Notes for MINNA EMILY "MIRIAM" GREENBERG WEITZ:

Daughter of ? and ?.
Born: December 20, 1892 in Stanislau, Poland (now Austria)
ALternate Date of Birth: December 6, 1893.
Died: April 8, 1969 in Los Angeles County, California.
Buried: In Jerusalem, Israel.
Immigration:
August 12, 1920 - to Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
September 17, 1922 - from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Rouses Point, NY Delaware and Hudson RR.
Naturalization: In Canada, she is naturalized as English Canadian.
Naturalization: March 14, 1930 - Certificate #3307479, Los Angeles District County, Los Angeles, California.
Census:
April 9, 1930 - 1001 East 29th, Assembly District 62, Block 186, Supervisor's District 17, Enumeration District 19-298, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
April 18, 1940 - 4607 1/2 Pickford Street, Councilmanic District 11, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
Residence:
November 12, 1929 - 1001 East 29th St., Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
Married: Zacharia Weitz September 8, 1909 in Stanislaw, Poland (Austria).

Zacharia Weitz was discharged shortly before WW1. He left Europe and came to Montreal right before the 1st World War broke out. She and Sarah remained behind in Austria. With the outbreak of the war, they were separated for much longer than had planned. He could not bring them over until after the war was over. Somewhere after the war, she came to Montreal with Sarah. It was in Montreal that Dorothy was born. That explains the 13 year difference in their ages.

Spoke a dozen languages and was incredibly intelligent and wise, yet she had never had formal education. Her mother had passed away early in her life. She had eleven brothers and sisters and had to raise them and care for them at an early age. She passed away somewhere in the middle 60's. She is buried in Jerusalem.

Some of Minna's siblings were sent on the Kindertransport from Germany to England. Her sister Chana was saved and eventually sent to New York, where Earl put her on a train to California to live with Minna.