1886 - 1959

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• Birth	23 Jul 1886	Mohyliv Podilskyy, Ukraine
  Gender	Female
  Residence	22 Sep 1922	Bucaresti, Romania   [3, 4, 5]
  	passport issued by Russian consulate in Bucharest for Miriam and four children
  Immigration	2 Aug 1923	New York Port   [6, 7, 8]
  	S. S. Madonna (Fabre Line)
  Residence	5 Apr 1930	629 Mifflin Street, Philadelphia, PA, US   [6]
  	Living in household: Miriam Chaplin, children Dave, Simon, Herman; daughter Sarah Pennock and son-in-law Charles Pennock
  Occupation	1930: Dealer in chicken store  [6]
  Occupation	Philadelphia: Head cook for Bolotin Cooking  [8]
  Occupation	Ukraine: farmer  [8]
  Died	16 Jan 1959	Philadelphia, PA, US   [8]
  	or 24 Jan 1959 ? (SZ rpt.)
  Buried	Mount Sharon Cemetery
  Person ID	I65	maintree
  Last Modified	27 Feb 2010
  Father	Rabbi Beryl David Soifer,   d. Abt 1907
  Mother	Chava Rivka,   d. Bef 1920
  Family ID	F51	Group Sheet
  Family	Sholomo Cheplivoursza,   b. 1888, Podolsky Ukraine ,   d. 1 Aug 1915, Mohyliv Podilskyy, Ukraine
  Married	1908	Mohyliv Podilskyy, Ukraine   [6, 8]
  Children	1. Sarah Chaya Chaplin,   b. 18 Feb 1909, Mohyliv Podilskyy, Ukraine ,   d. 7 Jun 2006, Philadelphia, PA, US   2. David Chaplin,   b. 23 Apr 1911, Mohyliv Podilskyy, Ukraine ,   d. 2 Jan 1975, Philadelphia, PA, US   3. Simon Chaplin,   b. 10 Jul 1913, Mohyliv Podilskyy, Ukraine ,   d. 26 Aug 1953, Philadelphia, PA, US   4. Herman Chaplin,   b. 1 Aug 1915, Mohyliv Podilskyy, Ukraine ,   d. 19 Dec 1994, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery, PA, US
  Family ID	F49	Group Sheet

• Event Map		Event Birth - 23 Jul 1886 - Mohyliv Podilskyy, Ukraine Married - 1908 - Mohyliv Podilskyy, Ukraine Residence - 22 Sep 1922 - Bucaresti, Romania Died - 16 Jan 1959 - Philadelphia, PA, US  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Miriam sailed to the port of New York on the S.S. Madonna, leaving Naples on 17-July-1923 and arriving in NY 1-Aug-1923. She sailed with her four children: Sarah (Chaia, age listed as 13 on ship manifest), David (age 11), Simon (Shimon; age 8), and Herman (Chaim; age 6). Mariam's age was listed as 36 years. Their last name was written as Cheplivouza on the ship manifest. These records were found in the ancestry.com database but not in the Ellis Island listings, although Ellis Island does record the arrival of the ship Madonna on Aug 1, 1923. These records appear on a page titled "Record of Aliens Held for Special Inquiry", with the notation “LPC”, which apparently stood for Likely Public Charge (i.e., likely to become a burden on the public). In addition to the list of passengers held for special inquiry, the family is listed in “group 23” along with all passengers coming from Russia (sailing from Constanza). These pages are unfortunately very difficult to read. They contain information on who the passengers were meeting in the U.S.; see lines 23-27. As far as I can decipher: Nationality was “Russian”, like the other passengers on the page, but the race was also listed as “Russian”, unlike others on the page listed as “Hebrew”. Last permanent residence was Bucharest, Romania. The family was headed for Vineland, New Jersey; they were meeting an uncle (brother of Miriam??), but the name and address are difficult to read. Country of birth is probably “Ukraine”; city/town of birth is difficult to read; the best I could make out was “Magliled”. Note from Mel: According to (04/05/1930) 1930 Census: Residence 629 Mifflin St Philadelphia PA Miriam (age) 43 Dealer in Chicken Store David 19 Clothing factory cutter Simon 17 Herman 15 Charles Pennock 23 Cutter Ladies shoes Sarah 21 -------------- Story via Scott Rothstein, from Steve Zikman’s database: Not long after the turn of the century, Miriam Mindel was courted by Solomon Cheplivourstza (the spelling varies, even on "official" documents), but her father forbade the marriage because he did not consider Solomon frumm enough--indicated in part by his failure to wear a hat. Almost immediately after Berel David died, the two married. They eventually had four children, Chaya Sarah (my grandmother, now called Sarah), Simon, David, and Herman. At some point, Solomon was conscripted into the Russian Army; I can't get a definitive date on this, but it may have been around 1914 or so. After a period of time (perhaps a few years), he was discharged. He was able to get a job for a lumberyard, making deliveries by horse and wagon. However, he somehow fell off of the wagon, and the horse stepped on his head, killing him. Miriam Mindel always blamed herself for his death--she thought that since she married against her father's wishes, her marriage was cursed. So, my grandmother, then about six or seven, basically had to raise her little brothers while her mother went out to earn money by making deliveries between the town and outlying farms. Miriam Mindel would often be away for days at a time. A few years later, as the story goes, a brother of Miriam's in Bucharest had a bad dream involving his sister and her family. He went to see them in Mogilev Podilsky. When he arrived at their home, his sister wasn't there. He asked the children where she was, and they said that she was away, earning money for food; this greatly saddened him, and he stayed for three months in order to help. He spent part of this time helping to bury the town's Jews killed in the periodic pogroms. Finally, he said that he had to return to his family, and would come back for them if the way was clear. He never returned; a few years later, my grandmother, Sarah, was told by relatives that her uncle had been killed by the Germans en route. Finally, they fled on their own, hiding on the bottom of a boat as it crossed the Dinester. They traveled in cart, covered by hay, trying to avoid soldiers, and finally made their way down to Bucharest, where they stayed for a year or so, Miriam Mindel operating a "canteen" for other displaced immigrants. Then her Uncle Philip who, as you know, lived in Philadelphia, told her she should come to the US. She immigrated to the US in 1923 and lived the rest of her life in Philly, dying on 24 Jan 1959.

• Sources

  [S2] Social Security Death Index. [S143] Family tree from Stephen Zikman, emailed 6 Dec 2009. [S206] Passport, 1922, for CHAPLIN Miriam by Russian consulate (Russian), src00206. [S207] Passport, 1922, for CHAPLIN Miriam by Russian consulate (French), src00206. [S208] Email 20100222_AlanShuchat, src 00208, Alan Shuchat. [S25] Census, 1930, for CHAPLIN Miriam and PENNOCK Charles, Philadelphia, PA, US, src 00025. [S105] Manifest, 1923 for CHAPLIN Miriam, src 00105. [S144] Descendent Book received from Stephen Zikman 20091206.