Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
NameSol ESTERSON [807], [814], [815], [816]
Birth20 Sep 1883, Odesa, Ukraine [6]
MemoRussian Empire (1792-1917)
Birth20 Aug 1884, Odesa, Ukraine [7]
MemoRussian Empire (1792-1917)
Birth10 Dec 1884, Odesa, Ukraine [188]
MemoRussian Empire (1792-1917)
Birth20 Sep 1885, Odesa, Ukraine [19]
MemoRussian Empire (1792-1917)
Birth10 Oct 1885, Odesa, Ukraine [54]
MemoRussian Empire (1792-1917)
Immigration7 May 1911 [188], [817] Age: 27
Naturalization16 Jan 1919, Cook County, IL [188], [817] Age: 35
Death24 Dec 1963, Los Angeles, CA [818], [6], [7] Age: 80
Burial26 Dec 1963, 5950 Forest Lawn Dr, Los Angeles, CA [8], [819], [11]
MemoMount Sinai Memorial Park; Memorial ID, 273931465; Gravez ID, 0E0A4EF9-6855-4D19-A6E9-6D58FE8A67D7
OccupationDecorator in Painting and Paperhanging (1940) [820]
OccupationPainter of Buildings (1930) [821]
OccupationPainter in Private Homes (1920) [817]
OccupationPainting and Paper Hanging Contractor, A Lederberger and Company (1918) [807], [814], [54]
FlagsBEYDA-1, Earliest Ancestor, MITTMAN-1
Obituaries
From 26 Dec 1963, 50 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com: [819]

ESTERSON, Sol, formerly of Chicago, beloved husband of Lena, father of Howard, Jean Edelmann of Los Angeles, Dorothy Greene, Estell Grossman, Faye Pavlove, and Ruth Beyda, all of Skokie, Ill., also nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Services at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Mount Memorial Park Chapel. Mount Sinai Mortuary.
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The following biographical sketch was produced using artificial intelligence and may contain mistakes.

Sol Esterson was born in Odesa, Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire. Sources list his birth variously between September 1883 and October 1885. In approximately July 1909, he married Anna Rae Weintraub in Mile End, London, UK. Anna Rae, born in Łódź, Poland, also within the Russian Empire, joined Sol in a London neighborhood known for its immigrant communities. Their first child, Dorothy, was born there in 1910. The following year, in 1911, Sol and his family immigrated to the United States from London, joining a significant wave of Eastern European Jewish immigrants seeking new opportunities and stability away from the political and social unrest prevalent in the Russian Empire.

The Esterson family settled in Chicago, Illinois, a burgeoning industrial city. Sol established himself in the trades, working as a painting and paper hanging contractor for A. Lederberger and Company by 1918. His occupation continued as a painter in private homes in 1920, evolving to a painter of buildings by 1930, and a decorator in painting and paperhanging by 1940. While in Chicago, Sol and Anna Rae expanded their family with the births of Estell in 1912, Jennie in 1913, Faye in 1915, Howard Louis in 1920, and Ruth H in 1927. Anna Rae, who was a housewife, died in Chicago on October 3, 1947, and was buried at Oakridge Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois.

After Anna Rae’s death, Sol married Lena Unknown sometime after 1957; Lena had a son named Harold. Sol Esterson died in Los Angeles, California, on December 24, 1963, at the age of 80. He was buried at Mount Sinai Memorial Park in Los Angeles two days later. His obituary listed his wife Lena, his son Howard, and daughters Jean Edelmann, Dorothy Greene, Estell Grossman, Faye Pavlove, and Ruth Beyda. He was survived by nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, a testament to his role in establishing a family line that spanned continents and generations.
Spouses
Birth10 Apr 1883, Łódź, Poland [807], [716]
MemoRussian Empire (Before WWI)
Immigration1913 [822] Age: 29
Naturalization1919 [817] Age: 35
Death3 Oct 1947, Chicago, IL [823], [716] Age: 64
Burial5 Oct 1947, 4301 Roosevelt Rd, Hillside, IL [807], [716]
MemoOakridge Cemetery
OccupationHousewife (1947) [716]
FlagsBEYDA-1, MITTMAN-1
FatherIrving Lewis WEINTRAUB (~1851-)
MotherFannie UNKNOWN (~1861-)
Marriage8 Aug 1909, Mile End, London, UK [824]
ChildrenDorothy (1910-1987)
 Estell (1912-2004)
 Jennie (1913-1993)
 Faye (1915-1999)
 Howard Louis (1920-1992)
 Ruth H (1927-~2012)
FlagsMITTMAN-1, STUB-END
Marriageaft 1957 [807]
ChildrenHarold
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