Charles Saul BLUHM ^{2 3 4}

   Other names for Charles were Charles BLOOM, Charles BLUM, Charles BLUMM and Charles HENECH.

  General Notes:

Charles changed his name to BLUHM to prevent his parents from having him expelled from the U.S. Navy for being underage. He served at the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. Family legend had him slipping through the Chinese lines to inform the marines at the American embassy in Peking that help was on the way. ¹⁰

  Research Notes:

The US Census of 1920 has 1878 for year of immigration. In 1910, it was 1890.

Among Charles' neighbors at the same address are the families of Louis and Robert Horowitz. Could these be relations of Sarah Hurwitz?

The census of 1930 has Charles' place of birth as Vilna.

Bill Lucker has January 1885 as date of birth.

Charles is not mentioned in the letter from Shmuel Hurwitz of October, 1886.

The SSDI has Charles' date of birth as April 7, 1885, as does the California Death Index. The WWI draft registration has April 6. ^{2 6 7 11 12 13 14}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Immigration, 1891. ²

2. Residence, Jun 12, 1900, 73 Charles St., Hartford, Conn. ¹⁵ Charles was 15, at school, and still listed as living at home in June of 1900.

3. Military Service, Jul 1900, China. ^{2 10} Charlie was in the navy when the Eight Nation Alliance captured Tianjin.

4. Naturalization, Bef 1910. ⁸

5. Residence, Apr 20, 1910, 296 Pennsylvania Ave., Brooklyn, NY. ⁸ ED #792, sheet 16A.

6. Business, Apr 20, 1910, Brooklyn, NY. ⁸ Charles was a painter of buildings.

7. Draft Registration, Sep 12, 1916, Arlington Ave. and Linwood St., Brooklyn, NY. ¹⁴ Charles was living at 361 Miller Avenue. He was an "expert typewriter repairman."

8. Residence, Jan 10, 1920, 361 Miller Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. ⁷ ED #1418, sheet 15A.

9. Employment, Jan 10, 1920, Brooklyn, NY. ⁷ Charles was a machinist at a typewriter factory.

10. Residence, Apr 16, 1930, 666 Dumont Ave., Brooklyn, New York. ¹ ED #530, sheet 8A.

11. Employment, Apr 16, 1930, Brooklyn, NY. ¹ Charles was a painter for a painting contractor.

12. Social Security Registration: New York. ⁶ #051-09-5715

13. Residence, Jan 1966, Los Angeles, Calif 90036. ⁶

Charles married Lottie SCHWARTZBERG in 1908.¹ (Lottie SCHWARTZBERG was born on Oct 22, 1888 in New York State ³ and died on Nov 8, 1971 in Los Angeles County, Calif ³.)