William (Wolfe) KORENCZYNE

                   HE WORKED IN A GLOVE FACTORY IN GLOVERSVILLE, NY
DATE OF BIRTH FROM 1920 NY CENSUS SOUNDEX
HE ARRIVED IN USA IN 1906 ACCORDING TO THE 1920 NY CENSUS - VOL. 65, E.D. 9, SHEET 3, LINE 81
FROM ANN (KOREN) DURHAM "HE ARRIVED IN THE U.S. THROUGH ELLIS ISLAND"

BURIAL PLACE FROM ANN KOREN DURHAM
FROM ANN KOREN DURHAM -"HE WAS IN THE RUSSIAN ARMY.  I HAVE A PICTURE OF HIM IN UNIFORM.  HE LOST THE HEARING IN ONE EAR.  HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BUND AND WAS IN JAIL.  IN 1914, HE AND BROTHER ABE HAD A GLOVE FACTORY FOR OVER 28 YEARS IN GLOVERSVILLE.  BOTH MAX AND ABRAHAM WERE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF BRANCH 18 OF THE WORKMEN'S CIRCLE.  I STILL HAVE FOND MEMBORIES OF HIM.  THE TWO BROTHERS BOUGHT THEIR HOME TOGETHER AND IT WAS SOLD A YAR AFTER MAX DIED IN 1945."
                  

                   WORKED IN A GLOVE FACTORY IN GLOVERSVILLE, NEW YORK WHERE HE MADE GLOVES. HE WAS 80 WHEN HE DIED.
DATES OF BIRTH AND DEATH FROM THE SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX SSNO. 076-03-2559
HE ARRIVED IN THE USA IN 1904 ACCORDING TO THE 1920 NY CENSUS SOUNDEX 1920 NY CENSUS VOL. 65, E.D. 10, SHEET 3, LINE 6
HE AND WIFE BELLAH SUFFIS WERE FIRST COUSINS
FROM ANN KOREN DURHAM -" HE (MAX) AND HIS BROTHER ABE HAD A GLOVE FACTORY FOR OVER 28 YEARS IN GLOVERSVILLE.  BOTH MAX AND ABRAHAM WERE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF BRANCH 18 OF THE WORKMEN'S CIRCLE.  THE TWO BROTHERS BOUGHT THEIR HOME TOGETHER AND IT WAS SOLD A YEAR AFTER MAX DIED IN 1945."
                  

                   ARRIVED IN USA 1912.  HE SPOKE YIDDISH, POLISH, ENGLISH AND HEBREW.  HE BELONGED TO THE WORKMEN'S CIRCLE, BRANCH 52 IN NEW YORK CITY.  HE WAS A SOCIALIST WHO WAS ONCE JAILED OVERNIGHT BECAUSE HE WAS PICKETING DURING A STRIKE.  HE WAS A POCKETBOOK FRAMER AND A MEMBER OF THE POCKETBOOK WORKERS UNION IN NEW YORK CITY.  HIS DAUGHTER FRIEDA SAYS "MY FATHER WAS AN EDUCATED ATHIEST.  HE HAD ATTENDED HEBREW SCHOOL IN POLAND AND WAS VERY LEARNED IN THE BIBLE AND TALMUD.  IN AMERICA HE ATTENDED CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES." HIS ADDRESS AT HIS DEATH WAS 3554 DEKALB AVENUE, BRONX, NEW YORK.
FOR ALMOST 25 YEARS HE WORKED FOR LOWY AND MUND.
                  

                   ARRIVED USA BEFORE 1915.  SHE LIVED IN THE BRONX AND WAS A SINGER IN THE CHORUS AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA COMPANY.  SHE WAS ALMOST 80 WHEN SHE DIED BIRTH/DEATH DATES FROM ANN KOREN DURAHM, ALSO,-" IN THE 1940'S I USED TO VISIT AUNT ANNIE AND UNCLE HY'S TOBACCO STORE TO DO ALL THEIR TAX WORK."