Harry Nathan SCHAFF ^{1 2}

   Other names for Harry were Nathan SCHAFF, Nochem Tsvi SCHAFF and Nochem Hersh SZEWCZYNSKI.

  General Notes:

Harry sold second hand furniture. ²

  Research Notes:

Harry gives his date of birth on his petition for naturalization as July 4, 1869.

Dora, his wife, is listed as widowed in the census of 1920.

The census of 1930 has his son Samuel's father's and mother's place of birth as Moscow, Russia. ^{3 6 7}

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: Gorodishche, [Ukraine], Russian Empire. ³

• Residence: Ekaterinoslav (Dnipropetrovsk), [Ukraine], Russian Empire. ³

• Embarkation, Sep 17, 1903, Bremen, Germany. ⁸ "Nochem Sefschinsky" sailed on the SS Main.

• Immigration, Oct 2, 1903, Port of Baltimore. ^{2 8} Harry arrived aboard the Main. He was a joiner. He was coming to see his brother-in-law "M. Wills," apparently actually Meyer Weiss.

• Residence, Sep 7, 1904, 613 Gerat St., Philadelphia. ⁹ This is most likely Gerritt St.

• Residence, Jan 31, 1905, Lincoln, Nebraska. ³

• Declaration of Intention, Jan 31, 1905, Lincoln, Nebraska. ¹

• Residence, Nov 10, 1908, 311 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia. ¹⁰ Harry was a "storekeeper."

• Petition for Naturalization, Nov 10, 1908, Circuit Court of U.S., Eastern District of Penna. ¹⁰ Witnessed by Louis Weisman of 318 Jackson St. and Meyer Weiss of 1614 South Orkney St. Harry's notice of intention was filed at Lincoln, Nebraska.

• Naturalization, Mar 5, 1909, Philadelphia. ^{2 11}

• Residence, 1910, 311 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia. ² ED #57, sheet 8A.

Harry married Dora SNADER, daughter of Tsvi Hirsh SNADER and Rebecca GREEN, in 1889 in Russia.¹ (Dora SNADER was born in 1872 in Horodish, [Ukraine], Russian Empire,^{1 10} died on Feb 6, 1938 in Philadelphia ¹ and was buried in Mount Sharon Cem, Springfield, Penn ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

The census of 1930 has Dora's age at marriage as 32. ⁷