The European hometown of William Schoenberg has been identified.
(Thank you, MG!)
William filed his Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States on April 18, 1917. This document was also known as "First Papers." In William's Declaration, we find the following statement:
"I was born in Bergsas Hungary on the 25th day of March anno Domini 1882."
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Declaration of Intention signed by William Schoenberg April 18, 1917 in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey |
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Close-up of the town of birth place and date of William Schoenberg- Bergsas, Hungary on the 25th of March, 1882 as written on his Declaration of Intent |
Indexes and images for naturalization papers for Hudson County, New Jersey are available through Family Search, but only until the year 1907. William was not found in this collection.
For $3 the Hudson County Clerk searched their collections for 1907 forward.
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Website of the Clerk of Hudson County, New Jersey explaining procedures for obtaining copies of naturalization records |
Within a week, the Clerk returned William Schoenberg in their index.
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Index of Declarations of Intent Hudson County, New Jersey William Schoenberg, Volume 61, Number 30031 |
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Website of New Jersey State Archives Form to order naturalization records for certain counties. The records are not searchable through this website. |
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Modern-day map showing the location of Berehove, Ukraine, formerly Beregszasz, Hungary |
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Draft Registration Card for World War I William Schoenberg of Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey. Collection at Ancestry |
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Images for the Bereg area, formerly of Hungary, are online at FamilySearch. They cannot be downloaded. Screenshots are blurry. |
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Manifest of Alien Passengers SS Rotsdam from Rotterdam to New York 1908 |
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Close-up of the relevant entries for Cilli and Esther Schoenberger |
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Birth certificate of William Schomberg July 29, 1909 295 Terrace Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey Collection available on microfilm at the New Jersey State Archives |
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Marriage record of Morris Niederman and Cillie Schönberg Manhattan, New York City, New York May 21, 1916. Her parents- David Schönberg and Lalie Mermelstein. Collection online at New York City Department of Records and Information Services |
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Marriage record of William Schonberg and Szera Scherer Manhattan, New York City, New York April 9, 1902. His parents- David Schonberg and Lalie Marmorstein. Collection online at New York City Department of Records and Information Services |
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Petition for Naturalization signed by Benjamin Schoenberg December 29, 1921 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York Eastern District of New York. Collection online at Ancestry |
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Marriage record of Benjamin Schoenberg and Leah Drasdo August 29, 1929 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Collection online at New York City Department of Records and Information Services |
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Death certificate of Esther Rosenberg Died March 23, 1948 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Parents- David Haupt and Mary Haupt. [Probably should be David Schoenberg.] Collection online at New York City Department of Records and Information Services |
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Marriage record of Sidney Weinberg and Lillian Rosenberg January 24, 1937 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Collection online at New York City Department of Records and Information Services |
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Marriage record of Morris Rosenberg and Elaine Gellers November 27, 1947 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Collection online at New York City Department of Records and Information Services |
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