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Private Samuel GINSBERG

Male 1898 - 1917  (19 years)


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  • Name Samuel GINSBERG 
    Title Private 
    Birth 25 Apr 1898  Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 03 May 1917  Pas De Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial La Targette British Cemetery, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1  Family of Sam Ginsberg
    Last Modified 5 Nov 2013 

    Father Joseph GINSBERG,   b. 11 Sep 1872, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Annie UNKNOWN,   b. 10 Sep 1872, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 14 Mar 1894  Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • source- Veterans Section, www.ramarahistoryonline.web: GINSBERG, Samuel : regimental number 643806, enlisted in the 157th Battalion, February 9, 1916. He was single, 17, a Student, boarding in Orillia. Born in Rochester, New York, in 1898. His family relocated to Toronto in 1900, and sometime after that, his parents relocated to Brechin where they operated a General Store . He spent his 18th birthday on the Ocean, and his 19th birthday in the Trenches. In August 1916, he was reported wounded, but was able to return to the trenches within a week. He had been transferred to the 4th(Canadian Mounted Rifles) Battalion, when he died from injuries from a shell which exploded and blew off his leg, May 3, 1917. He is buried in the La Targette Brittish Cemetery, Pas de Calais, Neuville-St. Vaast, France. Grave number I. A. 12. Pte. Ginsberg was survived by his parents, five brothers, Ben, Julius, Abraham, & Morris, and two sisters, Esther and Sarah. His name is listed on the Mara Cenotaph, located in front of the Brechin Legion, 4th Concession, Brechin. (photo in WW1 album)


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