Between 1900 and 1910, according to the Savannah City Directory, the Sternbergs worked in retail operations, whether it was in Moritz's jewelry business, or some other store.
In 1906, Jerome (age 16) appears for the first time as an individual in the Savannah Directory, working at E. Myers Co in some unspecified capacity. The following year, he has a job title, Clerk, for the Rosenheim Shoe Company. In 1908, he's been promoted (I'm guessing) to Inspector for the shoe company, and is still listed at that job in 1909.
In 1910, however, he is not living in Savannah, nor are his immediate family members (Jacob, Moritz, Simon, Isaac). Instead, we find Jerome in New York City, living with his aunt and uncle, Celia and Max Hartman, and working as a clerk in an office. His uncle was a leaf tobacco broker at the time. Below is a recent photo of the building they lived in at 43-45 W 129th St, in Manhattan. There were 12 families living on six floors.
Uncle Moritz, however, is living in Jacksonville, Florida in 1910, where he owns a jewelry store. Living with him are his daughter Etta and her husband and child.
It's interesting to speculate on what might have happened to make the Sternbergs leave Savannah that year, but maybe it was just a better opportunity elsewhere.
In 1906, Jerome (age 16) appears for the first time as an individual in the Savannah Directory, working at E. Myers Co in some unspecified capacity. The following year, he has a job title, Clerk, for the Rosenheim Shoe Company. In 1908, he's been promoted (I'm guessing) to Inspector for the shoe company, and is still listed at that job in 1909.
In 1910, however, he is not living in Savannah, nor are his immediate family members (Jacob, Moritz, Simon, Isaac). Instead, we find Jerome in New York City, living with his aunt and uncle, Celia and Max Hartman, and working as a clerk in an office. His uncle was a leaf tobacco broker at the time. Below is a recent photo of the building they lived in at 43-45 W 129th St, in Manhattan. There were 12 families living on six floors.
Uncle Moritz, however, is living in Jacksonville, Florida in 1910, where he owns a jewelry store. Living with him are his daughter Etta and her husband and child.
It's interesting to speculate on what might have happened to make the Sternbergs leave Savannah that year, but maybe it was just a better opportunity elsewhere.
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