Nathan Moses FRANKLIN ^{2 3}

  General Notes:

Nathan tuned Harry Truman's piano at the White House. ⁷

  Research Notes:

The census of 1900 has Nathan's birth in May of 1896. His WWI draft registration has May 10, 1896.

Nathan's age is given as 31 in the census of 1930. ^{1 2 3}

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence, 1900, 169 Muir Street, Cambridge, Maryland. ²

• Residence, Apr 18, 1910, 103 E. West St., Baltimore, Md. ⁸ Nathan was in school.

• Residence, 1914, 41 E. Hill, Baltimore. ⁹ Nathan was a piano tuner.

• Military Service. ^{1 3} Nathan served in World War I. He was a seaman in the navy.

• Residence, 1916, 41 E. Hill, Baltimore. ¹⁰ Nathan was a piano tuner.

• Residence, 1917, 41 E. Hill, Baltimore. ¹¹ Nathan was a piano tuner.

• Draft Registration, Jan 22, 1918, Baltimore. ³ Nathan lived at 41 E. Hill, Baltimore. He was a piano tuner in Waynesboro?, Penna.

• Residence, 1918, 41 E. Hill, Baltimore. ¹² Nathan was a piano tuner.

• Residence, Jan 29, 1920, 222 Ashe St., Bristol, Tenn. ¹³ Nathan was a boarder.

• Employment, Jan 29, 1920, Bristol, Tenn. ^{7 13 14 15} Nathan was a tuner at a piano company. The Baltimore Directory of 1920 has Nathan as a piano tuner but with no address, reinforcing the suggestion that he was in Tennessee at the time. Again, Nathan's wife Gertrude had a southern accent, reinforcing the same possibility and implying that he met her there.

• Residence, 1922, 39 E. Hill, Baltimore, Md. ¹⁶ Nathan was a mechanic.

• Business, 1926, 39 E. Hill, Baltimore, Md. ¹⁵ Nathan was in the piano business.

• Residence, 1926, Woodlawn, Maryland. ¹⁵

• Residence, Apr 24, 1930, Johnnycake Road, Baltimore, Md. ¹

• Employment, Apr 24, 1930, Johnnycake Road, Baltimore, Md. ¹ Nathan was a blacksmith's helper.

• Residence, Nov 30, 1936, 4305 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore. ⁴

• Employment, Nov 30, 1936, Hugo Worch & Co., 1110 G Street, NW, Washington, DC. ^{4 7 17 18} "In the early 20th century, Hugo Worch was the keyboard king of D.C....Between 1914 and 1921 he donated about 175 pianos to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History." Worch & Co. was earlier located at 924 7th St. and was established in 1879. Nathan was apparently employed in the piano business into the administration of Harry Truman, since Robert Franklin has him tuning the president's piano at the White House.

• Social Security Registration, Nov 30, 1936, Washington, DC. ⁴ SS #578-09-4598.

• Residence, Jan 1956, Tallahassee, Fla. ¹⁹ Nathan was the informant on Sarah Annie Franklin's death certificate.

• Residence, Nov 1974, Maryland 20795. ⁵ "Maryland 20795" is apparently Kensington 20895.

Nathan married Gertrude Z PRITZKER, daughter of Israel PRITZKER and Annie, in 1927.¹ (Gertrude Z PRITZKER was born on Oct 21, 1901 in Maryland,⁵ died on Jul 4, 1987 in Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, Rockville, Maryland ^{5 20} and was buried on Jul 5, 1987 in King David Memorial Garden, Falls Church, Virginia ²⁰.)