Family Card - Person Sheet
NameZerlina (Zerline) Zerk (Zerkowitz) 
Birth20 Feb 1893, Vienna, Austria
Deathabt 1958, Springfield, Hampden County, MA, USA
FatherSimon Zerkowitz (Kohn-Zerkowitz) (1838-1900)
MotherTheresa (Resi) Smetana (1867-1957)
Notes for Zerlina (Zerline) Zerk (Zerkowitz)
{geni:occupation} Proprietor of beauty parlor, Domestic servant
{geni:about_me} Zerlina Zerkowitz was named in honor of her paternal grandmother, Cecilia (Czilly) Zerkowitz (Kohn-Boschan) (1794-1885). On 14 September 1923, "Zerlina Czerkovicz", age 30, domestic servant, born in Vienna, arrivedin New York City on the ship "Reliance". According to the ship manifest, she was joining one Emma Weiss at 132 W. 97th Street, New York City. She indicated that her next-of-kin was her mother, "Therese Czerkovicz", Stumpergasse 61, Vienna VI, Austria.
On 4 November 1929, "Zerline Zerk", age 36, arrived in New York City (on the ship "St. Louis" out of Hamburg, Germany) after a return trip to Europe. She indicated that she had been issued a U.S. passport on 7 June 1929, and thather residence was 273 Schaeffer St., Brooklyn, New York.
In 1930, "Zerlina Zerk" was living in Manhattan and was the proprietor of a beauty parlor:
Manhattan, New York, 1930
ZERK, Zelina, age 33, single, b. Austria, parents both b. Austria, came to U.S. in 1923, proprietor, beauty parlor
By 1931, Zerlina was married to Ed Bach. She is listed in the NYC directory, 1931, as "Zerlina BACH" residing at 561 W. 147th St., Manhattan, NY.
On 16 July 1934, she returned from yet another trip to Europe:
Ship "Bremen", arriving in New York Harbor, 16 July 1934:
ZERK-BAKSCH, Zerline, age 41, became a U.S. citizen, 12 March 1929, District Ct. of New York, resides at Bellbrook Farm, Belle Mead, New Jersey
Later in life, she moved from New Jersey to Springfield, Massachusetts. She died there about 1958.
Agawam, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, 1940 BACH, Edward M., age 40, b. Germany
wife, Zerlina, age 47, b. Austria
mother-in-law, ZERKOWITZ, Therese, age 72, b. Czech.
{geni:about_me} Zerlina Zerkowitz was named in honor of her paternal grandmother, Cecilia (Czilly) Zerkowitz (Kohn-Boschan) (1794-1885). On 14 September 1923, "Zerlina Czerkovicz", age 30, domestic servant, born in Vienna, arrivedin New York City on the ship "Reliance". According to the ship manifest, she was joining one Emma Weiss at 132 W. 97th Street, New York City. She indicated that her next-of-kin was her mother, "Therese Czerkovicz", Stumpergasse 61, Vienna VI, Austria.
On 4 November 1929, "Zerline Zerk", age 36, arrived in New York City (on the ship "St. Louis" out of Hamburg, Germany) after a return trip to Europe. She indicated that she had been issued a U.S. passport on 7 June 1929, and thather residence was 273 Schaeffer St., Brooklyn, New York.
In 1930, "Zerlina Zerk" was living in Manhattan and was the proprietor of a beauty parlor:
Manhattan, New York, 1930
ZERK, Zelina, age 33, single, b. Austria, parents both b. Austria, came to U.S. in 1923, proprietor, beauty parlor
By 1931, Zerlina was married to Ed Bach. She is listed in the NYC directory, 1931, as "Zerlina BACH" residing at 561 W. 147th St., Manhattan, NY.
On 16 July 1934, she returned from yet another trip to Europe:
Ship "Bremen", arriving in New York Harbor, 16 July 1934:
ZERK-BAKSCH, Zerline, age 41, became a U.S. citizen, 12 March 1929, District Ct. of New York, resides at Bellbrook Farm, Belle Mead, New Jersey
Later in life, she moved from New Jersey to Springfield, Massachusetts. She died there about 1958.
Agawam, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, 1940 BACH, Edward M., age 40, b. Germany
wife, Zerlina, age 47, b. Austria
mother-in-law, ZERKOWITZ, Therese, age 72, b. Czech.