James Harold Silberman: bradandkathy.com genealogy

1966 - 1984 (17 years)

Generation: 1

1.	James Harold Silberman was born on 27 Nov 1966 in Santa Clara County, California, USA (son of Dr. Walter Wolfe Silberman, Jr. and L.G. Thon); died on 5 May 1984 in Santa Clara County, California, USA.

Generation: 2

Dr. Walter Wolfe Silberman, Jr. was born on 26 Sep 1932 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (son of Walter Wolfe Silberman, Sr. and Carolyn B. Marks); died on 23 Jun 2002.

Other Events and Attributes:

Also Known As: Wally
Education: University of Chicago Laboratory School, Northwestern University, Northwestern University Medical School (M.D.)
Occupation: Surgeon
Residence: Jun 2002, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California, USA

Notes:

U.S. Air Force surgeon, stationed in France. Moved to California and opened his own private practice (in orthopedic surgery). Chief of Surgery, Chief of Staff and Chairman of the Board at Los Gatos Community Hospital.

Obituary mentions another son, Andrew, but it’s not clear whether Laurel Thon or Carolyn Woytus is his mother.

Walter married L.G. Thon [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

3.
L.G. Thon
Children:

1. James Harold Silberman was born on 27 Nov 1966 in Santa Clara County, California, USA; died on 5 May 1984 in Santa Clara County, California, USA.

Generation: 3

Walter Wolfe Silberman, Sr. was born on 5 Apr 1899 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA; was christened in Hamilton County, Ohio, USA (son of George Silberman and Fannie Shuman); died on 10 Jul 1952 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 14 Jul 1952 in Waldheim Jewish Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.

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Occupation: Surgeon, senior medical staff (St. Bernard’s Hospital)
Research Notes: Birth place given as Illinois in 1940 census entry.
Census: 1900, Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, USA
Residence: Sep 1918, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1920, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1930, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Residence: 1935, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1940, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Residence: Feb 1942, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Residence: Jul 1952, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Census:
121 West 6th Street

Residence:
463 Oakland Bd.

Census:
503 Oakwood Boulevard

Census:
503 Oakwood Boulevard

Residence:
5429 Woodlawn Avenue

Census:
5429 Woodlawn Avenue

Residence:
5429 Woodlawn Avenue

Residence:
6915 S. Jeffery

Walter + Carolyn B. Marks. Carolyn (daughter of Arthur Marks, Sr. and Beatrice Auerbach) was born about Feb 1910 in Illinois, USA; died on 4 Jun 1961 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 7 Jun 1961 in Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Carolyn B. Marks was born about Feb 1910 in Illinois, USA (daughter of Arthur Marks, Sr. and Beatrice Auerbach); died on 4 Jun 1961 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 7 Jun 1961 in Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.

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Also Known As: Carol
Research Notes: Name appears as “Carolyn” in 1910 and 1920 census.
Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1920, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1930, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Residence: 1935, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1940, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Residence: Apr 1956, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Residence: Jun 1961, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Census:
5218 Michigan Avenue

Census:
6046 Harper Avenue

Census:
5450 East View Park

Residence:
5429 Woodlawn Avenue

Census:
5429 Woodlawn Avenue

Residence:
Jeffery Avenue

Residence:
6915 Jeffery Avenue

Died:
Passavant Hospital

Children:

B.E. Silberman
2. Dr. Walter Wolfe Silberman, Jr. was born on 26 Sep 1932 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 23 Jun 2002.

Harold Edmond Thon was born on 4 Sep 1898 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (son of Frank William Thon and Laura Alwina Orlowsky); died on 20 Feb 1939 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 23 Feb 1939 in Acacia Park Cemetery, Norwood Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Occupation: Draftsman, architect, mechanical engineer
Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1920, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1930, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Buried:
Plot 9, Row 1, Poplar Section

Harold married Lauretta K. Knuth on 23 Jun 1920 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Lauretta (daughter of Charles August Ferdinand Knuth and Bertha A. Nordholz) was born on 4 Feb 1899 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died in Apr 1969 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Apr 1969. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lauretta K. Knuth was born on 4 Feb 1899 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (daughter of Charles August Ferdinand Knuth and Bertha A. Nordholz); died in Apr 1969 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Apr 1969.

Other Events and Attributes:

Occupation: Stenographer, housewife, secretary
Research Notes: 1910 and 1920 censuses entry spells name “Loretta.” 1900 census lists birth month as August 1897.
Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1920, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1930, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Residence: 1935, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1940, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Residence: Jun 1942, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1950, Park Ridge, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Residence: 1966, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Grandmother of four at time of death.

Census:
21 Cornelia Court

Census:
2238 Central Park Avenue

Residence:
2424 Lawndale

Census:
2424 Lawndale

Residence:
2424 North Lawndale Avenue

Residence:
6638 Northwest Highway

Notes:

Family lived at 2424 Lawndale Ave, Chicago in 1930, along with the family of Harold’s brother Theodore.

Children:

Warren Harold Thon was born on 12 Aug 1922 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 22 Apr 1976 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
3. L.G. Thon

Generation: 4

George Silberman was born in Oct 1864 in Kiev, Ukraine, Russia; died on 6 Oct 1941 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 8 Oct 1941 in Waldheim Jewish Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Occupation: Druggist
Occupation: Salesman (life insurance)
Research Notes: Death Index gives birth date as 1 September 1865.
Immigration: 1881
Immigration: 1882
Census: 1900, Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, USA
Residence: Sep 1918, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1920, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1930, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1940, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Birthplace is listed as “Russia - Chernobil” (with a line through Chernobil) in the 1930 census.

Census:
121 West 6th Street

Residence:
463 Oakwood Boulevard

Census:
503 Oakwood Boulevard

Census:
503 Oakwood Boulevard

Census:
5429 Woodlawn Avenue

George married Fannie Shuman about 1894. Fannie was born in Apr 1872 in Kiev, Ukraine, Russia; died on 18 Jun 1944 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Fannie Shuman was born in Apr 1872 in Kiev, Ukraine, Russia; died on 18 Jun 1944 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.

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Immigration: 1891
Immigration: 1892
Census: 1900, Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, USA
Census: 1920, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1930, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1940, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Census:
121 West 6th Street

Census:
503 Oakwood Boulevard

Census:
503 Oakwood Boulevard

Census:
5429 Woodlawn Avenue

Children:

Jeannette Silberman was born in Feb 1895 in Illinois, USA.
Leo Silberman was born in Feb 1896 in Illinois, USA; died before Jul 1952.
4. Walter Wolfe Silberman, Sr. was born on 5 Apr 1899 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA; was christened in Hamilton County, Ohio, USA; died on 10 Jul 1952 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 14 Jul 1952 in Waldheim Jewish Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
Elizabeth Silberman was born about 1902 in Ohio, USA.

10.

Arthur Marks, Sr. was born about 1869 in Kentucky, USA; died on 23 Jan 1945 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Occupation: Buyer, dry goods store
Research Notes: A niece, Beatrice L. Marks (at 7, born in Wisconsin) is living with the family at the time of the 1930 census.
Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1920, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1930, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Brother of Lillie B. Nathan and Cora L. Block. Father born in Ohio or Kentucky, mother in Kentucky.

Census:
5218 Michigan Avenue

Census:
6046 Harper Avenue

Census:
5450 East View Park

Arthur married Beatrice Auerbach on 15 Mar 1906 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Beatrice (daughter of Beane _____) was born about 1879 in Wisconsin, USA; died in Jan 1948. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Beatrice Auerbach was born about 1879 in Wisconsin, USA (daughter of Beane _____); died in Jan 1948.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1920, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1930, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Father born in Germany.

Census:
5218 Michigan Avenue

Census:
6046 Harper Avenue

Census:
5450 East View Park

Children:

Arthur M. Marks, Jr. was born about Jul 1908 in Illinois, USA.
5. Carolyn B. Marks was born about Feb 1910 in Illinois, USA; died on 4 Jun 1961 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 7 Jun 1961 in Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.

12.

Frank William Thon was born on 11 Oct 1870 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (son of Franz Thon and Marie Elizabeth Hamel); died on 27 Sep 1926 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried in 1926 in Acacia Park Cemetery, Norwood Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Occupation: Waiter, plumbing assembler, salesman
Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1920, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Buried:
Plot 10, Row 2, Poplar Section

Frank married Laura Alwina Orlowsky on 24 Oct 1894 in Cook County, Illinois, USA. Laura (daughter of Ludwig Orlowsky and Julia Stachel) was born in Feb 1875 in Illinois, USA; died in Aug 1956 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 14 Aug 1956 in Acacia Park Cemetery, Norwood Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Laura Alwina Orlowsky was born in Feb 1875 in Illinois, USA (daughter of Ludwig Orlowsky and Julia Stachel); died in Aug 1956 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 14 Aug 1956 in Acacia Park Cemetery, Norwood Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1920, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1930, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Residence: 1935, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1940, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Living with her children Harold and Theodore in 1930.

Residence:
2424 Lawndale

Census:
2424 Lawndale

Buried:
Plot 10, Row 2, Poplar Section

Notes:

Family lived at 67 Marion Place, Chicago in 1900 and 2424 N. Lawndale, Chicago in 1918.

Children:

Elsie H. Thon was born in Oct 1895 in Illinois, USA.
Lillian F. Thon was born in Mar 1897 in Illinois, USA.
6. Harold Edmond Thon was born on 4 Sep 1898 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 20 Feb 1939 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 23 Feb 1939 in Acacia Park Cemetery, Norwood Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
Theodore Charles Thon was born on 20 Aug 1902 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 16 Jan 1989 in Port Charlotte, Charlotte County, Florida, USA; was buried in Jan 1989 in Acacia Park Cemetery, Norwood Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA.

14.

Charles August Ferdinand Knuth was born on 19 Jan 1876 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (son of Charles E. Knuth and Anna Mary Oestmann); died on 14 Jan 1961 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 16 Jan 1961 in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Occupation: Lithographer (in Chicago)
Research Notes: Elaine Schoelzel reports death date of 20 Jan 1959.
Census: 1880, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Residence: Sep 1918, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1920, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Residence: Dec 1927, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1930, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Residence: Apr 1935, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1940, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1950, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

At the time of his death, Charles had seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Birth:
41 Fry (now 1249 Fry)

Census:
21 Cornelia Court

Residence:
2238 N. Central Park Avenue

Census:
2238 Central Park Avenue

Census:
2238 Central Park Avenue

Census:
2238 N. Central Park Avenue

Census:
2238 N. Central Park Avenue

Charles married Bertha A. Nordholz on 27 Feb 1897 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Bertha (daughter of Wilhelm Frederick Nordholz and Wilhelmina Friedrick) was born on 13 Jul 1876 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 21 Sep 1950 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 23 Sep 1950 in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

15.

Bertha A. Nordholz was born on 13 Jul 1876 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA (daughter of Wilhelm Frederick Nordholz and Wilhelmina Friedrick); died on 21 Sep 1950 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 23 Sep 1950 in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 1880, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Residence: Sep 1918, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1920, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1930, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Residence: Apr 1935, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1940, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Census: 1950, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

As of her death, Bertha had seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Age at death, 74 years.

Birth:
162 Cornell

Census:
432 Ashland Avenue

Census:
21 Cornelia Court

Residence:
2238 N Central Park Avenue

Census:
2238 Central Park Avenue

Census:
2238 Central Park Avenue

Census:
2238 N. Central Park Avenue

Census:
2238 N. Central Park Avenue

Notes:

In 1930, the family had a border: Ellen Gleason, age 68.

Children:

Adeline S. Knuth was born on 31 Aug 1897 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 14 Feb 1985 in Nokomis, Sarasota County, Florida, USA; was buried in Feb 1985 in Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
7. Lauretta K. Knuth was born on 4 Feb 1899 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died in Apr 1969 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Apr 1969.
Harold John Knuth, Sr. was born on 21 Sep 1902 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 3 Mar 1975 in Skokie, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 6 Mar 1975 in Acacia Park Cemetery, Norwood Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA.

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