Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
NameSylvia KLANG 
Birth22 Sep 1896, Chernivtsi, Ukraine237
MemoAustria-Hungary (1867–1918)
Birth22 Sep 1896, Siret, Romania237
MemoAustrian Empire (Before WWI)
Immigration3 Jan 1921, New York, NY748 Age: 24
Declared Intent9 Aug 1923, Chicago, IL749 Age: 26
MemoLegally changed her name from Sabina to Sylvia.
Burialaft 25 May 1965, 1400 Des Plaines Ave, Forest Park, IL238
MemoJewish Waldheim Cemetery
OccupationDressmaker749
FlagsMITTMAN-1, Schilder Cousin Club
FatherNathan KLANG (1859-)
MotherClara ZENTNER (1864-1938)
Narrative
Sylvia was born on 22 Sep 1896, in Czernowitz, Romania,237 the daughter of Clara and Nuchem. Then known as Sabina, she immigrated to the United States, arriving with her mother and three siblings on January 2, 1921.748 An older sister, Tillie KLANG, had already emigrated and lived in New York City. By 1923, she was documented using the name Sylvia.749 Her name change from Sabina to Sylvia became legal with her petition for naturalization, or “second papers,” in 1937.749
Sylvia married Bernard MITTMAN on October 25, 1925. They had three children during their marriage. She died on May 25, 1965, in Chicago, Illinois, at 68.
According to her son, Charles MITTMAN, Sylvia Mittman was very sensitive about being older than her husband. “Growing up, we were repeatedly urged never to ‘reveal to the neighbors that she was two years older than my father.’ Now we find out she was almost five years older; I can understand her sensitivity, but did it really matter?” The concern may have stemmed from worries over her not getting married until her mid-20s.750
She followed Shabbos by taking telephone messages with playing cards instead of writing.
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Sylvia married Bernard MITTMAN on October 25, 1925. They had three children during their marriage. She died on May 25, 1965, in Chicago, Illinois, at 68.
According to her son, Charles MITTMAN, Sylvia Mittman was very sensitive about being older than her husband. “Growing up, we were repeatedly urged never to ‘reveal to the neighbors that she was two years older than my father.’ Now we find out she was almost five years older; I can understand her sensitivity, but did it really matter?” The concern may have stemmed from worries over her not getting married until her mid-20s.750
She followed Shabbos by taking telephone messages with playing cards instead of writing.
See Naturalization Records for more information about how an alien becomes an American citizen.
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