Magaziners of Humenne

Updated 6/5/2009

	Jeanette Magaziner Moskowitz (Jennie, Hernin) Jeanette Magaziner (born Hernin) was born on December 31, 1872.1 She must have been the third of the dressmaker daughters that were the first of the Magaziners to arrive in Philadelphia.2 Jeanette was better known as Jennie.3 On April 29, 1900, Jennie married Louis Moskowitz, a fellow Hungarian immigrant.4 Louis was the business partner of Lena's husband, Louis Herbach, in M & H Sporting Goods (M & H is Moskowitz and Herbach).5 Jennie and Louis had three children: Eleanor, Florence and Morton Paul.6 It is unknown when Jennie died, but she was still living when her sister Anna died in February, 1960.7
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Footnotes

1. According to the Humenne Jewish birth registry. In most records and censuses, she claimed to have been born in 1876 or 1877; however, this registry entry could only be for her.

2. According to a story passed down by Louis Magaziner, the first Magaziners to arrive in Philadelphia were three daughters who were dressmakers. I was specifically told that my great-grandmother Anna was not one of them, and Sadie and Nellie are far too young to be one of them.

3. In fact, the nickname was so much more common that several relatives I contacted in researching this tree had no idea who "Jeanette" was until I mentioned the nickname "Jennie."

4. According to their Philadelphia marriage record and confirmed by various census records.

5. Herbach's obituary indicates that he was a founder of M&H Sporting Goods. One of Anthony's descendants reports that M&H was Moskowitz and Herbach, which was a partnership between these brothers-in-law, and I have seen references to a Philadelphia business by that name. The judicial opinion in In re Marshall E. Smith & Bro., Inc., 35 F. Supp. 56 (E.D. Pa. 1940) makes passing reference to a business called Moskowitz & Herbach. I have also seen a website selling a flyer from a sporting goods store referred to as both Moskowitz & Herbach and M&H.

6. Listed with Jennie and Louis in various census records.

7. Anna's obituary in March 1960 indicates that she is survived by sisters Nellie Lang, Sadie Markovitz and Jennie Moskowitz.

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