SOSNOVSKY
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Louis SERNOFF
(1867-1937)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Bessie MERITZ

Louis SERNOFF 2 3

  • Born: 1867, Russia 1
  • Marriage: Bessie MERITZ in 1892 1
  • Died: 1937 at age 70 2

   Other names for Louis were Louis SOSNOFF, Louis SOSNOFFSKY, Louis SOSNOFSKY and Leisor SOSNOWSKY.

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  General Notes:

"Sernoff" is derived from "Sosnovsky" via "Sosnoff" and other variations. 2

  Research Notes:

The census of 1920 has Louis' age as 51. It has his surname as "Sernof." The index at Ancestry.com has it as "Sarnof."

The census of 1930 has "Lewis Sernoff."

No one who lived in Bucks County remembers a Haines Road. The property actually faced Broad St. The census taker may have gotten the name from the owner of the last property on the section of street he called "Haines Rd," Sumner Haines. 1 3

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Immigration, 1902. 1

2. Residence, Apr 21, 1910, 1541 Franklin St., Philadelphia. 4

3. Employment, Apr 21, 1910, Philadelphia. 4 Louis worked in a tailor shop.

4. Residence, Jan 12, 1920, 2151 N. 28th St., Philadelphia. 3

5. Employment, Jan 12, 1920, Philadelphia. 3 Louis was a tailor.

6. Residence, Apr 24, 1930, Broad Street, Bucks Co., Penn. 1 2 The census calls it Haines Road.

7. Business, Apr 24, 1930, Broad Street, Bucks Co., Penn. 1 2 Louis owned a general farm. The census calls it Haines Road.


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Louis married Bessie MERITZ, daughter of Meyer Chaim MEZHIRITZKY and Chane SOSNOVSKY, in 1892.1 (Bessie MERITZ was born in 1870 in Russia 1.)


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Sources


1 Bucks County (Penn), US Census, 1930.

2 Lois Sernoff/Betty Meritz Jacobs.

3 Philadelphia, US Census, 1920.

4 Philadelphia, US Census, 1910.


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