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Borukh GEFEN
(1787-1854)
Sheina
(-)
Iovnash GEFEN
(1813-)
Dreza
(1814-)

Aria Tsvi GEFEN
(1830-1903)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Shifra KIER

Aria Tsvi GEFEN 2

  • Born: 1830, Ukmerge, Kaunas, [Lithuania], Russian Empire 1 2
  • Marriage: Shifra KIER in 1855 in Russia 1
  • Died: Aug 18, 1903, Sioux City, Iowa at age 73 3 4
  • Buried: Mount Sinai Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa 4

   Other names for Aria were Arya Tsvi GEFEN, Arie GEFFEN, Aryei GEFFEN and A C GIFFIN.

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  General Notes:

Four children, including John and Shmuyla, died before 1900.

The Hamburg.de site has Aria's age as 50 in July of 1892. 1 6

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence, May 26, 1858, Ukmerge, Ukmerge, Kaunas, [Lithuania], Russian Empire. 7

2. Box Taxpayer, 1877, Ukmerge, Ukmerge, Kaunas, [Lithuania], Russian Empire. 7 "Arya" was not poor.

3. Beneficiary, After Apr 15, 1881, Ukmerge, Lithuania. 6 7 Aria was a beneficiary of the will of Shimel David Gefen.

4. Emigration, 1892, Ukmerge, Ukmerge, Kaunas, [Lithuania], Russian Empire. 6

5. Embarkation, Jul 21, 1892, Hamburg. 6 Aria sailed on the SS Warrington under the British flag.

6. Port of call, Jul 1892, Grimsby, England. 6

7. Arrival, Jul 1892, Liverpool, England. 6

8. Embarkation: Liverpool, England. 6 8 "Arie" sailed on the SS City of Berlin. The Ellis Island website has the family indexed under "Geffes." Aria's age is given as 50. This agrees with the Hamburg data.

9. Immigration, Aug 5, 1892, Ellis Island, New York. 8

10. Residence: Hartford, Connecticut. 9

11. Residence, Jun 21, 1900, 311 W. 7th Street, Sioux City, Iowa. 1 Aria was a fruit peddler. ED #176, sheet 30B.


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Aria married Shifra KIER, daughter of John KIER and Unknown, in 1855 in Russia.1 (Shifra KIER was born in 1832 in Ukmerge, Kaunas, [Lithuania], Russian Empire,7 died on Mar 23, 1910 in Sioux City, Iowa 10 and was buried in Mount Sinai Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa 3.)


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Sources


1 Sioux City, US Census, 1900.

2 Ukmerge Revision List of 1858.

3 Marjorie Goldberg.

4 Tombstone.

5 UKM-DIST-ALLTAXVOTERS.xls.

6 Hamburg.de.

7 All Lithuania Database.

8 Ellis Island database.

9 Photograph of AC Geffen in Hartford, Conn.

10 Bill Lucker.


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