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JEWISH COMMUNITY
ISRAEL GOLDSTONE & FAMILY
by Gail Hussey-Weir
Created January 2023
by Gail Hussey-Weir
Created January 2023
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Israel (1866-1931) & Yetta (aka Gerty, nee Laser, c.1870-1956) Goldstone: Merchants on Bell Island c.1901-c.1920. Both were born in Warsaw, Poland. Photos of Israel and Yetta Goldstone are courtesy of their great grandson, John Marcus.
INTRODUCTION
Some background on how Jewish merchant families came to Newfoundland is found in "Hebrew Congregation" in The Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol. 2, p. 901:
Between 1880 and 1910, two million of East Europe's Jews immigrated to North America to escape the wave of pogroms that followed the assassination of Czar Alexander II. Most of the new immigrants settled in New York City's East Side...Peddling, and labouring in one of the East Side's numerous garment factories were the predominant means of livelihood. While these two occupations were not lucrative, they did allow the immigrant to settle among relatives, to get by with little English, and observe the Sabbath and holy days with minimal disturbance...In 1891, Israel Perlin, a Russian Jew from Poland, left New York for Newfoundland and began to sell dry goods in the isolated communities of Placentia and Fortune Bays. He and his brother, Frank, opened a wholesale and retail store on Water Street in St. John's, I.F. Perlin & Co., and began to bring relatives and family acquaintances to work for them as peddlers in the outports...By 1913, some of the more successful of Perlin's peddlers had set up their own businesses on Water Street in competition with the Perlins.
On pages 31-32 of his 2016 book, From Miners & Fishers to Soldiers & Sailors, Paul Dwyer relates the following Goldstone family legend of Israel and Yetta's journey from Poland to Newfoundland. This story was told to him in 2003 by Sandy Feder, a great great granddaughter of the Goldstones:
Israel Goldstone and his young wife lived in Poland, where Israel had been conscripted into the Polish army. His wife brought kosher food onto the military base to him three times a day. One evening she brought wine to the guards at the gate and, while they were distracted with that, she smuggled her husband off the base. They dressed as peasant girls carrying a picnic basket with their few belongings. They walked through the countryside and out of Poland. Eventually, they worked their way to Manchester, England, where their two eldest children were born and where Israel worked as a baker. Later, they emigrated from England to the USA through Ellis Island. Some of their siblings ended up with the name Gladstone, while others in the family continue to use the name Goldstone. They lived in New York in the winter and had a bakery there. In the summer, they would move up to St. John's, Newfoundland, to their summer home. Some of the later children were born in New York and in St. John's.
Between 1880 and 1910, two million of East Europe's Jews immigrated to North America to escape the wave of pogroms that followed the assassination of Czar Alexander II. Most of the new immigrants settled in New York City's East Side...Peddling, and labouring in one of the East Side's numerous garment factories were the predominant means of livelihood. While these two occupations were not lucrative, they did allow the immigrant to settle among relatives, to get by with little English, and observe the Sabbath and holy days with minimal disturbance...In 1891, Israel Perlin, a Russian Jew from Poland, left New York for Newfoundland and began to sell dry goods in the isolated communities of Placentia and Fortune Bays. He and his brother, Frank, opened a wholesale and retail store on Water Street in St. John's, I.F. Perlin & Co., and began to bring relatives and family acquaintances to work for them as peddlers in the outports...By 1913, some of the more successful of Perlin's peddlers had set up their own businesses on Water Street in competition with the Perlins.
On pages 31-32 of his 2016 book, From Miners & Fishers to Soldiers & Sailors, Paul Dwyer relates the following Goldstone family legend of Israel and Yetta's journey from Poland to Newfoundland. This story was told to him in 2003 by Sandy Feder, a great great granddaughter of the Goldstones:
Israel Goldstone and his young wife lived in Poland, where Israel had been conscripted into the Polish army. His wife brought kosher food onto the military base to him three times a day. One evening she brought wine to the guards at the gate and, while they were distracted with that, she smuggled her husband off the base. They dressed as peasant girls carrying a picnic basket with their few belongings. They walked through the countryside and out of Poland. Eventually, they worked their way to Manchester, England, where their two eldest children were born and where Israel worked as a baker. Later, they emigrated from England to the USA through Ellis Island. Some of their siblings ended up with the name Gladstone, while others in the family continue to use the name Goldstone. They lived in New York in the winter and had a bakery there. In the summer, they would move up to St. John's, Newfoundland, to their summer home. Some of the later children were born in New York and in St. John's.
The Goldstone Family, 1891-1899
Manchester, England to Utica, New York
Manchester, England to Utica, New York
When the 1891 Census was taken for Manchester, England, Israel Goldstone was listed as a baker, age 26, born 1865 in Russia, and was head of the household. His wife, Yetta, was 23 and listed as Gerty (one of her nicknames). They had a son, Harry, age 3, and a daughter, Minnie, age 1. (Note: Harry's second name was Aron. In some documents he was listed as "Aaron" and in others he was listed as "Henry." To confuse matters even more, he had a younger brother named Harris, who thankfully seems to have always been referred to as "Harris." To distinguish them, I will refer to Harry as "Harry A.") Shortly after the 1891 Census was taken, they immigrated to the United States, arriving at Boston, MA, on May 20, 1891, aboard the Norseman. They settled in Utica, New York, where there was already an Israel Goldstone (born 1856 in Russia/Poland). This Israel was a "mill dealer" (feed and flour). He may have been an uncle of this younger Israel Goldstone. At any rate, they were both attached to the bread-making business. Yetta and Israel's daughter, Sadie, was born in Utica August 30, 1894. Their son, Harris, was born there November 30, 1896. Their daughter, Mollie, was born there December 1897. A biography of their son, Joseph Goldstone, in The Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, V. 2, p. 548, gives his birth place as Bell Island in 1900. I have not found a birth record for him, but all records for him over the years say that he was born in Utica in December 1899. Nevertheless, information in the 1921 Census for Newfoundland indicates that Israel and Yetta emigrated to Newfoundland in 1899.
Goldstone Businesses, 1899-c.1920
St. John's and Bell Island
St. John's and Bell Island
It is not clear exactly when Israel Goldstone first began doing business on Bell Island, and when he actually lived on Bell Island. In her 2006 book, Salt Fish & Shmattes: A History of the Jews in Newfoundland an Labrador from 1770, Robin McGrath, states that Israel Goldstone "set up business, first on Bell Island and then in St. John's." McGrath did not cite where she got her information. It may have been passed down orally through the family.
The first documented reference I found for his work in Newfoundland says that he was a "trader" (probably a peddler travelling to outports selling small items) living at 21 Barter's Hill, St. John's, in 1904. In 1908-09, he was a homeowner at 54 Prescott Street, St. John's, with involvement in two St. John's businesses in partnership with Benjamin Moskovitch.
Israel's eldest son, Harry A., aged about 20 in 1908, was a boarder at 54 Prescott Street and a General Dealer on Bell Island. Commuting was not as convenient in those days as it is now, so his main residence was probably Bell Island and, being only 20, the business was likely his father's.
A brief note in the Daily News in June 1911 stated that "H. Goldstone had a number of workmen at his building and intended to convert it into two dwelling houses." (Perhaps this was when Israel moved to Bell Island on a full-time basis.)
By 1913, Israel Goldstone was still listed as the homeowner of 54 Prescott Street, but there was no mention of any business in St. John's. Israel Goldstone and Sons (General Merchants and Dealers) were now listed as operators of the American Bargain Store on Bell Island. Harris Goldstone (about 17) was listed as a Clerk at Bell Island. Henry Goldstone (Harry A.) was listed as a Grocer. The store was levelled by fire in February 1914.
In 1915, Israel Goldstone was still listed as the homeowner of 54 Prescott Street, St. John's, with his occupation as "Merchant, Bell Island," where he was Proprietor of the American Bargain Store and son, Joseph, about 16, was a clerk. Harry A. had the Central Cash Store (dry goods) on Bell Island and was also listed as being "of I Goldstone & Son." (Harris Goldstone was not listed in the 1915 Directory.)
In 1916, Harry A. Goldstone married Reba Wilansky in Philadelphia, PA. (They lived on Bell Island, where their son, Allan was born about 1918, until 1921.)
The first documented reference I found for his work in Newfoundland says that he was a "trader" (probably a peddler travelling to outports selling small items) living at 21 Barter's Hill, St. John's, in 1904. In 1908-09, he was a homeowner at 54 Prescott Street, St. John's, with involvement in two St. John's businesses in partnership with Benjamin Moskovitch.
Israel's eldest son, Harry A., aged about 20 in 1908, was a boarder at 54 Prescott Street and a General Dealer on Bell Island. Commuting was not as convenient in those days as it is now, so his main residence was probably Bell Island and, being only 20, the business was likely his father's.
A brief note in the Daily News in June 1911 stated that "H. Goldstone had a number of workmen at his building and intended to convert it into two dwelling houses." (Perhaps this was when Israel moved to Bell Island on a full-time basis.)
By 1913, Israel Goldstone was still listed as the homeowner of 54 Prescott Street, but there was no mention of any business in St. John's. Israel Goldstone and Sons (General Merchants and Dealers) were now listed as operators of the American Bargain Store on Bell Island. Harris Goldstone (about 17) was listed as a Clerk at Bell Island. Henry Goldstone (Harry A.) was listed as a Grocer. The store was levelled by fire in February 1914.
In 1915, Israel Goldstone was still listed as the homeowner of 54 Prescott Street, St. John's, with his occupation as "Merchant, Bell Island," where he was Proprietor of the American Bargain Store and son, Joseph, about 16, was a clerk. Harry A. had the Central Cash Store (dry goods) on Bell Island and was also listed as being "of I Goldstone & Son." (Harris Goldstone was not listed in the 1915 Directory.)
In 1916, Harry A. Goldstone married Reba Wilansky in Philadelphia, PA. (They lived on Bell Island, where their son, Allan was born about 1918, until 1921.)
In 1917, according to the Central Cash Store letterhead above, I. Goldstone & Sons had three stores. The third store was another Central Cash Store that was listed in the St. John's City Directory, 1919 at 336 Water Street with H. [Harris] Goldstone as manager. (The letter was written by Harris Goldstone to Richard Squires, a lawyer and politician in St. John's who served as Prime Minister of Newfoundland twice. Source: Squires Collection, A&SC, MUN Library.)
According to the Encyclopedia of Newfoundland & Labrador, V. 2, p. 548, Harris Goldstone founded the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion Limited in St. John's in 1917 "on the proceeds of a successful sale of $5000 worth of American-made ready-to-wear women's clothing." The image below is from The Book of Newfoundland, V. 6, p. 631.
According to the Encyclopedia of Newfoundland & Labrador, V. 2, p. 548, Harris Goldstone founded the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion Limited in St. John's in 1917 "on the proceeds of a successful sale of $5000 worth of American-made ready-to-wear women's clothing." The image below is from The Book of Newfoundland, V. 6, p. 631.
By 1919, 54 Prescott Street, St. John's was listed as being "vacant," and there was no one named Goldstone listed as a homeowner or boarder or renter in St. John's. Israel Goldstone, of I. Goldstone & Son General Dealers, was listed as "proprietor of American Bargain Store, Wabana." H. Goldstone (presumably Harry A.) had the Central Cash Store at Wabana selling dry goods, with Joseph listed as a clerk there. Both Harris and Harry Goldstone were each listed as Bell Island residents and as being "of I. Goldstone & Sons, Wabana." At the same time, H. Goldstone (known to be Harris) was also manager of the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, Milinery, Costumes, etc., Grace Building (on Water Street at the corner of Beck's Cove), St. John's.
By January 1921, Bell Island was experiencing a depression with much uncertainty about the future. There was a surplus of stock-piled iron ore and the mines were shut down until February, at which time they opened for only four days a week. This downturn in the Bell Island economy may have been the reason the Goldstones closed down their businesses there and relocated to St. John's and the United States.
There were no Goldstones listed in the 1921 Census for Bell Island. As seen below, Israel, Yetta and their children still living at home were living in St. John's when the 1921 Census was taken. That year, Harry A. Goldstone, his wife, Reba, and their son, Allan, emigrated to Chester, PA, where he had a ladies dress shop, and later a real estate business. Harry died there in 1968, at age 78, and is buried in Montefiore, PA. The Goldstones still owned property on Bell Island, however, clues to which were revealed in Israel's will and in descriptions (below) of the fire of 1937 that destroyed most of the businesses on Town Square.
By January 1921, Bell Island was experiencing a depression with much uncertainty about the future. There was a surplus of stock-piled iron ore and the mines were shut down until February, at which time they opened for only four days a week. This downturn in the Bell Island economy may have been the reason the Goldstones closed down their businesses there and relocated to St. John's and the United States.
There were no Goldstones listed in the 1921 Census for Bell Island. As seen below, Israel, Yetta and their children still living at home were living in St. John's when the 1921 Census was taken. That year, Harry A. Goldstone, his wife, Reba, and their son, Allan, emigrated to Chester, PA, where he had a ladies dress shop, and later a real estate business. Harry died there in 1968, at age 78, and is buried in Montefiore, PA. The Goldstones still owned property on Bell Island, however, clues to which were revealed in Israel's will and in descriptions (below) of the fire of 1937 that destroyed most of the businesses on Town Square.
Minnie (nee Goldstone, 1889-1969) and Samuel L. Levitz (1885-1969) on Bell Island c.1912-c.1918
In January 1912, Minnie Goldstone married Samuel L. Levitz, a wholesale merchant in dry goods. Their son, Maurice/Murray Levitz was born on Bell Island in January 1913. (In the 1915 McAlpine's St. John's City Directory, S.L. Levitz was a boot and shoe dealer on Bell Island. In May 1916, their daughter, Helen Rose Levitz, was born on Bell Island. Samuel was not listed in the 1919 Directory for Bell Island. By 1921, they were living in St. John's, where they continued to live at least until 1945. Minnie was proprietor of a beauty shop there and Samuel had a dry goods business. They both died in Culver City, Los Angeles, CA, a few months apart in 1969.)
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Yetta Goldstone in 1936 with 3 of her daughters: Minnie, Bertha and Rose. Photo courtesy of Bertha's grandson, John Marcus.
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The Goldstone Family, 1921-1931
St. John's and New York
St. John's and New York
When the 1921 Census was taken, the Israel Goldstone family were living in St. John's on Leslie Street. The household consisted of: Israel, merchant, age 53, born Poland 1868, immigrated to Newfoundland 1899, Naturalized 1905; wife Attie (one of Yetta's nicknames), 49; daughters Mollie, saleslady, 24; Bertha, saleslady, 19; Rosie, student, 16; and sons Joseph, store manager, 21*; Charles, student 11; Louis, 5. Israel was still listed as a merchant in St. John's in 1924. At that time, his business interest seems to have been in the London, New York and Paris Association of Fashion Limited, as mentioned in his 1931 will. *Interestingly, in the 1921 Census, Joseph was also listed as a boarder in Burin, NL, where, according to the Encyclopedia of Newfoundland & Labrador, p. 548, "he had opened a small dry goods store with the help of his father following his graduation from school. After the store was destroyed in a fire, he joined with his brother, Harris, as a partner in the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion Ltd., Water Street. Joseph served as store manager, while Harris [who moved to New York City about 1921] acted as the firm's buyer in New York, London and (after Confederation) Montreal. Joseph was as innovative a manager as Harris a buyer, and is credited with the introduction into St. John's of the 'money-back guarantee,' and with the invention of the London's popular logo, 'Scientific Hand-Built Clothing.'"
By 1925, Israel, Yetta (Etty), Louis, Bertha and Rose were living in the Bronx, NY. Israel applied for U.S. Naturalization in 1927. They were living in Brooklyn, NY, when the 1930 Census was taken.
In the 1930 U.S. Census, Harris Goldstone was listed as a "buyer of ladies' and men's wear," living at West 104, Manhattan, NY, with wife Hilda M, sons Leonard, 6, and Melvin, 8.
On February 14, 1931, 12 days before he died, Israel Goldstone wrote his will, in which two of his bequests mention Bell Island:
To his daughter, Sadie Feder, he left "the land on which the Bargain Store on Bell Island is erected." [A 1913 ad for the Bargain Store gave it's location as "near Dominion Iron & Steel Co's Office." At that time, the DISCO office was located at the northeast end of No. 2 Road near where it meets Town Square.]
To his son, Charles, he left $300 "due to me from the sale of land on Bell Island to one Basha, which property is known as the Post Office." [I believe the first "Mines" Post Office was located on the east side of Town Square roughly opposite the east end of No. 2 Road.]
Israel, 65, died in St. John's on February 26, 1931. He is buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, NY. Yetta was living in Brooklyn, NY, (with sons Charles and Louis) when the 1940 Census was taken. She died at age 86 on October 31, 1956, and is buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, NY.
By 1925, Israel, Yetta (Etty), Louis, Bertha and Rose were living in the Bronx, NY. Israel applied for U.S. Naturalization in 1927. They were living in Brooklyn, NY, when the 1930 Census was taken.
In the 1930 U.S. Census, Harris Goldstone was listed as a "buyer of ladies' and men's wear," living at West 104, Manhattan, NY, with wife Hilda M, sons Leonard, 6, and Melvin, 8.
On February 14, 1931, 12 days before he died, Israel Goldstone wrote his will, in which two of his bequests mention Bell Island:
To his daughter, Sadie Feder, he left "the land on which the Bargain Store on Bell Island is erected." [A 1913 ad for the Bargain Store gave it's location as "near Dominion Iron & Steel Co's Office." At that time, the DISCO office was located at the northeast end of No. 2 Road near where it meets Town Square.]
To his son, Charles, he left $300 "due to me from the sale of land on Bell Island to one Basha, which property is known as the Post Office." [I believe the first "Mines" Post Office was located on the east side of Town Square roughly opposite the east end of No. 2 Road.]
Israel, 65, died in St. John's on February 26, 1931. He is buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, NY. Yetta was living in Brooklyn, NY, (with sons Charles and Louis) when the 1940 Census was taken. She died at age 86 on October 31, 1956, and is buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, NY.
Location of Goldstone Family Shops on Bell Island
On February 14, 1931, 12 days before he died, Israel Goldstone wrote his will, in which two of his bequests mention Bell Island:
To his daughter, Sadie Feder, he left "the land on which the Bargain Store on Bell Island is erected." [A 1913 ad for the Bargain Store gave it's location as "near Dominion Iron & Steel Co's Office." At that time, the DISCO office was located at the northeast end of No. 2 Road near where it meets Town Square.]
To his son, Charles, he left $300 "due to me from the sale of land on Bell Island to one Basha, which property is known as the Post Office." [I believe the first "Mines" Post Office was located on the east side of Town Square roughly opposite the east end of No. 2 Road.]
In two descriptions of the January 14, 1937 fire that destroyed most of the businesses on Town Square, the location of a former Goldstone shop is mentioned:
The writer of the article from the Daily News of January 1937 described the buildings on Town Square starting at the southeast corner of No. 2 Road and going south up Town Square:
... Rebuilding began as soon as possible in the devastated area... On the west side of the Square, the following construction was going on: David Feder was building a one-storey store on the land where the foundation of the Goldstone fortune was laid. Eugene Kennedy had built a two-storey house. Then came Charles Cohen's store and house. Next to that was J.J. Tucker's building with the largest floor space on the Square, 125' x 57'. L.J. Lawton had built a new drug store on the ruins of the old and it was described as one of the finest in the country.
The writer of the article from the Daily News of January 12, 1952, p. 7, described the fire as starting in the Kennedy house, which seems to have been two doors south of the Goldstone property. Initially, the fire spread south up Town Square from Kennedy's till it destroyed the Lawton drug store. It was taken then across the street by the wind but, in the meantime, had also spread on the west side of the street to the north of where it had started and consumed the former Co-op Store and the "old Goldstone shop" which, in 1937, was occupied by unnamed Chinese businessmen, who were operating "a restaurant and laundry":
... Starting in a house owned by Lou Kennedy, it completely destroyed the house and shops of Peter Kennedy, Charles Cohen, including the shop occupied by Sam Mendelsohn, J.J. Tucker's shop, Lawton's new drug store and barber shop owned by Lawton, occupied by Charles Andrews... Crossing to the other side of the street in the high wind, it destroyed [homes and businesses from the corner of St. Pat's Lane down to] Elias Gosine's house and shop. [Gosine's was immediately east of the intersection of No. 2 Road, ie. opposite the Company Surgery.] In the meantime, on the west side of the street, it spread to an unoccupied shop known as the old Co-op Store, and then to the old Goldstone shop, occupied by Chinese as a restaurant and laundry.
The photo below is looking north at the ruins in the bottom half of Town Square. The one and 1/2-storey peaked-roof building left of center is the former DOSCO Survey Office. Just right of middle is the DOSCO Surgery, with William Somerton's Company house next. The Somerton house and Survey Office (now known at "The Red Building") are still standing in 2023. The concrete steps in the left foreground of the picture belonged to the Lawton's Drug Store. From the descriptions of the Goldstone property above, if you count from those steps north to the 4th utility pole, that would be about the location of the Goldstone property, ie. across No. 2 Road from the DOSCO Survey Office. I believe the Post Office property referred to in Israel Goldstone's bequest in his will to his son Charles, is close by (or may be) the dark 2-storey building on the right side of the picture. (Either that, or it might have been the Elias Basha property that was about the point where the woman in the middle of the photo is pointing.)
To his daughter, Sadie Feder, he left "the land on which the Bargain Store on Bell Island is erected." [A 1913 ad for the Bargain Store gave it's location as "near Dominion Iron & Steel Co's Office." At that time, the DISCO office was located at the northeast end of No. 2 Road near where it meets Town Square.]
To his son, Charles, he left $300 "due to me from the sale of land on Bell Island to one Basha, which property is known as the Post Office." [I believe the first "Mines" Post Office was located on the east side of Town Square roughly opposite the east end of No. 2 Road.]
In two descriptions of the January 14, 1937 fire that destroyed most of the businesses on Town Square, the location of a former Goldstone shop is mentioned:
The writer of the article from the Daily News of January 1937 described the buildings on Town Square starting at the southeast corner of No. 2 Road and going south up Town Square:
... Rebuilding began as soon as possible in the devastated area... On the west side of the Square, the following construction was going on: David Feder was building a one-storey store on the land where the foundation of the Goldstone fortune was laid. Eugene Kennedy had built a two-storey house. Then came Charles Cohen's store and house. Next to that was J.J. Tucker's building with the largest floor space on the Square, 125' x 57'. L.J. Lawton had built a new drug store on the ruins of the old and it was described as one of the finest in the country.
The writer of the article from the Daily News of January 12, 1952, p. 7, described the fire as starting in the Kennedy house, which seems to have been two doors south of the Goldstone property. Initially, the fire spread south up Town Square from Kennedy's till it destroyed the Lawton drug store. It was taken then across the street by the wind but, in the meantime, had also spread on the west side of the street to the north of where it had started and consumed the former Co-op Store and the "old Goldstone shop" which, in 1937, was occupied by unnamed Chinese businessmen, who were operating "a restaurant and laundry":
... Starting in a house owned by Lou Kennedy, it completely destroyed the house and shops of Peter Kennedy, Charles Cohen, including the shop occupied by Sam Mendelsohn, J.J. Tucker's shop, Lawton's new drug store and barber shop owned by Lawton, occupied by Charles Andrews... Crossing to the other side of the street in the high wind, it destroyed [homes and businesses from the corner of St. Pat's Lane down to] Elias Gosine's house and shop. [Gosine's was immediately east of the intersection of No. 2 Road, ie. opposite the Company Surgery.] In the meantime, on the west side of the street, it spread to an unoccupied shop known as the old Co-op Store, and then to the old Goldstone shop, occupied by Chinese as a restaurant and laundry.
The photo below is looking north at the ruins in the bottom half of Town Square. The one and 1/2-storey peaked-roof building left of center is the former DOSCO Survey Office. Just right of middle is the DOSCO Surgery, with William Somerton's Company house next. The Somerton house and Survey Office (now known at "The Red Building") are still standing in 2023. The concrete steps in the left foreground of the picture belonged to the Lawton's Drug Store. From the descriptions of the Goldstone property above, if you count from those steps north to the 4th utility pole, that would be about the location of the Goldstone property, ie. across No. 2 Road from the DOSCO Survey Office. I believe the Post Office property referred to in Israel Goldstone's bequest in his will to his son Charles, is close by (or may be) the dark 2-storey building on the right side of the picture. (Either that, or it might have been the Elias Basha property that was about the point where the woman in the middle of the photo is pointing.)
In the photo below of Town Square (believed to be pre-1937 fire), the DOSCO Survey Office is just right of center. The Goldstone property was probably the large shed-roofed 2-storey building opposite it (just left of it in the photo). Photo courtesy of Michael Kennedy.
In the late 1950s photo below, Simon Levitz & Son Ltd. occupied the former Feder-Goldstone location for several years.
Below is more detail about individual Goldstone family members, followed by a more-detailed timeline of where they were living and when.
Members of the Israel & Yetta Goldstone Family
and their approximate dates
and their approximate dates
Israel Goldstone, 1866-1931
Yetta (aka Attie, Etty, Gerty, nee Laser) c.1870-1956
Children in order of birth:
1. Harry Aron (aka Henry), c.1888-1968
2. Minnie, c.1889-1969
3. Sadie, 1894-1984
4. Harris, 1896-1974
5. Mollie, 1897-1924
6. Joseph, 1899-c.1977
7. Bertha, c.1901-1993
8. Rose, 1905-1987
9. Charles, 1909-1981
10. A possible child, Gerrie, was born 1914 according to an Ancestry family tree. If so, she probably died before 1921 as her name does not appear in the 1921 Census. I found no documentation for her.
11. Louis/Lewis, 1916-2001
Yetta (aka Attie, Etty, Gerty, nee Laser) c.1870-1956
Children in order of birth:
1. Harry Aron (aka Henry), c.1888-1968
2. Minnie, c.1889-1969
3. Sadie, 1894-1984
4. Harris, 1896-1974
5. Mollie, 1897-1924
6. Joseph, 1899-c.1977
7. Bertha, c.1901-1993
8. Rose, 1905-1987
9. Charles, 1909-1981
10. A possible child, Gerrie, was born 1914 according to an Ancestry family tree. If so, she probably died before 1921 as her name does not appear in the 1921 Census. I found no documentation for her.
11. Louis/Lewis, 1916-2001
Introduction
In order to compose the story of which members of the Goldstone family of merchants (Israel, Yetta and their children) had businesses on Bell Island and when, and which of them lived on Bell Island and when, I have researched online records and compiled timelines of the events for each one.
It is difficult to say for certain exactly when some of them had businesses on Bell Island, when various members of the family actually lived on Bell Island (even though they may have had business interests there but may have been living in St. John's), and which Goldstones were born on Bell Island. There is a definite lack of documentary evidence, and what little exists is confusing because documents made over the years regarding birth places and dates sometimes contradict each other. In order to try and “pick the bones” out of the scraps of information I have found, I present below details on the Goldstone Family from what are fairly reliable but not always exactly-correct documents such as census, immigration, border crossings, birth, military draft, marriage, death and cemetery records, city directories, newspapers and online family trees. In the first section below, I give information focusing on each family member, starting with Israel and working downward to the youngest child. In the next section, I give the records and details found for where they lived beginning in Poland/Russia, then England, then the U.S.A., then Newfoundland, then where most of them lived after Bell Island.
It is difficult to say for certain exactly when some of them had businesses on Bell Island, when various members of the family actually lived on Bell Island (even though they may have had business interests there but may have been living in St. John's), and which Goldstones were born on Bell Island. There is a definite lack of documentary evidence, and what little exists is confusing because documents made over the years regarding birth places and dates sometimes contradict each other. In order to try and “pick the bones” out of the scraps of information I have found, I present below details on the Goldstone Family from what are fairly reliable but not always exactly-correct documents such as census, immigration, border crossings, birth, military draft, marriage, death and cemetery records, city directories, newspapers and online family trees. In the first section below, I give information focusing on each family member, starting with Israel and working downward to the youngest child. In the next section, I give the records and details found for where they lived beginning in Poland/Russia, then England, then the U.S.A., then Newfoundland, then where most of them lived after Bell Island.
SECTION I: INDIVIDUAL FAMILY MEMBERS INFO
Israel Goldstone, born April 15, 1866 in Warsaw, Poland/Russia; died February 26, 1931 in St. John's, NL:
An Ancestry.com family tree posted by Robert Rose (accessed online Nov. 16, 2022) gives Israel's parents as Louis/Lewis Harris Goldstone/Goldstein (1847-1897), died in England in July 1897, and Sarah Harris Goldstone/Goldstein (1847-1899), died in London, England March 29, 1899.
The 1891 Census for Manchester, England, listed Israel Goldstone, baker, age 26, born 1865 in Russia, head of the household; wife, Gerty, 23; son, Harry*, 3; daughter, Minnie, 1; and five lodgers living in their household with them.
*Note: to distinguish Harry from his younger brother, Harris, who was born in 1896, I will refer to him in brackets as “Harry A.” as he was also sometimes listed as "Aron," his second name, and sometimes as "Henry."
In 1891, Israel, his wife and two children, emigrated from England to the USA, and arrived at Boston on the Norseman May 20, 1891. (Source: U.S. Boston Arrivals of Jewish Immigrants from HIAS Records, 1882-1929, and Massachusetts, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963.) This record was difficult to find on Ancestry.com because the original document lists the head of the family as "Hilia," age 24. (No other records for a "Hilia Goldstone" were found.) The handwritten document is difficult to read in places, especially with this name "Hilia" (which is a Greek female name) and also with his occupation, which was abbreviated, but could be "bread maker," Israel's occupation in Manchester. The other Goldstone names were legible, however. They settled in Utica, New York, where there was already an Israel Goldstone (born 1856 in Russia/Poland). This older Israel was a "mill dealer" (feed and flour). He may have been an uncle of the younger Israel Goldstone. At any rate, they were both attached to the bread-making business.
In 1899, according to the 1921 Census of NL, Israel and family immigrated to Newfoundland.
It is not clear exactly when Israel Goldstone first began doing business on Bell Island, and when he actually lived on Bell Island. In her 2006 book, Salt Fish & Shmattes: A History of the Jews in Newfoundland and Labrador from 1770, Robin McGrath states that Israel Goldstone "set up business, first on Bell Island and then in St. John's." McGrath did not cite where she got her information. It may have been passed down orally through the family. The first documented information found for his occupation in Newfoundland was for 1904:
In McAlpine's Newfoundland Directory, 1904, page 176, he was listed as a “trader” living at 21 Barter’s Hill, St. John’s.
In McAlpine's Newfoundland Directory, 1908-09, he was listed as the homeowner at 54 Prescott Street, St. John's, with involvement in two St. John's businesses in partnership with Benjamin Moskovitch, who also boarded at the Goldstone house. They had the American Cash Store at 278 1/2 Water Street and Goldstone & Moskovitch Dry Goods at 166 Water Street. (Israel's eldest son, Harry, about age 20, was listed as a General Dealer on Bell Island.)
In the St. John's Newfoundland Directory, 1913, Israel Goldstone was still listed as the homeowner of 54 Prescott Street, St. John's, with no mention of any business in St. John's, however, Israel Goldstone and Sons (General Merchants and Dealers) were listed as operators of the American Bargain Store on Bell Island.
On February 6, 1914, The American Bargain Store (of I. Goldstone, Bell Island) was levelled by fire. (Source: Addison Bown, "Newspaper History of Bell Island," 1914, p. 44.)
In the McAlpine's St. John's Directory, 1915, Israel Goldstone was still listed as the homeowner of 54 Prescott Street, St. John's, with his occupation as "Merchant, Bell Island," where he was Proprietor of the American Bargain Store.
In December 1917, according to the Central Cash Store letterhead, I. Goldstone & Sons had three stores. The third store was a second Central Cash Store located in St. John's. It was listed there in the St. John's City Directory, 1919.
In 1919, 54 Prescott Street, St. John's was listed as being "vacant," and there was no one named Goldstone listed as a homeowner or boarder or renter in St. John's. Israel Goldstone, of I. Goldstone & Son General Dealers, was listed as "proprietor of American Bargain Store, Wabana."
When the 1921 Census was taken, the Israel Goldstone family were living in St. John's on Leslie Street. The household consisted of: Israel, merchant, age 53, born Poland 1868, immigrated to Newfoundland 1899, Naturalized 1905; wife Attie, 49; daughters Mollie, saleslady, 24; Bertha, saleslady, 19; Rosie, student, 16; and sons Joseph, store manager, 21; Charles, student 11; Louis, 5.
In 1923, when the Hebrew Congregation of St. John's registered under the Companies Act, the Articles of Association identify Israel Goldstone as a member of the Board of Management. Before he died in 1931, he donated $500 to help build the Henry Street Synagogue, the first Jewish synagogue in St. John's. (Source: McGrath, page 179)
In the St. John's City Directory, 1924, Israel Goldstone was listed as a merchant and the homeowner of 25 Leslie Street. Bertha was a clerk at the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, living at 25 Leslie Street. Joseph Goldstone was manager of the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, homeowner at 26 Leslie Street. Harris Goldstone was proprietor at the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, living New York, USA.
When the 1925 United States Census was taken, the Israel Goldstone family were living in the Bronx, NY. The household consisted of: Israel, 56; wife “Etty,” 53; son Louis, 19 (sic: 9); daughters Bertha, 23; and Rose, 18 (sic: 20).
In a September 16, 1927 U.S. Naturalization Declaration by Israel, he gave his birth as April 15, 1866 in Warsaw, Russia (entered the U.S. on January 19, 1926).
When the 1930 United States Census was taken, the Israel Goldstone family were living in Brooklyn, NY. The household consisted of: Israel, 60; wife “Ettie,” 57; son Louis, 13; daughter “Berdie” (Bertha), 23 (sic: 28); and servant Minnie Bickford, 20.
On February 14, 1931, Israel Goldstone wrote his will.
His son, Joseph and son-in-law, Samuel Levitz were executors.
Besides bequests of money, he left:
his daughter, Sadie Feder, “the land on which the Bargain Store on Bell Island is erected.”
his son, Charlie, $300 “due to me from the sale of land on Bell Island to one Basha, which property is known as the
Post Office.”
In his bequest to his wife, Yetta, he stipulated, “it is my express wish that she will allow my interest in the London, New
York and Paris Association of Fashion Limited to remain in the firm.” [It may have been because of his investment in
that store, which was owned by Harris and Joseph, that he did not bequeath anything to them.]
His daughter, Mollie was not mentioned because she had died in 1924.
His estate was valued at $13,250. (equivalent to about $247,311. in 2022).
(Source: Chebucto Grand Banks website, accessed November 23, 2022, "Miscellaneous Wills, Letter G - Israel Goldstone.")
On February 26, 1931, Israel Goldstone died in St. John’s, NL, at Sadie and David Feder's home on Prescott Street. The following details of his illness and death are from The Daily News, February 27, 1931, p. 3:
After an illness of but a week or two, Israel Goldstone of New York passed peacefully away at 9 p.m. yesterday at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. D. Feder, Prescott Street. The deceased had been living in New York and some few weeks ago came to St. John's on a visit. He has been a guest of his daughter, Mrs. Feder, and within the last ten days contracted influenza which turned to pneumonia. Everything that the loving care of his family and his doctor could do was done, but despite this he passed within the veil last night. All through his last illness, his daughter, Mrs. Feder, his son, Charles, and his son-in-law, Mr. Samuel Levitz, never left his side. His daughter, Mrs. Samuel Levitz [Minnie], and his son, Joseph, rushing home from New York, have been in Sydney for the past two days and will not be able to arrive in the city until Sunday. He leaves to mourn besides his wife, four daughters, Mrs. Samuel Levitz [Minnie] and Mrs. Sadie Feder of St. John's; Mrs. Rosie Streifler, Albany, N.Y., and Mrs. Bertha Marcus in Pennsylvania; and four sons, Harry in Philadelphia, Harris at New York, Lewis at Brooklyn and Joseph and Charles of this city.
The following item appeared in The Evening Telegram, March 2, 1931:
Funeral to Railway Station: The funeral of the late Israel Goldstone took place at noon from the residence of Mrs. D. Feder, Prescott Street, to the Railway Station and was largely attended. The arrangements were in charge of Undertaker Lawrence. The remains, enclosed in a handsome casket, were placed on board the one o'clock express to be forwarded to New York for interment. Mr. Charles Goldstone, son of deceased, accompanies the body.
His body was transported to Glendale, NY, for burial in Mount Carmel Cemetery. His headstone gives his birth as April 15, 1870, Poland. (Source: Findagrave.com, accessed November 17, 2022.)
An Ancestry.com family tree posted by Robert Rose (accessed online Nov. 16, 2022) gives Israel's parents as Louis/Lewis Harris Goldstone/Goldstein (1847-1897), died in England in July 1897, and Sarah Harris Goldstone/Goldstein (1847-1899), died in London, England March 29, 1899.
The 1891 Census for Manchester, England, listed Israel Goldstone, baker, age 26, born 1865 in Russia, head of the household; wife, Gerty, 23; son, Harry*, 3; daughter, Minnie, 1; and five lodgers living in their household with them.
*Note: to distinguish Harry from his younger brother, Harris, who was born in 1896, I will refer to him in brackets as “Harry A.” as he was also sometimes listed as "Aron," his second name, and sometimes as "Henry."
In 1891, Israel, his wife and two children, emigrated from England to the USA, and arrived at Boston on the Norseman May 20, 1891. (Source: U.S. Boston Arrivals of Jewish Immigrants from HIAS Records, 1882-1929, and Massachusetts, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963.) This record was difficult to find on Ancestry.com because the original document lists the head of the family as "Hilia," age 24. (No other records for a "Hilia Goldstone" were found.) The handwritten document is difficult to read in places, especially with this name "Hilia" (which is a Greek female name) and also with his occupation, which was abbreviated, but could be "bread maker," Israel's occupation in Manchester. The other Goldstone names were legible, however. They settled in Utica, New York, where there was already an Israel Goldstone (born 1856 in Russia/Poland). This older Israel was a "mill dealer" (feed and flour). He may have been an uncle of the younger Israel Goldstone. At any rate, they were both attached to the bread-making business.
In 1899, according to the 1921 Census of NL, Israel and family immigrated to Newfoundland.
It is not clear exactly when Israel Goldstone first began doing business on Bell Island, and when he actually lived on Bell Island. In her 2006 book, Salt Fish & Shmattes: A History of the Jews in Newfoundland and Labrador from 1770, Robin McGrath states that Israel Goldstone "set up business, first on Bell Island and then in St. John's." McGrath did not cite where she got her information. It may have been passed down orally through the family. The first documented information found for his occupation in Newfoundland was for 1904:
In McAlpine's Newfoundland Directory, 1904, page 176, he was listed as a “trader” living at 21 Barter’s Hill, St. John’s.
In McAlpine's Newfoundland Directory, 1908-09, he was listed as the homeowner at 54 Prescott Street, St. John's, with involvement in two St. John's businesses in partnership with Benjamin Moskovitch, who also boarded at the Goldstone house. They had the American Cash Store at 278 1/2 Water Street and Goldstone & Moskovitch Dry Goods at 166 Water Street. (Israel's eldest son, Harry, about age 20, was listed as a General Dealer on Bell Island.)
In the St. John's Newfoundland Directory, 1913, Israel Goldstone was still listed as the homeowner of 54 Prescott Street, St. John's, with no mention of any business in St. John's, however, Israel Goldstone and Sons (General Merchants and Dealers) were listed as operators of the American Bargain Store on Bell Island.
On February 6, 1914, The American Bargain Store (of I. Goldstone, Bell Island) was levelled by fire. (Source: Addison Bown, "Newspaper History of Bell Island," 1914, p. 44.)
In the McAlpine's St. John's Directory, 1915, Israel Goldstone was still listed as the homeowner of 54 Prescott Street, St. John's, with his occupation as "Merchant, Bell Island," where he was Proprietor of the American Bargain Store.
In December 1917, according to the Central Cash Store letterhead, I. Goldstone & Sons had three stores. The third store was a second Central Cash Store located in St. John's. It was listed there in the St. John's City Directory, 1919.
In 1919, 54 Prescott Street, St. John's was listed as being "vacant," and there was no one named Goldstone listed as a homeowner or boarder or renter in St. John's. Israel Goldstone, of I. Goldstone & Son General Dealers, was listed as "proprietor of American Bargain Store, Wabana."
When the 1921 Census was taken, the Israel Goldstone family were living in St. John's on Leslie Street. The household consisted of: Israel, merchant, age 53, born Poland 1868, immigrated to Newfoundland 1899, Naturalized 1905; wife Attie, 49; daughters Mollie, saleslady, 24; Bertha, saleslady, 19; Rosie, student, 16; and sons Joseph, store manager, 21; Charles, student 11; Louis, 5.
In 1923, when the Hebrew Congregation of St. John's registered under the Companies Act, the Articles of Association identify Israel Goldstone as a member of the Board of Management. Before he died in 1931, he donated $500 to help build the Henry Street Synagogue, the first Jewish synagogue in St. John's. (Source: McGrath, page 179)
In the St. John's City Directory, 1924, Israel Goldstone was listed as a merchant and the homeowner of 25 Leslie Street. Bertha was a clerk at the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, living at 25 Leslie Street. Joseph Goldstone was manager of the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, homeowner at 26 Leslie Street. Harris Goldstone was proprietor at the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, living New York, USA.
When the 1925 United States Census was taken, the Israel Goldstone family were living in the Bronx, NY. The household consisted of: Israel, 56; wife “Etty,” 53; son Louis, 19 (sic: 9); daughters Bertha, 23; and Rose, 18 (sic: 20).
In a September 16, 1927 U.S. Naturalization Declaration by Israel, he gave his birth as April 15, 1866 in Warsaw, Russia (entered the U.S. on January 19, 1926).
When the 1930 United States Census was taken, the Israel Goldstone family were living in Brooklyn, NY. The household consisted of: Israel, 60; wife “Ettie,” 57; son Louis, 13; daughter “Berdie” (Bertha), 23 (sic: 28); and servant Minnie Bickford, 20.
On February 14, 1931, Israel Goldstone wrote his will.
His son, Joseph and son-in-law, Samuel Levitz were executors.
Besides bequests of money, he left:
his daughter, Sadie Feder, “the land on which the Bargain Store on Bell Island is erected.”
his son, Charlie, $300 “due to me from the sale of land on Bell Island to one Basha, which property is known as the
Post Office.”
In his bequest to his wife, Yetta, he stipulated, “it is my express wish that she will allow my interest in the London, New
York and Paris Association of Fashion Limited to remain in the firm.” [It may have been because of his investment in
that store, which was owned by Harris and Joseph, that he did not bequeath anything to them.]
His daughter, Mollie was not mentioned because she had died in 1924.
His estate was valued at $13,250. (equivalent to about $247,311. in 2022).
(Source: Chebucto Grand Banks website, accessed November 23, 2022, "Miscellaneous Wills, Letter G - Israel Goldstone.")
On February 26, 1931, Israel Goldstone died in St. John’s, NL, at Sadie and David Feder's home on Prescott Street. The following details of his illness and death are from The Daily News, February 27, 1931, p. 3:
After an illness of but a week or two, Israel Goldstone of New York passed peacefully away at 9 p.m. yesterday at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. D. Feder, Prescott Street. The deceased had been living in New York and some few weeks ago came to St. John's on a visit. He has been a guest of his daughter, Mrs. Feder, and within the last ten days contracted influenza which turned to pneumonia. Everything that the loving care of his family and his doctor could do was done, but despite this he passed within the veil last night. All through his last illness, his daughter, Mrs. Feder, his son, Charles, and his son-in-law, Mr. Samuel Levitz, never left his side. His daughter, Mrs. Samuel Levitz [Minnie], and his son, Joseph, rushing home from New York, have been in Sydney for the past two days and will not be able to arrive in the city until Sunday. He leaves to mourn besides his wife, four daughters, Mrs. Samuel Levitz [Minnie] and Mrs. Sadie Feder of St. John's; Mrs. Rosie Streifler, Albany, N.Y., and Mrs. Bertha Marcus in Pennsylvania; and four sons, Harry in Philadelphia, Harris at New York, Lewis at Brooklyn and Joseph and Charles of this city.
The following item appeared in The Evening Telegram, March 2, 1931:
Funeral to Railway Station: The funeral of the late Israel Goldstone took place at noon from the residence of Mrs. D. Feder, Prescott Street, to the Railway Station and was largely attended. The arrangements were in charge of Undertaker Lawrence. The remains, enclosed in a handsome casket, were placed on board the one o'clock express to be forwarded to New York for interment. Mr. Charles Goldstone, son of deceased, accompanies the body.
His body was transported to Glendale, NY, for burial in Mount Carmel Cemetery. His headstone gives his birth as April 15, 1870, Poland. (Source: Findagrave.com, accessed November 17, 2022.)
NOTE: I do not repeat all sources for the following family members if I have already given them for Israel.
Yetta (aka Attie, Etty, Gerty, nee Laser) born c.1870 in Poland; died October 31, 1956 in Vineland, New Jersey:
The 1891 Census for Manchester, England, lists Gerty (one of Yetta’s nicknames), age 23, wife of Israel.
In 1891, emigrated from England to USA, arrived Boson on the Norseman May 20, 1891, age given as 21 (so birth year c. 1870), nationality Russian.
In 1899, according to the 1921 Census of NL, Yetta and family immigrated to Newfoundland.
When the 1921 Census was taken, Attie Goldstone, age 49, born Poland October 1872, immigrated to Newfoundland 1899, was living in St. John's on Leslie Street with her husband, Israel, and daughters Mollie, saleslady, 24; Bertha, saleslady, 19;
Rosie, student, 16; and sons Joseph, store manager, 21; Charles, student 11; Louis, 5.
On September 11, 1928, Bertha Goldstone, 26, immigrated to the U.S. at Vanceboro, Washington, Maine. Her arrival contact was Mrs. M. Yetta Goldstone.
When the 1930 United States Census was taken, the Israel Goldstone family were living in Brooklyn, NY. The household consisted of: Israel, 60; wife “Ettie,” 57; son Louis, 13; daughters “Berdie” (Bertha), 23 (sic: 28); and servant Minnie Bickford, 20.
In a November 15, 1935 passenger list for the Rosalind arriving at New York, Gert (Yetta) Goldstone was accompanied by her daughter, Minnie Levitz, and Minnie's children: Helen, 19, born Bell Island, and Harold, 14, born St. John's.
When the 1940 Census for the US was taken, Yetta was a widow, age 70 (incorrectly given as 60 in the Census), living in Brooklyn, NY, with sons Charles, 31, a merchant with his own business, and Louis, 25, an ad writer for Star news paper.
Yetta lived the last six years of her life with her daughter, Bertie, and son-in-law, Leo Marcus, in Vineland, NJ.
On October 31, 1956, Yetta Laser Goldstone died at age 85 in Vineland, NJ (Source: Bertha Goldstone family tree on Ancestry.com, accessed Jan. 6, 2023). She is buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, NY. Her headstone gives her dates as 1870-1956, born Poland. (Source: Findagrave.com, accessed November 17, 2022.)
The 1891 Census for Manchester, England, lists Gerty (one of Yetta’s nicknames), age 23, wife of Israel.
In 1891, emigrated from England to USA, arrived Boson on the Norseman May 20, 1891, age given as 21 (so birth year c. 1870), nationality Russian.
In 1899, according to the 1921 Census of NL, Yetta and family immigrated to Newfoundland.
When the 1921 Census was taken, Attie Goldstone, age 49, born Poland October 1872, immigrated to Newfoundland 1899, was living in St. John's on Leslie Street with her husband, Israel, and daughters Mollie, saleslady, 24; Bertha, saleslady, 19;
Rosie, student, 16; and sons Joseph, store manager, 21; Charles, student 11; Louis, 5.
On September 11, 1928, Bertha Goldstone, 26, immigrated to the U.S. at Vanceboro, Washington, Maine. Her arrival contact was Mrs. M. Yetta Goldstone.
When the 1930 United States Census was taken, the Israel Goldstone family were living in Brooklyn, NY. The household consisted of: Israel, 60; wife “Ettie,” 57; son Louis, 13; daughters “Berdie” (Bertha), 23 (sic: 28); and servant Minnie Bickford, 20.
In a November 15, 1935 passenger list for the Rosalind arriving at New York, Gert (Yetta) Goldstone was accompanied by her daughter, Minnie Levitz, and Minnie's children: Helen, 19, born Bell Island, and Harold, 14, born St. John's.
When the 1940 Census for the US was taken, Yetta was a widow, age 70 (incorrectly given as 60 in the Census), living in Brooklyn, NY, with sons Charles, 31, a merchant with his own business, and Louis, 25, an ad writer for Star news paper.
Yetta lived the last six years of her life with her daughter, Bertie, and son-in-law, Leo Marcus, in Vineland, NJ.
On October 31, 1956, Yetta Laser Goldstone died at age 85 in Vineland, NJ (Source: Bertha Goldstone family tree on Ancestry.com, accessed Jan. 6, 2023). She is buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, NY. Her headstone gives her dates as 1870-1956, born Poland. (Source: Findagrave.com, accessed November 17, 2022.)
Harry/Henry Aron, born April 20, c.1888 in Manchester, England; died November 22, 1968 in Chester, PA:
The 1891 Census for Manchester, England, listed Harry as age 3, so born c.1888.
In 1891, Emigrated from England to USA, arrived Boson on the Norseman May 20, 1891, listed as Aron, (later documents give Aron as his second name). He was 3, so born c. 1888.
In 1908-09, Harry (Harry A., about age 20) was a boarder at the Prescott Street, St. John's, home of Israel and Yetta, and a General Dealer on Bell Island.
In 1911, "H. Goldstone [Harry A.] had a number of workmen at his building [on Bell Island] and intended to convert it into two dwelling houses." (Source: Addison Bown, "Newspaper History of Bell Island," 1911, p. 36.)
In 1913, Henry (Harry A.) was listed as a Grocer, Bell Island.
In 1915, Harry A. had the Central Cash Store (dry goods), Bell Island, and was also listed as being "of I Goldstone & Son."
In 1916, Harry Goldstone married Reba Wilansky in Philadelphia, PA, after arriving in the United States on July 27th. (Source: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriage Index, 1885-1951.) [Sometime in August 1916] "Harry Goldstone and his bride, who were married in Philadelphia, returned on the Stephano and took up residence on Bell Island." (Source: Addison Bown, "Newspaper History of Bell Island," 1916, p. 52.)
In 1918, Harry and Reba's son, Allan, was born Bell Island. (Source: 1921 Census for NL.)
In 1919, H. Goldstone (Harry A.) still had the Central Cash Store at Wabana selling dry goods. He was listed as a Bell Island resident and as being "of I. Goldstone & Sons, Wabana."
On April 20, 1920, a Choral Society was formed on Bell Island; one of the members was "H. Goldstone." This would have been Harry A. as Harris had married in New York the previous month and was now living there. (Source: Bown, 1920, p. 61.)
On September 1, 1921, Harry Goldstone arrived in New York at Ellis Island. His gave his residence as St. John's, NL. (Source: New York Passenger Arrival Lists, Ellis Island, 1892-1924.) In November 1921, Reba Goldstone (last permanent address Bell Island, NL; contact: husband Harry, Bell Island, NL) and Allan Goldstone, age 3, born Bell Island, NL, crossed into the United States, destination Philadelphia, PA. (Source: United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956, and Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings, 1895-1954.)
The 1930 Census for the United States listed Harry Goldstone, merchant/ladies dresses, living in Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania, at East 22nd Street with his wife Reba, son Allan P., age 12, and daughter Shirley, age 9.
On February 14, 1931, Israel Goldstone wrote his will, in which his son, Harry [Harry A.] was “at present residing in Chester, New York” (sic: Pennsylvania).
The 1940 Census for the United States listed Harry Goldstone, merchant, ladies dress shop, Chester, Delaware, PA, with wife Reba (born New York), saleslady, daughter Shirley (born Pennsylvania), 18, saleslady, and son, Allan, 22 (no occupation given).
In his 1942 U.S. Draft Registration, Harry was 52 years old living at 228 E 22nd Street, Delaware City, PA. He gave his birth date as April 15, 1890 and birth place as Poland. His contact person was Reba Goldstone, Style Shop, 401 Edgemont Avenue, Chester, Del., PA.
The 1950 Census for the United States listed Harry Goldstone, Proprietor/Real Estate, E 22nd Street, wife Reba.
In the 1956 City Directory, Harry and Reba Goldstone were living at 228 E 22nd Street in Chester, PA. Their son, Allan P., Chiropodist [podiatrist], and Sarah were living at 317 E 22nd Street.
On November 22, 1968, Harry [Harry A.] Goldstone died in Chester, PA. He is buried in Montefiore, PA. His headstone gives his birth date as April 15, 1889. His Death Certificate says he was born April 20, 1890 in England and died at age 78, occupation merchant. (Source: Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968, and Findagrave.com, accessed December 9, 2022.)
The 1891 Census for Manchester, England, listed Harry as age 3, so born c.1888.
In 1891, Emigrated from England to USA, arrived Boson on the Norseman May 20, 1891, listed as Aron, (later documents give Aron as his second name). He was 3, so born c. 1888.
In 1908-09, Harry (Harry A., about age 20) was a boarder at the Prescott Street, St. John's, home of Israel and Yetta, and a General Dealer on Bell Island.
In 1911, "H. Goldstone [Harry A.] had a number of workmen at his building [on Bell Island] and intended to convert it into two dwelling houses." (Source: Addison Bown, "Newspaper History of Bell Island," 1911, p. 36.)
In 1913, Henry (Harry A.) was listed as a Grocer, Bell Island.
In 1915, Harry A. had the Central Cash Store (dry goods), Bell Island, and was also listed as being "of I Goldstone & Son."
In 1916, Harry Goldstone married Reba Wilansky in Philadelphia, PA, after arriving in the United States on July 27th. (Source: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriage Index, 1885-1951.) [Sometime in August 1916] "Harry Goldstone and his bride, who were married in Philadelphia, returned on the Stephano and took up residence on Bell Island." (Source: Addison Bown, "Newspaper History of Bell Island," 1916, p. 52.)
In 1918, Harry and Reba's son, Allan, was born Bell Island. (Source: 1921 Census for NL.)
In 1919, H. Goldstone (Harry A.) still had the Central Cash Store at Wabana selling dry goods. He was listed as a Bell Island resident and as being "of I. Goldstone & Sons, Wabana."
On April 20, 1920, a Choral Society was formed on Bell Island; one of the members was "H. Goldstone." This would have been Harry A. as Harris had married in New York the previous month and was now living there. (Source: Bown, 1920, p. 61.)
On September 1, 1921, Harry Goldstone arrived in New York at Ellis Island. His gave his residence as St. John's, NL. (Source: New York Passenger Arrival Lists, Ellis Island, 1892-1924.) In November 1921, Reba Goldstone (last permanent address Bell Island, NL; contact: husband Harry, Bell Island, NL) and Allan Goldstone, age 3, born Bell Island, NL, crossed into the United States, destination Philadelphia, PA. (Source: United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956, and Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings, 1895-1954.)
The 1930 Census for the United States listed Harry Goldstone, merchant/ladies dresses, living in Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania, at East 22nd Street with his wife Reba, son Allan P., age 12, and daughter Shirley, age 9.
On February 14, 1931, Israel Goldstone wrote his will, in which his son, Harry [Harry A.] was “at present residing in Chester, New York” (sic: Pennsylvania).
The 1940 Census for the United States listed Harry Goldstone, merchant, ladies dress shop, Chester, Delaware, PA, with wife Reba (born New York), saleslady, daughter Shirley (born Pennsylvania), 18, saleslady, and son, Allan, 22 (no occupation given).
In his 1942 U.S. Draft Registration, Harry was 52 years old living at 228 E 22nd Street, Delaware City, PA. He gave his birth date as April 15, 1890 and birth place as Poland. His contact person was Reba Goldstone, Style Shop, 401 Edgemont Avenue, Chester, Del., PA.
The 1950 Census for the United States listed Harry Goldstone, Proprietor/Real Estate, E 22nd Street, wife Reba.
In the 1956 City Directory, Harry and Reba Goldstone were living at 228 E 22nd Street in Chester, PA. Their son, Allan P., Chiropodist [podiatrist], and Sarah were living at 317 E 22nd Street.
On November 22, 1968, Harry [Harry A.] Goldstone died in Chester, PA. He is buried in Montefiore, PA. His headstone gives his birth date as April 15, 1889. His Death Certificate says he was born April 20, 1890 in England and died at age 78, occupation merchant. (Source: Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968, and Findagrave.com, accessed December 9, 2022.)
Minnie, born March 16, 1889 or 1890 in Manchester, England; died August 9, 1969 in Los Angeles, CA:
The 1891 Census for Manchester, England, lists Minnie as age 1, so born c.1890.
In 1891, emigrated from England to USA, arrived Boson on the Norseman May 20, 1891, listed as “infant,” so born c. 1890.
In 1908-09, Minnie, (about age 18) was an assistant at Israel Goldstone’s stores in St. John’s.
On January 21, 1912, Minnie Goldstone married Samuel L. Levitz, a wholesale merchant in dry goods, at Sydney, NS. (Source for date and place: Ancestry family tree for Samuel L. Levitz, accessed online November 2022.)
On January 12, 1913, son, Maurice/Murray Levitz, was born on Bell Island, NL. (Source: Ancestry family tree for Samuel L. Levitz and 1921 Census.)
In the 1915 McAlpine's St. John's City Directory, S.L. Levitz was a boot and shoe dealer on Bell Island. (He was not listed in either of the 1913 or 1919 City Directories.)
On May 22, 1916, daughter, Helen Rose Levitz, was born on Bell Island, NL. (Source: Ancestry family tree for Samuel L. Levitz and 1921 Census.)
In the 1921 Census for NL, Minnie and Samuel Levitz, dry goods merchant, were living on Hayward Avenue, St. John's with sons Maurice, 8, (born Bell Island) and Harold, 5 months, (born St. John's) and daughter Helen, 5, (born Bell Island).
In the 1924 St. John's City Directory, they were listed at 64 Hayward Avenue.
The Newfoundland Directory, 1928, listed J. [Joseph] Goldstone and S.L. Levitz at 80 LeMarchant Road.
On February 14, 1931, Israel Goldstone wrote his will, in which his son-in-law, Samuel Levitz (Minnie’s husband) was executor.
In the 1935 Census for NL, Minnie, beauty specialist, and Samuel Levitz, wholesale merchant, were living on LeMarchant Road, St. John's, with daughter Ellen, 19, and son Harold, 13.
In the November 15, 1935 passenger list for the Rosalind arriving at New York, Gert (Yetta) Goldstone was accompanied by her daughter, Minnie Levitz, and Minnie's children: Helen, 19, born Bell Island, and Harold, 14, born St. John's.
In the 1936 Newfoundland Directory, Minnie Levitz was proprietor of Levitz Beauty Shoppe at 336 Duckworth Street. Samuel's dry goods business was at 22 Adelaide Street. Minnie and Samuel lived at 80 LeMarchant Road.
In the 1945 Census for NL, Samuel L. Levitz, 60, government officer/civil servant, was listed as a roomer at the Crosbie Hotel in St. John's. The entry beneath his simply had a check mark instead of a name, "F" for female, married, and housewife, so presumably Minnie.
On August 9, 1969, Minnie Levitz died in Culver City, Los Angeles, CA. She is buried in Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, CA. Findagrave.com gives her birth as March 16, 1889 in Manchester, UK, and her age as 80. On October 5, 1969, Samuel L. Levitz died in Culver City, Los Angeles, CA; he is buried in Hillside Memorial Park. (Source: Findagrave.com, accessed January 12, 2023, and Ancestry.com family tree for Samuel L. Levitz, accessed December 12, 2022.)
The 1891 Census for Manchester, England, lists Minnie as age 1, so born c.1890.
In 1891, emigrated from England to USA, arrived Boson on the Norseman May 20, 1891, listed as “infant,” so born c. 1890.
In 1908-09, Minnie, (about age 18) was an assistant at Israel Goldstone’s stores in St. John’s.
On January 21, 1912, Minnie Goldstone married Samuel L. Levitz, a wholesale merchant in dry goods, at Sydney, NS. (Source for date and place: Ancestry family tree for Samuel L. Levitz, accessed online November 2022.)
On January 12, 1913, son, Maurice/Murray Levitz, was born on Bell Island, NL. (Source: Ancestry family tree for Samuel L. Levitz and 1921 Census.)
In the 1915 McAlpine's St. John's City Directory, S.L. Levitz was a boot and shoe dealer on Bell Island. (He was not listed in either of the 1913 or 1919 City Directories.)
On May 22, 1916, daughter, Helen Rose Levitz, was born on Bell Island, NL. (Source: Ancestry family tree for Samuel L. Levitz and 1921 Census.)
In the 1921 Census for NL, Minnie and Samuel Levitz, dry goods merchant, were living on Hayward Avenue, St. John's with sons Maurice, 8, (born Bell Island) and Harold, 5 months, (born St. John's) and daughter Helen, 5, (born Bell Island).
In the 1924 St. John's City Directory, they were listed at 64 Hayward Avenue.
The Newfoundland Directory, 1928, listed J. [Joseph] Goldstone and S.L. Levitz at 80 LeMarchant Road.
On February 14, 1931, Israel Goldstone wrote his will, in which his son-in-law, Samuel Levitz (Minnie’s husband) was executor.
In the 1935 Census for NL, Minnie, beauty specialist, and Samuel Levitz, wholesale merchant, were living on LeMarchant Road, St. John's, with daughter Ellen, 19, and son Harold, 13.
In the November 15, 1935 passenger list for the Rosalind arriving at New York, Gert (Yetta) Goldstone was accompanied by her daughter, Minnie Levitz, and Minnie's children: Helen, 19, born Bell Island, and Harold, 14, born St. John's.
In the 1936 Newfoundland Directory, Minnie Levitz was proprietor of Levitz Beauty Shoppe at 336 Duckworth Street. Samuel's dry goods business was at 22 Adelaide Street. Minnie and Samuel lived at 80 LeMarchant Road.
In the 1945 Census for NL, Samuel L. Levitz, 60, government officer/civil servant, was listed as a roomer at the Crosbie Hotel in St. John's. The entry beneath his simply had a check mark instead of a name, "F" for female, married, and housewife, so presumably Minnie.
On August 9, 1969, Minnie Levitz died in Culver City, Los Angeles, CA. She is buried in Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, CA. Findagrave.com gives her birth as March 16, 1889 in Manchester, UK, and her age as 80. On October 5, 1969, Samuel L. Levitz died in Culver City, Los Angeles, CA; he is buried in Hillside Memorial Park. (Source: Findagrave.com, accessed January 12, 2023, and Ancestry.com family tree for Samuel L. Levitz, accessed December 12, 2022.)
Sadie, born August 30, 1894 in Utica, NY; died June 4, 1984 in St. John's, NL:
On March 3, 1914, Sadie Goldstone, of Prescott Street, St. John's, married David Feder, salesman.
I could not locate Sadie and David Feder in the 1921 Census for NL, or place them anywhere else.
In the 1924 St. John's City Directory, D Feder & Co wholesale & retail dry goods was located at 336 Water Street, with residence at 54 Prescott Street. [Both these locations were previously owned/occupied by Israel Goldstone.]
On February 14, 1931, Israel Goldstone wrote his will, in which his daughter, Sadie Feder, received a bequest of “the land on which the Bargain Store on Bell Island is erected.”
In the 1935 Census for NL, Sadie and David Feder, proprietor dry goods store, were living at 62 Prescott Street, St. John's, with their daughter, Frieda, 20, and sons: Herbert, 18, salesman, dry goods, and Aaron, 15, student.
In the 1936 Newfoundland Directory, David Feder was manager of D. Feder & Co dry goods at 334-6 Water Street, and his son, Herbert, was a salesman there.
In a 1940 border crossing into the United States, Samuel Aaron Feder, age 20, was travelling to Brooklyn, NY, to visit his grandmother, Yetta Goldstone at 703 Lefferts Avenue. He was planning to reside permanently in the U.S. He listed his last permanent residence as Bell Island, NL. (In his 1941 Draft document, he was working for Kline Brothers in Macomb, Illinois.)
In the 1945 Census for NL, David and Sadie Feder were residing in Jersey Side, Placentia. (No occupation listed for them, but they may have moved there because of increased business potential with the American military activity in that area during WWII.)
In the 1948 List of Electors for Bell Island, David Feder was living at Town Square, Bell Island.
The 1949 Telephone Directory for Bell Island listed phone numbers for David Feder's residence and store. Sadie and David Feder were also listed in the 1949 Voters List for Bell Island.
On April 19, 1951, David Feder, age 62, died at the General Hospital; his residence was 75 Monroe Street, St. John's. He is buried in the Hebrew Cemetery, Sydney, Nova Scotia. (Source: The Rooms Provincial Archives website, accessed Dec. 12, 2022, and Findagrave.com, accessed Dec. 11, 2022.)
On June 4, 1984, Sadie Feder died in St. John’s, NL, at age 89. She is buried in the Jewish Cemetery, St. John's, NL. Her headstone gives her birth as August 30, 1894 in Utica, Oneida, NY. (Source: Find A Grave Index in familysearch.org, accessed Nov. 21, 2022.)
On March 3, 1914, Sadie Goldstone, of Prescott Street, St. John's, married David Feder, salesman.
I could not locate Sadie and David Feder in the 1921 Census for NL, or place them anywhere else.
In the 1924 St. John's City Directory, D Feder & Co wholesale & retail dry goods was located at 336 Water Street, with residence at 54 Prescott Street. [Both these locations were previously owned/occupied by Israel Goldstone.]
On February 14, 1931, Israel Goldstone wrote his will, in which his daughter, Sadie Feder, received a bequest of “the land on which the Bargain Store on Bell Island is erected.”
In the 1935 Census for NL, Sadie and David Feder, proprietor dry goods store, were living at 62 Prescott Street, St. John's, with their daughter, Frieda, 20, and sons: Herbert, 18, salesman, dry goods, and Aaron, 15, student.
In the 1936 Newfoundland Directory, David Feder was manager of D. Feder & Co dry goods at 334-6 Water Street, and his son, Herbert, was a salesman there.
In a 1940 border crossing into the United States, Samuel Aaron Feder, age 20, was travelling to Brooklyn, NY, to visit his grandmother, Yetta Goldstone at 703 Lefferts Avenue. He was planning to reside permanently in the U.S. He listed his last permanent residence as Bell Island, NL. (In his 1941 Draft document, he was working for Kline Brothers in Macomb, Illinois.)
In the 1945 Census for NL, David and Sadie Feder were residing in Jersey Side, Placentia. (No occupation listed for them, but they may have moved there because of increased business potential with the American military activity in that area during WWII.)
In the 1948 List of Electors for Bell Island, David Feder was living at Town Square, Bell Island.
The 1949 Telephone Directory for Bell Island listed phone numbers for David Feder's residence and store. Sadie and David Feder were also listed in the 1949 Voters List for Bell Island.
On April 19, 1951, David Feder, age 62, died at the General Hospital; his residence was 75 Monroe Street, St. John's. He is buried in the Hebrew Cemetery, Sydney, Nova Scotia. (Source: The Rooms Provincial Archives website, accessed Dec. 12, 2022, and Findagrave.com, accessed Dec. 11, 2022.)
On June 4, 1984, Sadie Feder died in St. John’s, NL, at age 89. She is buried in the Jewish Cemetery, St. John's, NL. Her headstone gives her birth as August 30, 1894 in Utica, Oneida, NY. (Source: Find A Grave Index in familysearch.org, accessed Nov. 21, 2022.)
David Feder & Sadie Goldstone on their wedding day, 1914. Photo from "Find A Grave."
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Sadie Goldstone (1894-1984) and David Feder (1888-1951): Dry Goods Dealers, Bell Island, 1940s
While the Goldstone business men seem to have all left Bell Island by 1921, daughter Sadie, and her husband, David Feder, had a business on Bell Island in the late 1930s and perhaps earlier. See the description of the rebuilding of Town Square following the 1937 fire (above): David Feder was building a one-storey store on the land where the foundation of the Goldstone fortune was laid. Sadie, who was born in Utica, NY, in 1894, married David Feder, a Hebrew salesman (born in Lithuania), on March 3, 1914, in St. John's, where they were living at 54 Prescott Street. David Feder had a dry goods company on Water Street in 1924 and, according to the St. John's City Directory, 1924, was the homeowner of 54 Prescott Street, formerly owned by Israel Goldstone. They were listed at 62 Prescott Street in the 1935 Census, and had a daughter, Frieda, 20, and sons Herbert, 18, a dry goods salesman, and Aaron, 15. Their business was at 334-336 Water Street in the 1936 Newfoundland Directory. When their son, Aaron, now 20, emigrated to the United States in 1940, he gave his last permanent residence as Bell Island, NL. In the 1945 Newfoundland Census, David and Sadie were listed as living in Jersey Side, Placentia. No occupations are listed for them, but they may have moved there temporarily because of the American military activity in that area during WWII. David Feder, Proprietor, and Mrs. Sadie Feder, were listed in the 1948 and 1949 List of Electors for Town Square, Bell Island, and also in the 1949 Telephone Directory for Bell Island, with numbers for residence and store. David Feder died April 19, 1951, at age 62, of kidney disease. His residence was 75 Monroe Street, St. John's. He is buried in the Hebrew Cemetery, Sydney, NS. Sadie died June 4, 1984, at age 89, in St. John's. She is buried in the Jewish Cemetery, St. John's.
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Harris, born November 30, 1896 in Utica, NY; died September 27, 1974 in Florida:
In 1913, Harris (about 17) was listed as a Clerk at Bell Island; he was not mentioned in the 1915 Directory for Bell Island. In 1917, according to the Encyclopedia of Newfoundland & Labrador, V. 2, p. 548, Harris Goldstone founded the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion Limited in St. John's "on the proceeds of a successful sale of $5000 worth of American-made ready-to-wear women's clothing." The article goes on to say that "Joseph served as store manager, while Harris acted as the firm's buyer in New York, London and, after Confederation, Montreal." Also in 1917, The Central Cash Store in St. John's was being managed by Harris Goldstone, according to letterhead for that store. On May 24, 1918, Harris Goldstone, businessman of Bell Island, son of Israel Goldstone of Bell Island, enlisted in St. John's with the Newfoundland Regiment. He should have reported for duty that day, but did not report at Headquarters until June 18th, at which time he was discharged as medically unfit due to "deafness and otorrhea" (drainage of liquid from the ear). His place of birth was given on several military documents as Bell Island, but that was probably an error based on his "place of residence." (Source: The Rooms Provincial Archives) |
The photo above is of Harris Goldstone with one of his sons, c. 1930s. Photo courtesy of John Marcus.
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Harris Goldstone cont'd:
In 1919, Harris Goldstone was still listed as a Bell Island resident and as being "of I. Goldstone & Sons, Wabana." He was also listed as "H. Goldstone, manager of the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, Milinery, Costumes, etc., Grace Building (on Water Street at the corner of Beck's Cove), St. John's."
On March 1, 1920, Harris Goldstone married Hilda Marcus (born March 20, 1897, Glace Bay, NS.) in Manhattan, NY. They remained in New York City. (Source: New York, NY, Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018.)
In 1924, Harris Goldstone was listed as proprietor of the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion in St. John's, but was living in New York, USA, where he was a buyer for that store.
In the 1930 U.S. Census, Harris Goldstone was listed as a "buyer of ladies' and men's wear," living at West 104, Manhattan, NY, with wife Hilda M, sons Leonard, 6, and Melvin, 8.
In the 1932 City Directory, Harris Goldstone, buyer, and spouse Hilda M., were living at New Rochelle, NY.
In his 1942 U.S. Draft Registration, Harris was 45 years old, living at 50 W 96 Street, New York City, NY. His business was given as London, NY & Paris Assn. of Fashion Ltd., St. John's, Newfoundland. He gave his contact person as Bernstein Wolf, 421 - 7th Avenue, NY, NY (under place of employment).
In the 1950 U.S. Census, Harris Goldstone was listed as a buyer/clothing retail, living at No. 66, 50 W 96, New York, NY, with wife Hilda, son Melvin, and mother-in-law Jennie Marcus.
In 1952, the London, New York & Paris was one of the largest department stores in St. John's. (Source: Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, V. 3, p. 364.)
In 1973, both Harris and Joseph retired from their London, New York & Paris business, selling it to Maxwell Janes. (Source: Encyclopedia of Newfoundland & Labrador, V. 3, p. 364.)
On September 27, 1974, at age 77, Harris died in Dade, Florida. (Source: Florida, U.S., Death Index, 1877-1998, and U.S. Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current.) Hilda Marcus Goldstone died March 20, 1986 at age 89. They are buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, NY. (Source: findagrave.com, accessed Dec. 9, 2022.)
In 1919, Harris Goldstone was still listed as a Bell Island resident and as being "of I. Goldstone & Sons, Wabana." He was also listed as "H. Goldstone, manager of the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, Milinery, Costumes, etc., Grace Building (on Water Street at the corner of Beck's Cove), St. John's."
On March 1, 1920, Harris Goldstone married Hilda Marcus (born March 20, 1897, Glace Bay, NS.) in Manhattan, NY. They remained in New York City. (Source: New York, NY, Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018.)
In 1924, Harris Goldstone was listed as proprietor of the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion in St. John's, but was living in New York, USA, where he was a buyer for that store.
In the 1930 U.S. Census, Harris Goldstone was listed as a "buyer of ladies' and men's wear," living at West 104, Manhattan, NY, with wife Hilda M, sons Leonard, 6, and Melvin, 8.
In the 1932 City Directory, Harris Goldstone, buyer, and spouse Hilda M., were living at New Rochelle, NY.
In his 1942 U.S. Draft Registration, Harris was 45 years old, living at 50 W 96 Street, New York City, NY. His business was given as London, NY & Paris Assn. of Fashion Ltd., St. John's, Newfoundland. He gave his contact person as Bernstein Wolf, 421 - 7th Avenue, NY, NY (under place of employment).
In the 1950 U.S. Census, Harris Goldstone was listed as a buyer/clothing retail, living at No. 66, 50 W 96, New York, NY, with wife Hilda, son Melvin, and mother-in-law Jennie Marcus.
In 1952, the London, New York & Paris was one of the largest department stores in St. John's. (Source: Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, V. 3, p. 364.)
In 1973, both Harris and Joseph retired from their London, New York & Paris business, selling it to Maxwell Janes. (Source: Encyclopedia of Newfoundland & Labrador, V. 3, p. 364.)
On September 27, 1974, at age 77, Harris died in Dade, Florida. (Source: Florida, U.S., Death Index, 1877-1998, and U.S. Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current.) Hilda Marcus Goldstone died March 20, 1986 at age 89. They are buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, NY. (Source: findagrave.com, accessed Dec. 9, 2022.)
Mollie, born December 1897 in New York (source: 1921 Census for NL); died April 17, 1924 in Manhattan, NY:
In the St. John's Newfoundland Directory, 1913, Mollie (16 years old) was listed as a stenographer for George Knowling of St. John’s and living at 54 Prescott Street.
When the 1921 Census was taken, Mollie Goldstone, saleslady, age 24, born New York December 1897, was living in St. John's on Leslie Street with her parents and five of her siblings.
On January 10, 1922, Mollie Goldstone, 25, married Ralph Isaac Garber, 36, merchant, at Sydney, NS. (Source: Canada, Nova Scotia Marriages, 1907-1932.)
On April 17, 1924, at about age 26, Mollie Garber died in Manhattan, New York. She is buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, NY. (Source: New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948, Find a Grave Index on familysearch.org, accessed Dec. 10, 2022.) Ralph Garber died Dec. 17, 1958. He is buried in Hebrew Cemetery, Sydney, NS. (Source findagrave.com, accessed Dec. 10, 2022.)
In the St. John's Newfoundland Directory, 1913, Mollie (16 years old) was listed as a stenographer for George Knowling of St. John’s and living at 54 Prescott Street.
When the 1921 Census was taken, Mollie Goldstone, saleslady, age 24, born New York December 1897, was living in St. John's on Leslie Street with her parents and five of her siblings.
On January 10, 1922, Mollie Goldstone, 25, married Ralph Isaac Garber, 36, merchant, at Sydney, NS. (Source: Canada, Nova Scotia Marriages, 1907-1932.)
On April 17, 1924, at about age 26, Mollie Garber died in Manhattan, New York. She is buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, NY. (Source: New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948, Find a Grave Index on familysearch.org, accessed Dec. 10, 2022.) Ralph Garber died Dec. 17, 1958. He is buried in Hebrew Cemetery, Sydney, NS. (Source findagrave.com, accessed Dec. 10, 2022.)
Joseph, born December 1899 in Utica, NY (source: 1921 & 1945 Census, however, the Encyclopedia of Newfoundland & Labrador, V. 2, p. 548, gives his birth as 1900 on Bell Island); believed to have died in 1977 in Montreal:
The Encyclopedia article says that Joseph was educated at Bishop Feild College, St. John's, where he was an "athlete of note, winning the Johnson Shield for most outstanding athlete while in attendance at Bishop Feild College." A 1913 photo on the Chebucto Grand Banks website of "CLB 'C' Company Shooting Team, Winners of Musgrave Shield," shows Private J. Goldstone in the front row.
In 1915, Joseph (age 16) is listed as a clerk with the American Bargain Store, Bell Island.
In 1919, Joseph Goldstone was listed as "clerk, Central Cash Store, Wabana."
When the 1921 Census was taken, Joseph Goldstone, store manager, age 21, born New York, December 1900, was listed as living in St. John's on Leslie Street with his parents and five of his siblings. However, he was also listed as a boarder in Burin, NL, where, according to the Encyclopedia of Newfoundland & Labrador, p. 548, he had opened a small dry goods store with the help of his father following his graduation from school. After the store was destroyed in a fire, he joined with his brother, Harris, as a partner in the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion Ltd., Water Street. The Encyclopedia article goes on to say that "Joseph served as store manager, while Harris acted as the firm's buyer in New York, London and (after Confederation) Montreal. Joseph was as innovative a manager as Harris a buyer, and is credited with the introduction into St. John's of the 'money-back guarantee,' and with the invention of the London's popular logo, 'Scientific Hand-Built Clothing."
In 1924, Joseph Goldstone was listed as manager of the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, and homeowner of 26 Leslie Street.
The 1928 Newfoundland Directory listed J. Goldstone and S.L. Levitz at 80 LeMarchant Road. Joseph was manager of the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion Ltd., Water Street. (No one else by the name of Goldstone was listed.)
The 1932 St. John's Classified Business and City Directory listed Joseph Goldstone, Manager of London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, located at 283 Water Street, living at 52 Circular Road. [It seems from this directory that there were two London, New York and Paris stores at this time with Joseph managing one and Charles the other.]
In the 1935 Census of NL, Joseph was listed as managing director of clothing store, living at 13 Leslie Street with his wife, Mary, and 6-month old daughter, Renee.
In the Newfoundland Directory, 1936, Joseph, Manager of London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, was the only Goldstone listed in the Newfoundland Directory. He was living on Leslie Street.
In the 1945 Census of NL, Joseph was living on Rennie's Mill Road with wife, May, daughter Renee, 10, and son, William, 9.
The 1946 Telephone Directory for St. John's gave the Joseph Goldstone residence as 102 LeMarchant Road.
In 1952, the Goldstone's London, New York and Paris was one of the largest department stores in St. John's.
In 1953, Joseph Goldstone had a new house designed and built in the trendy new St. John's neighbourhood of Churchill Park. The architect was Paul Meschino, who had designed the original houses for the Churchill Park housing development, but this new Goldstone house stood out from the norm. It got people talking because it was "way out as far as the design because it was not what people were used to." With a design influenced by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, it was built at the top of Rostellan Street on one of the most dramatic residential lots in suburban St. John's, bordering Rennie's River near the rapids above Elizabeth Avenue. The house, as described in Robert Mellin's book, Newfoundland Modern: Architecture in the Smallwood Years, 1949-1972, "was the first in St. John's to feature an open plan on the main level"...and had "an indoor garden that had a curved, informal, irregular-shaped pool surrounded by plantings."
In 1973, both Joseph and Harris retired from their London, New York & Paris business, selling it to Maxwell Janes. (Source: Book of Newfoundland, V. 6, p. 631.)
Joseph Goldstone is one of only three Jewish businessmen in St. John's to have a street named after him. (Source: Robin McGrath, Salt Fish & Shmattes: A History of the Jews in Newfoundland an Labrador from 1770, p. 179.)
While the Encyclopedia of Newfoundland & Labrador, V. 2, p. 548, in its biography of Joseph Goldstone, gave his death as occurring in Montreal in 1979, this date seems to have been an error as his will was probated August 19, 1977, so he died sometime before that date. I have not been able to find an obituary of burial record for him. Several family trees on Ancestry website give his death year as 1975. His wife, Mary Ida, age 78, died in 1986 in Vancouver, BC. (Her parents were William and Sarah Spurrell.)
The Encyclopedia article says that Joseph was educated at Bishop Feild College, St. John's, where he was an "athlete of note, winning the Johnson Shield for most outstanding athlete while in attendance at Bishop Feild College." A 1913 photo on the Chebucto Grand Banks website of "CLB 'C' Company Shooting Team, Winners of Musgrave Shield," shows Private J. Goldstone in the front row.
In 1915, Joseph (age 16) is listed as a clerk with the American Bargain Store, Bell Island.
In 1919, Joseph Goldstone was listed as "clerk, Central Cash Store, Wabana."
When the 1921 Census was taken, Joseph Goldstone, store manager, age 21, born New York, December 1900, was listed as living in St. John's on Leslie Street with his parents and five of his siblings. However, he was also listed as a boarder in Burin, NL, where, according to the Encyclopedia of Newfoundland & Labrador, p. 548, he had opened a small dry goods store with the help of his father following his graduation from school. After the store was destroyed in a fire, he joined with his brother, Harris, as a partner in the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion Ltd., Water Street. The Encyclopedia article goes on to say that "Joseph served as store manager, while Harris acted as the firm's buyer in New York, London and (after Confederation) Montreal. Joseph was as innovative a manager as Harris a buyer, and is credited with the introduction into St. John's of the 'money-back guarantee,' and with the invention of the London's popular logo, 'Scientific Hand-Built Clothing."
In 1924, Joseph Goldstone was listed as manager of the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, and homeowner of 26 Leslie Street.
The 1928 Newfoundland Directory listed J. Goldstone and S.L. Levitz at 80 LeMarchant Road. Joseph was manager of the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion Ltd., Water Street. (No one else by the name of Goldstone was listed.)
The 1932 St. John's Classified Business and City Directory listed Joseph Goldstone, Manager of London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, located at 283 Water Street, living at 52 Circular Road. [It seems from this directory that there were two London, New York and Paris stores at this time with Joseph managing one and Charles the other.]
In the 1935 Census of NL, Joseph was listed as managing director of clothing store, living at 13 Leslie Street with his wife, Mary, and 6-month old daughter, Renee.
In the Newfoundland Directory, 1936, Joseph, Manager of London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, was the only Goldstone listed in the Newfoundland Directory. He was living on Leslie Street.
In the 1945 Census of NL, Joseph was living on Rennie's Mill Road with wife, May, daughter Renee, 10, and son, William, 9.
The 1946 Telephone Directory for St. John's gave the Joseph Goldstone residence as 102 LeMarchant Road.
In 1952, the Goldstone's London, New York and Paris was one of the largest department stores in St. John's.
In 1953, Joseph Goldstone had a new house designed and built in the trendy new St. John's neighbourhood of Churchill Park. The architect was Paul Meschino, who had designed the original houses for the Churchill Park housing development, but this new Goldstone house stood out from the norm. It got people talking because it was "way out as far as the design because it was not what people were used to." With a design influenced by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, it was built at the top of Rostellan Street on one of the most dramatic residential lots in suburban St. John's, bordering Rennie's River near the rapids above Elizabeth Avenue. The house, as described in Robert Mellin's book, Newfoundland Modern: Architecture in the Smallwood Years, 1949-1972, "was the first in St. John's to feature an open plan on the main level"...and had "an indoor garden that had a curved, informal, irregular-shaped pool surrounded by plantings."
In 1973, both Joseph and Harris retired from their London, New York & Paris business, selling it to Maxwell Janes. (Source: Book of Newfoundland, V. 6, p. 631.)
Joseph Goldstone is one of only three Jewish businessmen in St. John's to have a street named after him. (Source: Robin McGrath, Salt Fish & Shmattes: A History of the Jews in Newfoundland an Labrador from 1770, p. 179.)
While the Encyclopedia of Newfoundland & Labrador, V. 2, p. 548, in its biography of Joseph Goldstone, gave his death as occurring in Montreal in 1979, this date seems to have been an error as his will was probated August 19, 1977, so he died sometime before that date. I have not been able to find an obituary of burial record for him. Several family trees on Ancestry website give his death year as 1975. His wife, Mary Ida, age 78, died in 1986 in Vancouver, BC. (Her parents were William and Sarah Spurrell.)
Bertha (aka Berdie/Bertie), born October 31, 1901 on Bell Island, NL, OR born 1902 in St. John’s, NL; died November 27, 1993 in Vineland, NJ. (No official birth record found for either 1901 or 1902. On a birth certificate issued in 1971, the birth year is typed over, but looks like 1907. Most border crossing papers gave her birth year as 1902, but one said 1905. The 1921 census gave her age as 19 (so born 1901 or 1902). The 1930 US Census gave her age as 23. The 1950 US Census gives her age as 44. The date on her headstone is 1908.):
When the 1921 Census was taken, Bertha Goldstone, saleslady, age 19, born St. John’s October 1902, was living in St. John's on Leslie Street with her parents and five of her siblings.
In 1924, Bertha was a clerk at the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, living at 25 Leslie Street with her parents and siblings.
On September 11, 1928, Bertha Goldstone, 26, emigrated to the U.S. at Vanceboro, Washington, Maine. Her arrival contact was Mrs. M. Yetta Goldstone. Her departure contact was Mrs. S.L. Levitz.
When the 1930 United States Census was taken, the Israel Goldstone family were living in Brooklyn, NY. The household consisted of: Israel, 60; wife “Ettie,” 57; son Louis, 13; daughters “Berdie” (Bertha), 23 (sic: 28); and servant Minnie Bickford, 20.
On March 17, 1930, Bertha (age 28) married Leo Marcus (1899-1971) at Brooklyn, Kings, NY. (Marriage document was not found. Source: an Ancestry.com family tree, accessed Jan. 6, 2023.)
In 1937, Bertie and Leo Marcus were living at 11 Knapp Avenue, Middletown, Wallkill, NY. (Source: U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995.)
In the 1950 United States Census, Bertha and Leo, merchant, local retail, were living at 1009 Ewan Terrace West Side, Northeast Vineland, NJ, with their 12-year-old son Mark.
Leo Marcus died May 12, 1971, at age 72, in Vineland, NJ. Bertha died November 27, 1993, at about age 91 if she was born in 1902; her headstone gives her birth year as 1908 and her age as 85. They are buried in Alliance Cemetery, Norma, NJ. (Sources: U.S. Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current; findagrave.com, accessed Jan. 6, 2023; New Jersey, U.S., Death Index, 1848-1878, 1901-2017.)
The photo below is of Harris Goldstone and Bertha's husband, Leo Marcus, in St. Philip's, NL, c.1930s. Photo courtesy of Leo's grandson, John Marcus.
When the 1921 Census was taken, Bertha Goldstone, saleslady, age 19, born St. John’s October 1902, was living in St. John's on Leslie Street with her parents and five of her siblings.
In 1924, Bertha was a clerk at the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, living at 25 Leslie Street with her parents and siblings.
On September 11, 1928, Bertha Goldstone, 26, emigrated to the U.S. at Vanceboro, Washington, Maine. Her arrival contact was Mrs. M. Yetta Goldstone. Her departure contact was Mrs. S.L. Levitz.
When the 1930 United States Census was taken, the Israel Goldstone family were living in Brooklyn, NY. The household consisted of: Israel, 60; wife “Ettie,” 57; son Louis, 13; daughters “Berdie” (Bertha), 23 (sic: 28); and servant Minnie Bickford, 20.
On March 17, 1930, Bertha (age 28) married Leo Marcus (1899-1971) at Brooklyn, Kings, NY. (Marriage document was not found. Source: an Ancestry.com family tree, accessed Jan. 6, 2023.)
In 1937, Bertie and Leo Marcus were living at 11 Knapp Avenue, Middletown, Wallkill, NY. (Source: U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995.)
In the 1950 United States Census, Bertha and Leo, merchant, local retail, were living at 1009 Ewan Terrace West Side, Northeast Vineland, NJ, with their 12-year-old son Mark.
Leo Marcus died May 12, 1971, at age 72, in Vineland, NJ. Bertha died November 27, 1993, at about age 91 if she was born in 1902; her headstone gives her birth year as 1908 and her age as 85. They are buried in Alliance Cemetery, Norma, NJ. (Sources: U.S. Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current; findagrave.com, accessed Jan. 6, 2023; New Jersey, U.S., Death Index, 1848-1878, 1901-2017.)
The photo below is of Harris Goldstone and Bertha's husband, Leo Marcus, in St. Philip's, NL, c.1930s. Photo courtesy of Leo's grandson, John Marcus.
Rose, born November 19, 1905 in St. John’s, NL; died December 13, 1987, Westport, CT:
Rose is the only one of the Israel and Yetta Goldstone children born in Newfoundland for whom I was able to find (online) a birth certificate. It gives her birth date and place as November 19, 1905 in St. John's, NL, and her baptism as November 26, 1905 by Rev. I Jackson. (The birth certificate was issued August 26, 1925.)
When the 1921 Census was taken, Rose Goldstone, student, age 16, born St. John’s November 1905, was living in St. John's on Leslie Street with her parents and five of her siblings.
When the 1925 United States Census was taken, the Israel Goldstone family were living in the Bronx, NY. The household consisted of: Israel, 56; wife “Etty,” 53; son Louis, 19 (sic: 9); daughters Bertha, 23; and Rose, 18 (sic: 20), who was listed as a student.
On January 10, 1927, Rose, age 21, applied for U.S. Naturalization. She was employed as a secretary. Her residence was 703 Lefferts Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.
On June 25, 1928, Rose Goldstone married Benjamin W. Streifler at Brooklyn, NY.
In the 1930 U.S. Census, Benjamin Streifler was a wholesale store manager. They lived in Albany, NY.
In the 1940 U.S. Census, Rose and Benjamin, general manager of a retail department store, were living at 82-20 Beverly Road, Queens, NY, with daughter, Margaret, 5.
In the 1950 U.S. Census, Benjamin was owner of a children's clothing store. Their daughter, Margaret (Peggy) was 15.
On December 13, 1987, Rose Streifler, widow, of 20 East 74th Street, New York, NY, died at age 82 at Westport, Connecticut.
She and her husband, Ben, are buried in the Independent Hebrew Society / Temple Shalom Cemetery in Norwalk, Connecticut. (Sources: Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012; JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry.)
Rose is the only one of the Israel and Yetta Goldstone children born in Newfoundland for whom I was able to find (online) a birth certificate. It gives her birth date and place as November 19, 1905 in St. John's, NL, and her baptism as November 26, 1905 by Rev. I Jackson. (The birth certificate was issued August 26, 1925.)
When the 1921 Census was taken, Rose Goldstone, student, age 16, born St. John’s November 1905, was living in St. John's on Leslie Street with her parents and five of her siblings.
When the 1925 United States Census was taken, the Israel Goldstone family were living in the Bronx, NY. The household consisted of: Israel, 56; wife “Etty,” 53; son Louis, 19 (sic: 9); daughters Bertha, 23; and Rose, 18 (sic: 20), who was listed as a student.
On January 10, 1927, Rose, age 21, applied for U.S. Naturalization. She was employed as a secretary. Her residence was 703 Lefferts Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.
On June 25, 1928, Rose Goldstone married Benjamin W. Streifler at Brooklyn, NY.
In the 1930 U.S. Census, Benjamin Streifler was a wholesale store manager. They lived in Albany, NY.
In the 1940 U.S. Census, Rose and Benjamin, general manager of a retail department store, were living at 82-20 Beverly Road, Queens, NY, with daughter, Margaret, 5.
In the 1950 U.S. Census, Benjamin was owner of a children's clothing store. Their daughter, Margaret (Peggy) was 15.
On December 13, 1987, Rose Streifler, widow, of 20 East 74th Street, New York, NY, died at age 82 at Westport, Connecticut.
She and her husband, Ben, are buried in the Independent Hebrew Society / Temple Shalom Cemetery in Norwalk, Connecticut. (Sources: Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012; JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry.)
Charles, born January 4, 1909 in St. John’s, NL; died January 22, 1981, Riverside, CA:
When the 1921 Census was taken, Charles Goldstone, student, age 11, born St. John’s January 1909, was living in St. John's on Leslie Street with his parents and five of his siblings.
The 1932 St. John's Classified Business and City Directory listed C. Goldstone, Manager of London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, located at 243 Water Street, living at 80 LeMarchant Road. [This was a second London, New York and Paris store, described as a "haberdashers," meaning a dealer in men's clothing as opposed to the main store, which dealt in clothing for the whole family. Charles managed the second shop while Joseph managed the larger main shop.]
When the 1940 Census for the US was taken, Charles was a merchant with his own business, single, 31 years old, living in Brooklyn, NY, with his mother, Yetta, age 70, and brother, Louis, 25, ad writer for Star news paper.
On January 22, 1981, Charles Goldstone died in Riverside, CA, and is buried in Riverside National Cemetery. His headstone states that he was 2nd Lt. U.S. Army WWII, born January 4, 1909. (Source: California Death Index, 1940-1997; findagrave.com, accessed Nov. 17, 2022.)
When the 1921 Census was taken, Charles Goldstone, student, age 11, born St. John’s January 1909, was living in St. John's on Leslie Street with his parents and five of his siblings.
The 1932 St. John's Classified Business and City Directory listed C. Goldstone, Manager of London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, located at 243 Water Street, living at 80 LeMarchant Road. [This was a second London, New York and Paris store, described as a "haberdashers," meaning a dealer in men's clothing as opposed to the main store, which dealt in clothing for the whole family. Charles managed the second shop while Joseph managed the larger main shop.]
When the 1940 Census for the US was taken, Charles was a merchant with his own business, single, 31 years old, living in Brooklyn, NY, with his mother, Yetta, age 70, and brother, Louis, 25, ad writer for Star news paper.
On January 22, 1981, Charles Goldstone died in Riverside, CA, and is buried in Riverside National Cemetery. His headstone states that he was 2nd Lt. U.S. Army WWII, born January 4, 1909. (Source: California Death Index, 1940-1997; findagrave.com, accessed Nov. 17, 2022.)
Louis/Lewis, born April 28, 1916 on Bell Island; died October 30, 2001, ?New York?:
When the 1921 Census was taken, Louis Goldstone, age 5, born St. John’s April 1916 was living in St. John's on Leslie Street with his parents and five of his siblings.
When the 1930 United States Census was taken, the Israel Goldstone family were living in Brooklyn, NY. The household consisted of: Israel, 60; wife “Ettie,” 57; son Louis, 13; daughters “Berdie” (Bertha), 23 (sic: 28); and servant Minnie Bickford, 20.
In a 1933 passenger list for the Nerissa travelling to New York, Lewis Goldstone, student, age 17, gave his birth place as Bell Island, NL.
When the 1940 Census for the US was taken, Louis was an advertising writer for the Star news paper, single, 25 years old, living in Brooklyn, NY, with his mother, Yetta, age 70, and brother, Charles, 31, a merchant.
On October 16, 1940, Lewis registered in the U.S. Draft of WWII. He was living at 703 Lefferts Avenue, Brooklyn, NY., age 24, unemployed. Birth place: Bell Island, NL.
In 1979, the U.S. Public Records Index gave his residence at 983 S End, Woodmere, NY.
On October 30, 2001, Lewis Goldstone, born April 28, 1916, died in ?New York? Last place of residence: Los Angeles, CA. (Source: United States Social Security Death Index.)
When the 1921 Census was taken, Louis Goldstone, age 5, born St. John’s April 1916 was living in St. John's on Leslie Street with his parents and five of his siblings.
When the 1930 United States Census was taken, the Israel Goldstone family were living in Brooklyn, NY. The household consisted of: Israel, 60; wife “Ettie,” 57; son Louis, 13; daughters “Berdie” (Bertha), 23 (sic: 28); and servant Minnie Bickford, 20.
In a 1933 passenger list for the Nerissa travelling to New York, Lewis Goldstone, student, age 17, gave his birth place as Bell Island, NL.
When the 1940 Census for the US was taken, Louis was an advertising writer for the Star news paper, single, 25 years old, living in Brooklyn, NY, with his mother, Yetta, age 70, and brother, Charles, 31, a merchant.
On October 16, 1940, Lewis registered in the U.S. Draft of WWII. He was living at 703 Lefferts Avenue, Brooklyn, NY., age 24, unemployed. Birth place: Bell Island, NL.
In 1979, the U.S. Public Records Index gave his residence at 983 S End, Woodmere, NY.
On October 30, 2001, Lewis Goldstone, born April 28, 1916, died in ?New York? Last place of residence: Los Angeles, CA. (Source: United States Social Security Death Index.)
SECTION II: WHERE THEY LIVED & WHEN
Israel & Yetta in Poland/Russia before c.1888
Israel Goldstone, born April 15, 1866 in Poland/Russia
Yetta (Attie, Gerty, nee Laser) born c.1870 in Poland
Manchester England, c.1888 – May 1891:
The 1891 Census for Manchester, England, lists Israel Goldstone, baker, age 26, born 1865 in Russia, as head of the household,
wife, Gerty, age 23 (so born c. 1868),
son, Harry, age 3 (so born c. 1888); (to distinguish him from his brother, Harris, born 1896, I will refer to him in brackets as “Harry A.”)
daughter, Minnie, age 1 (so born c.1890).
Emigration from England to USA, May 20, 1891:
Above arrived Boston aboard the Norseman on May 20, 1891, however:
Israel was listed as “Hilia,” age 26 (so birth year c.1865), occupation abbreviated, but looks like “Bread Maker.”
Yetta was 21 (so birth year c. 1870), nationality Russian.
Harry (Harry A.) was listed as Aron, which by later documents was his second name. He was 3, so born c. 1888
Minnie was listed as an “infant,” so born c. 1890-91.
New York, USA, 1891-1899:
In 1891, they settled in Utica, NY, where there was another Israel Goldstone, born 1856 in Russia/Poland, a “mill dealer” in “feed and flour.” (I believe the “Robert Rose Family Tree” on Ancestry has this elder Israel Goldstone’s information mixed up with the younger Israel.)
Yetta and Israel's daughter, Sadie, was born in Utica August 30, 1894. Their son, Harris, was born in Utica November 30, 1896. The 1921 Census for Newfoundland lists daughter, Mollie, born December 1897 in New York. The 1921 and 1945 Census for Newfoundland both give their son, Joseph's, place of birth as Utica, NY, (December 1899). A biography of Joseph Goldstone in The Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, V. 2, p. 548, gives Joseph's birth place as Bell Island in 1900. I have not found a birth record for him, but from information in the 1921 Census, Israel and Yetta immigrated to Newfoundland in 1899.
St. John’s and/or Bell Island, NL, 1899 - 1921:
Bertha Goldstone gave her place and date of birth as St. John’s, NL, 1902 in a 1928 border crossing to the U.S., while an Ancestry family tree for Israel Goldstone gives Bertha's place and date of birth as Bell Island, October 31, 1901, but I did not find any documentation to back this.
In the 1904 McAlpine's Newfoundland Directory, Israel was a “trader” living at 21 Barter’s Hill, St. John’s.
Rose Goldstone's birth certificate gives her place and date of birth as St. John's, NL, 1905.
Charles Goldstone gave his place and date of birth as St. John's, NL, 1909 in his WWII draft document.
The 1908-09 McAlpine's Newfoundland Directory listed Israel Goldstone as living at 54 Prescott Street, St. John's, with involvement in two St. John's businesses in partnership with Benjamin Moskovitch. Daughter, Minnie, (about age 18) was an assistant at their stores. Harry (Harry A., about age 20) was listed as a boarder at the Prescott Street house and a General Dealer on Bell Island.
In 1911, it was reported in the Daily News that "H. Goldstone [Harry A.] had a number of workmen at his building [on Bell Island] and intended to convert it into two dwelling houses." Unfortunately, no other information was given to indicate where exactly the building was located, but was likely on Town Square.
On January 12, 1913, Maurice/Murray Levitz was born on Bell Island, NL, to Minnie Goldstone and Samuel L. Levitz.
In 1913, Israel Goldstone was still listed as the homeowner of 54 Prescott Street, St. John's, but there was no mention of any business in St. John's. (His daughter, Mollie, was also listed at 54 Prescott; she was a Stenographer for George Knowling's business in St. John's.) All the other listings for the Goldstones in this directory were for Bell Island, where Israel Goldstone and Sons (General Merchants and Dealers) operated the American Bargain Store. Harris was listed as a Clerk at Bell Island. Henry [Harry A.] was listed as a Grocer. [It seems from the Bell Island listings that Israel, Harry and Harris were residents of Bell Island in 1913 but, as Israel was listed as the homeowner of 54 Prescott Street, the remainder of the family may have been living in St. John's. A 1913 photo on the Chebucto Grand Banks website of "CLB 'C' Company Shooting Team, Winners of Musgrave Shield," shows Private J. Goldstone in the front row. He was a student at Bishop Feild College, St. John's.] The section of the directory for Bell Island had the following advertisement: "Israel Goldstone & Son. American Bargain Store (Near Dominion Iron & Steel Co's Office [which was located near the northeast corner of No. 2 Road and Town Square]) Dealer in Dry Goods, Fine Groceries and Provisions, Men's Furnishing [ie. clothing] and Furniture."
On February 6, 1914, the American Bargain Store (premises of I. Goldstone, Bell Island) was levelled by fire. (Source: Addison Bown, "Newspaper History of Bell Island," 1914, p. 44.)
On March 3, 1914, Sadie Goldstone of Prescott Street married David Feder, salesman, in St. John's.
In 1915, Israel Goldstone was once again listed as the homeowner of 54 Prescott Street, St. John's, but this time it included his occupation as "Merchant, Bell Island." In the Bell Island section of the directory, Israel Goldstone was listed as "Prop[rietor] American Bargain Store (I. Goldstone & Son, general dealers), Bell Island Mines." His son, Joseph, was listed as "clerk" with that business. His son, Harry, had the Central Cash Store (clothing and dry goods) and was also listed as being "of I Goldstone & Son, Bell Island Mines." His second son, Harris, was not listed. S.L. Levitz (Samuel & wife, Minnie Goldstone) was a boot and shoe dealer on Bell Island.
On May 22, 1916, Helen Rose Levitz was born on Bell Island to Minnie Goldstone and Samuel L. Levitz.
On October 28, 1916, "The Dominion Boat Club was destroyed by fire, and only the efforts of the Fire Brigade saved the home of J. [?] Goldstone nearby." (Source: Bown, 1916, p. 52.)
Lewis (Louis) gave his place and date of birth as Bell Island, NL, 1916 in his WWII draft document.
In December 1917, letterhead for The Central Cash Store stated that I. Goldstone & Sons had three stores. (These were the American Bargain Store and the Central Cash Store on Bell Island, and a second Central Cash Store that was listed for St. John's in the St. John's City Directory, 1919 and was managed by Harris Goldstone.
The 1919 St. John's City Directory listed 54 Prescott Street, St. John's as being "vacant," and there was no one named Goldstone listed as a homeowner or boarder or renter in St. John's. Israel Goldstone, of I. Goldstone & Son General Dealers, was listed as "prop. of American Bargain Store, Wabana." H. Goldstone (Harry A.) still had the Central Cash Store at Wabana selling dry goods. H. Goldstone (Harris) had the second Central Cash Store at 336 Water Street in St. John's. Joseph Goldstone was listed as "clerk, Central Cash Store, Wabana." Both Harris and Harry Goldstone were each listed as Bell Island residents and as being "of I. Goldstone & Sons, Wabana." At the same time, H. Goldstone (known to be Harris) was also manager of the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, Milinery, Costumes, etc., Grace Building (on Water Street at the corner of Beck's Cove, St. John's).
In 1920, Harry A. Goldstone family was still living on Bell Island, where he was a member of a newly-formed Choral Society. On March 1, 1920, Harris Goldstone married Hilda Marcus in Manhattan, NY. They remained in New York City.
When the 1921 Census for Newfoundland was taken, the Israel Goldstone family were living in St. John's on Leslie Street. Minnie and Samuel Levitz were living on Hayward Avenue, St. John's.
On September 1, 1921, Harry Goldstone arrived in New York at Ellis Island. His gave his residence as St. John's, NL. In November 1921, Reba Goldstone (last permanent address Bell Island, NL,; contact: husband Harry, Bell Island, NL) and Allan Goldstone, age 3, born Bell Island, NL, crossed into the United States, destination Philadelphia, PA.
In 1924, Israel Goldstone was listed as a merchant and the homeowner of 25 Leslie Street. Bertha was a clerk at the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, living at 25 Leslie Street. Joseph Goldstone was manager of the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, homeowner at 26 Leslie Street. Harris Goldstone was proprietor of the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, living New York, USA. Minnie and Samuel Levitz were living at 64 Hayward Avenue, St. John's.
In the 1924 St. John's City Directory, D Feder & Co wholesale & retail dry goods was located at 336 Water Street, with residence at 54 Prescott Street. (Sadie Goldstone and David Feder had married in 1914 in St. John's; I could not locate them in the 1921 NL Census.) On April 17, 1924, Mollie Goldstone, 27, who had married Ralph I. Garber, a merchant in Sydney, NS, in 1922, died in Manhattan, NY.
At the taking of the 1925 U.S. Census, Israel, Yetta and children were living in the Bronx, NY. The household consisted of: Israel, 56; wife “Etty,” 53; son Louis, 19 (sic: 9); daughters Bertha, 23; and Rose, 18 (sic: 20).
On January 10, 1927, Rose Goldstone applied for U.S. Naturalization. Her residence was 703 Lefferts Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.
On June 25, 1928, Rose Goldstone married Benjamin W. Streifler at Brooklyn, NY.
The 1928 Newfoundland Directory listed J. [Joseph] Goldstone and S.L. Levitz, Minnie's husband, at 80 LeMarchant Road. Joseph was manager of the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion Ltd., Water Street. (No one else by the name of Goldstone was listed.) On September 11, 1928, Bertha Goldstone, 26, emigrated to the U.S.
At the taking of the 1930 U.S. Census, Israel, Yetta, Louis and "Berdie" were living in Brooklyn, NY. Harris Goldstone was listed as a "buyer of ladies' and men's wear," living at West 104, Manhattan, NY, with wife Hilda M, sons Leonard, 6, and Melvin, 8. Rose's husband, Benjamin Streifler, was a wholesale store manager; they lived in Albany, NY. On March 17, 1930, Bertha married Leo Marcus (1899-1971) at Brooklyn, Kings, NY.
In 1931, Israel Goldstone was in St. John's when he died at Sadie and David Feder's home on Prescott Street on February 26. His body was transported to Glendale, NY for burial in Mount Carmel Cemetery. (In his will, Israel had left his daughter, Sadie Feder, a bequest of “the land on which the Bargain Store on Bell Island is erected.” The Feders had a business on Bell Island in the 1940s and, considering this bequest, may have been there before that.)
The 1932 St. John's Classified Business and City Directory listed two London, New York and Paris shops on Water Street: Joseph Goldstone, Manager of London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, located at 283 Water Street, living at 52 Circular Road. Meanwhile, C. Goldstone (presumably Charles), was Manager of London, New York & Paris haberdashers (a term used for a dealer in men's clothing) located at 243 Water Street, living at 80 LeMarchant Road. Meanwhile, Harris Goldstone, buyer, and spouse Hilda M., were living at New Rochelle, NY.
In the 1935 Census for NL, Minnie, beauty specialist, and Samuel Levitz, wholesale merchant, were living on LeMarchant Road, St. John's, with daughter Ellen, 19, and son Harold, 13. Sadie and David Feder, proprietor dry goods store, were living at 62 Prescott Street, St. John's, with their daughter, Frieda, 20, and sons: Herbert, 18, salesman, and Aaron, 15. Joseph Goldstone was listed as managing director of clothing store, living at 13 Leslie Street with his wife, Mary, and 6-month old daughter, Renee.
In the 1936 Newfoundland Directory, Minnie Levitz was proprietor of Levitz Beauty Shoppe at 336 Duckworth Street. Samuel's dry goods business was at 22 Adelaide Street. Minnie and Samuel lived at 80 LeMarchant Road. Joseph Goldstone, Manager of London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, was the only Goldstone listed in that Directory. His address was given as Leslie Street. David Feder (Sadie Goldstone's husband) was manager of D. Feder & Co dry goods at 334-6 Water Street, and son, Herbert, was a salesman there.
In 1937, Bertie and Leo Marcus were living at 11 Knapp Avenue, Middletown, Wallkill, NY.
When the 1940 Census for the US was taken, Yetta was a widow, age 70 (incorrectly given as 60 in the Census), living in Brooklyn, NY, with sons Charles, 31, a merchant with his own business, and Louis, 25, an ad writer for Star news paper. Rose and Benjamin Streifler, general manager of a retail department store, were living at 82-20 Beverly Road, Queens, NY, with daughter, Margaret, 5. Harry Goldstone, merchant, ladies dress shop, was living in Chester, Delaware, PA, with wife Reba, daughter Shirley, 18, and son, Allan, 22.
In a 1940 border crossing into the United States, Samuel Aaron Feder, age 20, (Sadie and David's son) was travelling to Brooklyn, NY, to visit his grandmother, Yetta Goldstone at 703 Lefferts Avenue. He was planning to reside permanently in the U.S. He listed his last permanent residence as Bell Island, NL. In his 1941 Draft document, he was working for Kline Brothers in Macomb, Illinois.
In his 1942 U.S. Draft Registration, Harris Goldstone was living at 50 W 96 Street, New York City, NY. His business was given as London, NY & Paris Assn. of Fashion Ltd., St. John's, Newfoundland. He gave his contact person as Bernstein Wolf and, under place of employment: 421 - 7th Avenue, NY, NY.
Charles Goldstone was a 2nd Lt. U.S. Army in WWII.
In the 1945 Census for NL, Samuel L. Levitz, 60, government officer/civil servant, was listed as a roomer at the Crosbie Hotel in St. John's. The entry beneath his simply had a check mark instead of a name, "F" for female, married, and housewife, so presumably Minnie. David and Sadie Feder were residing in Jersey Side, Placentia. (No occupation listed for them, but they may have moved there because of increased business potential with the American military activity in that area during WWII.) Joseph Goldstone was living on Rennie's Mill Road with wife, May, daughter Renee, 10, and son, William, 9.
The 1946 Telephone Directory for St. John's gave the Joseph Goldstone residence as 102 LeMarchant Road.
In the 1948 List of Electors for Bell Island, David Feder was living at Town Square, Bell Island.
The 1949 Telephone Directory for Bell Island listed phone numbers for David Feder's residence and store. Sadie and David Feder were also listed in the 1949 Voters List for Bell Island.
The 1950 Census for the United States listed Harry Goldstone and wife Reba in Chester, PA. Harris Goldstone was listed as a buyer/clothing retail, living at No. 66, 50 W 96, New York, NY, with wife Hilda, son Melvin, and mother-in-law Jennie Marcus. Rose and Benjamin Streifler owned a children's clothing store in Queens, NY; their daughter, Margaret was 15. Bertha and Leo Marcus, merchant, local retail, were living at 1009 Ewan Terrace West Side, Northeast Vineland, NJ, with their 12-year-old son Mark.
On April 19, 1951, David Feder, age 62, died in St. John's. His residence was Monroe Street, St. John's.
In 1952, the Goldstones' London, New York and Paris was one of the largest department stores in St. John's.
In 1953, Joseph Goldstone had a new house designed and built for him on Rostellan Street in the trendy new St. John's neighbourhood of Churchill Park.
Yetta Goldstone lived the last six years of her life with her daughter, Bertie, and son-in-law, Leo Marcus, in Vineland, NJ., where she died on October 31, 1956; she is buried in Glendale, NY.
On November 22, 1968, Harry [Harry A.] Goldstone died in Chester, PA.
On August 9, 1969, Minnie Levitz died in Culver City, Los Angeles, CA. On October 5, 1969, Samuel L. Levitz died there.
Leo Marcus died May 12, 1971 in Vineland, NJ.
In 1973, Harris and Joseph Goldstone sold their London, New York & Paris business and both retired.
On September 27, 1974, Harris Goldstone died in Florida. His wife, Hilda Marcus Goldstone, died March 20, 1986.
Sometime between 1975 and August 19, 1977, Joseph Goldstone died, perhaps in Montreal. His wife, Mary Ida, died in 1986 in Vancouver, BC.
In 1979, the U.S. Public Records Index gave Louis Goldstone's residence as 983 S End, Woodmere, NY.
On January 22, 1981, Charles Goldstone died in Riverside, CA.
On June 4, 1984, Sadie Feder died in St. John’s, NL.
On December 13, 1987, Rose Streifler, widow, of 20 East 74th Street, Guilford, NY, died at Westport, Connecticut.
On November 27, 1993, Bertha Marcus died in Vineland, NJ.
On October 30, 2001, Lewis Goldstone died in ?New York? Last place of residence: Los Angeles, CA.
Israel Goldstone, born April 15, 1866 in Poland/Russia
Yetta (Attie, Gerty, nee Laser) born c.1870 in Poland
Manchester England, c.1888 – May 1891:
The 1891 Census for Manchester, England, lists Israel Goldstone, baker, age 26, born 1865 in Russia, as head of the household,
wife, Gerty, age 23 (so born c. 1868),
son, Harry, age 3 (so born c. 1888); (to distinguish him from his brother, Harris, born 1896, I will refer to him in brackets as “Harry A.”)
daughter, Minnie, age 1 (so born c.1890).
Emigration from England to USA, May 20, 1891:
Above arrived Boston aboard the Norseman on May 20, 1891, however:
Israel was listed as “Hilia,” age 26 (so birth year c.1865), occupation abbreviated, but looks like “Bread Maker.”
Yetta was 21 (so birth year c. 1870), nationality Russian.
Harry (Harry A.) was listed as Aron, which by later documents was his second name. He was 3, so born c. 1888
Minnie was listed as an “infant,” so born c. 1890-91.
New York, USA, 1891-1899:
In 1891, they settled in Utica, NY, where there was another Israel Goldstone, born 1856 in Russia/Poland, a “mill dealer” in “feed and flour.” (I believe the “Robert Rose Family Tree” on Ancestry has this elder Israel Goldstone’s information mixed up with the younger Israel.)
Yetta and Israel's daughter, Sadie, was born in Utica August 30, 1894. Their son, Harris, was born in Utica November 30, 1896. The 1921 Census for Newfoundland lists daughter, Mollie, born December 1897 in New York. The 1921 and 1945 Census for Newfoundland both give their son, Joseph's, place of birth as Utica, NY, (December 1899). A biography of Joseph Goldstone in The Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, V. 2, p. 548, gives Joseph's birth place as Bell Island in 1900. I have not found a birth record for him, but from information in the 1921 Census, Israel and Yetta immigrated to Newfoundland in 1899.
St. John’s and/or Bell Island, NL, 1899 - 1921:
Bertha Goldstone gave her place and date of birth as St. John’s, NL, 1902 in a 1928 border crossing to the U.S., while an Ancestry family tree for Israel Goldstone gives Bertha's place and date of birth as Bell Island, October 31, 1901, but I did not find any documentation to back this.
In the 1904 McAlpine's Newfoundland Directory, Israel was a “trader” living at 21 Barter’s Hill, St. John’s.
Rose Goldstone's birth certificate gives her place and date of birth as St. John's, NL, 1905.
Charles Goldstone gave his place and date of birth as St. John's, NL, 1909 in his WWII draft document.
The 1908-09 McAlpine's Newfoundland Directory listed Israel Goldstone as living at 54 Prescott Street, St. John's, with involvement in two St. John's businesses in partnership with Benjamin Moskovitch. Daughter, Minnie, (about age 18) was an assistant at their stores. Harry (Harry A., about age 20) was listed as a boarder at the Prescott Street house and a General Dealer on Bell Island.
In 1911, it was reported in the Daily News that "H. Goldstone [Harry A.] had a number of workmen at his building [on Bell Island] and intended to convert it into two dwelling houses." Unfortunately, no other information was given to indicate where exactly the building was located, but was likely on Town Square.
On January 12, 1913, Maurice/Murray Levitz was born on Bell Island, NL, to Minnie Goldstone and Samuel L. Levitz.
In 1913, Israel Goldstone was still listed as the homeowner of 54 Prescott Street, St. John's, but there was no mention of any business in St. John's. (His daughter, Mollie, was also listed at 54 Prescott; she was a Stenographer for George Knowling's business in St. John's.) All the other listings for the Goldstones in this directory were for Bell Island, where Israel Goldstone and Sons (General Merchants and Dealers) operated the American Bargain Store. Harris was listed as a Clerk at Bell Island. Henry [Harry A.] was listed as a Grocer. [It seems from the Bell Island listings that Israel, Harry and Harris were residents of Bell Island in 1913 but, as Israel was listed as the homeowner of 54 Prescott Street, the remainder of the family may have been living in St. John's. A 1913 photo on the Chebucto Grand Banks website of "CLB 'C' Company Shooting Team, Winners of Musgrave Shield," shows Private J. Goldstone in the front row. He was a student at Bishop Feild College, St. John's.] The section of the directory for Bell Island had the following advertisement: "Israel Goldstone & Son. American Bargain Store (Near Dominion Iron & Steel Co's Office [which was located near the northeast corner of No. 2 Road and Town Square]) Dealer in Dry Goods, Fine Groceries and Provisions, Men's Furnishing [ie. clothing] and Furniture."
On February 6, 1914, the American Bargain Store (premises of I. Goldstone, Bell Island) was levelled by fire. (Source: Addison Bown, "Newspaper History of Bell Island," 1914, p. 44.)
On March 3, 1914, Sadie Goldstone of Prescott Street married David Feder, salesman, in St. John's.
In 1915, Israel Goldstone was once again listed as the homeowner of 54 Prescott Street, St. John's, but this time it included his occupation as "Merchant, Bell Island." In the Bell Island section of the directory, Israel Goldstone was listed as "Prop[rietor] American Bargain Store (I. Goldstone & Son, general dealers), Bell Island Mines." His son, Joseph, was listed as "clerk" with that business. His son, Harry, had the Central Cash Store (clothing and dry goods) and was also listed as being "of I Goldstone & Son, Bell Island Mines." His second son, Harris, was not listed. S.L. Levitz (Samuel & wife, Minnie Goldstone) was a boot and shoe dealer on Bell Island.
On May 22, 1916, Helen Rose Levitz was born on Bell Island to Minnie Goldstone and Samuel L. Levitz.
On October 28, 1916, "The Dominion Boat Club was destroyed by fire, and only the efforts of the Fire Brigade saved the home of J. [?] Goldstone nearby." (Source: Bown, 1916, p. 52.)
Lewis (Louis) gave his place and date of birth as Bell Island, NL, 1916 in his WWII draft document.
In December 1917, letterhead for The Central Cash Store stated that I. Goldstone & Sons had three stores. (These were the American Bargain Store and the Central Cash Store on Bell Island, and a second Central Cash Store that was listed for St. John's in the St. John's City Directory, 1919 and was managed by Harris Goldstone.
The 1919 St. John's City Directory listed 54 Prescott Street, St. John's as being "vacant," and there was no one named Goldstone listed as a homeowner or boarder or renter in St. John's. Israel Goldstone, of I. Goldstone & Son General Dealers, was listed as "prop. of American Bargain Store, Wabana." H. Goldstone (Harry A.) still had the Central Cash Store at Wabana selling dry goods. H. Goldstone (Harris) had the second Central Cash Store at 336 Water Street in St. John's. Joseph Goldstone was listed as "clerk, Central Cash Store, Wabana." Both Harris and Harry Goldstone were each listed as Bell Island residents and as being "of I. Goldstone & Sons, Wabana." At the same time, H. Goldstone (known to be Harris) was also manager of the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, Milinery, Costumes, etc., Grace Building (on Water Street at the corner of Beck's Cove, St. John's).
In 1920, Harry A. Goldstone family was still living on Bell Island, where he was a member of a newly-formed Choral Society. On March 1, 1920, Harris Goldstone married Hilda Marcus in Manhattan, NY. They remained in New York City.
When the 1921 Census for Newfoundland was taken, the Israel Goldstone family were living in St. John's on Leslie Street. Minnie and Samuel Levitz were living on Hayward Avenue, St. John's.
On September 1, 1921, Harry Goldstone arrived in New York at Ellis Island. His gave his residence as St. John's, NL. In November 1921, Reba Goldstone (last permanent address Bell Island, NL,; contact: husband Harry, Bell Island, NL) and Allan Goldstone, age 3, born Bell Island, NL, crossed into the United States, destination Philadelphia, PA.
In 1924, Israel Goldstone was listed as a merchant and the homeowner of 25 Leslie Street. Bertha was a clerk at the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, living at 25 Leslie Street. Joseph Goldstone was manager of the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, homeowner at 26 Leslie Street. Harris Goldstone was proprietor of the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, living New York, USA. Minnie and Samuel Levitz were living at 64 Hayward Avenue, St. John's.
In the 1924 St. John's City Directory, D Feder & Co wholesale & retail dry goods was located at 336 Water Street, with residence at 54 Prescott Street. (Sadie Goldstone and David Feder had married in 1914 in St. John's; I could not locate them in the 1921 NL Census.) On April 17, 1924, Mollie Goldstone, 27, who had married Ralph I. Garber, a merchant in Sydney, NS, in 1922, died in Manhattan, NY.
At the taking of the 1925 U.S. Census, Israel, Yetta and children were living in the Bronx, NY. The household consisted of: Israel, 56; wife “Etty,” 53; son Louis, 19 (sic: 9); daughters Bertha, 23; and Rose, 18 (sic: 20).
On January 10, 1927, Rose Goldstone applied for U.S. Naturalization. Her residence was 703 Lefferts Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.
On June 25, 1928, Rose Goldstone married Benjamin W. Streifler at Brooklyn, NY.
The 1928 Newfoundland Directory listed J. [Joseph] Goldstone and S.L. Levitz, Minnie's husband, at 80 LeMarchant Road. Joseph was manager of the London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion Ltd., Water Street. (No one else by the name of Goldstone was listed.) On September 11, 1928, Bertha Goldstone, 26, emigrated to the U.S.
At the taking of the 1930 U.S. Census, Israel, Yetta, Louis and "Berdie" were living in Brooklyn, NY. Harris Goldstone was listed as a "buyer of ladies' and men's wear," living at West 104, Manhattan, NY, with wife Hilda M, sons Leonard, 6, and Melvin, 8. Rose's husband, Benjamin Streifler, was a wholesale store manager; they lived in Albany, NY. On March 17, 1930, Bertha married Leo Marcus (1899-1971) at Brooklyn, Kings, NY.
In 1931, Israel Goldstone was in St. John's when he died at Sadie and David Feder's home on Prescott Street on February 26. His body was transported to Glendale, NY for burial in Mount Carmel Cemetery. (In his will, Israel had left his daughter, Sadie Feder, a bequest of “the land on which the Bargain Store on Bell Island is erected.” The Feders had a business on Bell Island in the 1940s and, considering this bequest, may have been there before that.)
The 1932 St. John's Classified Business and City Directory listed two London, New York and Paris shops on Water Street: Joseph Goldstone, Manager of London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, located at 283 Water Street, living at 52 Circular Road. Meanwhile, C. Goldstone (presumably Charles), was Manager of London, New York & Paris haberdashers (a term used for a dealer in men's clothing) located at 243 Water Street, living at 80 LeMarchant Road. Meanwhile, Harris Goldstone, buyer, and spouse Hilda M., were living at New Rochelle, NY.
In the 1935 Census for NL, Minnie, beauty specialist, and Samuel Levitz, wholesale merchant, were living on LeMarchant Road, St. John's, with daughter Ellen, 19, and son Harold, 13. Sadie and David Feder, proprietor dry goods store, were living at 62 Prescott Street, St. John's, with their daughter, Frieda, 20, and sons: Herbert, 18, salesman, and Aaron, 15. Joseph Goldstone was listed as managing director of clothing store, living at 13 Leslie Street with his wife, Mary, and 6-month old daughter, Renee.
In the 1936 Newfoundland Directory, Minnie Levitz was proprietor of Levitz Beauty Shoppe at 336 Duckworth Street. Samuel's dry goods business was at 22 Adelaide Street. Minnie and Samuel lived at 80 LeMarchant Road. Joseph Goldstone, Manager of London, New York & Paris Association of Fashion, was the only Goldstone listed in that Directory. His address was given as Leslie Street. David Feder (Sadie Goldstone's husband) was manager of D. Feder & Co dry goods at 334-6 Water Street, and son, Herbert, was a salesman there.
In 1937, Bertie and Leo Marcus were living at 11 Knapp Avenue, Middletown, Wallkill, NY.
When the 1940 Census for the US was taken, Yetta was a widow, age 70 (incorrectly given as 60 in the Census), living in Brooklyn, NY, with sons Charles, 31, a merchant with his own business, and Louis, 25, an ad writer for Star news paper. Rose and Benjamin Streifler, general manager of a retail department store, were living at 82-20 Beverly Road, Queens, NY, with daughter, Margaret, 5. Harry Goldstone, merchant, ladies dress shop, was living in Chester, Delaware, PA, with wife Reba, daughter Shirley, 18, and son, Allan, 22.
In a 1940 border crossing into the United States, Samuel Aaron Feder, age 20, (Sadie and David's son) was travelling to Brooklyn, NY, to visit his grandmother, Yetta Goldstone at 703 Lefferts Avenue. He was planning to reside permanently in the U.S. He listed his last permanent residence as Bell Island, NL. In his 1941 Draft document, he was working for Kline Brothers in Macomb, Illinois.
In his 1942 U.S. Draft Registration, Harris Goldstone was living at 50 W 96 Street, New York City, NY. His business was given as London, NY & Paris Assn. of Fashion Ltd., St. John's, Newfoundland. He gave his contact person as Bernstein Wolf and, under place of employment: 421 - 7th Avenue, NY, NY.
Charles Goldstone was a 2nd Lt. U.S. Army in WWII.
In the 1945 Census for NL, Samuel L. Levitz, 60, government officer/civil servant, was listed as a roomer at the Crosbie Hotel in St. John's. The entry beneath his simply had a check mark instead of a name, "F" for female, married, and housewife, so presumably Minnie. David and Sadie Feder were residing in Jersey Side, Placentia. (No occupation listed for them, but they may have moved there because of increased business potential with the American military activity in that area during WWII.) Joseph Goldstone was living on Rennie's Mill Road with wife, May, daughter Renee, 10, and son, William, 9.
The 1946 Telephone Directory for St. John's gave the Joseph Goldstone residence as 102 LeMarchant Road.
In the 1948 List of Electors for Bell Island, David Feder was living at Town Square, Bell Island.
The 1949 Telephone Directory for Bell Island listed phone numbers for David Feder's residence and store. Sadie and David Feder were also listed in the 1949 Voters List for Bell Island.
The 1950 Census for the United States listed Harry Goldstone and wife Reba in Chester, PA. Harris Goldstone was listed as a buyer/clothing retail, living at No. 66, 50 W 96, New York, NY, with wife Hilda, son Melvin, and mother-in-law Jennie Marcus. Rose and Benjamin Streifler owned a children's clothing store in Queens, NY; their daughter, Margaret was 15. Bertha and Leo Marcus, merchant, local retail, were living at 1009 Ewan Terrace West Side, Northeast Vineland, NJ, with their 12-year-old son Mark.
On April 19, 1951, David Feder, age 62, died in St. John's. His residence was Monroe Street, St. John's.
In 1952, the Goldstones' London, New York and Paris was one of the largest department stores in St. John's.
In 1953, Joseph Goldstone had a new house designed and built for him on Rostellan Street in the trendy new St. John's neighbourhood of Churchill Park.
Yetta Goldstone lived the last six years of her life with her daughter, Bertie, and son-in-law, Leo Marcus, in Vineland, NJ., where she died on October 31, 1956; she is buried in Glendale, NY.
On November 22, 1968, Harry [Harry A.] Goldstone died in Chester, PA.
On August 9, 1969, Minnie Levitz died in Culver City, Los Angeles, CA. On October 5, 1969, Samuel L. Levitz died there.
Leo Marcus died May 12, 1971 in Vineland, NJ.
In 1973, Harris and Joseph Goldstone sold their London, New York & Paris business and both retired.
On September 27, 1974, Harris Goldstone died in Florida. His wife, Hilda Marcus Goldstone, died March 20, 1986.
Sometime between 1975 and August 19, 1977, Joseph Goldstone died, perhaps in Montreal. His wife, Mary Ida, died in 1986 in Vancouver, BC.
In 1979, the U.S. Public Records Index gave Louis Goldstone's residence as 983 S End, Woodmere, NY.
On January 22, 1981, Charles Goldstone died in Riverside, CA.
On June 4, 1984, Sadie Feder died in St. John’s, NL.
On December 13, 1987, Rose Streifler, widow, of 20 East 74th Street, Guilford, NY, died at Westport, Connecticut.
On November 27, 1993, Bertha Marcus died in Vineland, NJ.
On October 30, 2001, Lewis Goldstone died in ?New York? Last place of residence: Los Angeles, CA.