Friedlander, Martin

Plot Location2E15
SurnameFriedlander (Friedländer)
Given Name(s)Martin
Place of BirthBerlin
Date of Birth (Eng)February 27, 1884
Date of Birth (Heb) 
Date of Death (Eng)December 23, 1941
Date of Death (Heb) 
Age at Death57
Hebrew Name 
Spouse’s NameErna Levy
Father’s NameJakob Friedländer
Mother’s NameFranziska Moses
Other Surnames 
SexM
Marital StatusM
Maiden Name 
Title (e.g., Dr) 
Religious Status (כ/ל/י) 
Cause of Death 
Other Family DataSiblings: Fanni Friedländer Presch (b. December 06, 1882, Berlin; d. 1942, Holocaust) and Albert Friedländer (b. June 19, 1888, Berlin)
Inscription (Eng) IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MARTIN FRIEDLANDER
BORN ON 27TH FEB. 1884
DIED ON 23RD DEC 1941
Inscription (Heb) 
Inscription (Other) 
HistoricalMarried on November 30, 1915 in Hamburg, Germany.

According to the 1941 jurors’ list, he was a merchant with Consolidated Trading Company Ltd, located at 23 Carnarvon Road in TST. Did he die in the defense of Hong Kong?

Erna left Shanghai for England in 1946 so perhaps she was living there during the war. She died on May 14, 1979 at age 89. She’s buried in a potter’s field at the Hart Island Cemetery in the Bronx.

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