SCHEINER, Nathan

Avram married RAWJI, Shellina [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Obituary: From Pittsburgh Post Gazette, 21 Jun 1989 Sayre Scheiner Sayre Scheiner, 71, longtime owner of Scheiner's Scrap Yard in McKeesport, died of heart failure Monday in Allegheny General Hospital. Mr. Scheiner of Emerson Street, Shadyside, a World War II veteran, was a leader in many civic causes in McKeesport. He was a member of Temple B'Nai Israel in McKeesport. Surviving are his wife, Edith Appelbaum Scheiner; a daughter, Harriet Scheiner of Pittsburgh; two sons, Samuel Scheiner of Dekalb, Ill., and Avram Scheiner of Cleveland; and a granddaughter. Services and interment will be private. The family will be at home today, tomorrow and Friday.Arrangements are by Ralph Schugar Inc. of Shadyside.
• Occupation: Scrap metal business
• Census: 1940, 8531 Forest Parkway, Queens, NY USA
• Military: 28 Mar 1941 - Sept. 28, 1945, Jamaica, Queens, NY
• Residence: 1969, 1619 Cornell Street, McKeesport, PA 15132
• Residence: 1989, Emerson Street, Pittsburgh, PA USA

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Census:
(note he was ‘Saye Pines’, which is name of stepfather, and gives age as 18) 8531 Forest Parkway, Queens, NY USA / Pines, Saye / Son / Male / White / Age 18 / Marital Status Single / Birthplace New York / Naturalized Citizen / School: High School 4 year / Student

Military:
ARMY

Sayre married APPLEBAUM, Edith H. on 1 Jun 1947 in NYC. Edith (daughter of APPELBAUM, Harry and ALPERN, Sylvia (nee Zelda)) was born on 23 Oct 1923 in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA; died on 4 May 2015 in at home in Pittsburgh, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Education: BA, Queens College
• Education: MA, urban affairs, Graduate School of Public & International Affairs, U of Pittsburgh
• Occupation: Chair, McKeesport Housing Authority; 1st exec dir Twin Rivers Council of Governments; Board member Temple B’Nai Israel

Notes:

— She and Sayre were local leaders for desegregation during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
— The last name of Edith and Sonia was changed from Appelbaum to Applebaum at some point before the 1940 census.

Birth:
grew up in NYC

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• Also Known As: Yonkiff Michill
• Occupation: House painter

Jacob married SCHWARTZ, Bella on 23 May 1916 in New York City, NY USA, and was divorced about 1930. Bella (daughter of SCHWARTZ, Solomon and UNKNOWN, Sarah) was born on 7 Mar 1896 in Mustvielkie, Austria-Hungary; died on 13 Jun 1969 in Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA USA; was buried on 15 Jun 1969 in Mt. Lebanaon Cemetery, Queens, NY USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Buyer in retail / dry goods
• Cause of Death: Breast Cancer
• Census: 1915, 82 Seventh Street, New York, NY USA
• Census: 1940, 8531 Forest Parkway, Queens, NY USA
• Residence: 1969, 1619 Cornell Street, McKeesport, PA 15132

Notes:

Census:
82 Seventh Street / Schwartz, Bella / Daughter / White / Female / Age 19 / Born in Austria / Number of years in country 12 / Alien / Housework-

Census:
8531 Forest Parkway, Queens, NY USA / Pines, Bella / Wife / Female / White / Age 43 / Marital Status Married / Birthplace Austria / Naturalized Citizen / School: High School 4 year / Occupation: Buyer, Retail Store Dry goods

Residence:
Living at home of son, Sayre

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• Immigration: 1913

Notes:

Appelbaum is the correct spelling, although his daughters spelled it Applebaum, according to the 1940 census

Harry married ALPERN, Sylvia (nee Zelda) on 25 Nov 1922. Sylvia (daughter of ALPERN, Michael and ROSNOVITCH, Edith) was born on 14 Aug 1898 in Lomza, Poland; died on 21 Aug 1988. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigration: 1905, to US