Person Sheet

Name Jack Morris TAYLOR  Birth Date 25 Nov 1876 Birth Place Mogilev, Belarus Birth Memo born as: Yankel Movsha TALALAY Emigration Date bef 12 Jul 1914 Emigration Place Liverpool, England Emigration Memo aboard the SS Cedric Immigration Date 12 Jul 1914 Age: 37 Immigration Place Detroit, MI via Port of New York Death Date ? Mar 1937 Death Place Detroit (?), MI Burial Date 5 Mar 193751 Burial Place Machpelah Cemetery - Ferndale, MI Burial Memo grave 219B, Sec I, Row 2, Lot 33 - undertaker: Chesed Shel Emes - permit obtained by: Informant Jewish Free Burial Occupation too sick to be a Cantor, but had a beautiful singing voice29 Religion Jewish Eye color brown Hair color dark Height 5'6" Alias/AKA Jacob Taylor51 Father Nachum TALALAY (~1856-~1886) Mother Riva Ruchel ? (~1856-~1886)
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Jack Morris was born as Yankel Moshe Ben Nachum TALALAY. 52He was born approx 1875, and came from Ekaterinoslav, Russia at the border of Turkey. 53Orphaned at an early age, sent to live with Rabbi Ephraim DISKIN of Lupalov, Mogilev, abt 1886. 54Married the Rabbi's daughter, Sosha DISKIN. Arrived in Detroit 12 Jul 1914, on SS Cedric from Liverpool to NYC. Arrival record says passage paid by brother, had $10, going to b.i.l., J. DISKIN of 109 Division St., Detroit. 55"Came to Ann Arbor" 56Family arrived in Jun 1923.
Spouses
1 Sosha DISKIN  Birth Date bef Aug 1879 Birth Place Lupalov, Mogilev, Belarus Emigration Date 1 Sep 192327 Emigration Place Liverpool, England Emigration Memo aboard the S.S. Baltic - listed as Sosia Talalai - aged 42 - had $5 with her. Going to husband "Jacob Tailor, 680 High Street, Detroit, Michigan". Immigration Date 8 Sep 192327 Immigration Place Detroit, MI via Port of New York Death Date 15 Aug 1959 Death Place Detroit (?), MI Burial Date 16 Aug 195951 Burial Place Machpelah Cemetery - Ferndale, MI Burial Memo grave: 147J, Sec. I, Row: 2, Lot: 32 - undertaker: Orla E. Frazier - permit obtained by: Informant Norton Taylor of 16910 Snowden - residence at time of death: Jewish Home for the Aged at 11501 Petoskey Avenue Occupation worked in a drug store and baked to support her family during the period when her husband went to the US29 Religion Jewish Eye color Brown27 Hair color Dark27 Height 5' 0" (could be 6")27 Alias/AKA Sophie Taylor on burial info51 Father Rabbi Efraim / Afroim (Frank) DISKIN (-<1913) Mother Feige / Feiga (Fannie) HANKIN (1854-1916)
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51burial record stated that Sosha was not a US citizen.
Marriage Date 17 Nov 190254 Marriage Place Mogilev, Belarus
Children Norton (Naum) (1907-1990) Rebecca (Riva / Betty) (1910-2001) Florence (Fruma) (Living) Ann (Chiena) (1914-2002)