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Sarah <I>Brinig</I> Schwartz

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Sarah Brinig Schwartz

Birth
Death
11 Oct 1961 (aged 81)
Burial
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA Add to Map
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Sarah (Brinig) Schwartz was born July 25, 1880 to Moses and Rebecca Brinig. She married Jack Schwartz and lived in Anaconda and then moved to Denver. They were the parents of two boys (Joseph and ?).

Sarah was the older sister of celebrated 20th century novelist Myron Brinig whose books portrayed growing up Jewish in the raucous mining town of Butte. Many of his main characters were inspired by his family and neighbors. His best known works were "Singermann" (1929), "Wide Open Town" (1931), "This Man is My Brother" (1932) and "The Sun Sets in the West" (1935).

Sarah died on Oct. 11, 1961.

See MA thesis, "Myron Brinig's Butte: Jews in the Wide Open Town" for family story. http://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4071&context=etd
Sarah (Brinig) Schwartz was born July 25, 1880 to Moses and Rebecca Brinig. She married Jack Schwartz and lived in Anaconda and then moved to Denver. They were the parents of two boys (Joseph and ?).

Sarah was the older sister of celebrated 20th century novelist Myron Brinig whose books portrayed growing up Jewish in the raucous mining town of Butte. Many of his main characters were inspired by his family and neighbors. His best known works were "Singermann" (1929), "Wide Open Town" (1931), "This Man is My Brother" (1932) and "The Sun Sets in the West" (1935).

Sarah died on Oct. 11, 1961.

See MA thesis, "Myron Brinig's Butte: Jews in the Wide Open Town" for family story. http://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4071&context=etd


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  • Created by: Pam
  • Added: Jun 22, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54018129/sarah-schwartz: accessed ), memorial page for Sarah Brinig Schwartz (25 Jul 1880–11 Oct 1961), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54018129, citing BNai Israel Cemetery, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA; Maintained by Pam (contributor 47212213).