# Edith Bernstein (b.1898)
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> 🔴 **Dahne — Sarah's side** · Relationship to Ozzy: **wife's 2x great-grand-aunt**
**Born** 1898 — [[Širvintos]]
**Parents** [[Louis Morris Bernstein (b.1865)]] · [[Freida Ginsberg (b.1865)]]
**Spouse** [[Harry I Bennis (b.1891)]]
**Children** [[Libby Marcia Bennis (b.1934)]]
**Siblings** [[Bertha Bernstein (b.1888)]] · [[Joseph Benjamin Bernstein (b.1890)]] · [[Jonas Phillip Bernstein (b.1893)]] · [[Lillian Bernstein (b.1896)]]
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## Narrative
Edith Bernstein — recorded also as Itta[^aka] — was born in 1898 in [[Širvintos]], Lithuania, a daughter of [[Louis Morris Bernstein (b.1865)]] and [[Freida Ginsberg (b.1865)]].[^gedcom] She was one of five children, with siblings [[Bertha Bernstein (b.1888)]], [[Joseph Benjamin Bernstein (b.1890)]], [[Jonas Phillip Bernstein (b.1893)]], and [[Lillian Bernstein (b.1896)]].[^gedcom]
Census records transcribed by MyHeritage trace her through young adulthood in the parental household. In one enumeration she was listed as a daughter, single, working as an actor; in a later record she appears as a sister in the household, single, employed as a cashier.[^mh] By a subsequent census she was recorded as married, listed as the wife of the head of household.[^mh] She married [[Harry I Bennis (b.1891)]], and the couple had a daughter, [[Libby Marcia Bennis (b.1934)]].[^gedcom]
[^aka]: Recorded alternate name "Itta" (GEDCOM I142725154170, Dahne tree).
[^gedcom]: Vital details, parentage, siblings, spouse, and child per GEDCOM I142725154170 (Dahne tree, synced 2026-07-01).
[^mh]: Occupation, marital status, and household-relation details from census transcriptions summarized in the MyHeritage biography for this profile (actor/daughter/single; cashier/sister/single; then married/wife).
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