Markarover Benevolent Association

Title: Markarover Benevolent Association

Inclusive Dates: 1920, 1932, 1950-1985

ID: RG 1823

Extent Information

10"

Creators

Markarover Benevolent Association (New York, N.Y.)

Administrative/Biographical History

Organized December 15, 1914 in New York by immigrants from Makarov, in the Russian Empire (today, Ukraine). Incorporated October 15, 1915. In its records, the name of the Association is also spelled: Makarover, Makarower. The Association provided sick benefits, purchased graves, and functioned as a burial society. It used Montefiore and New Montefiore Cemeteries. Dissolved around 1985.

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: 06/27/2006.

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Acquisition Note: New York State Department of Insurance; ACC 46/06

Collection Material Type: Official Records

Description: Box 1: Minutes, 1950-1966, 1969-1985 (minutes are in Yiddish through 1966, and in English thereafter). Cemetery deeds, 1920, 1932. Deeds to graves, 1974-1976, 1982. Sworn deposition by the president concerning variations in spelling of the Association's name, 1974. Membership dues ledger, 1964-1969. Cashbook, 1959-1985. Cemetery maps. Box 2: Constitution, in Yiddish. Membership directories, ca. 1958-1969. Burial society records, 1979-1984. Dues payment records, 1969-1982. Invoices, receipts, 1972-1984. Correspondence with members and notes related to dissolution, 1984-1985. Check stubs, 1965-1983. Cancelled checks, 1967-1981. Stamps.