[Hebrew inscription not visible]
MEYER SCHULTZ
BELOVED HUSBAND
FATHER - GRANDFATHER
MAR. 20, 1894 - JAN. 27, 1965
FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
Thick vegetation had grown over the top of this marker and, unfortunately, I was unable to record the Hebrew names likely present under the bush. However, Meyer's marriage certificate documenting his marriage to Rose Hall on 17 February 1917 indicated his father's name (likely Anglicized) as Isidor and his mother's maiden surname as Schechter.[1]
Meyer consistently reported his birth date as 20 March 1894 on his World War I and World War II draft registrations and on his naturalization papers.[2]
Meyer immigrated from the port at Rotterdam on 21 June 1913 and disembarked at Ellis Island on 3 July.[3] He sailed as Meier Skaltz on the S.S. Potsdam by himself at the age of 19, leaving his father Itsik in Labun. His occupation was listed on the passenger manifest as salesman and he reported he was heading to his cousin "B. Molthman, 118 W. Third Street, NY."
B. Molthman was Benjamin Molthman who had immigrated as Berl Malzmann. He was also from Labun and likely related to my Myers relatives who had changed their surname from Malzmann, as well. Benjamin, like so many other Lubiners became a glazier in New York City. In fact, 118 W. Third was also the location of Morris and Molthman Glass, where Benjamin and my great grandfather, Isadore Morris, were partners (Isadore was married to my great grandmother, the former Sarah Malzmann).
Meyer Schultz also became a glazier. He married Rose Hall in 1917 when they lived on Cherry Street on the Lower east Side of Manhattan: first, at 224 Cherry Street and by June 1917 and into 1920, at 320 Cherry Street.[4] He was working in someone else's glass shop.
By 1925 he had his own shop at 184 West End Avenue and lived at 2130 East 13th Street, Brooklyn.[5]
Meyer, Rose and their three girls lived at 501 East 93rd Street, Brooklyn at the time of the 1930 U.S. Census.[6]
By the April enumeration for the 1940 census, they were ar 1210 Elden Avenue in the Bronx.[7] Just two years later, they had moved to 1483 Longfellow Avenue in the Bronx.[8]
Rose predeceased Meyer on 27 April 1962.
They had three daughters who lived to adulthood:
Ethel Berger (16 November 1917-May 1995)Meyer is buried in Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, New York, block 89, gate 156N, line 10R, grave 3.
Lillian Horodner (27 March 1919-7 January 2001)
Mae Sussman (30 May 1925-26 July 2001)
Notes:
1. Bronx County, New York, marriage certificate no. 789 (1917), Meyer Shkaltz and Rosie Hall, 17 February 1917; Municipal Archives, New York City.
2. "U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 9 April 2015), card for Meyer Schultz, no. 460, New York City draft board 093; citing NARA microfilm publication M1509.
"U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards," images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 19 December 2010), card for Meyer Schultz, no. 2182, Bronx, New York; citing NARA Record Group 147, Records of the Selective Service, Fourth Registration.
Meyer Schultz, naturalization file 61152 (1928), volume 327, Eastern District of New York; "Selected U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1790-1974," images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 December 2010); Records of the District Court of the United States; National Archives - Northeast Region, New York City.
3. "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 December 2010), manifest, S.S. Potsdam, Rotterdam to New York, arriving 3 July 1913, list 36, line 9, Meier Skaltz; citing NARA microfilm publication T715, roll 2121.
4. Bronx County, New York, marriage certificate no. 789 (1917), Meyer Shkaltz and Rosie Hall, 17 February 1917; Municipal Archives, New York City.
"U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 9 April 2015), card for Meyer Schultz.
1920 U.S. Census, New York County, New York, population schedule, Manhattan, enumeration district 14, sheet 9A, dwelling 143, family 143, Meyer and Rose Schultz family; image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 November 2010).
5. 1925 New York City Directory, p. 2620, entry for Meyer Schultz under "Glaziers;" image, "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 October 2011).
1925 New York State Census, Kings County, New York, enumeration of inhabitants, Brooklyn, election district 61, assembly district 2, p. 16, Morris and Rose Schultz family; images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 July 2014); citing New York State Archives, Albany.
6. 1930 U.S. Census, Kings County, population schedule, Brooklyn, enumeration district 24-1234, sheet 15A, dwelling 111, family 430, Meyer and Rose Schultz family; image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 November 2010); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1493.
7. 1940 U.S. Census, Bronx County, population schedule, Bronx, enumeration district 3-955, sheet 10A, household 161, Meyer and Rose Schultz family; image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 July 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 2485.
8. "U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards," images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 19 December 2010), card for Meyer Schultz.
Moving to the Bronx , there must have been a lot of new construction during the late 30's. In 1939, MY mother's family moved to 1963 Ryer Ave., Bronx. It was a new building, on a very steep hill, with a park on the opposite side of the street. My grandmother Sarah Chill lived there until the late 70's. Diana Liebross Steinman
ReplyDeleteGood point - and something to research. For most people I've researched, once they moved out of Manhattan to one of the outer boroughs, they tended to stay there. They might have moved just as much as others, but they stayed within the borough.
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