Brief Life History of Mordecai Menahem
When Mordecai Menahem Kaplan was born on 11 June 1881, his father, Israel Kaplan, was 26 and his mother, Anna Kowarsky, was 22. He married Lena Rubin on 2 June 1908. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States in 1930 and Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States for about 5 years. He died on 8 November 1983, at the age of 102, and was buried in Babylon, Suffolk, New York, United States.
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Sources (31)
- Ralph Kaplan, "United States Census, 1930"
- Mordecai Kaplan, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"
- Mordecai Menahem Kaplan, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
Spouse and Children
1881–1983 Male
1885– Female
Children (4)
1909–1996 Female
1913–2013 Female
1915– Female
1916– Female
Parents and Siblings
1855– Male
1859–1944 Female
Siblings (1)
1881–1983 Male
World Events (8)
1889 · Washington Becomes a State
Age 8
1894
Age 13
1910 · Women Gain the Right to Vote in Washington
Age 29
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Meyer, Hyman, Isadore, Emanuel, Yitzchok, Ari, Morty, Yakov, Batya, Binyomin.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): surname sometimes used as a translation of Cohen , from German Kaplan or Polish kapłan ‘chaplain, curate’.
German, Swedish, Czech, Slovenian, and Croatian; Slovak (Kaplán); Polish (Kapłan); Hungarian (Káplán): status name for a deacon, chaplain, or curate, ultimately from Late Latin capellanus (see Chaplin 1), or a nickname for someone resembling a clergyman.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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