My favorite kid lit illustrator Maurice Sendak celebrated his 80th birthday this week.
When did his parents marry?
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Genealogue Challenge #130
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My favorite kid lit illustrator Maurice Sendak celebrated his 80th birthday this week.
When did his parents marry?
Phillip Sendak and Sadie _____ were married in about 1918, according to the 1930 US census (NY, Kings, Brooklyn - Dist. 507).
ancestry.com has them indexed as the Rendak family.
They owned a radio, which might have contributed to the presence of only three children.
In reading a few biography pages on Maurice Sendak, I determined that his parents names were Philip and Sadie (Schindler) Sendak
I came across an entry in New York City Brides Record Index at:
http://www.germangenealogygroup.com/NYCBrides.stm
A Sadie Schindler was married on 16 May 1918 in Manhattan to a man named Pincus Seudah. This could either be a mis-interpretation of handwriting, or his father changed the spelling of their surname between the marriage date and the 1920 census, when it is Sendak. I found that Philip is sometimes used in lieu of Pincus. I couldn't find a Pincus Seudah in any of the census records (1920 or 1930).
Could this be them?
That's it, Nicole. "Seudah" is a very understandable mistranscription of "Sendak." Nice job!