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| BORN: | May 16, 1861 in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. 3 9 10 11 |
| DIED: | October 16, 1906 at 5:10 p.m. at 4537 Maryland in St. Louis, Missouri of Apoplexy. Age 45. 3 10 11 |
| BURIED: | October 19, 1906 in Mt. Sinai Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri. Boekers Saacs undertaker. Burial permit filed October 17, 1906. 10 11 |
| PARENTS: | ? and Jas. Levi Wasserman 3a |
| RELIGION: | Jewish, connected with Temple Shaare Emeth. 1 2 10 |
| EDUCATION: | |
| OCCUPATION: |
Bond and Stock broker
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The 1889-1890 St. Louis, Missouri Directory found on Ancestry.com shows Ben(nett) and David Wasserman as Ticket Brokers for Wasserman & Co. They had 5 employees: Julius Hauck, stenographer; Robert Latz, cashier; William H. Owen, agent; Xenno E. Owen, clerk; and William B. Sourbeer, book-keeper. The business was at 405 & 407 Chestnut. 12 (There is a bank building there now, but it was across from the Capitol.) |
| MARRIAGE: | Rose Meyer (July 13, 1866 MO-Apr. 29, 1939) June 25, 1885 in St. Louis, Missouri. It was a joint wedding with Annie Meyer and Ruby S. Crohn. 3 8 9 10 |
| NAME | BORN | DIED | SPOUSE | NUMBER OF CHILDREN | NOTES |
| Amelia WASSERMAN | June 4, 1886 | 1982 or 19832 | 1) Edgar Maurice Berliner2
2) Bernhard Gardner2 | 0
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| Stella Marie WASSERMAN | Feb. 14, 1890 | Nov. 1979 | 1) Julian Sheild
2) Bernard Shelvin | 1
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| Max Judd WASSERMAN | June 24, 1895 | Jan. 26, 1977 | Rose Brosseau | 3 |
| RESIDENCES: | Maryland until about 1877 9 10 |
| New York 1877 10 | |
| St. Louis, Missouri 1 2 3 9 10 | |
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St. Louis, Missouri 2922 Pine or 405 & 407 Chestnut in 1890 12 | |
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St. Louis, Missouri 4537 Maryland Ave. in 1906 10 11 |
| NOTES: |
Ben E. Wasserman has a photo of him holding a ticker tape.
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His grandson, Ben E. Wasserman, has his Masonic ring. Inside it says "Morsnon dispungit guid virtus comjungat July 2nd 1890". 2 |
| The newspaper article on his death says that his brother-in-law, Max Judd, died in a similarly sudden manner several months earlier. It says they were attached to each other and had similar tastes. 10 | |
| He was a member of the St. Louis Stock Exchange, the Merchant's Exchange, a director of the Columbian Club, the Missouri Athletic Club, a 32nd degree Mason in Naphtali Lodge and a member of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Jewish Relief Association, a heavy contributor to the United Hebrew Charities. 10 | |
| At the time of his death, his brother, David Wasserman, was living in Chicago. 10 They were business partners in 1890 (ticket brokers). 12 |
| SOURCES: | 1 Joanne Thornton |
| 2 Ben Wasserman | |
| 3 Family Bible | |
| 3a 1885 Marriage Record in Family Bible of Bennett Wasserman and Rose Meyer | |
| 8 1977 Death Certificate of Max Wasserman | |
| 9 1900 Census, Missouri | |
| 10 1906 Obituary and newspaper article on the death of Bennett Wasserman | |
| 11 1906 Death Certificate of Bennett Wasserman | |
| 12 1890 St. Louis, Missouri city directory for Wasserman |
