Sarah Benioff, born in NY on 25 Nov, 1896, developed TB. Her parents, Isaac Benioff and Ida Baylis Benioff, were advised to move to the country, so she was the reason they relocated to Viola, Delaware. However, despite the move, Sarah died on 14 May 1897. She was Ida’s second child. Her first, the infant Isaac, had died just a few months before, on 1 March, 1897, in Viola, at the age of one year. Sarah was buried at Mt. Zion Cemetery: Rostover Handwerker Unt. Verein, Path 18R, Gate 4.
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County of New York/ City of New York
State of New York
Certificate and Record of Birth
No. of Certificate – 49. {crossed out} 50623
Name of Child: Sarra Banioff
Person making this report: Rosie Fritz at 170 Henry St.
Date of Report: Dec 1st 1896
Name: Sarra Banioff
Sex: Girl
Color: White
Date of Brith: Nov 25th
Place of Birth: 150 6th Av.
Father’s Name: I. Banioff
Residence: 150 6th Av.
Birthplace: Russia
Age: 46
Occupation: Fur Merchant
Mother’s Name: I. Banioff
Mother’s Name before Marriage: I. Balis
Residence: 150 6th Av.
Birthplace: Russia
Age: 25
Number of previous children: 1
How many now living (in all): 1
Date of Record: Dec 1st
The first to arrive were the Benioffs, who, like countless other Russian Jews, fled their homeland to escape violence and oppression. They bought the farm {in Delaware} in the winter of 1897, leaving New York City in hopes that the country air would help daughter Sarah, who most likely had tuberculosis.
Sarah died, but the Benioffs put down roots in the soil of central Kent County. They soon were joined by Ida Benioff's sister and brother -in-law, who bought a farm nearby in 1900.
