Joseph was born Yosef-Aharon Fruks to Russian-Jewish parents Yehuda-Leib Fruks and Etye Rakhel Zilbershteyn. His birth place -- Nikolayev, a large city in what was then Kherson province in the Russian Empire -- is now Mykolayiv, Ukraine. Joseph immigrated to the United States with his parents and four siblings in August 1892. Four more siblings were born in New York.
The date of birth on his birth record was 15 March 1882. He was circumcised seven days later.
Newspaper articles show that Joseph was involved in NYC politics, serving at one time as an assemblyman. On censuses, he was listed with various occupations -- bookkeeper (1905), engineer (1910, 1920), machinist (1915, 1925), and gas station attendant (1940).
In 1916, during a polio epidemic, he was convicted of selling an amulet fraudulently labelled "Infantile A.S. Disease Protector."
His highly publicized marriage in August 1920 to "Brazilian heiress" Rosa Chargorod appears to have been short lived.
The date of birth on his birth record was 15 March 1882. He was circumcised seven days later.
Newspaper articles show that Joseph was involved in NYC politics, serving at one time as an assemblyman. On censuses, he was listed with various occupations -- bookkeeper (1905), engineer (1910, 1920), machinist (1915, 1925), and gas station attendant (1940).
In 1916, during a polio epidemic, he was convicted of selling an amulet fraudulently labelled "Infantile A.S. Disease Protector."
His highly publicized marriage in August 1920 to "Brazilian heiress" Rosa Chargorod appears to have been short lived.
Joseph was born Yosef-Aharon Fruks to Russian-Jewish parents Yehuda-Leib Fruks and Etye Rakhel Zilbershteyn. His birth place -- Nikolayev, a large city in what was then Kherson province in the Russian Empire -- is now Mykolayiv, Ukraine. Joseph immigrated to the United States with his parents and four siblings in August 1892. Four more siblings were born in New York.
The date of birth on his birth record was 15 March 1882. He was circumcised seven days later.
Newspaper articles show that Joseph was involved in NYC politics, serving at one time as an assemblyman. On censuses, he was listed with various occupations -- bookkeeper (1905), engineer (1910, 1920), machinist (1915, 1925), and gas station attendant (1940).
In 1916, during a polio epidemic, he was convicted of selling an amulet fraudulently labelled "Infantile A.S. Disease Protector."
His highly publicized marriage in August 1920 to "Brazilian heiress" Rosa Chargorod appears to have been short lived.
The date of birth on his birth record was 15 March 1882. He was circumcised seven days later.
Newspaper articles show that Joseph was involved in NYC politics, serving at one time as an assemblyman. On censuses, he was listed with various occupations -- bookkeeper (1905), engineer (1910, 1920), machinist (1915, 1925), and gas station attendant (1940).
In 1916, during a polio epidemic, he was convicted of selling an amulet fraudulently labelled "Infantile A.S. Disease Protector."
His highly publicized marriage in August 1920 to "Brazilian heiress" Rosa Chargorod appears to have been short lived.
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