Individual Details
Rachel (Rose) Gortzick
(Mar, 1849 - Feb 22, 1926)
Events
| Birth | Mar, 1849 | Lomza, Poland |  |  | |
| Marriage | Jun, 1869 | Piatnica, Poland - Jacob Moshontz | | ||
| City Directory (Fam) | From 1894 to 1911 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States - Jacob Moshontz | | | |
| Census (family) | 1900 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States - Jacob Moshontz | | | |
| Census (family) | 1910 | Jacob Moshontz | | | |
| Death | Feb 22, 1926 | Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States | | ||
| Burial | Feb 23, 1926 | Lansing Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States | | ||
| Obit | Feb 23, 1926 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States | | |
Families
| Spouse | Jacob Moshontz (1848 - 1915) |
| Child | Chaiya Feiga Moshontz (1870 - 1916) |
| Child | Meyer Moshontz (1872 - 1936) |
| Child | William (Wolf) Moshontz (1875 - 1918) |
| Child | Harry (Osher) Moshontz (1877 - 1967) |
| Child | Judka Moshontz (1880 - 1889) |
| Child | Sora Yenta Moshontz (1882 - ) |
| Father | Shlomo z Jankel Gortzick ( - ) |
| Mother | Sheina z Meyer ( - ) |
Notes
Birth
The best evidence of her birthdate is her Lomza, Poland marriage record. The 1900 census lists March as her birth month.City Directory (Fam)
A spreadsheet of Moshontz city directory entries in Cleveland from 1894 to 1924 is available in [E-0937].Census (family)
They were living at 27 Liberal St. which they owned with a mortgage. He was a cloak presser and could not read nor write nor could he speak English; he had been unemployed for 6 months. She could read and write and speak English. She had immigrated in 1891.
The Lomza Russian Period Birth Indexes (Mormon Films) report that in 1882 the following six births were reported in the town of Piatnica (which is a village outside Lomza): Chaia Feijga, Meier, Wolf, Oszer, Judka and Sora.
The father's name is Jankiel Moszk Benjuszowicz (son of Benjamin). The 1900 U.S. Census reports 7 children of which 3 were deceased. Meier is Meyer. Wolf is probably William and Osher is probably Harry. Chaja Feijga is Fannie Celia. The other three probably died before 1900.
Census (family)
They were renting at 2538 E 50th St. They both could speak English. He was naturalized and not employed.Obit
The following obit appeared in an unknown source:"Mrs. Rachel Moshontz beloved mother of Meyer and Harry, passed away Feb. 22. Funeral Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 1 o'clock, from Deutsch's funeral parlors. Omit flowers."
Endnotes
1. "Civil registration of Jewish births, marriages and deaths for Lomza" (Lomza, Bialystok, Poland) FHC Library Microfilm, Marriage Record of Jacob Moshontz/Rachel Gierowicz, Film 1199531/Akt 32 [E-0211].
2. 1900 U.S. Census: Ohio, Cuyahoga County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com , Jacob Mashaltz [sic]; Cleveland Ward 16; Roll: 1254; Page: 5A; ED: 0061; FHL microfilm: 1241254 [E-0495].
3. "Civil registration of Jewish births, marriages and deaths for Lomza" (Lomza, Bialystok, Poland) FHC Library Microfilm, Marriage Record of Jacob Moshontz/Rachel Gierowicz, Film 1199531/Akt 32 [E-0211].
4. "Cleveland City Directories", Library of Congress, Washington, DC, Moshontz, 1894-1911 [E-0707A].
5. "Cleveland, Ohio City Directories", database, Fold3.com, Moshontz: 1894 to 1924: Excel Spreadsheet by Emil H. Isaacson [E-0937].
6. 1900 U.S. Census: Ohio, Cuyahoga County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com , Jacob Mashaltz [sic]; Cleveland Ward 16; Roll: 1254; Page: 5A; ED: 0061; FHL microfilm: 1241254 [E-0495].
7. 1910 U.S. Census: Ohio, Cuyahoga County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com, Jacob Myshoutz [sic]: Cleveland Ward 15: Roll: T624_1171; Page: 1B; ED: 0236; FHL microfilm: 1375184 (reaccessed Jan 13 2015) [E-0441].
8. "Death Certificate Index", Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio, Rachel Moshontz: Death: Feb 22, 1926 [E-0300].
9. Gravestone at Lansing Cemetery; Cleveland, Ohio, [E-0489].
10. "JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry", online database, Jewishgen.org, Rachel Moshontz: (accessed Jan 13 2015) [E-1920].
11. "Death Certificate Index", Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio, Rachel Moshontz: Death: Feb 22, 1926 [E-0300].
12. Obituary in Cleveland, Ohio Necrology File, Western Reserve Historical Society Library, Rachel Moshontz Obit: Feb 23 1926 [E-0763].