Elias GEFFEN ²

  General Notes:

Elias and Minnie lived on New Lots Avenue in Brooklyn.

  Research Notes:

The census of 1920 has Elias' immigration as 1905. ⁵

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Emigration, 1906, Vilnius, Lithuania. Elias and Minnie left Rotterdam aboard the Statendam on Mar 18, 1906.

2. Immigration, 1906, Chicago. Elias and Minnie arrived in New York on March 31, 1906.

3. Residence, Jul 6, 1908, Chicago, Illinois. ⁶

4. Naturalization, 1917. ⁵

5. Residence, Jan 12, 1920, 44 Lee Ave., Brooklyn, NY. ⁵ ED #198, sheet 18A--indexed as Geffin.

6. Employment, Jan 12, 1920, Brooklyn, NY. ⁵ Elias was a paper cutter at a printing company.

7. Residence, Apr 14, 1930, Hooper St., Brooklyn, NY. ¹

8. Employment, Apr 14, 1930, Brooklyn, NY. ¹ Elias was a bookbinder at a bindery.

Elias married Minnie MONTVILISKI in 1900.¹ (Minnie MONTVILISKI was born in 1875 in Vilnius, [Lithuania], Russian Empire ¹ and died in Nov 1957 in Brooklyn, NY.)