Family: Samuel (Sam) Cherlin

Father Mother Spouse Children Sources File Dates
Morris Chirlin (or Cherlin) Ida Leventhal Chirlin (or Cherlin) Edith (Ida) Farbman Cherlin Dennis Cherlin
Eileen Cherlin Young
NYC Grooms Index
Marriage record listed in Brooklyn NY Union Standard
Family tree given by Stanley Blum and Ann Cotner on genealogy.com
Further information from Sam Haimm, 2017
NYC marriage records online
1940 Census
all the above via Stew Cherlin
SS-5 form from a collection by Gregory Cherlin
2000; ed. 2023

Marriage License (announced) Marriage License
Marriage License
newspaper listing
Marriage record

SS-5: Application for Social Security Account Number

Number: 068-03-9250
Name given to employer: Samuel Chirlin
Mailing Address: 310 E. 93rd St., Brooklyn NY
Employer address: Shapiro + Sons, 265 W 37th St.
Age on last birthday: 29
Date of birth: 4-8-07
Place of birth: Manhattan
Father's full name: Morris Chirlin
Mother's full maiden name: Ida Leventhal
Sex: Male
Color: White
Date: Dec. 1, 1936
Signature: Samuel Chirlin

Biographical information

Born in Manhattan, April 8, 1907 (SS application) or April 6 according to Social Security.
Born in Russia according to the marriage record.

Married in Brooklyn, Jan. 5, 1930. Address 594 Amboy St. Age 23. Designer.

Living in Brooklyn at 597 Amboy St. in 1940; mother at 594 Amboy St.

Died in West Palm Beach, FL in May, 1976.

Name

Chirlin on the SS-5 form. Listed as Samuel Cherlin by Social Security Death Index, and in the 1940 U.S. Census. Sam Cherlin on the marriage record.

Samuel's brother Charles applied for his social security number two weeks after Samuel, and used the spelling "Cherlin" on his form. At immigration, Ida and Isidor used "Cirlin"

"Chirlin" is the spelling used by the Druje line in the U.S. According to Paul Chirlin, that is an unrelated line.

1940 Census:

NameRelationAgeApprox. DOB
Sam Head 33 1907
Edith Wife 28 1912
Eileen Daughter 8 1932
Dennis Son 1 1939
Name Relationship Sex Color/race Age Married? School since
March 1, 1940?
Highest Grade Birthplace Citizenship? Residence
April 1, 1935
At work (non-emergency)?
March 24-30
WPA etc.?March 24-30 Seeking work? Job, business? Housework, School, Unable, Other? Hours worked
March 24-30, 1940
Unemployment (weeks)
to March 30, 1940
Occupation Industry Class Weeks worked
1939
Income 1939 Manual?

Census Form