Alexander Martin Janovitz (1899 - 1955)

Born 11 Oct 1899 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States

Died 5 Dec 1955 at age 56 in Choteau, Teton, Montana, United States

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Biography

Born 11 OCT 1899. Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Note: Birth record cites Morton as the middle name. ^{[1] [2]}

Died 5 DEC 1955. Choteau, Montana, USA. Note: Buried in Augusta Cemetery, Montana. ^{[3] [1]}

Occupation: Registered for WWI draft (12 Sept 1918); Time keeper (wholesale oil); Automobile salesman; Variety shop proprietor (Sharp Park, California). ^{[1] [4] [5] [6]}

Note: #N16725.

Marriage Husband Alexander “Al” Martin Janovitz. Wife Lila Frankie McBRATNEY. Marriage 6 MAR 1925. ^[7] Child: Eugene “Gene” Alexander Janovitz.

Notes

Note N16725 1930 census enumeration (U.S.): - Alexander M. Janovitz, head; rents house, /month, owns a radio; male, white, age 32, married at age 27; education: reads and writes; born in Ohio, father born in Hungria [sic], mother born in France; language: speaks English; occupation: Time keeper (wholesale oil), worker, employed; a veteran of W.W. - Lilia [sic] F., wife, female, white, age 36, married at age 31, education do.; born in Montana, both parents born in England [sic]; language do.; occupation: Clerk (correspondence school), worker, employed - census place: 3111 Kenwood Ave., Los Angeles, California

Death notice published in the 7th December 1955 edition of the Great Falls Tribune: A.M. Janovitch. AUGUSTA—Funeral services for Alexander Martin Janovitch, 56, who died Monday at Choteau, will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Augusta Community Church. Rev. A.B. Gravdal will officiate, and burial will be at Augusta Cemetery. Born Oct. 11, 1899, at Cleveland, Ohio, Janovitch came to Augusta in 1952 from San Francisco. He was an automobile salesman. He was married in 1925 to the former Lila McBratney, who survives him. Other survivors include a son, Eugene, of Augusta and a brother, Frank Janovitch, and sister, Mrs. Antoinette Owls, both of San Francisco. ^{[8] [9]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Source: #S21728
2. ↑ Source: #S21806
3. ↑ Source: #S83
4. ↑ Source: #S21733
5. ↑ Source: #S21807
6. ↑ Source: #S21808
7. ↑ Source: #S83
8. ↑ Source: #S21808
9. ↑ Source: #S21728

• Source: S21728 Great Falls Tribune (Montana, USA), 7 December 1955 (pg. 4). Death notice for Alexander Martin Janovitch, who died 5th December at Choteau. Digital image online at newspapers.com (accessed by subscription, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2019-04-28). 28 APR 2019

• Source: S21733 The Times (San Mateo, California), 25 September 1952 (pg. 11). “New Owners for Sharp Park Store.” Citing the sale of the variety store operated by Al and Lila Janovitz. Digital image online at newspapers.com (accessed by subscription, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2019-04-28). 28 APR 2019

• Source: S21806 State of Ohio (USA). Births and Christenings Index, 1774–1973. Alexander Morton Janovitz, male, white; born 11th October 1899 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County; son of Eugene Janovitz and Theresa Alexander. Original record: "Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962." Index. Family Search, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2011. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records. Index online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick by subscription, 2019-04-29). 29 APR 2019

• Source: S21807 U.S. WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918. Serial no. 2363, Order no. A5513. Alexander M. Janovitz of 308 Church St., San Francisco, California; age 18 years; born 11th October 1899; color: white, native born; occupation: Clerk, Chamber of Commerce, 465 California, San Francisco; nearest relative: Mrs. E.J. Janovitz (mother), 308 Church St., San Francisco. Description: short height, slender build, brown eyes, red hair. Registered at Division 6, San Francisco, 12th September 1918. Original record: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by subscription, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2019-04-29). 29 APR 2019

• Source: S21808 U.S. 1930 Census. Alexander M. Janovitz, age 32, with wife Lilia [sic] F. [née McBratney], age 36; in Los Angeles, California. Original record: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. Archival ref. Year: 1930; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0265; Supervisor’s District: 17; Sheet no. 13B; enumerated 10th April 1930. Microfilm copy held by the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (FHL film no. 2339878). Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by subscription, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2019-04-29). 29 APR 2019

• Source: S83 Family Tree Family history of the descendants of Henry Flavell (1829–1891) and Jane Alaine Johnston (c.1832–1885), emigrants from the parish of Drumcree and county of Armagh in Ireland, to Canada West; compiled by Frank Flavelle of Canada, with additional information supplied by [Private] of county Armagh, Northern Ireland (14 October 2001). 26 MAR 2019