Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameLouis Shefflin 
Birth26 Sep 1901, Russia
Census16 Jan 1920, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA
Memoroll#110, pg 13
Death30 Aug 1974, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA
BurialMt Sinai Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles Co, CA
Occupationbook binder
Misc. Notes
Son of Isaac and Leah Shefflin, both Yiddish from Russia, and immigrated in 1918.
Death record lists his birth as 26 Sep 1901, while SSDI lists 26 Sep 1902.
He is listed as age 18 in the Jan 1920 census, so I have used his birth date in 1901
Death record lists his birth as 26 Sep 1901, while SSDI lists 26 Sep 1902.
He is listed as age 18 in the Jan 1920 census, so I have used his birth date in 1901
Spouses
Birth15 Aug 1907, Negnewicze, Minsk Province, Poland
Death24 Feb 1994, Los Angeles Co, CA
BurialMt Sinai Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles Co, CA
Occupationdressmaker
FatherAbraham (Avram) Hershel Kartorzynski (1856-)
MotherIda (Chaja) Schiller (1877-1932)
Misc. Notes
Listed as Musea Kartorzynski (13) when she immigrated with her mother and siblings in 1921.
Her birth date is listed as 15 Aug 1906 on Social Security records and as same date in 1907 on Calif Death index, but as 15 Aug 1905 in a family record that Francis Zavis has.
Married 26 Jan 1926 in New York City to Phlilp Horowitz as May Carter.
Listed as May Horowitz (23, RUS) married to Phllip Horowitz (25, RUS) in 1930, with son Abraham (3, NY) and daughter Frances (1.5, NY).
Not sure of the reason (separation?), but her children were in an orphanage in 1933.
Then listed in New York City in 1940 as Mae Horowitz (32, RUS), with only her son Herbert (13) and daughter Frances (11) plus two roomers. It shows her as married, but no husband - so apparently separated, and later divorced.
She was naturalized on 14 March 1944 in New York.
By 1950, May (42, POL) was divorced and living in Los Angeles with her two children, Abraham (23, NY) and Frances (21, NY).
May married Louis Shefflin (1901-1974) in California in 1950, and marriage records list her as May and Mae under both Horowitz and Carter. They were divorced and she re-married him in 1972, shortly before his death. Family recollection is that they remarried in order for May to take advantage of Lou Shefflin’s pension benefits.
Her death record there in 1994, lists her maiden name as Carterinski, and includes her birth date.
Her birth date is listed as 15 Aug 1906 on Social Security records and as same date in 1907 on Calif Death index, but as 15 Aug 1905 in a family record that Francis Zavis has.
Married 26 Jan 1926 in New York City to Phlilp Horowitz as May Carter.
Listed as May Horowitz (23, RUS) married to Phllip Horowitz (25, RUS) in 1930, with son Abraham (3, NY) and daughter Frances (1.5, NY).
Not sure of the reason (separation?), but her children were in an orphanage in 1933.
Then listed in New York City in 1940 as Mae Horowitz (32, RUS), with only her son Herbert (13) and daughter Frances (11) plus two roomers. It shows her as married, but no husband - so apparently separated, and later divorced.
She was naturalized on 14 March 1944 in New York.
By 1950, May (42, POL) was divorced and living in Los Angeles with her two children, Abraham (23, NY) and Frances (21, NY).
May married Louis Shefflin (1901-1974) in California in 1950, and marriage records list her as May and Mae under both Horowitz and Carter. They were divorced and she re-married him in 1972, shortly before his death. Family recollection is that they remarried in order for May to take advantage of Lou Shefflin’s pension benefits.
Her death record there in 1994, lists her maiden name as Carterinski, and includes her birth date.
Marriage26 Jul 1950, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA
Divorce