Harry A FRANKLIN ⁴

   Other names for Harry were Abraham Hersh and Harry C FRANKLIN.

  Research Notes:

Harry's age is given as 34 in the census of 1920.

His age is given as 44 in the census of 1930.

The 1900 census at Cambridge, Maryland, has him born in December of 1886. His WWII draft registration has him born on December 10, 1886, as does his WWI registration. ^{3 5 6 10}

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence, 1900, 169 Muir Street, Cambridge, Maryland. ⁵

• Residence, 1907, 647 Light St., Baltimore, Md. ¹¹ Harry was a carwkr [carriage worker].

• Residence, 1908, 647 Light St., Baltimore, Md. ¹² Harry was a machinist.

• Residence, 1909, 647 Light St., Baltimore, Md. ¹³ Harry was a blacksmith.

• Residence, Apr 18, 1910, 103 E. West St., Baltimore, Md. ¹⁴

• Employment, Apr 18, 1910, Baltimore. ¹⁴ Harry was a machinist, "car shops"

• Residence, 1912, 41 E. Hill, Baltimore. ¹⁵ Harry was a clerk.

• Military Service, 1915, Caimanera, Cuba. ^{2 16} Harry was a petty officer in the navy at Guantanamo Bay and Caimanera.

• Residence, 1916, 41 E. Hill, Baltimore. ¹⁷ Harry was a blacksmith.

• Residence, Jun 5, 1917. ¹⁶ Harry lived at 1927 N. Napa, Philadelphia. He was a machinist at the American Engineering Co., Aramingo Ave. and Cumberland. He was still single at this point.

• Wedding Picnic, Aug 20, 1917, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. ^{1 2 18} The following individuals were present:

Herman Meritz, Betty Meritz, Bella Weiss, Bessie Frankel, Ida Sosnovsky, Edel Schaff, Harry A. Franklin, Rose Franklin, Irene Franklin, Nathan Franklin, Hiram Franklin, Isaac Franklin, Pearl Franklin, Rebecca Schaff, Samuel Franklin, Philip Simon Rosenberg, Lena Moulitz, Miriam Sarah Franklin, and Sarah Annie Jabosky.

• Residence, Feb 7, 1920, 1640 Jackson St., Philadelphia. ¹⁰ This was also the address of Jacob and Rose (Snader) Greenbaum.

• Employment, Feb 7, 1920, Hog Island, Delaware County, Penn. ^{10 19} Harry was a machinist. Hog Island was the site of the American International Shipbuilding Corp., founded in 1917. 122 Liberty ships were built there. Hog Island was sold to Philadelphia in 1932. Hog Island sandwiches, the "hoggies" eaten by the Italian-Americans working at the shipyard, became the Philadelphia equivalent of the submarine sandwich, the hoagie.

• Residence, 1922, 1734 E. Baltimore St., Baltimore. ²⁰ Harry was a superintendent. This was the address of the Daughters of Hannah Orphanage, so he apparently ran the same institution his wife later ran.

• Residence, 1924, 19 West Hill, Baltimore. ²¹ Harry was a machinist.

• Residence, 1926, 39 E. Hill, Baltimore, Md. ²² Harry was a machinist.

• Employment, Oct 16, 1928, Daughters of Hannah, 1734 E. Baltimore St., Baltimore. ²

• Residence, Apr 2, 1930, 1734 E. Baltimore St., Baltimore. ³ ED #65, sheet 8A.

• Employment, Apr 2, 1930, 1734 E. Baltimore St., Baltimore. ³ Harry was Rose's assistant at the Daughters of Hannah Orphanage.

• Residence, Dec 5, 1932, 1734 E. Baltimore St., Baltimore. ^{1 23} Harry's wife Rose was the informant on Rebecca Franklin's death certificate.

• Residence, Bef 1938, Johnnycake Road, Baltimore, Md. ²⁴

• Residence, 1942, 634 N. 6th St., Philadelphia. ⁶ Harry was a machinist at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on League Island.

• Residence, Aug 30, 1946, 634 N. 6th St., Philadelphia. ²⁵

• Newspaper Article, Jun 29, 2007, Baltimore Jewish Times, Baltimore, Maryland. Harry's photographs of Yaazor appeared in the Baltimore Jewish Times in an article by Gilbert Sandler.

Harry married Rose FRANKLIN, daughter of Samuel FRANKLIN and Rebecca [Rivka] SCHAFF, on Aug 20, 1917 in Philadelphia.^{1 2 3} (Rose FRANKLIN was born on Aug 20, 1899 in Ekaterinoslav, [Ukraine], Russian Empire,^{1 26 27} died on Apr 30, 1965 in Philadelphia ²⁷ and was buried in Mount Sharon Cem, Springfield, Penn ⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Wedding Picnic, Aug 20, 1917, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. ^{1 2 18}

  Marriage Notes:

There is a photograph of the wedding picnic at my main webpage.