Leonie Lea Tolkowsky

Leonie "Lea" TOLKOWSKY, née GLASS: b. 13 Jan 1876, Warsaw - d. 21 April 1961, New York

Information courtesy of various sources, including the following:

Especially valuable details about some members of these connected families here:

http://sousamendesfoundation.org/family/kleinberg-leinkram-tolkowsky

About the Family

Most of these visas were issued by Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 7 and June 18, 1940. Those of Georges KLEINBERG and his mother Rosa were issued in Bayonne in June 1940, exact date unknown.

The TOLKOWSKY family crossed into Portugal. Marcel and Marthe TOLKOWSKY and their daughters Nicole and Huguette sailed on the vessel Excambion from Lisbon to New York in July 1940.

Flora and Beatrice KLEINBERG traveled from Bordeaux to New York on the Washington in June 1940. Henri KLEINBERG crossed into Portugal and traveled from Lisbon to New York in August of that year on the vessel Nea Hellas.

Charles and Felicie TOLKOWSKY traveled with their daughter Lucienne on the Serpa Pinto from Lisbon to New York in March 1941.

Rosa and Georges KLEINBERG went to London. Georges perished during the war, and Rosa later emigrated to the US.

Rosa KLEINBERG's daughter, Julia GOLDMUNTZ, sailed with her family from Lisbon to New York on the Quanza in August 1940.

Léonie TOLKOWSKY sailed from Trinidad to New York in June 1941 on the ship Evangeline.

Emigration to the USA - New York passenger listings:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5NZ-S35Q?i=674&cc...

Leonie Lea Glass Tolkowsky Female 67 1874 Poland Immigration 1941 New York City, New York, United States Evangeline

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Departure: "brother" A.TOLKOWSKY, Warsaw, Poland

Arrival: "son" Lucien TOLKOWSKY, 2 West 46th Street, NY

Burial information - with grave image - thanks to:

https://www.schoonselhof.be/schoonselhofgj/glass%20leonie.html

b. 13.01.1876, Warsaw - d. 21.04.1961, New York