Abe Frank (1/15/1859 - 11/18/1925), buried in B'Nai Israel Cemetery, Jackson, Tennessee, was married to Betty (11/13/1859 - 7/1/1927), also known as Bodgie. Their daughter Dora, my grandmother, married Joseph Freedman.
Abe and Betty lived in Nashville and Jackson, TN; in Jackson, Abe was involved in retail sales with the Kisbers, who married into the Frank family. I remember vaguely a conversation from my childhood indicating that Abe was from Bessarabia. I have looked on several online databases and come up empty.
I'm looking for birthplace(s) of Abe and Betty, and names of their parents.
For Abe, these three Census Records suggest a birthplace of Germany or Romania, and an immigration date of 1889:
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS87-BZT : 22 January 2015), Abe Frank, Nashville city Ward 12, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing sheet 3B, family 67, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,564.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGXX-M1W : 29 October 2015), Abe Frank, Jackson Ward 4, Madison, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 177, sheet 10B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,524.
- "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNR9-KG6 : 14 December 2015), Abraham Frank, Jackson Ward 4, Madison, Tennessee, United States; citing sheet 2B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,754.