Arlene Getz

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On June 4, 2018, Arlene G. Solomon (nee Getz); beloved mother of Sandi (Rick) Popowitz and Ken (Laura) Solomon; loving grandmother of Brian (Alissa) Popowitz, Stacey Popowitz, Katelyn and Hannah Solomon; loving great grandmother of Oren Popowitz. Funeral services private. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to Riderwood Staff Appreciation Fund, 3110 Gracefield Road, Silver Spring, MD 20904. In mourning at 5 Country Creek Court, North Potomac, MD 20878, Wednesday only after 6 p.m. with an evening service at 7 p.m.

Baltimore Jewish Times
June 5, 2018 by JT Staff


Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. show Arlene and Jack Solomon as residents of Baltimore, Maryland in 1957 and 1959.

She can be found on the 1930 Federal Census in Schenectady, New York, and shown as 9 months old (census enumeration date was April 18, 1930, making her born around July or August 1929). On this census, she was listed as a daughter of Leon Getz, age 32, born in Russia of Russian parents, mother tongue listed as Jewish, year of emigration ca 1887, and shown as a proprietor of a meat market. His wife was 30 year old Hattie F Getz, was born in New York, as was her father, with a mother born in Austria. Arlene was the only child present in the home. Also listed was a 21 year old single lodger, Minnie Millier, born in New York, working as a maid. with both of Minnie's parents born in Germany.

Arlene married Jack N. Solomon before 1955. Jack (son of Abraham Solomon and Tillie Levine) was born on 5 Feb 1924 in Maryland; died on 12 May 2012 in Florida; was buried on 15 May 2012 in Anshe Emunah Aitz Chaim Cemetery, Baltimore County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Leon Getz of Schenectady was born in in Bulostock, Russia in 1898, and served as a private during World War I (New York, Abstracts of World War I Military Service). The World War I draft registration cards shown he was born January 1, 1898, and was a student living in Schenectady when he registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, his nearest relative was his mother, Rose Getz, living with him at 842 Lincoln in Schenectady. Leon died in November 1983 in Miami, Florida

The 1915 New York State census lists the family of Chas and Rose Getz, ages 40 and 38, with children Leon (17), Albert (11) and Jeanet (4). residents os Schenectady, NY.

Leon married Hattie Friedman. Hattie (daughter of Isadore "Isaac" Friedman and Lena ???) was born about 1899 in Schenectady County, New York; died about 1950 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York; was buried in Beth Israel Lower Cemetery, Rotterdam, Schenectady County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Hattie Friedman Getz, 1899-1950, bured at Beth Israel Lower Cemetery in Rotterdam, Schenectady County, New York. A Hattie Friedman can be found on the 1910 census in Schenectady, New York, in the home of Isaac and Lena Friedman, Hattie being the fourth of 11 children listed in the home. Her mother, Lena, was shown as the mother of 16 children, 12 still living in 1910. Her father, Isaac, was a merchant at a Meat Market. Both Isaac and Lena were born in Hungary.

She worked as a bookkkeeper at the meat market run by her father and brother Arthur.

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In 1910, Charles and Rosie, along with sons Leo and Albert, were living on Carrie Street in Schenectady, New York. He was working as a Tailor at a tailor shop. Both parents were shown as born in Russia, as was their eldest son, Leo, and their mother tongue was listed as Yiddish. The date of immigration for all three was 1902, and Charles was shown as a naturalized citizen.This was the same occupation shown in 1920 and 1930, as he and his family remainted in Schenectady. The 1930 census has Russia crossed out as place of birth, and instead showsn Bulstark, Poland.*

Charles's date of emigration was shown as 1902, and Rose's as 1904. In 1940 Charles was widowed, and living with his son and daughter-in-law, Albert and Grace, in Schenectady. His place of birth was instead listed as Poland.

*Belostock, Russia is the same city as Bialystok, Poland (called Byalistock in yiddish), and is the largest city on northeastern Poland. It is 108.8 miles NE of Warsaw. At the end of the nineteenth century, the majority of the city's population was Jewish. According to Russian census of 1897, out of the total population of 66,000, Jews constituted 41,900 (so around 63% percent).[19] This heritage can be seen on the Jewish Heritage Trail in Bialystok.[20] The Bialystok pogrom occurred between 1896 and 1906 in the city. During the pogrom between 81 and 88 people were killed, and about 80 people were wounded

Charles married Rose Gurkin. Rose was born about 1876 in Belostok, Grodno Gubernia, Russian Empire; died about 1938 in Schenectady County, New York; was buried in Workmens Circle Cemetery, Rotterdam, Schenectady County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Vermont Marriage License of her daughter, Jeanetter Getz to Efrem Bernard Neisuler shows that she was a daughter of Charles GETZ and Rose GURKIN.

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First name shown variously as Isadore, Isidor, or Isaac.

The 1910 U.S. Passport application for Isidor Friedman, wife Lena, and son Samuel, born in Schenectedy lists Isaac's place of birth as Ungwar, Hungary on 14 Aug 1858, and further stated he emigrated to the US sailing on board the Vrinar from Breman on or about 15 July 1893, residing for 17 years in city of Schenectedy. He was 5'3 inches tall, with a high forehead, brown eyes, straight nose, full mouth, short chin, dark hair and auburn complextion.

Uzhhorod (Ungv?r) is a city located in western Ukraine, at the border with Slovakia and near the border with Hungary. It is the administrative center of Zakarpattia Oblast (region), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Uzhhorod Raion (district) within the oblast. It is 389.1 miles WSW of Kiev.

Isadore married Lena ??? about 1882 in Ungv?r, Kingdom of Hungary. Lena was born about 1867 in Ungv?r, Kingdom of Hungary; died about 1933 in Schenectady County, New York; was buried in Beth Israel Lower Cemetery, Rotterdam, Schenectady County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The 1910 Schenectady County, NY Census shows Isadore and Lena had been married for 28 years, making the year of their marriage ca 1882.This was shown as the first marriage for them both. Lena was shown as having given birth to 16 children in total, only 12 of them still living in 1910.

Isaac, Lena, and the four eldest children in their home at the time of the 1910 census were all shown as born in Hungary, with their native tongue being German. Isaac immigrated in 1892, with his wife and four oldest children arriving four years later, in 1896. Isaac and son William were both shown as naturalized citizens by 1910.

Isaac was a merchant of meats, son William was a butcher, and daughter Sadie worked as a bookeeper at the market. Everyone in the family was shown as speaking English.

At the time of the 1920 federal census, Lena was widowed, and living on Sowden Avenue, Schenectady, with 8 of her children. Son Arthur was a butcher, daughters Sadie and Hattie were working as bookkeepers, and daughter Rosie a cashier at their meat market. In 1930, she and four of her younger children could still be found in Schenectady. All four children worked at the market in the office.