SAMUEL POSNER (AGE 36) WITH WIFE JENNIE AND CHILDREN - 1920 CENSUS

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SAMUEL POSNER (AGE 36) WITH WIFE JENNIE AND CHILDREN - 1920 CENSUS - QUEENS

DOCUMENT: posner-samuel-census-1920.jpg (look especially at rows 7 to 11)

NOTES:

This 1920 census form shows Samuel (Zalman) Posner, Jerome's older brother (Esther's uncle), living in Queens with his wife Jennie, two daughters (Esther and Ruth), and son Edward.

Here's a copy of the (modern) transcription copied from ancestry.ca

1920 United States Federal Census

Name: 	Samuel Posner
Age: 	36
Birth Year: 	abt 1884
Birthplace: 	Russia
Home in 1920: 	Queens Assembly District 4, Queens, New York
Street: 	Palatine Ave
Race: 	White
Gender: 	Male
Immigration Year: 	1905
[1915] 
Relation to Head of House: 	Head
Marital Status: 	Married
Spouse's Name: 	Jennie Posner
Father's Birthplace: 	Russia
Mother's Birthplace: 	Russia
Native Tongue: 	Jewish
Able to Speak English: 	Yes
Occupation: 	densdentor
Industry: 	self
Employment Field: 	Own Account
Naturalization Status: 	Naturalized

Household Members: 	
Samuel Posner 	36
Jennie Posner 	33
Esther Posner 	9
Ruth Posner 	5
Edward Posner 	1
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(PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR A COPY OF THE INDIVIDUAL TRANSCRIPTIONS FOR THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD.)

Here are my notes about this document:
- Edward must have died before the following census, 1925, when he is no longer listed. (A 1998 Rosenthal-Posner family tree mentions that he died when he was only six.)
- The number of the address seems to have been left blank on the census form.
- The street is Palatina; this street was later renamed 191st (according to Street Name Changes in Queens, New York, O to Q). Given that some of the addresses on the same census form are on Jamaica Ave., probably they lived fairly near to Jamaica Ave. See the intersection of 191st St. and Jamaica Ave. today in Google Maps.
- According to Google Maps, this intersection is extremely close to their address in the following census, 1925: 19107 Jamaica Ave.; perhaps they moved a short distance? or perhaps they stayed in the same home and its address changed?

Here's a copy of the additional transcriptions for the other individuals in the household, copied from ancestry.ca:

Name: 	Jennie Posner
Age: 	33
Birth Year: 	abt 1887
Birthplace: 	Russia
Home in 1920: 	Queens Assembly District 4, Queens, New York
Street: 	Palatine Ave
Race: 	White
Gender: 	Female
Immigration Year: 	1905
Relation to Head of House: 	Wife
Marital Status: 	Married
Spouse's Name: 	Samuel Posner
Father's Birthplace: 	Russia
Mother's Birthplace: 	Russia
Native Tongue: 	Jewish
Able to Speak English: 	Yes
Naturalization Status: 	Naturalized

Name: 	Esther Posner
Age: 	9
Birth Year: 	abt 1911
Birthplace: 	New York
Home in 1920: 	Queens Assembly District 4, Queens, New York
Street: 	Palatine Ave
Race: 	White
Gender: 	Female
Relation to Head of House: 	Daughter
Marital Status: 	Single
Father's name: 	Samuel Posner
Father's Birthplace: 	Russia
Mother's name: 	Jennie Posner
Mother's Birthplace: 	Russia
Native Tongue: 	Jewish
Able to Speak English: 	Yes
Occupation: 	scholar
Industry: 	Public School
Attended School: 	Yes

Name: 	Ruth Posner
Age: 	5
Birth Year: 	abt 1915
Birthplace: 	New York
Home in 1920: 	Queens Assembly District 4, Queens, New York
Street: 	Palatine Ave
Race: 	White
Gender: 	Female
Relation to Head of House: 	Daughter
Marital Status: 	Single
Father's name: 	Samuel Posner
Father's Birthplace: 	Russia
Mother's name: 	Jennie Posner
Mother's Birthplace: 	Russia
Native Tongue: 	Jewish
Able to Speak English: 	Yes
Occupation: 	scholar
Industry: 	Public School
Attended School: 	Yes

Name: 	Edward Posner
Age: 	1
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Birth Year: 	abt 1919
Birthplace: 	New York
Home in 1920: 	Queens Assembly District 4, Queens, New York
Street: 	Palatine Ave
Race: 	White
Gender: 	Male
Relation to Head of House: 	Son
Marital Status: 	Single
Father's name: 	Samuel Posner
Father's Birthplace: 	Russia
Mother's name: 	Jennie Posner
Mother's Birthplace: 	Russia
Native Tongue: 	Jewish