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Gerard Manasse

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Name: Gerard Manasse
Arrival Date: 11 May 1936
Birth Date: abt 1905
Birth Location: Germany
Birth Location Other: Berlin
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: French;German (French)
Place of Origin: France
Port of Departure: Southampton, England
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Normandie
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Last permanent address was Neuilly S/Seine, France. Going to join aunt Mrs. Else Manasse, 163 E. 81st. St., N.Y.C.

Yes!
:-)

Numerous hits on FamilySearch for passenger lists (with images)

There's this 1940 census:


United States Census, 1940
Name Gerard Manasse
Event Type Census
Event Date 1940
Event Place Assembly District 9, Manhattan, New York City, New York, New York, United States
Gender Male
Age 34
Marital Status Married
Race (Original) White
Race White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Head
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Birthplace Germany
Birth Year (Estimated) 1906
Last Place of Residence Paris, France

Gerard Manasse Head M 34 Germany
Suzanne Manasse Wife F 43 France

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Gerard Manass

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Name: Gerard Manass
Age: 34
Estimated birth year: abt 1906
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Germany
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: New York, New York, New York
Map of Home in 1940: View Map
Street: 225 Central Park West
Inferred Residence in 1935: Paris, France
Residence in 1935: Paris, France
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Citizenship: Having first papers
Sheet Number: 24A
Occupation: Executive
Industry: Metal Mfg
House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 166
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 6th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 42
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: 5000
Income Other Sources: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Gerard Manass 34
Suzanne Manass 43

Oops, for some reason my post didn't publish.

Yes, it says that he was in 'Metal Manufacturing' which ties in with my grandfather who was an International Metal Ore Broker.

We thought that Manasse was the family lawyer and his name appears on my grandmother's Death Certificate in New York ............

I see he had an older wife - story goes that they had a daughter Gertrude ..........

He committed suicide in Paris in 1952, he cut his temporal arteries and neck and wrists with a razor blade.

The only other relative named apart from widow Susanne is a brother Henri Manasse (Manasche) in Haifa, Israel. It suggests Susanne's maiden name was Boguet. No mention of a daughter.

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OMG.
:-(

I have pm'd MarieCeleste with grateful thanks for finding that very sad information.
Poor soul.
R.I.P.
:-( :-( :-

Nicola....This is the death and other details of Else Manasse (Gerards Aunt)..she was the widow of Michael Manasse b.Poland
The 1930 Census shows them living West End Ave NY the 1940 has Else as a widow.
1940 she has moved to E.90th Street living alone but has a lodger.


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Else Manasse

New York, New York City Municipal Deaths

Name Else Manasse
Event Type Death
Event Date 23 May 1948
Event Place Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Address 115 East 90th Street
Residence Place Manhattan, New York, New York
Gender Female
Age 75
Marital Status Widowed
Race White
Occupation Housewife
Birth Date 02 Feb 1873
Birthplace Nordhausen, , Germany
Burial Date 25 May 1948
Burial Place , , New York
Cemetery Fresh Pond Crematory
Father's Name Mority Magnas Alsleben
Father's Birthplace , , Germany
Mother's Name Emma Boehn
Mother's Birthplace , , Germany
Spouse's Name Michel

I have found a Passenger list 25.5.1927 from Germany to NY showing Michael and Else but I cannot figure out what his occupation was ..under the "occupation" it states USP and Washington...he already has US Citizenship.

I cannot find a Death Notice for him.

Might be worth you having a look here - on the attached document Gerard is of the Mercantile Metal and Ore Corp.

http://search.archives.jdc.org/notebook_ext.asp?item=48223&site=ideaalm&lang=ENG&menu=1

The Transmigration Bureau was established by JDC in New York to help refugees emigrate from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg, primarily to the U.S. Its primary role was to accept deposits from friends or family overseas towards the travel costs of Jews emigrating from Europe. Included are deposit cards for 37,732 individuals who emigrated from 1940-1956, with the bulk from 1940-1942.

Thank you all very much for the info on this sad little tale.

As it happens, Gerard Manasse was NOT the family solicitor [so much for the good old 'family whispers'!], but he DID work for the same firm in NY as my grandfather. They were both executives for Mercantile Metal Ore Inc. My grandfather was multi-lingual and travelled worldwide for the firm.

GM remained a family friend after the deaths of my grandparents. At the time of their deaths in July 1945, my father was with the US Army in the European Theater. They weren't cremated until November of that year when my father returned from the War to deal with it all.

I've marked this one as answered as there is really nothing more to add to this sad story.