Benjamin Silber

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: = Name: Benjamin Silber = Birth Year: 1921 = Race: White, citizen = Nativity State or Country: California = County or City: San Francisco = Enlistment Date: 4 Sep 1942 = Enlistment State: California = Enlistment City: San Francisco = Branch: Warrant Officers = Grade: Private = Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law = Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men) = Source: Civil Life = Education: 2 years of high school = Marital Status: Married = Height: 68 = Weight: 152 National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.

Samuel married Hazel Osterman on 04 Jul 1915. Hazel (daughter of Monroe Osterman and Sarah Van Straaten) was born on 19 Nov 1890 in San Francisco, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Bookkeper for M. Levy Meat Co. In 1890 became an independent accountant.
• Occupation: 1889, San Francisco, California; San Francisco City Directory identifies Monroe Osterman as a bookkeeper, Osterman, Rehfisch & Co., 820 1/2 Sutter Street, San Francisco. San Francisco, California Directories, 1889-91 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.
• Residence: 1890, San Francisco, California; San Francisco City Directory for 1890 identifies Monroe Osterman as a bookkeeper at Osterman, Rehfisch & Co.; Address:
  1527 Geary
  San Francisco, California

Monroe married Sarah Van Straaten in 1886. Sarah (daughter of Benjamin Emanuel Van Straaten and Hannah Asch) was born in 1863 in San Francisco, California; died in 1938. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Sarah designed the new Home of Peace Cemetery in Colma. Her reward for this was the family plot, first one as you enter.

Notes:

Birth:
1900 Federal Census indicates date of birth about 1865. Notes from Margery Morris Fox indicate date of birth 1863.

Abram married Sarah. Sarah was born about 1840 in Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: 02 Nov 1860, San Francisco, California; Naturalised 2 Nov 1860, Northern District of California.
• Occupation: 1889-1890, San Francisco, California; The 1889 and 1890 California Directories shows Benjamin E. Van Straaten as a sexton (or superintendent) at the Home of Peace Cemetery (Hebrew), between Eighteenth and Nineteenth, Dolores and Church. San Francisco, California Directories, 1889-91 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.
• Immigration: 15 Jul 1920, San Francisco, California; Death certificate shows 67 years 6 months in United States = arrival Jan 1853. Shows 66 years 11 months in California = Aug 1853.

Benjamin married Hannah Asch. Hannah (daughter of Isaac Asch) was born on 07 Sep 1830 in Prussia/Germany; died on 09 Nov 1920 in San Francisco, California; was buried on 11 Nov 1920 in Home of Peace Cemetery, Colma, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]