Bertha Shafer

Albert/Abraham Shafer (9/28/1877 Dokshitzy, Russia – 11/12/1947 Chicago, IL) married niece [3/29/1906 Chicago, IL] Bertha SHAFER (3/17/1883 or 1885/1886 Russia – 1/08/1950 Chicago, IL). He was 28 and she 21 when they married and her maiden name was spelled Schaffer.

I am assuming that Braine who immigrated with Afroim and Hesse Chippe was Bertha. They immigrated from Dokshitzy, Belarus, Russia on board the Red Star Line's steamship "The VADERLAND " which departed Antwerp, Belgium on 9/25/1905 and arrived at Ellis Island on 10/2/1905. They are listed on lines 15-17 of the manifest as Afroim Scheifer, 55 yr., married and a tailor, Hesse Chippe Scheifer, 54 yr., married, and Braine Scheifer, 19 yr., single and a tailoress. They are going to his son J Scheifer, 1033 Robey St, Chicago, IL. Their children (3 sons & 1 daughter) paid the passage and Afroim had $50 American Dollars when he arrived.

Bertha, 64, died on 1/8/1950 from Acute Coronary Occlusion/Hypertensive Heart Disease. Her death occurred at 3:00 AM at her home, 1143 N. Washtenaw, Chicago, IL and her body was interred 1/10/1950 Jewish Waldheim, POW, Forest Park, IL. Eugene Mandel, Gratch Mandel, 2235 W. Division, Chicago, IL (License 8200), made the funeral arrangements. Informant for the death certificate was her daughter, Ada I Berk, 1117 S. Throop, Chicago, IL. The DC indicates she had been a resident of Chicago for 44 years.