Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameMax (Mechel) Altman 
Birth28 Mar 1889, Katin, Bessarabia, Russia
Immigration25 Sep 1911, New York City, NY
Memoaboard New Amsterdam from Rotterdam
Census15 Jan 1920, Brooklyn, Kings Co, NY
Memoroll#1146, pg 24
Census26 Apr 1930, Brooklyn, Kings Co, NY
Memoroll#1495, pg 18
Census5 Apr 1940, Brooklyn, Kings Co, NY
Memoroll#2554, pg 4
Death13 Jun 1975, New York City, NY
Burial16 Jun 1975, Mt Carmel Cem, Glendale, Queens Co, NY
MemoSect 1, Blk 3, path 10, Lot 313, grave 10
OccupationFurrier
Misc. Notes
Natualization record and WWII Draft registration lists his birth in 1889, and SSDI lists 1890, and 1891 on WWI Draft registration.
Listed as a basketmaker on the immigration record with his wife, Ann.
He was living in Manhattan in 1917 when he registered for the WWI Draft.
Remarried in 1919 after his divorce and had 2 more children according to his daughter, Sarah.
In the 1920 Brooklyn census, he is listed as having a Furrier shop (31, RUS) with wife Regina (28, Galicia). It says he immigrated in 1910 and was naturalized in 1915, while she immigrated in 1914 and was naturalized in 1919. His parents were born in Minsk, while hers were born in Galicia (?) and spoke Polish.
He petitioned for Naturalization on 3 May 1929, and listed his arrival with Ann on 25 Sept 1911 aboard the New Amsterdam via Rotterdam. On it he listed his birth date, his wife and two children.
He is listed with his second wife, Regina, living in Brooklyn on E. 31st St in 1930. He owned a fur shop at the time. The entire family was still living there in 1940 and 1942 when he registered for WWII Draft.
Listed as a basketmaker on the immigration record with his wife, Ann.
He was living in Manhattan in 1917 when he registered for the WWI Draft.
Remarried in 1919 after his divorce and had 2 more children according to his daughter, Sarah.
In the 1920 Brooklyn census, he is listed as having a Furrier shop (31, RUS) with wife Regina (28, Galicia). It says he immigrated in 1910 and was naturalized in 1915, while she immigrated in 1914 and was naturalized in 1919. His parents were born in Minsk, while hers were born in Galicia (?) and spoke Polish.
He petitioned for Naturalization on 3 May 1929, and listed his arrival with Ann on 25 Sept 1911 aboard the New Amsterdam via Rotterdam. On it he listed his birth date, his wife and two children.
He is listed with his second wife, Regina, living in Brooklyn on E. 31st St in 1930. He owned a fur shop at the time. The entire family was still living there in 1940 and 1942 when he registered for WWII Draft.
Spouses
Birth20 Jan 1889, Novoselitsa, Khotin, Bessarabia, Russia
Death4 Apr 1943, Manhattan, New York City, NY
BurialMontefiore Cem, Springfield Gardens, Queens Co, NY
MemoBlk: 89, Row: 004L, Grave: 4
FatherZeida (Harry) Blank (1858-1923)
MotherMirka (Miriam) Kigner
Misc. Notes
She is listed as being born in Nevemtish, Russia on her husbands naturalization papers. Name may also have been "Enda" in Jewish.
First married in Russia in an arranged marriage to Max Altman, then left shortly thereafter for America at age 20. Came over on the Niew Amsterdam with her sister Sadie in 1911. Ann conceived on the boat, and had daughter Sarah in New York the next year; with the marriage lastiing only a couple of years.
She kept Sarah after the divorce, and married Samuel Gordon a couple years later. They raised Sarah and listed her name as Gordon in all the records (not clear if she was adopted by Sam).
Anna is listed in Manhattan in 1930 with her (2nd)husband Sam (42, Russia), daughter Sarah (18, NY), and sons Isaac (10), Harry (9) and Abraham (2).
In 1940 Anna (46, RUS) is still an alien with only a 3rd grade education, with children Sarah (23, NY), Isaac (20, NY), and Harry (17, NY)
Her burial record lists her as Annie.
First married in Russia in an arranged marriage to Max Altman, then left shortly thereafter for America at age 20. Came over on the Niew Amsterdam with her sister Sadie in 1911. Ann conceived on the boat, and had daughter Sarah in New York the next year; with the marriage lastiing only a couple of years.
She kept Sarah after the divorce, and married Samuel Gordon a couple years later. They raised Sarah and listed her name as Gordon in all the records (not clear if she was adopted by Sam).
Anna is listed in Manhattan in 1930 with her (2nd)husband Sam (42, Russia), daughter Sarah (18, NY), and sons Isaac (10), Harry (9) and Abraham (2).
In 1940 Anna (46, RUS) is still an alien with only a 3rd grade education, with children Sarah (23, NY), Isaac (20, NY), and Harry (17, NY)
Her burial record lists her as Annie.
MarriageRussia
Divorceabt 1913, New York
ChildrenSarah (Syd) (1912-2008)
Birth18 May 1894, Austria
Death14 Jul 1948, Queens, New York City, NY
BurialMt Carmel Cem, Glendale, Queens Co, NY
MemoSect 1, Blk E, path DES1, Lot 313, grave 9
Misc. Notes
1920 census says she immigrated in 1914. It says she was born in Galicia and spoke Polish.
The 1930 census says she immigrated in 1913, and she and her parents were from Austria. Their children Herman (10) and Julia (8) were with them. Her sister Sally (24), husband David Schulman (31), and son Herbert (11 mos) were living with them.
Surprisingly they are listed in the 1935 city directory for Plainfield, NJ, before being back in Brooklyn in 1940 with both children still at home.
[Obituary] New York Times - 15 Jul 1948
ALTMAN - Regina, beloved wife of Max, devoted mother of Julia Prager and Herman. Funeral services today, 2 P.M. at Sigmund Schwartz’s Gramercy Park Memorial Chapel, 2d Ave. and 10th St.
The 1930 census says she immigrated in 1913, and she and her parents were from Austria. Their children Herman (10) and Julia (8) were with them. Her sister Sally (24), husband David Schulman (31), and son Herbert (11 mos) were living with them.
Surprisingly they are listed in the 1935 city directory for Plainfield, NJ, before being back in Brooklyn in 1940 with both children still at home.
[Obituary] New York Times - 15 Jul 1948
ALTMAN - Regina, beloved wife of Max, devoted mother of Julia Prager and Herman. Funeral services today, 2 P.M. at Sigmund Schwartz’s Gramercy Park Memorial Chapel, 2d Ave. and 10th St.
Marriage5 Jan 1919, Manhattan, New York City, NY
ChildrenHerman “Hank” (1920-2001)
Julia S. (1921-2000)