Ancestry of
Bernie Sanders

U.S. Senator from Vermont

Dorothy "Dora" Glassberg

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• • Mother of Bernie Sanders — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 3 
  • Father:
  • Benjamin Glassberg 
  • Mother:
  • Bessie -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • 21 Oct 1912 
  • Birth Location:
  • New York, New York 
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  • Death Date:
  • 25 Mar 1960 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elias Sanders
  • Marriage Date:
  • 28 Jul 1934 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Bronx, New York 
  • Children:
  
  

  Lawrence Sanders

  Bernard "Bernie" Sanders (Ahnentafel No:1 )

• Sources for Dorothy "Dora" Glassberg

  • ¹ Federal Census, NY, Kings County, 1940, New York, E.D. 24-305, Sheet 11A, Image 21 of 68.
  • ² Federal Census, NY, New York County, 1920, Manhattan A.D. 20, E.D. 1385, Sheet 2A, Image 3 of 33.
  • ³ Federal Census, NY, Bronx County, 1930, Bronx, E.D. 145, Sheet 13B, Image 25 of 46.
  • ⁴ New York, New York, Marriage Index 1866-1937, Marriage record for Elias Sanders and Dora Glassberg.
  • ⁵ New York, U.S., Naturalization Records, 1882-1944, 13 APR 1936, Petition for naturalization for father Benjamin Glassberg.
  • ⁶ Obituary for Benjamin Glassberg (unknown newspaper), father of Dora.
  • ⁷ Obituary for Dorothy Sanders (unknown newspaper).
  • ⁸ Obituary for Elias Sanders (unknown newspaper), spouse of Dorothy.
  • ⁹ Jewish Telegraphic Agency, "Bernie Sanders’ ancestral town in Poland kvells over his Iowa performance", (accessed 02/12/2016).
  • ¹⁰ Wikipedia, "Bernie Sanders", (accessed 02/12/2016).

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