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Yearly Archives: 2011
Charles Block was four years old when he first appeared on a census roll and in 1880, the Solomon & Mary Block family were living in New Orleans, Louisiana. I found his full name was Charles Henry Block and he … Continue reading
Pappy’s maternal grandparents
See Samuel & Rosa Marx Surname page based on information from the 1880 US Census.
Charles A Bloom and Grace Rhine, my great grandparents
Beginning with the 1920 US Census for Pine Bluff, Grace M. Bloom, enumerated as ‘widowed mother’ or the ‘head-of household’ with my grandparents, John R. Bloom and Emma Marie (Block) Bloom. Later, I found my grandfather, John Ryan Rhine Bloom, … Continue reading
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Tagged ACornerOfTheTapestry, Bloom, John R. Bloom, Rhine, Solomon Block
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Some of my famous mishpocha
These individuals are related by marriage to descendants of Theresa Bloch (Rabbi Wise’s first wife) and also his first cousin, Solomon Block. Dr. Isaac Mayer Wise Rabbi, the Architect of American Reform Judaism in America) Adolph Simon Ochs (New York … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestry.com, IMDB, Public Family Trees, US Census, Wikipedia
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‘Cupid’s Dart’ announces Block-Levy nuptials
This press clipping (that their daughter, Em, had saved) states the reception was on Sunday Sep 20. and notes in the margin of the clipping indicate the wedding was 1884 or 1885. The Mormon Church genealogy website indicates Joseph F. … Continue reading
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Joseph F. Block letter of 10 Mar 1942
Read Joseph (“Bumpa”) F. Block’s letter to Mae (PDF) In the letter to Mae (now identified below) Uncle Joe says the Block family moved from Camden to old Mexico for a year or two during the Civil War and that … Continue reading
Solomon Block big shot
“….Solomon Block, one of the earliest Jewish settlers in Camden and the first president of the local congregation. As head of the local school board, Block fought off attempts to require bible reading in the public schools.