Cigar Factory Workers List
Cuban Cigar factory workers list
Julia A. Cesario
Mary Sprenger
Edwin J Jacob
Theresa Puca Giambelluca
Filomena Conte Bartolomei
Theresa Joachim
Irene O. Papp Goldenbaum
Rose Bleier Materniak
Marie D. Jaruszewski Agins
Ann D. Supel Strycharz
Mary Mihalic
Margaret M. Petercsak
Mary Bobik Takacs
Lucy M. Di Benedetti Scarlata
Esther Balog
Margaret Szajko
Helen Antocs
Anna Getz
"La Corona Cigar Factory, Grand Street"
Andrew P. Korona
Faye T. Mercantini Giordano
Carmela M. Pepe Leonowicz
Elizabeth Bondola Gurba
Mary T. Drotar Bralynski
Anna M. Sopko Yencsik
Julia Bakson Vasko
Mary Nemeth Klank
Mary Sopronyi Farcas Locse
Irene M. ''Tootsie'' Sik Walachyorski Guzikowski
Anna B. Pitonyak Walachy
I do not know if both of these were one in the same so I have
used seperate lists:)
UPDATE:
STEVEb adds...
I hope you don't mind my reposting this oldie...
A Tale of the Cigar Factory (Grand Street, The Burg) by
Steve B:
My Mom and lots of the ladies on the 300 block of Genesee
Street worked at the Cigar Factory on Grand Street way
back when it was called Henry Clay and Bock. Then it became
the Cuban Tobacco Company until it was taken over by American
Tobacco. Yes its true they supplied British Statesman and
World War Two Prime Minister Winston Churchill with his smokes
as well as all the men on Genesee Street. Leave it to all those
old Hungarian women, each one worked in a different department
for each step in making cigars. Some were "bunchmakers", this
is the inside part, the filler. Others were wrappers, they would
wrap the filler. Finally, there were the finishers who would
wrap the cigar in the final fine tobacco. How do I know this?
Well, too late for any of them to get locked up now..
but each used to "borrow" a bit of what they worked on and
used to get together at my house to make cigars.
Why they even "borrowed" doll parts from Horsman Dolls, to
show you how industrious they were. When the Cigar Factory
went out on strike they got jobs at Horsman Doll Factory
and used to walk the picket line over at the Cigar Factory
on their lunch hour from the doll factory. What a great movie
this might make.........
Thanks for the history lesson Steve:)
4 comments:
The cigar factory on Grand Street was once known as Henry Clay & Bock Cigars, then it became Cuban Tobacco until taken over by the American Tobacco Company. to add a few more names to your list, my mom Mrs Esther Balog, her neighbor Mrs Margaret Szajko from Genesee Street. my god mother Helen Antocs who lived on Virginia Ave right across the street from the cigar factory, and my mom's closest lady friend Mrs Anna Getz, from Barnt Ave
some time ago I posted a long entry with regard to the ladies at the factory... some fun info.. they were a clever old bunch.. LOL
I hope you don't mind my reposting this oldie...
A Tale of the Cigar Factory (Grand Street, The Burg) by
Steve B:
My Mom and lots of the ladies on the 300 block of Genesee
Street worked at the Cigar Factory on Grand Street way
back when it was called Henry Clay and Bock. Then it became
the Cuban Tobacco Company until it was taken over by American
Tobacco. Yes its true they supplied British Statesman and
World War Two Prime Minister Winston Churchill with his smokes
as well as all the men on Genesee Street. Leave it to all those
old Hungarian women, each one worked in a different department
for each step in making cigars. Some were "bunchmakers", this
is the inside part, the filler. Others were wrappers, they would
wrap the filler. Finally, there were the finishers who would
wrap the cigar in the final fine tobacco. How do I know this?
Well, too late for any of them to get locked up now..
but each used to "borrow" a bit of what they worked on and
used to get together at my house to make cigars.
Why they even "borrowed" doll parts from Horsman Dolls, to
show you how industrious they were. When the Cigar Factory
went out on strike they got jobs at Horsman Doll Factory
and used to walk the picket line over at the Cigar Factory
on their lunch hour from the doll factory. What a great movie
this might make.........
Posted by Mack at 9:47 AM 4 comments Labels: Factories, Memories, People
Hi Steve:)
Great insider information!
I will add some of it to the post:)
Thanks for the history !
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