Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameGussie Gitel Jaffe
Birth1864, Russia
Death2 Nov 1934, Bronx, New York City, NY
BurialMt Zion Cem, Maspeth, Queens Co, NY
Misc. Notes
Dau of Nathan Jaffe and Esther Rice
Spouses
Birth1858, Bessarabia, Russia
Death9 Jan 1937, Manhattan, New York City, NY
BurialMt Zion Cem, Maspeth, Queens Co, NY
MemoPlot MORIM
OccupationGrocer, Feed store, Real Estate
Misc. Notes
Son of David Kigner and Chai Rubin
Listed in 1910 as a grocer (54, RUS) having immigrated in 1906, with his family; wife Gussie (50) with 9 of her 11 children living -> Samuel (27), Esther (24), David (22), Clara (20), Nathan (18), Reuben (16), Sadie (14), Max (13), and Rose (9) - all born in Russia. Living with them is Nathan Blank (19) and Jacob Kantor (16) lodgers born in Russia and working in a Fur shop.
By 1920 they had moved to the Bronx and only the 4 youngest children were still at home.
Listed with daughter Ester’s family in 1930, both Max & Gussie listed as age 70.