Brooklyn family
Brooklyn family
Irving's draft card
Irving is Isaac/Isaak Shapiro, born 15 August 1917 in Alsėdžiai. His original two-sided draft card, checked directly, records Irving Shapiro, age 23, born 15 August 1917 in Alesdzai, Lithuania; his home was 1735 Sterling Place, Brooklyn. He named his father, Moses Shapiro, at the same address as his contact and listed no employer. He registered on 16 October 1940 with Local Board 208 (serial 285, order 2041). The 1927 manifest lists Isaak, age 9, born Alsėdžiai; the 1930 census uses Isaac.
Irving is the Isaak who arrived at age nine with Chaya and his brothers in 1927.
