Charles H. (Betzalel Abraham) Kurtz (Kortsarz)
1869 - 1935 (66 years)
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Name Charles H. (Betzalel Abraham) Kurtz (Kortsarz) Born 1 Feb 1869 Wielgie, Stoczek, Wegrów County, Poland 
[1] - 1867 - NC death certificate (Benj. Kurtz)
1870 - Gravestone
1871 - 1930 Census
1874 - 1920 Census
1884 - 1910 Census
Gender Male Immigration Between Oct 1902 and Nov 1904 Residence 23 Nov 1904 372 Decatur Street, Atlanta, GA, US Destination address when wife and children immigrate. Census 6 May 1910 412 N Railroad Avenue, Opelika, AL, US [2] Immigration 1911 Naturalized -- according to 1920 census Census 9 Jan 1920 406 Broome Street, La Grange, GA, US [3] Census 18 Apr 1930 456 1/2 Capitol Avenue SE, Atlanta, GA, US [4] Died 22 Jul 1935 Statesville, NC, US [5] Buried 24 Jul 1935 Greenwood Cemetery, 1173 Cascade Cir SW, Atlanta, GA, US Person ID I9940 Smithwick Family Tree Last Modified 20 Feb 2023
Father Michel Lejb Kortsarz, b. 1844, Wegrów, Poland Mother Brayna Ruza, b. 1844, Mrozowa Wola, Wegrów County, Poland Married 20 Dec 1864 Wegrów, Poland Family ID F3133 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Married - The 1920 US Census indicates that both Charles and Dora were in second marriages. Using this as a placeholder until we know Charles' first wife.
Children 1. Mindl Kurtz (Kortsarz) Last Modified 20 Feb 2023 Family ID F3188 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Dora (Dwojra) Spiegelman, b. 23 May 1878, Starawieś, Wegrów County, Poland , d. 7 Jun 1948, Rock Hill, SC, US (Age 70 years) Married Abt 1896 - From 1910 census
Children + 1. Esther (Ester) Kurtz, b. Abt 15 Mar 1897, Warsaw, Poland , d. 26 Jun 1957, Greensboro, NC, US (Age 60 years)+ 2. Isadore / Irving (Icek) Charles Kurtz, b. 25 Dec 1899, Warsaw, Poland , d. 25 Jan 1961, Charlotte, NC, US (Age 61 years)+ 3. Gertrude (Gitel) Kurtz, b. 24 Dec 1900, Warsaw, Poland , d. Jun 1970, Richland, SC, US (Age 69 years)+ 4. Albert Leon (Taufthe Leibe) Kurtz, b. 20 Mar 1903, Poland , d. 7 Jan 1973, Rock Hill, SC, US (Age 69 years)+ 5. Benjamin Frank Kurtz, b. 27 Dec 1908, Opelika, AL, US , d. 4 Jan 1980, Rock Hill, SC, US (Age 71 years)+ 6. Sarah Kurtz, b. 27 Dec 1908, Opelika, AL, US , d. 7 Apr 1963, Pinnellas, FL, US (Age 54 years)Last Modified 24 Dec 2020 Family ID F2188 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- 1867 - NC death certificate (Benj. Kurtz)
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Photos 
Charles Kurtz 
Charles Kurtz - gravestone Charles Kurtz
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Notes - Charles must have arrived in the US between Jun 1902 (subtract 9 months from son Ezy's birth in Mar 1903) and Nov 1904, which is when wife Dora and the children arrived in the US.
One candidate for passenger record -- on the Pennsylvania arriving 10/13/1903 is a tailor Henry Kurtz (Charles middle initial = H) and destination is brother A. Kurtz in Newark.
- Charles must have arrived in the US between Jun 1902 (subtract 9 months from son Ezy's birth in Mar 1903) and Nov 1904, which is when wife Dora and the children arrived in the US.
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Sources - [S580] Wegrow PSA Births, Marriages 1849-1904 Deaths 1854-1904, (JRI Poland), Akta 151.
- [S120] United States Census, 1910, (Family History Library), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK7C-32H.
- [S17] United States Census, 1920, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJXK-761.
- [S4] United States Census, 1930, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3QLZ-5N2.
- [S568] North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994, (Family Search), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H4K2-2T3Z.
- [S580] Wegrow PSA Births, Marriages 1849-1904 Deaths 1854-1904, (JRI Poland), Akta 151.