Freda Blustein, 1894-1919 One hundred years ago, on January 30, 1919, my grandmother Freda Blustein died at age 24. Daughter of Polish immigrants in New York City, Freda was one of the estimated 50,000,000 global victims of the great influenza pandemic of 1918. She left behind two young children, my father Robert, age 2, and his sister Gladys, age 4. This ad, which appeared in the New York Times exactly one year after her death, summarizes a family’s love for one who died so young: Freda Blustein was born Fannie Korenteuer (later Corenthal) on November 15, 1894 in Manhattan, New York City. Freda’s father Adolph Corenthal (who also went by Abraham or Abram) and mother Rebecca (nee Rywka/Rifke Sztern) came from Warsaw, Poland, then part of the Russian Empire. David Blustein, 1874-1932 As a very young lady, Freda went to work as secretary to David Blustein, a trader in furs and ginseng.

One of four brothers who emigrated from what is now Lithuania, David married Freda in 1913. Freda was 20 years younger: David was 38 and Freda only 18. A year later Gladys was born and Robert two years after that.

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But in 1919, Freda was suddenly gone. The horrible influenza pandemic caused an estimated 675,000 deaths in the United States. Fueled by close quarters and troop movements of World War I in Europe, it spread the world in waves. The third and final wave, to which Freda succumbed, began in early 1919.

The pandemic subsided that summer. Public health was in its infancy and viruses were not yet discovered. New York City made it illegal to not cover coughs, but that did little to stem the tide of death across the dense metropolis. Medal of honor allied assault spearhead free download full version. Indeed, 1919 was a year of tragedy for their family. Freda’s mother Rebecca died in December of that same year at age 55 from diabetes-related disorders. Freda’s father Adolph however lived 20 more years until 1939.

His death certificate reflects that he was a zinc smelter by trade, still working the year he died at age 75. After Freda’s death in 1919, her sister Anna agreed to raise young Robert (“Bobby”) and Gladys. They and their father David moved into the Cedarhurst, Long Island, home of Anna and husband, lawyer Joseph Joffe, who would have two children of their own. Later, the extended family moved to nearby Woodmere. Anna holding Robert and Gladys, who she raised after her sister’s death.

They are with Anna’s daughter Joy. Freda’s husband David Blustein never remarried. He passed away in 1932 at age 58.