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Benjamin Herman Myers 1912 – 1974 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 JUN 1912

Birth Location: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Death Date: 17 JUL 1974

Death Location: Dade, Florida, United States

Father: Simon Myers

Mother: Amelia Gold

Spouse(s): Phyllis Sontag

Children(s): Dale Myers, Douglas Myers

It was in 1912 that Benjamin Herman Myers was born in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, a child of Simon Myers and Amelia Mollie Gold. Benjamin Herman Myers went on to marry Phyllis Ethel Sontag and had children such as Dale G. Myers and Douglas Mark Myers. Benjamin Herman Myers was deceased by 1974 in Dade, Florida, United States.

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Parents

Simon Myers
1883 – 1951
Birth Location: Kovno, Russia
SM
Amelia Gold
1883 – 1930
Birth Location: Ludvipol, Rivne, Ukraine
AG

Spouses(s)

Phyllis Sontag
1919 – 2014
Birth Location: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
PS

Children(s)

Dale Myers
1943 –
Birth Location: –
DM
Douglas Myers
1946 –
Birth Location: –
DM

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 3 JUN 1912
    Event Place: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source: , <I>, Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, , <I>, Ancestry.com, Florida Death Index, 1877-1998, , <I>, Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, , <I>, Ancestry.com, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, , <I>Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Massachusetts, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 701, Year: 1920; Census Place: Salem Ward 6, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_697; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 279, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards For Massachusetts, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 701

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Essex, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source: , <I>Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Salem Ward 6, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_697; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 279

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source: , <I>Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 0259; FHL microfilm: 2340638

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
    Record Source: , <I>Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: m-t0627-01589; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 5-356

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source: , <I>Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards For Massachusetts, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 701

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source: , <I>Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: 4629; Page: 72; Enumeration District: 5-406

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 17 JUL 1974
    Event Place: Dade, Florida, United States
    Record Source: , <I>, Ancestry.com, Florida Death Index, 1877-1998, , <I>, Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, , <I>Ancestry.com, Florida, U.S., Death Index, 1877-1998

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