Person:Berke Garnitz (1)

Watchers
Dr. Berke Garnitz
m. 1890
  1. Dr. Berke Garnitz1893 - 1933
  2. Ruben Franz Garnitz1894 - 1984
  3. Mordecai Franz Garnitz1898 - 1991
  4. Israel Garnitz1901 - 1969
  5. Rose Garnitz1908 - 1975
  6. Nathan Garnitz1914 - 1944
  • HDr. Berke Garnitz1893 - 1933
  • WMary Gore1898 -
m. 1921
Facts and Events
Name Dr. Berke Garnitz
Alt Name Dr. Bernard Garnitz
Gender Male
Birth[1] 15 May 1893 Polatzk, Byelorussia, Russia
Immigration? 20 Dec 1906 New York City, New York County, New York, USA
Census[3] 1910 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Natualization[4] 1 Nov 1915 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Occupation? Bet 1917 and 1933 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Marriage 1921 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USAto Mary Gore
Census[5][6] 1930 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death[2] 11 Mar 1933 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial? 13 Mar 1933 Chodorkover Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois, USA

He was shot by teenagers in Chicago on Feb 24, 1933. One of the kids escaped from jail. 2000 people attended the funeral.

Arrived aboard the SS Barcelona December 20, 1906 from Hamburg. Ship manifest list him as age 9.

References
  1. Dept. of Public Health, Division of Vital Records, State of Illinois, Illinois Death Certificate
    Death Cert. # 6007040 filed 3/13/1933.
  2. Cook County, Illinois Death Index
    Death Cert. # 6007040, 13 MAR 1933.
  3. 1910 United States Federal Census. (NARA)
    Brooklyn, Kings, NY, ED 345, Sheet 5B, Lines 93-100.
  4. Superior Court, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
  5. 1930 United States Federal Census.

    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Ward 15, Block 246, ED 537, pp. 3A, Lines 11-14

  6. 1930 United States Federal Census.