Lena Klein

• Residence: 1902 - Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
  • Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Jun 20 2021, 20:09:54 UTC

Immigrated in 1894 together with Ben Klein, leaving Europe in Bremen and arriving in Ellis Island in Aug 1984.

Lena and Ben Klein, both age 20, bordered the "Elbe" in Bremen, Germany. They arrived in Ellis Island on Aug. 7, 1894, with the intention of settling in Clarksville, TN. Their names are listed as Gedalye Klein (shoemaker) and Line Rubenstern - both single.

They lived in Clarksville and had 4 children - Harry (b. 1896), Joe (1897), Fannie (1899), Isadore (1902) - until Lena died as a young woman, sometime between 1902 and 1906, leaving behind 4 young children. Ben remarried shortly after to his cousin, Sarah Klein, and they had 4 additional children together.