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Shayna Barlas (Melmed)

Also Known As: "Sylvia"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: St. Agnes Hospital, 1930 S Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: January 09, 1993 (55)
Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Place of Burial: 502 East Springfield Road, Springfield, Delaware, Pennsylvania, 19064, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Ned Melmed and Private
Wife of Seymour Barlas
Mother of Beth Gayle Barlas; Ned Elliot Barlas and Edna Susan Ritz
Sister of Private; Private and Mark Harold Melmed

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Immediate Family

About Shayna Barlas

The Philadelphia Board of Education awarded Shayna a four year scholarship to attend Temple U in Philadelphia, as reported in the Philadelphia Inquirer, on Friday Morning, February 4, 1955, Page 29, as found in FultonHistory.com:

"107 Midyear Graduates Awarded Scholarships By Board of Education

"Scholarships for 107 midyear Philadelphia senior high school graduates have been recommended to the Board of Education. The awards, including 66 four-year college scholarships, will be acted on by the board at its regular meeting Tuesday.

"The college scholarships are valued at $400 each a year and cover courses at Temple, University of Pennsylvania, Drexel, Ursinus, PSU, Lock Haven State Teachers College and other institutions.

"...

" A list of the recipients and the institutions they are scheduled to attend follows:

"College

"...

"South Philadelphia - Shayna Melmed, ... all to Temple; ..."

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Shayna and Seymour's Marriage License Application was found in the Phialdelphia Inquirer, Thursday Morning, July 10, 1958, Page 35. It was found on FultonHistory.com:

"Marriage License Applications

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"Shayna Melmed, 21 426 Moore St and Seymour Barlas, 28, 2425 S. Fairhill St."

-- Mark Melmed, June 2017

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I found on FamilySearch.org, that Shayna's obit from the Philadelphia Inquirer is available on GenealogyBank, but I need a paid subscription to get it.

CITING THIS RECORD

"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVTL-V9N8 : accessed 4 November 2015), Shayna Melmed in entry for Seymour Barlas, Pennsylvania, United States, 6 Jan 2005; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Philadelphia Inquirer, The, born-digital text.

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Lea Perez claims that Shayna was born at St. Agnes Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.

-- Mark Melmed, November 2015

  • Residence: Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Residence: Merion Station, Pennsylvania 19066, USA
  • Residence: 524 Ritner Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA
  • Residence: 2425 South Fairhill Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA
  • Residence: 202 Upland Road, Lower Merion, PA, USA - 1992
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Shayna Barlas's Timeline

1937
February 10, 1937
St. Agnes Hospital, 1930 S Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
1943
1943
- 1949
Age 5
Abegail Vare, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
1949
1949
- 1952
Age 11
Howard Horace Furness, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
1952
1952
- 1955
Age 14
South Philadelphia HS for Girls, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
1957
1957
Age 19
2425 South Fairhill St, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States