Sholem Ephraimov Chaimovich (1873 - 1931)

Born 9 Jul 1873 in Balta, Odesskaya Oblast, Ukraine

Husband of Sophia J Adler — married 22 Mar 1896 in Home of Joseph Adler, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA, Oregon, USA

Descendants

Died 27 Nov 1931 at age 58 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA

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Biography

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Name

Sholem Ephraimov /CHAIMOVICH/^[1][2][3][4]

Birth

9 JUL 1873

Balta, Odesskaya Oblast, Ukraine^[5][6][7]

Death

27 NOV 1931

Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA^[8]

weakness of old age

Immigration

29 JUN 1891

Banks, Washington, Oregon, USA ('Dania')

1890^[9]

1910

"1889"

Burial

29 NOV 1931

Block 101, Section 1, Plot 8, Beth Israel Cemetery & Mauseoleum, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA

Event

Describe

quiet, gentle, kind

Other-Begin

Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA , Multnomah, Oregon, USA^[10]

Illegal

14 APR 1820

Engagement in business without a lincense, Crescent Auto & Welding works, 690 Washington St, Portland, Oregon.

Language

1910

Yiddish, POA

Residence

1920

775.5 Johnson St, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA^[11]

Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA^[12]

1900

176 Caruthers St, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA

1910

Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA Ward 5, Multnomah, Oregon, USA^[13]

BET 8 JUN AND 12 SEP 1918

775.5 Johnson, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA^[14]

Occupation

12 SEP 1918

Sheet Metal Worker, Grant Smith Porter, St Johns, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA^[15]

1900

Stove Maker, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA

1905

President & General Manager, AirTight Stove Company, Chaimov Bldg, between Arthur St and Chaimov approach, Portland, Oregon.

1910

stove maker in stove works, POR

1912

Manager Turkish Bath, Portland, Oregon.

1920

Tin shop, propriator, Portland.

Note

@NI272@

Marriage

FAM

@I272@

@I282@

@I293@

to Father: Natural

to Mother: Natural

@I110@

to Father: Natural

to Mother: Natural

22 MAR 1896

Home of Joseph Adler, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA, Oregon, USA^[16]

Witness

22 MAR 1896

Isaac Swett; J.C. Artauore.^[17]

Celebrant

22 MAR 1896

Rev Max Lewis, Minister Congragation Talman Torah, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA^[18]

Sources

• Source: S01929 Title: Oregon, USA , Death Index, 1903-1998 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Provo, Utah, USA : The Generations Network, Inc., 2000; Note: #NS19291

No NOTE record found with id NS19291.

• Source: S01939 Title: 1920 USA.Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: A : The Generations Network, Inc., 2005 Note: #NS19391

No NOTE record found with id NS19391.

• Source: S01960 Title: U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005 Note: #NS19601

No NOTE record found with id NS19601.

• Source: S01990 Title: Draft Registration Card
• Source: S02018 Title: 1900 USA Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: A: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004 Note: #NS20181

No NOTE record found with id NS20181.

• Source: S02019 Title: 1910 USA.Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: A : The Generations Network, Inc., 2006 Note: #NS20191

No NOTE record found with id NS20191.

• Source: S02020 Title: Marrriage Certificate

Notes

NI272father Chaim???; he Ephraimov?????

Scholem Chaimowitz immigrated to Banks, Washington, Oregon, USA in 1891 aged 18 from Russia, occupation Arbeiter (worker),

He originally lived with his aunt and uncle on their farm near Banks [actually, Buxton], then became an itinerant metal worker.

DOCUMENT: . Russian Embassy in USA November 1895: "Certificate on Power of Attorney from Sholim Ephraimov Chaimovitch of Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA , to Pessach Moysayevitch Boontselmon, Russia."

December 1896: "Inclosing Power of Attorney made by S. Eph. Chaimovitch of Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA , to David Isaac Adler, said to be near Odessa, Odesskaya Oblast, Ukraine."

Obit. From the Sunday Oregonian, Nov. 29, 1931, section 2, page 4.

CHAIMOV - In this city, Nov. 27, Samuel Chaimov, husband of Mrs. Sophia Chaimov, father of Dr. Arnold S. Chaimov of San Francisco and Philip M. Chaimov of Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA Friends are invited to attend funeral services Monday, Nov. 30 at 2:30 pm from the chapel of Edward Holman and Son, East 27th st and Hawthorne ave.

Obit 29 11 1931 Oregonian. pg 20. Man dies in Kitchen; Heart Attack believed fatal gass filters from open jet. Samuel Chaimov 58 of 635 ? Street was found dead yesterday in the kitchen of his apartment apparently the victim of a heart attack despite the fact that the room was filled with gas. According to the Deputy Coroner ?tree, the man apparently had ? to make coffee over a gas plate ? day night and fell dead after opening the jet about one-quarter. ? position of a coffee percolator and ? kitchen implements found in ? led to that conclusion. The body ?discovered by A.H.Ronning ? same address and was taken to the morgue. Chaimov's wife is in California ? was reported.

BIOGRAPHY: Samuel Chaimov/Scholem Chaimovitch/SHOLIM EPHRAIMOV CHAIMOVITCH rumoured to have come from Balta, Odesskaya Oblast', Ukraine. Born 31 July 1873 first appeared as Chaimov in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA ,, USA in 1895. Rumored to have been second son of a merchant; another rumor was that his father was a rabbi. Scholem Chaimowitz immigrated to USA sailing from Bremen on ship Dania in 1891 aged 18 from Russia via Bremen, occupation Arbeiter, a worker, a general name for worker, doesn't need a license, so a good thing to put on an application. Typically if he had a specially, he would have named it. First joined an uncle (Leon Swett from Odessa) near Banks, Oregon, USA First seen in USA in the Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA Business Directory 1892 as "Chaimoitsh, Samuel tinsmith", and there after as Samuel Chaimov, worked as tinsmith, cornice mkr, tinner, clk for L(eon) & Z(achariah) Swett Co., and sheet metal worker. He married a woman from nearby Odessa named Sophia Adler, daughter of (David?) Isaac Adler (father Jacob of Raygorod, Ukraine: 48o52'06N, 29o03'55 E.; 70 mi NNW from Balta,Ukraine) and wife Julia Levy (born Germany). A second sister Rose Adler married Louis W. Rubenstein, son of Hirsch Rubenstein and Sarah Dellar, all of Russia. Samuel died in 1931 "carbon monoxide poisoning; fell while attempting to light gas (illuminating gas) at home", leaving two sons Philip Mos Chaimov railroad supervisor and Arnold Samuel Chaimov, eye surgeon [my father].

LEON SWETT and his wife SARAH CHAIMOVITCH were Samuel Chaimov's uncle and aunt. The first Swett traveling to the USA was LEON SWETT who came with his wife SARAH CHAIMOVITCH and 4 children (Mary, Zachary, Isaac and Nadia) leaving in 1881 and arriving in June 1882. They came with a large group called the Am Olam movement to go "back to the land," and they settled on a commune in Banks, Oregon, USA , near Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA Although these arrangements had been planned for some years, evidently it was the great Odessa Pogrom of 1881 that caused them all (400) to act quickly.

SARAH CHAIMOVITCH was born on 8 July 1841, and she was married in Odessa to Leon Swett. She died aged 65 on 31 Jan 1907 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA Oregon, USA ,, USA of pancreatic cancer.

RACHAEL CHAIMOVITCH and Sarah Chaimovitch were sisters. Rachael who married Zachery Gershkovitch had a daughter Clara (Haie) Gershkovitch was born Nicholaev, Russia on May 19, 1871 and was taken in by her aunt Sarah when her parents died. Leon and wife Sarah left Odessa when Clara was 12 to go to Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA When Clara married she went to Oregon, USA , in 1906 with her husband Ephraim (Froim) Geller and 5 children to join the same uncle and aunt.

BIRTH: His son Phil says he was from "Roumania" on draft papers.

Balta is very close to Bessarabia/Moldova, and what was Romania between the wars, and also that area had large Romanian/Moldovan population. At the time between the wars Balta was the main town of Moldovan Autonomous Republic inside Ukraine.

In the 19th and early 20th century, the population of the town consisted of Jews (55-82%, nowadays about 0.5-1%),

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Death certificate for Samuel Chaimov:

Burial in Beth Israel Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA <this is a Reform Cemetery, and

very few graves have the Hebrew name on them

Died Multnomah Co., OR at home 695 Lovejoy Street, 27 Nov., 1931

1921-22,

which shows Arnold as a mechanic with a room at 668 Kearney, where Samuel and Sophie had their home . At the time, Samuel was running the King Street Garage

There is an ad in the 1911 city directory that reads

AIR TIGHT STOVE CO., Samuel Chaimov Mngr, Manufacturers and Wholesalers, Chaimov Bldg 1st bet Arthur and Chaimov Approach, Tel Main 1110." J.M . Arthur & Co . was a manufacturer of saw mill machinery, and was located, according to its ad, on East Yamhill Street at the corner of East First . That puts the Chaimov Building just to the north on East First Street (now SE First Avenue)

1892

Chaimoitsh, Samuel tinsmith, N. Newman res 364 4th

364 4th was also the residence of Nathan Newman, who ran a stove repair

business at 270 ½ Front called the Stove and Tinware Hospital. Nathan Newman was from Russia, and with wife Lena had daughter Rosa 2/1892.

1893

Chaimov, Samuel cornice mkr Hart & Crouse rms 370 6th

This is the address at which the previous year Arthur, Harry, and Joseph

Adler lived.

1893 Adler, Miss Sophie, milliner Prager Bros, bds 423 ½ 1st

Prager Bros. was a Farmers and Mechanics Store at 200 to 206 1st.

1894

Adler, Isaac clothing 229 ½ Burnside rms 423 ½ 1st

Leon (father) and Zachariah (son) Swett ran a household goods store at 210

Front, one door down from Prager Bros., where Sophie worked.

Leon Swett was a religious and political reformer from Odessa who, for a few years,

organized and led a Utopian Jewish settlement in southern Oregon, USA

Adler, Miss Sophia milliner Prager Bros.bds 564 Front

1895

Chaimov, Samuel clk L & Z Swett Co res 382 1st

382 1st was also the residence of Zachariah Swett.

Adler, Miss Sophia clk Prager Bros. bds 211 Hall

Chaimov, Samuel, clk L & Z Swett Co bns Hall between 1st and Front

This address is two blocks from the Adlers. 1896 is also the last entry for Samuel

until 1900-01. This four- to five-year period must have been when he lived in

Redding, California, USA (My brother John has searched for records there and found

no reference to Chaimovs.)

Adler, Miss Sophia milliner Prager Bros. bds 211 Hall

Adler, Miss Rose, boxmaker Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA Cigar; bds 211 Hall

Box Factory

190001

Chaimov, Samuel foreman H. I. Adler res 352 7th

Adler, Harry prop Air Tight res 352 7th

Stove Mnfg Co

Samuel returns to Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA, resides with Harry Adler, and works as the

foreman of the Air Tight Stove Manufacturing Company, which Harry owns.

Air Tights retail showroom was at 312 1st and the factory at 211-13 Clay. The

company advertised:

Manufacturers of Air Tight and

Camp Stoves

Tinning and Jobbing

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http://www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/americankibbutz.htm

Except for the period of time when Czar Alexander II ruled Russia (between 1855 and 1881), Jews were subject to arbitrary laws that singled them out for pejorative treatment, like 25 year-long draft from age 12. Life under Czar Alexander III became intolerable after 1881. The young, terrified ruler-successor to his assassinated father at once inspired and condoned a campaign of abuses against the Jews, culminating in restrictive laws and pogroms. The first and largest Am Olam unit formed in Odessa, the scene of an especially bloody pogrom from May 3 to May 5, 1881. Its founder, Monye Bokal, gathered two hundred Odessan Jewish men and women, university students. Bokal sent the respected writer Ben Ami as an emissary to Paris. He was to enlist the financial support of the Alliance Israelite Universalle, the foremost Jewish philanthropic organization in the world at that time. Its chief contributor was Baron Maurice de Hirsch. Under the hands-on leadership of fellow student Paul Kaplan, the first group of sixty-five brave souls left Odessa in late Nov. 1881, bound for the New World. Arriving in New York City in Jan. 1882. (A few months later, a second contingent of seventy followed, and a short while later two other, smaller groups.) The following spring, many of the "Brothers and Sisters" (as they referred to themselves) ventured north to a Hartford, Connecticut farm, determined to gain practical agricultural experience. None had ever worked the land or raised livestock, their knowledge of the subject limited to books. After a nationwide search, the first group of twenty-one men and five women left by boat for Oregon, USA, where Heilprin had purchased in their name a rundown farm for ,800. He had raised ,000, mostly from Jacob Schiff, the New York investment banker. The 760-acre spread in Douglas County must have looked like Eden to the weary travelers after a month-long journey that included a steamer to Panama, a wagon trip across that country, and another boat to Oregon, USA the twenty-six courageous "Brethren of New Odessa," as they called themselves, plowed and planted, patched and repaired the ramshackle structures. They were barely teenagers, the oldest a hoary twenty-eight, the youngest (not counting the two babies born after Am Olam landed in America) a mere nineteen. They named their shiny, bright community New Odessa. The first harvest was bountiful, and there was plenty to eat. "Our food consists of bread, potatoes, peas, beans and a little milk," wrote one. The forests were full of game. The rivers teamed with fish. But by winter there was a shortage of heavy clothing and blankets. Of the 760 acres, over 500 were dense forests of tall Douglas fir. He contacted the Oregon, USA and California, USA Railroad and arranged a deal to supply it with firewood for the locomotives and ties for the rails. Opposition to Frey continued to mount, and in 1886, he left New Odessa, taking his family and fifteen original Am Olam members with him. The commune never recovered from this upheaval, and many of its originals also departed and drifted back to New York. By November 1887, after five grueling years, New Odessa collapsed and the property was foreclosed on

http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/holocaust/0121_Balta-Ghetto.html

http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/ukraine/balta.html

from 1901 - 1911, Samuel was variously foreman, manager, and "President and General Manager" (1905 on) of the Air Tight Stove Manufacturing Company.

1910 census parents Russian, Yiddish.

1. ↑ Source: #S01929 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. Oregon, USA , Death Index, 1903-98 [databaseon-line]. Provo, Utah, USA : The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.Original data - State of Oregon, USA ,. Oregon, USA , Death Index, 1903-1998. Salem, Marion, Oregon, USA : Oregon, USA , State Archives and Records Center.
2. ↑ Source: #S01939 Data: Text: Online publication - Administration, 1920.T625, 2,076 rolls. Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA ,, ED , roll , page , image 72.
3. ↑ Source: #S02019 Data: Text: 1910 USA Censusli atalogs/census/1910/">NARA</a>. Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA Ward 5, Multnomah, Oregon, USA ,, ED , roll T624_1286, part , page .
4. ↑ Source: #S01960 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Provo, Utah, USA : 2137, DraftBoard 1.
5. ↑ Source: #S01939 Data: Text: Online publication - Administration, 1920.T625, 2,076 rolls. Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA ,, ED , roll , page , image 72.
6. ↑ Source: #S02019 Data: Text: 1910 USA Censusli atalogs/census/1910/">NARA</a>. Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA Ward 5, Multnomah, Oregon, USA ,, ED , roll T624_1286, part , page .
7. ↑ Source: #S01960 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Provo, Utah, USA : 2137, DraftBoard 1.
8. ↑ Source: #S01929 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. Oregon, USA , Death Index, 1903-98 [databaseon-line]. Provo, Utah, USA : The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.Original data - State of Oregon, USA ,. Oregon, USA , Death Index, 1903-1998. Salem, Marion, Oregon, USA : Oregon, USA , State Archives and Records Center.
9. ↑ Source: #S01939 Data: Text: Online publication - Administration, 1920.T625, 2,076 rolls. Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA ,, ED , roll , page , image 72.
10. ↑ Source: #S01960 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Provo, Utah, USA : 2137, DraftBoard 1.
11. ↑ Source: #S01939 Data: Text: Online publication - Administration, 1920.T625, 2,076 rolls. Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA ,, ED , roll , page , image 72.
12. ↑ Source: #S01960 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Provo, Utah, USA : 2137, DraftBoard 1.
13. ↑ Source: #S02019 Data: Text: 1910 USA Censusli atalogs/census/1910/">NARA</a>. Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA Ward 5, Multnomah, Oregon, USA ,, ED , roll T624_1286, part , page .
14. ↑ Source: #S01990
15. ↑ Source: #S01990
16. ↑ Source: #S02018
17. ↑ Source: #S02020
18. ↑ Source: #S02020

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