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What year did James Bornstein's sister, Ruth, die?
What year did James Bornstein's sister, Ruth, die?
- 1940
- 1926
- 1944
- 1942 (correct)
James Bornstein was born in Massachusetts.
James Bornstein was born in Massachusetts.
True (A)
What event is associated with the year 1942 related to Ruth Bornstein?
What event is associated with the year 1942 related to Ruth Bornstein?
Cocoanut Grove Fire
James Bornstein's parents emigrated from ______ and ______ before settling in the United States.
James Bornstein's parents emigrated from ______ and ______ before settling in the United States.
Match the family members with their birth years:
Match the family members with their birth years:
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James Bornstein's parents' origins
James Bornstein's parents' origins
James Bornstein's parents, Morris and Mary, were born in different countries, Poland and Russia, and met in Poland before immigrating to the United States.
Bornsteins' immigration to the US
Bornsteins' immigration to the US
Morris and Mary Bornstein fled Poland in 1907, arriving in New York City via Ellis Island in June of that year.
Gertrude's birth and US citizenship
Gertrude's birth and US citizenship
Morris and Mary Bornstein got married in 1910, and their first child, Gertrude, was born in 1913. This was likely to ensure Gertrude's automatic US citizenship.
James's birth
James's birth
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Ruth's life and death
Ruth's life and death
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Study Notes
Bornstein Family History
- James Bornstein born September 4, 1918, in Winthrop, Massachusetts.
- One of four siblings: Gertrude, Milton, and Ruth.
- Ruth, the youngest (born 1926), tragically died at age 16 in the 1942 Cocoanut Grove fire.
- Cocoanut Grove was a Boston nightclub.
- No other children born to the family until 2006.
- Parents, Morris and Mary Bornstein, born in Warsaw, Poland and Vilna, Russia.
- Met in Poland in the early 1900s.
- Fled Poland in 1907, arriving in New York in June via Ellis Island.
- Married in 1910.
- First child, Gertrude, born in 1913 (automatic US citizenship).
- Lived in Winthrop until his mid-20s.
- Drafted in the mid-1940s.
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