ESTHER POSNER (AGE 1) WITH PARENTS JEROME & SONIA - 1915 CENSUS

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ESTHER POSNER (AGE 1) WITH PARENTS JEROME & SONIA - 1915 CENSUS - STATEN ISLAND

DOCUMENT: posner-census-1915-jerome-sonia-esther.jpg (look at left page, rows 35 to 37)

NOTES:

This form from the 1915 New York State census very likely shows the Posner household (Jerome, Sonia, and baby Esther), although the first names are blank so we can't be 100% certain it's them.

Here's a copy of the (modern) transcription copied from ancestry.ca

Name: 	Posner
Birth Year: 	abt 1885
Birth Place: 	Russia
Age: 	30
Gender: 	Male
Residence Place: 	New York, Richmond
Relationship: 	Head
Color or Race: 	White
Assembly District: 	01
House Number: 	25
Line Number: 	34
Page Number: 	28
Household Members: 	
Name 	Age
Posner 	30
Posner 	24
Posner 	1

(PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR A COPY OF THE INDIVIDUAL TRANSCRIPTIONS FOR THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD.)

Here are my notes about this document:
- Unlike later census records for the family, this one was hard to find -- I did so by searching the 1915 census for just Posner, limited to Richmond County, New York.
- The first names were left as "unknown," but I think this must be the right record, since there's a husband, wife, and daughter, and the ages are about right, and the husband's occupation is Newsdealer.
- Their address is 25 Bond St. See this address today in Google Maps.
- Why were their given names left as "unknown" (and the field for number of years in the U.S. left blank)? Perhaps they were not at home, and rather than return, the census taker took the information from a neighbour? Perhaps from the next-door neighbours, listed just above the Posner household, who were also from "Russia"?).

Here's a copy of the additional transcriptions for the other individuals in the household, copied from ancestry.ca:

Name: 	Posner
Birth Year: 	abt 1885
Birth Place: 	Russia
Age: 	30
Gender: 	Male
Residence Place: 	New York, Richmond
Relationship: 	Head
Color or Race: 	White
Assembly District: 	01
House Number: 	25
Line Number: 	34
Page Number: 	28

Name: 	Posner
Birth Year: 	abt 1891
Birth Place: 	Russia
Age: 	24
Gender: 	Female
Residence Place: 	New York, Richmond
Relationship: 	Wife
Color or Race: 	White

Name: 	Posner
Birth Year: 	abt 1914
Birth Place: 	Russia
Age: 	1
Gender: 	Female
Residence Place: 	New York, Richmond
Relationship: 	Daughter
Color or Race: 	White