Joseph Waldbaum
Family Roots
Joseph was a Jewish immigrant to the USA born in a village (shetl) called Cholojow in what was then Austria. Cholojow was a small town in the county of Radziechow at the edge of Galicia (Central Europe), in Austria. Cholojow has changed its nationality several times since, being part of Poland, Germany and now the Ukraine. It can be found in the western part of the country.
Joseph was the eldest of four brothers.
Joseph Walbaum, Sam (Shaul) Waldbaum, Aby Waldbaum and Beryl Waldbaum
Beryl Waldbaum married Geitel Gleicher, daughter of Josepha and Elke Lea Gleicher. Beryl and Geitel had a daughter on 11th July 1888 and named her Chaye (Jane).
Emigration from eastern Europe
During the anti-Semitic pogroms of the late 19th century, Joseph, Sam, Abe and Beryl with his new family Geitel and Chaye, (later to be known as Jane Waldbaum) left their region of birth, crossed Germany and set sail from Hamburg for a new life in the more liberal countries of England and the USA. Jose. It is believed that this happened in 1898 when Jane was 10 years of age.
They arrive in Hull in England. Beryl and his family travel by train to Manchester, arriving at Manchester Victoria Station and settling not far from there in the Strangeways area of Manchester. Poor eye sight stopped Beryl emigrating to USA.
Joseph went straight to the USA with his brother Shaul (Sam).
Joseph's life and Waldbaum's
In 1904 Joseph Waldbaum started a shop in Brooklyn. He was an intelligent and shrewd buisnessman. From this one store he expanded and created the Waldbaum's Supermarket Chain which reached its zenith of 160 stores before being bought by The Great Alantic and Pacific Tea Company in 1986.
[[Image:Waldbaums_logo.jpg|right|Waldbaum's Logo]
Bibliography and Links
JewishGen: The Home of Jewish Genealogy http://www.jewishgen.org
The Pity of it All, German Jews before Hitler by Amos Elon
Waldbaum's website http://www.waldbaums.com
Manchester Jewish Museum http://www.manchesterjewishmuseum.com
--Marcborson 21:54, 19 May 2007 (UTC)