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Pollak, Charles

Male 1893 - 1966  (73 years)


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  • Name Pollak, Charles  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15] 
    Born 14 Jul 1893  New York, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1900  Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son 
    Residence Between 1917 and 1918  Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1 Jun 1925  New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Relation to Head of House: Head 
    Residence 1930  New Rochelle, Westchester, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head 
    Arrival 8 Sep 1931  New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Departure Hamilton, Bermuda Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Fact 1 Fact 1 Owned Kaye and Einstein Fur Company after 1923  [15, 17] 
    Fact 2 Fact 2 Member of Nights of Pinta; Maimonides Benevolent Society; Masons  [15, 17] 
    Fact 3 Fact 3 Second wife Gilda Deitch; Married 1962  [15, 17] 
    Fact 4 Fact 4 NYC, New Rochelle, Hollywood, Fla.  [15, 17] 
    Fact 5 Fact 5 Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Hawthorne NY  [15, 17] 
    Name Carl Pollak 
    Died 4 Dec 1966  Broward County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 15, 18] 
    Person ID I20656  Our Family
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2024 

    Father Pollak, William,   b. 1 Sep 1860, Janovice nad Úhlavou, West Bohemia, Czech Republic Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1942, St Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Popper, Katherine,   b. 20 Mar 1869, Polina, Slovakia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1961, New York, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 25 Mar 1888  Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [19] 
    Married 25 Apr 1888  Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 19, 20] 
    Family ID F7907  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Deitch, Gilda 
    Married 1962  [1] 
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2024 
    Family ID F7892  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Heilbroner, Fannie Jeannette,   b. 13 Oct 1900, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jan 1949, New York, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
    Married 15 Jun 1920  New York, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8, 15, 21] 
    Children 
    +1. Pollak, Ruth Jean
    +2. Pollak, Alexander Heilbroner
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2024 
    Family ID F7893  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • [Westheimer2.FTW]

      Charles Pollak, known as Carl, quit school at age 14 (1907) and got a j ob working as an errand boy to a salesman. He told people later in li fe "I went to The School of Hard Knocks." He then did business with Man ny Dannenberg, in the area of lace and veilings. He started working for K aye and Einstein Production Fur Comapany in 1918 at age 25. He was friend ly with Irwin Heilbroner who he worked for at the Kaye and Einstein compa ny and in 1920 married Irmin's cousin Fannie Heilbroner. In 1923 he boug ht Kaye and Einstein.
      Alexander Pollak was born in 1921 and they lived on W 110th St. Th ey soon moved to W. 113th St. to a larger apartment. The summer of 1925 t hey rented a house in Pelham, and in September of 1925 moved to New Rochel le, NY. Ruth was born in 1925.
      The fur business survived the depression, and was successful until WW 2. Charles invested his business profits in stock, and after the fur inve ntory was sold Kaye and Einstein remained as a stock holding company.
      Fannie died in 1949, and Charles lived in apartment in New York Cit y. He also wintered in Hollywood Florida. He was an avid golf player a nd card player, and belonged to Hampshire Country Club in Larchmont. He e njoyed entertaining his growing family of 5 grandchildren there.
      Later in life Charles married Gilda Deutsch. He enjoyed driving h is black cadillac and smoking cigars. Once in Florida, he was invit ed to be in an Eastern Airlines Jim Dooley commercial which featured him s aying "Come on Down."

  • Sources 
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      1940 United States Federal Census      		 1940 United States Federal Census


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