Louis Lachter - Louis Lachter's Second Wife

Hi Sue, I forwarded your question to my sister Ronne to see if she knows anything. She has a better memory than me and is 3 years older.

Alan

Thanks Alan. I think we were all in touch a few years ago, when I was trying to establish just how Gusta fit into my family. Since that time, I’ve been able to establish her place and relationship in my tree, but the only missing piece is her final resting place. Find-a-Grave and all other cemetery searches have not been successful, and since I am not a direct descendant, I am not eligible to get a death certificate (which really stinks). So I thought I would throw this question out there again.... thanks!!!

Where does the name Weinstein come from

Hi Sue, My sister didn’t’ know anything about Gusta. She did remind me, though, that our grandmother and her father, Louis Lachter, did not really have much of a relationship in those days. He basically disowned her after she divorced her syphilitic, brain dead husband, Maurice Feinne. Strange Gusta was a Pollack, my mother’s family were Pollack’s. Also somewhat interesting is that my Hebrew School teacher was a Mr. Weinstein and he lived up the block from my grandfather, Max Pollack, in Rego Park. Seems everyone was related somehow in those days.

Alan

Maida, Gusta’s mother was Adele Rubinstein, my great-grandmother’s sister. She married Leon Weinstein and they had two children, Augusta and Max. Augusta (Gusta) married Lazarus Pollack, but he died in the mid-1920s from tuberculosis while traveling for the music company he worked for. He died and is buried in California (with no gravestone). Gusta married Louis Lachter. I remember visiting Gusta when I was younger in her little house in Queens. I always wondered “how” she was related. I FINALLY found out she was my grandfather’s cousin. I don’t know “who” might have taken care of her final arrangements after her death. No one is around to ask.

For what it's worth, I found a lot of little news articles online about Louis Lachter (his obituary, which lists his survivors, including Augusta and his children/grandchildren), an article about his 50th anniversary celebration with first wife Rose, the death of his daughter Anne, the disbursement of assets from Rose's will, and the marriage of his granddaughter Joyce. I suppose there is a possibility that Gusta was cremated and there is no burial place (highly unlikely), but how can a person die and just disappear into thin air?!? I will find her.....

Sue, Can you send me a copy of the obituary or a link? Don’t know an Anne...

Alan