Samuel FRANKLIN ^{1 2 3}

   Other names for Samuel were Shmulik, Samuel FRANKL, Shmuel FRENKEL and S FRENKLIN.

  General Notes:

Samuel was Isaac Franklin's nephew.

He was born in Borispol in Kiev Gubernia. He later lived in Gorodishche in the Cherkassy district of Kiev Gubernia. Gorodishche is west of the city of Cherkassy and south of Kanev. His daughter Rose was born in Ekaterinoslav/Dnipropetrovsk where they moved before coming to the US.

Samuel founded the Franklin Glass Co. on Spring Garden St. between 6th and 7th Sts. in Philadelphia and later Franklin Auto Glass at 623-25 South Broad St. Robert Franklin has this as Broad St. and Snyder Ave. Samuel's extended family lived at 634 N. 6th St. near the former. Lois Sernoff has him manufacturing "glass for candy store case goods." Thus Samuel's entry into the glass business may have been directly related to the Schaff family candy case business.

In 1930, Samuel lived across the back alley from Harry Pollen. ^{4 6 8 9 11 12 13}

  Research Notes:

The US Census of 1910 has Samuel's age as 39, apparently incorrectly. Samuel's SS-5 has June 2, 1880, as his date of birth. His Petition for Naturalization has July 25, 1879.

The World War I draft registration has Samuel's birth date as July 25, 1878.

The census of 1920 has Samuel's immigration as 1899. It also has Samuel and Rebecca's place of birth as "Northern Russia" with the "Northern" crossed out.

Samuel's year of immigration is given in the 1930 census as 1902. His age is given as 52. Nathan and Sidney Needleman were boarders at Samuel's house.

The World War II draft registration has Samuel's place of birth as Ekaterinoslav. It has his date of birth as June 2, 1880. ^{4 9 13 14 15 16}

  Noted events in his life were:

• Immigration, Nov 1901, New York, NY. ^{4 6 14} Samuel arrived on the SS Amsterdam out of Rotterdam, Holland. The manifest for November 12 is damaged and Samuel does not appear in the surviving pages.

• Residence, May 13, 1902, 513 Clymer St., Philadelphia. ^{8 17} Samuel was being helped at the Blitzstein Bank by someone Lois Sernoff calls "The Walker," Wm. Glasser of 1004 S. 3rd St., or William Glazer as she has him.

• Residence, Jul 17, 1902, 513 Clymer St., Philadelphia. ¹⁸

• Residence, Nov 1, 1904, 331 Kauffman St., Philadelphia. ^{17 19} Samuel was accompanied by Wolke Swojetzkie at the Blitzstein Bank. Wolke was also known as Jossel Velvel Swoyetsky (and Josef Swatsky and Joseph Swotes) and was the husband of a relative of Samuel's wife on the Sosnovsky side.

• Residence, Dec 27, 1904, 331 Kauffman St., Philadelphia. ¹⁰

• Declaration of Intention to become citizen, Feb 6, 1906, Circuit Court of U.S., Eastern District of Penna. ⁴

• Residence, Mar 1, 1907, 518 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia. ²⁰

• Residence, Oct 22, 1908, 510 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia. ⁴ Samuel was a "storekeeper."

• Petition for Naturalization, Oct 22, 1908, Circuit Court of U.S., Eastern District of Penna. ⁴ The witnesses were Marcus A Benn of 537 South St. and Michael Levy of 509 Bainbridge.

• Naturalization, Mar 5, 1909, Circuit Court of U.S., Eastern District of Penna. ²¹ Certificate No. 94409.

• Residence, Apr 19, 1910, 518 Bainbridge St., Philadelphia. ¹⁴ ED #58, sheet 17A.

• Business, Apr 19, 1910, Philadelphia. ¹⁴ Samuel was a furniture dealer.

• Residence, Sep 13, 1917, 3116 Euclid Avenue. ²²

• Draft Registration, Sep 12, 1918, Philadelphia. ²³ Samuel lived at 1927 N. Napa, Philadelphia. He was a carpenter at Hog Island.

• Residence, Jan 13, 1920, 5901 Race St., Philadelphia. ¹⁵

• Business, Jan 13, 1920, Philadelphia. ¹⁵ Samuel was a retail merchant.

• Residence, Apr 10, 1930, 3132 Page St., Philadelphia. ^{8 13} ED #740, sheet 14A.

• Business, Apr 10, 1930, Philadelphia. ¹³ Samuel was the proprietor of a retail window glass store.

• Residence, Dec 1932, 3132 Page St., Philadelphia. ²⁴

• Residence, 1936, 3134 W. Columbia Ave., Strawberry Mansion, Philadelphia. ²⁵

• Business, Apr 27, 1942, Ben's Auto Glass Shop, 619 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia, Penna. ¹⁶ The name "Ben's Auto Glass" apparently resulted from legal action against Samuel as a result of his use of the name "Franklin Auto Glass" after having sold the "Franklin Glass Co." and all rights to the name. The reference is, of course, to Benjamin Franklin.

• WWII Draft Registration, Apr 27, 1942, Philadelphia. ¹⁶ Samuel lived at 634 N. 6th St., Philadelphia

• Residence, May 18, 1943, 634 N. 6th St., Philadelphia. ⁹

• Business, May 18, 1943, Franklin Auto Glass, 623-625 South Broad St., Philadelphia. ⁹

• Social Security Registration, May 18, 1943, Philadelphia. ⁹ SS #183-20-8782

• Residence, Aug 30, 1946, 634 N. 6th St., Philadelphia. ⁶

• Employment, Bef 1946, Philadelphia. ⁶ Samuel was a carpenter.

Samuel married Rebecca [Rivka] SCHAFF, daughter of Eudel SCHEFCZINSKY and Ida SOSNOVSKY, in 1899 in Ukraine. (Rebecca [Rivka] SCHAFF was born in 1881 in Horodisz, [Ukraine], Russian Empire,^{2 5 26} died on Dec 5, 1932 in Philadelphia ² and was buried in Har Jehuda Cem, Upper Darby, Penn ^{24 27}.)