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Personal data Pauline (Perle) Bronstein 

• She was born on May 1, 1896 in Savran, Russia.
• Occupations:
• Masseuse.
• Nurse.
• Resident: 1245 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
• She died January 1981, she was 84 years old.
• A child of Jankel (Jacob) Bronstein and Blume (Bertha)

Household of Pauline (Perle) Bronstein

She is married to Abraham (Albert) Shaynkin.

They got married on December 20, 1920 at Brooklyn, New York, Verenigde Staten, she was 24 years old.

Child(ren):

1. (Not public)

The couple were divorced on February 15, 1929.

Notes about Pauline (Perle) Bronstein

In petition of naturalization that Pauline Shaynkin filed in New York, we have:
Occupation: Masseur
Residence: 1245 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, Kings, NY
Born in Sarna, Russia on May 1 1896. Jewish.
She declared her intention of becoming a citizen of the USA on Dec 3 1926.
She is divorced. Has husband was Abraham. They married Dec 20 1920
in Brooklyn. NY. He was born in Nejin, Russia on April 18 1896.
He immigrated to the USA in 1914. He resides in Brooklyn
and the divorce was on Feb 15 1929.
She has one child: Zena, born Dec 26 1924 in Brooklyn, NY
and resides with her at 1245 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY.
Her last foreign residence was Safran, Russia.
She immigrated to the USA from Halifax, Canada and entered Vanceboro, Me,
under the { maiden } name of Perle Brunstein on August 10 1914.
Arrival via C.P.R. { this means: Canadian Pacific Railway }. She resided in the USA continuously since arriving from Canada on August 10 1914. This is signed by her hand.

In 1930 US Census, residence is Brooklyn, NY and house number is 1245.
So I know from the naturalization petition of Pauline that the full address in the census is:

1245 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, Kings, NY

In this family we have:

Head Louis Bronstein Age 31. Born circa 1899, Russia. Parents born in Russia.
Immigrated 1914 (same year as Pauline). Age at first marriage: 25. Occupation: salesman, working at drugs(tore).
Wife Lillian Bronstein, age 27. Born circa 1903, Poland. Parents born in Poland. Immigrated 1906.. Age at first marriage: 21.

Sister In Law Pauline Shaynkin. age 32. Born circa 1898, Russia. parents born in Russia. Divorced. Immigrated 1914. Occupation nurse, working at a doctor.
Niece Zena Shaynkin, age5. She is niece to head of household. Born circa 1925, NY. Parents born in Russia.

Son Alvin Bronstein , age 1. Born circa 1929, NY.

In border crossings from Canada to USA in 1914
We have passengers of the ship *tania, sailing from Liverpool 1 Aug 1914.
We have only the first page of the manifest. Not clear where the second page is.
Jankel Brunstein (49) - merchant
Blume (48) - wife
Perle (18) - domestic, i.e. she was born about 1896 - this is her (later she will rename to Pauline)
Zere (?) (13) - female, child
Leizer (16), laborer
Godalje (14) - female (mistake, should be male), home
Benjamin (10) - child
Morsey/Moisey (9) - male
All Jewish from Russia.
Town is Sarzan.
Nearest relative from home country:
Father of Jankel, Schaul (?) Brunstein, Sarzan, Russia
The overview details of the above from Ancestry are:
Ship: Mauretania
Arrival Date: 7 Aug 1914
Port of Arrival: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England

In page 2 of the manifest:
Destination was Brooklyn
Jankel was going to join bro(ther) in law Makowsky, 397 something, Brooklyn
Blume was going to join her brother
the children were going to join their uncle
All entering at Vanceboro, ME
We have their heights and physical descriptions
Place of birth: Sarzan, Russia
Will continue through CPR

In 1940 US census, Pauline Shaynkin is divorced, she's an inmate at a hospital, i.e. working there (we know she was a nurse from the 1930 census and it looks like her daugher Zena/Zina followed her and became a nurse too).
Born about 1896. She is 44 years old here.
The place is Kings Park State Hospital in Smithtown, Suffolk, New York
and she was there also in 1935
She was born in Russia and so were her parents
She only had one child ever. She was 20 years old when she married
Has not attended college yet.
Highest grade completed was 4th year in high school

According to SSDI, she was born May 1 1897 (I know it was May 1 1896) and she died Jan 1981, last residence being Kings Park, New York 11754, USA.

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