The guesses in the “Who were the Atlas Family” story were correct and Bassie Atlas is a daughter of Itzhok Yankiv Schwartz. Bassie Atlas passed away in Connecticut in September 1952. A photograph of her tombstone is on a website…
Read more → Yossel Atlas made ladies hats that he sold from his Madison Avenue store in New York City. drafting Mayer Hofstein started life in America in the milliner trade. Mayer lived a few blocks away from the Atlas family. Feige Kolik…
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Boarding the S. S. Campania in Liverpool, Yossel Atlas sails alone to New York in May 1904, leaving behind his wife Bessie and children. The Ellis Island ship manifest lists him on line 11 as “Josef Atlas”, a 30-year-old merchant…
Read more → Feige Kolik’s 1914 ship manifest shows “Uncle Yossel Atlas” as her host in America. Who were the Atlas family? (See Update to this Story) Facts The 1915 New York State Census show the Atlas family residing at 1562 Madison Avenue…
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