1st wife of Max Factor Sr.
mother of:
Freda(Shore), Cecilia(Firestein), Davis and Francis, called Frank, who after the death of his father legally changed his name to Max Factor Jr.
He married Esther Rosa (who he called Lizzie) and by 1904 they had produced three children, Freda, Cecilia and Davis. By 1904 concerned about the increasing anti-Jewish persecution developing in Russia he and his wife decided to follow his brother Nathan and uncle Fischel to America. Worried that he would not be released from his royal service, he arranged with the assistance of a friend to take a rest cure at Carlsbad. After meeting up with his family they travelled in the steerage class on board the S.S. Moltke III and were processed at Ellis Island on February 25, 1904; he had $40,000 in his possession. Upon arrival his name( Maksymilian Faktorowicz) was misspelt by the custom inspector as Factor.
Factor made a new start in St. Louis, Missouri. He sold his rouges and creams at the 1904 World's Fair, the Factor family never returned to Lodz, Poland, and then operating under the newly re-spelled name Max Factor. Unfortunately his partner in the venture stole all of his stock and the profits. With assistance from his brother and uncle, Factor recovered and opened a barber shop. On 17 March 1906 his wife Esther collapsed and died from a brain hemorrhage. Anxious to provide a mother for his 4 children, he married Huma Helen Sradkowska on Aug 15 1906. Despite the birth of Louis on Aug 29 1907, the marriage was short lived and ended in a prolonged court battle, as a result of which Max Factor Sr. obtained custody of all his children. On Jan 21 1908 he married Jennie Cook a neighbor. Later that year he moved his family to Los Angeles CA. one more son would be born on Feb 14 1916, Sidney B Factor.
mother of:
Freda(Shore), Cecilia(Firestein), Davis and Francis, called Frank, who after the death of his father legally changed his name to Max Factor Jr.
He married Esther Rosa (who he called Lizzie) and by 1904 they had produced three children, Freda, Cecilia and Davis. By 1904 concerned about the increasing anti-Jewish persecution developing in Russia he and his wife decided to follow his brother Nathan and uncle Fischel to America. Worried that he would not be released from his royal service, he arranged with the assistance of a friend to take a rest cure at Carlsbad. After meeting up with his family they travelled in the steerage class on board the S.S. Moltke III and were processed at Ellis Island on February 25, 1904; he had $40,000 in his possession. Upon arrival his name( Maksymilian Faktorowicz) was misspelt by the custom inspector as Factor.
Factor made a new start in St. Louis, Missouri. He sold his rouges and creams at the 1904 World's Fair, the Factor family never returned to Lodz, Poland, and then operating under the newly re-spelled name Max Factor. Unfortunately his partner in the venture stole all of his stock and the profits. With assistance from his brother and uncle, Factor recovered and opened a barber shop. On 17 March 1906 his wife Esther collapsed and died from a brain hemorrhage. Anxious to provide a mother for his 4 children, he married Huma Helen Sradkowska on Aug 15 1906. Despite the birth of Louis on Aug 29 1907, the marriage was short lived and ended in a prolonged court battle, as a result of which Max Factor Sr. obtained custody of all his children. On Jan 21 1908 he married Jennie Cook a neighbor. Later that year he moved his family to Los Angeles CA. one more son would be born on Feb 14 1916, Sidney B Factor.
1st wife of Max Factor Sr.
mother of:
Freda(Shore), Cecilia(Firestein), Davis and Francis, called Frank, who after the death of his father legally changed his name to Max Factor Jr.
He married Esther Rosa (who he called Lizzie) and by 1904 they had produced three children, Freda, Cecilia and Davis. By 1904 concerned about the increasing anti-Jewish persecution developing in Russia he and his wife decided to follow his brother Nathan and uncle Fischel to America. Worried that he would not be released from his royal service, he arranged with the assistance of a friend to take a rest cure at Carlsbad. After meeting up with his family they travelled in the steerage class on board the S.S. Moltke III and were processed at Ellis Island on February 25, 1904; he had $40,000 in his possession. Upon arrival his name( Maksymilian Faktorowicz) was misspelt by the custom inspector as Factor.
Factor made a new start in St. Louis, Missouri. He sold his rouges and creams at the 1904 World's Fair, the Factor family never returned to Lodz, Poland, and then operating under the newly re-spelled name Max Factor. Unfortunately his partner in the venture stole all of his stock and the profits. With assistance from his brother and uncle, Factor recovered and opened a barber shop. On 17 March 1906 his wife Esther collapsed and died from a brain hemorrhage. Anxious to provide a mother for his 4 children, he married Huma Helen Sradkowska on Aug 15 1906. Despite the birth of Louis on Aug 29 1907, the marriage was short lived and ended in a prolonged court battle, as a result of which Max Factor Sr. obtained custody of all his children. On Jan 21 1908 he married Jennie Cook a neighbor. Later that year he moved his family to Los Angeles CA. one more son would be born on Feb 14 1916, Sidney B Factor.
mother of:
Freda(Shore), Cecilia(Firestein), Davis and Francis, called Frank, who after the death of his father legally changed his name to Max Factor Jr.
He married Esther Rosa (who he called Lizzie) and by 1904 they had produced three children, Freda, Cecilia and Davis. By 1904 concerned about the increasing anti-Jewish persecution developing in Russia he and his wife decided to follow his brother Nathan and uncle Fischel to America. Worried that he would not be released from his royal service, he arranged with the assistance of a friend to take a rest cure at Carlsbad. After meeting up with his family they travelled in the steerage class on board the S.S. Moltke III and were processed at Ellis Island on February 25, 1904; he had $40,000 in his possession. Upon arrival his name( Maksymilian Faktorowicz) was misspelt by the custom inspector as Factor.
Factor made a new start in St. Louis, Missouri. He sold his rouges and creams at the 1904 World's Fair, the Factor family never returned to Lodz, Poland, and then operating under the newly re-spelled name Max Factor. Unfortunately his partner in the venture stole all of his stock and the profits. With assistance from his brother and uncle, Factor recovered and opened a barber shop. On 17 March 1906 his wife Esther collapsed and died from a brain hemorrhage. Anxious to provide a mother for his 4 children, he married Huma Helen Sradkowska on Aug 15 1906. Despite the birth of Louis on Aug 29 1907, the marriage was short lived and ended in a prolonged court battle, as a result of which Max Factor Sr. obtained custody of all his children. On Jan 21 1908 he married Jennie Cook a neighbor. Later that year he moved his family to Los Angeles CA. one more son would be born on Feb 14 1916, Sidney B Factor.
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