{geni:occupation} Milliner
{geni:about_me} Rudolphina Tauber had the Hebrew name of "Rachel". She was named in honor of two great-grandmothers -- Rachel (Rosalia) Zerkowitz (first wife of Nesanel Kohn-Zerkowitz, 1783-1847) and Rachel Teschner (Wilhelm) (1798-1876). She and her oldest sister, Anna, were brought to the U.S. in 1891 by their mother and left in the care of a cousin, Augusta Paskus (Teschner), and her sister, Euphemia Pincus (Teschner). When the parents and the younger children arrived on Thanksgiving Day 1897, the family was finally reunited.

In the 1910 census of Meridian, Mississippi, Rudolphina is referred to as "Ruth".

Following the early death of her husband, John Winkler, Rudy moved from Meridian, Mississippi up to New York. She and her family are seen in the following New York censuses:



Manhattan, New York, 1920

WINKLER, Ruth, age 37, widow, b. Hungary, parents both b. Hungary, milliner, store, came to U.S. in 1899

daughter, Martha, age 18, b. Mississippi, parents both b. Hungary, typist

son, Arnold, age 15, b. Mississippi, parents both b. Hungary, clerk, office

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Queens, Queens Co., New York, 1930 (86th Street)

GERRY, Theodore B., age 32, b. Hungary, married at age 23, came to U.S. in 1903, secretary - silk painting

wife, Martha, age 28, b. Mississippi, married at age 19

daughter, Geraldine, age 7, b. New York

son, John W., age 5 yrs., 8 months, b. New York

daughter, Rhoda A., age 3 yrs., 11 months, b. New York

mother-in-law, WINKLER, Rudolphine, age 47, b. Austria-Hungary, widow, married at age 25, came to U.S. in 1897

brother-in-law, WINKLER, Arnold, age 25, b. Mississippi, single, salesman, dry goods



Rudolphine (Tauber) Winkler, known as "Aunt Rudy" to her many nieces and nephews, died in Long Island, New York on 9 August 1965, in her 88th year of age, just four weeks after her nephew, Dr. Alfred Hanscom (along with his family), then living in California, paid her a final visit. She is buried in Mount Ararat Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York.
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Birth: Oct 15 1877 - Drietoma, Slovakia
Death: Oct 1965 - Long Island City, New York, USA
Parents: Simon Tauber, Adella Tauber (born Teschner)
Siblings: Johanna Freedman (born Tauber), Irma (Miriam) Tauber, Moritz (Maurice) (Moses) Tauber, Bertha Tauber, Cornella (Ella) Felber (born Tauber), Flora (Florence) (Finkel) Rothenberg (born Tauber), Leopold Tauber, Charlotte Adelaide Tauber, Estella (Sheva) Solomon (born Tauber)
Husband: Jonas (John) Winkler
Children: Martha Blanche Gerry (born Winkler), Arnold Leon Winkler