# Elizabeth <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Elizabeth (English)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Union County, New Jersey, USA</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>40°39′N 74°13′W</td></tr> </table> ## Overview Elizabeth is the county seat of Union County, New Jersey, and one of the oldest English-founded cities in the state (settled 1664). Located just southwest of Newark and across the bay from Staten Island, it became a major industrial and port city. From the late 19th century it drew a substantial Eastern European Jewish immigrant population, who established Orthodox congregations, a downtown commercial district, and a Jewish Educational Center that remains an active Orthodox community anchor today. <small>Sources: Wikipedia — Elizabeth, New Jersey; Jewish Educational Center of Elizabeth.</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Samuel G. Kalish (b.1918)]] | Born 04/16/1918 | | [[Miriam Kalish (b.1923)]] | Born 07/25/1923 | | [[Breine Greenberg (b.1884)]] | Died 08/13/1945 | | [[William Kalish (b.1946)]] | Born 06/04/1946 | | [[Isaac Kalish (b.1893)]] | Died 11/26/1966 | | [[Shalom Kalish (b.1884)]] | Died 07/15/1968 | | [[Freide Sarah Veksler (b.1897)]] | Died 09/20/1969 | | [[Bertha Forman Furman (b.1912)]] | Died 09/23/1971 | | [[Hyman Kalish (b.1907)]] | Died 01/31/1977 | | [[Fred Davis (b.1908)]] | Died 12/07/1987 | | [[Moshe Ber Goldfischer (b.1906)]] | Died 10/08/1990 | | [[Jente Yolanda Neuman (b.1902)]] | Died 12/05/1993 | | [[William Bill Goldfischer (b.1923)]] | Died 01/11/2021 | | [[David Cohen (b.1904)]] | Died |