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Benny was born Benjamin Kubelsky on February 14, 1894 in Chicago, and grew up in nearby Waukegan.: 6 He was the son of Jewish immigrants Meyer Kubelsky (1864–1946) and Naomi Emma Sachs Kubelsky (1869–1917). Meyer was a saloon owner and later a haberdasher who had emigrated to the United States of America from Poland.
Mayer Kubelsky. Near the back of the cemetery. Mayer and Naomi Kubelsky are the parents of comedian Jack Benny. Jack was a member of this congregation when he lived in Waukegan.
- Waukegan, Illinois
- June 6, 1864
- Russia
Apr 30, 2022 · Death: October 14, 1946 (81-82) Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States. Place of Burial: Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, United States. Immediate Family: Son of Benjamin Kubelsky and Zlotta Kubelsky. Husband of Naomi Emma Kubelsky.
- Naomi Emma Kubelsky
- October 14, 1946
Mar 16, 2018 · The comedian changed his birth name Benjamin Kubelsky to Jack Benny when he began entertaining on the vaudeville theater circuit, playing his violin for $7.50 a week according to his...
The Life Summary of Mayer. When Mayer Kubelsky was born in 1862, in Lithuania, his father, Benjamin J. Kubelsky, was 13 and his mother, Slotta Millerstein, was 13. He married Naomi Emma Sachs on 13 March 1892, in Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter.
- Male
- Naomi Emma Sachs
May 13, 2020 · Meyer Kubelsky, who was horrified at To Be or Not to Be‘s subject, simply walked out during the middle of the movie. Meyer and his wife were both Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe and were more than aware of what was happening to the loved ones they left behind.
May 18, 2018 · Jack Benny was born Benjamin Kubelsky on February 14, 1894, in Waukegan, Illinois. His father, Meyer Kubelsky, was a Lithuanian Jewish immigrant who arrived in New York in 1889. After marrying Emma Sachs four years later he opened a small haberdashery shop in Waukegan.
