Samuel BROIDA headstone, Sanhedria Cemetery, Jerusalem, Israel. Posted with kind permission of the photographer via Find A Grave.
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A very kind photographer and tour guide in Israel has taken pictures of the final resting places of Samuel Abraham KARKLINSKY BROIDA (1887-1973) and his wife, Ida OSCHERWITZ BROIDA (1888-1975), which are side-by-side. It had been thought that they were buried in Mount of Olives, but this wonderful Find A Grave volunteer found their memorials in Sanhedria Cemetery in Jerusalem instead. He has even translated the stones for us, for which we are very grateful.
Sam’s stone reads:
Here lies Avraham Shmuel Broida, son of Ya’akov Ze’ev. One of the founders of HaMizrachi in the US, and a member of the Board of Chicago Yeshivot. Born in the year 5647 in Eišiškės (Lithuania), died in Chicago on 30 Shvat 5733, and interred in Jerusalem on 4 Adar Aleph 5733.
Ida OSCHERWITZ BROIDA headstone, Sanhedria Cemetery, Jerusalem, Israel. Posted with kind permission of the photographer via Find A Grave.
Ida’s stone reads:
Here lies our dear mother, devoted to her husband and her family, full of kindness and good-hearted. Alta Leah Devora Broida, daughter of Eliyahu Yitzhak Oscherwitz. Born in Cincinnati on 16 Shvat 5648, died in Chicago on 26 Sivan 5735, and interred on 30 Sivan 5735.
Sam Broida was a partner in Broida Brothers Dry Goods in St. Louis, Missouri. He and his wife moved to Chicago to run her family’s business, Best Kosher Meat Company. You can read more about Sam and Ida in the blog posts listed below.
One tidbit of information shared by our kind photographer is that at least some of the cemeteries in Israel need to be searched using Hebrew names, not Americanized versions.
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S. A. Broida’s arrival in New York City as a buyer for Broida Brother Jobbing Company in St. Louis, Missouri. The New York Times, January 28, 1917, Vol. 66, No. 21,554, Page 31.
Buyers have long traveled to New York City, the capital of fashion, home decor, and other products. Due to its ports it offered a wide variety of goods, and buyers would make the pilgrimage by train or airplane in order to learn the latest styles and to place orders so they could provide the latest to their customers.
These notices were actually provided to the paper by the buyers themselves, so we can be reasonably sure about their accuracy. The entries tell us the city, name of the company/store, buyer’s name, what items the buyer was interested in, and even the NY hotel they were staying in! (In the above case, it was the Broadway Central.) Wholesalers could easily contact the buyers with this information available.
Directly below this listing was “Buyers’ Wants,” which included “cotton goods” and “SILKS Wanted.” Below that, “Offerings to Buyers” were such items as “1,200 Oxford Gray Camp” blankets, as well as help wanted ads for ‘buyers of silks and dress goods,’ a manager for a knitting mill, salesmen, dictaphone operators and stenographers, etc. Wholesale beer was big business in NYC, and still is!
S. A. Broida’s arrival in New York City as a buyer for Broida Brother Jobbing Company in St. Louis, Missouri. The New York Times, June 1, 1919, Vol. 68, No. 22,408, page 31.
Buyers generally made 1-2 trips per year to NYC.
It is interesting to look at other headlines in the papers at the time, to see what was happening in the world and in the US, as well as to see the ads for various clothing items and home fashions.
In the 1917 paper, for instance, one headline on the front page was, “England Moves to Block Egress of Enemy Ships into North Sea”- this of course refers to World War I, which the US would not get involved in until April of that year. Another headline stated “Pershing Retiring; Villistas Advance.” Brigadier General John J. Pershing had taken troops to Mexico to capture Pancho Villa, a Mexican revolutionary who commanded forces that murdered 16 American Nationals, then crossed into the United States and attacked Columbus, New Mexico and the Army Camp there.
Some things never change: “House in Debate on Revenue Bill…Fight Opens the Week.” Other headlines show us how far we have come, such as “Mrs. Byrne Now Fed by Force; Birth-Control Prisoner, Near Collapse, Revives After Food is Administered.” Mrs. Ethel Byrne was in the workhouse serving a sentence for her protest, had gone on a hunger strike, and was force-fed. At this time 100 years ago, women did not have the right to vote and this was happening to those who protested the inequality, however Mrs. Byrne’s transgression was insisting that women should have control over when they got pregnant. Mrs. Bryne’s sister was the more famous birth-control advocate, Mrs. Margaret Sanger.
People still wanted the newest styles for themselves, their families, and their homes despite the latest news. Buyers like Sam Broida, of Broida Brothers Jobbing Company, worked hard to provide the nicest products for the customers of their St. Louis store.
Notes, Sources, and References:
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Samuel A. (Karklinsky) Broida (1887-1973) in center with two unknown men in Broida Brothers Dry Goods, Manufacturers and Mill, St. Louis, Missouri. Taken between 1910-1929. (Click to enlarge.) [Editor’s Note: Sam was misidentified originally- he was actually the man with the bow tie in the center, not the left as originally captioned. His granddaughter caught the error, and stated, “He always had a mustache and always wore bowties.” These are great clues to help identify Sam Karklinsky/Broida!]➡ Broida Family
Samuel A. (Karklinsky) Broida was born in Eišiškes, Salcininkai, Lithuania on 01 August 1887. His parents were Jacob Zev Karklinsky Broida (1857-1932) and Anna (Sonya) ___ (1857-194).
Sam immigrated to the US in 1905 at age 18. He married Ida Leah Deborah Oscherwitz (1888-1975) in Cincinnati, Ohio on 03 April 1910. When the 1910 US Federal Census was enumerated on 04 May 1910 in St. Louis, Missouri, Sam was in St. Louis, living with his parents but noted as married for 0 years; his wife is not enumerated with the family. Sam is listed as a peddler of dry goods, working on his own account. The same occupation is given for his brother Max and his father.
Employees in an early picture of the Broida Brothers Dry Goods. (Click to enlarge.)
Sam and his younger brother, Max Broida, became partners in Broida Brothers Dry Goods in St. Louis, Missouri. In the 1920 US Federal Census, Sam was living with wife Ida and their 4 children and a servant in St. Louis, Missouri. Sam is listed as owning his own dry goods store. In the same census, brother Max was also listed as a dry goods merchant, working on his own account.
By 1930, Samuel and family had moved to Chicago to run the Oscherwitz family business, Best Kosher Meat Company. Max remained in St. Louis, and in the 1940 US Federal Census he is listed as President of the Broida Brothers, a wholesale dress jobber.
Thus the above photos were taken sometime after the 1910 census, but before the 1930 census. A check of St. Louis City Directories would help to narrow down the time period of the beginnings of the partnership.
In the first photo, note the old phone, name of company on window, and the still-lit cigar on the chair, waiting for the photo to be taken so it can again be enjoyed.
Notes, Sources, and References:
1) Thanks to Cousin Mitch for sharing this photo and information on his Broida line, and Cousin Jane for her photo above that was posted on Ancestry.com.
2) 1910 US Federal Census, Jacob Broida Head of Household: Year: 1910; Census Place: St Louis Ward 4, Saint Louis City, Missouri; Roll: T624_812; Page: 22B; Enumeration District: 0064; FHL microfilm: 1374825, Lines 98-100 and family continued on following page.
3) 1920 US Federal Census for Samuel Broida: Year: 1920; Census Place: St Louis Ward 22, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri; Roll: T625_959; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 423; Image: 55, Lines 91-97.
4) 1920 US Federal Census for Max Broida: Year: 1920; Census Place: St Louis Ward 23, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri; Roll: T625_959; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 457; Image: 1015.
5) 1940 US Federal Census for Max Broida: Year: 1940; Census Place: St Louis, St Louis City, Missouri; Roll: T627_2207; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 96-635
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