Michael was born in 1872 in Russian Poland according to he grave marker. His naturalization records indicate March 25, 1877. He immigrated to the US in 1921. His original last name according to his naturalization records was Pinskich. In 1922, he was a laborer at the Colorado Mattress Manufacturing Company and lived at 2646 W 13 Ave. In 1923, Michael was a laborer at the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. As of the 1930 and 1940 US Census, he was living at the Jewish Consumptives Relief Society Sanatorium and was widowed. He worked as a porter at the sanatorium. He passed away in 1966.