Bain, Bertha

Plot Location	4D2
Surname	Bain
Given Name(s)	Bertha
Place of Birth	Nagasaki?
Date of Birth (Eng)	circa 1904
Date of Birth (Heb)
Date of Death (Eng)	February 2, 1933
Date of Death (Heb)
Age at Death	28
Hebrew Name
Spouse’s Name	Adolphe Bain né Lebon
Father’s Name	Morris Bassis (?)
Mother’s Name	Genindel Heikoff (?)
Other Surnames
Sex	F
Marital Status	M
Maiden Name	Bassis
Title (e.g., Dr)
Religious Status (כ/ל/י)
Cause of Death	Pleurisy and double pneumonia
Other Family Data	Possible sisters: Sara Bassis Negeloff (b. April 13, 1897, Nagasaki; d. August 14, 1980, SF), Mary Bassis Nicklin (b. 1902) and Diana Bassis Scottgordon Peet (b. May 14, 1909, Nagasaki; d. October 19, 1983, Alameda, CA)
Inscription (Eng)	IN MEMORY OF BERTHA BAIN DIED 2ND FEB 1933 AGED 28 YEARS
Inscription (Heb)
Inscription (Other)	“B.J. & Co.” on front of top slab; “152” on right side
Historical	Bertha arrived in HK only one year before and she married her husband a short time after that. He was the manager of Athena Studio, located in Gloucester Building. Her parents were Russian (her mother was born in Kherson, which is now in Ukraine) living in Shanghai. According to her obituary, her father had died six weeks earlier on January 1st. He was 60. In 1929, Mary (sister?) was living in Sheffield. Her husband, Harry, was an able seaman in the Royal Navy. The Bassises may be related to Amalie Herzberg (1H13)‘s family.

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