Samuel Solomon ABRAMSON ^{2 3}

   Other names for Samuel were Shmuel, Sam ABRAMSON and Schlome ABRAMSON.

  General Notes:

A railway from the Ukraine to Liepaja (Libau) in Latvia was constructed through Jonava (rather than Ukmerge) in Lithuania during the late 19th Century. ⁷

  Research Notes:

Samuel's age is given as 17 on the manifest of the SS Lithuania as of May 6, 1909

The census of 1920 has his immigration as 1907.

The census of 1930 has Samuel's immigration as 1908. The index at Ancestry.com has "Abromson." ^{1 4 6}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence, 1909, Shagory, Kovno, Lithuania. ⁶ "Shagory" is a variant of "Zagare" on the Latvian border.

2. Embarkation, Apr 20, 1909, Libau, Latvia. ⁶ Samuel sailed on the SS Lithuania.

3. Immigration, May 6, 1909, Ellis Island, New York. ⁶ Samuel was a shoemaker.

4. Residence, 1909, 2118 South 6th St., Philadelphia. ⁶ This was the home of B. Rubenstein, Samuel's uncle and the brother of his fellow passenger, Liba Rubenstein. (The "-in-law" of "brother-in-law" is crossed out.)

5. Naturalization. ¹

6. Residence, Jan 13, 1920, 103 Diamond St., Philadelphia. ⁴ ED #415, sheet 3B.

7. Business, Jan 13, 1920, Philadelphia. ⁴ Samuel was a shoe manufacturer.

8. Residence, Apr 9, 1930, 103 Diamond St., Philadelphia. ¹

9. Business, Apr 9, 1930, Philadelphia. ¹ Samuel owned a shoe repair shop.

Samuel married Esther RUBENSTEIN, daughter of RUBENSTEIN and Sarah, in 1913.¹ (Esther RUBENSTEIN was born in 1889 in Russia ⁴.)