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Never married. She worked for TWA.

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Seymour was in the service, rank Sgt.

1965-07-12
Chicago Tribune (IL)

Seymour Tarson

Services for Seymour Tarson, 45, of 6740 Paxton av., president of the South Chicago Furniture company, 8847 Commercial av., and of the Sovereign Furniture Manufacturing company, Thornton, will be held at 10 a.m. today in the chapel at 6935 Stony Island av. Mr. Tarson died Saturday in Chicago Osteopathic hospital. He is survived by his widow, Phyllis; a daughter, Marcia Ellen; his mother, Mrs. Bertha Tarson; and a sister.

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Elka, his stepmother, before she married Louis supposedly didn't know that Louis had been married before and already had a child. (Was Abe raised by Elka or other family?) Abe was a tailor and he lived in Chicago.

Born in Liten, Russia, he immigrated 1903 through Montreal, Canada arriving in Detroit on the Canadian Pacific railroad. He became a naturalized citizen on May 23, 1913. In all the Chicago city directories through 1923, he spells his name Pinkus. Abe and Jenny had one other child who must have died as an infant, as Jenny is listed as having had two children, one living in the 1910 census.

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Called "Adelia" on the 1910 census.

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Ben came to America in 1894 according to the 1900 census. This was about 4 years after his father, and 2 years before his mother and the rest of the children followed. Ben lived in Chicago until at least 1919, when daughter Florence was born.

Ben Pincus was a tailor at Lowenstein's dept. store and he and his wife Bessie lived in Valparaiso, IN. Bessie was a wonderful dressmaker.

"Grandpa Ben cam from Russia too. They [he and Grandma Bessie] met and were married in Chicago in 1901. First child, Maurice died at age 4. He had brain fever which they knew little about at that time. Harold was then 6 months old. I [Florence Sokolec] was born in 1909 when Harold was 3 years old." Source: Florence Sokolec Letter

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Ike (Isaac) came to America with his mother and siblings in 1896. Ike was a tailor. He had his own shop in basement of their home at 1609 S. Central Park in Chicago. Fanny was Etta Pincus's age.
Fanny's mother, Esther Zwick, lived with them. While she was alive (Esther died in 1939) the sabbath was observed in their house and strict kashruth also.

In 1930, listed as immigrating in 1898.

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Harry immigrated with his mother and siblings in 1896. Owned big restaurant and delicatessen on corner of 12th (Roosevelt) & Karlov -- the Southwest corner. Fanny was a fantastic cook.

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Sam immigrated with his mother and siblings in 1896. Samuel and his wife Lena had a cottage first in South Haven, Michigan, and then a summer home in Michiana, Michigan. Charlotte and Bev Tarson would spend at least 2 weeks every summer there when they were children.

Samuel Pincus was an attorney in Chicago. He supported the Pincus family. His good friend was the singer, Al Jolson. Samuel ran for political office, perhaps as district or state's attorney in Chicago. He was friends with the Chicago politicos Mo Rosenberg and Jake Arvey (Richard J. Daley was his protege.) Sam was the corporate council for the city of Chicago.

It was Samuel who purchased the large obelisk monument at the Pincus plot at Waldheim cemetery to honor his mother and his son. He wanted his son Orrin's grave right next to his mother's so his wife Lena's grave is behind the rest of the family.

Sam's obit in the Chicago Tribune:

"S. E. Pincus, 66, City Legal Aid 25 years, Dies

Samuel E. Pincus, 66, of 7752 Kingston Ave., an assistant corporation counsel for nearly 25 years, died yesterday in his home. He was city prosecuting attorney during the term of the late Mayor Dever, from 1923 to 1927, and was named an assistant corporation counsel in 1931. Most recently he was a senior trial attorney in the tort division. Servies will be held at 1 p.m. tomorrow in the chapel at 2100 E. 75th st. Mr. Pincus leaves his widow, Lena; two daughters, Mrs. Geraldine Adelman and Mrs. Elka Kovitz; a brother, two sisters and six grandchildren."