The First known US KADETSKY - Jakob 1871

So far, research has shown that three KADETSKIES arrived in the US in the summer of 1871. Since we have not yet been able to confirm the exact date of arrival (maybe they shipped in together but forgot the exact date and made one up, or confused the Gregorian and the Julian calendars, or......), we'll go by age:

The oldest was JAKOB KADETSKY, according to his FIRST PAPERS (see image), which were the initial application forms for citizenship, he was born on 20 Sept 1853 and came to the US from "Russia Poland" as it was known back then.... He reportedly arrived in NY on 28 June 1871 aged 18 and lived in NY for a few years, later moving to Boston where in 1876 he requested US citizenship.
























He was married to a lady named Pauline E Baruch who was born around 1854, arrived in US 1872? and died 14/09/1930 and they had the following children:

Fannie
b. Boston 05/09/1879
m. Henry Porcelaine

Rosa
born Boston 25/06/1882
married Abraham Kalish

Nettie
born in MA 1886
married Henry Bowman

Abram
d. 13/08/1889 aged 1y10m

Tena
born Boston 23/06/1890
married Benjamin Finkelstein

Martha
born in Boston 31/05/1892

Edna
b. Boston 1899
d. April 3, 1919
buried in Tefireth Israel

In the 1885 Boston Directory he is listed as follows: Kadetsky Jacob, peddler, h. 23 Decatur

Jakob died in Massachusetts on Mar 1, 1906 and he and Pauline are both buried in buried W Roxbury, MA in Tefireth Israel Cemetery.  As far as we can see, they had no surviving sons, so their surname did not continue.  However, Pauline stated she had 7 surviving children in the 1910 census, so we might be missing a son in our data.

The data given here was taken from Census reports and other documents such as the images included.







In the 1910 US Census for Suffolk County, Pauline is listed as living with her son-in-law Henry Porcelaine in Suffolk County, Boston: 75 Lawrence Avenue; as follows: Henry’s mother-in-law, Pauline E. KADETSKY (born about 1855 in Germany). Pauline is a widow. She has had eight children but only seven are living in the 1910 census. Her parents were from Germany and Pauline arrived in the United States in 1872. Also living with them are her daughters:
1. Henry's wife Fanny (born about 1880 in Massachusetts)
2. Henry’s sister-in-law, Nettie KADETSKY (born about 1886 in Massachusetts)
3. Henry’s sister-in-law, Lena KADETSKY (born about 1891 in Massachusetts)
4. Henry’s sister-in-law, Martha KADETSKY (born about 1893 in Massachusetts)
5. Henry’s sister-in-law, Edna KADETSKY (born about 1899 in Massachusetts).