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| name              = Chaya-Tova Kac
| birth_date        = c. 1861<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=john&gsln=minkus&msbdy=1890&msdpn__ftp=Chicago,+Cook,+Illinois,+USA&uidh=uv6&mssng0=lena&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=10840014&recoff=1+2&db=1900usfedcen&indiv=1 1900 Federal Census]</ref> or c. 1868<ref>Email from Waldheim Cemetery "Family Services Coordinator" on 2/22/2011</ref>
| birth_place       = Poland<ref>[[Kac Family History]]</ref>
| death_date        = July 6, 1929<ref>Email from Waldheim Cemetery "Family Services Coordinator" on 2/22/2011</ref>
| resting_place     = [[Waldheim Cemetery]], Forest Park, IL<ref>Email from Waldheim Cemetery "Family Services Coordinator" on 2/22/2011</ref>
| spouse            = [[Samuel Minkus]]
| children          = [[Meir Minkus]]<br />[[Libby Minkus]]<br />[[Sarah Minkus]]<br />[[Zalman Minkus|Zalman ("John") Minkus]]<ref>[[Kac Family History]]</ref>
| parents           = [[Yekuti'el Kac]]<ref>[[Kac Family History]]</ref>
| relatives         =
| residence         = 
}}

Chaya-Tova was probably the oldest child of Yekuti’el Kac. She came to Chicago around 1889.  A well-known caterer for Jewish weddings in Chicago, she had a reputation for being very charitable.  She was a very observant Orthodox Jew.  She had 4 children, and they had a half-brother, Henoch – details are not clear.<ref>[[Kac Family History]]</ref>

== Historical Records ==

* John (age 12) lives with his parents Samuel (age 45) and Ida (age 39) and younger sister Sarah (age 5) in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=john&gsln=minkus&msbdy=1890&msdpn__ftp=Chicago,+Cook,+Illinois,+USA&uidh=uv6&mssng0=lena&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=10840014&recoff=1+2&db=1900usfedcen&indiv=1 1900 Federal Census].  Notes:
** "Ida" is a nickname for Chaya-Tova?
** Ida is listed as having had 7 children, but only 2 are still living
** Samuel's birthdate is given as Mar 1854; Ida's is Dec 1860; John's is May 1888 (born in Russia); Sarah's is Nov 1894 (born in IL)
** Samuel's immigration year is 1890 (he's still an alien); Ida's and John are 1893. 
** Their marriage year is 1884
** Samuel is listed as a "Junk Dealer"
** John is in school; Sarah is not.
* Chaya-Tova's death record is listed under the name [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-c&gsfn=ida&gsln=minkus&mswpn__ftp=Chicago,+Cook,+Illinois,+USA&mswpn=36829&mswpn_PInfo=8-|1652393|2|3247|16|730|36829|&msbdy=1860&msbpn__ftp=russia&uidh=uv6&mssng0=samuel&mssns0=minkus&mscng0=john&pcat=BMD_DEATH&h=1032834&recoff=1+2&db=CookCountyDeaths&indiv=1 Ida Joby Minkus] on 6 Jul 1929 in Cook County, IL

== Burial == 

According to the Waldheim Cemetery, "We have a Toby Minkus (Chaya-Tova) who died 07-06-1929 at the age of 66.  Buried next to Toby is a Samuel Minkus who died in 08-11-1918 at the age of 60. On the same lot is a Henry Minkus who died 06-26-1923 at the age of 42.  There is also a Samuel Goldsmith who died in 10-03-1951 at the age of 69 and a [[Sarah Freida Kac|Sarah]] who died in 02-22-1979 at the age of 90.  These people are buried in our B’nai Israel Section Gate 24, Lot 26, Row 11 Graves 1 thru 5."<ref>Email from Waldheim Cemetery "Family Services Coordinator" on 2/22/2011</ref> (Note: Zalman Minkus had a cousin named Henry, but it is unclear if this is the same individual.)

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