Jacob (Jack) Braun (Bronkerch)

Emigration says France is the residence not Poland

Biography from Price-Weber Family: Hebrew name: Yaacov ben Chaim Hersch Family story: his birth year may have been 1888, because his mother called him "88 black year" (Jerome Braun November 2004) Family story: Was conscripted into the Russian army and worked as an orderly in a hospital. According to a Web report (November 2004) conscription occurred at 21, and if that's right, military service would have begun about 1909. He and fellow workers were accused of a murder and he was sent to Siberia. He allegedly escaped by hiding in a hay wagon. Both Jacob's mother and his sister (Minnie) allegedly opposed his marriage to Gussie Slakman (Jerome Braun November 2004). Draft Registration Card (5 Jun 1917): Jacob Braun age in years: 30 address: 1300 14 Chicago, Illinois date of birth: October 1887 national status: an alien place of birth: Liveliky, Russia Russia occupation: coths (sic) dealer by whom employed: self where employed: 1300 14th St. dependents: wife and two children martial status: married race: caucasian support wife and children height: medium weight: medium color of eyes: brown color of hair: black bald: no LUBLICA latitude: 4948 longitude: 2132 N Poland 170.7 miles S of Warsaw At the south of Siedlce, there is a large wood,and near; there is a town (about 30,000 inhabitants now), whose name is Lukow where many Jews were living before the war. It might be your grandfather's shtetl. It would necessary to know how Lukow was called in Russian language, because the town belonged to the Russian Empire before the first World War. Marie-Claire Hoszwalb (November 2004) When the family left Poland, they lived for a short time (Spring-Summer 1911) in Belgium before moving to France. On Jerome Braun's birth certificate Jacob Braun is listed as 30 years old on 7 Apr 1918. National Archives microfilm T715 roll 2392 p17 lists SS Nuagora (sic) sailing from Havre on 26 Dec 1914 and arrived Port of NY on 7 Jan 1915 with 27 year old locksmith Jacob Bronkersch with wife 27 year old Kusfusta (Augusta), 3 month old Dora and 2 year old Michel. Last permanent residence: Nancy, France. Left brother/uncle Bronkersch in Nancy. Family to join friend-brother-in-law Maurice Levit, 1313 Johnson Street, Chicago, IL. Jacob b in Siedlitz, wife in Pinsk, Dora in Nancy, France and Michel in M St. Martin. Left LaHauve, France 26 Dec 1914 on the SS Niagra. Arrived Ellis Island, N.Y. 18 Jan 1915. From abt 1921-abt 1930 owned a store on Madison St in Chicago 1932-1936 was in the coat manufacturing business; his partner was Louis Redman Lephovsky(sp?) Lepmoor Coat Co. 237 Market Street, Chicago 1936-1938 sold dresses for Midland Garment Co. 1938-1939 sold dresses for Kaplan Dress Company 1939-1950 sold dresses for Osgood and Sons, Decatur, Il. 1928/1929 Chicago Business Directory: Braun, Jacob, men's furnishings 1051 West Madison Had a child out of wedlock about 1935. Mother of the child was from Chicago; otherwise, details unknown. 5'8" 180 lbs. brown hair, brown eyes, dark complexion; Spoke English fluently, and could read and write in English, although he struggled to spell correctly. Read both Hebrew and Yiddish, spoke Yiddish fluently and was literate in French as well at one time. Death: renal failure, acute myocardial infarction, cardiovascular disease 1920 census, V66, ED 1026, Sheet 4 Line 62, Chicago, Cook Co., IL 1051 West Madison Street, dwelling no. 60 Jacob Braun, m, w, 32, married, immigration 1915, alien, no school, can read and write, born Russia, mother tongue Jewish, father born Russia, father mother tongue Jewish, mother born Russia, mother mother tongue Jewish, can speak English, trade none Gussie, wife, f, w, 32, single, immigration 1915, alien, no school, can read and write, born Russia, mother tongue Jewish, father Russia-Jewish, mother Russia-Jewish, can speak English, trade none Hyman, son, m, w, 9, single, immigration 1915, alien, school yes, can read and write, born France, mother tongue French, father Russia-Jewish, mother Russia-Jewish, can speak English, trade none Dora, dau, f, w, 5 3/12, single, immigration 1915, alien, no school, can read and write, born France, mother tongue French, father Russia-Jewish, mother Russia-Jewish, can speak English, trade none Josie, dau, f, w, 1 9/12, single, no school, can read and write, born IL, father Russia-Jewish, mother Russia-Jewish (The census taker heard Joseph as Josie(the name was later changed to Jerome), probably entered daughter and female as derivative conclusions. The census taker was also liberal in allowing that Gussie could read and write (she could not read or write English)) 1930 census 23rd Ward, Chicago, Cook, IL 1411 South Tripp Avenue, April 8, 1930, ED 833, sheet 12B, lines 61-65, Jacob Braun, head of household, rents, pays $90/month in rent, owns a radio, does not live on a farm, male, white, 41 married, first marriage at 23, did not attend school in the last year, can read and write, born Poland, father Poland, mother Poland, language spoken in home before coming to the US=Yiddish, year of immigration 1915, naturalized, can speak English, occupation: salesman, industry: jobber, class of worker=O; whether actually at work yesterday: yes Gussie, wife at home, does not live on a farm, female, white, 41 married, first marriage at 23, did not attend school in the last year, cannot read or write, born Poland, father Poland, mother Poland, language spoken in home before coming to the US=Yiddish, year of immigration 1915, naturalized, can speak English, no occupation, Hymen, son, does not live on a farm, male, white, 18, single, attended school since Sept 1, 1929, can read and write, born France, father Poland, mother Poland, language spoken in home before coming to the US=Yiddish, year of immigration 1915, naturalized, can speak English, occupation: clerk, industry: store, class of worker: w, whether actually at work yesterday: no Dora, daughter, does not live on a farm, female, white, 15, single, attended school since Sept 1, 1929, can read and write, born France, father Poland, mother Poland, language spoken in home before coming to the US=Yiddish, year of immigration 1915, naturalized, can speak English, occupation: none, industry: student, class of worker: w, whether actually at work yesterday: no Jerome, son, does not live on a farm, male, white, 12, single, attended school since Sept 1, 1929, can read and write, born Illinois, father Poland, mother Poland, language spoken in home before coming to the US=(blank), occupation: none, industry: school 1411 South Tripp faces Franklin Park which borders it on the west; Tripp is 5 blocks west of Pulaski Religion: Conservative Jew by identification, but did not practice