Broida Family (Click for Family Tree)
Samuel Charles Broida was born on 30 March 1879 in Vilna, Lithuania/ Russia, to Morris Karklinsky (?-1893) and Leah Berman Karklinsky (1842-1917). He arrived in the United States somewhere between 1891-1897 per his census records.
Isabel “Bella” Friedberg was born in Russia to unknown parents in June, 1881. Her arrival date in the US varies from 1890-1892 per the censuses.
On 10 Nov 1903, Isabel “Bella” Friedberg and Samuel Charles Broida filed for a marriage license in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which they both also listed as their current residence. Belle did not know the day of the month she was born on when they filled out the paperwork.(Or maybe she was too excited to be able to remember? People did not celebrate birthdays in such a big way back then.) They were married the next day, on 11 Nov 1903.
Bella and Samuel had 5 children- 2 girls, 3 boys, born from 1905-1921.
By the 1920 census the family had moved to Burgettstown, Washington Co., Pennsylvania, where Samuel worked as a merchant in dry goods. By 1930 they were back in Pittsburgh, with Samuel listed in the US Federal Census as a proprietor of a drugstore.
Bella died 20 January 1945 with Samuel surviving her until 8 November 1958. They are buried together after 41 years of marriage in Westview Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, in Section B, Lot 55.
Notes, Sources, and References:
- Find A Grave Memorial for Samuel C. Broida
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=145116718
- Find A Grave Memorial for Isabella “Bella” Friedberg Broida
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=145116635 - No plagiarism here- I wrote the bios for the memorials, so am adding them to the blog to help make them easier to find.
Please contact us if you would like higher resolution images. Click to enlarge images.
We would love to read your thoughts and comments about this post (see form below), and thank you for your time! All comments are moderated, however, due to the high intelligence and persistence of spammers/hackers who really should be putting their smarts to use for the public good instead of spamming our little blog.
Here’s some info I had on him:
His Naturalization petition shows a birth date of May 28, 1879
HIs WWI Draft card shows March 30 1877
He appears in the Pittsburgh City directory for the first time in 1909 at the same address as is indicated in the 1910 census.
In 1909 his occupation is listed as notions
In 1910 it is dry goods
In 1912 it is salesman
Sympathies for his death are mentioned in the Nov 1958 issue of the Pittsburgh Jewish Criterion
Thanks for the additions, Mitch! You always have interesting additions for our posts.