If I buy a book from a flea market or antique store, it has to meet just one of the following criteria:
- It has something to do with genealogy or history.
- It is older than me.
- It's something I recognize from my childhood.
- It's included in the card game called Authors.
- It has inscriptions from previous owners.
This particular book fits three of those categories. It's (way) older than me, It has inscriptions, and it's included in the game Authors.
May I introduce you to THE ALHAMBRA, by Washington Irving. It is an author's revised edition published by The Henneberry Company in Chicago. This publishing company was in operation as The Henneberry Company from 1901-1907. This particular book was from one of many series that they published. You can get an idea of what the book originally looked like from the Tom Brown Series.
Since the original owner dated this book 1904, I estimate it was published sometime between 1901 and 1904.
Lena Doerfler 605 Scoville Ave Cleveland, O. Feb 15 - 1904 |
He who fights & runs away Lives to fight another day (Like Lena) |
Name: | Lena Doerfler | ||||||||||||
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Age: | 11 | ||||||||||||
Birth Date: | Jan 1889 | ||||||||||||
Birthplace: | Ohio | ||||||||||||
Home in 1900: | Cleveland Ward 13, Cuyahoga, Ohio [Cuyahoga] | ||||||||||||
Race: | White | ||||||||||||
Gender: | Female | ||||||||||||
Relation to Head of House: | Daughter | ||||||||||||
Marital Status: | Single | ||||||||||||
Father's Birthplace: | Bohemia | ||||||||||||
Mother's name: | Bertha Doerfler | ||||||||||||
Mother's Birthplace: | Prussia | ||||||||||||
Household Members: |
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Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Cleveland Ward 13, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: 1253; Page: 22A; Enumeration District: 51; FHL microfilm: 1241253.
Name: | Lena Jacobs | ||||||||
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Age in 1910: | 21 | ||||||||
Birth Year: | 1889 | ||||||||
Birthplace: | Ohio | ||||||||
Home in 1910: | Cleveland Ward 25, Cuyahoga, Ohio | ||||||||
Race: | White | ||||||||
Gender: | Female | ||||||||
Relation to Head of House: | Wife | ||||||||
Marital Status: | Married | ||||||||
Spouse's Name: | Phillip Jacobs | ||||||||
Father's Birthplace: | Germany | ||||||||
Mother's Birthplace: | Germany | ||||||||
Household Members: |
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Name: | Lena Jacobs | ||||||||||||||||
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Age: | 31 | ||||||||||||||||
Birth Year: | abt 1889 | ||||||||||||||||
Birthplace: | Ohio | ||||||||||||||||
Home in 1920: | Cleveland Ward 24, Cuyahoga, Ohio | ||||||||||||||||
Race: | White | ||||||||||||||||
Gender: | Female | ||||||||||||||||
Relation to Head of House: | Wife | ||||||||||||||||
Marital Status: | Married | ||||||||||||||||
Spouse's Name: | Philip A Jacobs | ||||||||||||||||
Father's Birthplace: | Bohemia | ||||||||||||||||
Mother's name: | Bertha Doerflu | ||||||||||||||||
Mother's Birthplace: | Germany | ||||||||||||||||
Able to Read: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
Able to Write: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
Household Members: |
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I also found her marriage certificate:
Source Citation: Cuyahoga County Archive; Cleveland, Ohio; Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1810-1973; Volume: Vol 70-71; Page: 160; Year Range: 1908 Apr - 1909 Feb |
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Source Information:
JewishGen, comp. JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data: This data is provided in partnership with JewishGen.org.
My main objective is to get this book in the hands of a descendant of Phillip and Lena Doerfler Jacobs. In the mean time, this book would be great for story time.
*Update - This book is now in the hands of a grandson of Phillip & Lena Doerfler Jacobs.
Leslie
Ann
Hi Leslie I am very interested in what you found about Bertha and Lena Doerfler. I am interested in that, it is my geneology. Thank you.
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