Alexander & Simon Families - Person Sheet
Alexander & Simon Families - Person Sheet
Birth27 Oct 1891, Jonava, Kaunas, Kaunas, Lithuania [72]
Death5 Nov 1980, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial6 Nov 1980, Beth Shalom Cemetery, 1501 Anderson Rd., Shaler Township, PA
OccupationAntique Dealer
FatherSamuel “Shebsel“ GRABOWSKI (1854-1938)
MotherBasa “Bessie“ GUTMAN (~1862-1929)
Spouses
Birth23 Mar 1882, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA [65]
Burial15 Oct 1942, Beth Shalom Cemetery, 1501 Anderson Rd., Shaler Township, PA
FatherWilliam SIMON (~1849-1923)
MotherBetsy “Bessie” SANDUSKY (1859-1937)
Marriage13 Nov 1914, New York, New York, USA [74]
Notes for Eva “Khava-Pesa” GRABOWSKI
Isaac (Ike) Simon always called his wife “Khava" which is Hebrew/Yiddish for Eva.
In 1978, Eva said she came from Yaniva, Lithuania. According to www.jewishgen.org, modern day Jonova used to be Yonava, Russia.
Immigrated from Lithuania to South Africa as a child. Family lore has it that she arrived in South Africa a few days after Queen Victoria’s death in January 1901.
Certificate from Benoni School says that she was 12 (or possibly 14) in 1906 that would suggest born between 1892 and 1894;
Entry to U.S. in August 1913 gives her age as 20 [926], which would suggest a 1893 birth date, but Eva told her son Morton that she had lied about her age to seem older. In fact, if one believes the Lithuanian birth record, Eva was 21 years old when she entered the United States.
1948: Lived at 5221 Wilkens, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA [927]
1972: Lived at 2715 Murray Ave., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA [376]
For the last several years of her life, she lived in the Jewish Home for the Aged, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. [376]
Social Security death index lists her year of birth as 1897, but Miriam Alexander Baker remembers there was some question as to Eva's real birth date when she enrolled in Social Security (when Medicare was enacted).
The family chose Dec. 25, 1897 as the date of birth for Eva Simon's headstone because at that time they were not sure of the actual date.
In 1978, Eva said she came from Yaniva, Lithuania. According to www.jewishgen.org, modern day Jonova used to be Yonava, Russia.
Immigrated from Lithuania to South Africa as a child. Family lore has it that she arrived in South Africa a few days after Queen Victoria’s death in January 1901.
Certificate from Benoni School says that she was 12 (or possibly 14) in 1906 that would suggest born between 1892 and 1894;
Entry to U.S. in August 1913 gives her age as 20 [926], which would suggest a 1893 birth date, but Eva told her son Morton that she had lied about her age to seem older. In fact, if one believes the Lithuanian birth record, Eva was 21 years old when she entered the United States.
1948: Lived at 5221 Wilkens, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA [927]
1972: Lived at 2715 Murray Ave., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA [376]
For the last several years of her life, she lived in the Jewish Home for the Aged, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. [376]
Social Security death index lists her year of birth as 1897, but Miriam Alexander Baker remembers there was some question as to Eva's real birth date when she enrolled in Social Security (when Medicare was enacted).
The family chose Dec. 25, 1897 as the date of birth for Eva Simon's headstone because at that time they were not sure of the actual date.
Notes for Isaac “Ike” & Eva “Khava-Pesa” (Family)
Marriage license:
- lists grooms name as "Ike Simon"
- gives Ike Simon's address as 1017 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
- gives Eva Grabousky's address as Benoni, Transvaal.
- lists grooms name as "Ike Simon"
- gives Ike Simon's address as 1017 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
- gives Eva Grabousky's address as Benoni, Transvaal.