Silberman, Sarah

Plot Location	1H8
Surname	Silberman
Given Name(s)	Sarah
Place of Birth	Hong Kong
Date of Birth (Eng)	September 3, 1895
Date of Birth (Heb)
Date of Death (Eng)	June 6, 1896
Date of Death (Heb)
Age at Death	9 months
Hebrew Name
Spouse’s Name
Father’s Name	Isydor Silberman
Mother’s Name	Anna (Hannah) Herzberg
Other Surnames
Sex	F
Marital Status	S
Maiden Name
Title (e.g., Dr)
Religious Status (כ/ל/י)
Cause of Death
Other Family Data	Sister of unnamed child buried in 1H4 . Great-uncle: Tevil Silbermann (1H11)
Inscription (Eng)	(IN?) MEMORY OF SARAH SILBERMAN THE DEARLY (&?) FONDLY BELOVED DAUGHTER OF ISYDOR (&?) A. SILBERMAN BORN ON THE 3RD OF SEPTEMBER 1895 DIED ON THE 6TH OF JUNE 1896
Inscription (Heb)
Inscription (Other)	“66” on RHS vertical of headstone
Historical	Sarah was probably named after her maternal grandmother, Sarah Herzberg. Isydor Silberman(n)’s profession is listed as “Hotel Keeper, Globe Hotel” in a 1904 juror’s list. The hotel was located at 184 Queen’s Road Central. According to the Carl Smith Archives, he transferred ownership of the Globe to Adolph Weingartner of Manila in 1906 but the SCMP reported that he sold the hotel to Ephraim Fischel Zellermayer in 1910 so perhaps Weingartner only managed the hotel during those years. The Silbermans moved to Shanghai in 1906 where he opened a haberdashery near the Astor Hotel. He retired in 1927 and died in Shanghai on February 5, 1937 at age 67. Anna, born in 1873, died on February 3, 1925, in Shanghai. In a 1906 juror’s list, his profession is listed as “Merchant, David Sassoon & Co., Ltd.” but in the 1907 – 1910 lists, he’s back to being a hotel keeper at the Globe. This is in conflict with Carl Smith’s records unless he worked for David Sassoon for a very short time. The Silbermans had two other daughters in addition to Sarah and the unnamed one buried in 1H4: Rosie (Regina) Silberman (b. November 21, 1898, Hong Kong; d. February 20, 1994, Los Angeles) and Lily (Lea) Silberman (b. September 27, 1899, Hong Kong; d. June 24, 1978, Los Angeles). Rosie married Max Friedman (formerly of Iasi, Romania) in Ohel Rachel Synagogue in Shanghai on February 26, 1922. She was 24; he was 40. They had three children together — Leonora (b. January 31, 1923, Shanghai), Moise Reginald (b. August 14, 1925, Shanghai; d. August 4, 2001, Laguna Hills, CA) and Roy Joseph (b. August 14, 1928, Tsingtao; d. June 23, 2015, Los Angeles). Max worked for China Motors in Shanghai. In 1939, they all went to Beverly Hills and in 1941, the parents sent the children there without them. At some point, Reginald changed his surname to Kent. Roy is buried (cremated) in Hillside Memorial Park. It appears he was married. Lily was an export buyer in Shanghai up to 1945. She then moved to California. She never married and is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, CA). Anna was the sister of Carl Herzberg and the aunt of Amalie Herzberg (1H13).

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