{"id":366,"date":"2006-07-15T16:15:49","date_gmt":"2006-07-15T23:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/15\/jan-savitt-in-the-census\/"},"modified":"2016-05-22T13:20:42","modified_gmt":"2016-05-22T20:20:42","slug":"jan-savitt-in-the-census","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/366","title":{"rendered":"Jan Savitt in the Census"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Yesterday\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/14\/the-bandleaders-changing-birthdate\/\">Yesterday<\/a>,\u00a0I posted the 1930 US Census Record for Jan Savitt in order to discover if some of the biographical material about this famous bandleader of the 1930&#8217;s and 1940&#8217;s was correct .\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The record showed that, in 1930, Jan Savitt&#8217;s name\u00c2\u00a0was recorded as Jay Savitt, that he was born in about 1908 in Russia, that he immigrated in 1911, was Jewish, and in 1930 was single, employed as a musician in an orchestra, and living in Philadelphia .\u00a0 The 1930 Census also showed that his parents were Joseph and Ida Savitt and that he had two brothers named David and William, and a cousin David.<\/p>\n<p>The 1920 Census Record for Jan Savitt reveals some interesting information as well.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"1920 Census Joseph Savitt\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/1920-Joseph-Savitt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image367\" style=\"width: 454px; height: 353px;\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/1920-Joseph-Savitt.jpg\" alt=\"1920 Census Joseph Savitt\" width=\"454\" height=\"353\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>1920 Census Record for Joseph Savitt and Family<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The 1920 Census shows that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 1920, the family was living at\u00c2\u00a04056 [?] 62nd\u00c2\u00a0Street in Philadelphia (this address is close to the family&#8217;s address in 1930)<\/li>\n<li>The\u00c2\u00a0head of household was\u00c2\u00a0Joseph, age 48, a married white male, born in Russia, working as a\u00c2\u00a0dealer [?] at OA [?]<\/li>\n<li>Joseph&#8217;s wife was Ida, age 40, a married white female, born in Russia, with no occupation listed<\/li>\n<li>Joseph and Ida&#8217;s son David was\u00c2\u00a0a 19 year old, single white male, born in Russia, working as a cutter (could this have been in the same wholesale dress business in which he was employed in 1930?)<\/li>\n<li>The couple&#8217;s son William was a 16 year old, single white male, born in Russia, working as a salesman in\u00c2\u00a0a department [store?]<\/li>\n<li>The couple&#8217;s son Jan is listed as Jacob Savitt, an 11\u00c2\u00a0year old, single white male, born in Russia, with no occupation listed, although he was in school at\u00c2\u00a0the time<\/li>\n<li>All people\u00c2\u00a0in the household\u00c2\u00a0are listed as citizens who immigrated in 1909 (Joseph&#8217;s record looks like it says he immigrated in 1902, but it could be 1909) and\u00c2\u00a0were naturalized in 1919 [?]<\/li>\n<li>The family\u00c2\u00a0owned their home\u00c2\u00a0and, though it&#8217;s difficult to read, it appears that the home was mortgaged<\/li>\n<li>Though it&#8217;s difficult to read,\u00a0everyone in the family\u00c2\u00a0could read and write except for Ida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Clink on the link for a PDF copy of the <a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/CUS-Savitt-Joseph-1920.pdf\">US Federal\u00c2\u00a0Census Record for the Joseph Savitt family &#8211; 1920<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This census record\u00c2\u00a0suggests that\u00c2\u00a0Joseph and Ida were born a little later than does the data in the 1930 Census .\u00a0 The immigration year listed in the 1930 Census was 1911, but in this census the immigration year was 1909 .\u00a0 With an immigration year before 1910, a good place to look for the family is in the 1910 Census.<\/p>\n<p>The family does, indeed, appear in the 1910 Census.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"1910 Census for Joseph Servetnick\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/1910-Joseph-Servetnik.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image369\" style=\"width: 459px; height: 365px;\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/1910-Joseph-Servetnik.jpg\" alt=\"1910 Census for Joseph Servetnick\" width=\"459\" height=\"365\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>1910 Census Record for Joseph Servetnik and Family<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The 1910 Census shows that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 1910, the family&#8217;s surname was Servetnick and\u00c2\u00a0was living at\u00c2\u00a0235 Monroe Street in Philadelphia<\/li>\n<li>The\u00c2\u00a0head of household was\u00c2\u00a0Joseph, age 36, a married white Yiddish male, born in Russia, working as a\u00c2\u00a0maker of feather dusters<\/li>\n<li>Joseph&#8217;s wife was Ida, age 36, a married white Yiddish female, born in Russia, with no occupation listed<\/li>\n<li>Joseph and Ida were married when both were 17, suggesting that they were both born in about 1874 and married in about 1891 (so they must have been married in Russia)<\/li>\n<li>Ida had given birth to 5 children, but only 4 were living in 1910<\/li>\n<li>Joseph and Ida&#8217;s son Morris was a 15 year old, single white Yiddish male, born in Russia, working as a maker of feather dusters<\/li>\n<li>The couple&#8217;s son David was\u00c2\u00a0a 13 year old, single white Yiddish male, born in Russia, with no occupation listed, but listed as being in school<\/li>\n<li>The couple&#8217;s son William was a 10 year old, single white Yiddish male, born in Russia, with no occupation listed, but listed as being in school<\/li>\n<li>The couple&#8217;s son Jan is listed as Jacob Servetnick, a 2\u00c2\u00a0year old, single white male, born in Russia, with no occupation listed<\/li>\n<li>All people\u00c2\u00a0in the household\u00c2\u00a0are listed as\u00c2\u00a0aliens who immigrated in 1909<\/li>\n<li>The family\u00c2\u00a0owned their home\u00c2\u00a0and, though it&#8217;s difficult to read, it appears that the home was mortgaged<\/li>\n<li>Joseph and Ida spoke Yiddish, but Morris, David, and William could speak English<\/li>\n<li>Joseph, Morris, David, and William could read and write, but Ida and Jacob could not<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Clink on the link for a PDF copy of the <a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/CUS-Servetnick-Joseph-1910.pdf\">US Federal Census Record for the Joseph Savitt family &#8211; 1910<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a summary of the calculated birth years based on the 1910, 1920, and 1930 Census Records:<\/p>\n<p>1910\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 1920\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 1930\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Cumulative Range<br \/>\nJoseph\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a01873-1874\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a01871-1872\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 1869-1870\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 1869-1874<br \/>\nIda\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a01873-1874\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a01879-1880\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 1878-1879\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 1873-1880<br \/>\nMorris\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 1894-1895\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 1893-1894*\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 1895-1896*\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a01893-1896*<br \/>\nDavid\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 1896-1897\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a01900-1901\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 1900-1901\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 1896-1901<br \/>\nWilliam\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 1899-1900\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 1903-1904\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 1903-1904\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 1899-1904<br \/>\nJan\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 1907-1908\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 1908-1909\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 1907-1908\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 1907-1909<\/p>\n<p>* Data on the birth year of Morris from the 1920 and 1930 Census is from records not yet published in this Blog.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of observations on this information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jan Savitt was clearly born before the birthdate (September 4, 1913) ascribed to him in his biographies; he was most likely born between 1907 and 1909,<\/li>\n<li>The family most likely immigrated from Russia in 1909,\u00a0in contrast\u00c2\u00a0to the immigration year of 1914 listed in some biographies and in contrast to the immigration year of 1911 listed in the 1930 census,<\/li>\n<li>The family likely became citizens in 1919;\u00c2\u00a0probably only Joseph went through the naturalization process and the rest of the family became citizens automatically as a consequence (derivative citizenship),<\/li>\n<li>The family was Jewish and had emigrated from Russia,<\/li>\n<li>The family&#8217;s surname changed from Servetnick (or a variant such as Sarvetnick, Serwetnick, Sarwetnick, Servetnik, Sarvetnik, Serwetnik, or Sarwernik) to Savitt (or Savit in some records such as the 1930 Census),<\/li>\n<li>Jan&#8217;s name was originally Jacob, but changed to Jay and later to Jan,<\/li>\n<li>Jan was playing in an orchestra by 1930, when he was about 22 years old, which is at least consistent with the biographies that state he was playing in the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra at the age of 14 or 15.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2006 by Stephen J. 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