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Abraham Jarmark

 
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Galicia is in east central Europe between Poland and the Ukraine. In 1815, the Congress of Vienna ceded Galacia to Austria. From 1873, Galicia was an autonomous province of Austria-Hungary with Polish, Ukrainian and Ruthenin as official languages. From the 1880s to the World War I, a mass emigration from Galacia occurred.

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Abraham Jarmark (Yarmark) was born on July 15, 1869 in eastern Galicia on the San River in the Lwow district. His parents were Isidore (Itzig) Yarmark and Fanny (Frimet) Neger.

He was a tailor. He immigrated to the United States in 1885 and was naturalized on March 27, 1899. At that time he lived at 97 Willett Street in New York City. In 1900, he was a "cloak operator."

He married Sarah Weiss on January 22, 1905. She born about 1883 in Hungary and was the daughter of Abraham Weiss and Hannah Hirsch.

Abraham and Sarah's children were all born in New York. They were:
Moe Jarmark (1905),
Henry Jarmark (1907),
Frances Jarmark Bochner (1910),
Max Jarmark (1913),
Irving Jarmark (1915),
Joseph Jarmark (1919), and
Florence Jarmark Grubman (1921).

At the time of the 1910 census, the family was living in District 763, Ward 13, Manhattan, New York. The household consisted of Abraham age 38, Sarah age 26, Moris? Age 5, Henry age 3, and Fannie age 7 months. Abraham was a tailor in a factory.

In 1915 when his father died, Abraham lived at 69 Willet Street in New York City.

At the time of the 1930 census they were living in Brooklyn.  The household consisted of Abe age 58, Sarah age 48, Moe age 24, Henry age 22, Frances age 20, Max age 17, Irving age 15, Flo age 8, and Joe age 10. Abe was working as a clerk.

Abraham died on January 22, 1942 in New York. Sarah died in 1959. Her estate mentioned, Irving, Joseph, Moe, Henry, Frances, and Florence, but not Max.

Children of Isidore Yarmark
and Fanny Neger

  • Max Jahrmarkt
  • Goldie Glaser
  • Abraham Jarmark
  • Harry Jarmark
  • Hannah Ringler
  • Yetta Morrison
  • Between 1880 and World War I about 2,000,000 Yiddish-speaking, Ashkenazi Jews immigrated from Eastern Europe to the United States.

     

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