Jack in the 1920 Census

[Frank Nelson]

I think I have finally found Jack in the 1920 U.S. Census. He appears to be living in Lake Forest, Illinois, which is between Chicago & Waukugan(sp?). He is living with his father & sister. It doesn't list his mother.

They are located on the 1920 census in Lake Forest, Lake County, Illinois, Enumeration District 254, page 11A.

The indexers on Ancestry.com have botched the spelling of the names, Jack is listed as Berry Fraliling but if you look at the page you can make out the names correctly.

Has Jack been mentioned living in Lake Forest before?

[JohnM]

I think I remember in a radio program, maybe a Christmas episode, where Jack mentioned his sister's address being in Lake Forest. Unless I got that from Sunday Nights at Seven? In any case, I vaguely remember something about his sister living in Lake Forest, which is a well to do suburb of Chicago but is probably closer to Waukegan than the city.

[JohnM]

Also found this:

According to history.com the late Jack Benny (d. in 1974) was a
litvak. His
name was Benjamin Kubelsky. Does anyone know more about his roots?

From Jack Benny' Passport Applications, ..the name was Ben Kubelsky
[Jack Benny]
Birth Date:14 Feb 1894
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois
Residence:Hotel Hargrave, New York
Passport Issue Date:12 Jul 1923
Father Name:Meyer Kubelsky
Father's Birth Location:Russia
Father's Residence:Lake Forest, Illinois
Passport Includes a Photo

From other information;
Father: Mayer Kubelsky born abt 1864 Lithuania Home in 1930: Lake
Forest, Lake, Illinois ( 1930 census)
Mother: Emma Sachs, died before 1930
sister; Florence Fenchel born 1901 her husband; Leonard L Fenchel
born abt 1893
Wife: Mary Livingstone (Stage name , related to the Marx brothers,
married 24-Feb-1927 )
Daughter: Joan Naomi (adopted)
There was another Kubelsky family in Chicago that is most likely
related. Most Kubelsky family members came from Lithuania.

Source: http://www.eilatgordinlevitan.com/guestbook_view.html

[Jhammes]

>> He is living with his father & sister. It doesn't list his mother.


Emma Kubelsky had succumbed to cancer November 1917.