Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
NameSylvia KLANG 
Birth22 Sep 1896, Chernivtsi, Ukraine202
MemoAustria-Hungary (1867–1918)
Immigration3 Jan 1921, New York, NY668 Age: 24
Declared Intent9 Aug 1923, Chicago, IL669 Age: 26
MemoShows birth place as Sereth, Austria. Could be Siret, Romania today?
MemoLegally changed her name from Sabina to Sylvia.
Burialaft 25 May 1965, 1400 Des Plaines Ave, Forest Park, IL203
MemoJewish Waldheim Cemetery
OccupationDressmaker669
FlagsMITTMAN-1, Schilder Cousin Club
FatherNathan KLANG (1859-)
MotherClara ZENTNER (1864-1938)
Narrative
Sylvia was born on 22 Sep 1896, in Czernowitz, Romania,202 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, 1921.668 An older sister, Tillie KLANG, had already emigrated and lived in New York City. By 1923, she was documented using the name Sylvia.669 Her name change from Sabina to Sylvia became legal with her petition for naturalization, or “second papers,” in 1937.669
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.670
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.
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.670
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.
Spouses
