[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] CHAIMOV from Balta to Oregon

[Arnold Chamove]

Samuel Chaimov (?Chaimoitsh, Chaimovitch, Chaimowitz) was the second son
of a merchant in Balta, Ukraine.  He joined an uncle (Saul?) who lived 
in Banks, Oregon, just West of Portland, OR.  He first appears in 
Portland in 1892 (age 20?)  After marrying Sophia Adler from Odessa, 
Russia, the two moved to Redding , CA where he had a sheet metal shop, 
and a son Philip in 1897.  Soon returning to Portland, OR., he worked as
a tinsmith, cornice maker, tinner, salesman, manufacturer's agent,  
manager of a Turkish bath, an automobile repairman making and repairing 
radiators, running a car repair shop, and restaurateur.  He had another 
son Arnold in 1902 and died in 1931. 



Arnold 
 
Arnold S Chamove  
888 Kahuterawa Road, R D 4 
Palmerston North 5321 
New Zealand 
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