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Max Provus

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Smargon, Vilnius, Vilnius city municipality, Vilnius County, Lithuania
Death: September 22, 1953 (66)
Chicago, Cook, IL, United States
Place of Burial: Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Mayer Yitzhak Perevoskin and Chanah Perevoskin
Husband of Rose May Provus and Yetta Provus
Father of Isadore Provus; Ruth Geller; Fannie Nudelman; Sam Provus; Esther Jacobson and 5 others
Brother of Harry Hindin; Rebecca Uswetsky and Zelek Perevoskin

Occupation: Furniture finisher, Newsstand vendor, Deli Manager
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About Max Provus

aka: Menachem Mendel Perevoskin. Origin of name: Possibly Perevozkin, village of Perevoz, Vetebsk district.

Born in Vilna, Russia. Came to USA by way of England, where he said he wrestled to earn money. Arrived in USA on May 21, 1907 from Glasgow, Scotland. Date of Naturalization Declaration, April 9, 1918.

Burial: Workmen's Circle, Jewish Waldheim Cemetery, Des Plaines Ave, Forest Park, IL - Gate 42.

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Max Provus's Timeline

1886
December 28, 1886
Smargon, Vilnius, Vilnius city municipality, Vilnius County, Lithuania
1909
October 28, 1909
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
1910
December 29, 1910
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
1912
March 13, 1912
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
1914
February 22, 1914
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
1917
January 19, 1917
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
1924
January 17, 1924
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
1926
August 15, 1926
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States