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Joseph (Jacob Yankel) ROFES

Joseph (Jacob Yankel) ROFES

Male 1862 - 1929  (67 years)

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  • Name Joseph (Jacob Yankel) ROFES  [1] 
    Born 1 Jan 1862  From JewishGen, Vilnius, Vilnius City Municipality, Vilnius, Lithuania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Rofes Vilna Census 1875 - 2    		 Rofes Vilna Census 1875 - 2
    Gender Male 
    Arrival Leith (Amerika via Glasgow) Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Arrival 1884  [3] 
    Arrival 1886  New York, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Arrival 1 Jul 1887  New York, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Arrival 1 Jul 1887  Same ship as brother Adolph, New York, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence Wilna, Russland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence Worinany, Russland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1895  New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1900  Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1904  New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence 1910  Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head, New Haven Ward 4, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Residence 1911  New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence 1912  New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Residence 1920  Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Residence 1925  New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Residence 1928  New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Residence 1929  New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Died 15 Nov 1929  New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [15, 16, 17, 18] 
    Buried New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [15, 17, 18] 
    Person ID I3685  Rofheart-Jones Ancestry.com Current Tree
    Last Modified 3 Oct 2019 

    Father David Girsha Harris Harold ROFES ROFHEART,   b. 1830, Vilna, Vilniaus, Lithuania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Gitla GOLDSTEIN,   b. 1830, Vilna, Vilniaus, Lithuania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F861  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Pauline WERB (EIRNAS),   b. 1865, Vilna, Vilniaus, Lithuania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 May 1933, Bronx, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 31 Aug 1918  Manhattan, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [19] 
    Last Modified 3 Oct 2019 
    Family ID F911  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Jenny (Hinde) ROFES,   b. 1866, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Aug 1917, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Married 1885  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Lewis Charles ROFES,   b. 5 Oct 1901, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Nov 1951, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)  [natural]
     2. Rose ROFES,   b. 24 Jul 1894, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1962, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)  [natural]
     3. Sarah ROFES,   b. 1891, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1931, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)  [natural]
     4. David Abraham ROFES,   b. 29 Jun 1888, Connecticut,United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1938  (Age 50 years)  [natural]
     5. Elizabeth H. ROFES,   b. 24 Sep 1891, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Dec 1944  (Age 53 years)  [natural]
     6. Fanny ROFES,   b. 1891, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1892, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)  [natural]
    Photos
    1900 United States Federal Census    		1900 United States Federal Census
    Year: 1900; Census Place: New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; Roll: 145; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0354; FHL microfilm: 1240145
    Last Modified 3 Oct 2019 
    Family ID F912  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1895 - New Haven, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1900 - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1911 - New Haven, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1912 - New Haven, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1920 - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1925 - New Haven, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1928 - New Haven, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1929 - New Haven, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    Joseph Rofes    		Joseph Rofes
    Here lies a simple and straight (honest) man, Rabbi Yosef the son of David, a Levite, Rofes. He died on the twelfth of (the Hebrew month of) Cheshvan (Jewish year of) 5689. May his soul be bound in eternal life.
    Hamburger Passagierlisten, 1850-1934    		Hamburger Passagierlisten, 1850-1934
    Staatsarchiv Hamburg; Volume: 373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 058 C; Seite: 636
    Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934    		Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934
    1910 United States Federal Census    		1910 United States Federal Census
    Year: 1910; Census Place: New Haven Ward 4, New Haven, Connecticut; Roll: T624_139; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0389; FHL microfilm: 1374152
    1900 United States Federal Census    		1900 United States Federal Census
    Year: 1900; Census Place: New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; Roll: 145; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0354; FHL microfilm: 1240145
    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989    		U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    U.S. School Yearbooks    		U.S. School Yearbooks
    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989    		U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989    		U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)    		U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)
    National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906 (M1299); Microfilm Serial: M1299; Microfilm Roll: 30
    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989    		U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989    		U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989    		U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    1920 United States Federal Census    		1920 United States Federal Census
    Year: 1920; Census Place: New Haven Ward 10, New Haven, Connecticut; Roll: T625_193; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 371; Image: 312
    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989    		U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989    		U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957    		New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
    Year: 1887; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 509; Line: 17; List Number: 822
    Hamburger Passagierlisten, 1850-1934    		Hamburger Passagierlisten, 1850-1934
    Staatsarchiv Hamburg; Hamburg, Deutschland; Hamburger Passagierlisten; Microfilm No.: S_13148
    Rofes Vilna Census 1875 - 2    		Rofes Vilna Census 1875 - 2

  • Sources 
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      Hamburger Passagierlisten, 1850-1934      		 Hamburger Passagierlisten, 1850-1934
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      Hamburger Passagierlisten, 1850-1934      		 Hamburger Passagierlisten, 1850-1934
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      1900 United States Federal Census      		 1900 United States Federal Census
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