Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameElias William Krause 
Birth17 Aug 1886, Opotzne, Poland
Census9 Jan 1920, Paterson, Passaic Co, NJ
Memoroll#1066, pg 7
Census10 Apr 1930, Bronx, New York City, NY
Memoroll#1477, pg 18
Census1 Apr 1950, Reno, Washoe Co, NV
Memoroll#2301, pg 3
Death20 Feb 1953, Reno, Washoe Co, NV
MemoReno hospital
BurialMt Carmel Cem, Commerce, Los Angeles Co, CA
OccupationPainter, store owner
Misc. Notes
Immigration date of Sept 10, 1909 at New York for his daughter Jeanette logically applies to him as well.
He is listed as Elias W. (33) from Russia/Poland in 1920, immigrated in 1909 and a painter. His wife is Yetta (30) and daughter Yinetta (10). It appears that he was already naturalized.
He is listed as William (42, Russia) a Jewish house painter in the 1930 Bronx census with his wife Yetta (42, Russia) and daughter Jeanette (20, Germany). It says he immigrated in 1909 and all of them were naturalized. He and Yetta were first married at age 18.
He registered for the WWII Draft as Eli William Krause in 1942, retired, living at 1148 Fteley Ave in the Bronx and married to Yetta. He moved from Los Angeles to Reno in 1946.
[Obituary] Reno Evening Gazette - Fri 20 Feb 1953, pg 12
Eliah W. Krause passes in Reno
Eliah William Krause, husband of Mrs. Sadie Krause of Reno, died at a local hospital Friday following a short illness.
Mr. Krause was a native of Poland and had lived in Reno for the last six years. He was a painter by profession.
Besides his widow, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Jeanette Carter, a step-son Harold A. Carter and one grandchild, Trudy Carter all of Reno. He is also survived by a brother, Julius Krause of Los Angeles, Calif.
The body will be accompanied to Los Angeles, Calif. for burial in the family plot, Mount Carmel cemetery.
He is listed as Elias W. (33) from Russia/Poland in 1920, immigrated in 1909 and a painter. His wife is Yetta (30) and daughter Yinetta (10). It appears that he was already naturalized.
He is listed as William (42, Russia) a Jewish house painter in the 1930 Bronx census with his wife Yetta (42, Russia) and daughter Jeanette (20, Germany). It says he immigrated in 1909 and all of them were naturalized. He and Yetta were first married at age 18.
He registered for the WWII Draft as Eli William Krause in 1942, retired, living at 1148 Fteley Ave in the Bronx and married to Yetta. He moved from Los Angeles to Reno in 1946.
[Obituary] Reno Evening Gazette - Fri 20 Feb 1953, pg 12
Eliah W. Krause passes in Reno
Eliah William Krause, husband of Mrs. Sadie Krause of Reno, died at a local hospital Friday following a short illness.
Mr. Krause was a native of Poland and had lived in Reno for the last six years. He was a painter by profession.
Besides his widow, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Jeanette Carter, a step-son Harold A. Carter and one grandchild, Trudy Carter all of Reno. He is also survived by a brother, Julius Krause of Los Angeles, Calif.
The body will be accompanied to Los Angeles, Calif. for burial in the family plot, Mount Carmel cemetery.
Spouses
Birth25 Dec 1890, Poland
Death11 Jun 1949, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA
BurialMt Carmel Cem, Commerce, Los Angeles Co, CA
OccupationWeaver
Misc. Notes
Listed as from Russia (Poland) in 1920 census, where is says she immigrated in 1909.
She applied for citizenship on 22 Sep 1922 (Petition 52446) at age 33, and was naturalized 4 Mar 1926.
1930 census lists her as immigrating in 1910, and first married at age 18.
She applied for citizenship on 22 Sep 1922 (Petition 52446) at age 33, and was naturalized 4 Mar 1926.
1930 census lists her as immigrating in 1910, and first married at age 18.
Marriageabt 1906
ChildrenJeanette (Yinetta) (1909-1989)
Birth16 May 1896, Novoselitsa, Khotin, Bessarabia, Russia
Death24 Feb 1986, Reno, Washoe Co, NV
Burial28 Feb 1986, Hebrew Cem, Reno, Washoe Co, NV
MemoSection A, Lot B, Space 15
OccupationSeamstress
ReligionJewish
FatherZeida (Harry) Blank (1858-1923)
MotherMirka (Miriam) Kigner
Misc. Notes
Her birth record lists 16 May 1896, immigration lists her as 16 in 1911 (b. 1895), citizenship application lists her birth as 14 May 1897, and her death certificate lists 24 Feb 1896.
She is listed as Tsipra on the birth record, Cipre during her immigration, and later records list her name as Sadie Sopira Blank.
Her family lived in Novoselitsa (Noua-Sulita or Noyye Strelishcha) near the Carpathian Mtns, and has been in Russia, Romania, Moldavia, and is now in the Ukranian Republic, near Chernovtsy.
Sadie sailed from Rotterdam to New York on the ship “Nieuw Amsterdam” of the Holland-America Line with her older sister Ann and Ann’s husband Max. Her parents sent the children to America a few at a time as they could afford it, to avoid the Russian Revolution, but were unable to leave themselves - according to famliy tradition. She Immigrated thru Ellis Island on Sept. 25, 1911 from Novoselitza, Bessarabia, Romania as Cipre Blank according to her, the passenger list and her alien registration. The ship’s immigration record says she was 16, and lists her with her sister Hinde (Ann) and Max Altman. It also says she was a seamstress, coming to New York to live with her brother Nathan at 42 E. 9th St, which is also the address Max and Ann Altmann listed for a cousin D. Kiegner (their mother's family). Cipre was detained by Immigration for a day until her brother could be contacted, since she was only 13 and listed as coming to live with him, and released on 26 Sept 1911.
She is then listed as Sadie Blank (19, RUS) in the 1915 NY census, haveing been in the US 4 yrs and living with her brother Nathan (26, RUS) and his wife Goldie (23, AUS).
The 1920 census says she was 23 years old, living at 440 East 145 St, Bronx, NY with her brother Nathan, his wife, and their daughter Ruth. She was a boarder who worked as a Foil-lady in a Skirt House. It lists her as an alien, immigrated in 1907, whose parents were both born in Russia. She was also a member of the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America in Manhattan, New York in 1920.
Married in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1922, age 24 and living at 440 E. 145th St in New York. According to family tradition they moved to Reno later that year.
Divorced Max Carter in Reno 13 Oct 1938, where the notice in the Nevada State Journal the next day listed “Sadie Blank Cartersinsky (Carter) from Max Cartersinsky (Carter)”. She then lived with her son Hal, as a single mother, until he joined the Navy at age 17 during WWII. In the 1940 census she is listed with son Harold (14) as a seamstress in a clothing store (40, Romania) and divorced, living on Stevenson St.
She was (2nd) married to Eli Krause in November of 1950, but he died a few years later. Sadie remarried Julian Pagay on 4 July 1954 in Carson City, NV. Her Citizenship issued Nov 12, 1953 to Sadie Blank Krause was reissued June 15, 1959 to Sadie Blank Pagay, as a result of her intervening marriage.
Died of a heart attack (had high blood pressure).
[Obituary] Reno Gazette-Journal - Thursday, 27 Feb 1986, pg 33
Sadie B. Pagay
Sadie B. Pagay, 88, died Monday in a Reno hospital. A native of Romania, she was born May 14, 1897, and had lived in Reno since 1922. Mrs. Pagay was employed by Patterson's Mens Store for more than 40 years, retiring in 1976. She was a member of Temple Emanu-El. Surviving are her husband, Julian of Reno; son, Harold A. Carter of San Mateo, Calif.; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. A funeral is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at the Ross, Burke & Knobel Mortuary, with burial at the Hebrew Cemetery.
She is listed as Tsipra on the birth record, Cipre during her immigration, and later records list her name as Sadie Sopira Blank.
Her family lived in Novoselitsa (Noua-Sulita or Noyye Strelishcha) near the Carpathian Mtns, and has been in Russia, Romania, Moldavia, and is now in the Ukranian Republic, near Chernovtsy.
Sadie sailed from Rotterdam to New York on the ship “Nieuw Amsterdam” of the Holland-America Line with her older sister Ann and Ann’s husband Max. Her parents sent the children to America a few at a time as they could afford it, to avoid the Russian Revolution, but were unable to leave themselves - according to famliy tradition. She Immigrated thru Ellis Island on Sept. 25, 1911 from Novoselitza, Bessarabia, Romania as Cipre Blank according to her, the passenger list and her alien registration. The ship’s immigration record says she was 16, and lists her with her sister Hinde (Ann) and Max Altman. It also says she was a seamstress, coming to New York to live with her brother Nathan at 42 E. 9th St, which is also the address Max and Ann Altmann listed for a cousin D. Kiegner (their mother's family). Cipre was detained by Immigration for a day until her brother could be contacted, since she was only 13 and listed as coming to live with him, and released on 26 Sept 1911.
She is then listed as Sadie Blank (19, RUS) in the 1915 NY census, haveing been in the US 4 yrs and living with her brother Nathan (26, RUS) and his wife Goldie (23, AUS).
The 1920 census says she was 23 years old, living at 440 East 145 St, Bronx, NY with her brother Nathan, his wife, and their daughter Ruth. She was a boarder who worked as a Foil-lady in a Skirt House. It lists her as an alien, immigrated in 1907, whose parents were both born in Russia. She was also a member of the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America in Manhattan, New York in 1920.
Married in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1922, age 24 and living at 440 E. 145th St in New York. According to family tradition they moved to Reno later that year.
Divorced Max Carter in Reno 13 Oct 1938, where the notice in the Nevada State Journal the next day listed “Sadie Blank Cartersinsky (Carter) from Max Cartersinsky (Carter)”. She then lived with her son Hal, as a single mother, until he joined the Navy at age 17 during WWII. In the 1940 census she is listed with son Harold (14) as a seamstress in a clothing store (40, Romania) and divorced, living on Stevenson St.
She was (2nd) married to Eli Krause in November of 1950, but he died a few years later. Sadie remarried Julian Pagay on 4 July 1954 in Carson City, NV. Her Citizenship issued Nov 12, 1953 to Sadie Blank Krause was reissued June 15, 1959 to Sadie Blank Pagay, as a result of her intervening marriage.
Died of a heart attack (had high blood pressure).
[Obituary] Reno Gazette-Journal - Thursday, 27 Feb 1986, pg 33
Sadie B. Pagay
Sadie B. Pagay, 88, died Monday in a Reno hospital. A native of Romania, she was born May 14, 1897, and had lived in Reno since 1922. Mrs. Pagay was employed by Patterson's Mens Store for more than 40 years, retiring in 1976. She was a member of Temple Emanu-El. Surviving are her husband, Julian of Reno; son, Harold A. Carter of San Mateo, Calif.; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. A funeral is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at the Ross, Burke & Knobel Mortuary, with burial at the Hebrew Cemetery.
Marriage6 Nov 1950, Carson City, NV
Divorce