First Turover Aid Society

Title: First Turover Aid Society

Inclusive Dates: 1905-2002

ID: RG 1822

Extent Information

1'5"

Creators

First Turover Aid Society (New York, N.Y.)

Administrative/Biographical History

Founded in Brooklyn, New York, in 1904, by immigrants from Turov (Toorof, Turev), in the Russian Empire (today, Belarus). Early in its history the Society was known as the Turover Unterstutzungs Verein, the Erste Turover Unterstitzungs Verein, or the Benevolent Association of the People of Turov. It purchased graves and functioned as a burial society. It used four cemeteries: Mount Zion, Mount Lebanon, Beth David, and Wellwood. Dissolved in 2000.

Subjects (links to similar collections)

Benevolent Societies
Burial Societies
Cemeteries
Charitable Societies
Immigrant Societies
Landsmanshaftn
Mutual Aid Societies
United States

Languages of Materials

English
Yiddish

Administrative Information

Acquired: 07/26/2006. 09/07/2006

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Acquisition Note: New York State Department of Insurance; ACC 45/06, 64/06

Collection Material Type: Official Records

Description: Box 1: Membership dues ledgers, 1966-1972, 1980-1991. Balance sheets, 1979-1996. Box 2: Check stubs, 1974-1997. Bankbooks, 1979-1998. Cancelled checks, 1980-1999. Box 3: Minutes, in Yiddish, 1963-1986. Membership payments ledger (dues, grave reservations), 1968-1991. Cemetery deeds, 1905-1958. Cemetery deed in name of First Polisier Unterstutzung Verein, 1927. Cemetery payment receipts, 1913-1921. Agreement with the Independent Plinsker Society, 1954. Miscellaneous burial society records, 1958-1999. Correspondence with members, ca. 1991. Membership lists. Dissolution records, 1999-2002.