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Bertha Bernice (Bessie) ROFHEART

Bertha Bernice (Bessie) ROFHEART

Female 1904 - 1996  (92 years)

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  • Name Bertha Bernice (Bessie) ROFHEART  [1
    Born 2 Feb 1904  Kings, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1910  Age in 1910: 6; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Dau, Brooklyn Ward 16, Kings, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
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    Residence 1 Jun 1915  Relation to Head of House: Daughter, New York, Kings, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1 Jun 1915  New York, Kings, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1930  Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 1930  Brooklyn, Kings, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1932  Orange, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Residence 1935  New York City, Queens, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Residence 1937  Newark, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Residence 1 Apr 1940  Age: 36; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Residence 1941  Newark, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Died 3 Mar 1996  Charlottesville, Charlottesville City, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 11
    Buried Charlottesville, Charlottesville City, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Person ID I413  Rofheart-Jones Ancestry.com Current Tree
    Last Modified 3 Oct 2019 

    Father Adolph ROFHEART,   b. 4 Jul 1870, Vilnius City Municipality, Vilnius, Lithuania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 May 1928, The Hospital for Joint Diseases Age: 57, New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Jennie (Sheina) ZARETSKY,   b. Dec 1870, Vilna, Lithuania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1948, Nanuet, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 7 Oct 1890  New York, New York, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Adolph Jennie Marriage Certificate
    Adolph Jennie Marriage Certificate
    Photos
    1900 United States Federal Census
    1900 United States Federal Census
    Year: 1900; Census Place: Queens Ward 5, Queens, New York; Roll: T623_1150; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 688; FHL microfilm: 1241150.
    Family ID F159  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Solomon Samuel KANTOR,   b. 22 Feb 1905, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1962, Suicide, Roanoke, Roanoke City, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Married 14 Jul 1924  New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Bernice Rofheart marriage
    Bernice Rofheart marriage
    KANTOR - ROFHEART Mr. & Mrs A. Rofheart announce the marriage of their daughter Bernice to Samuel Kantor on July 14.
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Alan Steven KANE,   b. 21 May 1930, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 2019, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)  [natural]
    Photos
    Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003
    Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003
    Last Modified 3 Oct 2019 
    Family ID F100  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Feb 1904 - Kings, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta)
    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta)
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta)
    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta)
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    1910 United States Federal Census
    1910 United States Federal Census
    Year: 1910; Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 16, Kings, New York; Roll: T624_964; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0334; Image: 808; FHL microfilm: 1374977.
    New York, State Census, 1915
    New York, State Census, 1915
    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta)
    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta)
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    Traveling Rofheart Girls
    Traveling Rofheart Girls
    Left to right, Ekka, Bernice and Rudy, with friend.
    Bernice Rofheart marriage
    Bernice Rofheart marriage
    KANTOR - ROFHEART Mr. & Mrs A. Rofheart announce the marriage of their daughter Bernice to Samuel Kantor on July 14.
    Bessie Rofheart
    Bessie Rofheart

  • Sources 
    1. [S10] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Was;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 16, Kings, New York; Roll: T624_964; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0334; Image: 808; FHL microfilm: 1374977.
      Birth date: 1904
      Birth place: New York
      Residence date: 1910
      Residence place: Brooklyn Ward 16, Kings, New York
      1910 United States Federal Census
      1910 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1910; Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 16, Kings, New York; Roll: T624_964; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0334; Image: 808; FHL microfilm: 1374977.


    2. [S101] New York, State Census, 1915, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - State population census schedules, 1915. Albany, New York: New York State Archives.Original data: State population census schedules, 1915. Albany, New York: New York S;).
      Birth date: abt 1904
      Birth place: United States
      Residence date: 1 June 1915
      Residence place: New York, Kings, New York, United States
      New York, State Census, 1915
      New York, State Census, 1915


    3. [S55] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta), Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory titl;).
      Residence date: 1930
      Residence place: Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
      U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta)
      U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta)


    4. [S33] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, ;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Brooklyn, Kings, New York; Roll: 1495; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 1267; Image: 831.0; FHL microfilm: 2341230.
      Birth date: abt 1905
      Birth place: New York
      Residence date: 1930
      Residence place: Brooklyn, Kings, New York
      At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.


    5. [S55] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta), Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory titl;).
      U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta)
      U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta)


    6. [S31] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Syracuse, Onondaga, New York; Roll: T627_2858; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 66-228.
      Birth date: abt 1904
      Birth place: New York
      Residence date: 1 Apr 1940
      Residence place: Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States
      At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.


    7. [S55] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta), Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory titl;).
      U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta)
      U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (Beta)


    8. [S68] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
      U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989


    9. [S6] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    10. [S32] Social Security Death Index, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.Original data - Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security D;), Number: 223-34-6820; Issue State: Virginia; Issue Date: Before 1951.

    11. [S126] Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).

    12. [S3] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Queens Ward 5, Queens, New York; Roll: T623_1150; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 688; FHL microfilm: 1241150.
      Birth date: Jul 1869
      Birth place: Russia
      Marriage date: 1889
      Marriage place:
      Residence date: 1900
      Residence place: New York City, Queens, New York
      Arrival date: 1887
      Arrival place:
      1900 United States Federal Census
      1900 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1900; Census Place: Queens Ward 5, Queens, New York; Roll: T623_1150; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 688; FHL microfilm: 1241150.


    13. [S116] Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - The New York Times. New York, NY, USA: The New York Times, 1851-2001.The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, CA, USA: The Los Angeles Times, 1881-1894.The Boston Globe. Bost;).
      Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003
      Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003