Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameHenry Abraham Volper 
Birth29 Jun 1902, Minsk Province, Russia
Immigration10 Jan 1921, Detroit, Wayne Co, MI
Memovia train from Montreal
Census21 Apr 1930, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, WI
MemoED#262, pg 53
Census15 Apr 1940, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, WI
MemoED#72-601, pg 17
Death11 Mar 1985, Wooster, Wayne Co, OH
MemoLong-Term Care Facilities
Occupationcattle dealer, junk dealer
Misc. Notes
Birth listed as 15 Jun 1891 (SSDI), 1893 (OH Death), 29 Jun 1902 FL public records, 15 Jun 1892 WWII draft reg
Henry is the brother of Hyman Volper, who married Mildred’s sister, Jennie.
Henry first married Rose Fishkin in 1926 in Milwaukee.
Henry (30, RUS) and Rose (26, RUS) were living with her sister’s family and her mother Celia Fishkin (58, RUS) in 1930.
They were still in Milwaukee in 1940, with Henry (48, RUS), Rose (37, RUS) and her widowed mother Celia (66, RUS).
They must have divorced, as Rose lived the rest of her life in Milwaukee, and Henry was remarried to Mildred Schiller in 1948 in New York.
Listed were in Miami in 1955, and had moved back to Wooster, OH by 1965, where he was a junk dealer.
They apparently moved (or wintered) back to Miami, as that is where they were living in 1979, when Mildred passed away.
Henry handled Mildred’s estate after she died - as published in Jewish Floridian 8 Jun 1979.
Henry is the brother of Hyman Volper, who married Mildred’s sister, Jennie.
Henry first married Rose Fishkin in 1926 in Milwaukee.
Henry (30, RUS) and Rose (26, RUS) were living with her sister’s family and her mother Celia Fishkin (58, RUS) in 1930.
They were still in Milwaukee in 1940, with Henry (48, RUS), Rose (37, RUS) and her widowed mother Celia (66, RUS).
They must have divorced, as Rose lived the rest of her life in Milwaukee, and Henry was remarried to Mildred Schiller in 1948 in New York.
Listed were in Miami in 1955, and had moved back to Wooster, OH by 1965, where he was a junk dealer.
They apparently moved (or wintered) back to Miami, as that is where they were living in 1979, when Mildred passed away.
Henry handled Mildred’s estate after she died - as published in Jewish Floridian 8 Jun 1979.
Spouses
Birth8 Aug 1902, Minsk Province, Russia
Death23 Jun 1992, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, WI
BurialSpring Hill Cem, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, WI
Misc. Notes
Daughter of Robert Zellin and Sarah Fishkin, but used her mother’s surname.
Naturalized 13 Jun 1967 in Milwaukee, WI.
Naturalized 13 Jun 1967 in Milwaukee, WI.
Marriage3 Jan 1926, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, WI
Divorce
Birth15 Sep 1901, Novogrudok, Minsk Province, Russia
Death27 Mar 1979, Miami, Miami-Dade Co, FL
FatherJacob Joseph (Yakov Yoseph) Schiller (1862-1937)
MotherMinnie Sinienska (1861-1939)
Misc. Notes
SSDI and Florida death records list her birth as 15 Sep 1901 and 15 Jun 1902
She was naturalized on 5 April 1940, with an arrival name of Malka Sinenska.
She married Henry A. Volper on 28 Jun 1948 in Manhattan, and they moved to Miami by 1955, where she lived the rest of her life.
Henry survived her.
She was naturalized on 5 April 1940, with an arrival name of Malka Sinenska.
She married Henry A. Volper on 28 Jun 1948 in Manhattan, and they moved to Miami by 1955, where she lived the rest of her life.
Henry survived her.
Marriage28 Jun 1948, Manhattan, New York City, NY