1900 Census lists Michael Sturz living with wife Sarah and daughter Mollie on East 5th St., Manhattan. Occupation given as Hebrew Teacher.
[877]According to family lore, died on 20th of Adar or the 1st of Iyar, but what year? He is listed in the 1900 US Census, but by 1910 Sarah is a widow.
Probable death record (but age is wrong):
Sturz, Michael
55 y (b. 1847-1848)
Mar 21, 1903 (This date translates to 22 Adar I.)
# 9132 Manhattan
LDS 1323019
- Death certificate says he was a teacher and that his father was Joseph Sturz and mother was Hanna Sturz.
- He had been in the United Sates for 17 years.
- He resided at 106 ? 7 ?.
- Burial Union Field Cemetery, 22 Mar 1903
On Betty (Bertha) Sturz Heller’s death certificate, father listed as Isaac Sturz. (Informant was Ben Heller.)
[28]