Miriam Paskow (born Jacobowitz)

Death of Miriam Paskow.

Reconstructed from newspaper accounts and her death certificate.

Miriam was 28 years 11 months and 22 days old, a week short of turning 30 from her birthday on August 6, 1906, in Jersey City, N.J. She was the middle child of Max Jacobowitz and Theresa/Teresa Rosenblum/Rosenbloom, born after her brother Milton Jacobowitz and before her sister Connie Halpern.

She had been married a short time to Harry Paskow. In the 1930 Census she was listed as "Age: 23; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter," in Max and Theresa's home at 339 Harrison Avenue, Jersey City.

Harry and Miriam took what was probably a honeymoon trip to Bermuda in early 1933: 
NAME: Miriam Paskow 
ARRIVAL DATE: 24 Feb 1933 
BIRTH DATE: 1906 
BIRTH LOCATION: New Jersey 
BIRTH LOCATION OTHER: jersey city 
AGE: 26 
GENDER: Female 
PORT OF DEPARTURE: Hamilton, Bermuda 
PORT OF ARRIVAL: New York, New York 
SHIP NAME: Monarch of Bermuda

Death Certificate

Death of Miriam

Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States

Age 28 years 11 months 22 days. At 8:40 pm, she died of internal hemorrhage due to an Automobile accident on Route 22 at Cresson Rd.

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Web: Altoona, Pennsylvania, Altoona Mirror Obituary Index, 1929-2010
http://blaircountylibraries.org/obit/results.asp
Last Name First Name Middle Name Maiden Name Descriptor Date1 Date2 Page
Paskow Miriam L.J. Jacobowitz 07/29/1935 16

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Altoona Mirror from Newspapers.com: "Mrs. Mariam Paskow. ... His investigation disclosed that Mrs. Paskow was operating the automobile west and had passed ... Milton Jacobowitz, and a sister. ... The victim of the tragedy was married and was born August 6, 1906. ... Baltimore, 15 miles south of here. , The dead are: Harry McCue, 3(, and Harold;-Beingesser.

Harrisburg Telegraph from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania · July 29, 1935, Page 2

"Automobile skidded on a rain ... Highway between Cresson ....Ebensburg, hit a wall. Mrs Marian Paskow of Newark, N.J. An automobile skidded on 1. rain - soaked highway between Cresson and Ebensburg, hit a stone wall, and killed Mrs. Marian Paskow, of Newark, N. J. A car hit ..."

WOMAN IS FATALLY INJURED IN WRECK Mrs. Miriam L. J. Paskow of Newark, N.J. Dies at Altoona Hospital After Accident at Munster. Mrs Miriam L. J. Paskow, aged 28 of 325 South Tenth Street Newark, N.J. died at the Altoona Hospital at ten o'clock last night of injuries she suffered three hours previously when the automobile she was driving was wrecked near Munster, Cambria county. Mrs. Paskow suffered from a fractured skull, a broken back and internal injuries She was unconscious when admitted to the hospital and efforts to save her proved futile. Accompanied by her mother, brother and sister, Mrs. Pasklow was traveling west on the William Penn highway, bound for Denver, Colo., to visit relatives. Mrs. Paskow had just passed another automobile when she evidently lost control of the machine, the wheels of which left the brick road. The car then skidded on the wet highway, turning over on its side against a headwall. Mrs Paskow was pinned beneath the wreckage. Other passengers in the car escaped with slight injuries. The injured woman was taken to Cresson where a doctor advised her immediate removal to the local hospital, A Cresson ambulance was utilized for the journey. A meter patrolman attached to the Ebensburg sub-station investigated the accident, visiting the scene and interviewing witnesses. Corporal C. F. Alexander of the Blair County detail of the highway patrol talked with relatives of the dead woman in this city last night. Coroner Chester C. Rothrock notified Coroner Cyrus D. Davis of Cambria county of the woman’s death and the latter official also is investigating the fatality, as it took place in his county. The body was given in charge of Lafferty & Son funeral directors to be prepared for burial and was taken to Newark early this morning. The deceased is survived by her husband Harry Paskow, and other relatives. She was born on August 6, 1906, in Jersey City, N.J. the daughter of Max and Teresa Jacobowitz