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| + | | name = Freda Shenkin | ||
| + | | birth_date = 1892 | ||
| + | | birth_place = Riga, Latvia | ||
| + | | residence = 25 Moray Place (now 52 Marywood Square), Glasgow, c. 1925 – after 1949 | ||
| + | | spouse = [[Barnet Shenkin]] (m. 1914) | ||
| + | | children = [[Louis Shenkin]], [[Leonard Shenkin]] and others (see [[Shenkin family]]) | ||
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| + | '''Freda Shenkin''' (née Monfried; born 1892) was born in Riga, Latvia, and was the wife of [[Barnet Shenkin]], an importer of oriental carpets in Glasgow.<ref name="BungoBF">Andrew Downie, [https://bygone.bungoblog.com/wp/barnet-freda-shenkin/ "Barnet & Freda Shenkin"], ''Bygone Bungo'', 5 July 2020.</ref> They married in the Gorbals, Glasgow, in 1914; the marriage register index gives her name as Frieda Monfred.<ref>Statutory register of marriages, Gorbals, 1914, 644/17/213: Barnet Shenkin and Frieda Monfred.</ref> The couple lived at 25 Moray Place (now 52 Marywood Square), Glasgow, from around 1925 to after 1949.<ref name="BungoBF"/> Their sons included [[Louis Shenkin]] (1917–2003) and [[Leonard Shenkin]], known as Lennie.<ref name="BungoBF"/> | ||
| − | + | ==Timeline== | |
*1943 - [[Glasgow Commission of the JNF]] | *1943 - [[Glasgow Commission of the JNF]] | ||
| + | *1943 - [[Glasgow Women's Zionist Organisation]].<ref>Jewish Echo, 3 September 1943.</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Shenkin family]] | *[[Shenkin family]] | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 13:32, 3 November 2026
| Freda Shenkin
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| Born | 1892 Riga, Latvia |
| Residence | 25 Moray Place (now 52 Marywood Square), Glasgow, c. 1925 – after 1949 |
| Spouse(s) | Barnet Shenkin (m. 1914) |
| Children | Louis Shenkin, Leonard Shenkin and others (see Shenkin family) |
Freda Shenkin (née Monfried; born 1892) was born in Riga, Latvia, and was the wife of Barnet Shenkin, an importer of oriental carpets in Glasgow.[1] They married in the Gorbals, Glasgow, in 1914; the marriage register index gives her name as Frieda Monfred.[2] The couple lived at 25 Moray Place (now 52 Marywood Square), Glasgow, from around 1925 to after 1949.[1] Their sons included Louis Shenkin (1917–2003) and Leonard Shenkin, known as Lennie.[1]