Alexander & Simon Families - Person Sheet
Alexander & Simon Families - Person Sheet
NameRobert Benjamin DROB [377]
Birth20 May 1893, Russia [377]
Death12 Nov 1954 [667]
BurialMount Lebanon Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
OccupationPlace: Men's clothing salesman
FatherJacob DROB (~1860-)
MotherReina BLUME (~1860-1938)
Spouses
Birth12 Apr 1900, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA [55]
Death27 Apr 1994, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA [668], [669]
BurialMount Lebanon Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
FatherWilliam SIMON (~1849-1923)
MotherBetsy “Bessie” SANDUSKY (1859-1937)
Marriage25 Nov 1925, New York, New York, USA [670], [671], [672]
ChildrenWilma (1926-2013)
 Jay (1928-1995)
 Morton Louis (~1929-2015)
Notes for Robert Benjamin DROB
1925 marriage announcement gives residence as Columbus, OH

1926 living at 1800 Locust St., Pittsburgh, PA [Jewish Cirterion, CRI_1926_068_019_09171926, p. 19] [604]

1928 lived at 5507 South Bend, Baltimore, MD [Baltimore, MD City Directory, www.ancestry.com] [673]

1937 living in Egg Harbor, NJ [Jewish Criterion, CRI_1937_089_023_04161937&file=0023] [674]

Address on draft card given as 4255 Sansom St., Philadelphia, PA

On draft card, "Name and address of person who always know your address," given as Rose Simon Drob at same address as Robert Benjamin Drob.

Employer on draft card listed as "War Dep't, Quarter Master," on Johnston St., in Philadelphia

1930 Census lists a Rose and Robert Drob in Baltimore with children Wilma, Jay and Martin. (Confirmed by Wilma Drob Clausen)

Sept 1939, lived in Egg Harbor, New Jersey (according to obituary of Sadie/Sarah Simon Landau)

Robert may be the same as Berl Drob who arrived in Philadelphia aboard the Penland on Oct. 9, 1901.
Last Modified 18 May 2019Created 26 Apr 2021 by Miriam Alexander Baker