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years shown are ones which the person was known
to be engaged in that industry

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Poland
        Clerk
Hymen Henry / Hyman H / Herman Abromson z"l   1936   1936 Abromson
 
        Prop - Lewiston Carpet Center Hymen Henry / Hyman H / Herman Abromson z"l 1955    1955 Zelch
Bath
        
Alvin E Gediman z"l  Gediman Appliance Store 1954 - 1968   Sherri Quint (2019)
 
        co-owner with brother Henry Arthur W Gediman z"l Arthur W Gediman    Bath Independent adverts
Arthur W Gediman z"l  Gediman Bros 1923 - 1951   Bath City Directories
 
        ran Edward Barrett "Veni" Cogan Cogan Books , wholesale, La Mirada, CA   NathanCoganBathHistory
 
        salesman - furniture Julius "Jay" Povich z"l 1930    1930 US Fed Census Bath
Morris E "Matie" Povich z"l   1930   1930 US Fed Census Bath
 
        saleswoman - department store Belle / Bell Levin z"l 1930    1930 US Fed Census Bath
 
        storekeeper Samuel (now 8916) Cronsberg 1930    1930 US Federal Census - Maine
Belfast
        saleswoman - dry goods store
Sarah Frankel z"l   1920   1920 US Fed Census -Belfast
Brunswick
        saleswoman - dry goods store
Esther Abelon z"l   1930   1930 US Fed Census Brunswick
Cumberland County
(excluding Greater Portland)
        Saleswoman - Dry Goods
Max Bernstein z"l   1920   1920FederalCensus
Greater Augusta
        assistant manager
Stanley Earl Chernowsky z"l   1913/1914   AugustaRegisters1913/1914
Greater Augusta
        Dealer-Variety store
Michael "Mike" Levine   1940   1940 US Fed Census - Augusta
 
        Owned Harold "Archie" Leibowitz z"l Archie's Army and Navy Store 1948 - 1978    Lenora Leibowitz (2019)
 
        Owner Chernowsky\' s Dept Store Vernice L / Vernon Segal z"l    Elaine Miller (2015)
Greater Augusta
        traveling salesman
Mayer Selbing   1913/1914   AugustaRegisters1913/1914
Greater Bangor
         - Peddler
Charles Meyer Miller z"l   1930   1930 US Federal Census Bangor
 
         - _ar__ suplies Isadore / Isador Cohen z"l 1930    1930 US Federal Census Bangor
 
        antique - dealer Hymen / Herman Stern 1930    1930 US Federal Census Bangor
 
        antique dealer Louis Israel Rolnick z"l O. Rolnick & Son 1949 Other Data : 197 Garland St., Bangor - G. Rolnick & Son antique dealer   B'nai B'rith Membership Record of Louis Rolnick
 
        Attendant - Gas Station Louis "Louie" Silver 1940    1940 US Federal Census Orono
 
        book keepr - department store Susan Serell 1930    1930 US Federal Census Bangor
 
        businessman Max Cohen z"l 187 Exchange Street   Jordan Alpert (2013)
 
        buyer - department store Nettie R Marcus 1930    1930 US Federal Census Bangor
 
        clerk - retail meal store Max E Gotlib z"l 1930    1930 US Federal Census Bangor
 
        co-founder Anna P Abrahams z"l The Picture and Gift Shop    obituary
 
        owner Julius Howard Gass z"l Gass Office Supply    Bangor: Our Jewish Downtown
 
        owner & operator Hiram Adelman z"l H Adelman Department Store Mars Hill   Harry Goldsmith biography in Risen, Jewels of Maine
 
        president James A or H Cahners Eastern Furniture, Bangor Gas Co.    Jordan Alpert (2013)
 
        saleswoman - dry goods store Marion / Marian Frankel z"l 1920    1920 US Fed Census -Belfast
 
        shipping clerk Harry Ellis 1932    HainesMarriageRecords
 
        title not known Arthur H Unobskey z"l Unobsky Bros (now 4429) 1949 Other Data : High St, Bangor - Unobsky Bros merchant   B'nai B'rith Membership Record of Arthur Unobsky
Charles Unobskey z"l  Unobsky Bros (now 4429) 1949 Other Data : High St, Bangor - Unobsky Bros merchant  B'nai B'rith Membership Record of Charles Unobsky
 
        traveling salesman - dry goods Harold Sterns z"l 1930    1930 US Federal Census Bangor
 
        traveling salesman - fruit Morris Chase z"l 1930    1930 US Federal Census Bangor
Greater Biddeford
        Attendant-Gasoline Filling Station
Bernard Shapiro   1940   1940 US Fed Census Biddeford
 
        Clerk-Ret. Men's store Benjamin Remar z"l 1940    1940 US Fed Census Biddeford
 
        salesman - furniture Jacob Filler z"l 1930    1930 US Fed Census - Saco
 
        salesman - furniture store Samuel S Shapiro 1930    1930FedCensusBiddeford
 
        saleswoman - country store Minnie P/ Mina Goldstone z"l 1910    1910FedCensusBiddeford
Greater Portland
        antiques
Robert Arnowitz z"l   1930   1930PortlandCityDirectory
 
        assistant manager Lewis H Kriger z"l 1930    1930PortlandCityDirectory
Israel Mack z"l   1930   1930PortlandCityDirectory
 
        business owner - novelty store Sonia Rockliss z"l    ChervaKaddishaNov2007-DeathCert&Obit
 
        cleaning /dye business Joseph Pearlman 1912- 1917    Pamela Weisberger
 
        clerk Pearl Abramson 1930    1930PortlandCityDirectory
Louis Abramson   1930   1930PortlandCityDirectory
Jacob / Jake / Jack Agger z"l   1930   1930PortlandCityDirectory
Robert Agger z"l   1930   1930PortlandCityDirectory
 
        dry goods dealer on Middle Street David Harold Shalit z"l 1880 - 1890s    Ben Band
 
        market retail Isadore Tarr z"l 1930    1930LewistonCensus
 
        Operator Abraham Leibowitz z"l Surplus Store first store opened in 1946 - had stores in Maine & New Hampshire   Sherri Quint (2019)
 
        owner operator Samuel Dorfman z"l Dougherty Drug Co    Bath City Directory 1922-1923
 
        owner/operator Harry K Goldberg z"l Globe Vacuum Stores    Charles Brand
 
        partner with brother - dry goods store William M Shine z"l 1880 - 1890s    Ben Band / Appendix B
 
        printer Irving Lourie z"l L L Bean before World War II    Ava Bradley Lourie
 
        retail sales Regina Potolsky z"l    ChervaKaddishaNov2007-DeathCert&Obit
 
        salesman - furniture Arthur J Nelson z"l 1930    1930 US Fed Census - Saco
 
        Salesman - retail fuel concern Joseph Brenner z"l 1940    1940 US Federal Census
 
        salesperson Sherman Setlin z"l    ChervaKaddishaNov2007-DeathCert
 
        Saleswoman Betty Picker Simonds z"l 1961-1985    Fred Simonds (2017)
 
        storekeeper Max Astor z"l 1920    Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 180
 
        storekeeper "Stor Kiper" Alee Fridman 1917    Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 136
Isaac Robbins   1919   Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 160
 
        storekeeper "Storkiper" Isaac Levin or Levine 1918    Workman Circle - Arbriter Ring - Portland1917-1921records pg 190
 
        title not known Sara Charlotte Silver z"l Nonesuch Books    Sherri Quint (2018)
 
        traveling salesman Mitchell Goffin z"l   
 
        variety store Samuel O Cox z"l 1930    1930PortlandCityDirectory
Samuel O Cox z"l   1930   1930PortlandCityDirectory
Herman / Harmon / Harlow Davis z"l   1920   1920 US Fed Census Rockland
Ethel H Kaplan z"l   1930   1930PortlandCityDirectory
Greater Rockland
        5 & 10 store
Harmon Davis   1910   1910CensusRussianBornYiddishSpeaking
 
        Antique dealer - antiques Edward M Gordon z"l 1940    1940 US Federal Census Rockland
 
        cleaning & pressing Herman Berlansky 1910    1910CensusRussianBornYiddishSpeaking
 
        traveling salesman Phillip I Rosenberg 1910    1910CensusRussianBornYiddishSpeaking
 
        variety store Harmon Davis 1912 - 1913    RocklandJewishCommunityListing1912-1913
Isaac Mikelsky / Mikels z"l   1892-1893   Bath, Maine, City Directory, 1892-1893
Annie Rubenstein   1912 - 1913   RocklandJewishCommunityListing1912-1913
Greater Waterville
        antiques
James L Cook z"l   1930   1930USFederalMECensus, pg 6B
 
        assistant manager Morris Roes 1930 (Chain store)   1930USFederalMECensus, pg 20B
 
        business manager, store Isadore Paikowsky 1920    1920USFederalMECensus, pg 1b
 
        clerk in store Laura Bonner 1880    1880FederalCensusMaine
Albert Eisen   1880   1880FederalCensusMaine
Henry Peavy z"l   1880   1880FederalCensusMaine
Julius Radl?   1880   1880FederalCensusMaine
Hermon? Steinberg   1880   1880FederalCensusMaine
Isadore Steinberg   1880   1880FederalCensusMaine
 
        clerk, 5 & 10 store Dora Green 1920    1920USFederalMECensus, pg 7a
 
        clerk, confectionary Jacob Barron 1920    1920USFederalMECensus, pg 13b
 
        Manager, 5 + 10 cent store Isaac Paikowsky 1910    1910USFederalMECensus,pg 7b
 
        merchant (store) Sarah Barron z"l 1930    1930USFederalMECensus, pg 13A
 
        retail jewlery -"merchant Jeweral" Eliazer or Elia Russakoff 1920    1920 US Federal Census
 
        salesman, general merchandise David Rosenthal 1930    1930USFederalMECensus, pg 3B
 
        store Philip Seltzer 1920    1920USFederalMECensus, pg 1b
Cecelia Shiro z"l   1930   1930USFederalMECensus, pg 5A
 
        traveling sales Sigmund Gallert 1900    1900USFederalMECensus,pg 173a
 
        traveling sales Sigmund Gallert 1900    1900 US Fed Census - Waterville
 
        traveling salesman - dry goods David Rosenthal 1910    1910 US Fed Census - Bar Harbor
Lewiston Auburn area
        Cleaner
Max H Friedler   1936   1936 Abromson
 
        clerical, [unreadable] - Florence Machkowsky 1930    1930USFedCensus
 
        Clerical-Counter factory Anne / Annie Greene 1940    US Fed Census - Auburn
 
        clerk - retail dry goods Sarah / Sara Ann Ross z"l 1920    1920LewistonCensus
Annie Ross z"l   1920   1920LewistonCensus
 
        clerk - store Marion Supovitz 1920    1920USFedCensus ED: 5 Pg: 4 Ln: 5
Marion Supovitz   1920   1920USFedCensus
 
        Clerk-State Liquor Store Henry BEAN 1940    US Fed Census - Auburn
 
        Clerk-store Donald "Don" Sprince z"l 1940    1940 US Fed Census Lewiston
 
        owner/operator Morris M Silverman Barefoot Trader    Nancy Levinsky Lew Sun Jrnl
 
        periodical store Herman Berman 1930    1930LewistonCensus
 
        prop. Furniture Meyer / Myer FOGELMAN 1930    1930LewistonCensus
 
        proprietor Ira Goldman Arnold's Cut Rate (now 8428) 1955    1955 Zelch
 
        salesman - jewelry co Charles L Supovitz 1920    1920USFedCensus
 
        second hand furn. Harry Isaacson z"l 1930    1930LewistonCensus
 
        second hand store - own shop Hyman H / Haman Dennis 1920    1920USFedCensus
 
        traveling saleman Frank Tarr z"l Geiger Brothers, Maine 1950s- to his retirement    Harris Gleckman (2013)
 
        travelling salesman - shoe factory Moses L "Moe" Friedman z"l 1920    1920USFedCensus
Old Town - Orono
        Antique dealer
Anna / Annie Bloom z"l     EILEEN SHULMAN (2015)
 
        merchant Abraham Podolsky z"l Greens Novelty Store 1949    B'nai B'rith Membership Record of Abraham Podolsky
 
        owner and operator Alta M Cutler z"l Cutler's Women's Shop    Obituary
 
        proprietor furniture store Harry L Goldsmith z"l 1930    1930USFederalCensus 82-7 : ColbyStudentsSummer2011
 
        retail merchant furniture ? Abe Epstein 1930    1930USFederalCensus 81-1 : ColbyStudentsSummer2011
Rumford
        merchant, retail -- goods - employer
Morris Greenman z"l   1930   1930 US Federal Census
 
        proprieter, shoe store - employer Max Greenberg / Greenburg 1930    1930 US Federal Census
 
        retailer Salomon Steinfeld 1910    1910FedMaineCensus
Sanford
        owner / operator
Samuel Schwartz z"l  drugstore (Schwartz family)   Joan Baker Warren - letter Sept 2014
state-wide Maine
        Buyer
Edith Fink z"l  Rines Brothers   Sherri Quint (2018)
York County
(excluding Greater Biddeford, OOB, and Sanford-Springvale)
        Clerk-Retail Clothing Store
Raymond / Raymon Polakewich z"l   1940   1940 US Fed Census Biddeford
 
        owner / operator Anna Schwartz z"l drugstore (Schwartz family) Main St / sold magazines, over the counter drugs and some food    Joan Baker Warren - letter Sept 2014
 
        traveling salesman - R__ Drugs ? James S Bell z"l 1930    1930 US Federal Census Bangor
New York
        co-owner/operator
Nathan Yanovich z"l  Forty-Second St Card Shoop 1950s to 1980s co-owner was his wife Re  Harris Gleckman (2013)
Germany
        retail sales
Rita M Shainbam / Shainblum z"l     ChervaKaddishaNov2007-DeathCert&Obit
Poland
        Clerk
Hymen Henry / Hyman H / Herman Abromson z"l   1936   1936 Abromson
 
        Prop - Lewiston Carpet Center Hymen Henry / Hyman H / Herman Abromson z"l 1955    1955 Zelch