Myer Starr, memoirs undated
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Myer Starr was born in Dmitrovka in the Ukraine, which was then part of Russia. As a child he was apprenticed to a tailor and later a bakery before he began work at a dry goods store at the age of 11. After his mother died, Starr and his younger brother crossed the border into Germany and then immigrated to the United States. Starr and his brother sailed on the "Kleist" into New York in February 1913. From there, they traveled to a sister's house in Malden, Massachusetts. Myer later married and had two sons, graduates of Harvard College and Tufts University. ; Gift of Jennifer S. Brochin and Jeffrey H. Brochin. ; Myer Starr was born in Dmitrovka in the Ukraine, which was then part of Russia. As a child he was apprenticed to a tailor and later a bakery before he began working at a dry goods store at the age of 11. After his mother died, Starr and his younger brother crossed the border into Germany and then immigrated to the United States. They left behind two sisters and two brothers, who were not heard from after 1941, when the Nazis invaded Russia. ; Starr and his brother sailed on the "Kleist" into New York in February 1913. From there, they traveled to a sister's house in Malden, Massachusetts. Once settled, he worked in a sugar cone bakery and a shirt shop while he went to night school. Eventually he joined a labor league organization after quitting both his job and night school. ; On October 13, 1914, Starr married his wife (possibly Eva, according to the 1930 Census, her name is not mentioned in the memoirs.) On June 10, 1918, Starr's wife gave birth to a boy (possibly Leon David Starr,) who was later educated at Boston Latin School and Harvard College while helping his parents with their laundry business. This son was a veteran of World War II and later married. In 1923, Starr's wife gave birth to their second son, who graduated from Tufts University prior to receiving his PhD from the University of Chicago. This son married in 1951. Unfortunately, his name is unknown. ; Finding Aid available in Reading ...
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Myer Starr, memoirs undated
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Starr, Myer,1893-1979. |
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