Sophie Elfman (Nemeroff) - Marriage of Isidor Sherman

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In 1918 Isidor Sherman married Ethel Olenick.
The marriage relationship is not correct listing Sophie Nemeroff as his wife.
Sophie married Max Hirsch Elfman in 1917 and their headstone confirms this marriage relationship.

The headstone only confirms that A woman named Sophie married a man named Max Elfman and that she died in 1975 in (presumably) PA.

There is a U.S. Social Security Death Index which seems matches this woman and gives her DOB as Feb 22 1895 which in turn matches the profile you linked this discussion to.

Whether the woman was Sophie Nemeroff and whether she married Ethel Olenick is neither supported nor disproved by the gravestone itself.

I'm not saying you're wrong, or even that I doubt you, just that the headstone doesn't support all of your statements. I shall dig a bit into the records.

I found a 1930 US Census for Isidor and his wife "Sophie" in PA https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10134-241275774/isadore-...

I also found a 1930 US Census for Max and his wife "Sophie" in PA https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10134-242706597/sophie-e...

So unless Sophie was a bigamist we can confirm that Sophie Elfman (of the headstone) never married Isidor Sherman

But no indication yet which wife was born Sophie Nemeroff

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The death certificate of Isidor Sherman indicates that his wife was Ethel Olenick Sherman at the time of his death in 1965. She signed the certificate. Their date of marriage is listed as in 1918.

Sophie Nemeroff - documentation of marriage to Max Elfman in 1917. Their marriage is also listed in Census doc's in 1920, 1930 & 1940.
Gender Female
Spouse Max Elfman
Spouse Gender Male
Marriage Place Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage Year 1917
Digital GSU Number 4141807

https://www.newspapers.com/image/177692996/?article=c81b0920-d67c-4...

Thiis link is to Max Elfman's obituary in 1959, listing Sophie as his surviving spouse.

Newspapers.com is a subscribed website. I am not sure if you can upload pages from that site as a Document to Geni, and given I'm not a subscriber I can't experiment with it.

The other link is to a file on your personal computer. I found Isadore in the SSDI and Pennsylvania Death Index but not his actual death cert.

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