Father: Louis Zimmerman
Mother: Bertha Zimmerman
Spouse: Jacob Cherlin
Social Security Number: 179-36-5841
Address 6001 Loretta Ave., Philadelphia, PA. (IRS Form 3227). Widow.
A handwritten note says Please read other side but only the front side was supplied by the Social Security Administration. This note is at the bottom right, below the signature, and the signature has a big "X" next to it. Ida is listed in the Social Security Death Register as Ida Cherlin.
Applied May 16, 1963?. Was a widow at that time (probably recently, in view of the application). The number is illegible, possibly outside the copying frame, and there is a large handwritten three (another handwriting) below the signature. Social Security Death Index yields Harry (NY, Nov 1962, 122-18-5958) and Myer (PA, Oct 1962, 183-10-9520). But see below.
Last residence: 19053 Media, Delaware County, PA. Born July 15, 1891. Died July 1972. SSN issued PA 1962.
Biographical information:
Born in "Russia" July 10, 1892.
Not known to be related to any other line. Husband's name not known.
Stew Cherlin unravels the matter considerably further, using the 1930 US Census:
Ida Cherlin - age 38, born 1892, 5221 Columbia St., Philadelphia, PA. Emigrated from Russia in 1911.
April 2003