Paul GOLD

• General Notes
  • b. NY
    residing in Philadelphia 1920, 1930
    d. prob. at 5380 Montgomery Ave, Wynnefield, Philadelphia, PA (family home after 1932), of a brain tumor, per brother Archie; of a college football injury to the head, per Babs (error)
    
    brother Archie Gold to CMB 4/06:
    I was their 4th son.  Their first son, Paul, born in 1917, died of a brain tumor after being bedridden for ~16months, at the age of 26 in 1939 when I was then 13.  Their second born twins, Fredrick and Lawrence were born in 1917 and died during the 1918 Flu epidemic at the age of ~8 months.  None of us were given middle names.
    
    1930 US Census (22 Apr), residing at 1758 Peach St., Block 624, Ward 34, Philadelphia, PA, head of h/hold is machine operator in ladies' suits industry Morris GOLD, rents home for 45/month, owns radio set, age 38 (sic) (est b yr 1892), b. Russia, f/m b. Russia, spoke Yiddish in home country, age 23 at first marriage (est m yr 1918), living with wife Esther, age 35 (est b yr 1895), b. Russia, f/m b. Russia, age 20 at first marriage (est m yr 1915). (note that Morris appears to be rounding his age up; his math doesn't match Esther's on the marriage year), and two children:  Paul 14 NY, and Arthur 3 yrs 10 months PA.  (Son Lawrence, who appears in 1920 census, not enumerated here.)
    
    record citation:
    Year: 1930; Census Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2119; Page: 60A; Enumeration District: 429; Image: 477.0.
    
    1920 US Census (8 Jan), residing at 3918 Chancellor St., Philadelphia, PA, head of h/hold is tailor Morris GOLD, rents home, can read/write, age 34 (est b yr 1885), b. Russia, f/m b. Russia, spoke Yiddish in home country, arrived in U.S. 1904, has petitioned for citizenship, able to speak English, living with wife Ester (sic), can read/write, age 25 (est b yr 1894), b. Russia, f/m b. Russia, spoke Yiddish in home country, arrived in U.S. 1911, has petitioned for citizenship, able to speak English, occupation "none," and two children, both b. NY:  Paul 4, and Lawrence 1 yr and 1 month, plus brother-in-law, cloak manufacturer Morris BULKIN, can read/write, age 28 (est b yr 1891), b. Russia, f/m b. Russia, spoke Yiddish in home country, arrived in U.S. 1910, naturalized in 1912, able to speak English.  Immediate neighbors include (another brother-in-law) Jacob/Anna BULKIN.
    
    record citation:
    Roll:    T625_1647  Page:    3A 
    ED:    1766  Image:    0626