Erna Weis

Erna WEISS, née BLUMENTHAL: b. 7 Jan 1902, Nordhofen - d. 28 Dec 1974, Chicago

Initial information - plus some documents - kindly provided directly by Barbara BECKER, a descendant of this family.

Further details courtesy of various sources:

Travel to the USA - cf. New York passenger listings: Arrival 11 May 1941, SS Manhattan from Genoa

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95NZ-9YB8?i=429&cc...

Erna Weis Blumenthal Female 38 1940 New York, New York, United States 1902 Germany Immigration Manhattan

Status as "married", POB misspelled as Norhaven, profession as "housewife"

Next page - contact people.

Departure: "none"

Arrival: "sister" Hedwig BLUMENTHAL, 8542, 160th. St., Jamaica, NY

Basic death data:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MN-6ZKZ

Name Erna Weis
Geschlecht Female
Alter 72
Anschrift 7633 So Cornell
Beerdigungsdatum 30 Dec 1974
Beerdigungsort Hillside, , Illinois
Sterbedatum 28 Dec 1974
Sterbeort Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Geburtsdatum 02 Jan 1902
Geburtsort , , Germany
Familienstand Widowed
Beruf Housewife
Ethnische Zugehörigkeit White
Name des Vaters Herman Blumenthal
Name der Mutter Johanna Heldenmuth
Name des Auskunftgebers Dawn Barron
Art des Ereignisses Death
Eintragsnummer 633111
Friedhof Oakridge Jewish
Bestattungsinstitut Lain And Son Inc

Burial data & grave image courtesy of:

https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/181861832/erna-weis

Erna Blumenthal Weis
GEBURT
7 Jan 1902
TOD
28 Dez 1974 (im Alter von 72)
BESTATTUNG
Oakridge-Glen Oak Cemetery
Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA
GEDENKSTÄTTEN-ID
181861832

Aufschrift/Inscription:

My Beloved Wife

N.B. The following individual - also from Hochheim-am-Main - names Fritz WEIS as "cousin" under contact people noted on New York passenger listing.

Friedrich "Fritz" Wolff

And Erna WEIS, as well as a clothing store in Hochheim-am-Main known as "WEIS & DREIFUSS", is also mentioned in the biography of the WOLFF family:

Stolpersteine – gegen das Vergessen - Hochheim am Main

https://www.yumpu.com/de/document/read/3170010/stolpersteine-gegen-...

Exact relationship not yet determined ...