Rona was born in 1931. She passed away in 2005.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ1G-RZ6 : 28 July 2019), Rona Jaffe in household of Samuel Jaffe, Assembly District 10, Brooklyn, New York City, Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 24-1195, sheet 6A, line 30, family 122, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2577.
"New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24BF-THV : 15 March 2018), Rona Jaffe, 1951; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HHK-BXD : 15 March 2018), Rona Francine Jaffe, 1955; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5JT-JZR : 20 May 2014), Rona F Jaffe, 30 Dec 2005; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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