Joseph Katz
(1888-1918)
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Former site of the John Anisfield Company with faded name on top of the building in this photo
Private Joseph Katz, signature on WWI draft registration
SS President Lincoln
Gravestone, Private Joseph Katz, Lansing Cemetery [aka Lansing Avenue Jewish Cemetery], Cleveland, OH
Translation below provided by a volunteer contributor:
הַבָּחוּר (habachur) the guy/young man
יוֹסֵף דָּוִד Joseph David
ב`ר אַבְרָהָם קָאטץ (ben reb) Son of the honored
Avraham Katz (transliterated)
’ נפ (niftar abbrev.) (he) died
ח׳ חֶשְׁוָן תרע״ט 8th of Cheshvan, 5679
The surname Katz is an occupational surname,
which comes from the Hebrew phrase, "kohen
Tsedek,"which means, "priest of righteousness."
Gravestone at Lansing Cemetery, Cleveland, OH, presumably that of Private Joseph Katz’s mother
Joseph Katz
[Hebrew name Yosef Dovid bar Avraham]
*No plaque located*
*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque*
*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.
Birth: 3/18/1888, "Baselver," Russia [place name could not be verified]
Birth: 3/18/1888, "Baselver," Russia [place name could not be verified]
Address: 3844 Scovill Ave., Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: age 29 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; religion Jewish; emigrated 1907; became a naturalized citizen in Cleveland in 1915 at age 27; occupation Tailor for John Anisfield on Superior Ave., Cleveland, OH [The John Anisfield Company was a garment factory at E. 22nd St. and Superior Ave. that employed hundreds of workers. Anisfield's success as a clothing manufacturer and in the real estate business led to his involvement in many civic institutions and philanthropic activities. In 1935, his daughter, Edith Anisfield Wolf, established the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards in honor of both her father and husband.] Per the 1910 Census, at age 22, he was living with a cousin at 2717 E. 51st St., Cleveland, OH and was working as a Tailor for John Anisfield [see above that he was still working there in 1917].
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes brown, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 1/17/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 1/17/1918; Private
Service Number: 735723
Deployment: 5/10/1918 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard SS President Lincoln
Action:
Death: October 14, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 30; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: October 14, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 30; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: WWI burial card bears a red stamp: "Certified Jewish;" buried after death in an isolated grave in Cunel, Meuse, France; 6/18/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France; 9/27/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to the U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium on 3/30/1922; 4/8/1922 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Cantigny arriving Hoboken 4/21/1922; 5/3/1922 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 5/5/1922 to the care of Mrs. Frada Balla Katz, 2724 E. 51st St., Cleveland, OH; final burial at Lansing Cemetery [aka Lansing Avenue Jewish Cemetery], 5716 Lansing Ave., Cleveland, OH, Row 4 Section 3 (East) Grave 32
Burial: WWI burial card bears a red stamp: "Certified Jewish;" buried after death in an isolated grave in Cunel, Meuse, France; 6/18/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France; 9/27/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to the U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium on 3/30/1922; 4/8/1922 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Cantigny arriving Hoboken 4/21/1922; 5/3/1922 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 5/5/1922 to the care of Mrs. Frada Balla Katz, 2724 E. 51st St., Cleveland, OH; final burial at Lansing Cemetery [aka Lansing Avenue Jewish Cemetery], 5716 Lansing Ave., Cleveland, OH, Row 4 Section 3 (East) Grave 32
Next of Kin: Abe Katz, brother, 2724 E. 51st St. and 3844 Scovill Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Research was impeded by the prevalence of the surname Katz.
Father: Abraham Katz; Mother: may have been Freda B. Katz (?-1934), as recorded on WWI burial card as "Mrs. Frada Balla [?sic] Katz, 2724 E. 51st St., Cleveland, OH." [Gravestone at left shows Freda Bella Katz was buried at Lansing Cemetery, where Private Joseph Katz was also buried.] Siblings: Abe Katz; Esther H. Katz. Sibling information may be incomplete.
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