Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
Birth15 Jan 1873, Kaunas, Lithuania1330
MemoRussian Empire (Before WWI)
Immigration18881331 Age: 14
Memo1930 United States Federal Census
Death8 Sep 1958, 4752 N Harding Ave, Chicago, IL1332 Age: 85
OccupationLabor Editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, and Labor Organizer
OccupationJournalist, Newpaper (1930)1331
OccupationEditor at a Newspaper (1920)1333
OccupationManager (Editor), Jewish Daily World (1918)1330
FlagsMITTMAN-1
FatherLouis SESKIND
MotherBlume UNKNOWN (1852-1929)
Obituaries
From 6 Sep 1958, 45 - Chicago Tribune at Newspapers.com:1332
M. SESKIND, 85, DIES; VETERAN LABOR LEADER
Morris Seskind, 85, a leader in the union organization, died Friday in Edgewater Hospital. He helped form the AFL Ladies Garment Workers Union, CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers, Jewish Bakers’ Union, and Millinery Workers Union.
Mr. Seskind, of 4752 N. Harding Ave., retired 1954 as labor editor of the Jewish Daily Forward. He was the founder of the Jewish Labor World Press. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Rose Seskind; two sons, Carl and Bernard Seskind; five daughters, Mrs. Ida Siegel, Mrs. Hattie Steinberg, Mrs. Libby Goldsholl, Mrs. Bertha Rosenberg, and Mrs. Mary Minkus; and two sisters.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in the chapel at 3019 Peterson Ave.
From 7 Sep 1958, 30 - Chicago Tribune at Newspapers.com:1334
SET RITES MONDAY FOR LABOR EDITOR MORRIS SESKIND, 85
Services for Morris Seskind, 85, of 4752 N. Harding Ave, who founded the Jewish Labor World in 1908 and became a leader in the organization of labor unions, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in the chapel at 2019 Peterson Ave.
Mr. Seskind died Friday in Edgewater Hospital. He retired in 1954 as labor editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, where he had worked for 34 years. Mr. Seskind came to Chicago from Russia and became a cigar maker. He was a Chicago Federation of Labor delegate before becoming a writer.
Survivors include his widow, Rose; two sons, Carl and Bernard Seskind; five daughters, Mrs. Ida Siegel, Mrs. Hattie Steinberg, Mrs. Libby Goldsholl, Mrs. Bertha Rosenberg, and Mrs. Mary Minkus; and two sisters.
M. SESKIND, 85, DIES; VETERAN LABOR LEADER
Morris Seskind, 85, a leader in the union organization, died Friday in Edgewater Hospital. He helped form the AFL Ladies Garment Workers Union, CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers, Jewish Bakers’ Union, and Millinery Workers Union.
Mr. Seskind, of 4752 N. Harding Ave., retired 1954 as labor editor of the Jewish Daily Forward. He was the founder of the Jewish Labor World Press. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Rose Seskind; two sons, Carl and Bernard Seskind; five daughters, Mrs. Ida Siegel, Mrs. Hattie Steinberg, Mrs. Libby Goldsholl, Mrs. Bertha Rosenberg, and Mrs. Mary Minkus; and two sisters.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in the chapel at 3019 Peterson Ave.
From 7 Sep 1958, 30 - Chicago Tribune at Newspapers.com:1334
SET RITES MONDAY FOR LABOR EDITOR MORRIS SESKIND, 85
Services for Morris Seskind, 85, of 4752 N. Harding Ave, who founded the Jewish Labor World in 1908 and became a leader in the organization of labor unions, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in the chapel at 2019 Peterson Ave.
Mr. Seskind died Friday in Edgewater Hospital. He retired in 1954 as labor editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, where he had worked for 34 years. Mr. Seskind came to Chicago from Russia and became a cigar maker. He was a Chicago Federation of Labor delegate before becoming a writer.
Survivors include his widow, Rose; two sons, Carl and Bernard Seskind; five daughters, Mrs. Ida Siegel, Mrs. Hattie Steinberg, Mrs. Libby Goldsholl, Mrs. Bertha Rosenberg, and Mrs. Mary Minkus; and two sisters.
Spouses
Birthabt 1880, Russia
Death8 Sep 1958, 4752 N Harding Ave, Chicago, IL Age: 78
MemoChicago Tribune Obituary for Morris SESKIND
Marriage1 Mar 1892