Herman Handler ~ Naturalization Record
Herman Handler ~ Birth Record
Herman Handler ~ Passenger List
Herman Handler ~ Marriages and Divorces
Herman Handler ~ Draft Card WWI
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At first I couldn't find Herman Handler in the 1910 U.S. Census. He was easy to find in the 1920 census with wife and children, so I did some creative searching in 1910 and found his young family in Detroit, Michigan. It's no wonder I couldn't find Herman Handler; for some unknown reason, he was enumerated as Wilbur Handler.
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| 1910 U.S. census, Wayne County, Michigan, population schedule, Detroit Ward 10, enumeration district (ED) 155, sheet 12B, dwelling 253, family 279, Wilbur [sic] Handler; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 30 August 2018); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 684. |
Although the head of this household was "Wilbur," everything else matches the expected information for Herman Handler. He was 27 years old (implying a birth year of about 1882-1883) and born in "Hun. Magyar" (Magyar is another term for ethnic Hungarian), as were both his parents. He immigrated in 1903, had his papers (the first step to becoming naturalized), and was able to speak English. He worked as a Presser in the clothing industry, working for himself. He had not been out of work for the entire previous year. He could read and write and he rented his home at 1031 Fourteenth Avenue, which appears to have eight apartments in it, based on what is seen on the full census page.
Wife, Sarah, was 20 years old (implying a birth year of about 1889-1890) and born in "Aust. German" as were both her parents. "Aust" would refer to the Austrian-Hungarian Empire which, before World War I, covered a large area of Europe. Sarah and Wilbur / Herman were in their first marriage (M1) and she had one child who was living. She immigrated in 1905 and spoke English. Note that as a woman, she didn't have any notation by her name for citizenship because her citizenship status derived from her husband's status.
They had one child, a "daughter" named Arthur. Note that all subsequent records reported Arthur as a male so this one instance where he is listed as a daughter is an anomaly. Arthur was listed with an age of 4/12, which suggests a birth date in December 1909. The birthplace was Michigan, implying that soon after Herman and Sarah married in Akron in February 1909, they moved to Michigan.
This is not the Arthur (born January 1910) who was the oldest son of Joseph and Lena Handler of Akron, nor was he Arthur (born January 1912), son of Sam and Sadie Handler of Cleveland.
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As we know from his World War I Draft Card, by 1918, Herman Handler had returned to Akron, Ohio, which is where he was living in January 1920 with his growing and extended family.
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| 1920 U.S. census, Summit County, Ohio, population schedule, Akron Ward 7, enumeration district (ED) 217, sheet1B, dwelling 13, family 16, Herman Handler; image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 26 August 2018); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1440. |
Living at 311 Russell Avenue in Akron, Herman Handler owned his home, free of mortgage, and was 38 years old (born in 1882). He immigrated in 1903 and was naturalized in 1911 (which disagrees slightly with his 1912 naturalization record). He was able to read and write. He was born in Hungary and his native language was Hebrew, same as his parents. He could speak English and worked for himself as a Retail Merchant in the Grocery business.
His wife, Sarah, age 31 (born 1889), immigrated in 1905, and was a naturalized citizen (derived from her husband's naturalization status). She could read and write and was born in Hungary with a native language of Hebrew. (This is the only record that reports a birth place of Hungary; others report Austria or Galicia.)
There are now four children: Arthur, age 10, Irvin, age 7, Milton, age 5, and Ethel, age 1 1/12. Although they are all reported with a birthplace of Ohio, Arthur was born in Michigan, as noted in the 1910 census (among other records).
Also in the household are a brother, Sam Handler, age 30, his wife, Leah and their 2-year-old daughter Rose. Sam is also working as a Retail Merchant in the grocery business, most likely with his brother. This is not the Sam Handler who lived in Cleveland and moved to California (see an abstract of his obituary). This Handler family is doing so well that they also have a servant, Margarette Henry, of New Jersey, living with them.
I will share the 1930 and 1940 federal census records for Herman in a separate post.
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