New York Police Census - 1905

Sam and Yetta Weil had 8 children who survived to adulthood: Matty, Hanry, Rose, Bella, Sadie, Max, Abe, and Jack. However, there has always been a story in my family that there was a ninth child who died tragically as a toddler in a beer buggy accident. Unfortunately, no one in my family remembered the child's name. Federal census records indicated that he was born and died in Manhattan between 1900 and 1910. But when?

Thanks to my local FHS, I have found out his name and his date of birth: April or May 1905. There was a local census in New York in 1905, and the listing for the Wahl family at 67 Columbia St has 9 children, including Moses (probably Moishe) was the name of the infant! I've sent for his birth and death records to see if the family story is true.

Click on the image below to see a larger version. The Wahl family is towards the bottom of the image.

Scroll down to the bottom of this page to see the transcribed census entry - the original is a bit hard to read.

 

Name		Relation	Color	Sex	Age	Nativity	Citizenship		Occupation
							Years in US	Citizen or Alien	Occupation	Class
Wahl	Samuel	Head	W	M	41	Austria	15	AL	Presser	W
----	Yetta	Wife	W	F	40	" "	15	AL	H.W.	X
----	Morris	Son	W	M	19	" "	15	AL	Office Boy	W
----	Rosie	Daughter	W	F	16	" "	15	AL	Tailoring	W
----	Harry	Son	W	M	12	US		CT	School 10	X
----	Abe	Son	W	M	10	US		CT	School 10	X
----	Sadie	Daughter	W	F	8	US		CT	School 10	X
----	Bella	Daughter	W	F	6	US		CT	School 10	X
----	Max	Son	W	M	4	US		CT	X	X
----	Jacob	Son	W	M	2	US		CT	X	X
----	Moses	Son	W	M	1/12	US		CT	X	X

 

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