Alexander & Simon Families - Person Sheet
Alexander & Simon Families - Person Sheet
NameBernard ALEXANDER [212]
Birth22 Apr 1874, Kachau, Hungary [213]
Death31 Jan 1959, Hartford, Connecticut [214], [215]
Obituary2 Feb 1959, Hartford, Connecticut
BurialMontefiore Cemetery, Long Island, New York [216], [217]
MotherHannah LEFKOWITZ (1831-1916)
Spouses
Birth12 Mar 1883, Hungary [218]
Death5 Apr 1946 [219], [214], [217]
BurialMontefiore Cemetery, Long Island, New York [217]
FatherAaron WEISS
MotherFannie ZAHLER
Marriage29 Mar 1903, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA [52], [220]
ChildrenMordecai Lincoln (1904-1978)
 Stanley J. (1906-1976)
 Harold (1909-1938)
Notes for Bernard ALEXANDER
1897 Naturalization card indicates:
- 22 years old on Jan. 6, 1897, which implies birth in 1874
- Address is 33 Pitt St., same as Ignatz Alexander who is listed as a witness
- Date of arrival listed as Nov. 22, 1883 (but manifest of Warre would indicate that arrival was Nov. 22, 1884)

Naturalization hearing:
- Bernard is a law student
- Ignatz testified

1900 U.S. Census, 35 Pitt St., Manhattan:
- gives date of birth of April, 1875

1903 Marriage license gives his age as 24, which suggests birth in 1879

1910 Census has Bernard Alexander living on East 15th St. with his wife and children and with a cousin, Jacob Alexander.

1915 New York State Census lists same family at 201 W 121st St., New York, NY (Bernord Alexanders)

1920 Census has same family as above but this time living on 98th St.

Lived in Denver, CO for a time but then moved to a home for the aged in Hartford, CT. [214]

Family members report that he had a brother Jack and a sister Mildred. (Jack could be Bernard’s cousin, Jacob, but there is no record of a sister, Mildred.)
Last Modified 8 Jan 2021Created 26 Apr 2021 by Miriam Alexander Baker