Businessman

Born:

June 13, 1888, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Died:

August 19, 1969

Buried:

Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama

Father of:

Sanford H. Goldstein

Notes:

•  Son of Joe Goldstein (census lists place of birth Russia, other sources say Poland) and Josephine Levy (born in New York and her parents were from Poland according to the census) - 1920 Census

•  WW I Draft Registration lists him as single, employed as a Dry Goods Merchant, with Joe Goldstein & Sons, in Bessemer Alabama. (His father was named Joe Goldstein) - WW I Draft Registration

•  Married to Grace Rubenstein Goldstein. Sept. 4, 1897 - Aug. 31, 1971. - Maple Hill Cemetery

•  His wife, Grace R. Goldstein, was born Sept. 4, 1897 and died Aug. 31, 1971. - Maple Hill Cemetery

•  He had a son Sanford (Sandy) H. Goldstein who lived from December 14, 926 until March 31, 2008. - Ancestry.com

•  Merchant - Ready to Wear - 1940 Census

•  1948: "Madison County's first peacetime draft board was appointed consisting of Guy R. Lynn, Abe Goldstein and F. H. Heidelberg." - Record

•  State Highway Bridge Commission, 1955. - Record

•  "On November 24, 1943, Abe Goldstein was appointed as Chairman of a Crippled Children's Fund drive." - Elk

•  Home address listed as 411 Randolph. There is no house listed at that address now. Buildings have been torn down and numbers have changed. We are not sure what happened in this case. - 1940 Census

•  Served as Finance Officer for Madison County American Legion Post 37 INC. - Sesquicentennial

•  Charter member of The Tennessee Valley Voiture No. 1012 of La Societe Des Hommes Et 8 Chevaux - Sesquicentennial

•  Madison County Community Chest, Incorporated, "was formed officially on August 20, 1943 when a representative committee met at the Service Club. Mr. Henry McKelvie, president of the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce presided, with Karl A. Woltersdorf serving as temporary secretary.
     A special committee consisting of Henry B. Chase as chairman, George S. Elliott and Abe Goldstein had previously been asked to make a study of united charity organizations with the possibility of adapting them to this county."      He also served on the first board of directors. - Sesquicentennial

•  He served on the City Planning Commission for Huntsville, Alabama - Sesquicentennial

•  He was a charter member of The Huntsville Shrine Club chartered on Auguest 9, 1948. - Sesquicentennial

•  President of Temple B'nai Sholom, 1855-1956 - HHQ

•  "There had been a recurring problem in obtaining a rabbi, and so in May 1913, the Congregation decided to use lay readers instead of a full time rabbi, but to assume a Rabbi's expenses in the event of a death. Some lay readers over the years were Gustav Marx, Leo Cohen, Abe Goldstein, and Sam Alexander. In the early decades of this century, most of the Jewish newcomers to Huntsville were of Eastern European origin." - Goldsmith

•  He was a founding member and chaplain for B'nai B'rith Ezona Lodge Number 238. "The lodge was organized with 14 charter members on March 1, 1875, with Joseph Klaus as first president of the organization. Its main object is to care for the widows and orphans of the group." - Sesquicentennial

•  BECKER'S DEPARTMENT STORE:
     "The Becker's department store was organized on October 2, 1932, at 102 Jefferson Street, and have since moved to their present location at 104-106 Jefferson Street.
     Founders of the business were Joe and Abe Goldstein, with Abe assuming the managership, which position he still holds.
     The store offers a complete line of wearing apparel for the entire family.
     Assisting in operation of the store are Mrs. Abe Goldstein and their son, Sandy." - Sesquicentennial

•  "What once were cotton fields where slaves had toiled were transformed into subdivisions or industrial plant sites or shopping centers. Urban renewal projects abounded. Some of the men who helped bring much of it to pass never saw the fruits of their labors." Record included Abe Goldstein in the list of important people dying before they were able to see Huntsville's developments. - Record

•  Listed his year of death as 1969. - Elk


Related Links:

•  1920 Census - 1920 US Census as viewed through an Ancestry.com paid subscription

•  1940 Census - 1940 US Census as viewed through an Ancestry.com paid subscription

•  Ancestry.com - Page owned by kathshub and can be viewed only with an Ancestry.com paid subscription (Originally found at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/931091/person/7026821916.)

•  Ancestry.com 2 - Page owned by peggharv and viewed only with an Ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://person.ancestry.com/tree/41693633/person/20168249502/facts.)

•  Court - Supreme Court of Alabama, May 24, 1956, Ida B. SANDLIN v. Abe GOLDSTEIN et al., as Members of the Planning Commission.

•  Elk - Great Elks in Madison County?? You Better Believe It!! A History of Madison County, Alabama, Elkdom, by James Record, 1972, pages 18 & 52

•  Find A Grave - Page created by Leigh Ann

•  Goldsmith - The Bernstein Herstein Schiffman and Goldsmith Collection: A Catalogue by Margaret Anne Goldsmith, 2014, page 21.

•  HHQ - Historic Huntsville Quarterly, Vol. XX, #4, Winter, 1994, Historic Huntsville Foundation, page 206

•  Maple Hill Cemetery - Maple Hill Cemetery, Phase One, by Diane Robey, Dorothy Scott Johnson, John Rison Jones, Jr., & Frances C. Roberts (Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society), 1995, page 69

•  Record - A Dream Come True: The Story of Madison County and Incidentially of Alabama and the United States, Volume II, by James Record, 1978, pages 272, 676, 790.

•  Sesquicentennial - Commemorative Album, Celebrating our City's Sesquicentennial of Progress, Huntsville, Alabama by James E. Taylor, General Chairman, 1955, pages 39, 40, 41, 87, 119, 142, 181, 202, 297, 337, 338, 339, 340.

•  WW I Draft Registration - World War I Draft Registration (June 5th 1917) in Birmingham viewed through an Ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WW1draft&h=21117574&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t931091_p7026821916_kpidz0q3d7026821916z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid.)

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