KODISH Jankel b. 11 February 1882 Probably Latgale, Latvia d. 26 Sep 1964 The Chester County Hospital, West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

1882 - 1964 (82 years)

Name	KODISH Jankel
Nickname	Jacob Elwood KODISH
Born	11 February 1882	Probably Latgale, Latvia
Gender	Male
Died	26 Sep 1964	The Chester County Hospital, West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA [1]
Buried	27 Sep 1964	Kesher Israel Cemetery, Progress, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA [2]
Person ID	I2460	Zherdin family Tree \| Leib Zherdin branch
Last Modified	22 May 2020

Father	KODIS Josel, b. 1845, Vilani, Latgale, Latvia
Mother	KODIS Haja-Sora, b. 1849, Livani, Latgale, Latvia
Married	Probably, Latgale, Latvia
Family ID	F233	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family CLOMPUS Fanny, b. 18 Apr 1886, Polonga, Lithuania , d. 1 Oct 1972, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 86 years)

Married 9 Oct 1908 Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA [3]

Children

+	1. KODISH Lilian, b. 19 Jul 1909, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 19 Aug 1998, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 89 years)
	2. KODISH Cecelia Florence, b. 19 Mar 1913, probably Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 15 May 1998, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 85 years)
+	3. KODISH Herbert Morton, b. 18 Jun 1917, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 31 Oct 1996, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 79 years)
	4. KODISH Allen B, b. 2 Nov 1921, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 20 Jan 1945, Gebweiler, Germany (Age 23 years)
	5. KODISH Elva E

Documents

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Zherdin family KJ 2460
Jacob KODISH and Fanny CLOMPUS marriage cerificate 9 October 1908

Zherdin family KJ 2460
Jacob KODISH and family 1940 United States Federal Census

Last Modified 26 Nov 2023

Family ID F234 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Photos » Slide Show		Zherdin family KJ 2460 From left to right Lilian, Jacob, Fanny nee CLOMPUS and Celia August 1947
		Zherdin family KJ 2460 Jankel aka Jacob KODISH with Fanny nee CLOMPUS 1928
		Zherdin family KJ 2460 Top to bottom left to right Lilian ABRAMS nee KODISH, Jerry and Sam ABRAMS, Jake and Fanny nee CLOMPUS, Edith, Celia and Herbert
		Zherdin family KJ 2460 A postcard showing the S.S. Etruria. The ship that took Jankel to America.

Documents		Zherdin family KJ 2460 Jacob KODISH passenger arrival list 13 August 1905 aboard the s.s. Etruia at New York, New York.
Documents		Zherdin family KJ 2460 Jacob E KODISH death certificate 26 September 1964

Notes

Middle name of Elwood was found on WWII registration card no. 2240630.
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Occupations: Death certificate states scrap metal merchant.
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The First All-Russian Census gives Jankels birth as 1878. The Ellis Island record below makes his birth year 1883 and his SS record shows 11 February 1882. The 1930 census gives his birth year as 1884.
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At the time of the 1910 USA Census on 21 April 1910 in Dauphin Ward of Harrisburg City at 1111 Seventh Street lived
KODISH Jacob aged 27 years
KODISH Fanny aged 24 years
KODISH Lilian aged 8 months
At the time of 1920 US Census Jacob lived in West Chestnut, West Chester, Chester, Pa., with Fanny aged 33, Lilian aged 10, Cecilia aged 6, Herbert M aged 2.
At the time of 1930 US Census Jacob lived in West Chester, Chester, Pa., census roll no. T626 2021 page 5a, enumeration district 97 with Fanny aged 44, Lilian aged 20, Cecilia aged 17, Heebert M aged 12 and Allen B aged 8 together with a servant Cora B Kivan.
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The 1940 US FEnderal Census shows living at 300 W. Biddle Street, West Chester, Chester, Pa., the following:-

Jacob E KODISH, head,age 58, married, attended no school, born in Russia, naturalized, living in same home as in 1935, working 50 hours per week, a dealer in the cattle industry.
Fannie KODISH, age 53,married, attended no school, born in Russia, naturalized, living in same home as in 1935, not working.
Cecilia KODISH, daughter,age 25, single, attended no school, born in Pensylvania, naturalized, living in same home as in 1935, seeking work out of work 32 weeks, stenographer,working 20 hours per week,incme $500.
Herbert KODISH, son, age 22, single, attended no school, born in Pensylvania, naturalized, living in same home as in 1935, income $480.
Allen KODISH, son age 18, single, attended school grade H3born in Pensylvania, naturalized, living in same home as in 1935.
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Born:

Jacobs birth date is shown differently on different documents.
The earliest was the 1897 First All Russian Census which gives it as 1878. This date was often an estimate by the census taker based upon the apperance of the person.
When he arrived in the USA aboard the ship the Etruria from Liverpool, England on 12 Aug 1905 the manifest stated that he was 22 years old. This would make 1883 as his birth year.
His WWII draft registration gave the date as 11 February 1881.
His social security details show 11 February 1882. This date is also used on his death certificate.

Name:

The Latvian State Archive wrote the name KODIS but I have taken the spelling KODISH as being correct.

The manifest for the SS Etruria gave Jacobs trade as a butcher and that he was going to stay with Nathan Michaelson, a cousin, who lived at 1816 E Baltimore St., Baltimore MD

Sources

[S08506] Death certificate, Department of Health, Vital Statistics, Certification of Death no. 084678 (Reliability: 3).
On 26 September 1964 at The Chester County Hospital, Jacob E. KODISH of 300 W Biddle St. West Chester, age 81, scrap metal dealer, social security no.173-07-2067, birth place Russia, citizen of U.S.A., spouse's name Fannie CLOMPUS, mother's maiden name unknown, father's name Joseph W KODISH.(c.f Josel KODIS), died of heart disease and diabetis miallitis.
[S08506] Death certificate (Reliability: 3).
[S3] Marriage Certificate, No. 315R2 issued by Nachman KELLER in Pennsylvania (Reliability: 3).
I Nachman Keller hereby certify that on the 9th day of October 1908 at Harrisburg Jacob KODISH and Fanny CLOMPUS were united in marriage by me in accordance with the licence issued by the Clerk of the Orphans Court of Daphin County, Pennsylvania, USA