Leon Jacob Spiegelman^[1]

1889 - 1973  (84 years)

• Name	Leon Jacob Spiegelman
  	aka Leon Kaplan
  Born	18 Jul 1889	Wegrów, Poland
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	19 Jan 1921	New York, NY, US   [2]
  	Ship: Megantic Departed from: Liverpool, England Departure date: 8 Jan 1921 Last residence: Przemysl, Poland (Przesmyki near Losice) Contact: Uncle D. Spiegleman in Wegrow, Poland Final destination: La Grange, GA Destination contact: Brother-in-law, C. Kurts, Kurts Store, Dry Goods Etc, La Grange, Ga.
  Residence	7 Jun 1948	Mt. Airy, NC, US
  	Mentioned in the obituary of his sister, Dora (Spiegelman) Kurtz
  Died	2 Aug 1973	Atlanta, GA, US   [3, 4]
  Buried	3 Aug 1973	Greenwood Cemetery, 1173 Cascade Cir SW, Atlanta, GA, US   [5]
  Person ID	I6881	Smithwick Family Tree
  Last Modified	7 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Jacob or Nathan (Yankel) Spiegelman (Szpilman),   b. Abt 1855, Ludwinów, Wegrów County, Poland
  Mother	Rose or Rachel (Marya Ruchla) Seiber (Sebor),   b. 1 Sep 1857, Ludwinów, Wegrów County, Poland ,   d. 2 Apr 1947, Atlanta, GA, US  (Age 89 years)
  Married	1876	Wegrów, Poland   [6]
  Family ID	F2190	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Fortunee Yaiche
  Last Modified	23 Dec 2020
  Family ID	F2202	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  There are WWII draft cards for a Natan and Josel Spiegelman naming Leon as their contact. Natan was born in Lodice, Poland in 1911, and Josel on 22 Dec 1916. Assuming these are not children of brother Isadore, that suggests another sibling.

  
  

• Sources

  [S576] Georgia, U.S., Naturalization Records, 1893-1991, (Ancestry), https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2500/images/40333_1220706416_0624-00055. [S577] New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924, (Family Search), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6VN-M6Y. [S10] Social Security Death Index, (FamilySearch.org), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VM1P-63J. [S570] Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998, (Family Search), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V43Z-512. [S79] FindAGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126742199/leon-j.-spiegelman. [S580] Wegrow PSA Births, Marriages 1849-1904 Deaths 1854-1904, (JRI Poland), Akta 10.