Alexander & Simon Families - Person Sheet
Alexander & Simon Families - Person Sheet
NameJoseph STUNGO 
Deathabt 1957
Occupation1925: Auto rim manufacturer and inventor [1727]
FatherMorris STUNGO (1848-1932)
MotherRose Minnie GUTMANN (~1851-1924)
Spouses
DeathUNKNOWN
Marriage16 May 1895, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Marriage18 Feb 1943, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA [130]
Divorce
Notes for Joseph STUNGO
Birth date and location uncertain:
1) Record of marriage to Ellen Ryness in 1895, says he is 22, which implies he was born in 1873;
2) Record of marriage to Henreitetta Finberg in 1903, says he is 29, which implies he was born in 1873 or 1874;
3) On his World War I draft card, he lists his date of birth as July 28, 1873;
4) On his Petition of Naturalization to become a U.S. Citizen says he was born 28 Feb 1880 in Edinburgh, Scotland, but this does not appear in the registry of births available at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.
5) In 1914, on his passport application he says he was born on 28 Feb 1875 in London.
Joseph Stungo may have married Ellen Ryness in 1893, Edinburgh, Scotland. (Image on www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk is unreadable.)
In Sept. 1909, lived at Home St., Edinburgh, Scotland. (From Eva Stungo's death record)
In 1916, when he entered the United States, he listed last permanent residence as Glasgow, Scotland. Also listed father as Morris Stungo 25 Headdington Place, Edinburgh, Scotland Also gave home address as Pittsburgh, PA.
1917: In Pittsburgh, he was Vice-President of the Technical Rubber Expert at Stungo Radium Rubber Co, which later changed it’s name to Washington Rubber Co. of Pennsylvania. [1728]
- - In 1925: Joseph Stungo received a patent that he signed over to the Stungo-Radium Rubber Company.. [1729], [1730]
WW I U.S. Draft Card for Joseph Stungo:
- Gives his date of birth as 28 July 1873;
- Lists nearest relative as Henrietta Stungo of Pennsylvania.
In 1920 Census, Joseph Shungo [sic] and family living at West 141 St, Manhattan, New York
In 1923, Alfred & Sarah Hurst & Meyer Stungo gave Joseph Stungo's address as:
2308 Murray Ave., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
In 1924, Joseph Stungo arrived in New York aboard the S.S.Acquitania. on his way to:
212 King St., West, Toronto.
In 1929, resided at 7451 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan
Information on Joseph Stungo provided by Robert Binder: “According to family legend, his second wife and three daughters walked out on him when he lost all his money in the stock market crash of 1929. Joseph then lived for some time as a bum on the Bowery of New York, coming to my late Mother (when she moved to New York in 1938) for food and repairs to his clothing. He was subsequently rehabilitated, had a job at Wanamaker’s Dept. Store (as a watchman?) and married Rose. I remember them well from my childhood. You also mentioned that Helena (?Honey?) Stungo, daughter of Joseph and Henrietta (?Yetta?), taught drama; again, according to legend, Uncle Joe built a theatre for her in Detroit. He had made a fortune from an invention that he sold to the automobile industry and was known in the family as ‘Andrew Carnegie Stungo’ until the crash.”
Joseph Stungo filed a Declaration of Intent to become a U.S. Citizen in U.S. District Court, New York, Southern District on 27 February 1940:
- address: 2783 Marion Ave., Bronx, N.Y.
- occupation: bookkeeper (sic)
- Divorced from Henrietta.
- Three daughters (Helena, Beatrice and Rebecca) residing with their mother
Joseph Stungo Petition for Naturalization Number 437930; Date of Certificate 5/17/1943; age 63.
- gives occupation as Hospital orderly
May have had a fourth daughter, Constance b. 1907. [1731]
- Constance not listed with family in 1920 US Census
- Constance not listed with family in 1922 Passenger List
1) Record of marriage to Ellen Ryness in 1895, says he is 22, which implies he was born in 1873;
2) Record of marriage to Henreitetta Finberg in 1903, says he is 29, which implies he was born in 1873 or 1874;
3) On his World War I draft card, he lists his date of birth as July 28, 1873;
4) On his Petition of Naturalization to become a U.S. Citizen says he was born 28 Feb 1880 in Edinburgh, Scotland, but this does not appear in the registry of births available at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.
5) In 1914, on his passport application he says he was born on 28 Feb 1875 in London.
Joseph Stungo may have married Ellen Ryness in 1893, Edinburgh, Scotland. (Image on www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk is unreadable.)
In Sept. 1909, lived at Home St., Edinburgh, Scotland. (From Eva Stungo's death record)
In 1916, when he entered the United States, he listed last permanent residence as Glasgow, Scotland. Also listed father as Morris Stungo 25 Headdington Place, Edinburgh, Scotland Also gave home address as Pittsburgh, PA.
1917: In Pittsburgh, he was Vice-President of the Technical Rubber Expert at Stungo Radium Rubber Co, which later changed it’s name to Washington Rubber Co. of Pennsylvania. [1728]
- - In 1925: Joseph Stungo received a patent that he signed over to the Stungo-Radium Rubber Company.. [1729], [1730]
WW I U.S. Draft Card for Joseph Stungo:
- Gives his date of birth as 28 July 1873;
- Lists nearest relative as Henrietta Stungo of Pennsylvania.
In 1920 Census, Joseph Shungo [sic] and family living at West 141 St, Manhattan, New York
In 1923, Alfred & Sarah Hurst & Meyer Stungo gave Joseph Stungo's address as:
2308 Murray Ave., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
In 1924, Joseph Stungo arrived in New York aboard the S.S.Acquitania. on his way to:
212 King St., West, Toronto.
In 1929, resided at 7451 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan
Information on Joseph Stungo provided by Robert Binder: “According to family legend, his second wife and three daughters walked out on him when he lost all his money in the stock market crash of 1929. Joseph then lived for some time as a bum on the Bowery of New York, coming to my late Mother (when she moved to New York in 1938) for food and repairs to his clothing. He was subsequently rehabilitated, had a job at Wanamaker’s Dept. Store (as a watchman?) and married Rose. I remember them well from my childhood. You also mentioned that Helena (?Honey?) Stungo, daughter of Joseph and Henrietta (?Yetta?), taught drama; again, according to legend, Uncle Joe built a theatre for her in Detroit. He had made a fortune from an invention that he sold to the automobile industry and was known in the family as ‘Andrew Carnegie Stungo’ until the crash.”
Joseph Stungo filed a Declaration of Intent to become a U.S. Citizen in U.S. District Court, New York, Southern District on 27 February 1940:
- address: 2783 Marion Ave., Bronx, N.Y.
- occupation: bookkeeper (sic)
- Divorced from Henrietta.
- Three daughters (Helena, Beatrice and Rebecca) residing with their mother
Joseph Stungo Petition for Naturalization Number 437930; Date of Certificate 5/17/1943; age 63.
- gives occupation as Hospital orderly
May have had a fourth daughter, Constance b. 1907. [1731]
- Constance not listed with family in 1920 US Census
- Constance not listed with family in 1922 Passenger List