Malka Kobritz

     Malka Kobritz was born circa 1869 at Olyka, Dubno, Volhynia. She was the daughter of Meir Aryeh Kobritz and Anna Greenburg. She was born on 15 May 1872; per 1925 marriage certificate with Morris HERMAN. She married Chaim Bass in October 1893; per Mollie Bass's 1936 Declaration of Intention and 1939 Petition for Naturalizaiton. She married Morris Herman, son of Abraham Herman and Yetta Kolton, on 17 March 1925 at Cincinnati, Ohio; Morris HERMAN aged 55, son of Abraham HERMAN and Yetta KOLTON; widower; of 414 David Street; Mollie BASS aged 52, daughter of Louis KOBORITZ and Anna GREENBERG; widow; of 1527 Cutter Street. She died on 9 February 1948 at 3235 Potomac Avenue, Chicago, Illinois; as Mollie BASS, per Cook County death index; buried 11 Feb 1948 in Atereth Zion Congregation, Waldheim Cemetery, Proviso, Illinois; informant Max BASS; father given as Louis (i.e. Leib, i.e. Aryeh.)
     She immigrated on 10 December 1923 to Ellis Island, New York, as Malka BAS, age 54; aboard Pittsburgh from Antwerp; occupation housework; last residence Rowne; closest kin Gitla KOBRYC (friend) in Luck; en route to son Louis BASS, 2700 W. 8th Street, Cincinnati, Ohio; detained for special inquiry before being admitted. She appeared on the census of 19 April 1930 at 1219 N. Spaulding Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, as Molly BASS, age 56, widow. She on 14 August 1936 at 1238 Kedzie Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, filed Declaration of Intention as Mollie BASS, age 61; occupation, mother; born Rowna, Volin, Poland on 25 May 1875; widow of Herman, born 10 March 1868; married in October 1893; Herman died in 1923. She on 2 February 1939 at 3225 W. Division Street, Chicago, Illinois, filed Petition for Naturalization as Mollie BASS; born 25 May 1875 in Rowno, Volin, Poland. She was naturalized on 13 June 1939 at Chicago, Illinois; swore Oath of Allegiance; naturalization certificate 4589168.