Individual Details
Jacob Moshontz
(Jan, 1848 - Oct 4, 1915)
Events
| Birth | Jan, 1848 | Poland/Russia |  |  | |
| Marriage | Jun, 1869 | Piatnica, Poland - Rachel (Rose) Gortzick | | ||
| Immigration | Aug 13, 1889 | Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States | | | |
| City Directory (Fam) | From 1894 to 1911 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States - Rachel (Rose) Gortzick | | | |
| Census (family) | 1900 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States - Rachel (Rose) Gortzick | | | |
| Census (family) | 1910 | Rachel (Rose) Gortzick | | | |
| Death | Oct 4, 1915 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States | | ||
| Burial | Oct 6, 1915 | Lansing Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Rachel (Rose) Gortzick (1849 - 1926) |
| 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 | Benjamin Moshontz (1830 - ) |
| Mother | Esther Unknown Maiden Name (1830 - ) |
| Sibling | Frieda Moshontz (1860 - ) |
| Sibling | Ruben Moshontz (1865 - 1923) |
| Sibling | Fannie Celia Moshontz (1869 - 1924) |
| Sibling | Israel Moshontz (1870 - ) |
Notes
Birth
The best evidence of his birth date is his marriage record from Lomza, Poland. It gives 1848. The 1900 Census lists January 1851. I have selected January 1848.Immigration
He arrived on the SS Samaria which sailed from Liverpool, England via Queenstown, Ireland. He started his trip on July 26, 1889 sailing from Hamburg Germany to Grimsby, England on board the SS Hudderfield. He probably traveled by train across England to Liverpool.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.Endnotes
1. 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].
2. "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].
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. 'Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934", digital images, Ancestry.com , Jankel Moschenz: SS Huddersfield: July 26,1889 Staatsarchive Hamburg, 373-7 I, VIII B 1 Band 079, Seite 1136 (Mikrofilm Nr. S_1315 [E-0944].
5. "Boston Passenger List 1820-1943", database and digital images, Ancestry.com, Jankel Masching [sic] SS Samaria: Aug 13, 1889, Film M277_110, Line 204 [E-0151].
6. "Cleveland City Directories", Library of Congress, Washington, DC, Moshontz, 1894-1911 [E-0707A].
7. "Cleveland, Ohio City Directories", database, Fold3.com, Moshontz: 1894 to 1924: Excel Spreadsheet by Emil H. Isaacson [E-0937].
8. 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].
9. 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].
10. Ohio Death Certificates, Room 18, Cleveland City Hall, Jacob M Moshontz: Oct 4, 1915 (Indexed as Moshon) (Information abstracted by Emil H. Isaacson) [E-0776].
11. "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953", database with images, Familysearch.org; Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City., Jacob Moshontz: Oct 4 ,1915; File Number: fn 53495, GS Film number: 1983546, Digital Folder Number: 004095908, Image Number: 01790 (accessed Jan 13 2015) [E-1920].
12. Gravestone at Lansing Cemetery; Cleveland, Ohio, [E-0489].
13. "JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry", online database, Jewishgen.org, Jacob Moshontz: (accessed Jan 13 2015) [E-1920].
14. "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953", database with images, Familysearch.org; Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City., Jacob Moshontz: Oct 4 ,1915; File Number: fn 53495, GS Film number: 1983546, Digital Folder Number: 004095908, Image Number: 01790 (accessed Jan 13 2015) [E-1920].