Leah Baline

Leah Kazinakoff was my grandmother Becky's sister. Moses and Leah came over on a ship that landed in Antwerp Belgium (Red LIne Voyages) and continues to America. They stayed in steerage on the ship. Israel(Irving) was the youngest of 7 children being 5 years old when they came to US.Irving wrote 1200 songs during his lifetime. From the lower east side, moves uptown to the Bronx.Married to Goetz, died of typhoid after honeymooning in Cuba. Wrote When I Lost YOu.G-D Bless America, Puttin on the Ritz, White Christmas,There's No business Like Show Business, I Can Do Anything Better than You,You can't get a man with a Gun,

Death: "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WL5-6LM : 10 February 2018), Lena Berlin, 21 Jul 1922; citing Death, Bronx, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,167,961.

Burial: Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, vai FindAGrave

Note: Sources including Irving Berlin's marriage record and obituary give Leah's maiden name as Lipkin. Her own death record names her father as "Jacob Jarchin".