Marks Block, the uncle who "caused the arrest" of his 12 yo nephew Isaac Kadetsky

Isaac Kadetsky (10/16/1880-1/11/1944) often encountered trouble in his early years. In 1888, at 8 years old, he led a group of two other children his age, managed to acquire a pistol, and tried to break into a safe. (see post and 1888 and 1892 article). In 1897, they were busted for playing poker by the "Gigantic Sergeant - Big Rufe." They were out for the night and told police that they had "jollied de old man and were goin' to just have a little game- see." (See post and 1897 article)

Here is the volley recorded in the 1888 article between the boys, who were 6-8 years old, and the police.

Police: "Where did you put the revolver? 

Moses Silva (7 years old): "Don't 'member. I frew it down in a cellar. No, I didn't take dose postage stamps. He took 'em." 

Eddie Bougusch (6 years old): "I didn't neever. Ikey took 'em." 

Isaac Kadetsky (8 years old): "No, I didn't. 'oo (you) took 'em, ooself." 

The article goes on to say that "Mrs. (Shifra) Kadetsky brought in the revolver that her child had taken home. She handed it over to the Captain., the hammer at full cock, and the chambers all loaded. The young Kadetsky has been arrested before and is evidently the leader of the two. " 

When he was 12 years old in December 1892, his friend Moses Goldman took $300 from his parents and shared $100 with Isaac. The two then ran away to New York. After spending a week "on the run” in the city, Isaac ran into his uncle, Marks Block, a tailor residing at 158 Rivington Street. Marks then notified the Essex Police, leading to Isaac's arrest. The Essex Police Court placed Isaac under the care of the Gerry Society. Until now, this uncle's identity has remained a mystery. 

Last night, I discovered Jacob Block's marriage license, dated September 10, 1892. He lived at 158 Rivington Street; his parents were Marx Block and Sarah Cohen. Jacob married Bessi Zitron, the daughter of Jacob Zitron and Paula Sand.

Here is the 1880 US Census (June 11, 1880) for Marks 41 (1838) and Sarah Block 41 yo (1838): https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ6Q-S2K?lang=en 

Marks' occupation is a tailor. They lived at 14 Essex (the heart of the Jewish ghetto in New York's Lower East Side) 

The following children resided with them:

1. Israel Block, 17 yo (1861/2), England 

2. Jacob Block, 12 (1867/8), England 

3. Kauffman Block, 10 yo (1870/1), England 

4. Simon Block, 7 yo (1872/3) England 

5. Morris Block, 4 (1875/6), England 

6. Henry Block 2 (1877/8) New York 

7. Robert Block 0 (b. 12/1879) New York 

The older five boys were born in England, which is consistent with Jacob's 1892 marriage certificate. The 1900 US Census shows Marks as 60 (6/1840) and Sarah Block as 60 (4/1840). 

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSVF-352?lang=en 

They were married for 39 years (1861). Tragically, she lists having 14 children, 5 who "remained alive," so sad. They list their immigration as 1873. His occupation is a tailor. 

The following sons lived with them: 

Morris Block, 25 (7/1875), England, Shirt Waist Cutter 

Alias Block, 22, (4/1878) New York, Porter, (Henry in 1880, son number 6) 

Robert Block, 20, (2/1880) New York, Shirt Cutter

Szmul Kadecki (1825-1853) death certificate links to Bluma Roza Kadecki (1832-1910) and Issac Kadetsky (1851-1891)!

Jenni Hymoff Koeppel uncovered the death Poliosh death record for Szmul Kadecki. A Genner provided the following vital information extract: This is the DEATH record of Szmuel KADECKI. He died on January 25, 1853 at 5 a.m., aged 28(?), residing in Bieżuń, son of Abram Szlamowicz and Nycha. He left a widow, Blima Rojza, née GARBEL, and a son, Azryel(? possibly Israel or Azriel), aged 2. This adds more evidence to the hypotheisis that Isaac Kadetsky is the son of Szmul mentioned in this record. See my previous post Abraham Kadetsky (1885-1963) son of Isac Kadetsky Yahrzeit Plaque

See my earlier post on Bluma Kadetsky.

Abraham Kadetsky (1885-1963) son of Isac Kadetsky Yahrzeit Plaque

Abraham Kadetsky's memorial plaque from Congregation Beth Shalom of the Bule Hills, Milton MA has been indexed and is listed on the Jewishgen Memorial Plaque database.  The following information is extracted: Avraham ben Yeshiah Ezrial, died on the 23 of Shevat 5723 (2/19/1963). Unfortunately
the original website with pictures of the plaque is no longer operating. 

Screenshot of the Jewishgen index

His brother, Samuel Kadets' (11/1/1879-2/4/1955), yahrzeit plaque in Beth Israel of Quincy, MA, lists his name as Shmuel ben Azriel Yeshaya, 12 of Shevat 5715. https://web.mit.edu/justom/Public/Erica/QuincyDisplay-to-press.pdf

Samuel and Abraham's parents were Isac Kadetsky (7/14/1854-7/11/1891) and Dora Frye (4/1861-?). These plaques show that Isac's Hebrew name was Yeshaya Azriel. Isac's cousin, Israel (Shaya Azriel) Kadetsky (my gggf) shared the same name. Based on Jewish naming custom, they were likely named after the same family member, potentially their grandmother, Nuchy Eliaszowicz's father, Azriel. 

Here are the results for the Kadtesky Yahrzeit plaue search: https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/jgdetail_2.php?df=M_MA&georegion=01memorial&srch1=kadetsky&srch1v=S&srch1t=Q&srchbool=AND&dates=all&newwindow=0&recstart=0&recjump=0&HttpVerb=Post One can find more family yahzriet plauqes by searching for the name Kadets/z and Kadet.

Isaac Kadetsky was a Big Time Trouble Maker Part III

Isaac Kadetsky who was born in 1880 and lived in Boston got into serious mischief! 

In 1888 and 1892 he found himself as the center of trouble. 

This article comes from the front page of the Boston Globe Monday, April 12, 1897. Isaac would have been 17 years old and was among the older boys involved in the card "playing ring." This time the trouble-making was playing poker and smoking cheap cigars. I find the descriptions of policing, the stakeout, and the takedown from the 1890s to be entertaining. Unbelievable that a Police Officer's nickname was "Big Rufe," who was a "Gigantic Sergeant." I wonder who "jollied de old man and were goin' to just have a little game -ace?"

 

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Isaac Kadetsky (b. 1879) was a trouble maker....BIG TIME!

I have found 2 fascinating articles with accounts of Isaac Kadetsky's troublemaking that included stealing a gun at 8 years old and going on a trip with a friend at 12 years old. Isaac Kadetsky was the firstborn son of Abraham Joseph Kadetsky and Celia (Shifra) Kaufman of Boston, MA. (For more genealogical info on his family see post http://kadetskyfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2009/12/1879-abraham-joseph-kadetsky-and-family.html )

Free newspaper searches.
The library of Congress has put together a digital library of newspapers from across the country from 1836-1922. The project is called "Chronicling America" (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/)

From their website:
Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1836-1922 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.
Other free newspaper search engines are the google newspaper archive available here: http://news.google.com/newspapers

Another resource is the Fulton old NY newspaper archive found here: http://fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html
Let me know if you have other newspaper archive resources online.
Here is the article from the (NY) Sun, December 11, 1888. (The story was covered by a newspaper in Omaha as well.)

 

A few years later his shenanigans made headlines again in "The SUN" December 16, 1892:

Did his descendants know that he was a troublemaker?

See my post here about Isaac's uncle http://kadetskyfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2014/08/who-is-isaac-kadetskys-uncle-marks-block.html

Isaac Kadetsky (1851-1891) and Charles Saul Kadetsky; A case of multiple aliases?

I have a hypothesis to explain the 2 Charles Saul Kadetskys in the same family belonging headed by Dora Kadetsky nee Frye. Isaac Kadetsky was married to Dora Frye. Dora's youngest Kadetsky son, Charles Saul Kadetsky was born October 1891, 3 months after his father Isaac had died. Later records from this family record the father's name as Charles Saul Kadetsky as opposed to Isaac Kadetsky. In fact the records belonging to the son Charles Saul Kadetsky (b. 1891) indicate that his father was also named Charles Saul Kadetsky. It would make sense for him to have been named after his deceased father. So my hypothesis is that the first Charles Saul Kadetsky is also known as Isaac Kadetsky and that his youngest son who was born after he died was named after him with the name Charles Saul Kadetsky.
Dora Frye had the following Kadetsky children; Samuel, Edward, Jacob, Abraham, Benjamin and Soll Charles. On the 1880 US Census she was living in NY with husband Isac Kadezky and son Samuel. At some point they moved to Boston. By the 1900 Census she had remarried to David Gans living in Boston. Isac Kadetsky’s death certificate indicates that he died July 1891.
Edward, Abraham and Charles all list their father as Saul C. on the marriage registries as found on familysearch.org. Samuel and Benjamin list their father as Charles S. On Jacob Kadetsky's 1907 marriage registration he lists his father as Isaac Kadetsky. All the marriage certificates list Dora Frye as the mother.
Abraham and Benjamin’s birth records list their parents as Isaac and Dora Kadetsky.
In 1897, Dora remarried after Isaac death to David Gans. On that marriage registry she lists her parents as Isaac and Bessie Frye. So Dora Isaacs is a patronymic form her last name.
Abraham Kadetsky's birth record (Boston, 2/28/1885) on familysearch.com lists his parents as Isaac and Dora Kadetsky. So here we have Abraham's birth record listing his dad as Isaac and his marriage record in 1917 listing his father as Saul C.
The 1900 US Census shows Dora remarried to David Gans, with the following Kadetsky children which all match the info for the children that Dora had with Isaac: Samuel, Edward, Jacob, Abraham, Benjamin and Soll C.
Assuming this is all the same family, which seems very likely, earlier records have Isaac Kadetsky documented as the father while later records, specifically the marriages of the sons starting 15 years after Isaac’s death lists their father as Charles Saul or Saul Charles, which is a more Americanized name than Isaac. Could Isaac Kadetsky and Charles Saul be the same person? I think they are. Finally it is evident that Charles Saul b.1891 was likely named after his deceased father and therefore he and his father shared the same name.

The Boston Directory

"The Boston directory containing the city record, a directory of the citizens, and business directory : for the year commencing July 1, 1885."

Kadetsky

Kadetsky Isaac, salesman, h. 33 Pitts

Kadetsky Jacob, peddler, h. 23 Decatur

 
"The Boston directory containing the city record, directory of the citizens, business directory, and street directory with maps for the year commencing July 1, 1905."
 
Kadetsky

Kadetsky Abraham clerk 25 Court bds 5 Leyland Rox

Kadetsky Abraham (Joseph)  tailor 33 Otis h 217 Chambers

Kadetsky Edward salesman 77 Summer bds 5 Leyland Rox

Kadetsky Isaac printer Ashland Press 220 Devonshire h 128 Heath Rox

Kadetsky Jacob peddler h 11 Fayston Rox

Kadetsky Jacob salesman 131 Kington bds 217 Chambers

Kadetsky Louis leather h 217 Chambers

 
"The Boston Directory for the year commencing July 1, 1925. Embracing the city record, a general directory of the citizens, and a special directory of trades, professions, with an almanac..."
 
Kadetsky

Kadetsky Abraham J tailor res 112 Brunswick Rox

Kadetsky Charles (Spellman & Kadetsky) shoes 1121 Wash h 63 Normandy Rox

Kadetsky Jack treas Matthews-Kadetsky Co 35 Kneeland h at B'line

Kadetsky Louis leatherworker h 89 A Intervale Rox

Kadetsky Morris salesman h 236 Warren Br

Kadetsky Pauline P widow Jacob res 126 Devon Rox  (Jakob 1871's widow)

Isaac Kadetsky 1871

The second arrival that we have found was that of ISAAC KADETSKY who also arrived in the summer of 1871 and like Jakob, lived in NY for a while. He was reportedly 17 years old when he arrived in Castle Garden.

Isaac's father was named SAMUEL according to his burial records.

He married a lady named Dora and they had the following children:




Samuel K.
b. NYC Nov. 1879
(m. Julia Brown?)

Jacob
born 16/07/1883
(possibly married Lena - 1910 census)

Abraham J.
born 28/02/1885

Benjamin
b. Jan 1887

In the 1880 NY Census, Isaac and Dora lived on Allen Street, near by Abraham Joseph (1879) Kadetsky and his family.

Isaac died young, on July 11th 1891, of pericarditis in Boston and in the 1900 census, Dora is married to a man surnamed GANS and had a few more children with him. But Isaac requested US citizenship in 1889, according to the images here of his First Papers. There is an Isaac Kadetsky in the 1885 Boston Directory as follows:

Kadetsky Isaac, salesman, h. 33 Pitts

More research is required to see if it is the same man.

We need photos of gravestones and copies of Archive records in order to ascertain who is really who and how who is connected to everyone else.