Alexander & Simon Families - Person Sheet
Alexander & Simon Families - Person Sheet
NameLena TEITELBAUM [42]
Birthabt 1851, Hungary [98], [99], [44]
Death19 Nov 1902, New York, USA [42], [100]
BurialUnion Field Cemetery, 8211 Cypress Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11227 [42], [1], [101]
Alias/AKALena
MotherKatalin EDLICZ (-?)
Spouses
Birthabt 1848, Ofalu, Saros, Hungary [102]
Death25 Mar 1891, Ofalu, Sarros, Hungary [42], [103]
MotherChanah FREIMAN (1801-)
ChildrenRegina (1869-1946)
 Bernat (1873-1937)
 Isidore (1875-1954)
 Morris “Moritz“ (1879-1955)
 Henry Maxwell (1884-1961)
 Gizella (1890-1890)
Notes for Lena TEITELBAUM
In the 1869 Hungarian Census, she is listed as Carolin Teutelbaum.

Translation of her headstone reveals:
- Hebrew name is Leah;
- She is the daughter of Menachem;
- Her husband was Avraham Yehuda;
- She died in the month of Heshvan, probably on the 19th in 5363, (This converts to 19 Nov 1902.)
- The family story is that she died shortly after her arrival in the United States.

1902, Nov 19: Manhattan Death Certificate #32090
- Name: Ann Alexander,
- Age 50,
- Buried at Union Field Cemetery
- In US for 13 years.*
- Lived at 42 Pitt St**
- Father: Emil
- Mother: Kati

* Lena arrived in US on 20 Dec 1891. Thus by Nov 1902, she would have been in the US just shy of 11 years.

** In 1900, Ignatz and Regina Alexander are listed as living at 32 Pitt St.
Last Modified 28 Sep 2020Created 26 Apr 2021 by Miriam Alexander Baker