Death4 Apr 1983, Miami-Dade County, FL [8], [7] Age: 88
Burialaft 4 Apr 1983, 130-04 Horace Harding Expy, Kew Gardens Hills, NY
MemoMount Hebron Cemetery; Memorial ID, 78046567
OccupationKeeping House (1950) [2704]
OccupationHousewife (1925) [2705]
OccupationStenographer (1915) [2706]
OccupationStenographer, Doctor’s Office (1910) [2707]
FlagsMITTMAN-10, STUB-END
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Malvina Leblang was born on July 8, 1894, on E 3rd Street in New York, NY, the daughter of Samuel Leblang and Rose Grosz. Her birth occurred during a period of intense growth and transformation for New York City, as immigrant communities thrived and new opportunities emerged. By 1910, at the age of 15, Malvina was employed as a stenographer in a doctor’s office, a common occupation for young women entering the white-collar workforce in the early 20th century. She continued in this profession, recorded simply as a stenographer in 1915.
On January 13, 1921, Malvina married Benjamin Mittman in Manhattan, New York. Benjamin, born in Plymouth, PA, worked in various capacities, including as a machinist in 1917, a draughtsman in 1920, and later as a superintendent for an office building by 1930. Following her marriage, Malvina’s documented occupation shifted. She was identified as a housewife by 1925 and as “keeping house” in 1950, reflecting the prevailing societal expectations for married women during the interwar and post-World War II eras.
The couple had three sons. Seymour was born in Yonkers, NY, in 1922 but died tragically young in Queens, NY, on April 6, 1929, at the age of six. Malvina and Benjamin later welcomed David, born in Queens in 1929, and Ronald, born in Queens in 1933. Malvina Leblang Mittman lived to be 88 years old, passing away on April 4, 1983, in Miami-Dade County, Florida. She was buried at Mount Hebron Cemetery in Kew Gardens Hills, NY, where her husband, Benjamin, who died in 1966, and their young son Seymour were also interred.
Malvina Leblang Mittman’s life spanned nearly a century, from the bustling urban landscape of turn-of-the-century New York to her later years in Florida. She navigated significant social and economic changes, transitioning from an early career woman to a homemaker who raised a family through the Great Depression and beyond, leaving a documented record of her domestic and familial contributions.
Spouses
Death2 Apr 1966 [8], [7] Age: 74
Burialaft 2 Apr 1966, 130-04 Horace Harding Expy, Kew Gardens Hills, NY
MemoMount Hebron Cemetery; Memorial ID, 78046543
OccupationJobber for Cake Store (1950) [2696]
OccupationSuperintendent, Office Building (1930) [2697]
OccupationMachinist (1925) [2698]
OccupationDraughtsman, Insulating (1920) [2699]
OccupationMachinist, Duplex Engine Governor Co. Inc. (1917) [54]
OccupationShipping Clerk (1915) [2700]
OccupationBill Clerk, News Company (1910) [2701]
FlagsMITTMAN-10
Marr MemoMarriage License Date, 13 Jan 1921
ChildrenSeymour (Died as Child) (1922-1929)