Throughout the 1920s, Annie and Jerome lived in Savannah. The city directories show them at various addresses with Jerome holding a variety of jobs. (See the posts about Jerome for some of that information.) Beyond the city directories, though, there are few records documenting Annie's early marriage years.
The 1930 census shows them with their two children, Jerome Jr. and Ida. Below is an excerpt from the census record.
You can see (in the column to the right of Race) that Jerome is 40 and Annie is 27. Two columns over from that is their age at first marriage--16 for Annie and 31 for Jerome. But as I have pointed out earlier, that means that Annie's first marriage was not to Jerome, because when she was 16, he would have been 29 and still unmarried. So whom did she marry when she was 16? And was she divorced or widowed when she married Jerome? And did that marriage have something to do with her living at the convent? There is no record I can find of Annie's earlier marriage or divorce, if there was one. So, that must remain a mystery, for now.
In 1940, according to the census, the Sternbergs were 10 years older and still living in Savannah. Below is a segment of that census. (We don't see Jerome listed because he's at the bottom of the previous page.)
One item of interest in this census record is the "Highest Grade of School Completed," in column 14. Her children were currently attending high school. (Ida had completed 3 years and Jerome Jr. had completed one year.) But Annie said she completed only grade 7. That makes me wonder how long she was at the convent school--was it only a few months? Or maybe the two girls were boarders but not students. We know that the convent was still operating as a school in 1941, so presumably it would have been a school in 1920. Were they just that far behind in their education? Another mystery, to be sure.
At any rate, Annie's children would soon lose their mother. The 1940 census was taken April 15, 1940, and in September of that year, Annie died. I have not been able to find the cause of her death, but it should be listed on her death certificate which can be obtained from Georgia. Below is the death index record for Annie Sternberg with the certificate number listed.
That certificate may also show where Annie was buried. I have not been able to find a record of her grave site. Jerome is buried at Laurel Grove, but it's not clear whether Annie was buried with him.
The 1930 census shows them with their two children, Jerome Jr. and Ida. Below is an excerpt from the census record.
You can see (in the column to the right of Race) that Jerome is 40 and Annie is 27. Two columns over from that is their age at first marriage--16 for Annie and 31 for Jerome. But as I have pointed out earlier, that means that Annie's first marriage was not to Jerome, because when she was 16, he would have been 29 and still unmarried. So whom did she marry when she was 16? And was she divorced or widowed when she married Jerome? And did that marriage have something to do with her living at the convent? There is no record I can find of Annie's earlier marriage or divorce, if there was one. So, that must remain a mystery, for now.
In 1940, according to the census, the Sternbergs were 10 years older and still living in Savannah. Below is a segment of that census. (We don't see Jerome listed because he's at the bottom of the previous page.)
One item of interest in this census record is the "Highest Grade of School Completed," in column 14. Her children were currently attending high school. (Ida had completed 3 years and Jerome Jr. had completed one year.) But Annie said she completed only grade 7. That makes me wonder how long she was at the convent school--was it only a few months? Or maybe the two girls were boarders but not students. We know that the convent was still operating as a school in 1941, so presumably it would have been a school in 1920. Were they just that far behind in their education? Another mystery, to be sure.
At any rate, Annie's children would soon lose their mother. The 1940 census was taken April 15, 1940, and in September of that year, Annie died. I have not been able to find the cause of her death, but it should be listed on her death certificate which can be obtained from Georgia. Below is the death index record for Annie Sternberg with the certificate number listed.
That certificate may also show where Annie was buried. I have not been able to find a record of her grave site. Jerome is buried at Laurel Grove, but it's not clear whether Annie was buried with him.
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