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Kitsis, Samuel

Male 1880 - 1951  (71 years)


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  • Name Kitsis, Samuel  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
    Alt. Birth 18 Jun 1880  [15, 16
    Khmelnytskyy, Ukraine 
    Born 20 Jun 1880  Khmelnytsky, Ukraine Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19
    Gender Male 
    Arrival 1905  [2, 5
    Arrival 1906  [7
    Residence 1910  Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head 
    Census 1920 
    Sam Kits 
    Occupation worked in a shoe store  [20, 21
    Residence 1920  Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head 
    Residence 1 Jan 1925  Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head 
    Died 28 Oct 1951  Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 22, 23, 24, 25
    Buried Minneapolis Jewish Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 26, 27
    Person ID I18887  Our Family | Descendents of Ze'ev Wolf Kitzes (I8926, I18, I1390)
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2024 

    Father Kitsis, Jules,   b. Abt 1855, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Faga, Hana,   b. Russia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F2246  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Goss, Bessie,   b. 15 Mar 1886, Nichalev, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1974, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 1904  Russia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Kitsis, Edythe
    +2. Kitsis, Jean
    +3. Kitsis, Louis
     4. Kitsis, Fanny Eva
    +5. Kitsis, Rebecca Rose
    +6. Kitsis, Sara Rosie
    +7. Kitsis, Maurice Jack
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2024 
    Family ID F7153  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • From the Declaration of Intention to Naturalize dated February 17, 1925:
      Sam Kitsis, 301 6th St. S. W., Mason City, a hide and fur buyer, born 18, June 1880 in Praskrav, Russia; emigrated to the U. S. from Rotterdam, Holland, 20 July 1905, arriving at Philadelphia, PA, on the vessel Farmasse, an American Line ship.
      Wife: Bessie born 20, Jan 1885 at Nichaliv, Russia
      Children:
      Louis born 25, Oct 1905 at Proskrov, Russia
      Morris 9, Aug 1920 [1910?] Mason City, Iowa
      Fanny 4, Feb 1912 Mason City, Iowa
      Rebecca 18, Mar 1920 Mason City, Iowa
      Jennie 8, Jan 1916 Mason City, Iowa
      Sarah 7, Jun 1917 Mason City, Iowa
      Edith 17, Mar 1923 Mason City, Iowa
      Witnesses: C.J. Snyder, Bert Winter

      Sam Kits in 1920 Census

      Yarzheit announcement - Galveston, TX, week of Oct 11, 1979; Oct 7, 1977

      May be son of Morris (3329) not Jules
      Obit says brother of Edith Estes, also gravestone says son of Moshe
      From the Declaration of Intention to Naturalize dated February 17, 1925:
      Sam Kitsis, 301 6th St. S. W., Mason City, a hide and fur buyer, born 18, June 1880 in Praskrav, Russia; emigrated to the U. S. from Rotterdam, Holland, 20 July 1905, arriving at Philadelphia, PA, on the vessel Farmasse, an American Line ship.
      Wife: Bessie born 20, Jan 1885 at Nichaliv, Russia
      Children:
      Louis born 25, Oct 1905 at Proskrov, Russia
      Morris 9, Aug 1920 [1910?] Mason City, Iowa
      Fanny 4, Feb 1912 Mason City, Iowa
      Rebecca 18, Mar 1920 Mason City, Iowa
      Jennie 8, Jan 1916 Mason City, Iowa
      Sarah 7, Jun 1917 Mason City, Iowa
      Edith 17, Mar 1923 Mason City, Iowa
      Witnesses: C.J. Snyder, Bert Winter

      Sam Kits in 1920 Census

      Yarzheit announcement - Galveston, TX, week of Oct 11, 1979; Oct 7, 1977

      May be son of Morris (3329) not Jules

      Obit says brother of Edith Estes, also gravestone says son of Moshe
      From the Declaration of Intention to Naturalize dated February 17, 1925:
      Sam Kitsis, 301 6th St. S. W., Mason City, a hide and fur buyer, born 18, June 1880 in Praskrav, Russia; emigrated to the U. S. from Rotterdam, Holland, 20 July 1905, arriving at Philadelphia, PA, on the vessel Farmasse, an American Line ship.
      Wife: Bessie born 20, Jan 1885 at Nichaliv, Russia
      Children:
      Louis born 25, Oct 1905 at Proskrov, Russia
      Morris 9, Aug 1920 [1910?] Mason City, Iowa
      Fanny 4, Feb 1912 Mason City, Iowa
      Rebecca 18, Mar 1920 Mason City, Iowa
      Jennie 8, Jan 1916 Mason City, Iowa
      Sarah 7, Jun 1917 Mason City, Iowa
      Edith 17, Mar 1923 Mason City, Iowa
      Witnesses: C.J. Snyder, Bert Winter

      Sam Kits in 1920 Census

      Yarzheit announcement - Galveston, TX, week of Oct 11, 1979; Oct 7, 1977

      May be son of Morris (3329) not Jules

      Obit says brother of Edith Estes, also gravestone says son of Moshe
      From the Declaration of Intention to Naturalize dated February 17, 1925:
      Sam Kitsis, 301 6th St. S. W., Mason City, a hide and fur buyer, born 18, June 1880 in Praskrav, Russia; emigrated to the U. S. from Rotterdam, Holland, 20 July 1905, arriving at Philadelphia, PA, on the vessel Farmasse, an American Line ship.
      Wife: Bessie born 20, Jan 1885 at Nichaliv, Russia
      Children:
      Louis born 25, Oct 1905 at Proskrov, Russia
      Morris 9, Aug 1920 [1910?] Mason City, Iowa
      Fanny 4, Feb 1912 Mason City, Iowa
      Rebecca 18, Mar 1920 Mason City, Iowa
      Jennie 8, Jan 1916 Mason City, Iowa
      Sarah 7, Jun 1917 Mason City, Iowa
      Edith 17, Mar 1923 Mason City, Iowa
      Witnesses: C.J. Snyder, Bert Winter

      Sam Kits in 1920 Census

      Yarzheit announcement - Galveston, TX, week of Oct 11, 1979; Oct 7, 1977

      May be son of Morris (3329) not Jules

      Obit says brother of Edith Estes, also gravestone says son of Moshe
      From the Declaration of Intention to Naturalize dated February 17, 1925:
      Sam Kitsis, 301 6th St. S. W., Mason City, a hide and fur buyer, born 18, June 1880 in Praskrav, Russia; emigrated to the U. S. from Rotterdam, Holland, 20 July 1905, arriving at Philadelphia, PA, on the vessel Farmasse, an American Line ship.
      Wife: Bessie born 20, Jan 1885 at Nichaliv, Russia
      Children:
      Louis born 25, Oct 1905 at Proskrov, Russia
      Morris 9, Aug 1920 [1910?] Mason City, Iowa
      Fanny 4, Feb 1912 Mason City, Iowa
      Rebecca 18, Mar 1920 Mason City, Iowa
      Jennie 8, Jan 1916 Mason City, Iowa
      Sarah 7, Jun 1917 Mason City, Iowa
      Edith 17, Mar 1923 Mason City, Iowa
      Witnesses: C.J. Snyder, Bert Winter

      Sam Kits in 1920 Census

      Yarzheit announcement - Galveston, TX, week of Oct 11, 1979; Oct 7, 1977

      May be son of Morris (3329) not Jules

      Obit says brother of Edith Estes, also gravestone says son of Moshe

  • Sources 
    1. [S195] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa; Roll: T627_1146; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 17-32.
      1940 United States Federal Census
      1940 United States Federal Census


    2. [S196] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa; Roll: 647; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0027; Image: 1075.0; FHL microfilm: 2340382.
      1930 United States Federal Census
      1930 United States Federal Census


    3. [S510] U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;), Registration State: Iowa; Registration County: Cerro Gordo; Roll: 1642986.
      U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
      U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918


    4. [S1267] Iowa, Births and Christenings Index, 1857-1947, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;).

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      1920 United States Federal Census
      1920 United States Federal Census


    6. [S761] Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;).
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      Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925


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      1910 United States Federal Census
      1910 United States Federal Census


    8. [S239] Original Import into Legacy.

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      Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1856-1940


    11. [S1972] Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1856-1940, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;), State Historical Society of Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa; DGS: 101760581.
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      Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1856-1940


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    13. [S197] U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;), The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) for the State of Iowa; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System, 1926-1975; Record Group Number: 147; Box or Roll Number: 124.
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      U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942


    14. [S134] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;).

    15. [S1655] 1925 Iowa Census for Cerro Gordo County/per Record of Declaration of Intention.

    16. [S4933] 1925 Iowa Census for Cerro Gordo County/per Record of Declaration of Intention.

    17. [S205] World War I Draft Registration Card.
      date

    18. [S205] World War I Draft Registration Card, date.

    19. [S205] World War I Draft Registration Card (Reliability: 3).
      date

    20. [S3109] 1925 Iowa Census for Cerro Gordo County.

    21. [S4932] 1925 Iowa Census for Cerro Gordo County.

    22. [S105] City Directory, Bessie is widow in 1953.

    23. [S104] City Directories, Bessie is widow in 1953 (Reliability: 3).

    24. [S15] Obituary, location inferred.

    25. [S15] Obituary, location inferred (Reliability: 3).

    26. [S1990] Jean Kitsis Cohen.

    27. [S4931] Jean Kitsis Cohen.