Today is the anniversary of author Thomas Wolfe's birth. The love of his life was a woman married to another man.
When did the parents of this woman die?
Extra credit: Where did her father live in 1860?
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Genealogue Challenge #59
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Aline Frankau Bernstein's parents were Rebecca Goldsmith and Joseph Frankau. Rebecca died 4 Oct 1893 and Joseph died 24 Oct 1894. Probably. Aline's bio says they were both dead by the time she was 17, which would have been about 1897--The Frankau name on the NYC http://www.italiangen.org/default.htm death index is spelled various ways, as it is in the census.
Aline's father Joseph was born in Connecticut to Delia and Nathan Frankau and the family was living in New London, Connecticut on the 1860 census.
Aline Frankau's father, Joseph Frankau, died April 11, 1900 at his home hemmorage of the stomach possibly due to trouble of the liver (New York Times archive)
Her mother, Rebecca G. Frankau, died 4 Oct 1893 (New York City Death Index - spelled Frankan)
Still working on where Joseph lived in 1860.
In 1860, Joseph Frankau was living with his parents, Nathan & Delia Frankau in New London, New London, Connecticut
I'll post what I have in case it can help someone find the rest:
Joseph Frankau died 11 Apr 1900. He was 45 and was living with his brother-in-law, Police Commissioner Hess. He was a widower and had been living with his brother-in-law for 2 years.
This was in New York City, from the Brooklyn Public Library Project. So, that means his wife, Rebecca, probably died in 1898 or before.
Deb
Tex was close, but Susan gets full credit.
As Deb notes, when he died in 1900, Joseph Frankau was living with his brother-in-law, Jacob Hess--the same guy Aline was living with when the census taker arrived. Having the name of Jacob's wife, Gertrude, made it easy to find the Frankau family in New London in 1860.