Israel VOLOVSKY
(-1941)
Sarah TORGOV
(-1941)
Batya VOLOVSKAYA
(1907-1988)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Abraham GEFFEN

2. Samuel SANDLER

Batya VOLOVSKAYA 1

  • Born: May 1, 1907, Yagorlik, Ukraine 1
  • Marriage (1): Abraham GEFFEN on Mar 19, 1931 in Tel Aviv, British Palestine
  • Marriage (2): Samuel SANDLER in 1969 in Las Vegas
  • Died: Mar 10, 1988, Los Angeles, Calif at age 80 2
  • Buried: Mt. Sinai Memorial Park, Los Angeles 1

   Other names for Batya were Batya Volovsky and Madam Mischa.

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  General Notes:

Batya was a seamstress. She had 5 younger sisters and brothers.

Batya and Abraham moved from the Lower East Side of Manhattan to 5609 15th Avenue in Brooklyn.

Batya opened Chic Corsetry by Geffen on 13th Ave. near 55th St. in 1956. 1

  Research Notes:

The SSDI has Batya'a date of birth as May 1, 1909. 3

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  Noted events in her life were:

1. Immigration, 1920, Kishinev, Romania. 1 Batya went to study beyond the 4th grade.

2. Immigration, 1926, Tel Aviv, British Palestine. 1 Batya went to live with her father's sister.

3. Immigration, Nov 12, 1931, Manhattan, NY. 1 Abraham and Batya arrived from Le Havre on the SS Ile de France.

4. Naturalization, Aug 31, 1933, Manhattan, NY. 1

5. Residence, Mar 1988, Beverly Hills, Calif 90210. 3


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Batya married Abraham GEFFEN, son of Elias GEFFEN and Minnie MONTVILISKI, on Mar 19, 1931 in Tel Aviv, British Palestine. (Abraham GEFFEN was born on Apr 29, 1903 in Vilnius, [Lithuania], Russian Empire and died on Mar 29, 1961 in Brooklyn, NY.)


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Batya next married Samuel SANDLER in 1969 in Las Vegas. (Samuel SANDLER was born in 1915.)
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Sources

1 "The Operator," by Tom King.

2 Bill Lucker.

3 Social Security Death Index (SSDI).

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