Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
NameMorris SESKIND 221,1359,1360
Birth15 Jan 1873, Kaunas, Lithuania1361
MemoRussian Empire (Before WWI)
BirthJan 18751362
Immigration18861362 Age: 12
Immigration18881363 Age: 14
Memo1930 United States Federal Census
Death8 Sep 1958, 4752 N Harding Ave, Chicago, IL1364 Age: 85
OccupationLabor Editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, and Labor Organizer
OccupationJournalist, Newpaper (1930)1363
OccupationEditor at a Newspaper (1920)1365
OccupationManager (Editor), Jewish Daily World (1918)1361
OccupationCigar Maker (1900)1366,1362
FlagsMITTMAN-1
MotherBlume UNKNOWN (1852-1929)
Obituaries
From 6 Sep 1958, 45 - Chicago Tribune at Newspapers.com:1364

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:1366

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
BirthMay 1876, Russia1369
Death8 Sep 1958, 4752 N Harding Ave, Chicago, IL Age: 82
MemoChicago Tribune Obituary for Morris SESKIND
Marriage1 Mar 1892
Marr Memoabt 1896 according to 1900 census
ChildrenIda (1897-1969)
 Hattie (1898-1971)
 Libby (1901-1979)
 Bertha (1905-1997)
 Mary (1907-1989)
 Carl (1911-1992)
 Bernard (1916-2003)
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