Individual Details
Beatrice Polster
(Feb 17, 1917 - Dec 1, 1999)
Events
| Birth | Feb 17, 1917 | Medzilaborce, Czechoslovakia |  |  | |
| Immigration | Mar 27, 1931 | New York, New York, United States | | | |
| Census | 1940 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States | | | |
| Marriage | Aug 10, 1941 | Hammond, Lake, Indiana, United States - Vernon William Kraus | | ||
| Naturalization | Mar 27, 1942 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States | | | |
| Miscnote (family) | 1953 - 1963 | Hammond, Lake, Indiana, United States - Vernon William Kraus | | | |
| Public Records (fam) | From 1992 to 2007 | Vernon William Kraus | | ||
| Death | Dec 1, 1999 | Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, United States | | ||
| Obit | Dec 2, 1999 | Hammond, Lake, Indiana, United States | | | |
| Burial | Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Vernon William Kraus (1914 - 1999) |
| Child | Fredrick Emil Kraus (1946 - ) |
| Child | Edward Seth Kraus (1948 - ) |
| Father | Solomon Polster ( - ) |
| Mother | Miriam Blacegrund ( - ) |
Notes
Birth
Her Declaration of Intention gives Febrkukary 19, 1917. Her Petition for Naturalization gives February 25, 1917. Her SSDI gives February 27, 1917.Immigration
Berta Polster arrived in second class on the SS Berengaria having left from Cherbourg, France on March 21, 1931.Census
She was living with her siblings at 9909 Parkgate Ave. She had completed 4 years of high school and was earning $1500/year as a stenographer for a retail furniture store.Naturalization
She was living at 1236 E 100th St. She had been born in Medzilaborce, Czechoslovakia on February 25, 1917.Miscnote (family)
Several articles from the Hammond Times are exhibited in source E-1639.Obit
The following obit appeared in the December 2, 1999, Hammond Times:"Baltimore, Maryland
On December 1, 1999, Beatrice Kraus (nee Polster), passed away. She was the wife of the late Vernon W. Kraus, mother of Fredrick E. Kraus of Burke, VA and Dr. Edward S. Kraus of Baltimore, MD, mother-in-law of Marilyn and Joanne Kraus, sister of Jack Polster, grandmother of Jennifer, Hannah, Rachel and Perri Kraus. Funeral services at Sol Levinson & Bros. lnc, 8900 Reistertown Rd Baltimore, MD (1-800-338-1701) on Thursday, Dec. 2,1999. Interment in Baltimore, MD. Contributions may be made to Congregation Adat Reyin, 6500 Westbury Oaks Ct, Springfield, VA (22152) or Chizuk Amuno Congregation, 8900 Stevenson Rd., Baltimore, MD (21208) or Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 4940 Eastern Ave., Baltimore, MD (21224). In mourning at 6115 Benhurst Rd., Baltimore, MD (21209)."
Endnotes
1. Emil H. Isaacson, Interview with Harriet Kraus Bernick; Hilton Head, SC October 2000 [E-0276].
2. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957", digital images, Ancestry.com, Bertha Polster: Mar 27, 1931 1931; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 4933; Line: 1; Page Number: 40 (accessed Sep 16 2014) [E-1646].
3. Republic of Poland, "Passport of Beatrice Polster", E-0207.
4. 1940 U.S. Census: Ohio, Cuyahoga County, population schedule, digital images, Ancestry.com, Beatrice Polster: Cleveland; Roll: T627_3228, ED: 92-264, Page 9A (accessed Sep 16 2014) [E-1644].
5. Marriage Certificate (Katuba) for Vernon & Beatrice Kraus, August 10, 1941 [E-0205].
6. "Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973", database on-line, Ancestry.com; Original records: "Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1810–1973", Microfilm publication, 20 rolls. Reels 12–27, 107–110., Vernon Kraus & Beatrice Polster: Year Range: 1941 (accessed Sep 7 2011) [E-1213].
7. "Naturalization petition and record books for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, Cleveland, 1907-1946", digital images, Fold3.com; NARA M1995, Berta Polster: Declaration of Intention (1939), Certificate of Arrival (1939), Oath of Allegiance (1942), Petition for Naturalization (1942) (accessed Sep 16 2014) [E-1645].
8. "U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992", database on-line, Ancestry.com. National Archives and Records Administration(NARA); Washington, D.C.; Soundex Index to Naturalization Petitions for the United States District and Circuit Courts, Northern District of Illinois and Immigration and Naturalization Service, Beatrice Kraus: Mar 27, 1942: Index Cards to Naturalization Petitions for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, Cleveland, 1855-1967; Microfilm Serial: M1893; Microfilm Roll: 16 (accessed Sep 16 2014) [E-1645].
9. Certificate of Naturalization, Beatrice Kraus: Mar 27, 1942 [E-0208].
10. "Hammond (Indiana) Times", digital images, Ancestry.com, Vernon Kraus: Articles: published Nov 11, 1957; Dec 18, 1957; & June 28, 1963 (accessed Sep 15 2014) [E-1639].
11. "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", online database, FamilySearch.org, Vernon W Kraus (accessed Sep 16 2014) [E-1646].
12. Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index", online database, Ancestry.com, Beatrice Kraus (accessed Sep 5 2011) [E-1214].
13. Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line] Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007, Beatrice Kraus [Beatrice Polster] (accessed Jul 11 2017) [E-2216].
14. "Northwest Indiana Times" (successor to the Hammond Times), nwi.com, Beatrice Kraus: Obit: Dec 2, 1999 (accessed Jan 28 2015) [E-1990].
15. "Northwest Indiana Times" (successor to the Hammond Times), nwi.com, Beatrice Kraus: Obit: Dec 2, 1999 (accessed Jan 28 2015) [E-1990].