Luis Skaist

Luis Skaist, born Label Skaist

Date of birth	1899
Place of birth	Lithuania
Date of emigration
Spouse	Bessie Feiga Higer
Date of marriage	1 Apr 1929
Place of marriage	Havana, Cuba
Children	Leonard Bernard, b. 1931, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Rita, b. 1936, Havana, Cuba
Date of death	Jan 1937
Place of death	Havana, Cuba
Place of burial	United Hebrew Congregation Ashkenazi Cemetery at Guanabacoa Street D, Block 4, Grave 7

Label Skaist, seated right,
with brother Lazar Skaist and cousin Zelda Glass
ca 1920, Ukmerge, Lithuania.
From the collection of Joyce Rowland.
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Label Skaist with his father, aunts, uncles, siblings, and cousins.
Standing, l to r: Lazar Skaist, Zelda Glass, Yentel Skaist,
Zundel Skaist, Label Skaist, and Sonia Briss.
Seated, l to r: Yitzchok Glass, Buna Ita Glass, Notte Skaist,
Elia Briss, and Riva Briss.
Circa 1924, Ukmerge, Lithuania.
From the collection of Jules Miller.
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Document	Details	Where found
1919 Lithuanian Residents List Ukmerge, Kaunas guberniya	Notel Skayst, head of household, male, age 61. Resides in Ukmerge, Rishskaya street 23. February 1919. Page 569, registration number 297. Zundel Skayst, son of Notel. Son of head of household, male, age 27. Ema Skayst, daughter of Notel. Daughter of head of household, female, age 25. Leyba Skayst, son of Notel. Son of head of household, male, age 20.	JewishGen.org Transcription of record Residents List KRA/I/517/1/35
1919 Lithuanian Residents List Ukmerge, Kaunas guberniya	Notel Skayst, head of household, male, age 65. Resides in Ukmerge, Rishskaya street 29. February 1919. Page 572, registration number 318. Zundel Skayst, son of Notel. Son of head of household, male, age 28. Leyzer Skaist, male, age 26. Ema Skayst, daughter of Notel. Daughter of head of household, female, age 25. Leyba Skayst, son of Notel. Son of head of household, male, age 20.	JewishGen.org Transcription of record Residents List KRA/I/517/1/35
7 May 1920 Lithuanian Internal Passports Record Rygos street 29, Ukmerge	Notel Skaist, widower, head of household. Born in 1858, Taujenai District, Ukmerge Uyezd. Left in 1934. Reason: Died. Passport #92948/348. Occupation: wool comber. Comments: German passport #1250 issued in Ukmerge 5 Feb 1917 and Internal Passport are in the file. Record type: Internal Passport Application, LCVA/1262/7/10901 Ema Skaist, single, daughter of Notel. Daughter of head of household. Born in 1894, Ukmerge. Passport #92978/378. Record type: Internal Passport Application, LCVA/1262/7/11265 Leizer Skaist, single, son of Notel. Son of head of household. Born in 1895, Ukmerge. Left on 22 May 1927. Reason: Died. Passport #92947/347. Occupation: merchant. Comments: Internal Passport is in the file. Record type: Internal Passport Application, LCVA/1262/7/10900 Leib Skaist, single, son of Notel. Son of head of household. Born in 1899, Deltuva District, Ukmerge Uyezd. Passport #92885/285. Occupation: worker. Comments: German Passport #21905 issued in Ukmerge on 15 Apr 1917 is in the file. Record type: Internal Passport Application, LCVA/1262/7/11146, 11320	JewishGen.org Transcription of record
Record of Burial in Cuba	Name: Luis Skaist. Place of death: Havana, Cuba. Plot: Street D, Block 4, Grave number 7. Comments: Cemetery is at Guanabacoa (near Havana); death, therefore, is assumed to be in or near Havana, Cuba. Cemetery name: United Hebrew Congregation Ashkenazi Cemetery at Guanabacoa/Havana.	JewishGen.org Transcription of record

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