Alexander & Simon Families - Person Sheet
Alexander & Simon Families - Person Sheet
NameYahile “Michel” “Michael” “Mihaly” “Issac” STURZ [878], [879]
Birth1844 [880]
Death21 Mar 1903, New York, New York, USA [881]
BurialUnion Field Cemetery, 8211 Cypress Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11227
OccupationHebrew Teacher
Alias/AKAYahiel Sturz
FatherJoseph STURZ (-?)
Spouses
Birth1850-1855, Hungary [877]
Death19 May 1940, Park East Hospital, Midtown [107], [858]
Burial20 May 1940, Union Field Cemetery, 8211 Cypress Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11227 [1], [858]
MotherRoslin SUSSMAN (-?)
MarriageHungary
ChildrenBertha “Betty” (~1870-1949)
 Ethel (1875-1945)
 Rose (1881-1957)
 Mollie (1881-1973)
Notes for Yahile “Michel” “Michael” “Mihaly” “Issac” STURZ
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]
Last Modified 8 Apr 2021Created 26 Apr 2021 by Miriam Alexander Baker