Family history documents: Joseph Black & family
Joseph (Joe) Black (1915-1984) is the maternal grandfather of my husband, Jeff Rosenthal; this is a collection of archival documents related to Joseph, his parents Samuel and Anna, his grandparents, etc. It is a work in progress.
In researching family history, I have come across some fascinating documents such as census forms and marriage certificates. I decided to post these documents online, as I think other family members will find them as interesting as I did.
-- Margaret Fulford, August 2015 (margaret.fulford@utoronto.ca)
Contents
Introduction:
Documents (with notes):
- 1903-1905: BARNARD OR BENNETT FINKELSTEIN - BOSTON DIRECTORIES - 1903-1905 (added February 2016)
- 1904: ANNA FINKELSTEIN AND SARAH FINKELSTEIN - EXIT VISA FROM ROMANIA - FEBRUARY 11, 1904
- 1904: ANNA FINKELSTEIN AND SARAH FINKELSTEIN - STEAMSHIP TICKET AND HEALTH INSPECTION - LIVERPOOL - JUNE 28, 1904
- 1904: ANNA FINKELSTEIN AND SARAH FINKELSTEIN - IMMIGRATION - JULY 8, 1904
- 1904: ANNA FINKELSTEIN AND SARAH FINKELSTEIN - TEMPORARY DETENTION AT ELLIS ISLAND - JULY 8-9, 1904
- 1904 or 1905: SAMUEL BLACK - PASSPORT - UKRAINE
- 1905: LEIA BLACK & FIVE CHILDREN - CANCELLED VOYAGE - MARCH 4, 1905 (NEW -- added March 2017)
- 1905: SAMUEL BLACK & TWO SISTERS - IMMIGRATION - MAY 23, 1905 (NEW -- added March 2017)
- 1905: LEIA BLACK & TWO CHILDREN - CANCELLED VOYAGE - JUNE 14, 1905 (NEW -- added March 2017)
- 1905: LEIA BLACK & TWO CHILDREN - IMMIGRATION - JULY 3, 1905 (NEW -- added March 2017)
- 1914: SAMUEL BLACK AND ANNA FINKELSTEIN - MARRIAGE - JUNE 7, 1914
- 1915: JOSEPH BLACK (AGE THREE MONTHS) WITH PARENTS (SAMUEL AND ANNA) AND GRANDMOTHER (SARAH FINKELSTEIN) - 1915 CENSUS - MANHATTAN
- 1917: SAMUEL BLACK - U.S. DRAFT REGISTRATION - MANHATTAN - JUNE 5, 1917
- 1920: SAMUEL BLACK - DECLARATION OF INTENTION - JANUARY 8, 1920 (NEW -- added March 2017)
- 1920: JOSEPH BLACK (AGE 4) WITH PARENTS (SAMUEL AND ANNA) AND GRANDMOTHER (SARAH FINKELSTEIN) - 1920 CENSUS - MANHATTAN
- 1922: SAMUEL BLACK - PETITION FOR NATURALIZATION - JANUARY 9, 1922 (NEW -- added March 2017)
- 1922: SAMUEL BLACK (AGE 33) - NATURALIZATION - MAY 2, 1922
- 1923: LILLIAN BLACK (AGE 3) - DEATH - MANHATTAN - JULY 3, 1923
- 1925: JOSEPH BLACK (AGE 10) WITH PARENTS (SAMUEL AND ANNA) AND GRANDMOTHER (SARAH FINKELSTEIN) - 1925 CENSUS - MANHATTAN
- 1930: SARAH FINKELSTEIN - DEATH - MANHATTAN - MARCH 23, 1930 (added February 2016)
- 1930: JOSEPH BLACK (AGE 14) WITH PARENTS (SAMUEL AND ANNA) - 1930 CENSUS - BRONX
- 1936: SAMUEL BLACK - APPLICATION FOR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER - NOVEMBER 30, 1936
- 1938: JOSEPH BLACK AND RUTH SCHWARTZ - MARRIAGE - OCTOBER 23, 1938
- 1940: JOSEPH BLACK AND RUTH (SCHWARTZ) BLACK (AGE 25 AND 27) - 1940 CENSUS - BRONX
- 1940: SAMUEL BLACK AND ANNA (FINKELSTEIN) BLACK (AGE 52 AND 49) - 1940 CENSUS - BRONX
- 1942: SAMUEL BLACK (AGE 54) - U.S. DRAFT REGISTRATION - BRONX - APRIL 25, 1942 (added February 2016)
- 1948: SAMUEL BLACK (AGE 60) - DEATH - BRONX - MARCH 24, 1948
- 1984: JOSEPH BLACK (AGE 69) - DEATH - ENFIELD, CONNECTICUT - AUGUST 28, 1984
A note about the documents:
- For the most part I am not including information about living people; however, some publicly available documents (such as 1940 U.S. census forms) may mention people who are still with us today.
- In many cases I found digitized documents online via ancestry.ca or via the websites of government archives or historical societies; in other cases the documents weren't available online but I was able to order a photocopy which arrived by mail.
- I have copy/pasted online transcriptions where available; these are modern transcriptions (i.e., created recently), usually provided by volunteers who transcribe sets of handwritten historical documents. While these transcriptions are very helpful (often it's only because of them that it's possible to search for a person's name and find records about that person!), please bear in mind that they may not be entirely correct -- they're only someone's best effort to decipher the handwriting.