Joan and Jean are twins.
No grandchildren, in 1992. Lives at 104 Birch Way, San Rafael, CA 94903 (in 1992), phone 415-472-2981.
According to Sylvia, his daughter, Jake Mandelbaum left school to
support himself and to run away to his uncle Solomon Mandelbaum
in Nebraska by "hitch Hiking" on a train. Bernice stated that
Jacob quit school after the 4th grade and went to Nebraska,
He loved it there and would tell his children later how he rode a horse bareback on a farm. Solomon Mandelbaum's son, also named Jacob Mandelbaum was tall and known as Big Jake from the country. Big Jake visited the Mandelbaum family in Chicago many times at the home above the hardware store on Lincoln Avenue.
Big Jake, the 1st cousin of our Jacob D. Mandelbaum, was born
to Solomon and Adaline (nee Weinberg) Mandelbaum about 1871 in
Illinois (no doubt Chicago) according to the 1885 census of
Webster county, Nebraska. Therefore, Big Jake was about six
years old when little Jake was born in 1877. Solomon and Adaline
had only one other child, Carrie, born about 1870, who married
Sam Grabschied of Pipestone, Minn. Adaline, age 62, wife of Solomon,
died September 28, 1912, at her home, 4827 Harrison Street,
Kansas City. Solomon Mandelbaum died at age 81 at the same home
address in Kansas City on March 1st, 1924. According to Solomon's death
certificate, his son Jacob was still living at the same home address.Aaron started his business of "cigars and to tobacco" In
Chicago in 1865 at 111 West Madison street, the heart of the
business district. His brother Solomon was in the store next
to him at 109 W. Madison in 1866 as an umbrella manufacturer. Daniel Mandelbaum, their father, was an umbrella manufacturer also when he first appeared in the City directory in 1874.According to Sylvia, his daughter, Jake Mandelbaum left school to
support himself and to run away to his uncle Solomon Mandelbaum
in Nebraska by "hitch Hiking" on a train. Bernice stated that
Jacob quit school after the 4th grade and went to Nebraska,
He loved it there and would tell his children later how he rode a horse bareback on a farm. Solomon Mandelbaum's son, also named Jacob Mandelbaum was tall and known as Big Jake from the country. Big Jake visited the Mandelbaum family in Chicago many times at the home above the hardware store on Lincoln Avenue.Big Jake, the 1st cousin of our Jacob D. Mandelbaum, was born
to Solomon and Adaline (nee Weinberg) Mandelbaum about 1871 in
Illinois (no doubt Chicago) according to the 1885 census of
Webster county, Nebraska. Therefore, Big Jake was about six
years old when little Jake was born in 1877. Solomon and Adaline
had only one other child, Carrie, born about 1870, who married
Sam Grabschied of Pipestone, Minn. Adaline, age 62, wife of Solomon,
died September 28, 1912, at her home, 4827 Harrison Street,
Kansas City. Solomon Mandelbaum died at age 81 at the same home
address in Kansas City on March 1st, 1924. According to Solomon's death
certificate, his son Jacob was still living at the same home address.Aaron started his business of "cigars and to tobacco" In
Chicago in 1865 at 111 West Madison street, the heart of the
business district. His brother Solomon was in the store next
to him at 109 W. Madison in 1866 as an umbrella manufacturer. Daniel Mandelbaum, their father, was an umbrella manufacturer also when he first appeared in the City directory in 1874.
Was a bachelor. Died in a nursing home.
Known to Jake and Stella as the Safe Mover and as a cousin