Joseph Bennett BLOOM B.S. ¹

   Other names for Joseph were Jos B BLOOM and Joseph Benjamin BLOOM.

  General Notes:

Graduated Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science (1926?)

"If there should be another flood,
For refuge hither fly.
Tho all the world [would] be submerged,
This book would still be dry." --3-5-28

"TELL ME NOT
IN MOURNFUL
NUMBERS LIFE
[is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.]" --October 1925? (in reference to the death of his sister, Mary?). From "A Psalm of Life," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Joe apparently attended the "Kendrick's Carnival" at the sesquicentennial celebration in 1926. ⁶

  Research Notes:

"Jeanette Georgine Baillargeon--A Name Not Easily Forgotten" [second part has been intentionally obscured]. The Baillargeons appear to be of French Canadian ancestry. There is a Jeanette (Jeannette) Baillargeon listed in the Social Security records as having registered in Pennsylvania and died in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The same woman appears to have left unclaimed funds with the state of Connecticut. Last known address, 141 Dixon Street, Bridgeport.

Joe does not appear in the census of 1930 at the Brewster Ave. address, implying that he has already moved to South Dakota. He does appear at Madison, South Dakota, as a salesman in a department store, which is how I had it from my mother, Fay Bloom Franklin. The store was owned by Archie Marsh and Joe's aunt, Theresa Cooper Marsh, daughter of Barnett Cooper. ^{5 6 8 9 10 11}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence, Apr 18, 1910, Lyons Avenue, West Philadelphia. ¹²

2. Residence, Jan 14, 1920, 161 East Richmond St., Philadelphia. ^{1 13} This was near Shackamoxon St. across from the Franklin Sugar Refining Co.

3. Employment: Philadelphia. ¹⁴ Joe worked at a candy factory. His sister Fay recalled an incident when Joe threw away a candy bar she was eating, apparently as a result of his knowledge of the conditions prevailing in the plant. This may actually be the Franklin Sugar Refining Co., mentioned directly above.

4. Residence, 1923, 7810 Brewster Ave., Philadelphia. ⁶

5. Graduation: Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science. ¹ Joe received a degree in chemistry.

6. Employment: Atwater-Kent Radio Company. ¹

7. Residence, Apr 3, 1930, 221 N. Lee Avenue, Madison, South Dak. ¹¹

8. Employment, Apr 3, 1930, Madison, S Dak. ^{1 11 15} Joe was a salesman in a department store. The store was owned by Archie Marsh, husband of Theresa Cooper Marsh.

9. Employment, After 1939, Westinghouse Steam Division, Philadelphia. ^{1 15 16} Joe was a machinist, operating a turret lathe.

10. Residence, Bef 1954, 7810 Brewster Ave., Philadelphia. ¹⁵

11. Residence, After 1954, 1829 Unruh St., Philadelphia. ¹⁵ Joe was retired. He owned a duplex and rented out the upper floor. He also owned another property in the area that he rented out.