David
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Born in Nikolayev in 1903. He attended the Ecole Israelite in Paris. Joined the French Merchant Marines which gave him the opportunity of learning to speak Italian and Spanish besides French and Russian. He joined his family when his merchant ship docked in New York in 1920*. Served in the National Guard of New York State. David first thought he would become a prize fighter. When he did not, he tried many trades before he finally bought his own truck and went into the seltzer and soft drinks delivery business. He married Ethel Lerner whose mother was the aunt of our cousin Abe the Meshugener and Chanka Puter. Ethel was born in Talne, a suburb of Kiev. Their first born was Maurice born in May 1928 and Lawrence (Baby Larry) in November, 1937. | |
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*October: 1998: Evelyn (Chayt) Izkowitz recalls from her fond recollections talking to Dave Chayt;
He writes in his "autobiography" that he was able to get "papers illegally,"
but doesn't mention how. Here is the story as he told it to me: He was
thirteen years old and didn't want to make Bar Mitzvah so he ran away from home
and went to Marseilles to join the Merchant Marines. Because he didn't have
papers he couldn't join. Late one night, while walking on the docks he saw a
man being mugged. The
impetuous person he was, Dave went to the man's rescue. The man turned out to
be a wealthy and grateful person. To repay Dave for his kindness the man
offered to help him by giving him his papers and then would claim he lost them.
That is how Dave got his papers. Dave also told me that he jumped ship and came
into America illegally, but became a legal citizen when Congress passed a law
stating that all person entering the USA before a certain date were considered
legal. He felt very good about that.
ALSO SEE: The Family of Dave And Ethel Chayt
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