Individual Details
Max (Sholom Mordecai) Nagel
(Abt May, 1869 - Dec 25, 1942)
Events
| Birth | Abt May, 1869 | Poland/Russia |  |  | |
| Marriage | Abt, 1887 | Fannie Celia Moshontz | | ||
| Immigration | Abt, 1891 | | | ||
| City Directories | 1890 - 1943 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States | | | |
| Census (family) | 1900 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States - Fannie Celia Moshontz | | | |
| Census (family) | 1910 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States - Fannie Celia Moshontz | | | |
| Census (family) | 1920 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States - Fannie Celia Moshontz | | | |
| Death | Dec 25, 1942 | Calumet City, Cook, Illinois, United States | | ||
| Burial | Dec 27, 1942 | Kneseth Israel (Section: Congregation Beth Israel) in Hammond, Lake, Indiana, United States | | ||
| Obit | Dec 27, 1942 | Hammond, Lake, Indiana, United States | | |
Families
| Spouse | Fannie Celia Moshontz (1869 - 1924) |
| Child | Bennie Nagel (1889 - 1947) |
| Child | Esther (Big Ma) Nagel (1891 - 1948) |
| Child | Unnamed 1 Nagel (1898 - ) |
| Child | Unnamed 2 Nagel (1899 - ) |
| Child | Abe Nagel (1901 - 1904) |
| Child | Arthur Nagel (1903 - 1972) |
| Child | Pearl Nagel (1906 - 1982) |
| Father | Jacob Joseph Nagel the elder (1844 - ) |
| Mother | Sara Lea Karamel (1844 - ) |
| Sibling | Morris (Lazar Moishe) Nagel (1885 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Aaron Nagel ( - ) |
| Sibling | Daughter 1 Nagel ( - ) |
| Sibling | Daughter 2 Nagel ( - ) |
| Sibling | Daughter 3 Nagel ( - ) |
Notes
Birth
The 1900 census gives May 1869 as his birth date: in the 1910 census it is 1871; the 1920 census gives 1859 (clearly an outlier). His death certificate gives 1868 which was given by his daughter, my mother. So I am using the May 1869 as the best guess.Immigration
The 1920 census gives 1883. The 1900 and 1910 censuses give 1891. However, the actual manifest has yet to be found.City Directories
A search of the Cleveland City directories showed no records for Max Nagel from 1890 to 1897. From 1898 to 1900 he was listed as a tailor residing at 8 Liberal; in 1901 and 1902 at 82 Irving; in 1903 at 237 Mayflower; in 1905 at 65 Irving; in 1906 at 2653 32nd; and in 1908 at 2677 E. 27th. Source [E-1617] has data up to 1943.Census (family)
They were renting a house at 82R Irving St. in Cleveland Ohio. Max Nagel had been born in May 1869 in Poland/Russia. He was married in 1887 to Fanny Celia Moshontz who had been born in April 1869. By 1900 they had had five children only two of whom survived, Bennie, born in Aug. 1889 and Esther, born in Mar. 1891. Max Nagel immigrated to the U.S. in 1891 leaving Fannie and the two kids in Poland. They came over in 1897. Max was a cloak maker and out of work for two months in 1900. Fannie could not read or write in any language and could not speak English. Max could read and write and speak English.Census (family)
They were renting at 2318 E. 38th St. Their children and his brother Morris were living with them. They had had 7 children but only 4 were alive. Max was an alien and had immigrated in 1891; Fannie had immigrated with the two oldest kids in 1897. Bennie was naturalized. They were able to speak English. He could read and write; she could not. He was not out of work on April 15, 1910. He had been out of work for 4 weeks in 1909.Census (family)
The 1920 census indicates that Max and Fannie were renting at 4716 Scoville Ave. with Arthur and Pearl. Arthur had not attended school since Sept 1, 1919. Max was now 60 (?) and Fannie was 50. They both were naturalized (the dates are illegible) and Max immigrated in 1883 and Fannie in 1890. The census indicated that neither was able to speak English, they could read and write. In the 1900 and 1910 censuses he could. Their native language was Yiddish. He was working as a tailor.Obit
The following obituary appeared in the December 27, 1942, Hammond Times:"Nagel Rites Today
Funeral services for Max Nagel 74 who died Christmas day while visiting at the home of his daughter Mrs. Albert Isaacson. 127 Elizabeth Street, Calumet City will be held from the Burns funeral home, 5840 Hohman Avenue, Hammond this morning at ten o'clock with Rabbi AK Mossman officiating. Burial will be in the Hammond Jewish cemetery. The deceased a resident of Cleveland is survived by two sons Ben of Cleveland and Arthur of Indiana Harbor, two daughters Mrs. Esther Krause and Mrs. Isaacson both of Calumet City and grandchildren. He had been visiting here the past three months."
Endnotes
1. 1900 U.S. Census: Ohio, Cuyahoga County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com , Max Nagel: Cleveland Ward 16; Roll: 1254; Page: 21B; ED: 0060; FHL microfilm: 1241254 (reaccessed Jan 27 2015) [E-709B].
2. 1910 U.S. Census: Ohio, Cuyahoga County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com, Max Nagel: Cleveland Ward 14: Film T624-1170, ED: 203, Sheet 11B (reaccessed Jan 27 2015) [E-0435].
3. 1920 U.S. Census: Ohio, Cuyahoga County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com, Max Nagel: Cleveland; Roll: T625-1364, ED: 238, SC: 19, Sheet 6A (reaccessed Jan 27 2015) [E-0436].
4. 1900 U.S. Census: Ohio, Cuyahoga County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com , Max Nagel: Cleveland Ward 16; Roll: 1254; Page: 21B; ED: 0060; FHL microfilm: 1241254 (reaccessed Jan 27 2015) [E-709B].
5. 1900 U.S. Census: Ohio, Cuyahoga County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com , Max Nagel: Cleveland Ward 16; Roll: 1254; Page: 21B; ED: 0060; FHL microfilm: 1241254 (reaccessed Jan 27 2015) [E-709B].
6. 1910 U.S. Census: Ohio, Cuyahoga County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com, Max Nagel: Cleveland Ward 14: Film T624-1170, ED: 203, Sheet 11B (reaccessed Jan 27 2015) [E-0435].
7. 1920 U.S. Census: Ohio, Cuyahoga County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com, Max Nagel: Cleveland; Roll: T625-1364, ED: 238, SC: 19, Sheet 6A (reaccessed Jan 27 2015) [E-0436].
8. "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989", database on-line, Ancestry.com, Cleveland, Ohio: 1911: Nagel (reaccessed Jan 28 2015) [E-1405].
9. "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989", database on-line, Ancestry.com, Cleveland, Ohio: 1890-1943: Nagel (reaccessed Jan 28 2015) [E-1617].
10. 1900 U.S. Census: Ohio, Cuyahoga County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com , Max Nagel: Cleveland Ward 16; Roll: 1254; Page: 21B; ED: 0060; FHL microfilm: 1241254 (reaccessed Jan 27 2015) [E-709B].
11. 1910 U.S. Census: Ohio, Cuyahoga County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com, Max Nagel: Cleveland Ward 14: Film T624-1170, ED: 203, Sheet 11B (reaccessed Jan 27 2015) [E-0435].
12. 1920 U.S. Census: Ohio, Cuyahoga County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com, Max Nagel: Cleveland; Roll: T625-1364, ED: 238, SC: 19, Sheet 6A (reaccessed Jan 27 2015) [E-0436].
13. Gravestone at Elmwood Cemetery, Hammond, Indiana, Orthodox Section [E-0486].
14. "Hammond (Indiana) Times", digital images, Ancestry.com, "Nagel Rites Today" Obit, Dec 27, 1942 page 2 (accessed Mar 3 2010) [E-1070].
15. Illinois Public Board of Health Archives, "Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947", database and images, www.familysearch.org, Max Nagel: Dec 25, 1942 (accessed Sep 6, 2014) [E-1616].
16. "Hammond (Indiana) Times", digital images, Ancestry.com, "Nagel Rites Today" Obit, Dec 27, 1942 page 2 (accessed Mar 3 2010) [E-1070].
17. Gravestone at Elmwood Cemetery, Hammond, Indiana, Orthodox Section [E-0486].
18. "JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry", online database, Jewishgen.org, Max Nagel: Hammond, Indiana (accessed Jul 10 2017) [E-2212].
19. Findagrave, online database, (www.Findagrave.com), Max Nagel: Hammond, Indiana (accessed Jul 10 2017) [E-2212].
20. "Hammond (Indiana) Times", digital images, Ancestry.com, "Nagel Rites Today" Obit, Dec 27, 1942 page 2 (accessed Mar 3 2010) [E-1070].