Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameHyman Volper 
Birth20 Oct 1886, Grodek, Malopolskie, Poland
Immigration22 Jan 1929, New York
Memoas Chaim Wolper aboard the Lituania
Death21 May 1995, New Rochelle, Westchester Co, NY
Occupationdairy & grocery owner
Misc. Notes
Served in the Russian military.
Hyman was the brother of Henry Volper, who married Sonia’s sister Mildred.
Spouse and children’s names: Genia/jennie/Hilda (wife), Sonia (daughter), Murray (son), Rae (daughter), Philip (son)
He immigrated 22 Jan 1929 aboard the SS Lithuania under the name Chaim Wolper. He then declared his intention to be naturalized on 29 Mar 1929 at Wooster, Wayne Co, OH. He lived in Brooklyn from Jan 1930 onward, where he ran a grocery store; and later in Rockaway, NJ.
Genia followed around 6 years after Hyman and immigrated 31 Oct 1933, as Philip was 6 when she immigrated.
Approximate date of naturalization: April 1936
Hyman was the brother of Henry Volper, who married Sonia’s sister Mildred.
Spouse and children’s names: Genia/jennie/Hilda (wife), Sonia (daughter), Murray (son), Rae (daughter), Philip (son)
He immigrated 22 Jan 1929 aboard the SS Lithuania under the name Chaim Wolper. He then declared his intention to be naturalized on 29 Mar 1929 at Wooster, Wayne Co, OH. He lived in Brooklyn from Jan 1930 onward, where he ran a grocery store; and later in Rockaway, NJ.
Genia followed around 6 years after Hyman and immigrated 31 Oct 1933, as Philip was 6 when she immigrated.
Approximate date of naturalization: April 1936
Spouses
Birth22 Feb 1897, Lubera, Poland
DeathMar 1985, Westchester Co, NY
FatherJacob Joseph (Yakov Yoseph) Schiller (1862-1937)
MotherMinnie Sinienska (1861-1939)
Misc. Notes
She and their 4 children came aboard the SS Kosciuszko, Gdyno to NY in 1933. The passport includes their children: Sonia Helen, 13; Meissa (Murray), 11; Rachel (Rae), 9; and Feivel (Philip), 5.
Marriage1918, Gradek, Poland
ChildrenSonia Helen (1919-2017)