Moses Rubenstein

Arrival 1886.

Find A Grave. A member took a photo of his headstone at my request in February 2016. I thought this was my great uncle, but instead I found a Rubenstein who is most certainly a relative. According to Sandy Besser, Fannie Rubenstein had relatives in St. Louis.

The headstone reads:

Here lies Rubenstein Moses, 1860 - 1941, son of Nachum, who passed away the 18th of the month of Shevat 5701 (Friday night, February 14, 1941). May his soul be bound up in the bond of life (eternal).

His Missouri death certificate gives his occupation as Scrap Iron & Metal, his age as 80 years and 8 months, and his place of birth as Zaslav, Volhynia, Russia. His father is Nacham Rubenstein and his mother's maiden name is unknown. The informant is his daughter, Mrs. Sam Hacker. he died of Broncho pneumonia and had chronic bronchitis. His address was 5635 Waterman, St. Louis, MO. He had been in St. Louis for 52 years and was widowed. His wife's name was Sarah Riva Rubenstein. He was born June 1860 and died Feb 14, 1941.

Note: Israel and Jeanne Treiman, close friends of Jay and Ann Frankel Rubenstein, were living at 5635 Waterman Ave, St. Louis, MO on December 31, 1941 when their niece was married in their house. Very interesting. Zaslav is next to Belogorodka where Max Reib Rubenstein (born Mordechai Nachum Reib) was from. A number of the Rubensteins worked in scrap iron and metal. Max Reib Rubenstein was born in 1858 and his father's name was Menachem Nachum Reib. All his Reib siblings put Nachum as the father's name on the gravestone. But Moses Rubenstein was not a sibling apparently. So a mystery.

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: May 6 2017, 23:04:24 UTC