According to his WWI and WWII draft cards, Herman Braskin was born on January 17th in either 1882 or 1883 in Volyhina, a portion of Poland then under Russian occupation.
It appears he came to America with his family around 1885, and became a naturalized citizen in 1894, settling in Newark, New Jersey with his family.
About 1904 he married Mary Mandelowsky, the daughter of two immigrants who met and married in New York City.
Herman and Mary lived in Newark and raised three children: Samuel, Frieda and Milton.
Herman was a cigar maker, which back in the day was a huge industry in the north east, employing thousands of skilled workers (the majority of whom were Jewish), who produced hand-made cigars. Two inventions destroyed the industry: the cigarette, and machine made formed cigars which could be produced at high volume and sold much cheaper.
By the 1930 census, the great age of cigar-making was over and Herman was selling produce, a career he continued after the death of his wife, Mary, just months after they completed the census.
Afterwards, he moved in with his eldest son, Sam, who was an accountant, and continued in the produce trade.
Mary Mandelowsky Braskin is buried at Grove Street Jewish Cemetery in Newark.
It appears he came to America with his family around 1885, and became a naturalized citizen in 1894, settling in Newark, New Jersey with his family.
About 1904 he married Mary Mandelowsky, the daughter of two immigrants who met and married in New York City.
Herman and Mary lived in Newark and raised three children: Samuel, Frieda and Milton.
Herman was a cigar maker, which back in the day was a huge industry in the north east, employing thousands of skilled workers (the majority of whom were Jewish), who produced hand-made cigars. Two inventions destroyed the industry: the cigarette, and machine made formed cigars which could be produced at high volume and sold much cheaper.
By the 1930 census, the great age of cigar-making was over and Herman was selling produce, a career he continued after the death of his wife, Mary, just months after they completed the census.
Afterwards, he moved in with his eldest son, Sam, who was an accountant, and continued in the produce trade.
Mary Mandelowsky Braskin is buried at Grove Street Jewish Cemetery in Newark.
According to his WWI and WWII draft cards, Herman Braskin was born on January 17th in either 1882 or 1883 in Volyhina, a portion of Poland then under Russian occupation.
It appears he came to America with his family around 1885, and became a naturalized citizen in 1894, settling in Newark, New Jersey with his family.
About 1904 he married Mary Mandelowsky, the daughter of two immigrants who met and married in New York City.
Herman and Mary lived in Newark and raised three children: Samuel, Frieda and Milton.
Herman was a cigar maker, which back in the day was a huge industry in the north east, employing thousands of skilled workers (the majority of whom were Jewish), who produced hand-made cigars. Two inventions destroyed the industry: the cigarette, and machine made formed cigars which could be produced at high volume and sold much cheaper.
By the 1930 census, the great age of cigar-making was over and Herman was selling produce, a career he continued after the death of his wife, Mary, just months after they completed the census.
Afterwards, he moved in with his eldest son, Sam, who was an accountant, and continued in the produce trade.
Mary Mandelowsky Braskin is buried at Grove Street Jewish Cemetery in Newark.
It appears he came to America with his family around 1885, and became a naturalized citizen in 1894, settling in Newark, New Jersey with his family.
About 1904 he married Mary Mandelowsky, the daughter of two immigrants who met and married in New York City.
Herman and Mary lived in Newark and raised three children: Samuel, Frieda and Milton.
Herman was a cigar maker, which back in the day was a huge industry in the north east, employing thousands of skilled workers (the majority of whom were Jewish), who produced hand-made cigars. Two inventions destroyed the industry: the cigarette, and machine made formed cigars which could be produced at high volume and sold much cheaper.
By the 1930 census, the great age of cigar-making was over and Herman was selling produce, a career he continued after the death of his wife, Mary, just months after they completed the census.
Afterwards, he moved in with his eldest son, Sam, who was an accountant, and continued in the produce trade.
Mary Mandelowsky Braskin is buried at Grove Street Jewish Cemetery in Newark.
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