Private Samuel GINSBERG
1898 - 1917 (19 years)-
Name Samuel GINSBERG Title Private Birth 25 Apr 1898 Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA Gender Male Death 03 May 1917 Pas De Calais, France Burial La Targette British Cemetery, France Person ID I1 Family of Sam Ginsberg Last Modified 5 Nov 2013
Father Joseph GINSBERG, b. 11 Sep 1872, Russia Mother Annie UNKNOWN, b. 10 Sep 1872, Russia Marriage 14 Mar 1894 Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA Family ID F1 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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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)
- 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)