David Bruss

David Mendel Bruss

Date of birth	22 Nov 1900
Place of birth	Vabalninkas, Lithuania
Date of emigration	1922
Spouse	Zelda Kavnat
Date of marriage
Place of marriage
Children	Percy, b. 1932, Cape Town, South Africa Regina, b. 1941, Cape Town, South Africa Eleanor, b. 1946, Cape Town, South Africa
Date of death	6 Apr 1972
Place of death	Cape Town, South Africa
Place of burial	Pinelands 1, Cape Town Grave 16845

David Mendel Bris,
Vabalninkas, Lithuania, early 1900s.
From the collection of Joyce Rowland.
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David Mendel Bruss, standing, second from right,
with his wife Zelda to his right,
his sister Sonia Sadur and her husband Sam standing to the left,
and his mother Riva, his son Percy, his father Elia, and his niece Mildred.
Circa 1938, Wynberg, Cape Town.
From the collection of Marlon Levin.
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Document	Details	Where found
1900 Lithuanian Birth record	David Mendel Bris, born to father Eliash ben Izrail and mother Rivka, on 22 Nov 1900 / 13 Kislev 5661, in the town of Vabalninkas, county of Panevezys, guberniya of Kaunas. Circumcision date 29 Nov 1900 with Rabbi Joffe. Father was a Skapiskis resident.	JewishGen.org Transcription of record 2291760 / 1 354 LVIA/1226/1/15903
Passenger Manifest Armadale Castle sailing from Southampton, 17 Feb 1922 arriving at Port of Cape Town	Mr. Mendle Briss. Last address in United Kingdom: 82 Leman Street, London. Destination: Cape Town. Profession: Dealer. Single male, age 25. Citizen of Lithuania. Country of last permanent residence: Foreign country. Country of intended future permanent residence: South Africa.	Ancestry.com Scan of original record UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 > Southampton > 1922 > February > 214
Grave marker	Click picture to view larger version in separate window.	Photograph found on Cape Town Jewish Cemeteries Maintenance Board JewishCemetery.co.za

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