Individual Details

David Baer Tierkel

(9 Dec 1876 - 28 May 1948)

David Baer Tirkel used the pen-name D. Batten. He was active in Jewish Zionist organizations in Philadelphia, PA, and contributed to and edited Yiddish newspapers there. He was born in the Ukraine and came to the United States in 1893. Manuscripts of Tirkel's essays, articles, plays, writings on the history of the Yiddish theater in Philadelphia, and an autobiographical sketch. Also, correspondence, 1905-1942; photographs of Tirkel; and minutes, 1899, of the Hebrew Literary Society of Philadelphia, are included.

Events

Birth9 Dec 1876Mogilev, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (Ukraine)
Immigration1 Aug 1893from Bremen, Germany, ship: Meier, Ellis Island, New York, New York, United States
Residence1908327 Manton, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Occupation1908Clerk - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
MarriageAbt 1915Esther Cepey Ginsburg
Military1917 - 1918WWI Draft - 332 South 5th Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Alt nameDavid Ben Tierkel
Alt nameDavid Turkel
Residence1920Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Residence1935Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Residence19406th Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death28 May 1948Mount Sinai Hospital, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Burial29 May 1948Glenolden, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States
OccupationYiddish and Hebrew writer pen-name D. Batten; Zionist Leader in Philadelphia

Families

SpouseEsther Cepey Ginsburg (1893 - 1985)
ChildDr. Ernest Shalom "Ernie" Tierkel (1917 - 1981)
ChildDoris P Tierkel (1919 - 1995)
ChildArnold Fredrick Tierkel (1923 - 1979)
FatherAharon Yeroham Fischel Tirkel - Tierkel (1839 - 1920)
MotherRuchel Leah Fucks (1843 - 1911)
SiblingSarah Rose Tierkel (1871 - 1962)
SiblingEmma Tierkel (1878 - )
SiblingEthel Tierkel (1891 - 1967)

Notes

Birth

nowadays Ukraine

Immigration

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_S._Tierkel

Residence

Physical Build:MediumHeight:MediumHair Color:BlackEye Color:Brown

Residence

StreetAddress: 6th Street; Age: 55; Occupation: Newspaper Plant; AttendedSchool: No; CityWard: 5; ClassofWorker: Working on own account; EmploymentCode: 1; EmploymentDetails: No; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 51-112; GradeCompleted: College, 4th year; HomeOwnership: Owned; HoursWorked: 44; Income: 0; IncomeOtherSources: Yes; IsEmployed: Yes; PublicEmergencyWork: No; SeekingWork: No; ValueOfHome: 6500; WeeksWorked: 52; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Registration State: Pennsylvania; Registration County: Philadelphia.

2. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1920; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 5, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1618; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 131.

3. Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Registration State: Pennsylvania; Registration County: Philadelphia.

4. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1920; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 5, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1618; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 131.

5. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1920; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 5, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1618; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 131.

6. Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Year: 1940; Census Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03691; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 51-112.

7. Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Year: 1940; Census Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03691; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 51-112.

8. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

9. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

10. , Obituaries (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).