Hyman GEFFEN ²

   Other names for Hyman were Herman GAFFEN and Herman GEFFEN.

  Research Notes:

Marjorie Goldberg has Hyman's immigration as 1885.

Hyman's date of birth is given in the census of 1900 as July, 1873. His place of birth is given as Germany.

The census of 1920 has Hyman's age as 45.

The census of 1930 has Hyman's place of birth as Wisconsin.

Marjorie Goldberg has Hyman's death as Dec 1, 1930. ^{2 5 6 7}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Naturalization, 1889. ⁶

2. Immigration, 1880. ⁶

3. Employment, 1889-1890, 223 East Des Moines St., Des Moines, Iowa. ² Hyman worked for N. B. Cohen.

4. Employment, 1891, 326 East 5th St., Des Moines, Iowa. ² Hyman worked as a butcher for Louis Stolghren.

5. Residence, Jun 7, 1900, 573 West Congress St., Chicago. ⁷ Hyman was a lodger at the home of Lewis Hillison. ED #322, sheet 17A.

6. Employment, Jun 7, 1900, Chicago. ⁷ Hyman was a butcher manager.

7. Residence, 1910, Chicago. ⁸

8. Residence, Jan 9, 1920, 744 Bittersweet Place, Chicago. ⁶ ED #1477, sheet 9A.

9. Business, Jan 9, 1920, Chicago. ⁶ Hyman was a retail merchant/meats, which is presumably census-speak for a butcher.

10. Residence, Jun 12, 1927, 744 Bittersweet Place, Chicago. ⁹

11. Residence, Apr 21, 1930, 744 Bittersweet Place, Chicago. ⁵ ED #1823, sheet 17A, indexed as Gaffen.

12. Business, Apr 21, 1930, Chicago. ⁵ Hyman was the proprietor of a meat market.

13. Residence, Feb 1940, 5230 Kimbark Ave., Chicago. ³

Hyman married Emma S HILLISON, daughter of Lewis HILLISON and Molly, after 1900.¹ (Emma S HILLISON was born in 1877 in New York ⁶.)