Businesses & Professions -- Restauranteur

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Gussie Kantrowitz reflects on her connection to Sophie Tucker. Her father went to heder with Sophie Tucker's mother back in Aslev, Russia, and they met the Abuza family (Tucker's family) in Hartford through Anna, Tucker's sister.

Gussie came to Hartford when she married her husband Samuel Kantrowitz in 1912, immigrated to America from Russia with her family at the age of 10.

Abstract GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 5 No. of Tapes: Name of Interviewee: Gussie Kantrowitz (Mrs. Samuel) Date of Interview: October, 1968 Occupation: Homemaker Date of Birth: Circa 1895 Place of Birth: Russia Transcript (yes/no): yes No. of Pages: 13Abstract: Mrs. Kantrowitz came to America at the age of 10 and with her parents settled on a farm in Willimantic, CT. She married at age 17 and moved to Hartford where her...

Scope and Contents This file covers Louis "Kid" Kaplan's career as a featherwieght boxer as well as his inuction into several halls of fame including the JHSGH Sports Hall of Fame. Kaplan took up fighting in Russia as a boy to defend himself because he was so small and poor (his father was in the junk business and Louis peddled various items), and continuted when his family moved to Meriden, CT when he was 19. His young age led to his nickname "Kid". He became the featherweight champion on January 2, 1925 when...

Scope and Contents This account details the life of Charles Karpman, starting from his childhood in a shtetl called Narovlya, Russia. He discusses Jewish life as well as daily life of a child in Russia.The family immigrated in 1916(?) when he was five through the east through Japan, then Seattle, then eventually to Hartford where his father and other family members had settled. This route was taken because passage west was blocked due to World War I.The milkman gave the Karpmans English...

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Folder contains: The Pasternack Family Story, 1978, 1991, and 2003 edition; photocopies of newspaper clippings;photocopies of black-and-white photographs; CD of the Pasternack Family Tree

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Folder contains miscellaneous original documents, including discharge certificates, marriage and death certificates, citizenship certificates and other mnauscript documents related to the Rohowsky family [genealogy included].

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Folder contains miscellaneous original documents, including discharge certificates, marriage and death certificates, citizenship certificates and other mnauscript documents related to the Rohowsky family [genealogy included].

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Folder contains miscellaneous original documents, including discharge certificates, marriage and death certificates, citizenship certificates and other mnauscript documents related to the Rohowsky family [genealogy included].

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Folder contains miscellaneous original documents, including discharge certificates, marriage and death certificates, citizenship certificates and other mnauscript documents related to the Rohowsky family [genealogy included].