HENRY BROCK (AGE 22) - 1905 CENSUS

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HENRY BROCK (AGE 22) - 1905 CENSUS - MANHATTAN

DOCUMENT: brock-henry-1905-census.jpg (look especially at row 22 on right-hand page)

NOTES:

This 1905 census form shows (probably) Henry Brock [Harold's uncle], who was the brother of Naomi Brock, boarding with a family on the Lower East Side.

Here's a copy of the (modern) transcription copied from ancestry.ca

New York, State Census, 1905

Name:   Henry Brock
Birth Year:     abt 1883
Birth Place:    Russia
Age:    22
Gender: Male
Race:   White
Residence Year: 1905
Residence:      Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
Relationship to Head:   Boarder
Assembly District:      08
Election District:      02

Household Members:      
Name     Age
Harris Borenstein        32
Rachel Borenstein        30
Fannie Borenstein        7
Isador Borenstein        5
Sarah Borenstein         3
Louis Borenstein         
Sam Piankowsky   38
Wolf Piankowsky  36
Henry Brock      22

Here are my notes about this document:
- Is this the right Henry Brock, i.e., Naomi's brother? Very likely. The age is about right, since Henry was born in 1884 according to his World War I draft registration. And the date of immigration is right: Henry immigrated around 1905 according to the 1915 and 1930 censuses (although the 1920 census says he immigrated in 1908).
- This census form says Henry has been in the U.S. for 6 months ("6m"), is from Russia [note: Poland was then part of the Russian empire], and is an Alien [i.e., not a U.S. citizen]; his occupation is pants operator [this probably means operator of a sewing machine making pants?).
- Henry is one of three boarders living with a family named Borenstein (a husband, wife, and four children) at 33 Forsyth St. (Lower East Side, Manhattan). See this address today in Google Maps.