Person:Morton Elkind (1)

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Morton Digby Elkind
b.30 Mar 1917 New York City, New York, United States
d.22 Aug 2010 Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 22 Sep 1907
  1. Pauline Elkind1908 - 1978
  2. Morton Digby Elkind1917 - 2010
Spouse and Children
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m. 10 Jun 1951
  1. Elisabeth Hall Elkind1956 - 2018
  2. Margaret Erskine Elkind1961 - 2014
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Facts and Events
Name Morton Digby Elkind
Gender Male
Birth[1] 30 Mar 1917 New York City, New York, United States
Education[4] 9 Jun 1937 New York UniversityAwarded Bachelor's degree
Residence[7] 1939 Cambridge, Massachusetts12 Walker Street
Education[4] 1940 Harvard Law SchoolLL.B., Harvard Law School; thesis: "The Effect of Foreign Divorce Decrees in the United States"
Military[3][4] 10 Jul 1942 New York City, New York, United StatesAttached to U.S. Army 236th General Hospital
Residence[6] 1946 Bronx, New York, United States900 Grand Concourse
Education? From 1946 to 1947 New York, New York, United StatesColumbia University
Residence[4] From 1947 to 1948 New York, New York, United States330 W. 88th Street
Employment[5] Est 1950 55 William Street, New York
Marriage 10 Jun 1951 New York, NYto Charlotte Erskine Woods
Residence[4] 1956 256 Henry Street, Brooklyn, NY
Residence[4] 1960 195 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, NY
Residence[4] From 1963 to 2010 26 Willow Street, Brooklyn, NY
Residence From 1963 to 2010 Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States26 Willow Street
with Charlotte Erskine Woods
Death[1][2] 22 Aug 2010 Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
Burial[2] 25 Aug 2010 Westchester Hills Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY

Digby claimed to be related (a cousin?) to Peter Bergson (Hillel Kook), and also to Abraham Isaac Kook. His children once gave him a copy of "Shepherd of Jerusalem" (biography of the latter), which brought tears to his eyes; he ordered several more copies and handed them out to friends and relatives. Connection to the Kooks has not been verified.

Digby also claimed to be a cousin to pianist Alexander Tamir (born Alik Wolkowyski), whose parents were Dr. Noah (Leon) Volkowski, and Fania nee Kowarski. Kowarski was Digby's mother's maiden name, but the nature of the connection has not been determined.

He may also have had a cousin named Leo Fisher/Fischer, who died in a shark attack while swimming off Acapulco, Mexico in 1973 (see source S9). Digby's children recalled seeing him upset over the news, claiming that his cousin had been killed by a shark.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line].
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Findagrave.com.

    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57721565

  3. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line].
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 .

    Personal papers

  5. ↑ .

    Business card found among personal effects

  6. ↑ Separation Qualification Record - Army of the United States.

    Performed duties as chief clerk of medical service of a general hospital. Kept records, charge of reclassifying patients, and prepared monthly service reports. Supervised 45 men. Served in the ETO for 9 months. Participated in the Rhineland campaign.

  7. ↑ 1939 postcard.

    Rooming house while attending Harvard Law School

  8.   Report Card.

    Fall semester: Sociology 129 ("Social Movements"). Spring semester: Gov. 136 ("International polities in the far east")

  9.   https://www.sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1973.02.27-Ephraim.pdf, in Shark attack.
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