Generation 5 · link grade confirmed

Rose (Rivka) Sherizen née Kravitz

Rivka bat R' Pesach, as her stone reads
8 March 1896 – 2 November 1990
near Kamenets → Kitchener → Detroit

Life

Shia's wife. Daughter of Peter (Pesach) Kravitz and Ida (Yenta) Langer. Her siblings were Michael, Sarah, Lizzie and Lena. She is buried beside Shia.

Facts

Timeline

  1. 8 Mar 1896Born, near Kamenets
  2. 19 May 1918Marries Shia
  3. 2 Nov 1990Dies

Photographs and documents 7

Her stone beside Sam's: Rivka bat R' Pesach
confirmed found by Instinct
Her stone beside Sam's: Rivka bat R' Pesach

d. 2 November 1990, age 94.

1918 · The register: bride's parents “Percy Kravetz, Zeta Langer”
confirmed found by Instinct
1918 · The register: bride's parents “Percy Kravetz, Zeta Langer”

Her parents' names as the clerk wrote them.

Source Ontario marriages 1918
Her father's stone: “Pesach son of R' Tzvi”, died 1927, age 64
confirmed found by Instinct
Her father's stone: “Pesach son of R' Tzvi”, died 1927, age 64

Peter Kravitz.

Source Kravitz gravestone (found by Instinct)
1927 · Peter Krawitz's death record
confirmed found by Instinct
1927 · Peter Krawitz's death record

Gives “Lena Zunick” as his mother; son Michael the informant.

Source Ontario death registration 1927
1927 · Detroit naturalization index card, Rose Sherizen
confirmed found by Instinct
1927 · Detroit naturalization index card, Rose Sherizen
Source Instinct's scan package, Oct 20, 2026
1942 · Her naturalization certificate stub
confirmed found by Instinct
1942 · Her naturalization certificate stub
Source Instinct's scan package, Oct 20, 2026
1943 · Her petition (record image as filed)
confirmed found by Instinct
1943 · Her petition (record image as filed)
Source Instinct's scan package, Oct 20, 2026