Tag Archives: Block

Xmas break at Club Ozark

Posted on December 18, 2011 by gsghert01

Little Rock, Arkansas was ground zero for the Block family in the 1950s as all the children of Joseph & Fay Block (Raymond, Samuel, Emma, Lewis and Grace) lived there. During Christmas break, the great grandchildren, the Block family Baby … Continue reading →

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First names

Posted on December 7, 2011 by gsghert01

Naming of children in the Block, Bloom, Gorden, Gruber, Scharff and Ghertner families (from Central and Eastern Europe) certainly seems to have followed a tradition of naming after an ancestor, although not necessarily one who had recently died as was … Continue reading →

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Block’s from Bohemia 1820s to ..

Posted on December 5, 2011 by gsghert01

Solomon Block and Mary (Levinson) Block were my 2X great grandparents. Block. In the page header are L-R, Samuel A. Block (1893-1981), unk (?), Lee (?), Lewis Block  (1898-1983) and Pappy (Lynton L. Scharff 1897-1985). Solomon Block (1826-1886) married Mary Levinson … Continue reading →

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Block’s jobs, some not so widely known

Posted on December 5, 2011 by gsghert01

Many  family members know that Joseph Friedman “Bompa” Block and Raymond and Sam Block started Block Realty. Few of us have any clue as to Pappy’s jobs. Office Clerk – Wholesale dry goods (1920 Census in Harris County Texas) Real … Continue reading →

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Mary Levinson Block’s interment

Posted on November 30, 2011 by gsghert01

Mary Levinson Block (1837-1916), Solomon Block’s wife, passed away 11 July 1916 in Chicago. Census records show this likely was ‘our’ Mary Block and she had a journey in death.

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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 →

Posted on November 29, 2011 by gsghert01 | 1 Comment

‘Cupid’s Dart’ announces Block-Levy nuptials

Posted on June 5, 2011 by gsghert01

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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Bloom

Posted on May 16, 2011 by gsghert01

See 4 generations of Bloom’s The Bloom family from Germany was prominent in Pine Bluff, Arkansas from the mid-1850s to the 1930s in business and politics. John Bloom (b. 1832 in Germany-1883) and his brother David (1824-1889) first arrived in … Continue reading →

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