On A Roll

On a roll with finding more Leber family information. To be more specific, more information on Hannah Leber Zucker and her family.

I found out that Hannah & Aron “Harry” Zucker’s daughter Molly had a second son, Malcom, with her husband William E. Howard. Malcom was married to Mariam and they lived in Trabuco Canyon, Orange County, California in 2007. Jerry S. Howard married a woman named Linda. At the time of his mother’s death, they lived in St. Louis, Missouri.

William died 23 Apr 1994 in the Norfolk Hospital. At the time of his death, he and Molly had five grandchildren, Jeremy, Bradford, Ryan, Ariel and Rani Howard. Molly died 15 May 2007 in Forest Lake, California. Both are buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA.

I also discovered Mildred Zucker Rudnick’s new husband’s name from their divorce decree, Charles Lewis. They were married in Jan. 1945. The decree mentioned only one child was involved, so I assume it was the child she had with Max Rudnick, Frederick. Charles adopted him.

I found Frederick Joseph (Rudnick) Lewis’ marriage record. He married Shirley Mae Levine on 28 Jan 1967, Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia. Frederick and Shirley were divorced on 23 Jan 1981, also in Virginia. They had two children. Frederick lived in Las Vegas, Nevada at the time of his divorce.

Nothing new found on Wilton Zucker, whom I wrote about in my last blog.

Cousin uncovered some good leads!

Thanks to my cousin Caroline uncovering some good leads, I was able to find even more information on Hannah Leber Zucker and her family. I previously had her birth and marriage data and some photos.

Caroline sent me the death certificate for Hannah Zucker, which shows both her parents and husband, but he is listed as Harry, not Aaron. She also sent me the 1940 census, which lists their children and two son-in-laws, and a grandson. She also told me they lived in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA and about Wilton Zucker Co., a men's clothing store, run by their son Wilton.

With her leads, I uncovered Mildred Zucker Lewis' death certificate. Her sister, Molly Howard, was the informant. That lead me to figure out that the son-in-law William Howard on the 1940 census was married to Molly Zucker. The other son-in-law was Max Rudnick. I found his draft card for WWII and he died in December of that same year (1942). He began his theatrical career as the owner of motion picture theatres in Brooklyn. He had produced “Folies Bergere”.

  

Mildred and Max Rudnick lived at the same address as Molly and William Howard in the 1940’s. I kept digging and found Harry Zucker’s (Aaron) death information, but no death certificate. He died in Bridgeport, Connecticut in May 1956. Hannah Leber Zucker died 23 Mar 1972 in Norfolk, Virginia.

Digging further I found information on Wilton Zucker and his family. Wilton and his wife had two sons and a daughter: Harold, Edward and Toby. Wilton was in the army and hi's buried at the Star of David Memorial Gardens, North Lauderdale, Florida, Plot: Negev Garden.

Harry Leber, the youngest son of all of the Leber siblings from both of Max's (Yechiel Mechel) wives, changed his last name to Leiber. He was also in the army and is also buried at the Star of David Memorial Gardens in the Star of David section.

Now to find out what I can on Morris Leber, the third born of Max and Annah, and Sarah Leber. the fourth child born to Max and Annah.