Name |
Felix Rafael |
Born |
23 Jan 1895 |
Gablonz, Böhmen, Austria-Hungary [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Anecdote |
Abt 1938 |
- After leaving Czechoslovakia in 1938 went to Cuba where he was turned away and then to Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Entered the United States(last time) on October 12, 1940.
Owned business called Alexander & Co. which was started in 1863.
The business exported glassware and imitation jewels.
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Occupation |
Bef 1938 |
Owner of Alexander & Co. |
DraftRegistration |
26 Apr 1942 |
Local Board Nr. 67, New York, New York [2] |
- 220 Cabrini Blvd, NYC,NY||the same||WA3-2437||January 23, 1895 at Jablonec n.N, Czechoslovakia||wife-Grete Rafael at 220 Cabrini Blvd||Fred Berl||55 West 42nd Street, NYC, NY||Race: White, Eyes: Brown, Hair:Black, Complexion: Ruddy, Height: 5 ft. 10 in. weight: 166 lbs. He had a scar on the right side of his lower abdomen
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Anecdote |
27 Feb 1946 [3] |
- Felix Rafael claimed his daughter, Johanna Elisabet Rafael as an exemption. His income from dividens and interest was $565.76 and his other income was $960.62, with a combined total of $1526.38. He had paid $281.08 of his 1945 income tax through payment of 1945 Declaration of Estimated Tax. His net gain from sales or exchanging of property other than capital assets was $1,829.45. He had a share of $868.83 in the Kora-Plast Co. His short-term capital gains were $1669.58 and his long-term capital gains were $159.87. He donated to Bnai Brith, Conegration Beth Israel, World Jewish Congress, and other recognized charities $209.80. He paid $17.00 for an auto license and $10.00 for miscellaneous exise taxes. For Accident insurance he paid $90.00 and deducted a total of $371.57 for Medical and dental expenses. Miscellaneous deductions for discount expenses, a safe deposit box and accounting services amounted to $521.45. The toal deductions were $1,172.32.
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Naturalization |
08 Aug 1946 |
District Court of the Untied States, New York, New York [4] |
- No. 6695023, Petition No. 532005
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Affidavit |
14 Oct 1946 [5, 6] |
- his mother-in-law|| Felix had to show that he had the necessary finances through an affadavit of support. On October 10, 1946 he had $10, 711.90 deposited with Herzfeld & Stern, $2 068.61 on deposit with the Chase National Bank, and had $8260.28 of capital invested in Kora-Plast Co. He had a mortgage of $3550.00 dated 15 June 1944 on the premises known as 189-18 State Street, Flushing, Long Island. Felix was engaged in the business of Manufacturing Plastic Novelties with Kora-Plast Co. of 25 Spruce Street, New York 7, NY and derived a net annual income of $1526. He had $2068 on deposit in savings bank in the United States and had other personal property, valued at $3000. He listed his wife, Grete Rafael, and daughter, J. Elizabeth Rafael, as wholly dependent on him.
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Reference Number |
2624 |
Social Security Number |
064-20-6586 |
Died |
04 May 1968 |
New York, New York [1] |
Buried |
Abt 06 May 1968 |
Mt. Moriah Cemetery, New Jersey |
Person ID |
I2624 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
4 Jan 2003 |
Father |
Max Rafael, b. 04 Nov 1863, House Nr. 20, Austerlitz, Wischau, Moravia , d. 06 Jul 1924, Josef-Pfeifferstrasse 31, Gablonz, Böhmen, Czechoslovakia |
Mother |
Berta Jacobsen, b. 16 Jul 1860, Hamburg, Germany , d. 04 Mar 1922, Josef-Pfeifferstrasse 31, Gablonz, Böhmen, Czechoslovakia |
Married |
06 Apr 1891 |
Hotel Stein, Prague, Bohemia |
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Liberec-Marriages-invc-988-p64 Marriage Record of Max Rafael and Bertha Jacobsen, married 06 April 1891 in Prague (recorded in Reichenberg) |
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Liberec-Marriages-invc-988-p64 Marriage Record of Max Rafael and Bertha Jacobsen, married 06 April 1891 in Prague (recorded in Reichenberg) |
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Liberec-Marriages-invc-988-p64 Marriage Record of Max Rafael and Bertha Jacobsen, married 06 April 1891 in Prague (recorded in Reichenberg) |
Family ID |
F577 |
Group Sheet |
Family |
Margarete Fried, b. 21 Apr 1896, Gablonz, Böhmen, Austria-Hungary , d. 09 May 1990, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California |
Married |
29 Jun 1920 |
Gablonz an der Neisse (Jablonec nad Nisou), Böhmen, Czechoslovakia [7] |
Divorced |
08 Nov 1935 [8] |
Married |
20 Mar 1946 |
New York, New York |
Children |
| 1. Alexander Rafael, b. 12 Aug 1921, Gablonz an der Neisse (Jablonec nad Nisou), Böhmen, Czechoslovakia , d. 19 May 1976, Uniondale, New York |
| 2. Johanna Elizabeth Rafael, b. 25 Aug 1928, Josef-Pfeifferstrasse 31, Gablonz, Böhmen, Austria-Hungary , d. 09 Apr 2006, California |
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Family ID |
F338 |
Group Sheet |