Harry Isaac Goldfelt (abt. 1899 - 1978)

Born about 5 Nov 1899 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Died 10 Sep 1978 at about age 78 in Louisiana, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

5 Nov 1899: Harry Issac Goldfelt was born about this time in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. His parents were Morris Goldfelt and Esther Schuffman.

5 Jun 1900: The census report of this date records Harry's birth as December 1899, but confirms the location as Illinois, USA. Baby Harry lived with his parents and his 5-year-old sister Mary. Harry's father worked in the business of ladies tailoring. The family lived at 529 Halstead Street in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA next door to Harry's maternal grandmother, who was listed on the census that year as Annie Schuffman. Also living with the Goldfelts were at least two lodgers: Eliah Schuffman, a 31-year-old married man who immigrated from Russia-Poland in 1900 and who was employed as a tailor (by Morris Goldfelt?), and Fritz Seeler, a 28-year-old single man from Germany who was employed as a bartender (perhaps at the saloon run by Annie Schuffman?) ^[1]

27 Apr 1910: The Goldfelt family, (Morris, Esther and their children Mary and Harry), lived in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA at 1649 North 47th Street. Son Harry was about 10 years old and his sister Mary was about 15 years old. Their father was the proprietor of a ladies tailoring firm. Their mother worked as a manager there.

7 Jan 1920: Harry, now about 20 years old, lived with his parents, his younger sister Bernice, and his older sister Mary and her husband Dudley Dobry at 4635 St Lawrence Avenue in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Harry was employed as a salesman in a mail order house.^[2]

29 Jun 1930: marriage to Ida Sher (daughter of Louis and Molly Sheresefsky) she died in 1938.^[3][4][5][6]

04 Apr 1948: marriage to Henrietta Jacobs, daughter of Wolf Jacobs and Hannah Abramson.^[7]

11 Apr 1950: At the time of the 1950 US census Harry (age 50) and Henrietta (age 51) were living with Henrietta's mother, Hannah Jacobs, at 3700 at La (Louisiana?) Avenue Parkway in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. Both Harry and Henrietta worked full time at the department store they owned. ^[8]

10 Sep 1978: Harry Issac Goldfelt died on 10 Sep 1978. probably in Louisiana, USA. He was laid to rest at Gates of Prayer Cemetery in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. ^[9][10]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSQ4-BD8 : 13 January 2022), Harry Goldfelt in entry for Morris Goldfelt, 1900.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ39-9GJ : 8 December 2022), Harry Goldfelt in entry for Morris Goldfelt, 1920.
3. ↑ California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8N1-6CB : 28 November 2014), Morris Goldfelt in entry for Harry Goldfelt and Ida Sher, 29 Jun 1930; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,794.
4. ↑ United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSG8-DGT : accessed 23 February 2017), Ida Sher in household of Abraham Sher, Chicago (Districts 0751-1000), Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 884, sheet 20B, line 100, family 391, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 455; FHL microfilm 2,340,190.
5. ↑ United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJZV-9TZ : accessed 23 February 2017), Ida Sher in household of Abraham Sher, Chicago Ward 2, Cook (Chicago), Illinois, United States; citing ED 57, sheet 13A, line 34, family , NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 306; FHL microfilm 1,820,306.
6. ↑ Photo of Ida Sher gravestone: Find A Grave: Memorial #142196501
7. ↑ Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJZ-62WB : 15 October 2015), Morris Goldfelt in entry for Harry Issac Goldfelt and Henrietta Jacobs, 04 Apr 1948; citing Orleans, Louisiana, United States, various parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 2,321,273.
8. ↑ "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6X2K-BSPK : Mon Jan 30 04:37:34 UTC 2023), Entry for Hannah Jacobs and Harry Goldfelt, 10 April 1950.
9. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5QK-XDS2 : 18 July 2020), Harry Issac Goldfelt, 1978.
10. ↑ Photo of gravestone. Buried with second wife Henrietta Jacobs: Find A Grave: Memorial #150426502