Person Sheet

Name Jessie Torrance 29, T652 Birth Aug 12, 1904 Census Apr 26, 1910, Kearny, Hudson Co., NJ33 Age: 5 Death Sep 13, 1973 Age: 69 Occupation Public School Teacher 1930155 Father Robert Edmund Torrance (1873-1947) Mother Mabel Van Ness Rothe (1879-1939)
Spouses
1 Alex Schlesinger 29, S425 Birth Oct 15, 1895 Death Dec 23, 1938 Age: 43
Marriage Dec 23, 1937
No Children
Notes for Jessie Torrance
Obituary Mrs. Jessie Torrance Schlesinger, a life-long resident of Kearny, died last Thursday at hom. She was the widow ofAlexander Schlesinger and the daughter of former Mayor Robert E. and Mabel Torrance. She taught in the Kearny school system for many years. A Memorial Service was held at Trinity Episcopal Church on Sunday. She was a charter member of the Evening Dept. of the Women' s Club of Arlington and a member of the Junior Auxiliary of the Memorial Center for Women, West Orange. Surviving are two brothers, Charles W. and William R. Torrance; three sisters, Mrs. Mabel T. Burns, Mrs. Ruth Ryan and Mrs. Elizabeth Staats.156
Notes for Alex (Spouse 1)
Alex Schlesinger died following his release as a Prisoner of War in the Korean? War.