MAX (Moloznik) MALKIN

May 18, 1881 – Sep. 20, 1954

Max’s dates of birth and death were found on his death certificate.

According to Molly, Max was born in Minsk

I found the Malkin family in 1920 Census of Essex County NJ.

Max’s father was named Mordecai (per his death certificate and Aunt Lee).

We believe his mother was named Anna but I have no documentation of this.

He had two brothers, Sam and Dave who settled in the Philadelphia area.

He is buried in Beth Israel Cemetery, Woodbridge NJ.

See his inscription of the Ellis Island Wall of Honor

Letter from Aunt Lee (I think in the 70s)

I checked the NJ Naturalization Records (1749-1986) and Max never applied for citizenship

Ancient Family Document

Aunt Ethel lived with Max for 6 years and had more records.

She claimed Max’s name in Belarus was Mendel Moloznik

I checked this name on the Ellis Island records and everything Aunt Ethel said was correct!

Note that this record was totally misfiled on the Ellis Island website.

It took me an hour to find it.

Max and Celia left Liverpool on the SS Carmania on September 11, 1906 and arrived at Ellis Island September 19, 1906 and for some reason were processed the next day.

Aunt Ann was born 7 months later!

She did not tell the agent she was pregnant (the agent would have documented this if she had)

They may have feared consequences of further scrutiny that her pregnancy would have drawn.

Or, she might not have known herself.

Teresa (the experienced OB nurse) says that women at that stage (especially in those days) often don’t know for sure.

They arrived to see Celia’s (Cipe) brother in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, “M Chodibman”

Maybe that was Mendel Schneiderman, Celia’s known brother.

Family legend had it that Celia’s brothers died in Russia. Maybe it was just the other brother.

The record said they came from Goznik. I think it was “Chasnik” in a thick Russian accent.

On Max’s death certificate, it is noted he had spent almost the last 2.5 years in the NJ State Hospital and died of amebic dysentery.

This is easily treatable now, but back then, it was harsh.