Saturday 9 September 2023

Gertie Rosenberg (1910 - 1995)

Gertrude Rosenberg, known as Gertie is my maternal 3rd cousin 2x removed. Rosenberg family tree Here

ParentsAbraham Rosenberg (1874 - 1944) and Nellie Reuis (1875 - 1949)

Born: 10 April 1910 in Manchester, England

Hebrew name: Gittel, daughter of Abraham

Married: Louis Silver in Montreal, Quebec. Canada on 3 March 1946

Children
  • Debby Silver 1946 -

Census details
1911
Gertie is living with her parents Abraham and Nellie and her siblings at 49 Elizabeth Street, Cheetham, Manchester.  living at 332 Bury New Road, Broughton, Manchester in a seven roomed house. Abraham is 38 and a cap manufacturer. Nellie is 36. Their children are Florrie age 13, Sydney age 12, Harry age 10, Myer age 9, Hannah age 4 and Gertie age 11 months. All the children are born in Manchester. Living with them is their cousin Thebe Moses, age 36 and born in Liverpool


Arrival in Canada

Gertie came to Canada sometime before 1943 and in that year went to the USA for a visit, as evidenced by her USA arrival form at Detroit, Michigan, USA

Death
12 August 1995 in Montreal, Canada at 85 years of age. Buried on 14 August 1995 in Baron de Hirsch - De la Savane Cemetery King George New section, Line S Grave 15 in Montreal, Canada

Gertrude Rosenberg Silver, Loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and sister. APR. 10, 1910 - AUG. 12, 1995

Hebrew translation: "(abbr) Here is buried Gitel daughter of Mr. Avraham / died 17 Av 5755 (abbr) May her soul be bound in the bond of life"

Residences
In the 1911 census the family were living at 332 Bury New Road, Broughton, Manchester. The house appears to no longer exist, for it is now a primary school


In 1943 Gertie was living at 324 Redfern Ave, Westmount, Montreal, Quebec, Canada