Maurice Gomberg Makes Port at Quebec

 
Back to our passengers. There is another Manifest, about the size of an index card, showing that Moritz and Boris Gomberg arrived at the Port of Quebec (a Province he will charitably merge into a North American Union on the map he draws in 1941) on the 15th of August, 1913 aboard the S.S. Tunisian.

Moritz’s Serial No. for the trip is 252-19-7. His C.I.V. number is 516. His place of birth is given as Odessa, in Russia; and his occupation, again, as that of a jeweller. On both manifests, Gomberg has declared that he can read and write.

This Manifest further reveals that Moritz’s passage to North America aboard the S.S. Tunisian was paid for by his “Brother”.

On the next line, “Destination, and name and complete address of relative or friend to join there”, the destination of Moritz is given as Cleveland Ohio, followed by the abbreviation “Bro:” (no doubt meaning “Brother”). The abbreviation immediately precedes the name Albert Gomberg, who may also be the “Brother” who paid for the passage.

Albert’s address in Cleveland Ohio, the destination of Moritz, is 3612 Scoville Avenue. These details are repeated on the second Manifest for Boris. Therefore, Albert Gomberg is declared to be the brother of Moritz and Boris, which, if true, makes Moritz and Boris also brothers.

The young Maurice is recorded on the second Manifest as also having declared that he had no money to show, and never had been arrested and deported, or excluded from admission to any country.

We also have a physical description of Maurice Gomberg on the second Manifest. Moritz was registered as 5 feet 6 inches tall, of medium complexion, with brown hair and brown eyes. Perhaps a bit self-consciously, the field for “Distinguishing marks” has been cancelled with a horizontal line; however, his medical status on the obverse of the same card states that Moritz has a “club foot”. The word “good” precedes this admission, on the previous line. It probably means his general health is good. (The word “good” appears alone on Boris’s manifest, who is 5’4″ and of “F-ai-r” complexion, with brown eyes and black hair.)

Given his club foot, there likely will be no military records for Maurice Gomberg in America. The obverse also records a couple more serial numbers, with dates and initials.

Moritz Gomberg’s place and date of admission on the second Manifest are given as Port of Quebec, on August 16th, 1913; and he entered at Buffalo, New York on the next day, the 17th of August. The Manifest is signed by W. Fischler.

Second Manifest Record

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Source:  “Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings, 1895-1954,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK31-2P54 : accessed 29 April 2016), Moritz Gomberg, 1895-1924; citing M1461, Soundex Index to Canadian Border Entries through the St. Albans, Vermont, District, 1895-1924, 173, NARA microfilm publications M1461, M1463, M1464, and M1465 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, publication year); FHL microfilm 1,472,973.

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