificate no. 14350 (1917), Philip Schenkerman and Sarah Tabatznik, 9 May 1917; Municipal Archives, New York.
4. 1925 New York State census, Bronx County, enumeration of the inhabitants, Bronx, assembly district 5, election district 34, page 11, Philip and Sadie Schenkerman family; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 11 October 2015); New York State Archives, Albany.
1930 U.S. Census, Bronx County, population schedule, Bronx, enumeration district 3-371, sheet 13A, dwelling 16, family 184, Phillip and Sarah Schenkerman family; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 11 October 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1475. 
5. "U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014," index, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 11 October 2015); Philip Schenkerman, date of death July 1975, 059-28-5010, last residence Kerhonkson, Ulster County, NY.

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