— GENERATION 9 · WEISZ —
David Schon

David Schon

Esther's second husband · postwar arrival
BORN 6 SEP 1908 VELKY KOVESD, CZECHOSLOVAKIA
DIED 1 JAN 1979 CHICAGO (70)

Esther's second husband · born 6 September 1908 in Velky Kovesd, Czechoslovakia (a Hungarian-speaking Jewish village in eastern Slovakia, Trebišov District, just over the Hungarian border) · postwar Holocaust survivor — got out of Europe via Paris, France, and arrived at New York by airplane on 7 August 1946 (the rare flight rather than a ship suggests refugee assistance via HIAS / the JDC) · married Esther in Chicago on 29 March 1947 · auto mechanic · 1949 address 1367 E. 53rd Street, Hyde Park, Chicago · father of Sandra K. Schon (b. 28 June 1949) · died 1 January 1979, age 70 · Esther outlived him by twenty-four years. Petition № 334363, U.S. District Court Chicago, 1949. Source: his own 1949 Petition for Naturalization; see Chapter Seven

Aunt Esther's second husband. Esther's first husband Jack Yeno Fogel had been killed in action in France on 11 September 1944. David and Esther married after the war and raised their daughter Sandra in Chicago. Source: Chapter 7.

— THE FACTS WE’VE GATHERED —

The shape of their life

From civil records, family memory, and primary sources. Empty rows are research targets.

Identity
Civil name
David Schon
Hebrew name
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Hungarian / nickname
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Religious lineage
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Birth
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Family
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Married
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Spouse
Esther "Etelka" Weisz Schon (her second husband · m. after 1944)
Years married
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Children
Sandra Schon Kiferbaum (b. ~1949 Chicago)
Life
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Lived in
Chicago · Hyde Park
Immigration
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Naturalized
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Shoah
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Death
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— RECORDS & DOCUMENTS —

The paper trail

Each card below is part of the documented record. Empty slots are open requests.

Petition for Naturalization · 1949 — document scan
Petition for Naturalization · 1949
U.S. District Court · Cert. № 5985976
David's 1949 petition. The single most data-rich document in the Schon-Weisz collection: confirms his birthdate, Esther's exact arrival date and her own naturalization details (18 July 1944, Cert. № 5985976), the 53rd Street residence, David's birthplace and occupation, and Sandra's birth.
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— THE PEOPLE IN THEIR LIFE —

Family

The generations they stood between.

Their generation THIS GENERATION
DS
THIS PAGE
THIS PERSON
David Schon
Esther's second husband · postwar arrival
⚭Spouse
Esther "Etelka" Weisz Schon
IN MEMORIAM
SPOUSE
Esther "Etelka" Weisz Schon
3 OCT 1905 – 2 JUL 2003
Their children
SS
LIVING
CHILD
Sandra Schon Kiferbaum
28 JUN 1949 – CHICAGO

The Klein × Weisz Archive is a multi-generational record of two Hungarian Jewish lines, joined by Bobby and Laci’s marriage in 1952.

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